Not sure where I left off, it's been a minute.
There really isn't much going on.
My weight is down to 120.2, which I am very surprised about with all the travel. I also had to really cut back on the Saxenda because the savings card I had been using expired after 12 uses. At the max dose, which I was taking, I went through one pen every week. The card made the cost of one pen $29.99, without the card it was $275 FOR ONE WEEK!! Since I am more or less at my goal weight I figured I probably needed to cut back to more of a maintenance dose anyway. So I went back to the minimum dose. I started on a different medication today which is the same active ingredient but marketed as a diabetes drug and insurance paid for it!!
So two weeks ago was my national advisory meeting in St. Paul. It was fine. I froze the entire time. I was impressed with the skyway system, which kept you from having to walk much outside, kind of like a human habitrail. It was difficult to navigate but we had a local with us most of the time. She said it took her forever to figure it out. I got there on Monday and decided to do the obligatory mall of america trip. I'm not sure what I was expecting but it was just a mall. I think I was picturing it with more open space? I did a little shopping, bought 3 adorable dresses at H&M, a store I had never been to. I also ate dinner at the Hard Rock, which was expensive and barely edible but I got to see the Prince memorabilia. I would have been better off eating at a fast food place but I sat and watched some kids ride the roller coaster and the small amusement park so it was entertaining. I only spent a few hours or so at the mall before I derided I would rather just go back to the room and sleep.
The meetings themselves were long and monotonous but interesting none the less. I learned a lot and found out I have lots to learn. The group is pretty good though and I think they will help me fumble my way though. Food, overall, was ok for having to eat out. Lots of salad and grilled chicken. I mostly did what has been working for me over the last several weeks, eat until I'm full and if I'm really not hungry, don't eat. My biggest downfall was this place called Legends Chocolates, which had the best truffles!! I tried the 41%, 68% and the 85% with the 68% caramel pecan being my favorite. They also had brownies and cake and all kinds of sinfully good treats. Besides the truffles I got a brownie and split it with a few co-workers. By Thursday night, the day before I left, I was not the least bit hungry and it was too cold to do much so I mostly ate the remaining chocolate and got ready to go home. Nothing super exciting.
I got home Friday in the middle of a torrential downpour, which made my flight lat getting in and traffic horrible. I got my car from the airport lot and went straight over to get Bailey from daycare. He was so excited to see me. It took forever to get home. I realized that I forgot to request my ambien refill and the doctor's office was closed for the day so I would have to scramble around and get to an urgent care that would be willing to write the prescription. So much for my one full day home.
So Saturday I tried to do the online doctor but they wouldn't give the script so I ended up going to a small urgent care close to my house. That doctor said he wouldn't write a script for it either because it can be abused (I had my old bottle showing the date and with like 3 pills left) so I ended up scrambling to the main urgent care. Luckily it wasn't busy. If I hadn't been leaving town the next day it wouldn't have been that big of a deal but I know I wouldn't be able to sleep in an unfamiliar hotel room. I finally got that all taken care of about 8 Saturday night.
Sunday about 3 am I woke up with the worse sore throat. I was miserable. My flight left at 2:30 and I hadn't started packing yet so I didn't want to waste another day at urgent care. I ended up doing the online appointment through the urgent care I used Saturday. As luck would have it, the same doctor got the request. He told me that since I was fine the day before it was probably viral and called in a dose pack for steroids. It made the trip kind of miserable. That being said, I love Boise. I could live there. We did a lot of group meet ups in the evenings to different brewery's. Monday night I went with the group, Tuesday I went shopping at the downtown boutiques and met up with the group later for a drink, Wednesday we had a group field trip to Lucky Peak so a lot of us didn't want to do a big dinner, we splintered off and went to a place called Boise Fry Company (you pick the type of potato and the way you want them cut) for happy hour.
By Thursday I was full on sick. I really wanted to stay in my room and sleep but that wasn't an option. I considered going back to my room after class and sleeping but I don't know when I will be back to ID and I really did enjoy the town. So I took my sick ass out with the group again. We ended up at a brewery that made an amazing cider and an ice cream shop that made alcohol infused ice cream (I didn't try it) and served beer/ice cream flights (again, nope). I didn't stay out very long but tried to enjoy the last day there.
Friday my flight was supposed to leave at 7 am but I got a text before I got back to my room Thursday night that it had been delayed an hour. This made for a really tight connection but I made it to the gate as they were loading the last group. I mostly slept on the long leg of the flight but was so miserable I just wanted to get home. I broke down and went back to urgent care Friday night and got a shot, which finally started helping.
So I didn't partake in any of the mother's day festivities, I had planned on taking my mom and sister to a nail day but I will see if they want to go this weekend instead.
I had my 3 month doctor appointment that is required for my anxiety meds Monday afternoon. I told her about the $$ associated with Saxenda, she knew it was expensive but didn't have any idea just HOW expensive. We had talked about the alternative previously but didn't think insurance would touch it without blood sugar issues. I was completely shocked that it went though. My doctor asked me how much more weight I wanted to lose and I told her that I didn't really care if I lost anymore, I just want to maintain and I know that going off the medication completely is probably not conducive to keeping the weight off. She found a sample pen of Sax and wrote the script for Victoza so I hope I am set. On the minimum dose one pen should last a month.
I was supposed to meet up with my trainer last night but I decided to take the week off and recover from the crud. I hope I feel well enough to get back at it on Tuesday. It feels like I have been out forever. I need to get online and see what the group schedule looks like. I know it will change around a little for summer and I want to see if there is anything that looks like fun.
So in my travels I bought 4 adorable dresses but I don't have a single pair of shoes that looks good with them. I have super flat feet and I have a horrible time finding shoes that look nice on my fred flinstone feet. I might take Bailey on a shoe hunting trip Saturday if I am feeling better. There is a DSW that I can hit up. As much as I love shopping, I could really just live in flip flops all summer and not deal with shoe stores. Finding the shoes is hard enough but I always get blisters too. I need to get some foldable flats to keep at my desk. I really have to be in the right mindset to take on shoes.
Much to do...
There really isn't much going on.
My weight is down to 120.2, which I am very surprised about with all the travel. I also had to really cut back on the Saxenda because the savings card I had been using expired after 12 uses. At the max dose, which I was taking, I went through one pen every week. The card made the cost of one pen $29.99, without the card it was $275 FOR ONE WEEK!! Since I am more or less at my goal weight I figured I probably needed to cut back to more of a maintenance dose anyway. So I went back to the minimum dose. I started on a different medication today which is the same active ingredient but marketed as a diabetes drug and insurance paid for it!!
So two weeks ago was my national advisory meeting in St. Paul. It was fine. I froze the entire time. I was impressed with the skyway system, which kept you from having to walk much outside, kind of like a human habitrail. It was difficult to navigate but we had a local with us most of the time. She said it took her forever to figure it out. I got there on Monday and decided to do the obligatory mall of america trip. I'm not sure what I was expecting but it was just a mall. I think I was picturing it with more open space? I did a little shopping, bought 3 adorable dresses at H&M, a store I had never been to. I also ate dinner at the Hard Rock, which was expensive and barely edible but I got to see the Prince memorabilia. I would have been better off eating at a fast food place but I sat and watched some kids ride the roller coaster and the small amusement park so it was entertaining. I only spent a few hours or so at the mall before I derided I would rather just go back to the room and sleep.
The meetings themselves were long and monotonous but interesting none the less. I learned a lot and found out I have lots to learn. The group is pretty good though and I think they will help me fumble my way though. Food, overall, was ok for having to eat out. Lots of salad and grilled chicken. I mostly did what has been working for me over the last several weeks, eat until I'm full and if I'm really not hungry, don't eat. My biggest downfall was this place called Legends Chocolates, which had the best truffles!! I tried the 41%, 68% and the 85% with the 68% caramel pecan being my favorite. They also had brownies and cake and all kinds of sinfully good treats. Besides the truffles I got a brownie and split it with a few co-workers. By Thursday night, the day before I left, I was not the least bit hungry and it was too cold to do much so I mostly ate the remaining chocolate and got ready to go home. Nothing super exciting.
I got home Friday in the middle of a torrential downpour, which made my flight lat getting in and traffic horrible. I got my car from the airport lot and went straight over to get Bailey from daycare. He was so excited to see me. It took forever to get home. I realized that I forgot to request my ambien refill and the doctor's office was closed for the day so I would have to scramble around and get to an urgent care that would be willing to write the prescription. So much for my one full day home.
So Saturday I tried to do the online doctor but they wouldn't give the script so I ended up going to a small urgent care close to my house. That doctor said he wouldn't write a script for it either because it can be abused (I had my old bottle showing the date and with like 3 pills left) so I ended up scrambling to the main urgent care. Luckily it wasn't busy. If I hadn't been leaving town the next day it wouldn't have been that big of a deal but I know I wouldn't be able to sleep in an unfamiliar hotel room. I finally got that all taken care of about 8 Saturday night.
Sunday about 3 am I woke up with the worse sore throat. I was miserable. My flight left at 2:30 and I hadn't started packing yet so I didn't want to waste another day at urgent care. I ended up doing the online appointment through the urgent care I used Saturday. As luck would have it, the same doctor got the request. He told me that since I was fine the day before it was probably viral and called in a dose pack for steroids. It made the trip kind of miserable. That being said, I love Boise. I could live there. We did a lot of group meet ups in the evenings to different brewery's. Monday night I went with the group, Tuesday I went shopping at the downtown boutiques and met up with the group later for a drink, Wednesday we had a group field trip to Lucky Peak so a lot of us didn't want to do a big dinner, we splintered off and went to a place called Boise Fry Company (you pick the type of potato and the way you want them cut) for happy hour.
By Thursday I was full on sick. I really wanted to stay in my room and sleep but that wasn't an option. I considered going back to my room after class and sleeping but I don't know when I will be back to ID and I really did enjoy the town. So I took my sick ass out with the group again. We ended up at a brewery that made an amazing cider and an ice cream shop that made alcohol infused ice cream (I didn't try it) and served beer/ice cream flights (again, nope). I didn't stay out very long but tried to enjoy the last day there.
Friday my flight was supposed to leave at 7 am but I got a text before I got back to my room Thursday night that it had been delayed an hour. This made for a really tight connection but I made it to the gate as they were loading the last group. I mostly slept on the long leg of the flight but was so miserable I just wanted to get home. I broke down and went back to urgent care Friday night and got a shot, which finally started helping.
So I didn't partake in any of the mother's day festivities, I had planned on taking my mom and sister to a nail day but I will see if they want to go this weekend instead.
I had my 3 month doctor appointment that is required for my anxiety meds Monday afternoon. I told her about the $$ associated with Saxenda, she knew it was expensive but didn't have any idea just HOW expensive. We had talked about the alternative previously but didn't think insurance would touch it without blood sugar issues. I was completely shocked that it went though. My doctor asked me how much more weight I wanted to lose and I told her that I didn't really care if I lost anymore, I just want to maintain and I know that going off the medication completely is probably not conducive to keeping the weight off. She found a sample pen of Sax and wrote the script for Victoza so I hope I am set. On the minimum dose one pen should last a month.
I was supposed to meet up with my trainer last night but I decided to take the week off and recover from the crud. I hope I feel well enough to get back at it on Tuesday. It feels like I have been out forever. I need to get online and see what the group schedule looks like. I know it will change around a little for summer and I want to see if there is anything that looks like fun.
So in my travels I bought 4 adorable dresses but I don't have a single pair of shoes that looks good with them. I have super flat feet and I have a horrible time finding shoes that look nice on my fred flinstone feet. I might take Bailey on a shoe hunting trip Saturday if I am feeling better. There is a DSW that I can hit up. As much as I love shopping, I could really just live in flip flops all summer and not deal with shoe stores. Finding the shoes is hard enough but I always get blisters too. I need to get some foldable flats to keep at my desk. I really have to be in the right mindset to take on shoes.
Much to do...
Congrats on the weight loss! That is cool that the drug was so effective for you. I've been on drugs for months that make me unhungry and even make me want to puke, and I am not losing very fast. And it's not because I'm overeating! Sorry you were sick and couldn't enjoy your trip at the end.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, flip-flops are fine with adorable summer dresses! Which reminds me, the only time I've been to H&M was in Phoenix--with Patti!