Wed day 17. dose up

Okay raised my dose again today... Tomorrow I'm going to bump it up to the 1.2 I should be one. I don't feel like I'm losing at the moment. I'm not eating a bunch of junk either. In fact, I'm not eating a lot at all.

I'm also on antibiotics for a sinus infection. I don't think that should affect anything. But who knows.
I have noticed the past three days I keep getting a sharp pain on the right said of my head and I Have had headaches all those days. However, it might be because of my sinuses. again hard to say.

Tuesday Day 16.....

So far so good.. I did notice last night that I wasn't feeling the best and I had the same issue the night before.. Both nights I had sugary deserts. Not sure if that is the issue or not. I guess I will keep an eye on it. I could also be that I didn't have enough water.

One night I was drinking at a friends house and the other I was drinking a lot of Ice tea.

Might take me a bit to figure our what triggers stomach aches. They are never to horrible.

I took my shot late today because I got up late. I have a sinus infection and I was up coughing a lot last night so didn't get much sleep.

I did up it another click so I am at 6 clicks past .06 If today goes well tomorrow I'm going to go up to 8 clicks and Friday go up to 1.2.

Day 14!

So upped my dose one more click today. So far so good.. Made sure to eat a good breakfast. I am feeling a bit light headed but that happens on the days I up my dose. Doesn't typically last to long.

Today was Scale day LOL. And I am down 3lbs this week.

We are off to cookout with friends today... So I. will add to this if there is anything to add :)

Saturday day 13 I think lol

Okay, so today has been pretty good. Not feeling like eating much but been making sure to eat. And I Have to say Sugar just doesn't do it for me. Some of it taste way too sweet. Icky.

I did the same dose as yesterday. .06 plus 4 clicks.  I think tomorrow I will go up one more click since today and yesterday didn't seem to be an issue where I am at.

I am a bit sleepy today but not too bad. Overall I would call day 12 a success.  Sunday morning is my weigh in  day. We will see if there is any change yet... Not going to be upset if not though because I know it's doing something for me because I don't constantly feel like putting sugar in my mouth.

Friday day 12 adjustments.....

Okay. Yesterday was flipping crazy.... I could barely function. If I had a reg job I would have had to leave early and hope I didn't fall asleep on the way home.

I was so tired I couldn't stay away, I felt kind of crappy a couple of times.

I woke up today feeling Nauseous however it went away in about 20 mins.  I did take my shot a bit later today just because I got a late start on my day.

I decided instead of doing the full 1.2 which is dbl the original dose I did 4 clicks past .06. I am hoping that makes the adjustment a bit better. I think I will do that for at least a couple of days then go up again. There are 10 clicks from .06 to the 1.2 so my thought it I can go up a bit slower...

Again I got a late start to my breakfast was a bit late as well. I really need to get myself on a schedule to eat breakfast because I'm so used to skipping it, and I just wasn't feeling a smoothie today.

I will update this later to record how the adjusted dose did for ... Crossing my fingers its not like yesterday. If it is. I might as well just do the full dose next time.

Okay so about to head to bed.. Ate really well all day... Need to take in more water.

Also the dial down worked because I did get really tired today but was able to take like a 20 min nap and was pretty good after that.  Probably stay on the same dose tomorrow and go up a click or two on sunday.

The doctor told me I need to lose 15lbs for my insurance to continue to cover this..

Day 11 Dose up...

So today I upped my dose. I was feeling pretty good when I got up. But man I am so tired right now. I think I may have to shut my eyes and sleep a bit... I took the dose two hours ago. I did do a nice smoothy for breakfast.

I am a bit nauseated. Will see how that goes as the day does.... My New scale is supposed to be here by 8 tonight. The doctor told me not to weight myself more than once a week. Which is what I do anyway. But I will weight myself when it comes in to see how close it is to the docs scale.

So Wow.. I just felt like sleeping all day. I don't like this dose much.

Wed Day 10 Doctors appointment

Seen the Doc today she gave me some great info about how the med process sugars and that is how you lose the weight. It does provide as well appetite suppression.

I lost 2lbs since I started it which has been just over a week now.  Today has been a good day. took my shot at 8am.. Tomorrow I am upping the dose. Crossing my fingers that it will go well since it dbls..

She also told me today that If I find myself getting too tired or feeling drained I need to eat that I should be eating small every few hours not to allow myself to just not eat....


So there is my Journey so far.

Tuesday day 9... Not bad so far

So Last night I skipped my dose so I could get the switch over to trying to do my shots during the day. I have read a lot that says they work better if you do your shots during the day.

At the moment it's 11:30 am. I have been up since 7:30 and I did my shot soon as I got up. So far no nausea. Crossing my fingers that I will not have it. I have to say it was nice to wake up today and feel pretty decent for a change. It gets pretty crappy waking up nauseated each day... I am not feeling as tired yet either but I do still feel tired.

I will keep progress as the day goes by to let you know how the day time shot affects me. I do feel a headache coming on not sure if it's from the shot or not.

So we are now at 5:30. I figured around 3:30 4 would put me at the same amount of hours past giving myself the shot as it would be had I taken the shot before bed last night. So I figured I would be nauseated around this time. So far. Not that case.  I feel a little light headed but I think that is because I had to take Pain med for my bursitis today.

Another thing I notice is that I am super thirsty. Which is actually a good thing. I struggle with drinking enough water. I'm not overly hungry but do get hungry about every 4 hours. I can eat something small and feel good.

About to do dinner... I don't want to jump to conclusions but its looking like day shots are going to actually be better for me.

Day 8

Well, today I am nauseated all day so far. It's 1:42... I am not really hungry at all. I tried to eat a Cheese Quesadilla but it tasted so gross. So I was just able to eat a had bowled egg. Maybe that will help my nausea. Crossing my fingers.

Dr appointment today. I guess I will have to get my weight there. Not that it would be the same as my home scale. But I need to order a new one of those.

Later in the evening:

So I was feeling pretty crappy most of the day like I said not able to eat much I ate two hard boiled eggs. Later in the evening, I was so tired I could hardly stand it. We went ot a friends house to game and they made us dinner. I had two small ribs and a tiny piece of strombolie.. AFter about 20 mins it was amazing how much better I felt.. I think I'm going to have to start figuring out what I can eat because clearly I needed to eat and that is why I felt so crappy.
I also had a small piece of cake. It was yummy but dang it was rich.. It's about 12:30 now. I'm going to head to bed soon. I think I'm going to skip my shot tonight and do it when I wake up tomorrow so I can see how it makes me feel during the day. Crossing my fingers not too bad. I'm going to continue with the .06 for tomorrow and see how it goes.

Have a doc appointment on Wed.

Sunday day 7

Well, I can't weigh myself today because My scale decided to die. OH well. I don't think I lost anything this week anyway.

I work up not feeling well, super tired and nausea. It's the most nausea I have had all this time. The only thing I did differently was I took the shot in my arm rather than my thigh to stomach. So I may not do that again. Its 3:30 pm now and I'm feeling pretty good. though.... Still tired...

Tonight I am meant to up my dose, but I think since I have a Doc appointment tomorrow I will wait one more day.

Day 6.

So not the best morning... Not really because of Saxenda thought. More because I was in so much pain. Woke up at 420..LOL yes 420 and was in so much pain I couldn't stay in bed. Got up, took my pain meds stayed up till 6 and headed back to bed. Stayed in bed till 11:30 but it felt OH so GOOD to sleep well for a bit..

When I got up I at, And like 2 hours later was super hungry. It is feeling like I'm more hungry on this stuff than I am off it. Its a bit annoying. But it might just be my body adjusting to it. I don't know if I will have to adjust the time I day I use it or not. We will see.

Friday Day 5

So today is day 5. Woke up not even close to hungry but let's be honest that it normal for me. No need to give a medication credit for that lol.

Feeling a bit light headed and nauseated.  Figured food would help so I made myself a Fruit smoothie with Vanilla kefir. Didn't taste the greatest but I didn't want to add any kind of sugar to it.
Not feeling much better and an hour later and even writing this I'm yawning and having a hard time keeping my eyes open. I really hope that the tired part goes away. I know it could be worse I could be throwing up or something and I'm not. Dang though hard to get anything done when all you want to do is sleep... This rain doesn't help that I guess. Nor does the fact that my Fibro hates my body today... But like all days. I am pushing forward.
Write later.

So I am not seeing as much appetite suppressing as I would like. But then again I'm only on the .06 dose yet. and its only day 5..And I say this because of will I just at ice cream LOL...
I didn't eat a lot so I guess there is that....

My Saxenda Journy

So I decided I would start trying. I say trying because I'm horrible at keeping up with stuff like this.

I wanted to try to start keeping a bit of a journal on my journey with Saxenda.  I do not know if this medication will work for me but I am really hoping...

I'm going to start that I don't have high expectations. It's better to not do so because then I am not nearly as bummed if it doesn't work.

So I started my Shots Monday. Well, rather Sunday night before I headed to bed.


Monday For some reason I woke up super hungry. I was light headed Most all of the day and more so when I would eat but not anything I couldn't handle or work through.

Tuesday I again woke up really hungry and was hungry all day. Still, a bit light headed but not too bad, but I just overall didn't feel that good most of the day and I was super tired all day.

Wed. Felt a bit nauseated but not real bad.  I wasn't real hungry but at a granola bar. Had lunch out with friends than for dinner I had some fresh veggies because I just wasn't very hungry. As the evening went on (and the evening is when I have the most hunger normally) I was a bit hungry so I had got out my favorite ice cream and decided to eat some. Well, I did eat some, but not much because well the ice cream kind of tasted like cold sugary butter. It was odd.  So instead I had some fruit.
I still struggled with being super tired ALL DAY...

Thursday. So far today I'm feeling a bit nauseated. And I'm still very tired. I mean I could totally go back to bed and be happy. I hope the tiredness goes away with time.  I don't feel like eating at all but I got out my granola bar and forced myself to eat. I need to work a lot harder on drinking more water... Not sure how to do that, but its a must. I also have a headache and I recall having a headache Monday as well. We will see if it becomes a pattern.

I would say so far overall I'm doing better with the side effects than I hear many people have. So hopefully when I got up a dose it will still be okay... I'm going to wait till I adjust to this does before I go up.
So just made myself and tuna sandwich for lunch because I was finally feeling a little hungry. But it tastes gross. I made myself each 3/4 of it. But I think I will go get some more fresh veggies. don't don't taste gross.

over all day.. Went pretty well. Tired tired... Wasn't able to eat much at dinner. So at some and 3 hours later ate a bit more.... Going to do my shot and head to bed.