Known cause for “artificial” high blood pressure
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Yeah, 'fraid that def wasn’t the case. As I said, a routine cleaning. And my BP was obviously elevated, as demonstrated by several checkups I did myself at various supermarkets in the following days and weeks. Then again, some supermarket employees may well wear white coats. I never paid much attention to their outfits 
Good for you, @sasha. It’s hard work, especially for women over 45, and even harder after menopause for many women.
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My doctor is prescribing the shot for Ozempic. Does it keep ok in the fridge?
I have a big get together planned for the 26th and would like to wait until after that to begin it.
It keeps 90 days in the fridge.
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There’s a pill now too but my doctor said shot is more effective.
Oh, really? That’s interesting. My friends who are on it or similar drugs are still doing the old-school subcutaneous shots.
@ZivBnd might be able to answer that question. 
I loss a significant amount of weight with calorie restrictions and mild exercise after diagnosed diabetic. It took time (4 years total) with ups and downs and a pandemic but one thing I figured out was stop watching food videos and other food porn. Told friends to stop sending food videos. Reading about food is okay because it’s not visceral, more intellectual. An occasional how to food video is okay. I also stopped keeping a list of places and foods I wanted to try. It sounds self-help-y but have to find and stop the triggers that make you eat more. I admitted I was a glutton and that helped too.
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It’s sooo hard. I think it’s sticking because this may be the first time I’ve lost weight for the right reason and it’s a powerful motivator. Now whether I can maintain when I’m done… I hope I can but that’ll be the hard part.
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For the last few years I just lost all accountability. I wouldn’t say glutton but I also didn’t so no to myself often. I’ll still watch food shows because I love em. But only during or right after a meal. That’s my acknowledgment is to not do things to make me hungry at a time that I don’t need the food.
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Boy it’s been work tho!!!
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Right. Going against what our bodies tell us to do, i.e. “eat” is incredibly difficult. And frankly nobody can or should be expected to rely solely on willpower. It’s doable in the short run, but I doubt it’s sustainable.
That’s why losing weight on these drugs is so easy: you’re just never hungry & practically have to force yourself to get even the minimum amount of calories required to keep you running on a daily basis, and that calorie deficit equals weight loss.
Of course, once you stop all the food noise comes back, so I’m also skeptical of people being able to keep the weight off. After all, losing weight is (allegedly) the easy / easier part. The really hard work is keeping it off.
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You can do it. I know you can. And you can get back on track, if you ever slip up.
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Agree with all your words. I didn’t want to do anything to make this easier tbh because of the part after where you still have to figure out how to live and not be pushing the same rock up the same hill forever. That said, my sister started a diet about 3 months before me and she had more weight to lose. She is on one of the meds I don’t recall the name for appetite suppression. But when I saw her over the holidays, she seemed to still have appetite. So I don’t know if it’s working well for her. She doesn’t really talk about it, and I don’t see her…
Some people only take them every other week, like when they know (like @Aubergine) they have a dinner or event they look forward to, and don’t want to sit there pushing food around the plate.
But yeah, it’s a brave new world out there.
Keep doing what you’re doing — you’re obviously doing a great job so far
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Thanks for the support!
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Rybelsus
No doubt they’ll eventually find a way to make the pills as effective as the shots.
The interesting question will be the side effects - it’s a general problem/issue in drug discovery that different routes of administration can lead to quite different side effect profiles (different systemic exposures). There is also the problem with patient compliance with oral drugs - even with cancer drugs which have to be taken daily (and are much more “important” to survive) it is surprising how often cancer patients forget to take a pill vs an infusion in the hospital
