You can see my first post about
my journey with Victoza here. Okay, so
the Victoza journey started two weeks ago, and here was my dosing: Week
One: 0.3 units/day. Week Two: 0.6 units/day. Now I am starting week
three, with 1.2 units/day.
As last week progressed, I
noticed that my body was changing. I typically have a small "spare
tire" around my middle (which I can strategically hide with certain styles
of waistbands and tops). I have long suspected that bundle of extra
padding was caused by my insulin pump. I always have the insertion on my
stomach someplace. With all that insulin being pumped into my tissues for
years in the same region, it is bound to cause some fat to accumulate
there. Anyway, the past week I noticed that area getting more lean (it's
also where I inject the Victoza). I have a much (noticeably so) smaller
"spare tire". In fact, it's almost gone! I have lost
about 4 pounds total since starting, which ends up being about 35% of my body
weight! (Yes, I did just calculate that.)
I have found that if I skip
breakfast, I have to force myself to eat the rest of the day. I just have no
appetite. Then I get weak, feel tired, etc. So the trick for me has
been to actually eat breakfast, and that seems to allow me to eat for the rest
of the day. Mind you, I am not ever HUNGRY anymore- just can eat when it's time
to eat without feeling like I don't want to. Oh, and the wild cravings I
have always had- they are gone. I don't crave anything. I
just eat whatever I fix. Really, really nice.
The biggest improvement has not
been the weight loss, but rather the CONTROL I feel. I have often felt
like food controlled me- because I had to watch every little thing I put in my
mouth. I had to be so restrictive in order to keep my insulin usage down
and therefore my weight under control. I had to worry about going too
high, going too low, and if I wanted to LOSE weight, I had to starve
myself. I had crazy cravings almost all the time- because I had to deprive
myself of what I wanted to eat. It was a
constant battle, a constant concern, a constant distraction. All that has
completely vanished. My glucose numbers are stable all day- no extreme
highs or lows. I am totally EMPOWERED. I feel better about my
diabetes now than I have in the past 7 years.
If there's one thing Victoza has
done for me, it has given me back my control over food. I am no longer
its prisoner. I am the one in control.
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