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Your theory makes sense. It fits too with my thought that how heavy a person gets before an intervention and how well an intervention works is primarily a reflection of how poorly their metabolism works. Eating disorders, habits, lack of good medical care and education can also play a role, but I think disordered metabolism plays the biggest part. Again, making it so sad that there are treatments that can help, but are out of reach for so many.

Glad you are enjoying the cool weather that blew in! I am wearing long pants and a sweater :) It will be cool for several days, but we will eventually return to 80s at least for a little while in September.

Monday is workshop week for my former co-workers. I think it's really fun I can celebrate NOT going back to work (and banishing the ultimate Sunday Scaries) with you! Looking forward to dinner tomorrow!

118.2 which would probably be lower but someone left Vienna Finger cookies here. I just can't resist those darn things in the evenings. One of the few cravings I still have. I plan to dump them out of the package into the messy trash this morning when I am being strong.

Yesterday DH golfed and I had nothing to do so I went to a local place to listen to music for an hour, then stopped at a restaurant for Happy Hour shrimp (along with a glass of wine). Leftover Italian chicken roll-ups for dinner, followed by several of those sneaky Vienna Fingers.

Very little sleep last night - maybe 2 hours? I fell right to sleep but sometime between 12 and 12:30 there were a couple of loud bangs outside. Firecrackers, car backfire, or gun fire? Hopefully not the last choice. Anyway I never went back to sleep though DH and Justice slept quite peacefully the rest of the night.

This afternoon my 2 SILs and my BIL who usually doesn't go anywhere are coming for an early dinner. BIL really likes DH so he said he would come. Makes me feel good! We are having quahogs (aka stuffed clams), corn on the cob, salad, lobsters and steak tips (the latter for BIL who doesn't eat lobster). A feast! We get the quahogs and cooked lobsters at a local fish place near us. We call in the morning and pick them up ready to eat.

Right now my coffee is helping me feel human. Time to walk Justice shortly. Have a sunny Saturday!

It would be nice to think that the pharmaceutical companies would rethink their pricing and realize that they might get as much in profit if everyone could afford it rather than a declining number of people as they lose coverage. It seems like most health plans are removing coverage for weight loss purposes. Eli Lilly does have a somewhat reduced price way of getting Zepbound in vials but it is still around $400-$500 a month.

Your trip is coming soon! When do you leave?

Greetings from lovely hot la we arrived on time but the track to get a rental car was absurd. A new rental. Car plaza where all the companies are five stories up to a desk which is unstaffed. Wait way wait and finally get a car - a Tesla - but when dh got in part of the car fell apart. We were given a better car after we *****ed. Mutchadieu about replacement but they finall. More adventures in driving but the baby is beautiful and all is well. Ds

Our tribe is dynamic and shifting as we move about and make our plans and do our things.

I wish I could say that Wegovy usage was causing me to consider how to gain weight. Not so. I continue to fight with 3 pounds (admittedly not fighting SUPER hard) above the range I kept for 2 years. DH is at the max dose of Zepbound, and says he doesn't really feel much affect anymore. He will stop dosing in another month as he is now transitioning to Medicare. He is considering rejoining Weigh****chers as the tracking has helped him with maintenance in the past. He might try Metformin as another maintenance boost.

I will also lose my Wegovy coverage in a year when I start Medicare. Or, it could be sooner, as the health insurance i use from my district as a retirement benefit has signaled they want to discontinue covering weight loss meds. I still feel suppressed appetite a few days after my shot. One of my hopes is perhaps my metabolism will improve with continued exercise and resistance training, and not taking so many other medications such as Tamoxifen. Thank goodness my sleeve is still a powerful tool.

DD's insurance at the VA just stopped covering Zepbound. She went back to buying it from a compounding pharmacy while her doctor is filing an appeal because it helped so much with her endometriosis.

Is it beyond crazy that the holy grail of effective weight loss medication was finally discovered, but is out of reach for so many people? And the research continues to point to so many additional health benefits beyond weight loss. What a loss that it can't be prescribed as widely as it is needed.

Today I was finally able to dig into some final trip planning, and make reservations on two ferries, for massages in Iona, for a castle tour, hop on hop off tours, order an adapter etc. Some clothes are laid out, much more to do there. Oh, and I checked into the Electronic Visa you have to apply for now when traveling in the U.K. and got that taken care of. Still many details to tend to, but I see it all coming together. Getting excited!