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I reached a new scale victory today.  This weekend I had reached a loss of 95 pounds since I had lapband surgery.  30 pounds since I joined Profile by Sanford.

I currently have no fluid in my band.

My insulin usage has gone from over 100 units a day to 100 units a week but that’s because Profile by Sanford is so low carb.

I still have a high amount of arthritis pain but I am finding it easier to get around.

I saw my Endocronolist Friday.  

I've lost about 30 pounds since I started Profile by Sanford.  My A1C is down to 6.5

I've gone several days without dosing insulin, and basically had my pump off.  

She suggested that I set the pump to deliver the minimum amount of insulin as she was concerned about clogging and asked if I wanted to go off the pump.  I asked about smart pen's and she suggested the InPen.  We jumped through insurance hoops and prescription hoops and the InPen arrived today.

They are a bit difficult to load (I was sent two, I'm keeping one loaded in the refrigerator).

It's going to feel a bit odd — going from the Medtronic tubed pump to the Omnipod was odd, but I still had a large device attached to me.  Now I just have the CGMS.

Want to know the biggest side effect from the vaccine?

You have to talk about it — did I mention I was in the Covid study?

Anyway, I went in for my 6 month follow up — had to sign new forms, give two large vials of blood, and get an appointment for the one year follow up.

It's crazy because the first blood draw was horrible and the two after have been easy.

I have been on Profile by Sanford since December 10 and have lost 20 pounds.  It hasn’t been hard to follow but I do a few more protein and fat, I think, because I don’t measure them.  If my weight loss slows I will. 

I do move better once I get moving. 

It’s been a fun week.

Somehow I lost 4 pounds. I hope I don’t find them again. I may be in trouble with my doctor.

I’m back a Baylor Dental College as a patient. Last year I had started out as a patient with the hygiene clinic and I’m supposed to go in every 4 months. I think I was the only patient that wasn’t addressed by mom or dad there.

My eyes are hurting. I really think that the cornea dystophy is a symptom of sleep. The storm and rolling blackout really affected my sleep. I saw a therapist yesterday and we focused on that and came up with a plan that worked. I slept but woke up every couple of hours.

I honestly thought wearing a cloth mask over the GIR mask would be a bad idea.  I thought it would make fogging worse.

However, I needed to go to the TAMU Dental College today, and I have gotten a lot of push back on the GIR mask, with screening thinking it was a fake mask.

Wearing the fabric mask over the GIR mask didn’t cause fogging and not one person questioned my mask.

Sad, since the GIR is more effective than a fabric mask.

This concept drives me nuts, but I wear a much different mask from most.

Mine is a silicon mask from http://gir.co

It clings to the skin, giving a tight seal.  If I get any fogging, I just press the mask and it stays.  It doesn’t slip.  Even running my dogs at a dog show.

They also sell a liner made out of material similar to that used to make N95.  The nice part of the liner is that it can go in any mask.  I have gone to a few places that didn’t like the silicon (my cornea doctor) so I wore a fabric mask with the liner in it.

I do keep a fabric mask in the car, so I guess I’ll go through the motions.

I’ve been vaccinated without knowing and have managed to NOT get infected.  I’ve only know for about a month and I haven’t changed the way I do things indoors.  I’m a bit more relaxed outside, depending on who I am with.

By the way, if you want to double mask without any bulk, those liners from GIR.co are really great.

I’ve lost 10 pounds now according to the Profile App!

Profile has been easy for me, I haven’t had a binge since the day before the foundation repair started.  Man was I stressed.  

We’re slowly adding choices — last week, we added Profile Pizza Crust, and it took a couple of tries before I figured it out. 

This week we added Profile Ice Cream.

Both count as 15g meal replacements.

I get 4 15g meal replacements a day, and 1 10g meal replacement.  Usually 4 shakes and 1 protein bar, but the pizza crust and the ice cream also work as shakes.

Lunch is at least 2 cups of vegetables added to a meal replacement.  Dinner is 3-4 oz protein, 1-2 oz of fat, and at least 2 cups of vegetables.  I admit to frequently going over on those portions, but that keeps me to no more than a 2 pound weight loss a week.

Going to the gym, either the one in the house or the one outside the house.

Pain level is still pretty high.

I am at the lowest weight I have been at in over year.  This last month has been so much easier than the last year.  I was doing everything I could to lose weight — work out and try to control my eating.

Because the band had slipped and because I was eating the wrong food, and couldn’t control my eating, nothing I did was working.

I’m still having trouble with wanting to eat late at night — last night was carrots.

Most of the time, being this low carb has been pretty easy.  Last night I just couldn’t eat my retables. 

Profile by Sanford just works for me, but I probably couldn’t do it if I hadn’t done the lap band first.

It means I have a weight loss of over 70 pounds at my heaviest.