1.7 mg
Last Weight: 227 pounds
Down 42 pounds (15.6%)

Down only a pound in a week.  It’s frustrating. I think knowing this journey might come to a sudden stop due to insurance has created a sense of urgency that probably isn’t helping.  The urgency causes stress and the stress makes me want to eat.  Instead, I need to just stay on the path I have been carving for the last 15 weeks.  I can make plenty more progress by the end of the year.

Plus this was my last dose at 1.7 mg.  Starting next week I will be at the full dosage of 2.4 mg.  I am excited to finally be there and see how helpful it is alongside the habits I have created in these four months.  With it, I think I can reach my miniature goal of being at 220 pounds by the time I leave for Amsterdam.  That is 7 pounds in four weeks, which is well within the healthy range.  So I think it is a great goal.

As for the long term—I have a month until the Health Insurance Open Season starts.  I am going to be looking into a lot of options for health insurance.  It does appear there could be good alternatives so I can continue to take the medication.  It’ll be a hard balance though—because this is the insurance for my whole family so I need to make sure it doesn’t mess up anything for them if I change it.