Day 2 on the Pill
Apr. 12th, 2026 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerToday was Day 2 on The Pill. I started by weighing myself— something I couldn't do yesterday because the bathroom scale I've owned for 20 years just says "D'oh!" when I step on it now. I've gained a lot of weight over the past 18 months due to 1 or 2 of the many medicines I'm taking. I'm now over the weight limit for a lot of bathroom scales. That's why I ordered a new scale on Amazon yesterday. It has a higher capacity. It arrived swiftly but not in time for an inaugural morning weigh-in. So I did that today. And I forgot to do it first thing in the morning, before eating breakfast. So I did it after breakfast... and after a dump. I figured, one meal in, one meal out; it's balanced. 🤣
I feel like I'm starting to see some of the side effects of the GLP-1. It didn't start that way, though. Yesterday, Day 1, I began with my normal breakfast. Okay, I figured; the pill doesn't take effect immediately, especially at the lowest dose. For lunch I tried cutting down my normal portion by half but was still hungry afterward. I then ate more, adding up to a typical lunch amount. I tried a reduced portion again at dinner, going with 2/3 the amount I normally eat, and that's when I started to see some appetite reduction. I felt full after a modest, 2/3-sized dinner... though that feeling of fullness came partly from a mild discomfort that felt a bit like stomach gas. I had the burps for a few hours after dinner. When I went to bed 3.5 hours later it felt like the food was still siting in my stomach and trying to crawl back up my esophagus. It wasn't painful, thankfully; just a bit weird.
Today, Day 2, I downsized my breakfast and lunch to about 2/3 of what I'd normally eat for each. I was a bit hungry after breakfast and just waited until lunch. I was a bit hungry after lunch, too; I treated myself to a small dessert of two cookies. That was enough to hold me over until dinner without any mid-afternoon munchies. Come dinnertime, though, I was hungry. I ate a full portion at dinner. Now I feel bloated from that, like I overate. Part of learning to deal with this medication, and part of why doctors start everyone on the smallest dose, is becoming familiar with new signals and developing new habits. I'll see how I feel in about 2 hours when it's time for bed.
I feel like I'm starting to see some of the side effects of the GLP-1. It didn't start that way, though. Yesterday, Day 1, I began with my normal breakfast. Okay, I figured; the pill doesn't take effect immediately, especially at the lowest dose. For lunch I tried cutting down my normal portion by half but was still hungry afterward. I then ate more, adding up to a typical lunch amount. I tried a reduced portion again at dinner, going with 2/3 the amount I normally eat, and that's when I started to see some appetite reduction. I felt full after a modest, 2/3-sized dinner... though that feeling of fullness came partly from a mild discomfort that felt a bit like stomach gas. I had the burps for a few hours after dinner. When I went to bed 3.5 hours later it felt like the food was still siting in my stomach and trying to crawl back up my esophagus. It wasn't painful, thankfully; just a bit weird.
Today, Day 2, I downsized my breakfast and lunch to about 2/3 of what I'd normally eat for each. I was a bit hungry after breakfast and just waited until lunch. I was a bit hungry after lunch, too; I treated myself to a small dessert of two cookies. That was enough to hold me over until dinner without any mid-afternoon munchies. Come dinnertime, though, I was hungry. I ate a full portion at dinner. Now I feel bloated from that, like I overate. Part of learning to deal with this medication, and part of why doctors start everyone on the smallest dose, is becoming familiar with new signals and developing new habits. I'll see how I feel in about 2 hours when it's time for bed.
