tru2myman's Journal

Byetta
Dec 30 2008 18:06

Hey there Hi there Ho there,

Ok I'm trippin', anyway, about a year ago I started taking shots for my diabetes, what I was taking was Byetta, it's a shot that some diabetics take especially if they are trying to loose weight, it helps control they're appetite, and since I am trying to loose weight I started taking the shots.  Well, I felt it made me eat more, I started on 5mg. and it did nothing for me, in the meantime I was hearing about people who were on it and how sick it made them.  So I talked to my doctor and told him I felt the shot was doing nothing. 

So he gave me the 10mg. dose and that one made me eat more like I said earlier.  I talked to him again and this time he gave me 5mg. dose that he wanted me to take 2 shots of.  Well by that time I didn't think it would work I mean come on that's still 10mg. but a friend of mine did say it worked for her.  But I still wasn't moved to take it so it's been sitting in my frig. for sometime now.  I was cleaning out my frig. and I saw the byetta syringe and started to throw it away but something told me not to and to try it again.  I did, I've been back on the Byetta shot now for 2-3 days  and I can't believe that 2  5mg. shots are working.  I can eat a very small meal and before I get done with it I'm as full as a tick.  I ate an apple earlier for a snack and I was full before I finished it. I think I like this LOL, I'm completely satisfied.  Am I loosing weight I don't know, I will weigh myself Fri.  or Thurs. whichever and I will let you all know.

You know it's funny my mother, and doctors keep telling me to loose weight and that I need to really think about the by-pass surgery and I was really going to do it at one time but the more I thought about it the more I couldnt, I figured one of the things they ask of you is that you learn how to control your appetite, I couldn't do that, I had a very hard time controlling my appetite which really depressed me.  But for the past 5-6 months I've been really concentrating on my eating and trying to get a grip on it.  I needed to understand me, I would fall, I'd get up, I was so determined to do this, I figured IF I chose to do this surgery I would have to do it anyway so why not learn how to eat anyway.  So I'm on my way, I know I will fall again, I'm not perfect, but I am trying and I won't stop trying.  I was learning before the byetta I mean I have managed to loose 21lbs. without the shot so I am learning something about all of this.

But one major thing I've learned is to stop beating up on myself, when I want something sweet I eat it a couple of days ago I had a taste for something sweet, donuts was my choice, I bought some dounuts and ate a total of 6 yep 6 so, the next day, I kept going on my journey I didn't down myself, or think badly of myself  or anything like that, I excepted it and moved on.  That's major stuff for me believe me.  I'm growing and I hope you are to