Week 11

Weekly Weight Loss Update

65/200 (32.5% of goal)

5 lbs. down week 11
45 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025
399 lbs. 03.27.2025
395 lbs. 04.03.2025
393 lbs. 04.10.2025
391 lbs. 04.17.2025
386 lbs. 04.24.2025
385 lbs. 05.01.2025
380 lbs. 05.08.2025

This week has been insane!

I’ve dropped 45 lbs. in about 2.5 months with the help of Zepbound- it’s literally been life changing and the last 2.5 months have been some of the most peaceful of my life- no food news, no fighting with myself…no losing the battle daily.

Then I get a letter telling me the fine folks at CVS Caremark have decided go with Wegovy as their preferred weight loss medicine- a medicine that has been proven less effective than Zepbound over and over again.

I took Wegovey for 4 months in 2023 and gained weight and had side effects.

My DR is working on an exception form to try to get them to allow me to continue with Zepbound since I’ve tried their “preferred” and it didn’t work.

The decision was all about money- it was Wegovy’s life line basically because so many people are switching to Zepbound because it’s just better in every way.

If they deny me- if the insurance that I’ve paid towards for over 20 years and rarely used deny me AND my DR. then I will run out of Zepbound around July 11th so I’m really pushing to lose 35 lbs. between now and then.

That would be me half way to my overall goal and maybe I can use it as a big jump start or something but I truly fear what will happen if I don’t have the Zepbound.

I’ve lost weight so many times in my life- only to lose the battle and gain it back. Zepbound ends the battle in my head.

It’s truly my miracle drug and I’m sorry to CVS Caremark that something was finally working for people- I know that really pisses them off.

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 10

Weekly Weight Loss Update

60/200 (30% of goal)

1 lbs. down week 10
40 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025
399 lbs. 03.27.2025
395 lbs. 04.03.2025
393 lbs. 04.10.2025
391 lbs. 04.17.2025
386 lbs. 04.24.2025
385 lbs. 05.01.2025

This week was insane!!!

After my weigh in last week- I gained 6 lbs over the next two days for NO reason! So I spent the entire week jist trying to get that weight back off- makes NO sense.

After 10 weeks, I’m averaging 4 lbs. a week which is pretty great.

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 9

Weekly Weight Loss Update

59/200 (29.5% of goal)

5 lbs. down week 9
39 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025
399 lbs. 03.27.2025
395 lbs. 04.03.2025
393 lbs. 04.10.2025
391 lbs. 04.17.2025386 lbs. 04.24.2025

Another great week…the weight loss “whoosh” is real!!!

Basically, your body fights you for a few weeks and then eventually gives up, if you stay consistent, and then BOOM…you have a good weight loss week.

I’ve replaced my food addiction with cozy gaming addiction and I’m FINE with that- I’m way happier than I have been the last few years.

I’m currently getting lost in a ton of new games from a new genre that I didn’t even realize existed.

I’m currently playing Palia- if anyone on here is playing- it’s basically World of Warcraft only with a peaceful, cozy feel to it.

It’s an open world MMORPG that is currently only PC and Switch but is coming to Xbox and PS in May with a massive new updated.

I could get lost in it for hours and it’s really helped pull me out of the hellscape reality we currently live.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 8

Weekly Weight Loss Update

54/200 (27% of goal)

2 lbs. down week 8
34 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025
399 lbs. 03.27.2025
395 lbs. 04.03.2025
393 lbs. 04.10.2025
391 lbs. 04.17.2025

I am currently not hitting my weekly weight loss goals- it’s going very slow- however, Zepbound has continued to work amazingly.

I’m still eating less than I ever have.

I am also still overall ahead on my weekly and monthly goals of where I wanted to be- only because the first several weeks were so much larger than my goal.

I have yet to gain weight during a week and that is a massive accomplishment itself.

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 7

Weekly Weight Loss Update

52/200 (26% of goal)

2 lbs. down week 7
32 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025
399 lbs. 03.27.2025
395 lbs. 04.03.2025
393 lbs. 04.10.2025

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 6

Weekly Weight Loss Update

50/200 (25% of goal)

4 lbs. down week 6
30 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025
399 lbs. 03.27.2025
395 lbs. 04.03.2025

Forgot to post this update yesterday- I was slangin’ drugs all day in Hyland Point… (Schedule 1 game).

I ate a big lunch yesterday and then nothing after about 2pm and didn’t really care. My stomach crawling this morning literally woke me up but I wasn’t hungry at all.

I fixed me a breakfast burrito- keto friendly tortilla- but couldn’t even finish it.

Already started the weight loss for this week…I was actually 394 lbs. this morning, but that will go towards next week.

If my insurance ever decides to stop paying for Zepbound, then I will become a Zep Head….I’ll be offering to perform sexual favors behind the Sav-A-Lot just for a shot!!!

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 5

Weekly Weight Loss Update

46/200 (23% of goal)

6 lbs. down week 5
26 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025
399 lbs. 03.27.2025

Yes, I know what today is…but… this week’s weigh in is early because I hit a milestone and don’t want my body to do something stupid like retain water and I lose it tomorrow 😛

It’s like my body knows I weigh in on Thursdays so I usually go up a few ounces, even a pound and I’m not losing this 399 lbs. unless I go up next week- today is a “part” of this week and this is what I weigh this week…lol.

I take my wins when I can get them!

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 4

Weekly Weight Loss Update

40/200 (20% of goal)

1 lb. down week 4
20 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025
405 lbs. 03.20.2025

Interesting how quickly the weight loss stops.

It’s been a month since my first weight in and I’m down 20 lbs.- my monthly goal is 15 lbs. but most of that 20 lbs. was lost the first two weeks. Months cover actual “month” so this isn’t an official monthly weigh in.

In that month, I had one “cheat meal” and that was a couple of cupcakes to celebrate my birthday; other than that, I’ve been under my MACROs and I’ve done perfectly.

I didn’t start tracking my food until 02.23.2025 bue here is my averages-

1475 Avg Calories
82.5 Avg Carbs
72.5 Avg Fats
106.5 Avg Protein

Under 100 carbs is still considered low carb- I just need to focus on getting my protein in.

I’ve got 10 days to lose 5 lbs. and hit my March goal and I’m 6 lbs. ahead of what my goal for today was.

No the weekly and monthly goals don’t add up- weekly is more reasonable while monthly is best case and the month doesn’t fall exactly on a week.

5th day at 405….the streak continues!!!

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Week 3

Weekly Weight Loss Update

39/200

4 lbs. down week 3
19 lbs. down total (since 02.20.2025)

445 lbs. Highest (2020-ish)
425 lbs. 02.20.2025
417 lbs. 02.27.2025
410 lbs. 03.06.2025
406 lbs. 03.13.2025

8…7…4…?

If you have ever really tried to lose weight before, you will recognize that pattern- it’s the pattern of your body adjusting to it’s new caloric intake while still being in “cave man” mode and trying to figure out how to keep you from starving because something has drastically happened in your life to cause you to start eating about 2,000 calories LESS than you had.

This week is going to be hard, and I know it- I’m ready for it. I’m going to do perfectly and hit all of my MACROs but it will still be a low week.

I haven’t done a lot of exercise the last 3 weeks to prepare for this- I wanted the shock of less calories to hit and now that my body is leveling out, I need to throw in steady exercise to help off set the change.

It doesn’t last but it comes and goes- you could do perfectly and even gain weight- it’s all apart of the process.

You always lose a lot the first few weeks- mostly water weight and the fact that your body doesn’t yet realize all those calories aren’t coming anymore.

Then your body realizes and tries to save us from dying.

Then the body realizes that this is the new “normal” and evens out to a pretty steady weight loss.

The thing to focus on is AVERAGE.

In order to reach my overall goal, I need to average about 3.46 lbs. lost per week. The last time I had massive success with weight loss, I averaged 4.23 lbs. lost per week, over a 6-month period.

The more you lose, the smaller you get and the less calories you need to just live- so it gets harder and harder as you get closer and closer to your goal and that makes it even more frustrating. You can see your goal but nothing you do seems to get you closer and you finally give up.

I’m going to try not to do that this time.

Based on the calorie calculator on Mayo Clinic- if I get no exercise, I need about 3200 calories per day to just live.

My goal right now is about 1600- so that puts me in a 1600 deficit per day already. When the exercise kicks in, I should be 1900-2300 deficit per day.

Average of 2,000 calorie deficit for 7 days is 14,700 calories used for a rough estimate of about 4.2 lbs. of calories.

I highly doubt I’ll lose 4 lbs. this week.

If weight loss was truly just “a numbers game/calories in VS calories out” then life would be pretty damn simple.

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~