What was the online course? And what has worked for you?
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Optimize Your Sleep by Sleep is a Skill. I met the owner through her husband, who’s in the poker community. She had insomnia herself, similar story to mine, and she finally cured it and then decided to start a business and podcast around it, interviewing all of the experts and compiling all of the best information.
I was doing a lot of that on my own, but not having success. I’d equate it to having someone who would fit in here from an intelligence/analytical standpoint just offering the best of all the research in like 10-20 hours of content over the course of 10-12 weeks, with 1 hour group coaching calls twice a week and occasional one-on-one calls mixed in.
The number one thing was getting sun in my eyes outside first thing every morning, that alone cured my insomnia. Using high quality blue blocker glasses starting ~2-3 hours before bed has been huge, too, along with dimming all the lights 2-3 hours before bed and going to red hues when possible. Meal timing is big too.
I can also even physically feel a difference between cloudy days and sunny days, so I bought a DayLight to supplement inside on cloudy days, and a Vitamin D lamp.
Some of the other stuff she recommends I was already doing, and still am, and there are several weeks to go.
But my overall sleep is up from ~5 hours a night to 6 hours and 20 minutes, my sleep onset happens in 10-20 minutes now instead of 1-2 hours, my sleep efficiency is up to 85-88%, and my REM and deep sleep numbers are up a lot - sometimes getting over 2 hours of each.
Down 8 lbs now in about 4 weeks. No chance at getting it for weight loss and having it being covered.
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No diabetes, purely for weight loss.
The coupon is a bit different that you have to go to the website and sign up and then they email you the savings card and you present it at the pharmacy
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I would consider paying out of pocket for one of those drugs, at least for a few months, if it made a significant difference for weight loss alone and there weren’t any serious risks or bad likely side effects.
But like if I’m consuming 1600-2000 calories and burning 3,300 to 4,000, is a drug going to make me lose fat any faster than I otherwise would? Or is it just going to make the process easier by reducing cravings and smoothing out my blood sugar levels?
it’s going to make it so you don’t eat as much
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What brand are you on again?
So basically if I have trouble sticking to 1600-2000 calories a day, it would be a good option to consider?
meh why not?
semaglutide is the generic. Brand name is ozempic/wegovy
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What kind of cost per month are we talking here for the generic?
I don’t know much about diets, but isn’t a 1300-2000 calorie deficit per day a hell of a lot? I imagine it would be difficult to keep these kind of deficits sustainable
Yes, but I think there’s a big difference between eating 700 calories and burning 2,000 and eating 2,000 and burning 3,300. The first is not sustainable, I think the second is. I got laid like 1.7 to 1, and I think I’m a favorite. We’ll see, though.
There is no generic. It’s about 1k/mo
Oh I misunderstood your post. You were using the generic name, not a generic brand available.
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yeah technically there’s two brands. One is ozempic which is for diabetics. Wegovy is dosed just a little different and requires a different injecting pen device at the end and is for obesity.
I’m obese, so in theory I could qualify? Do you need other medical factors to warrant a prescription?
Depends on your insurance. I have amazing insurance but it specifically doesn’t cover medications for obesity. I might be able to just prescribe a different med and have them think I have diabetes, but maybe not
I’m insured off the exchange so it probably isn’t covered. But if I am struggling in a month or two, given that there’s like $1,600 on the line in the bet, paying $1K for a couple months and winning the bet is close enough to a wash. Like I’d pay $400 to lose the weight anyway.
Part of my attitude towards all of this is I sacrificed my health for my poker career for a while, and now that I can afford to do it, I’m willing to spend some money to improve my health back up to where I want it. At the end of the day it’ll make me more profitable in the long run, anyway.
Well money is always a good motivator! Although I’m guessing it’s gonna be harder than you think to keep that up for 7 months. But maybe not… Anyway best of luck!
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one thing that makes it a little easier is that the weekly dosing starts off small. So it’s .25mgx4, then .5mgx 4. So a 2mg pen lasts for 1.5 months before you get going too far.
Right now I’m wondering if I should bump up dosage or just stay were I’m at. It’s working fine right now, why go to a higher dose? Thinking on it right now. Going to text some nerd medicine friends.
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