Weight loss drugs?

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I walk about two miles a day, climb a lot of stairs daily and spend a lot of time in the garden. I stress a whole lot about where to live. I know that our emotions heavily affect our health.

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I modified my diet a year ago April due to my then new diagnosis of pre-diabetes to take the carbs out of breakfast and lunch, adding in more protein and fat to make up the calories. I feel better, have lost weight (wasn’t really overweight but I’m now back to my college weight of 15 lbs lighter). And I’m taking the lowest possible dose of metformin. This past April my annual blood work up had improved. A1c and foot the first time in years, normal lipids across the board. I’d worried that the extra fat in my diet would cause the lipids to move in the opposite direction.

Regarding the use of diabetes drugs for weight loss I have mixed opinions. I’m glad it works for that for some people. But on the flip side SO was not able to get monjaro, which he is prescribed for full blown diabetes, for four months due to lack of availability.

Back to my pre-diabetes situation Dexcom was recently approved to sell continuous glucose monitors over the counter. I’ve ordered one with a month of sensors because I’m curious how various foods affect my glucose levels. I don’t plan to do it for more than a month but that should give me enough insight into what, if anything, makes my blood sugar spike so that I will know what I can enjoy and what I need to avoid. My sister, who is also pre-diabetic, recently did the same thing but by doing a thousand finger sticks and found that her blood sugar never spikes, it just never gets down below 100.