Saturday, May 17, 2025

Recital And Reactions


I went out to the garden this morning and picked what I can only describe as a shit-ton of beans. I hadn't picked in three days and this is what happens. 


Please note that bag held a "party pack" of Hawaiian rolls. It's huge. I will be canning this next week. I didn't hate being out in the heat but if it had gone on much longer, I would have. My insane familiar showed up and found a place right where I was working with a bit of shade. 


She probably just hangs out with me outside so if she gets the urge to slash and bite, she'll have me conveniently right there. 
Sigh.

A very handsome anole was hanging out on the fence the beans grow on. He was practicing his push-ups and also puffing out his pretty little pink throat which is how I know it was a he. I really wanted to take his picture and I did try but he was shy and not having it. He was trying to attract a woman lizard, not me. 

This afternoon Mr. Moon and I went to a piano recital for August and Levon. Their teacher also has voice students so it's a mix of piano and voice performances. It's amazing how good some of the kids are, how very good their stage presence is. There were a few tiny girls singing who had very fine voices in my opinion and I was impressed. One older gal took the cake though. There's always one. The boys did well. Levon played two songs, August one. Levon has been taking lessons longer than August. That child cracks me up so much. He had done his own hair and it was sticking up in a profoundly stylish way and the way he stands and talks and walks just screams, "I am a man!" 
And yet, that small man sat on his mommy's lap the entire concert because he wanted to and Jessie was quite happy to let him. I should have taken pictures. I didn't. 

So I'll take a paragraph or so here to discuss how I'm feeling after my first very low dose of Zepbound.
I would mainly describe that as "not hungry."
Is it possible it's already doing its thing?
I feel fine in all regards but unless I'm just experiencing a happy placebo effect right now, it is. That whole thing about food noise? I guess that's what I'm experiencing. I swear to you that in the last months, I have thought about eating almost every moment of my day. And I felt hungry all the time, even though I knew I wasn't. I was always focused on what I would eat next. When I would allow myself to eat next. 
Today has been different. I have thought about food but when I do, eating doesn't seem to hold any appeal. This has never really happened unless I was sick or in the throes of deepest depression and anxiety. This appears to be a true and serious result of the Zepbound. I absolutely know that it may not be that at all but that my brain has decided to start this project on its own.
Or something. 

We'll see how tomorrow goes. 

Love...Ms. Moon

15 comments:

  1. Best of luck on your journey 😊

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  2. Recitals are such positive events. It is nice to watch kids take personal pride and develop their interests and skill.
    Your early experience with weight loss meds sounds really good. You must be pleased.

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  3. Love hearing about the recitals. And the food noise getting turned down? That’s the medicine doing its thing, i believe. It’s so great that you’re having a good early result.

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  4. I missed William's recital on Tuesday night. I was trying to get so much last minute stuff done. But it was taped for me.

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  5. I believe it's the medicine doing what it should. Recitals are always great, I used to go to the end of year ballet concert when my grandkids were in it. They're 29 and 31 now...

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  6. It may well be a placebo effect but either way it seems to be already doing its job!

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  7. That IS a shit ton of beans. Wonderful that the food noise is turned down. SG’s med doesn’t have the same kind of effect. His is Trulicity. As I understand, it slows his digestion so he feels full faster. If he continues to eat, he regrets it. He usually feels mildly queasy the first day or say after taking it (although he admits that may sometimes be his imagination after a point). Zepbound sounds more pleasant.

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  8. Food noise reminded me of what my brain feels like all the time, but it's not food noise, it's just never ending thoughts about every fucking thing. I'm glad it's helping Mary.
    That's a lot of beans.
    I want to start Jack in singing lessons but the one place I found wants the children to be seven. I might look some more. Jack loves to sing and is quite musical but I do not have the patience to take him to piano lessons, or to make him practice:) We did that with our middle daughter and I know how much work it is.
    I'm sick today, cough and crud. I had to cancel taking Katie out, when I called she was already upset and crying. It breaks my heart.

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  9. You picked a beautiful mess o' beans!

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  10. That is an overwhelming amount of beans. My beans are the only thing doing well in my garden this year. If Cat is outside and I go out to wander and look or do some work, she always comes running and hangs out. Sounds to me like the stuff is doing its job. No reason why the effect wouldn't be immediate.

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  11. I love those bean flowers. You could grow them even just as an ornamental! I see lots of canning in your future. :)

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  12. How nice that you could go to their recital. I used to hate to play in recitals and would be so nervous the whole time. How great that all of the musical students are so brave and talented.

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  13. I've been on Mounjaro for a year or two for diabetes. It's the exact same medication as Zepbound. I thought I would mention there is a subreddit on Reddit for Zepbound. It is full of helpful information and inspirational photos. It has helped me a lot when I had questions.

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  14. Hope it continues going good for you. I was charmed by the renaming of Japonica! To Kiyoko, that was my mothers name
    Xoxo
    Barbara

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