If you’re stalled, here’s my advice

Eva (00:06):
You are listening to Less of You. I'm Eva. My name is Kami. Come with us as we confront our reasons for being obese while losing weight on semaglutide and roasting our past selves. I have to start every birthday episode this way. I think this, do you know this one? No. Oh, it's a classic, but I'm ready for it. It's an absolute classic. Can you hear it?

Kami (01:08):
So classic. Oh, thank you. I needed that.

Eva (01:11):
Yep, you got it. You got it. Did you check your email? Oh, why don't you do that?

Kami (01:16):
No. Oh, birthday gift. Wait, from Target? Was that you? Oh, I have more friends than just you, by the way. Oh, got one from my in-laws. Oh, I'll take that Amazon gift card. Thanks.

Eva (01:38):
Well, you got a lot of gift cards. You haven't even gotten to mine yet.

Kami (01:41):
Who sent me this one from Target?

Eva (01:44):
I don't know. Is there a note in there?

Kami (01:47):
Oh, maybe it's just Target's marketing, making it seem like someone sent me, oh, I got. Clever Target Circle, 5% off in store or online. Oh, look, offer unavailable. Thanks for nothing. Literally, that's what it says. Happy birthday, 5% off. And then where you click it, it says offer unavailable. You bastards, you clickbaited me. Fuck. But I really did get Amazon gift card from my in-laws, so yay.

Eva (02:24):
Well, mine got flagged for fraud. So sorry. Sorry about that. Whoopsie. But it's coming from Free People, so I'll fix that.

Kami (02:38):
Stop. Oh my God, I'm so excited. Oh, I'm so excited. I got some jeans in the mail today that my mom bought for me from Cabi, and they were 14. And I looked at 'em and I'm like, they still kind of seem big, but I haven't tried 'em on yet. I literally just opened the package and then hopped on.

Eva (03:00):
Nice.

Kami (03:01):
But yeah, my nails are all pretty, ready for my par-tay.

Eva (03:04):
Yeah, they are pretty. Well, I texted you really early this morning. I happened to get on the scale today.

Kami (03:10):
I was super excited about that.

Eva (03:12):
Well, yesterday I talked to, I had a telemed check-in because I got the three months worth, so I didn't. Actually, yesterday was a bit of a disaster because Ellie, my 4-year-old, I call her sometimes gremlin and sometimes porcupine. And yesterday she was being porcupine and she would not get dressed. We were late for school. It was like 30 minutes of trying to get her to put clothes on, and it was 38 degrees yesterday morning. And she put on a maxi dress, a sundress, and she would not put on a sweater and she would not put on a coat. So I took a blanket and I turned the heat up in the car. And then she walks out the front door and she immediately freezes and does not move, and says, it's really cold. "Would you like a jacket?" "No." Okay. So I just somehow got her school. But the other thing she did on Wednesday night was she got into a tube of Aquaphor that was full and squeezed most of it out, and then half of it was on my bed. Another large amount was on the remote for the Apple TV, and then the rest of it was in her hair. And so her hair is super greasy, and she had her Thanksgiving program yesterday, so she looks awful with her hair is disgusting. I mean, she's the second one. You're don't have two, the second one. I'm just trying to survive. I don't care what you're wearing. I really don't care what your hair looks like. In the olden days, I would've been an hour late for school because I would've made her take a bath and I would've made her wash it.

Kami (04:55):
Oh, I would've would've skipped the whole day. I would've been like, we're just not going to do this day. We're just not going to do it.

Eva (05:01):
Nope. Nope. So this is all, I'm supposed to be at my appointment at 8:45. This all happened before that. And so I called and I said, I have to switch to telemed. So Ashley calls me on the phone and I tell her the whole thing about the weird needles. You remember this? Yeah. She gave me the weird needles. Well, no one ever called me back, so I still have the weird needles. So I'm telling her all about this. I'm like, surely I'm not the only one who got these bad needles. And she was like, "I haven't heard this from anyone else." I'm like, "you've got to be kidding me." Weird. So now I'm motivated, right? I'm like, okay, Ashley, I'm going to bring them in and you're going to give me this injection so I can show you how bad they are. I'm going to drive all the way up there on Monday and do my shot one day late just so I can show her how bad these needles are. In the meantime, so I'm talking to her, I'm like, I'm down to 192. This was yesterday. And this I got on the scale and it said 189.4. And I was like, "whoa, what happened?" It turns out not eating JuiceLand every day is a really good idea.

Kami (06:14):
Can you go to once a week maybe?

Eva (06:16):
Yes. But now it doesn't taste good because I got off the sugar again, and so it's too sweet. And I had gotten used to it again, and so it wasn't like I, I wasn't gaining because I wasn't eating too many calories, but I wasn't losing because it was too much sugar. So that's pretty exciting. And I also have been eating two chicken sausages because they're 80 calories each and two eggs.

Kami (06:45):
That's exactly what I had for breakfast. Oh my God. I didn't make it. My husband did but.

Eva (06:48):
Super high protein breakfast.

Kami (06:50):
Yeah, I don't know. It was the equivalent of maybe two or three scrambled eggs and then a chicken. It's like the chicken applewood smoked sausage or whatever. Yeah, it was good.

Eva (07:04):
Yeah,

Kami (07:05):
I am down to 207. Yeah. I got on the scale the other day and I was like, "the fuck is this? It's working." Yeah, 207. I am hoping these size 14 jeans fit me because all my sixteens are really loose. And yeah, I was like, I don't know. It feels like it took so long to get to 210, and then it was just like three days later, a week later, I was at 207. I was like, oh,

Eva (07:38):
It's so strange. And I'll go through these stalls where I'll stay at the same for months, and then all of a sudden I'll just be like, and who can explain it? I mean, short of having your own scientist on board, you just have to keep going.

Kami (07:53):
Well, I mean, there's days where I'll eat more calories than other days. I mean, I'm not real strict on that. So

Eva (08:05):
Have you been to Dollywood? You're wearing a Dollywood shirt.

Kami (08:08):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's my Dollywood sweatshirt, my Lord and Savior Dolly Parton. Yep. Yeah, we went down to Dollywood for fall. Oh yeah. That wasn't that long ago, was it? Yeah. Fall break. Yep. But yeah, I am really happy with this, so I'm hoping that I can maintain that over the next couple of weeks with Thanksgiving coming and all that. And I'm doing all my meal prep and the spreadsheet that you sent was amazing, so thank you.

Eva (08:37):
Oh, you're welcome.

Kami (08:40):
Did I talk to you about my menu?

Eva (08:42):
A little bit? Yeah, I remember this. You're being very bespoke about every recipe. Are you still being bespoke about every

Kami (08:49):
Yes. Yeah. Well, I grabbed some recipes out of an old Betty Crocker cookbook, and then some of them, I'm changing up a little bit. Like the stuffing recipe doesn't call for garlic, and I'm putting garlic in it because I'm wild and crazy, but I'm not really a cook, not that's usually my husband's gig, but he's got to work. He took some time off this week, but he can't take any time off next week. In fact, he was just in here a few minutes ago before he hopped on, and I was like, "I'm going to record with Eva." And he's like, "bye" right out the door. Otherwise he'd be sitting right here on his game. I was like, "you don't have to go anywhere. We're just going to talk." He's like, Nope. Goodbye.

Eva (09:34):
Doesn't want to be on TV.

Kami (09:36):
I guess not.

Eva (09:36):
Yeah, I talk about, I have a lot of friends, actually, it's one of my favorite things about this is that my experience has helped a lot of other people. You, but I have lots of friends who are listening and texting me on the side and saying, "I'm binging the show. So-and-so told me about the show," and one of them in particular, I was really happy to hear from because I just feel like it's going to be great for her. Oh, that's good. Yeah. That's been happening a lot. That's great. Yeah. So this morning when I texted you, I got the fancy animation on my app. When I plugged it in, it said, "you've lost 90 pounds." I have lost 90 pounds. 90. That is, that's nine gallons of paint. I couldn't carry 90 pounds of dumbbells if you paid me.

Kami (10:35):
Oh my God. It's like five turkeys. How could you? Right. Well, what's crazy is that we got, I think the turkey we got is like 20 pounds. And I was like just to haul it into the cart, and then I hauled it from my house across the street to the clubhouse we were having Thanksgiving, and I put it in the refrigerator there so that it could the thaw. And I was like, I can't believe I was carrying around two of these all the time. Crazy, crazy. So yeah, I'm very pleased. What else was I going to ask you? Oh, are you so pumped for Wicked? Are you a Wicked person?

Eva (11:21):
I've never seen it. I've never had a chance to see the live musical, so

Kami (11:27):
Have you read the book? I haven't read the book. I'm going to read. I got to read it.

Eva (11:30):
No, I suppose I could read the book.

Kami (11:32):
But the movie's coming out this weekend. It's coming out today. And so we'll probably take Cordelia to see it, but it's almost three hours long and she really wants to go see it. And I'm like, and it's PG. I mean, I'm not worried about it scaring her being whatever, but I'm like, it's almost three hours. Is there going to be an intermission? I don't know.

Eva (11:53):
That is long. If they want kids to go, that's crazy long.

Kami (11:57):
Yeah, I think it's two hours and 45 minutes or something like that.

Eva (12:02):
I did get Moana 2 tickets because I realized and I was trying to buy them. They're already sold out almost every day for the next two weeks.

Kami (12:13):
Oh, really? I haven't looked into that one yet. So we have a theater here that's not far from me called Flix, which is a movie theater that serves dinner like food and beer and wine and cocktails and all kinds of stuff. And so when you're in there, you have your own little tray table that pulls forward, and then you press the button and then the server comes in and gets you whatever you want or you can order on the app. And so you're like, oh, you're halfway through your movie, but you want donut holes and they bring it right to you. It's the freaking best ever.

Eva (12:48):
When your 4-year-old pushes the button and the manager comes out and says, "is there anything I can get you?" And you're like,

Kami (12:57):
Boatload of patience. Do you have that back in the back? Do you have that back there?

Eva (12:59):
Well, this just happened the other day, so the manager says, "is there anything I can help you with?" I go, "oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize she pushed the button." She goes, "yeah, when you push the button, it summons someone." And I go, "oh, really? I had no idea that's how it worked." And then I felt bad because I was like, oh my gosh. She talked to me. I was stupid, which is me and my Marty McFly thing. Did you call me chicken?

Kami (13:35):
Did you really say that? You said it like that. Just like that.

Eva (13:35):
If I get an even a hint that you think I'm stupid, I go

Kami (13:39):
Lose your mind. It's fine. I would've been like, "no shit. Is that how it works? Jesus, thank you so fucking much for explaining that to me because I haven't gotten through these 45 years on this planet."

Eva (13:52):
Really? It's Austin, Texas where the Alamo Drafthouse was invented. And you think, I don't know how it works. Okay,

Kami (13:59):
God so cute. Maybe it was her first day and she felt like she had to explain to people.

Eva (14:03):
But then afterward I was like, I need to find that manager and apologize for being an ass. You're calling me stupid.

Kami (14:15):
No, you don't. Don't just choose violence. Violence is fine. I think it was like one of these, "this is how it works, so you can keep your kid in check."

Eva (14:25):
I didn't even know she pushed the button. I'm sorry I couldn't stop her from pushing the button I didn't know she pushed.

Kami (14:30):
Yeah, well, she should have known better. Goodness.

Eva (14:36):
Well, we saw The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever that day, and it was so good, Kami. It was so heartwarming. And it was set, the movie was set in the eighties, so it felt like a warm blanket. No one had a cell phone. And Pete Holmes is the dad, and I love Pete Holmes. He's a great comedian, and they're driving a gigantic station wagon with wood panels, things like that. So it was just

Kami (15:06):
It's like three miles to the gallon, but that was back when gas was 99 cents a gallon.

Eva (15:12):
Yeah. So it was fine. It was terrific. I highly recommend this movie.

Kami (15:16):
Okay, I'm going to check it out. Was it in the theater or was it streaming? Oh, theater. Okay.

Eva (15:22):
Yeah. It's not even streaming yet. They're making people go out of the house to watch it.

Kami (15:26):
I love it. Love it. I'm going out of the house tonight. Oh yes. For those of us in the Indianapolis area, I'm going to go to Pinheads. It's a bowling alley, plus they have a full menu, full drinks, arcade, all kinds of stuff. And so I reserved two lanes. Some of my friends are going to meet us there, and it's for kids too. So I was like, I wanted, because at first I was like, oh, do we want to go to a bar, go to a show, or I've got some good friends to find that do drag. So I was like, well, maybe we can go do something like that, but then I was like, I want to be with my kid. I want her to, if she could not do my birthday party with me, she would not be happy. So I was like, okay, let's figure out something we can do where everybody can have a good time. And so I was like, this is good.

Eva (16:21):
They're birthday obsessed freaks. My kids, they love birthday parties and birthdays in general, and they talk about, "can I do this on my birthday?" I'm like, "your birthday's 8 months away."

Kami (16:33):
She's already talking about her next birthday. I was like, you've been seven for three weeks. Could you calm down? "Well, when I turn eight, I want to blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." I'm like, please stop. So my husband's like, let's get through mommy's birthday. And then daddy's birthday, because my husband's birthday is December 26th. I think I told you this. So poor guy always gets screwed for his birthday, but we try to make it special. I make sure that, I've probably talked about this before, but I think I make sure that he has a Christmas gift with Christmas wrapping and then a birthday gift with birthday wrapping. And so I try to make it

Eva (17:09):
You're thoughtful. That's so nice. It sucks being born on Christmas or right around Christmases, you always get screwed. Here's your birthday Christmas present.

Kami (17:21):
Right. I was like, that's such a shitty thing to do to somebody.

Eva (17:24):
Yeah.

Kami (17:25):
But I have another birthday. One of her little classmates is having a birthday at a cat cafe. Have you heard of these?

Eva (17:38):
Yes. But I've never heard of anyone having a birthday party there. That's awesome.

Kami (17:41):
Yeah. So we're going to go to the cat cafe and I think it's in Carmel or Fishers or something. I dunno. And I guess play with the kitties. So I'm excited about that. She's super excited.

Eva (17:53):
I really like that idea. And so two things about parties in general. One is at church I do a lot of, I mean, I do as much volunteering as I can because my schedule is terrible, but I do some stuff. And this fall, our women's ministry director, Ginger, who I love, she sat down with all of us and she goes, "look, you are not allowed to go overboard. You know what happens when you go overboard? You have people over to your house, everything's perfect, and you have every last detail covered. They don't think they can do it, so don't do it."

Kami (18:32):
Right. Do not set the bar too high.

Eva (18:34):
You need to actually kind of look like a hot mess so everyone feels like they belong. And I was like, oh God, thank you. I can totally do that. I got you. But that really stuck with me. And so then I had Kari's birthday party at a city pool. Love it. Oh dear God. It was very uncomfortable for me because the city pool was not nice. The pool itself is gorgeous and huge, but then there's a layer of government bureaucracy to the whole thing. The lifeguards are not nice. There's lots of rules. There's nowhere to sit. They took all the chairs away. What? Well, otherwise, homeless people would sneak in there and sleep on the benches. I don't know why they don't have anything to sit on, but there's nothing to sit on. It's not great. Do you know how much our property taxes are to live in the city of Austin? It's an absurd amount of money.

Kami (19:33):
I can't, and I probably have told you this before, but when we were looking to relocate out of Washington, Austin was one of the places on our list. And I was like, this place is expensive as fuck. We can't live here. We cannot afford a house here. There's no way. So we're over here in poor ole Indy.

Eva (19:52):
Well, we left in 2013 and it was still cheaper here than Washington, but it's not, it isn't really anymore.

Kami (19:57):
Well's cheaper than Washington.

Eva (19:59):
That's true too. I mean, let's be real. Yeah, yeah. I'm so glad we left. Yeah, I'll never regret that. I don't know why I went down that rabbit hole. It was two things about it's having events. We're both having Thanksgiving. I think maybe since last time I talked to you, my niece, her name is America. Oh, that's right. She's coming. She's bringing two of her friends from the Army and I have been working on doing extra things to take care of them and make them feel special because they can't be with their families.

Kami (20:35):
So yeah, we have a couple of stragglers coming in as well. So should we end with a thought for the day?

Eva (20:45):
Numbers and prediction for where you will be one year from today?

Kami (20:51):
Oh, okay. Started at 250. I'm 207. Goal weight's 150. And in a year from now, if I could be at 165, I'd be fine, honestly. How tall are you? 5'7. Okay. And you're a little bit taller than me. You're 5'9, right? Yeah. So I figured, well, I would be okay with that. I'd probably be in a size 10 or eight maybe, which would be great.

Eva (21:26):
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Kami (21:38):
Okay.

Eva (21:39):
It's made in Minnesota. I bet it is.

Kami (21:42):
Minnesota.

Eva (21:43):
Nope, it's not made in Minnesota. Oh, my starting weight was 280. My current weight is 189. My goal weight, I think is 170, maybe 175. I don't know. Wild. I know. Prediction for a year from now. I probably will be at 170 a year from now. Will I still be talking to you every week? I don't know.

Kami (22:13):
You're coming into the home stretch, girl. It's such a part of our lives now. I don't know how we could not do that.

Eva (22:16):
Well, we're getting lots of great feedback. We love hearing from the audience. So if you're listening and you want to talk to us or tell us anything, lessofyou.com, I especially would love to know if you have a great provider if you're on it. Another thing that I heard from the audience was people who are just starting love to hear advice or find out from others who've done it, what it was like at the beginning.

(22:43):
And I think going back to the friend who reached out to me, she had been on it for two months and had only, she said she'd only lost 10 pounds and that it was feeling really expensive. And I was remembering I was stuck for the first two months. And I think you only see online "I started three weeks ago and I've already lost 70 pounds." And you're like, wait. That's not, that's fake news. That is not the normal experience. And I think the normal experience is it goes slow while you're ramping. That's normal. And people just don't go online and say, "this is really normal."

Kami (23:22):
Right. Well, and I think too, that the longer you work at it and the harder it is, the more you're committed to keeping it for longer. Because that's been my experience. Like, man, I have worked so hard to get this weight off. There's no way it's going to come back. Right. So there's that too.

Eva (23:46):
Yeah. There's no way. Yeah. It's just money. I mean, the other thing is you'll make more money. I couldn't keep hating myself for the rest of my life. I just couldn't do it. So I don't want to put a price on that.

Kami (24:07):
No, definitely not.

Eva (24:08):
Okay, love you. Have a good weekend. Bye. Follow us on Instagram @lessofyoupodcast. Are you confronting the same challenges and have a story to tell? I'd love to hear your story on our Skinny Shot Stories podcast. Contact me for more details at skinnyshotstories.com. If you're a doctor and would like to learn more about sponsoring this or any of our cosmetic surgery and weight loss podcasts, go to lessofyou.com. Less of You is a production of The Axis, theaxis.io.