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Frumious Flumph (Your Grace/Your Eminence)
I am 56 years old. I do not have an exercise regimen. But for decades I've worked in IT, and the most recent jobs (before my current one) I had to do a lot of walking -- the place I am currently working, the data center is 500 steps from the office, so if I had to connect a cable, at the very least I'm getting 1000 steps in.
I have diabetes. My numbers aren't great, but I've known people who have worse numbers. I take several medications for it. Recently, my doctor was concerned with some swinginess in my numbers sometimes, and is trying to get me off of one of the medications in particular. To do that, she prescribed me Ozempic, which is also used for weight loss.
Since I started taking it, without trying, I've dropped weight. Like, a lot. I'm down 30 pounds since I started. I'm 6'0" and weighed between 220 and 230 pounds most of my adult life. And I've tried to keep eating to keep up my weight, because I've been getting increasingly concerned.
A few years ago, my data center job was made redundant, but I was immediately hired by another department in the same company to be a systems administrator. This is a sedentary job. I will sometimes be sitting at my desk for the full eight hours a day.
I've become very concerned that all of the weight I lost is muscle. I've never been particularly muscled, but working with heavy computers, moving them around, walking all day -- I felt these things were keeping me at least fit. Now...
I have a two-year-old at home. She is super-active; I'm convinced she's going to be into some physical hobby, like dance or gymnastics or martial arts. I'm considering doing some simple stuff with her to keep myself in some shape beyond pear...
I have diabetes. My numbers aren't great, but I've known people who have worse numbers. I take several medications for it. Recently, my doctor was concerned with some swinginess in my numbers sometimes, and is trying to get me off of one of the medications in particular. To do that, she prescribed me Ozempic, which is also used for weight loss.
Since I started taking it, without trying, I've dropped weight. Like, a lot. I'm down 30 pounds since I started. I'm 6'0" and weighed between 220 and 230 pounds most of my adult life. And I've tried to keep eating to keep up my weight, because I've been getting increasingly concerned.
A few years ago, my data center job was made redundant, but I was immediately hired by another department in the same company to be a systems administrator. This is a sedentary job. I will sometimes be sitting at my desk for the full eight hours a day.
I've become very concerned that all of the weight I lost is muscle. I've never been particularly muscled, but working with heavy computers, moving them around, walking all day -- I felt these things were keeping me at least fit. Now...
I have a two-year-old at home. She is super-active; I'm convinced she's going to be into some physical hobby, like dance or gymnastics or martial arts. I'm considering doing some simple stuff with her to keep myself in some shape beyond pear...
