u/denstick

🤔 I've noticed the rumor mill is kind of dry since the contract was accepted, so I am looking for some tea and maybe a sweet or two. 😉😂

Today was my 2nd 6 month injection. The injection was given in my right and left, top thigh area and the first injection was a similar experience to my 1st -slight burning, quiver feeling and sorness. The 2nd injection was given in my left thigh and in addition the previous sensations, I also expierenced nausea. I asked the medical technician/nurse prior to injection to be allowed to lay down and I am glad I did, because I also felt if I had been sitting up, I would have passed out. Now, 6 hours later and one dose of Tylenol, my legs are extremely sore. Anyone have opinions on whether taking a warm bath will help with the sorness? Or should I just take Advil and call it good?

I use a Etekcity Digital Body Scale and notice steady improvements in my numbers, but throughout my journey (started in Mid-Nov 2025) the hardest numbers to see change are the bolded and italicized items.

For those using the same type of scale or even another smart scale, what -if any- category seem to be taking the longest for improvement? I know my earliest rookie mistake was not getting a DEXA Scan at the start of my quest, but here we are and I wonder if I should do it now or just wait until I am at my goal?

1. BMI
2. Body Fat
3. Subcutaneous Fat
4. Metabolic Age
5. Fat Free Body Weight
6. Visceral Fat
7. Muscle Mass
8. Skeletal Muscle
9. Bone Mass
10. Protein
11. BMR

I use a Etekcity Digital Body Scale and notice steady improvements in my numbers, but throughout my journey (started in Mid-Nov 2025) the hardest numbers to see change are the bolded and italicized items.

For those using the same type of scale or even another smart scale, what -if any- category seem to be taking the longest for improvement? I know my earliest rookie mistake was not getting a DEXA Scan at the start of my quest, but here we are and I wonder if I should do it now or just wait until I am at my goal?

1. BMI
2. Body Fat
3. Subcutaneous Fat
4. Metabolic Age
5. Fat Free Body Weight
6. Visceral Fat
7. Muscle Mass
8. Skeletal Muscle
9. Bone Mass
10. Protein
11. BMR

Last week I bumped from 8.5 to 9 mg. I’ve clearly gotten too comfortable, because today I was on full autopilot and almost injected the wrong dose. I caught it at the last second — the syringe was at 35 units on the 20 mg vial, which is 7 mg. My eyes definitely popped out of my head.I corrected it to 45 units… and paid for it. I likely did the same 35 units last week.

Nausea, heartburn, zero appetite. Looking back, the food noise had already been louder lately, but I was stubborn about staying at 9 mg.

Lesson learned: pay attention when you draw your dose, and if you almost screw it up like I did, don’t titrate up that day.

The company makes it very clear which positions are responsible for which safety and service duties. Yes, positions sometimes change from flight to flight depending on A/C configuration, but it’s still on each of us to check the staffing sheet and know what we’re assigned.

So if you accidentally do one of my safety responsibilities — and I point it out — please don’t take it personally. It’s not about blame; it’s about keeping roles clear so the operation runs safely and smoothly. And there’s no need to loop in another crewmember because I corrected the task. We’re all just doing our jobs.

For anyone who loves posting about what “senior” or “junior” FAs supposedly do… have you noticed it’s all relative? For example, I’ve got 1,000+ people senior to me and ~28,500+ junior to me. So when someone says, “I’m tired of these senior FAs saying XYZ,” I genuinely have no idea who they mean — because their “senior” is someone else’s “junior.”

Instead of blaming an entire chunk of the list, just say what you actually mean: “I get irritated when a fellow FA seems annoyed at my service questions.” That’s real. And it’s accurate. Because every single layer of the list — top, middle, bottom — has people who will irritate you. Seniority isn’t a personality type.