Musings

 I know I’ve been going on ad nauseam about weight loss…but I’m really preoccupied with the subject, and really amazed…

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile you know my history.  I was overweight as a teen, more so in my 20’s.  I gained a considerable amount of weight with my first baby, and added to that with the second.  I was, to put it bluntly, morbidly obese.  

I struggled with my weight for years.  In 2008 I lost 75 pounds, then self sabotaged and regained the weight.  Lost that same 75 pounds in 2016, and regained it. 

And then, in 2022, I started taking weight loss medication, and it changed my life.  

I’ve lost 125 pounds.  I’m still about 40 pounds over my ideal weight, and I’ve hit a diet plateau.   But  I feel good.  I weigh less now than I did when I got married in 1987.  I feel a lot healthier at 65 than I did at 55.  There are things I can do now that I wasn't able to do before the weight loss. 

I use an app called Time Hop.  It shows me what I posted on social media in past years.  The other day it showed me a photo from 14 years ago. I cringed when I saw that picture.  I was probably at my heaviest when I took it.  I wanted to delete it …

Instead, I made a “then and now”.  Well, not really “now”.  The more current photo is from Becca’s wedding last year.  I’ve lost about 15 pounds since the wedding. But it’s a good comparison…

I am amazed at the difference, amazed at myself for sticking with the program and losing all that weight. 

It feels so good.

Now I’ve got to work on keeping my mouth shut.  I know several people who would benefit from Wegovy or Zepbound …I just want to shake them and tell them to see my doctor …can’t say anything to them unless I’m asked.