About a year ago now I had one of those "conversations" with my wife. She, as all loving wives do, was concerned and still is with my health. Sadly I've gotten older, I've also gotten bigger and slower. And, it was time to do something about it.
New friends, new plan
It's become part of my business to travel to the US to deliver my instruments. Last year I went three times for example, and even though it's never easy to be away, I try to be productive with my time when I'm back to our old stomping grounds.
That being said, on one of these trips I became good friends with a lovely couple of Doctors, who began giving me advice on staying healthy. And then, one of them even offered me to get me started on my weight losing journey with Ozempic.
As much as I hate to admit, I am a food addict and I needed a little help to put down the pizzas, if you will.
The third day
Some people who take Ozempic claim that it works right away, but this was not the case for me. On the third day however, it was in full effect, and God it felt terrible.
Yes, I wasn't hungry, not even a little bit, I had no anxiety whatsoever, and looking at sweets didn't weaken me as it usually does, but I also had no energy and my mind felt cloudy.
The third week, it was over
I had purchased enough for two months of weekly treatments, but after the third shot I decided I was quitting. Not because I want to continue being overweight, but because working on any task here in the farm felt Odyssean.
I gave myself two simple rules, and committed to following them as if my survival depended on them, because in a way it kind of does.
- No more bread or Rice or Sugar
- More proteins and Fat
Is it working?
Yes, yes it is. I've lost 27 lbs as of today and I feel pretty good. I forgot about the Ozempic doses in my fridge, and I'm only thinking about them today because of what is being reported on the news.
People going blind, women developing bone density issues and other related horror stories caused by the use of this "miracle drug"
Somehow I knew. Call it intuition, call it luck, but it seems to me that every time we mess around with brain chemistry, we are bound to hit the wall of consequence somewhere.
But hey, not to knock people who are trying to get back on their feet either. However, it's obvious now using Ozempic or any of the other brands should be a very temporary thing, not a new way of life.
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