Day 81 of 100

“Fine. I’ll take it.”

I am pretty stubborn. I want to do everything myself and by myself. Which, of course, never quite works.

Take my weight. Clearly I am over weight. Morbidly overweight. And I know how to diet and exercise, and have done it over and over. I know all the body hacks. Have tried them. I know the shortcuts. Tried them.

There is literally nothing anyone can suggest that I haven’t tried.

I even have both of my therapists working on the issue.

The other week I went to visit a friend that has had similar struggles with his weight. He had lost a bunch and looked great.

“How’d you do it?” I asked.

“Ozempic,” he replied.

Early on when I started this project I had two people DM me “Go get Ozempic.” Another friend lost a ton of weight using it.

But not me! I was going to do it on my own.

So I tried. And I did ok. Lost 10 pounds on my own. Then went to the doctor for a physical.

All my vitals looked great.

“Have you thought of Ozempic?” she asked.

I caved.

I decided that maybe it was time to try something to help in the beginning. Lose enough weight so exercise and what not got easier, and then the weight loss would also get easier.

So now I am taking Ozempic, and it’s weird.

I generally eat less than I used to. I get full faster and longer. I’m less excited about food. It’s weird.

I’ve only just begun, and I know it will take some time, but I am glad I took the help. It feels like I will get it this time.