my wegovy skepticism
Food, and booze. Such good friends.
If Wegovy can make me push away from the table after I’ve eaten a reasonable amount of food, or make me decide not to have another glass of wine…..well, that is a miracle. Let me explain. I love food. I love making food, I love eating food. Pizza, burgers, Indian, Thai, Mexican, Vietnamese, Italian…….the flavors. But behind all that is the reward aspect of food. I’m sure an eating disorder specialist reading this would just be nodding along. Yep, right out of the over-eaters playbook there Scott. You worked hard today, you deserve a nice meal and a bunch of wine. Oh, terrible day? yeah, let’s make it all better. Bored? Let’s have some wine. It is not good. It is where I live. This is MY street.
I feel like I am the test case. If taking a medication can make me WANT to not eat and drink more, then that is the case made. Novo Nordisk, and the makers of the other GLP1 drugs, will have a lot to be proud of. These things were designed for people with diabetes and Lord knows they deserve it. One of my motivations to lose weight is to avoid becoming diabetic, it is such an awful disease.
I have plenty of reasons to lose weight, but I think the biggest reason isn’t physical, it is mental. My mental health, my ability to accept myself, could be improved if I were able to conquer eating and drinking. There is no telling what lies ahead. My optimistic half sees that future, but my optimistic self has never been weaker. In my 30s, 40s and 50s, that was how I classified myself. As I crossed the line into 60 I found myself becoming more skeptical, less hopeful. I spend a great deal of time working in the political realm, and as I watch America slip away from me, and become replaced by a hateful, selfish and cruel world it is increasingly difficult to find reasons to be optimistic. I know, we were just talking about pizza and Pinot Noir (must be capitalized, it is royal) and now we’re talking about ICE and assault rifles. Sorry
invisible hurdles
So, I’m putting a ton on Wegovy, and how weight loss might allow me to clear some invisible hurdles. Runners to the blocks……….
