Health Beat: Juicing, Zepbound, and the Importance of Lifestyle Changes

As readers know from my post last month, I’m taking Zepbound for weight loss. I just completed the first four weeks,  with two more months to go. This is not something I intend to do for more than three months. For one thing, my insurance won’t cover it. I’m on Medicare, and unless it’s for some underlying health issue, such as diabetes or heart disease, this is coming out of pocket.

For the sake of being informative: I’m paying $1049 for four injections, per month. It’s a lot, but I see this as an investment on a much healthier future. I’ve been 50 pounds overweight for a very long time, and I can’t carry this excess poundage around anymore. It’s corrosive to my physical and mental well-being. But I also won’t use this medication for more than three months, and that means addressing the underlying issues related to food addiction.

I made my first vegetable juice this morning in a new blender! Yum. I have not had any sweets, at all, for the past four weeks, and I intend to keep it that way. I explain this to people by comparing it to alcohol for those who are alcoholic or who don’t drink for other reasons. I have not had a drink in ten years. I will  not have sweets, either. I don’t care if it’s someone’s last day on earth, I am not having cake and ice cream to celebrate their life. And if you won’t offer me a rum and Coke, which you will not, then don’t offer me a cookie.

I feel great. I’ve lost 13 pounds and I’m aiming for 30-40 more. I can to this. You can do this, if you want to. But face the things that make you eat destructively in the first place. A healthier future starts now.