The balance between enjoying the freedom of being able to eat normally and intentional weight loss
I am 57 and have been on tirzepetide for 10 months. I have gone slowly up in dosage. Most of this 10 months, I have just enjoyed the freedom of being able to eat normally. I have lost some weight. I decided before I started that this will be lifelong for me, because I already know that I can go up and down and up and down, and I was sick of the yo-yo and I never want to yo-yo again. Sometimes I think that I should be more intentional and try to lose weight, but I was so sick of the fight against gaining weight for so many years that I am not really able to be intentional for long at all. I have gotten to where my body is no longer in pain, and moving is easier, and I am so happy with that. I have almost no side effects. I stopped drinking seltzer because of burping, but that is the only thing that had to change. So I guess I am just enjoying this. I like that I can have ice cream and not finish the container. I like that I can eat more than chicken and vegetables at dinner. I’m having carbs in my meals, like rice and whole grain bread.
I guess I am just writing to remind myself that this is a lifelong journey, and not a race, and it is okay that I am choosing to enjoy it. I did watch the evolution of these drugs for years before starting. I do trust that medication will get lower in cost over time and that the evolution of these medications will continue, so I trust that, even if I stop losing, there will be other medications. (I guess that is a fear - I am going too slow and will stop losing because my body will accommodate to the medication and then I will have lost my chance. So I guess that is why I needed to write this.)