u/hungrypotato0853

Please know that I am in no way diminishing the amazing results of younger Zepbound users, but I see far fewer success stories for older folks. Before I was 40, maintaining and losing weight was, frankly, quite easy. Since then, I've only watched the scale increase, along with my midsection.

I'm turning 46 in October, and about to begin my Zepbpund journey. I'd love to hear this process works for those of us in middle-age and beyond.

As I approach my 50's it's dawned on me that I'm going through each day "as is." I don't take any medications, haven't taken a recreational drug in decades, and even quit caffeine 5ish years ago. Am I living my best life or suffering unnecessarily?

EDIT:Just to clarify, I'm not trying to brag or even suggest what I'm doing is the way to go about things. I'm simply curious how many others are on a similar path. I love(d) coffee/caffeine and there were few recreational drugs I tried in my younger days that I didn't enjoy.

EDIT 2: Never did pick up smoking at any stage of my life, but do drink. Down to maybe 2-3 drinks a month the last few years, but never been a heavy drinker. Heck, I only use Tylenol/Advil a half dozen times a year. No major aches, pains, or headaches.

EDIT 3: Hahahahaa. Man, I only ever thought of "raw dogging" as a similar-ish phrase to being "straight edge" and never thought of it being a phrase for unprotected sex! Then again, I haven't worn a condom in decades...

Is it even possible, within EPSB, for an outside candidate to successfully obtain a leadership position?

I've got my Masters. I've taken nearly every PD available offered by the Leadership Development Framework. I've got LEAP under my belt. Hell, I even have over 5 years of experience as a Curriculum Coordinator and a stint as an Acting Assistant Principal. I share my 1 Year Term Leadership application package with my school's admin and trusted peers, and they agree it's solid.

Yet every spring, when job postings go up in Peoplesoft, it plays out the same.

Regardless of what type of Teacher-Leadership posting I apply on, the person eventually hired for the role is an internal candidate known to the current admin.

I get it. I've seen it play out in schools I've worked at. The job still has to be advertised and candidates interviewed, but the result is pre-determined. The principal already wants to hire staff A, and goes through the motions of interviewing candidates. The postings themselves are a game, where very specific or obscure skills are listed as required, and then go live either very early or late in the process to limit the number of applicants.

As an outside candidate, it's so disheartening.

"You interviewed very well, but we have decided to proceed with hiring another candidate."

Obviously I'm biased, because of my own experiences, but the system seems so broken. EPSB leadership is not a Meritocracy, but an insiders game where who you know is FAR more important that what you know or have done.

EDIT: grammar