GLP-1 has changed everything
When it comes to weight, I am a pogo stick kind of guy: up and down. I decide that I really want to become an expert at sourdough bread, bake a lot of it, eat a lot of it, and get fat. Then, disgusted at how fat I am, I throw away my sourdough starter, my bannetons, and my lame and start doing yoga again. The fat goes away. All is good until I decide that what I really want to do in life is make my own pasta, and the cycle — or should I say the pogo — starts again.
My wife is not a pogo sticker. She had a weight gain that was impervious to yoga, or diet and exercise of any sort. So when the GLP-1s became available, she got on board.
Little vials of clear liquid came to our house packed in ice, and once a week I would give her a shot. It worked. The weight came off.
It has been many months now, and she is almost at the recommended weight for her height. Because she is only five feet tall and female, her recommended weight is something like nine to twelve pounds. Today, she is eighty-one years old, and I bet she would fit into the cheerleader uniform she wore in high school.
Her weight loss journey has certainly been more successful than mine. I only pay attention to categories. At one point, I was on the verge of becoming obese. That is bad. Recently, I…