Battle of The Bulge: I will do this for the rest of my life.

 If I was prescribed Ozempic I would be agreeing to taking the drug for the rest of my life. Whether I live ten more years or fifty, I would have to continue to take the medication. The longest I have taken any medication was an anti inflammatory pill from New Chapter called Zyflamend  because it was a natural way to ensure I didn't have excessive inflammation and it was an effort to protect my knee from damaging inflammation. I took it for a year and then New Chapter pulled it from the shelves and reformulated it. I try it from time to time but the new recipe is not as potent as the previous and it was really expensive at $80 a bottle. 

So, how was my 133 days of exercise and diet well, I was on my way upto July 4th weekend. I took a break in part because I was a solid ten pounds down and I felt really good. That weekend turned into 3 weeks and it took me about two weeks to get back into the groove of exercising. Strains and Sprains and trying to get back in the water were all part of the process. I found a lot of motivation and I could keep up. 

Yet, its not a one time deal, just like taking the Ozempic and stopping my break I gained weight back. I also need to do my food tracking because I don't know when I am in a calorie deficit or not. I am trying to stay between 1200 and 1800 calories a day. A prescription can't do that for me. While I have the December 2025 as a goal date for weight loss I know this is going to take the rest of my life and I have to maintain this for the rest of the life. 

I might be able to after December 2025 stop the daily diary but, I am still going to have to commit to planned meals like I have Chicken and Rice, Tuna and Pasta, Turkey meat and Veggies, don't drink Coca-Cola unless you absolutely have to, Drink more water, Cottage Cheese and Eggs, Have one Vegetarian meal a week or three if you can, Make your dessert smores or brownies, Go have a picnic, go Swim in the Ocean, try to do a marathon, ride a bike outdoors, clean out your storage unit and celebrate in little ways. 

The one thing I learned I am not done with a lot of this weight battle but its also a matter of concentrating on it and it does get really noisy because the one thing that tripped me up July 4th weekend.... A television. I watched TV and there are so many ads for food or prescriptions or something that it was insanity. I didn't really realize how bad I was affected until I was without TV for a good period of time. 

I really thing TVs are really bad you think its just you changing the channel but no its worse than that. Just having the "noise" on was disturbing also I couldn't find a music or static station. It was nice to realize its not just in my head but, a program that has happened.