06/09/2026
Reasons why I decided against my doctor’s recommendation to take Ozempic:
First, this is not an anti-Ozempic post.
If it helps you, genuinely, that’s amazing.
But for me, I realized my problem wasn’t weight.
My problem was that I kept losing the weight... and gaining it all back.
I’ve done multiple 100-pound transformations in my life.
Every time I told myself, “This is the last time.”
Every time I ended up right back where I started.
So when my doctor suggested medication, I had to ask myself a difficult question:
What am I really trying to fix?
The number on the scale?
Or the person looking back at me in the mirror?
For me, this journey became bigger than losing weight.
I wanted to prove to myself that I could sit with discomfort.
That I could face cravings.
That I could change my habits.
That I could do the work when nobody was watching.
Because if I relied on something else to quiet the noise, I knew I’d always wonder if I had actually changed.
Again, that’s my story.
Not yours.
Not anyone else’s.
But for me, I needed to know that when things got hard, I could trust myself.
Today I’m 75 pounds down.
25 pounds to go.
And for the first time in my life, this feels different.
Full conversation on the FYI Podcast.
