Journey with Monica is going to live up to its name! It is my intention to document the paths that my life travels in 2023. The first path is weight loss with an eye towards better health. There will be other paths or interests that I will develop or do additional work on this year, but like a great many other people, I am beginning the blog year with an intentional focus on weight loss. The purpose of the weight loss is to achieve better health in my middle ages than I had in my young adult years.
If only weight loss was as easy as this comic portrays! But it is harder to lose weight now than it was in my twenties and thirties. Unfortunately, it is not simply a matter of eating less and exercising more. Now, it is a little more complicated.
To achieve a healthy height/weight ratio, I started going to a medical practice that offers treatment to lose weight last October. I had tried a popular weight loss plan in November of 2021. It did not prove to be something that I could do long-term. I lost twenty pounds. Then, I hit a weight loss plateau. The promised support and guidance for this plan never materialized. I grew discouraged and tried to do the plan, sort of. Sort of did not give me the results I wanted either.
After a minor health scare this summer, due to a stress diet of sweet, salty, and carbs, I was motivated to get serious about becoming healthier. After hearing about a friend’s success in losing weight under the guidance of the medical practice where she is employed, I called my health insurance company. Then, I scheduled my first appointment.
Getting started was the second big decision. Staying with the plan for three months was the third decision. The first, and most important decision, was to accept that I need help to achieve any goal that I set for myself. There will be more about the willingness to accept help, later.
Journey with Monica 