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02/03/2026

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02/02/2026

Wegovy day 14. Also known as the day I stopped Wegovy. I’ve tried everything I can think of to make this medication work for me because I really wanted to take it and I was extremely motivated to take it. As you know if you’ve been following along, look at this let me know on day 4 to 5 of taking it, I developed a debilitating knee pain that I wasn’t able to function with for three days until I stopped the medication and within two days the pain was entirely gone. After that, I tried restarting it on an every other day basis to see if I could slowly get my body used to it. However, on the days that I took it, the discomfort came back and then improved on the day I didn’t take it. Today is supposed to be the day that I take it again. However, the knee pain did not totally resolve by this morning and I’ve made the hard decision that this medicine is not for me. I don’t want to end up with a permanent damage to my knee, which would then affect my quality of life. I am disappointed, but I don’t want you to be. I have hundreds of patients that are successful on these medication’s with minimal side effects that don’t affect their quality of life. And now the good things that came out of this trial. After all of these years, I learned how to swallow pills. That sounds silly to anybody that has been doing that their whole life but it’s a big deal to me. I have completely changed my diet and I’ve lost 5 pounds in these two weeks. And I am still motivated to lose weight. I will continue what I’m doing with an aim to 1000 to 1200 cal per day. Lean protein, vegetables and fruits. No sugar and very limited carbohydrates. And as soon as my knee feels completely better, I will start walking on an almost daily basis.  So….back to the old-fashioned way. Calories in versus calories out versus what the calories are made out of. I will be posting at least weekly about how I’m doing with this journey. Hopefully some of you will join me on your own weight loss and exercise journey and let me know how you’re doing. And with the love and support I get from all of you and my current motivation level I feel I will be successful! Thank you!

01/29/2026

A little meteorology lesson for today. I’ve often wondered why the Florida sky seems so much bluer than New Jersey. Especially in the winter. So I looked it up and it’s true. There’s less humidity in the air in Florida in the winter than in New Jersey. There are less pollutants, especially along the coastline. And the sun angle is different due to the lower latitude. So the winter sky in Florida actually is a darker more beautiful blue than in New Jersey. Here’s a picture of the sky and there’s no filter so this is the actual color.
And FYI, I restarted Wegovy today!

01/28/2026

Ortho update…..There is no update!!!! After spending three hours Monday to get someone on the phone at this ortho office to get an appointment and another hour filling out forms online they ended up scheduling me for the wrong day. Last night I got a text to confirm my appointment and noticed that it said Thursday. Which I let them know Thursday was pretty much the only day this week I couldn’t do. So I am trying to reschedule, but who knows how long that will take. The good news is my knee is 90% better today.  And this is why at HealthCare for Life we have never used automated answering systems or automated after hour systems. When you call our office, you know you’re getting a person answering the phone. You may get put on hold for a couple minutes, but you know that we’re there and you know you’re getting a person.

01/27/2026

Day nine on my Wegovy journey. Sorry I’ve missed a couple days of posting. Everything was going OK and then Thursday evening I had a very sharp pain go through my left knee. I was not doing any activity, I didn’t bump it and I didn’t twist or strain it. The next day Friday it worsened making it very uncomfortable and somewhat painful to walk. By Friday evening and into Saturday, the pain around my knee became so excruciating. I was not able to walk for the entire weekend. I elevated my leg I iced it. I wore a compression brace on it. But the pain continued to worsen throughout the weekend. It was so severe that just getting up and down out of bed or out of a chair made me cry. I made an appointment with an orthopedic doctor for tomorrow Wednesday. But I tried and tried to evaluate what started this pain and I could not come up with a reason other than I had recently started Wegovy. So yesterday, I decided not to take the medication and today I decided not to take the medication and my knee by yesterday late afternoon was 25% better and today is approximately 75% better. Leading me to think there is some connection. I will keep the appointment with the orthopedic doctor tomorrow even though I’m hoping by tomorrow it will be completely better. And on Thursday, I will make the decision whether or not to restart the Wegovy.
The good news is that as of this morning I had lost 4 pounds in the nine days. Now I don’t really think a week on the Wegovy at the start dose was the reason. Because I also drastically changed my diet and limited my calories to 1000 cal a day when I started this journey. Did the medication play any role in the weight loss? I’m not really sure. I was afraid of eating too much and getting nauseous so perhaps that helped. If I don’t update you tomorrow after my orthopedic appointment, I will update you on Thursday as to whether or not I resume the medication. Thank you for all of your love and support and interest in this journey.

01/23/2026

Wegovy Journey Day 5. Happy to report I have more energy today. Slight headache is still there but not bad. And the prunes were successful. ….if you know what I mean 🤓

01/22/2026

01/21/2026

Day 3 and hydration

01/20/2026

On being a foodie

01/20/2026

Day 2

01/19/2026

Wegovy Journey

01/19/2026

I'm excited to share a very personal video blog with you 💕