About Me

Like many people, I spent years quietly (my friends would say "and not so quietly" trying to lose weight. I tried the familiar approaches: ...Some worked briefly. One program had me running 10Kms ( Got the tee shirt!) Most didn’t last. None felt simple.

Overwhelming food noise had replaced early addictions, fears, and a lifetime coping with ADHD, (Finally diagnosed age 41) and always to undermine my self esteem, my ability to make right choices and so many other co-morbidities.

Choosing weight-loss medication came as a 'Friday surprise' when my GP took my BP and we agreed; if I didn't lose weight, and get my BP down, it didn't look positive. BMI 34, Pre-diabetic with a familial history of strokes, bowel and blood cancer, Parkinsons Disease, etc My first grandchild was due in five months, my house was mid over-budget renovation with no hot water or power, and bills mounting. I was challenged at work - my stress levels were ballistic. I went home with a 'script' and a hole in my wallet of $500 and secretly injected my weight away... Not so simple but no less challenging than the alternatives. I thought....

What followed surprised me. The adjustment was more complex than I expected, and far less linear than the stories I’d heard. EVERYTHING changed.

I began keeping notes for myself — not to track progress, but to understand what was happening. Appetite, energy, emotions, nausea, workdays, lost days, moments of clarity, then shame and self doubt.

 Writing and recording became a way to stay steady and observant, rather than reactive.

That private record became The Wegovy Journal.
In the making of the Wegovy Journal I found others with the same thoughts - that there is truly no way forward but THROUGH and journalling has become an important weight management tool. 

See my BLOG posts for more information about Journaling and my weightloss challenges and gifts.