Epic Universe is….Epic. - Barney Stinson

 Epic Universe is….Epic. - Barney Stinson

Spent one full day at Epic Universe, the new park at Universal.  It was magical.  Beautifully themed and immersive.  We stayed on the property, so we were able to arrive an hour early. We also purchased the express pass, which allowed us to skip the line once for each ride included.  At the time that we went Dragon Racer's Rally, Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry, and Mine-Cart Madness were excluded.  I elected to ride Mine-Cart Madness as I am a Nintendo person and skipped the Harry Potter ride.  It was an expensive day, but so worth it.  

Phil and I were the oldest people in the park.  There were very few young children and virtually no strollers.  This is a park aimed squarely at about 15-40 year olds.  Even the “family” coaster at the Isle of Berk ( How to Train your Dragon) was thrilling.  

We had pizza at Pizza Moon, and while we were discussing the roller coaster Stardust Racers, the college-age girl sitting next to us said, “ My boyfriend is in the bathroom getting sick because it was so extreme.”  He surfaced looking none the worse, proving it is good to be young. We did indeed ride it, and it was the most thrilling and extreme coaster I have ever been on.  It was my favorite ride of the trip.

As is so common for me, this day was made possible by Ozempic.  I would never have gone to this park if I had not lost weight.  

If anyone has any questions, throw them my way. 

I am taking Ozempic

I am taking Ozempic. What is it?  It is a drug created to manage blood sugar in diabetic people with a one-a-week shot instead of daily medications.  During the development of the drug, an exciting benefit kept appearing.  People trialing it were losing weight. Sometimes, losing the very weight that tipped them into being Type 2 diabetic in the first place.  In Georgia in 2021, my doctor mentioned it as an option for me, but I held off as I was moving to Florida.  My doctor here has prescribed it as my A1C had crept to 7.0.

I was waiting till I had enough time under my belt to discuss it publicly. I finally decided to talk about it because I was getting a lot of questions thrown at me.  I am no doctor, so this is just my experience.  Within a day of taking it, I was feeling full after eating.  Full. Full for the first time in my life.  I had not realized that I was never full.  So many times, people would say to me, “You don't eat that much.”  And that is true.  I never ate what society deemed “too much” at a sitting.  But what I was able to do was eat multiple meals a day.  Think of Christmas day,  and you go to your family’s party and have a full Christmas dinner, and then later in the day, you go to your inlaws and eat another full dinner with no difficulty.  That is what life is like for me every single day.   

I still have an appetite, and I still love cooking.  What I now experience is being full and content after eating.  I am not constantly thinking of what I am going to eat next.  The food chatter has been silenced. 

 

I feel that I am now being treated with the correct drug for my situation.  I am sure many will think she has no willpower, or if she could just get to the underlying trauma, she could beat this.  

I was sick and tired of being told that you must be unhappy, so that is why you eat.  None of these are the truth about me and I know most of you would stand up for me and say- she is usually happy, and she does have great self-confidence.  

 So yes, I have lost a significant amount of weight in a relatively short time. I will continue to lose as I go about my life, staying busy and active.  I hope that everyone who could benefit from this drug can receive it.  I cannot help thinking of my late grandmother, Julia Mizla, the sharpest, most vivacious person I have ever met.  I know about her weight struggles and followed right in her shoes.  Back in her day, they would give you the equivalent of speed to lose weight.   I like to think she looks out for me now and cheers me on. 

 

           ( Julia M. Mizla)