DRUGS
WHAT IT IS: Tirzepatide, sold under the brand name Mounjaro, is one of the latest class of drugs used to improve blood-sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes and, most recently, obesity.
ALL MY LIFE I’VE BEEN husky. I grew up in the age of “clean your plate.” I also grew up relatively poor, so when we did eat out, it was fast food and junk food. Fast-forward into my mid-30s, when I had type 2 diabetes and an A1C level of 13 percent. [A healthy range is below 5.7 percent.] I weighed 360 pounds. I went to the doctor and he said to me, “If you continue to do exactly what you’re doing, you’ve probably got about 15 years left.”
I have four kids, and they deserve more than that. So I went on this journey of “Let’s try Weight Watchers and let’s do keto and let’s do Whole30.” I ended up having a sleeve which was a gigantic life improvement. I was in a good place.
