Horrified by new scale results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop eating so much. Realize what you are doing and just stop. Every time you are about to put unnecessary food in your mouth, think about it and make a choice. Gaining 30 lbs. is tens of thousands of excess calories.

I know this of course! And 80% of the time I do it. The issue is what I mentioned above. I get in this stress and anxiety zone and it's like all of a sudden I cannot make a choice, like there is no choice. When I was taking semaglutide, I NEVER felt that way. I could be utterly stressed and I didn't want any food.

Have you been weighing yourself regularly? I think that is key to being accountable for what you are eating. If you start eating poorly and avoid the scale, you will lose accountability. You need to be able to see the pounds adding up in real time, not stepping on the scale months later to see a 30 lb gain. That is avoidance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop eating so much. Realize what you are doing and just stop. Every time you are about to put unnecessary food in your mouth, think about it and make a choice. Gaining 30 lbs. is tens of thousands of excess calories.

I know this of course! And 80% of the time I do it. The issue is what I mentioned above. I get in this stress and anxiety zone and it's like all of a sudden I cannot make a choice, like there is no choice. When I was taking semaglutide, I NEVER felt that way. I could be utterly stressed and I didn't want any food.

Have you been weighing yourself regularly? I think that is key to being accountable for what you are eating. If you start eating poorly and avoid the scale, you will lose accountability. You need to be able to see the pounds adding up in real time, not stepping on the scale months later to see a 30 lb gain. That is avoidance.

I do, always. But before this scale I was using an old one which told me I was 145 (I am 5'2) which is too much, but still within my "I've been there and can get down to a better weight" realm. This new scale told me I am 156lbs!! Now that is nearly obese and feels like a red alarm going off.

[Anonymous]

I am 5’2 as well and was 156 pounds. I started mounjaro 6 weeks ago and I have lost 16 pounds. My goal is to get down to 115. I have had no side effects other than not wanting to eat much. It is definitely a game changer. I was on 2.5 for 4 weeks and have now taken 2 doses of 5. Not having to think about food has been so freeing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’2 as well and was 156 pounds. I started mounjaro 6 weeks ago and I have lost 16 pounds. My goal is to get down to 115. I have had no side effects other than not wanting to eat much. It is definitely a game changer. I was on 2.5 for 4 weeks and have now taken 2 doses of 5. Not having to think about food has been so freeing.

I wish I could do it...But I just can't. I could barely function on Semaglutide and can't live like that forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’2 as well and was 156 pounds. I started mounjaro 6 weeks ago and I have lost 16 pounds. My goal is to get down to 115. I have had no side effects other than not wanting to eat much. It is definitely a game changer. I was on 2.5 for 4 weeks and have now taken 2 doses of 5. Not having to think about food has been so freeing.

I wish I could do it...But I just can't. I could barely function on Semaglutide and can't live like that forever.

Mounjaro is not semaglitide so you might not have the same side effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tried ozempic and it was not good for me (major fatigue, constant nausea even on low dose). I had lost 15lbs by the time I stopped. The past couple months have been extremely stressful for me personally and at work and I ate SO poorly. Got a special scale for black friday and the results are in: I am super fat, my metabolic age is five years over my bio age, high fat percentage. Has anyone been able to turn this sort of bad result around with no weight loss meds? I need to lose a good 30 lbs. It is so discouraging.

Try eating less and moving more. It works.