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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you and I are on a parallel path here. I have a bit more to lose than you--probably a good 40lbs (50lbs if I want to get back to pre-pregnancy college days weight), but I just started Wegovy and am one week in. Perhaps I'm imagining things, but everything you describe here is what I'm experiencing too and just a few days in.  To most people, I appear normal and not someone who overeats, but  I have my triggers--if we order pizza as a family, I can't help but have 3-4 pieces at a time or a few weeks ago, my kids decorated cookies and I helped myself to the icing container as a little treat and could not stop thinking about icing for days after (even though I prevented myself from going out an buying any).  Now that I'm on this medicine, I'm not thinking about snacking at all and I'm eating smaller portion sizes. And the movies--you described it perfectly! Usually I'd go with my kids and grab a glass of wine and help myself to a side of fries. We went last weekend--no interest in wine and I ate a sensible, high protein meal before we left.  I too am ashamed I couldn't figure this out on my own and usually I could keep it under control, but would let it slide and the sliding has added way up over the years. Plus I do work out so I think I'm able to maintain my heavier weight without gaining even more by working out--but you'd never know by looking at me that I run or bike nearly every day and lift.  Only my husband knows I'm on this too. I don't want to admit to anyone just yet but I plan to at some point once I know my longer term plan. I'm still a little concerned about side effects (had some mild nausea) and what titrating up will bring so I'm not out and about telling folks just yet. [/quote]

OP. Thank you for sharing! I would love to hear updates about your experience. I still am in shock and awe about how this is working for me. It's day 6. I thought I felt it wearing off yesterday a bit because I grabbed a snack of Toasty peanut butter crackers, which is the first junky processed thing I've craved since starting the meds. I ate half the pack and enjoyed it, but threw the rest away. The rest of my day was healthy eating and I ate about 1200 calories with almost no hunger. This morning I'm having my oatmeal. Ordinarily I consider oatmeal a healthy, "good behavior" kind of breakfast. I put a teeny sprinkle of brown sugar in it and strawberries. Honestly, I can't finish it, and it tastes a little too sweet. I am excited to go back to the spa on Saturday and get weighed in. Usually weigh ins of any kind are traumatic for me, but this one will be amazing, I think. I am really hopeful that this can help me reset. Maybe being off sugar and my heavy diet of processed foods will make me crave it less even when I stop. Anyway, that's a ways off. I just feel such a sense of freedom and hope and happiness. I'm not always thinking, like I usually do, "Well this day is ruined, because I binged at 11 AM. Might as well keep binging." And just feeling gross and unhealthy. I feel like the meds can't possibly be worse for me than the way I was eating.

I listened to a podcast about tirzepatide and the speaker said it eliminates the suffering that comes with dieting. He said hunger is suffering and this med removes that from the equation. It's so true. I think I was so unsuccessful because I just regard hunger as completely intolerable. I didn't always. I was more disciplined in my 20s and 30s. But now, I've got three kids, a thriving career, a house, a million activities. Maybe I just didn't have any more energy to fight off the hunger anymore.

This is really helping me and I'm grateful for it.[/quote]

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