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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Adding - last night I had grilled chicken, sauteed vegetables and rice for dinner. Normally I would consider that an extreme deprivation kind of dinner. I would think that I would much rather have, like, General Tso chicken. But last night, on these meds, that healthy dinner was perfectly fine. I didn't eat it passionately (haven't really eaten anything passionately since starting the shots), but I enjoyed it, and felt full. I'm hoping that after a few months of living this way, I can get back to eating that way the majority of the time, and not consider it "being good" and thus be at risk of feeling deprived and making up for that with a binge. Without my messed up mind and hunger screwing things up, I'm just eating for nutrition and not to satisfy my crazed cravings.

Remains to be seen whether my crazy, unhealthy mind comes roaring back after I stop the shots. I hope that in some way my mind is healed through this. :([/quote]

Thanks for sharing, OP.  I for one am interested to hear about your experience.

My main concern with using these drugs is the loss of bone and muscle mass; I hope you are doing a lot of strength training, which I'm sure is hard to do when you're forcing yourself to eat 1000 calories a day.  My elderly aunt lost a lot of weight on one of these drugs and has kept it off after stopping, but she looks very frail.[/quote]

OP. Thank you. I do go to strength training classes 3x/week + spin class but I'll admit, I slacked this week because I felt weak and a little nauseated. I'm sure the weakness came because, as you said, I am eating so little. I can feel the meds wearing off six days in and I have more appetite and energy now, and zero nausea, so I went to class this morning and will go tomorrow too, before my next shot. I ate the most yesterday that I've eaten all week, probably about 1500 calories, and I did feel more energy and interest in working out. The spa did counsel me to do strength training in order to avoid losing muscle, and I've also read that it's important to eat protein, which I'm trying to do. I've always been a dedicated exerciser why is probably part of why I maintained a relatively normal weight (but an unhappy weight for me), despite my overeating and junk food heavy diet.

This past week has been the healthiest I've eaten in years.[/quote]

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