Before it was painful. Now I function like a thin person. No driving hunger 24/7.

I weighed 40 lbs more than I do now. I’m happy to supplement with these drugs forever.

I tried semaglutide last year. Due to constant nausea and fatigue, I made worse eating choices: only carbs seemed to settle my stomach, and I was too tired to meal prep well. I did feel so light, no joint pain, zero bloating, and that was amazing. I stopped because of the side effects and eventually regained. Ironically since regaining, I am a healthier eater than at any point in my life (fruit and veggies every day, from scratch, zero soda or alcohol) BUT I am also heavier than ever due to peri, and I am convinced I have some sort of issue with inflammation, which went away completely with the meds. So now I wonder what to do: Yes, I can function without okay, but at 20lbs overweight. I am not happy at this weight, so what next? Calorie counting would have to mean going very very low over months and I am realistically not going to be able to do that.

Is there a reason you're asking this painfully obvious question?

I have been a mental mess for most of my life wrt food. I finally have a healthy outlook on food. I'm not some super responder that has lost quickly, nor am I at a goal weight. But over the past couple of years I have lost 60 lbs and am about 20 lbs overweight. But I don't crave junk food, I don't obsess about what I'm eating (or not eating) and I feel like a normal person for the first time in my life.

It was awful. I was obsessively counting calories (1200 per day) and thought of food non-stop. I would panic ahead of social events like my kid’s birthday party because I knew we’d have a cake and I’d have to plan my calories around it. Forget about an impromptu meal out, an ice-cream treat with the kids, or a drink with a friend. And going to the grocery store was miserable, I hated walking through the bread/bakery isle because everything looked and smelled so damn good and I’d obsess over what I could/couldn’t buy. I’ve been taking compounded semaglutide for almost a year now and have lost 30 pounds (slowly and steadily). I’m 5’1” and currently down to 115. I don’t obsess about food and no longer track my calories. It’s been a complete game-changer for my physical and mental health.

Well, I ate 1000 calories a day, gained 30 lbs anyway thanks to my SSRI and hated life. Then zepbound reversed my insulin resistance, I was able to get up to about 1500 calories daily I stopped gaining weight, and now I'm down 20 of the 30 I gained.

So...poorly?

I functioned more matronly.

I functioned just as I do now: without them.

I functioned obesely.

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