Anonymous wrote:Op - I do exercise. I walk around 10,000-12,000 steps a day and lift weights 3 times a week.

I will try and count calories more religiously.

Today I have eaten coffee, grapes and some cucumbers for lunch. Will try to add a protein for dinner.

Take up tennis, up the weights when you lift if you're not already maxing out. I dropped 10 lbs this way without changing my diet at all.

Also you are tall for a woman which is a major advantage in the sport. Take a few classes, then find a local league. You don't have to be good at it to get a great workout, just willing to try.

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Anonymous wrote:1200-1400 calories a day is relatively easy with intermittent fasting.

This. And 125 at your height of 5 7 is ludicrous (and you know it). You should be 135.

+1. Pp is body dysmorphic.

Omg DCUM

125 is within the healthy BMI range for 5'7"

Depending on various factors it may be a perfect weight for OP or underweight.

- signed, 5'3" and 138 lbs and think I look fine but realize with my small frame it is probably not optimal healthwise

Microdosing is 1/2 the initial dosage, or at least so I’ve been told.

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Anonymous wrote:1200-1400 calories a day is relatively easy with intermittent fasting.

This. And 125 at your height of 5 7 is ludicrous (and you know it). You should be 135.

+1. Pp is body dysmorphic.

Anonymous wrote:You microdose your GLP-1 when you hit your goal weight. Or use metformin.

What does microdosing look like to you?

Anonymous wrote:You microdose your GLP-1 when you hit your goal weight. Or use metformin.

Why will Op, at a healthy weight, be on drugs for life?

You microdose your GLP-1 when you hit your goal weight. Or use metformin.

What will you do to maintain is the real question.

Sure, you could lose these lbs by starvation or GLP-1 but what happens when you hit your goal weight?

Walk. Walk more.

Anonymous wrote:Op - I do exercise. I walk around 10,000-12,000 steps a day and lift weights 3 times a week.

I will try and count calories more religiously.

Today I have eaten coffee, grapes and some cucumbers for lunch. Will try to add a protein for dinner.

Counterintuitive, but you aren't eating enough. Chronically inadequate nutrition can make you store fat and slow your metabolism. Eat more and work on building muscle.

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Anonymous wrote:Should I try ozempic or just restrict calories? I am 5’7” and 148lbs. I would prefer to be 135ish. If I could get back to my wedding weight of 125 that would be even better but I am not sure that is feasible.

I would be fine restricting to around 1000 calories a day. Would that do the trick? Or do I need medication?

Is this your doctor's recommendation? 125 pounds at 5'7'' sounds too skinny and unhealthy to me.

Do strength training instead and love your body as it is now

+1

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Anonymous wrote:10 to 15 pounds is nothing.

But if you want Ozempic you might want to hurry. Word is it might get restricted soon.

Op - I mean I would love to be down 20-25 pounds but I don’t think I can do that without meds. I weighed 125 pounds when I got married.

So what?! Unless a woman is talking about her wedding weight getting married in her 40s or 50s, I don't understand why she expects to be her wedding weight again. It is natural for women to gain weight as they age and it doesn't necessarily mean she's unhealthy or overweight. Weight charts are not based only on gender and height. They factor in AGE. Perhaps you were actually a little underweight at your wedding.

Anonymous wrote:Should I try ozempic or just restrict calories? I am 5’7” and 148lbs. I would prefer to be 135ish. If I could get back to my wedding weight of 125 that would be even better but I am not sure that is feasible.

I would be fine restricting to around 1000 calories a day. Would that do the trick? Or do I need medication?

Are you kidding? You are not even overweight and you're asking if you should try weight loss meds? For 13 pounds?
Please leave the drugs for the people who seriously need them.

I've been on tirp for 6 weeks. Have lost 10 lbs. about 12 more to lose then I'll microdose.
I've always been a protein eater but I upped that with a smoothie with greek yogurt and protein powder.

Anonymous wrote:^ meaning no matter what I do I can’t get back to that weight which was stable for 35 years

(Thyroid normal, bloodwork, etc)

Maybe that weight just isn’t feasible anymore? Most people put some weight on once they are older.