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Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

You sound like one of those "body positivity" types that equates any diet with anorexia.

She’s a healthy weight, she literally is not overweight, she probably wears a size medium or 8, and she doesn’t need to diet.

That's not your body. You don't get to tell other women what to do with their body.

Umm. More importantly her MD does get to tell her she won’t prescribe the drugs because OP does not meet the criteria. Lying to your MD to get an Rx is wrong.

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Celebrities do it

Are you seriously arguing that lying to your MD is okay because celebrities do it? Seriously?

If you lie on telehealth to get the meds, are you planning to lie to your primary care about taking the meds? What if you have serious side effects? What if there’s a bad reaction with other drugs you’re taking? How much lying are you willing to do?

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

You sound like one of those "body positivity" types that equates any diet with anorexia.

She’s a healthy weight, she literally is not overweight, she probably wears a size medium or 8, and she doesn’t need to diet.

That's not your body. You don't get to tell other women what to do with their body.

Umm. More importantly her MD does get to tell her she won’t prescribe the drugs because OP does not meet the criteria. Lying to your MD to get an Rx is wrong.

"wrong"

Celebrities do it

Anonymous wrote:Op - One of my hesitancies is being a good example for my children (who are girls). They are already worried about "being fat" and gaining weight, especially my oldest, who coincidentally is the smallest and slimmest of my children. Oldest DD is almost 12 and is only 78 pounds and as slim as you can get. But she is constantly bombarded with images and talk about being thin and not getting fat, etc. I wonder what message I am sending her if she finds out I am taking medication to lose weight. Do I tell her I am doing it to be healthy? How do you frame it so you aren't saying "I am doing this because I don't want to be fat".

Anonymous wrote:You can get it online but these are not regulated by FDA. Since it isn’t regulated, you have no idea how safe is what you are injecting into your body.

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

You sound like one of those "body positivity" types that equates any diet with anorexia.

She’s a healthy weight, she literally is not overweight, she probably wears a size medium or 8, and she doesn’t need to diet.

That's not your body. You don't get to tell other women what to do with their body.

Umm. More importantly her MD does get to tell her she won’t prescribe the drugs because OP does not meet the criteria. Lying to your MD to get an Rx is wrong.

"wrong"

Celebrities do it

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

+1 to all this - a small dose of a GLP1 really is miraculous. My story is similar to above - constant struggle over 15 pounds. Lost it quickly over a couple of months taking Zepbound; now microdosing one 2.5 vial a month and easily keeping if off while pretty much eating what I want and not worrying constantly about weight gain. It's kind of mind-blowing actually. LOVE IT!

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

You sound like one of those "body positivity" types that equates any diet with anorexia.

She’s a healthy weight, she literally is not overweight, she probably wears a size medium or 8, and she doesn’t need to diet.

That's not your body. You don't get to tell other women what to do with their body.

Umm. More importantly her MD does get to tell her she won’t prescribe the drugs because OP does not meet the criteria. Lying to your MD to get an Rx is wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

You sound like one of those "body positivity" types that equates any diet with anorexia.

She’s a healthy weight, she literally is not overweight, she probably wears a size medium or 8, and she doesn’t need to diet.

That's not your body. You don't get to tell other women what to do with their body.

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

I am happy for you, but I just want to flag this - it's OK to eat a whole salmon bowl with quinoa, that is a healthy dinner. And you probably felt good because you were normally hungry and eating a healthy meal. It sounds like you may have some issues with food when you hated yourself so much only 15 lbs overweight and were sad and angry with yourself for just eating a healthy meal.

Again I'm happy for people who are finding success with these drugs but it's a fine line-

And OP asking if they have to take it forever - people who would take it forever are those who struggle with obesity as a disease and have their whole lives. It doesn't sound like that is you - you just have a few pounds to lose. That is my take anyway.

Different poster, and you’re right that a salmon bowl is healthy, but some of us just eat beyond our limits because we can’t stop even when full. That is 100% my issue. I got a healthyish bowl from chipotle for lunch today and was completely full after eating half but of course I kept going and polished it off. I was genuinely full but my brain told me to keep going until I had the feeling over overdoing it.

Chipotle is not healthy, too much seed oil and protein to carb ratio is off.

I didn’t say what I had from chipotle - it was a salad bowl with only lettuce, cheese, carnitas, fajita vegetables and salsa. No rice or beans. I can’t speak to seed oils but wouldn't call that a heavy carb meal.

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

I am happy for you, but I just want to flag this - it's OK to eat a whole salmon bowl with quinoa, that is a healthy dinner. And you probably felt good because you were normally hungry and eating a healthy meal. It sounds like you may have some issues with food when you hated yourself so much only 15 lbs overweight and were sad and angry with yourself for just eating a healthy meal.

Again I'm happy for people who are finding success with these drugs but it's a fine line-

And OP asking if they have to take it forever - people who would take it forever are those who struggle with obesity as a disease and have their whole lives. It doesn't sound like that is you - you just have a few pounds to lose. That is my take anyway.

Different poster, and you’re right that a salmon bowl is healthy, but some of us just eat beyond our limits because we can’t stop even when full. That is 100% my issue. I got a healthyish bowl from chipotle for lunch today and was completely full after eating half but of course I kept going and polished it off. I was genuinely full but my brain told me to keep going until I had the feeling over overdoing it.

Chipotle is not healthy, too much seed oil and protein to carb ratio is off.

I didn’t say what I had from chipotle - it was a salad bowl with only lettuce, cheese, carnitas, fajita vegetables and salsa. No rice or beans. I can’t speak to seed oils but wouldn't call that a heavy carb meal.

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

I am happy for you, but I just want to flag this - it's OK to eat a whole salmon bowl with quinoa, that is a healthy dinner. And you probably felt good because you were normally hungry and eating a healthy meal. It sounds like you may have some issues with food when you hated yourself so much only 15 lbs overweight and were sad and angry with yourself for just eating a healthy meal.

Again I'm happy for people who are finding success with these drugs but it's a fine line-

And OP asking if they have to take it forever - people who would take it forever are those who struggle with obesity as a disease and have their whole lives. It doesn't sound like that is you - you just have a few pounds to lose. That is my take anyway.

Different poster, and you’re right that a salmon bowl is healthy, but some of us just eat beyond our limits because we can’t stop even when full. That is 100% my issue. I got a healthyish bowl from chipotle for lunch today and was completely full after eating half but of course I kept going and polished it off. I was genuinely full but my brain told me to keep going until I had the feeling over overdoing it.

Chipotle is not healthy, too much seed oil and protein to carb ratio is off.

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

You sound like one of those "body positivity" types that equates any diet with anorexia.

She’s a healthy weight, she literally is not overweight, she probably wears a size medium or 8, and she doesn’t need to diet.

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Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

You sound like one of those "body positivity" types that equates any diet with anorexia.

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

I am happy for you, but I just want to flag this - it's OK to eat a whole salmon bowl with quinoa, that is a healthy dinner. And you probably felt good because you were normally hungry and eating a healthy meal. It sounds like you may have some issues with food when you hated yourself so much only 15 lbs overweight and were sad and angry with yourself for just eating a healthy meal.

Again I'm happy for people who are finding success with these drugs but it's a fine line-

And OP asking if they have to take it forever - people who would take it forever are those who struggle with obesity as a disease and have their whole lives. It doesn't sound like that is you - you just have a few pounds to lose. That is my take anyway.

Different poster, and you’re right that a salmon bowl is healthy, but some of us just eat beyond our limits because we can’t stop even when full. That is 100% my issue. I got a healthyish bowl from chipotle for lunch today and was completely full after eating half but of course I kept going and polished it off. I was genuinely full but my brain told me to keep going until I had the feeling over overdoing it.

Chipotle is not healthy, too much seed oil and protein to carb ratio is off.