Notafed
Recently Joined
Just to start out with the name, I like to stir chaos, not to mention so much talk in these threads about who is and isn't a scam or "compromised" and why not lead some people to wonder if a federal agent is joining in. Just to be clear though I am not trust me bro! 😉 Anyways I made an account 90 percent because I wanted to be able to see photos in full resolution. If I ever start to conversate I will most likely be asking questions I don't think I have much to add to the conversation I am pretty cookie cutter. This is going to be a lot, but I write this down less for you all and more to speak this out somewhere as I haven't told a soul the whole story. Feel free not to read I actually encourage you not to.
Now for that cookie cutter story I am a fairly young adult who has spent their whole life being overweight/ obese whatever you want to call it. I wouldn't even say struggle because rarely did I try to do anything about it I just accepted it was who I was/meant to be. Now everyonce in awhile I would go up a size and try something, with no results. The closest was Keto + Covid giving me enough time and absolutely no excuses and I lost about 40lbs, but then I hit a hard stall felt awfull, then about 2 weeks going nowhere my knee dislocated one day and I gained it all back.
I have always felt that you have to ready and willing and wanting change to have a shot at it in any category. While weight loss can be a stacked deck I believed and still do for any one to have a chance they have to be decided and firm in resolve. My resolve like many came and passed, but my moment the moment which as of now and for months has held was when I saw 360 on the scale. I had seen 350 just a short while ago and that was a major heartbreaker, but I was morbidly accepting of what I thought "I" was and while no one is healthy at that weight my life was in a routine. But when I saw 360 just a few months later I knew I was going to die if I kept it up.
I think in part my weight while always high would usually be consistent for long periods. I had a period of less workload at work and Costco hot Cheetos which got me to that point, but also I think I was snowballing. I could tell my sleep was unwell and I felt awful like actually awful. I am pretty sure I was dealing with sleep apnea and looking in the mirror I noticed my stomach was tettering on losing the fight against gravity and while I might have found a way to live with myself I didn't know how I could look myself in the mirror if my stomach dropped below my waistline. I don't know if I explained that well enough, but the mental image should be there. I worked just to feel awful once I got home and had to do almost nothing at home but sleep and eat to be ready for the next day.
So, with a trip planned for work I decided I would there with a hotel kitchen disconnected from food and a hotel gym less than a minute from my room I would keto again and workout. I saw South Parks end of obesity months ago but never really connected it to myself. I did know someone who had lost a lot with the shots, but just knew them we weren't acquaintances. I saw the Hollywood actors dropping weight too, but maybe in some part of the nihilism of southparks episode I didn't think to bother. Anyways I can't even remember what the turning point was. I think it was either a coworker who's distaste for the shots came out as him saying how much if a cheat/easy they are and I like easy or it was my mother who also deals with weight who claimed she was seriously considering the shots and who I encouraged and then she told me I didn't want to be the weight I am (she didn't know the amount only what one could see with their eyes) when I was her age as she felt she was falling apart.
Anyways I finally look into it and wanting easy find Sesame, and believed based on some Reddit posts and a not complete understanding of healthcare that if I could just get a prescription online my insurance would probably pay for it if I used the online pharmacy. Well the online doctor told me she worked with my health insurance before and it wasn't going to work she also wanted me to meet her in person as she was nearby and she would only write one prescription before she needed blood work done and I didn't want to find out if I had become diabetic and was against the idea of labs. It all fell apart and I wasted I think 100 dollars. But I gave it one last chance and looked for a provider who wouldn't want labs and let me just say this community is truly a rabbit hole/ iceberg that just keeps going further and further down. I remember back then it looked nearly impossible to find and everything a scam and nobody legit was going to let me get away with no labs.
But I found it with orderly meds and here is the first fork in the road, and probably the second greatest thing to happen to me in my life. The form was semaglutide vs tirzepatide and originally I had been trying to get ozempic I thought that one was "the one", but orderly has a chart which said you could expect to lose like 5 percent more body weight with tirzepatide and it was only a 100 more for the first three months. I am so glad it worked out I didn't know tirzepa
Now for that cookie cutter story I am a fairly young adult who has spent their whole life being overweight/ obese whatever you want to call it. I wouldn't even say struggle because rarely did I try to do anything about it I just accepted it was who I was/meant to be. Now everyonce in awhile I would go up a size and try something, with no results. The closest was Keto + Covid giving me enough time and absolutely no excuses and I lost about 40lbs, but then I hit a hard stall felt awfull, then about 2 weeks going nowhere my knee dislocated one day and I gained it all back.
I have always felt that you have to ready and willing and wanting change to have a shot at it in any category. While weight loss can be a stacked deck I believed and still do for any one to have a chance they have to be decided and firm in resolve. My resolve like many came and passed, but my moment the moment which as of now and for months has held was when I saw 360 on the scale. I had seen 350 just a short while ago and that was a major heartbreaker, but I was morbidly accepting of what I thought "I" was and while no one is healthy at that weight my life was in a routine. But when I saw 360 just a few months later I knew I was going to die if I kept it up.
I think in part my weight while always high would usually be consistent for long periods. I had a period of less workload at work and Costco hot Cheetos which got me to that point, but also I think I was snowballing. I could tell my sleep was unwell and I felt awful like actually awful. I am pretty sure I was dealing with sleep apnea and looking in the mirror I noticed my stomach was tettering on losing the fight against gravity and while I might have found a way to live with myself I didn't know how I could look myself in the mirror if my stomach dropped below my waistline. I don't know if I explained that well enough, but the mental image should be there. I worked just to feel awful once I got home and had to do almost nothing at home but sleep and eat to be ready for the next day.
So, with a trip planned for work I decided I would there with a hotel kitchen disconnected from food and a hotel gym less than a minute from my room I would keto again and workout. I saw South Parks end of obesity months ago but never really connected it to myself. I did know someone who had lost a lot with the shots, but just knew them we weren't acquaintances. I saw the Hollywood actors dropping weight too, but maybe in some part of the nihilism of southparks episode I didn't think to bother. Anyways I can't even remember what the turning point was. I think it was either a coworker who's distaste for the shots came out as him saying how much if a cheat/easy they are and I like easy or it was my mother who also deals with weight who claimed she was seriously considering the shots and who I encouraged and then she told me I didn't want to be the weight I am (she didn't know the amount only what one could see with their eyes) when I was her age as she felt she was falling apart.
Anyways I finally look into it and wanting easy find Sesame, and believed based on some Reddit posts and a not complete understanding of healthcare that if I could just get a prescription online my insurance would probably pay for it if I used the online pharmacy. Well the online doctor told me she worked with my health insurance before and it wasn't going to work she also wanted me to meet her in person as she was nearby and she would only write one prescription before she needed blood work done and I didn't want to find out if I had become diabetic and was against the idea of labs. It all fell apart and I wasted I think 100 dollars. But I gave it one last chance and looked for a provider who wouldn't want labs and let me just say this community is truly a rabbit hole/ iceberg that just keeps going further and further down. I remember back then it looked nearly impossible to find and everything a scam and nobody legit was going to let me get away with no labs.
But I found it with orderly meds and here is the first fork in the road, and probably the second greatest thing to happen to me in my life. The form was semaglutide vs tirzepatide and originally I had been trying to get ozempic I thought that one was "the one", but orderly has a chart which said you could expect to lose like 5 percent more body weight with tirzepatide and it was only a 100 more for the first three months. I am so glad it worked out I didn't know tirzepa
