Hi there,
I’ve been lurking here for a few days and finally decided to post. I’m new to GLP-1s but so far the experience has been nothing short of amazing. I started tirzepatide recently and I feel like it completely changed my behavior around food. Maybe it’s partially a psychological thing but it seems like I noticed these changes almost immediately.
This is literally the first time in my life where I don’t have to have dessert every night. I don’t even really want it. I’m not obsessed with food anymore, I’m not even really thinking about food anymore. I’m not snacking on every sugary thing in the house the way I have been for years now. I used to go out of my way to make all these delicious baked goods and it seemed like every waking thought for me was about food. Like, making huge layer cakes for no reason when it’s just me and my partner at home, who has probably gained a bit of weight as well just being with me and my crazy eating behaviors. About a year ago I decided I wanted to lose weight, and I’ve been trying to do intermittent fasting, keto, counting calories, etc. all to no avail, and it was so frustrating. I knew exactly what I needed to do, it wasn’t a lack of knowledge. It was the obsession with food that was always drawing me in to late night snacking, sometimes even full on binges. It’s not that I didn’t know what I needed to do, it’s that I could not stick to a plan no matter how confident I was that morning. I kept starting over again and again. I’m sure a lot of you can relate to this. Every time I had a good couple of days I would get completely unhinged and it felt like I was white knuckling it through the day, just to get home and binge anyway. The food was controlling me and over the last year while I was trying so desperately to lose weight, I gained about 15 lbs.
Tirzepatide came in and now I can easily focus on everything else in my life, and eat proper healthy meals and move on to the next thing. I’m down almost 10 lbs so far. No more obsession, no more gritting my teeth to fight through cravings/snacking urges. It makes following the rules POSSIBLE, not painful. I’m currently in school for nursing and I can literally focus on the material, not daydreaming about ice cream. I can only assume that this is how non-overweight people feel all the time, lol. If it is, then damn. I’ll take it.
I was the person who had such a negative opinion of these drugs before I tried them. I thought everyone just needed “willpower”, and that if you needed a drug or surgery to assist you in losing weight that it was some kind of personal failure, or that you just needed to get in the right headspace. But ironically I couldn’t stick to a plan either, and finally after feeling so discouraged about my position I finally started to open my mind up to the idea of trying GLP-1s. The side effects scared me but the thought of not getting healthy and reaching my goals was scarier. Luckily sides have been minimal.
I’m shocked and so grateful that this drug has helped me stick to plan effortlessly for the first time ever. I was never really overweight as a kid/teen but now at 28 I’ve fallen into some bad habits that ended up making me gain about 70 lbs, and I’m the highest weight I’ve ever been. But I finally feel optimistic at regaining my health and recovering the self esteem that has dwindled down so much after gaining all this weight. I wish I would have tried these sooner. I think you guys have an awesome community here and I am so excited to be a part of it. I love that (for the most part) we can be open and not censoring everything we say, unlike a certain other platform, lol.
I’m also very overjoyed to find so many great resources here for sourcing these products, and also learning what to look for when you’re considering a new source. I have every intent to be on these meds for life if that’s what I require. Cost effective meds is a necessity for the long term so I really appreciate all the information and the ability to communicate with vendors and other members.
Have a good night and thank y’all for having me!
I’ve been lurking here for a few days and finally decided to post. I’m new to GLP-1s but so far the experience has been nothing short of amazing. I started tirzepatide recently and I feel like it completely changed my behavior around food. Maybe it’s partially a psychological thing but it seems like I noticed these changes almost immediately.
This is literally the first time in my life where I don’t have to have dessert every night. I don’t even really want it. I’m not obsessed with food anymore, I’m not even really thinking about food anymore. I’m not snacking on every sugary thing in the house the way I have been for years now. I used to go out of my way to make all these delicious baked goods and it seemed like every waking thought for me was about food. Like, making huge layer cakes for no reason when it’s just me and my partner at home, who has probably gained a bit of weight as well just being with me and my crazy eating behaviors. About a year ago I decided I wanted to lose weight, and I’ve been trying to do intermittent fasting, keto, counting calories, etc. all to no avail, and it was so frustrating. I knew exactly what I needed to do, it wasn’t a lack of knowledge. It was the obsession with food that was always drawing me in to late night snacking, sometimes even full on binges. It’s not that I didn’t know what I needed to do, it’s that I could not stick to a plan no matter how confident I was that morning. I kept starting over again and again. I’m sure a lot of you can relate to this. Every time I had a good couple of days I would get completely unhinged and it felt like I was white knuckling it through the day, just to get home and binge anyway. The food was controlling me and over the last year while I was trying so desperately to lose weight, I gained about 15 lbs.
Tirzepatide came in and now I can easily focus on everything else in my life, and eat proper healthy meals and move on to the next thing. I’m down almost 10 lbs so far. No more obsession, no more gritting my teeth to fight through cravings/snacking urges. It makes following the rules POSSIBLE, not painful. I’m currently in school for nursing and I can literally focus on the material, not daydreaming about ice cream. I can only assume that this is how non-overweight people feel all the time, lol. If it is, then damn. I’ll take it.
I was the person who had such a negative opinion of these drugs before I tried them. I thought everyone just needed “willpower”, and that if you needed a drug or surgery to assist you in losing weight that it was some kind of personal failure, or that you just needed to get in the right headspace. But ironically I couldn’t stick to a plan either, and finally after feeling so discouraged about my position I finally started to open my mind up to the idea of trying GLP-1s. The side effects scared me but the thought of not getting healthy and reaching my goals was scarier. Luckily sides have been minimal.
I’m shocked and so grateful that this drug has helped me stick to plan effortlessly for the first time ever. I was never really overweight as a kid/teen but now at 28 I’ve fallen into some bad habits that ended up making me gain about 70 lbs, and I’m the highest weight I’ve ever been. But I finally feel optimistic at regaining my health and recovering the self esteem that has dwindled down so much after gaining all this weight. I wish I would have tried these sooner. I think you guys have an awesome community here and I am so excited to be a part of it. I love that (for the most part) we can be open and not censoring everything we say, unlike a certain other platform, lol.
I’m also very overjoyed to find so many great resources here for sourcing these products, and also learning what to look for when you’re considering a new source. I have every intent to be on these meds for life if that’s what I require. Cost effective meds is a necessity for the long term so I really appreciate all the information and the ability to communicate with vendors and other members.
Have a good night and thank y’all for having me!
