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after living decades of my life as an overweight person, i eventually accepted my future as morbidly obese and filled with crippling insecurities. i tried to control my eating, my behavioral habits, to exercise at all, to speak to a therapist.. i did a lot. it wasn't until the public release of glp-1 medications that something began to genuinely work. i have been on Zepbound since November of 2024 and i reached 100lbs lost at the end of June. i feel incredible. i am not where i want to be physically (still have my insecurities) but my body absolutely knows the difference. everything is easier to do and my blood pressure is finally normal.

i am looking forward to more loss and eventually feeling more comfortable in my existence. i know this won't cure me of my psychological issues but this will absolutely make it easier to manage. i can't believe i'm here! 100 lbs is a truly unbelievable amount of weight for me to have lost. i mean it quite literally, i cannot believe this is real. i am thrilled. :D

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That's fucking wild. I'm tryna lose some weight too. Big congrats OP, that's amazing

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

thanks! if you're struggling and do have excess weight, you may want to bring up a glp-1 med like Zepbound. i'm not here to push them but i would be lying if i said i wasn't trying to get people to acknowledge and talk about them. there's a weird stigma around them currently and it is very bizarre. but anyway--that's ultimately your choice to make if you're interested.

I might have some friends that might need this advice more than I do but I personally don't need this. Thanks for the information though!