GLP-1 Agonists

Yes, have tried and yes, it is a miracle med for me. I also worried about “Can I inject myself?” Now, no big deal- easy cuz the pens are designed for people who think they can’t. The miracle of no food noise is such a game changer! People who don’t “get” what food noise is? Wow-consider yourself lucky! I used to not just play the “just one more bite” game with myself, I’d wake in the middle of the night having just had vivid dreams of food and eating it. Constantly. When I was trying any new diets or attempts to regain control of what went in my mouth, my whole family suffered cuz I couldn’t allow them to eat anything good in front of me, lest that trigger more cravings/food noise. Ugh. No more. Now, I feel like a “normal” person. I’ve watched my “normal” husband and kids eat for years so I knew what that looked like. For example: my daughter used to be eating ice cream, get distracted and forget to finish it. I’d find it left and melted in the bowl, and I’d marvel at that, knowing I could never! Well, now I can! It’s such an incredible feeling!
Lost 55+ pounds since being on Wegovy, then Zepbound, 10 months ago. I’ve also been intentional about keeping protein intake on the forefront (so I’m not losing muscle) and carb/sugars low. (So no,I don’t start out with high sugar foods like ice cream when I need to eat, not normally, but I could do that on occasion if I actually wanted to- The thing is that now the food noise isn’t demanding that I want to! I usually don’t want to!)
I just tend to eat less. I don’t necessarily eat when everyone else is eating if I don’t want it. I DO eat whenever I DO want something. I always have healthy snacks on hand cuz when my body says “eat,” I eat. Actually sometimes I forget to eat, which is also amazing, but then I realize that I didn’t “forget”; I just hadn’t been hungry during the socially normal times and it didn’t matter! I think in order to lose the weight, you need to be willing to give up whatever social norms you might be holding onto like that. You need to be willing to change your idea of what you think you should be eating. You need to be willing to throw away or package up food for later when you realize that you took too much and you really CAN’T finish that portion. You need to be willing to change your grocery shopping habits(cuz if you buy too much, it’s gonna spoil!) You need to be willing to listen to your body and rebuild trust with your body’s hunger signals once they actually are affected by the meds. So that’s a lot, but the meds have made it all possible and honestly… easy!

I've worked for a pharmacy benefit management company for 20+ years, I've seen fads come and go, and I've seen everyone "jump on the bandwagon" for an off-label use or sometimes even an approved use for a medication only to have more information start coming in that's negative which forces medication change. I think prescribing a medication to someone in the hopes the known side effect will work for them is a very odd thing to do. In the end, weight is largely about your relationship with food and I don't think any medication is going to change that long term. I'm currently taking Rybelsus as I've had two bad blood work labs in a row. I get asked if that's reason I lost 50 pounds -- no, it's not. I had already lost 40 pounds before starting the medication. In fact, I've been on the medication for 6 months, my labs have improved, but I've been gaining and losing the same 10 pounds for six months even with the medication.

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The medication I took made me nauseous all day. Then when I got used to it, it really didn't stop me from eating. It was just not working for me.