This is why only my husband knows what I will be doing. Waiting for my medication to come in.

I can certainly relate to your story!❤

Don't count calories, count carbs and eat real food. It takes time to adjust and work out what your body likes. But I lost all the weight I needed to four years ago. Avoiding sugar (most fruit included) was the key. Whatever the authorities advise to eat, I mainly do the opposite

Oh well 😝😝😝

Ive been wondering, i never think about food, i dont really care about food. But ive been obese since 1st grade. Maybe i used to use food to feel better, but i never think about food. Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and a comically low bmr, would this help someone like me? I wonder.

I am starting to get loose skin on neck after just 27 lbs lost.Im going slowly. I'm still on 5mg after 3.5 mos..not in a hurry to go up or faster. Do you have hair loss? My friend went from 225 to 160 and now has hair loss and still on 10mg. Her Dr said she needs to go into maintenance now. She's 5'4 too.

Good information! Thanks

I lost 3 lbs the week of Thanksgiving. I've been on Mounjaro 5mg (currently), 7 months in total. The holidays don't scare me, I eat the same, doing calory restriction & small portions. I just discovered your channel & subscribed. Look forward to seeing more! Thank you for sharing!

I have a buddy taking Ozempic. His health was bad before he started. High blood pressure and diabetes. I tried to get him to cook healthy meals at home for years. He dines out for every meal and it's killing him. When he first starting taking the meds, the burping and smell was terrible. He has lost weight and doesn't want certain things like golden graham cereal. I've put on weight due to menopause and an easy life. I'm sure I can get the shots but I'm afraid of the side effects. So for now, I'm trying traditional methods of being healthy.

I am on wegovy and I really have to watch what I eat on it otherwise I will not loose weight I have lost 15kg but to be honest some weeks I don't loose weight then other weeks I will loose 2kg I eat basically the same thing every week and it isn't just for the rich the amount of money you save in food pays for your injection but like I said if you don't really watch what you eat you will not loose weight it isn't a magic injection at all I exercise every day and if I don't I don't loose weight some times I wonder if it really is worth taking but I keep doing it as I am not as hungry as without it I lost 10kg before going on wegovy and lost 15kg on it but I think alot of people really make this drug seem alot better than it is

Hate calling them weight loss injections because they aren’t actually a weight loss injection. Weight loss is a side effect. They are to treat obesity, metabolic dysfunction, regulate insulin, mimic hormones in our gut most obese folks are deficient in. They put us on a level playing field regulating our hormones so we can actually lose the weight. Obese bodies are metabolically broken …. as you said its so many things, obesity is very complex. Calling them weight loss injections diminishes what they actually do. Its not magic. We still have to work out, eat in a calorie deficit and its a life long battle when you have chronic obesity. Unfortunately most of society doesn’t acknowledge that its a disease. Yes, we do have to deal with the cards we were dealt and take responsibility, but treating it with a medication or even surgery to help us is definitely not cheating. Thats just fat bias talking. People are just ignorant and refuse to educate themselves about obesity because again… fat bias and diet culture.

Back in 2013 I had the gastric sleeve surgery and it didn’t work for me either. I now no it was the food noises and I couldn’t control them. The GLP1 gurney is really working for me.

Sorry about your ex husband and what he called you, your husband should support you. I remember saying something stupid to my wife and when I realized how mean it was, I felt so sad. One of those dumb comments where I thought I was #helping#, I learned quickly

I don’t judge anyone for taking it. An “easier” way out is a nice thing. But I do worry about the health ramifications. I’m not convinced it’s a safe drug. 😢 Perhaps it’s worth the risk for the morbidly obese, but I don’t feel the risks outweigh the benefits for someone that isn’t extremely overweight.

This is so true! I, for one, dont feel any shame about having this ONE thing in my life go a little easier. 🎉 The rest of life is hard enough. Thats how i got to this state to begin with.

Why do we care? Because of inequality I guess. Only rich Americans can afford it, whereas poor people in developing countries where people rely on poor diet so much may never afford it. Also, fairness - lots people work hard to lose weight, now people with access could just inject and get thin. So yeah, it’s a touchy subject because of the two reasons I guess.

I mean…is driving to work taking the easy way out?? Is buying clothes instead of making them yourself the easy way out?? Why in just about every other modern situation it’s okay to be as efficient as possible but when it comes to weight loss you must struggle uphill with a 50 pound weight vest in order to be respected?? No thanks!

I suffered from migraines and now I don’t have them, so what about getting your eyelashes done and Botox that’s not natural but they are doing that, maybe just jealous they can afford to do it or with a significant other that won’t let them come on now wake up everyone there is way more to this then being over weight.

Thank you!!! What is your Facebook Group. I would LOVE to join

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Great video! We need to keep shouting it from the rooftops!

Very well said, Holly. 🙏 And, cheating!? We’re talking ppl’s *health* and well-being here, not a game of cards. 🤷🏼‍♂️ The ignorance I think largely comes from two sources: 1) The ‘obesity is a moral failing’ nonsense. 2) Ppl who are terrified of losing their ‘skinny person privilege’, if everyone becomes skinny too. Both are dumb mindsets that belong on the trash-heap of history. 🤦🏼‍♂️

I suspect these people's lifelong thin privilege is threatened. If they aren't better than us because they're thinner, they no longer hold the same social capital. For me Zepbound has been the only way out. They can kiss my skinny ass. 😂 I just got off the treadmill. I'm finally able to run again after blowing out my hamstring back in September.

First, new to your channel and Subscribed. Can’t wait to follow your journey. Second, I had “Stomach Staples” done back in 1998. I weighed 680 at that point. I lost down to 330 and then slowly started gaining. Flash forward to 1/10/22 and I was 595. I tried “diet & exercise” for 8 months and lost 35# only before being introduced to Mounjaro. Between it and now Zepbound, since 9/2/22 I’ve lost a total of 242#. This medication is life changing as you know. It’s helped me do what no surgery could and that is change me in a profound way. My relationship with food is different, I enjoy exercising (well, not the physical act, but the feeling I get knowing I did lol). Your story was very touching, thank you for taking the time to share it with us. ❤

Food noise! YES! I used to think “food noise” was an excuse people made to justify their weight… until the day it disappeared! The silence was amazing! 🙏🏻

People who don’t understand why there’s a need for these medications will always feel like it’s the “easy way out”. It comes down to them simply not being educated enough. For most people (leaving the Hollywood-types out of this), these medications supply our bodies with something biologically. I have lost 242# on Mounjaro/Zepbound in just over 2 years. I’ve tried dang near everything thru the years and nothing has done for me what a GLP-1 can and has done. My life has changed so much for the better. Food has gone from the front of my mind to the back and in most cases it’s an after thought. I literally have days where I have to remind myself I have to eat. These medications have allowed me to lose enough weight to where I can safely exercise now and I crave my treadmill time! People who don’t understand typically do not care to learn either and that’s on them, not those of us changing out lives. ❤

Hey Holly! I was traveling last week so catching up today. Tree is gorgeous!

Thank you for sharing your story. The only thing that has honestly worked for me is keto. It takes away that sugar craving.

Your story sounds exactly like mine. I had gastric sleeve surgery in two thousand twenty two. Only lost about thirty pounds. Started munjaro march of twenty four. Down sixty two pounds. Five pounds to my goal weight of one thirty five. I'm so glad to hear from somebody who has went through the bariatric surgery also.

Thank you for sharing your story. I’m glad I found this video. I have been on Mounjaro for several months (had tried Victoza and Ozenpic with no luck. Ozempic just made me super sick) I just started on the 10 mg yesterday. I have lost a little bit of weight but oh my God the nausea is horrible. I had a little bit on the 7.5 but not as much as I’ve had over the last 24 hours. I’m trying to bear with it so that I can stick with it and lose weight.I’m on it due to diabetes. But I am in need of losing 100 pounds. Hopefully we can all help each other out with advice and share our stories as we go along.

Thank you for realistic retell of your story.!❤

Thank you your story sounds so much like mine. I'm so proud of you. Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing !❤

Man I wish I can afford the injections my insurance doesn't cover it and i cant afford to pay out of pocket. It sucks. Im 235 pounds and my weight really wont move. I recently been tryin to eat better mqybe even less and walk but no luck

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Congrats on your loss!

Thank you for this video. Started week 10 today of Zepbound 2.5 best decision I made and helped me a lot with my perimenopause symptoms. Do you have a tik tok? I would love to follow you there too!

You needed a physcologist not a surgery

Husband immediate exit stage right, what an asshole

What do you mean exactly by it failed? Do you mean medicallly there was a physical failure or do you mean you failed the program because you didbt follow the dietary advive exactly as prescribed

You look so pretty and fresh!

Hang in there. Your body will acclimate 🎉

Hmm… you do actually have some control over dose on name brand. Shot location, for one. For some ppl, some shot locations hit harder or softer than others. If you’ve tracked results in-depth, you probably know already if this is true for you, and how much so. 💉 Also, ‘shot cycle’. Could temporarily stretch it out to 8 or 9 days between injections instead of 7, which would lower the amount of meds in your system a bit, and let you more quickly ‘get used to’ the new dose. Obviously clear with your doctor first. 🧑‍⚕️ Best of luck. ‘Big Daddy 15’ does hit hard at first. 👋

Well said, thank you for this.

Did every med help with food noise? I’m on Tirzepatide and it does not quiet my food noise. It’s frustrating.

I have 64 pounds to go, I started at 218 lbs, have lost 16 lbs in 11 weeks. I'm on 3 ml, have only moved up .5 from 2.5 ml starting dose. I'm excited every Friday when I take my shot because I know I'm getting shedding a little more weight and I'm so pumped to walk and weight train too. Having energy and less inflammation is so encouraging! 😊 Knowing that this will help me keep the weight off for good... PRICELESS. 🙏🎉💪

I agree with you 💯

Thanks for sharing your story ❤❤

Nicely said. You’re well-informed. ✅

How long did you take to get up to 15mg? How did you know you needed to go up?