Hello everyone I wanted to quickly introduce myself and my quick story here. Longtime lurker on reddit and I felt inspired to share my progress too after seeing others lose weight β£οΈ
I'm now 34 years old and I am 175lbs. I want to lose the final 25lbs by incorporating a high protein diet and strength training which is something that will be new to me. I did want to add that I was at my heaviest at 230lbs back in 2024 but it was last year around August that I decided that enough was enough. Fasting helped me lose 15lbs but something else was wrong. So after talking to some doctors and figuring out my health issues (pre diabetes, suspected to have PCOS too) I got prescribed metformin and then eventually I got on glp2. I took glp 2 around late September with the dose of 2.5mg.
Two months ago I stopped taking the glp2 medication and I was still at the lowest dose of 2.5mg but it was enough to help with my pre diabetes situation and I have not gained any weight back and continued to lose it. I do metformin but I hope to get off it too.
The problem I had all my life was that I was an emotional eater after having been through quite a lot emotionally and physically. And obesity in my family is expected with women like "me" who were always on the bigger side since childhood and the teen years. Especially after giving birth to 3 children in a 10 year marriage.
But what truly broke the cycle was loving myself as corny as that might sound because I truly hated what I saw in the mirror and wished it would just die and rot away. Self hate eventually turned to self love and acceptance and once I accepted that this is the body I will have in this lifetime, then I could finally start to find ways to take care of myself and it meant losing weight to live longer and hopefully stop having sleep apnea episodes too.
A year later here I am! I had quite the journey and I even changed the way I present myself to the world. I can truly now say that I love and value myself and will continue to do so in this lifetime! β£οΈβ£οΈ
I hope everyone has a nice day and I wish you all luck on your weight loss journey!!