Finishing up week #44…
Ok y’all, I’m about to finish up week #44! 🤩
SW: 325.8 CW: 217.0 GW: 210.0
Coming into the home stretch and really starting to strategize about what the next phase of my journey will look like for me. It’s been a ride.
I just took my first shot of 10mg this past week and let me tell you: It. Was. Something. !!!!!!!
My journey has had ups and downs - I’ve been pretty lucky with the side effects (lack thereof) and the ones I did experience ever so slightly, I was able to remedy them pretty quick. I was on 7.5mg for 24 weeks and had great success after a rocky start! I have prioritized the ever living life out of protein, figured out best day to take my shot, have had multiple follow ups with my provider and had multiple rounds of bloodwork to make sure all was on track. I’ve learned what to eat, what not to eat, when to eat, etc….its been a journey.
For those of you wondering what the best way to handle these meds - my advice is this: every journey is different. We each have different body compositions and have gained and lost weight over time(s) very differently. We all react to medications (other than these) with different tolerance levels and you will with these too. You can read blogs, online posts and watch tiktoks of everyone telling you what foods to eat (protein and electrolytes, anyone 🤣) but at the end of the day - those are just common suggestions and you have to do what’s best for your own body to see your own best results. And listen to your providers!
PS: Haven’t been this comfortable taking off my shirt in my entire life (I was one of those puffy/chubby teenagers growing up too - so I’ve never experienced this before)
Ok y’all, I’m about to finish up week #44! 🤩
SW: 325.8 CW: 217.0 GW: 210.0
Coming into the home stretch and really starting to strategize about what the next phase of my journey will look like for me. It’s been a ride.
I just took my first shot of 10mg this past week and let me tell you: It. Was. Something. !!!!!!!
My journey has had ups and downs - I’ve been pretty lucky with the side effects (lack thereof) and the ones I did experience ever so slightly, I was able to remedy them pretty quick. I was on 7.5mg for 24 weeks and had great success after a rocky start! I have prioritized the ever living life out of protein, figured out best day to take my shot, have had multiple follow ups with my provider and had multiple rounds of bloodwork to make sure all was on track. I’ve learned what to eat, what not to eat, when to eat, etc….its been a journey.
For those of you wondering what the best way to handle these meds - my advice is this: every journey is different. We each have different body compositions and have gained and lost weight over time(s) very differently. We all react to medications (other than these) with different tolerance levels and you will with these too. You can read blogs, online posts and watch tiktoks of everyone telling you what foods to eat (protein and electrolytes, anyone 🤣) but at the end of the day - those are just common suggestions and you have to do what’s best for your own body to see your own best results. And listen to your providers!
PS: Haven’t been this comfortable taking off my shirt in my entire life (I was one of those puffy/chubby teenagers growing up too - so I’ve never experienced this before)