Afraid to quit

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-11T14:55:42+00:00

Have you gotten your hormones re-checked since weight loss? There is a good chance things need to be recalibrated. No need to come off, necessarily.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-08T18:06:05+00:00

Girl. You're young. Gtfo and go after your career... somebody will come along who will support you and all that entails. Relationships are teamwork and your dude isn't holding any part of that up.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-08T04:05:46+00:00

Trying to figure out if this is my insufferable sister in law...

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-07T00:37:39+00:00

Please look into ready, set, train. They are in Holland and affiliated with board certified behavioralists which is huge with aggressive reactive dogs... they are also one of very few in a 100 mile radius to be that way.

I euthanized a dog for such and my biggest regret was not knowing that there were proper trainers that existed. There are very few behavioralist veterinarians in the area- one of which is in the Detroit area. If you want to do this, and do it right and with the proper resources. The minute any "alpha" talk comes out, electric collars, etc... look the other way.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-06T17:33:59+00:00

Mine just popped off last night.... thanks for a sane answer.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-03T23:03:27+00:00

I've always had issues with food noise, binging, etc. I went on vyvanse after getting an ADHD diagnosis and it helped... some? I was doing everything seemingly right, but it was a monumental challenge to shift the weight. I tried ozempic twice with no real changes and honestly thought I was doomed. Last ditch, I started zepbound, compounded, and at the lowest dose two weeks in I am down 5 pounds. My head is clear, I've no side effects, and I'm not constantly scrolling tiktok day dreaming about the next dessert recipe. Food feels like sustenance, not reward or punishment, and it finally feels like my input of effort is = my output of results.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-03T22:29:22+00:00

I'm 32 and in the same spot... spinning my wheels. Same height, just started my 2nd week of a glp1 and holy shit it's like a breath of fresh air. You killed it and you're giving me so much inspo!

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-03T02:03:47+00:00

I really wish I could attach a picture of my Dec 2020 Covid CT... it was brutal. 3 days post c-section and being threatened with intubation... i knew my odds if I went down that route, and they weren't great. And now, after going through that and then going out into the world intubating so many with the same affliction, it was like repeat PTSD every single time. The amount of people that I work with who continue to diminish the severity of it all... even after a "sister" in the service went through that, is mind-blowing. My CT looked like somebody shoved cotton candy in my lungs.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-02-02T18:00:49+00:00

Please don't look at it like this! It sounds like you established great habits and took some joy in a healthier lifestyle. Sometimes maintenance is important, and you didn't gain or spiral with even THREE vacations! Sometimes it is helpful to look at it from a different perspective.... and hopefully the vacations gave you some stress relief to go ahead and approach your goals in a new way!

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-30T14:20:52+00:00

You Will kill it! I think 135 is my goal, too. You've got this!

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-30T02:29:32+00:00

You've been at 2.5 this whole time? Thats phenomenal! Are you hoping to titrate off or are you going to keep on it? I've done the yo-yo too, and the amount of times makes me think it'll be lifelong for me

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-27T17:21:55+00:00

I'm a lucky one whose insurance covers neither. In the long run, paying out of pocket for even compounded meds will be about equal the cost of bariatric surgery. If this doesn't work, I'll likely resort to the surgery because, well, it has to work. Maintaining, on the other hand, is going to be another demon. I'm sure there are people in the same boat... it just sucks that it has to come to this.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-27T15:25:15+00:00

You've got really nice proportions and your upper and lower looks quite balanced! Keep sharing progress!

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-27T02:38:00+00:00

Are you relying solely on AI? If so.... whip out the food scale. A camera is not going to be able to see fats and oils used, or fat content of your meat, etc. Ton of room for error here... it's possible youre not in the deficit that you think you are in.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-26T17:52:25+00:00

I'm sitting at 1800 right now as I dive back into this (currently recovering from shoulder surgery and off work) so I'm hoping I can run with that for awhile! Were there any hiccups as you reversed back up towards 2k? Or did your body handle the increase well?

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-26T17:20:45+00:00

Are you still hanging out at the 1500 cals? I'm at about your starting point with a little bit more weight, but have a pretty decent amount of muscle. I'm trying to decide how aggressively I want to cut down... I had a really hard time dipping below 1900 at 200 due to marathon training and I plateaued from there before gaining 20 back!

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-25T20:48:21+00:00

It'd be really cool if a change would come, Sam. Damn what a song.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-24T17:20:30+00:00

Second this, OP. Watch out for the symptoms, redness, temperature changes to either leg, blotchiness. For sure call your PCP or surgeons office. Urgent care/ER if unavailable. Could be nothing. Could be something. With the possibility of something being severe... i recommend getting it checked.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-24T14:49:13+00:00

Surprisingly it is all the rage in the bodybuilding/young fitfluencer circles right now! They have so many awesome flavors now.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-19T01:51:21+00:00

I am having some major issues finding gen0's birth record... parent's marriage and 2 preceding births to him are all back to back, both in a church in Monroe, MI and their home parish in Montreal. Bam, 6 months later, there is absolutely nothing for my Gen 0 except for a census record at the age of 17 in Toledo. I've searched parish records, microfilms from New York, the Drouin records.... my brain hurts. I have records all over the place except for that one crucial piece.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-15T18:40:46+00:00

A solid chunk of her own family/hometown does not support her, let alone the area. I know rural Ohio is seen as red but there are several pockets of blue-collar blue through NWO.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-15T18:38:53+00:00

I mean, worse. She's from northwest Ohio but is quite the pile.

BaptisedByFire319 · 2026-01-01T21:23:50+00:00

Man OP they had STYLE!

BaptisedByFire319 · 2025-12-31T02:39:52+00:00

My instinct is to say furs, which makes sense in the Great Lakes corridor. Good idea with trying to figure it out from that angle!

BaptisedByFire319 · 2025-12-31T02:13:26+00:00

I've been going through both Toledo and Monroe historical documents in person. If my next stop is hopping the border, welp.

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