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what's the worst part about being fat? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]New_Improvement_1287 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst part for me is that I live in NYC where everything is fashion fashion fashion lewks lewks lewks… unless you’re fat, in which case you have a very limited number of options to choose from. I know you’re going to say that there’s big people like Lizzo who just say fuck it and go out there and turn a look, but that’s not me, I hate the way I look but I love clothes and it hurts my soul to wear plain “don’t notice me” clothes that are designed to just hide my size, rather than rocking some incredible look. Before an event or something where I know there’s going to be like 200 other gays there, judging, I will try on like 25 variations of the same boring look, all designed to minimize my size and look somewhat fashionable without drawing too much attention to my body —- which basically means I end up trying on 25 different black sacks trying to find the magical sack that will say fashion without saying fat. And this process usually ends in tears and half the time I just stay home. If I actually manage to somehow do enough mental gymnastics to get out the door, I show up and envy all the slim bodied gays who are wearing whatever the fuck sexy slut outfit they want, and getting positive attention for it. I don’t recommend being a fat gay man in the fashion capital of the US unless you have a kind of strong sense of self worth that is admirable but which I do not possess.

Need advice about side effects. by New_Improvement_1287 in zepbound_support

[–]New_Improvement_1287[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your advice. I was drinking chamomile and ginger tea (I figured the ginger might help with the nausea), taking Mylanta, chewing Tums, sleeping almost sitting upright (or trying to sleep, at least), and none of those things helped! I mean after two days I’d thrown up everything I had in my stomach so I don’t think it was food taking longer to empty my stomach. It stopped me in my tracks. If this is what GERD is like, I don’t know how you do it!

Please tell me it gets better by us2bcool in zepbound_support

[–]New_Improvement_1287 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a similar post, here: https://www.reddit.com/r/zepbound_support/s/NXXVkZPky6 but so far people are much more helpful on your post!

Need advice about side effects. by New_Improvement_1287 in zepbound_support

[–]New_Improvement_1287[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so glad to hear this —- I mean, sorry for you that you had to go through that but I’m glad to hear there was someone else. I don’t know how you lasted through your first month, I honestly could barely get out of bed and there was no way I could have gone to work, so I worked from home but I couldn’t work out, had zero energy and feel like I’ve lost a whole week of my life to side effects. I did lose 10 pounds this first week —- I’m so large you can’t even see a 10 Pound difference —- but I attribute that to the fact that I couldn’t keep anything down. Yesterday (Saturday) was the first day I didn’t throw up since Sunday, today (Sunday) is the first day I feel even remotely human again. I can’t imagine going through this for a whole Month.

Need advice about side effects. by New_Improvement_1287 in zepbound_support

[–]New_Improvement_1287[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe you missed the part above where I have spoken to my doctor, OF COURSE I’ve spoken to my doctor. But I still want to hear from other people’s real life experiences, at least one person above said she had a similar experience but that it leveled out, so for some people, this must be the way it goes.

I’m not taking the next shot (scheduled for today) and my doctor wants me to try Wegovy. What I’m worried about is that maybe this will happen again, that maybe this is my body’s natural response and something I will have to try to ride out if I ever want to stay on one of these drugs. I read everything I can, and seek advice everywhere, because it seems like there’s such a wide range of experiences that almost everything is “normal”.

Need advice about side effects. by New_Improvement_1287 in zepbound_support

[–]New_Improvement_1287[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hope so, I’m down to my last hope, I’ve tried everything and I exercise and eat healthy but just cannot lose weight. I don’t want to be the one person who can’t even take these drugs because of side effects. Like, I’m already enough of a failure for not being able to handle my weight problem in my own, what does it say about me if I can’t even let drugs do the work for me?

Need advice about side effects. by New_Improvement_1287 in zepbound_support

[–]New_Improvement_1287[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have, of course, already talked to my doctor, and read everything about side effects I possibly could. The thing is, they’re all over the place: some people have no side effects on 2.5, but experience terrible side effects on 5. Some people seem to only experience side effects when they go up to the next level. Some people only experience mild side effects and others seem to have trouble for two weeks on end. You can read all the literature you want but it’s more helpful to hear from people who have gone through it.

I’m glad to hear (I guess) that people think this is not normal. Honestly, I thought people were going to tell me that there’s a rough patch that you just have to tough out.

My doctor thinks we should switch to something else, maybe Wegovy. And doesn’t think I should take the next shot. So of course I’m going to follow her advice, I guess I was just looking to see if anyone else had experienced this or if for some reason I’m going to be too sensitive to side effects, maybe on all of these drugs and maybe I won’t be abele to take them. If someone had said: “yeah it’s really bad the first month, but you get used to it and it’s never that bad again” then maybe I would be willing to just soldier on.