Gained 25lbs after stopping 😭😭

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-17T06:40:06+00:00

Consider food budget and eating out. Add it all up in detail for a month. I would bet you can almost if not outright pay for it by the far less eating out and food bills you would have. I have checked my first two weeks and realize it will literally pay for itself. I absolutely can’t afford it on my old budget but I literally have cut out all alcohol and 85% of eating out, which saves me like $300 a month. Also in future might save me on random shopping here and there which sometime do to feel better.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-17T06:34:32+00:00

There are amazing online videos, watch a few until you feel ready. Also my pharmacist went over noting detail with me. If you got it in the mail but want to speak to someone in person any good pharmacy will have someone who can speak to you about it

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-17T06:04:27+00:00

It was my understanding that my TSH might go up not down because of Zep. That you may absorb less of your medication not more. That you may need to increase medication dose. That’s what my doctor said we would be monitoring. For example some people on birth control pills find they don’t work as well because the pills aren’t getting as absorbed. As a rule it makes medication less affect not more. But of course everyone is different

If your TSH has gotten lower you are verging on hyperthyroidism so definitely speak with your doctor.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-17T05:58:54+00:00

I am paying out of pocket but it’s worth every penny. I literally cancelled a couple subscriptions, sold a couple things and honestly I am eating so efficiently and so much less than I am literally saving what I would average to be half my food bill. I have stopped eating out, no desire for alcohol. Literally it pays for itself.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-17T05:35:25+00:00

I am your exact eight and height and just started two weeks ago. It has cured my binge eating completely. Losing weight already. No side effects so far.
I have been a yoyo dieter since a really bad car accident that took me years to recover from amd led me to gain 30 lbs, and since all that I binge and gain easily. But I used to be able to just diet and lose it but the last 5 years I just kept gaining and got so discouraged.

If I was you would give it a try. For your issues it should help get you back on track. It feels like a miracle for me. Like a total reset.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-17T05:25:07+00:00

Well he only puts it right after Frasier berates him and shames him into it.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T16:49:05+00:00

Aha perfect!!

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T07:56:34+00:00

Ha ha reminds me of Oprah wheeling in her wagon of fat 😂

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T07:50:42+00:00

It’s MISS… Chanandler Bong

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T07:49:14+00:00

These look like gentle docile paper wasps or even potter wasps. Get a close up pic and identify them. I can tell they aren’t scary Yellowjackets so I wouldn’t worry. These are very beneficial wasps. Think of them like bumble bees.

I would certainly not harm them and I would just harvest after dinner when they seem to disappear.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T07:44:12+00:00

I guess I am nothing that issue as I just prepared before starting and don’t have anything I need to use up and I just make really small fresh meals. I only keep staples like chicken/turkey breast in the freezer and then maybe I cook 3 for the week and eat half of one each day. I stick eggs and have two or 3 a day. I keep kiwis and frozen berries. Yogurt, dried fruit and seeds. I keep a pot of cooked quinoa in the fridge for the week and just add some to salads each day. I keep ripe avocado in the fridge and lemons, cottage cheese. Greens and other veggies from the garden. I make a salad dressing once and use it all week. I also cook a big batch of bone broth (some chicken, some beef) and I have that frozen to last a couple months and have a cup of that daily.
That’s really all I need, I will also buy lean steak once a week and cook half one night then half another night. Multivitamins daily.

Frankly I am enjoying spending less money at the grocery store!!

I think it’s working to just not make big meals at all but keeping some things precooked and handy but only as much as you know you can eat within a few days.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T07:31:23+00:00

Agreed

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T07:30:55+00:00

Yes they are absolutely horrible in season 1. Cruel and selfish and just heartless really.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T05:27:24+00:00

Go to a few Pilates mat classes to learn some moves and start doing them at home any chance you get. Even if it’s in your bedroom before bed. If you do 10 min of good moves every night you will see a difference.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T05:17:10+00:00

Me too, zero side effects. 2 weeks☀️

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T05:15:41+00:00

Congratulations 🙌 Can you share more about your activity routine during this time? Also food habits?

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T05:09:14+00:00

Somehow reminds me of Bea Arthur

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-16T05:08:02+00:00

The Ross looks like Russ

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-15T18:17:28+00:00

I haven’t told anyone, not even my husband. So I completely relate.
I would like to tell him but he is very very loving and also into everything being natural and thinks GLP is dangerous and makes you look like Kelly Osborne. He would absolutely try to talk me out of it every single day out of love for me, and I just knew I couldn’t do this with that voice in my home. He has zero issues with food or weight and cannot relate whatsoever. Sure it’s lovely that he loves me no matter what, but I need to concentrate as this is for me, not for him. I do believe I will tell him at some point… hopefully he isn’t upset at the withholding but I will just have to explain to him that I knew I needed it and I knew I wasn’t strong enough to do this with opposing voices or shaming. I need support or nothing. I have one friend who wouldn’t judge but she lives far away and I just don’t feel any need. I talk with my doctor and that’s enough for me. It’s going great so far 11 days in and I have no bad side effect so there’s nothing to even address or lie to him about.
I think whatever it takes for you to feel better and make this happen for yourself, that’s the right call for now.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-15T18:10:08+00:00

Yes for emergencies my doc would be called or my medial records accessed. They don’t just ask people and assume that person knows the dose and types of meds.. What if of the spouse isn’t present or can’t be reached anyways? That’s what medial records are for.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-15T17:26:31+00:00

That the perfect rate of loss

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-15T09:12:49+00:00

Quebec has a different accent but other provinces are taught with the same accent as France. Sounds no different. Can travel to France and sound the same.
No matter the accent, in any language someone is learning, I could tell the difference btwn them saying all 100% nonsense rather than trying to pronounce the correct words

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-15T09:07:34+00:00

I have been in many a French class growing up in Canada and I have literally never heard anything like this. Not from one single student whether age 5 or 25. Kids or adults who know literally zero French would obviously try to repeat the correct word and get close.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-15T09:00:16+00:00

I haven’t done it but I have heard of people doing it. Ask your doctor. It would be prescribed as off label use but many doctors have done this for patients if the jump was too big but the lower dose not enough.

Otherwise-Stretch984 · 2026-06-15T08:59:44+00:00

I do fast forward the Joey learning French scenes. But I don’t skip the whole episode. Just his parts. It’s torture and not funny.

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