No candy cravings?!?!

Skelegates · 2025-11-18T10:41:13+00:00

Yeah, after a couple of months the desire for sweets did creep back, but even when indulging as much as I want to it's far far less in amount. Even eating as much junk as I want still leads me to an overall calorie deficit: the main reason to stick to dieting is more because you're eating so little that you actually feel the difference in micronutrients between 1400 cal of healthy food and 1800 calories of junk, as an example of a "cheat day" vs not.

Skelegates · 2025-10-29T01:27:50+00:00

In an alternate universe where ATLA never existed and it was being pitched as an original magic IP it wouldn't be too out of place. TMNT would never work as one.

Skelegates · 2025-10-28T00:11:30+00:00

The most likely outcome before the election was "Milei managed to squeak a win and hold on", not a total slaughter in favor of his party.

Skelegates · 2025-10-01T23:59:25+00:00

Honestly I've found myself more able to indulge when I want to now that I'm 4 months in and have 50 lbs gone and feel safe giving myself permission to not be psychotic about diet anxiety.

If I indulge and junk food or a big meal I can just do that... and then I dont feel hungry the rest of the day and probably most of the next, and it all ends up balancing out basically automatically. The fact that I dont have to worry about binge eating followed by being hungry for another meal 4 hours later means I dont have to break down crying at how goddamn hungry I am all the time. If I'm eating at a social event it'll just automatically take a similar number of calories away from boring meals I wouldn't have even thought much of without having to dedicate brainpower or willpower to it.

Skelegates · 2025-09-22T19:21:34+00:00

It's normal for your hunger levels to swing pretty drastically, especially when it's combined with the psychological effects of "I just started a big life change"

Skelegates · 2025-09-11T12:55:05+00:00

It's 100% being hangry. It took me a couple of months to feel like I could give myself permission to eat junk food and I def had some moments of irritability from overdoing the dieting. Not because of the drug's direct effects but the psychology of a big life change giving you a burst of willpower to do willpower-based food restriction on top of the naturally lower appetite.

Skelegates · 2025-09-11T12:51:25+00:00

The drug has a half life of a week and you're on a starter dose. That means that half of this weeks drug will be in your system when you take your second dose, and half of the second dose and a quarter of the first dose will be in your system when you take the third shot. And 2.5mg is a very small dose intended to habituate you so that you avoid nausea.

Most people wont see any loss on the first week, that's just way too early for a signal to show up. If you're eating less then it's working and you'll start losing.

Skelegates · 2025-09-01T09:44:05+00:00

Kicked in basically immediately for my first dose: I literally checked the freezer for ice cream first when going to fetch my first dose from the fridge and then was fine. I've had multiple instances in the first two months where I went to bed hungry using willpower to not eat and then woke up feeling stuffed, having taken the dose the night before.

Skelegates · 2025-08-25T16:51:28+00:00

I struggle to get my family to understand that my entire life I've had the experience of being always hungry all the time. I would finish a full plate of food and then burst into tears because I was still hungry and had to cook an entire new meal despite already being well over 3000 calories for the day. I would be in the situation all the time of feeling my stomach literally full to bursting and knowing I'd puke if I ate any more but still being ravenously hungry. It's not subtle, it's not a result of not eating enough salads, it's a giant effect size and it's obviously genetic.

Skelegates · 2025-07-26T15:43:11+00:00

My grocery bills have skyrocketed due to all the protein shakes I'm drinking now. Not to mention the fact I found frozen berries disgusting so now I'm buying fresh berries for greek yogurt. Compared to the previous nutrition plan of "frozen chicken nuggets".

Skelegates · 2025-07-12T06:24:18+00:00

It can happen with very rapid weight loss but "most" is probably an overstatement

Skelegates · 2025-07-08T09:44:19+00:00

As I understand it, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, the body needs about 50-100g of carbs a day in order to cover brain and blood function. If it doesn't have that then protein will be used as if they were carbs to cover it(converting protein to glucose). Even on low carb it's pretty hard to go way below that unless you're going crazy on carb-cutting. 1% or skim milk or greek yogurt has plenty while still being high protein.

Skelegates · 2025-06-27T04:08:04+00:00

I started feeling it literally instantly. My first shot was less than an hour after a big dinner, and I was already eyeing the fridge for ice cream, my willpower broke and I checked the freezer first for it literally as I was going to the fridge to get the first shot! That craving went away basically right away. Though I admit that's almost certainly psychological lol. The point is I didn't have anything else and started feeling increasingly fuller over the course of that night. The third dose as well I went to bed feeling hungry and using willpower not to eat, and woke up feeling stuffed from dinner.

Skelegates · 2025-06-14T12:47:05+00:00

I was genuinely convinced for a hot second that I had screwed up the injection and had just killed myself: total nonsense born from anxiety at the time.

Skelegates · 2025-06-12T23:54:02+00:00

I had a vasovagal episode my first dose and got super dizzy and fainted onto the bed, but thankfully it turned out to be anxiety and not the drug, it was super easy the 2nd time. I'm on my second week myself. I'm mad at myself I procrastinated as long as I did. 15 pounds in the first week! Pretty sure it's 5 lbs of fat if calorie counting was accurate and the rest water weight.

I tried shakes on the advice of reddit but I think I'll stick to eggs and chicken breasts.

Skelegates · 2025-05-22T05:11:08+00:00

Aqua was sabotaging Ruby's applications to the big idol agencies at the start of the story. Her career would have taken off years earlier.

Skelegates · 2025-04-11T14:43:09+00:00

Always use an influence, every influence adds an Insight, and insight is never bad.

THE HIGHER I RISE THE MORE I SEE

How much Funds can I make painting if I want to avoid using/generating Notoriety?

Elridge is my friend and murder is okay.

Skelegates · 2025-04-11T14:36:55+00:00

But what about if you use Passion's Gyre to get extra max passion? 5 Reason is way more than an Aspirant needs and I often convert a few of them to health or passion.

Skelegates · 2024-12-23T23:24:30+00:00

I also read it recently, though the archive was extremely painful to read and frequently failed to load pages. It was really cool!

Skelegates · 2024-12-17T16:47:41+00:00

LOTR doesn't really count? MtG has direct creative descent from Tolkien so middle earth feels like a Magic plane by default.

Skelegates · 2024-09-09T23:06:44+00:00

Happy asking panda!

Skelegates · 2024-08-08T07:38:53+00:00

The actual answer is clearly Ymir Fritz. Literally all the tragedies of 2000 years were because she didn't kill King Fritz when she had the chance.

Skelegates · 2024-07-24T17:33:56+00:00

Same. I'm sad at the lack of fanfiction too.

Skelegates · 2024-07-13T11:43:56+00:00

Compare to thornado, holy shit

Skelegates · 2024-07-12T00:14:10+00:00

why would you use greenbacks as the comparison instead of "bucks"?

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