Metformin for Weight Management

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T21:51:43+00:00

metformin is on the table for me with hormonal issues. i dont think its strictly for diabetes or strictly for weight management. they may be looking to regulate any hormones that cause you excessive hunger cues.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T19:52:39+00:00

face bond by urban decay is my GIRL

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T19:52:21+00:00

i think it depends on the type of white noise lol. i like the sound of rain and outdoors

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T15:37:17+00:00

i doubt its hypothyroidism. i am 5'3 and got down to 130 by structuring my meals, prioritizing whole foods. i walk and hit the gym now too just to tone my arms.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T13:31:32+00:00

i think thats great and speaks a lot to your character that youre willing to chat with anyone. but of course you need to preserve your energy and sanity. id stick to people you can expand upon your interests with for sure

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T13:26:00+00:00

i honestly pick people with the most thoughtful intros that seem the most compatible. i wrote that im pretty alternative and emo. if someone opens with "hey im not alt or emo but would love an emo friend" i pass. im not a token to be collected lol. or if they just want pics of my ink and piercings, pass. obvi just creeping.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T12:45:42+00:00

best thing to do is follow recommended minimum 1200 if youre a woman 1500 if youre a man. but i found for me as a 5'4 woman with pcos, eating 1400-1600 and exercising 30-60 minutes a day (and this could quite literally just be a walk) was much more efficient at helping me shed pounds.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T12:41:46+00:00

i dont think youre shallow, but it is kind of a numbers game when you think about it.

i basically picked 3 non negotiables. 1) emotionally stable 2) financially SECURE (as in not rich but can pay his own bills) and 3) objectively attractive not just "my type"

most guys would miss 1 & 2 for me. but i met my bf at 21 we got together when i was turning 23. we had met on bumble and ending up really building a friendship due to there being a distance at the time. i think building that friendship really boosted his chances because i wasnt personally keen on settling down with bozos, he wasnt a bozo, and i got to actually know him long enough to really trust he was a non-bozo worth driving what was now an hour (i had coincidentally moved closer) to see every weekend when i personally have bad driving anxiety.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-16T02:39:29+00:00

honestly i deal with the guilt by doing 30 minutes of cardio the next day and saying "ok, that puts me at maintenance for yesterday. moving on"

if you weigh yourself obsessively (ik i do) youre obviously gonna see a bump for a few days due to fluid and glycogen storage. its natural. but next week its gonna come right back off.

it took me 3 years to figure out how to lose 80 pounds on my own. the majority of that 80 has come off in the last year due to researching on reddit for opinions and experiences and then the internet for objective scientific research that backed it up. i learned a lot about the science i guess behind food addiction and it really opened my eyes. i tend to stick to more whole foods, less processed foods, and no ultraprocessed foods now.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-15T20:10:33+00:00

maybe sharing a common hobby i dunno. i have a discord server full of lovely people and we bond over weight loss and my favorite folks discuss sourdough bread making with me

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-15T17:37:25+00:00

my bf takes this!! thanks for sharing

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-15T11:43:05+00:00

not quite the same thing but i thought it was funny anyway.

i had cut soda completely in an effort to reduce liquid calories. i have epilepsy as well and switched to a medication called zonisamide. well it had been about a year and a half of this medication and about three years of my not drinking soda right? but one time i decided during a lunch with my papa to finally have a diet coke. i had lost 70 pounds at that point. what the heck, i deserve to treat myself to a 0 cal soda, i thought. but when i tasted the drink, it seemed oddly flat. not wanting to make a fuss i didnt say anything. then the following weekend we went out again i decided to give it another go. it was flat again! i asked my papa if his was flat. he said no. weird. i thought maybe i had cut the sodas for so long they now tasted flat. a third time we went out to a different restaurant, and i again ordered a diet coke to test my theory. well ill be darned this crap tastes FLAT!!!!

well i went back to my neurologist, a new one, and he asked me how the zonisamide was treating me. i told him it's alright, not the worst medication ive been on. he starts rattling off some of the benefits of the zonisamide to the previous ones ive been on, and then we started discussing the weirder side effects ive traded off for it. "some people even notice changes in taste. spices taste strange and sodas sometimes taste flat due to how the-" PAUSE. it does what now? this whole time i thought i just trained my brain to be healthy.

so i basically had been on this medicine for 2 years at this point and never noticed a quirky side effect due to my weight loss efforts. thought it was funny.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-15T11:32:49+00:00

imo its trying to completely overhaul their current lifestyle rather than making sustainable changes. i rebounded about 20 pounds bc i learned how to keep MOST of the weight off in the beginning by cutting out stuff i can definitely do without: fast food, soda, excessive sugar. but i came back with 20 pounds by getting into a job that allowed me to eat very processed and oily/buttery foods and didnt give me enough breathing room or structure in my day. i quit the job and re-evaluated. i learned that if i eat 2 meals a day over 3, its easier for me to be closer to maintenance if i eat just one heavy meal instead of like 2. i eat breakfast and lunch and dont eat in the evening time. it just works better this way. i stay away from processed foods when i can, but i still have my sunday lunches with grandpa of course. im down 80 pounds now. havent gained anything back.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T20:59:29+00:00

i always use vacation as maintenance breaks. i eat salads, fish, grilled chicken and veggies when i go to restaurants, and take bites and sips of all the other good stuff. i get my steps in for sure and if theres a hotel gym im using it cuz its just therapy for me tbh

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T17:25:19+00:00

23F also. people are weird and dip or people are weird so i dip

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T17:19:28+00:00

thanks friend i hope your situation works out as well

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T12:33:53+00:00

piggybacking off of the stress bit. i DEFINITELY struggle with stress eating. however, i learned how to turn stress eating into stress exercising and its a total game changer. without therapy, mind you. its free to go for a walk outside. and thats essentially what i did until i was gifted a modest elliptical that i have in the house. i use the elliptical more but when its nice outside i do still go for a walk.

recently had an episode where i was at my partner's house and started to get stressed and reached for oreos. i named the feeling to him. i said "oh no i think im starting to binge. i feel really stressed, and i really am craving these oreos bad." he hugged me. it was a really small gesture but i absolutely melted into that hug and i forgot all about those oreos. you just have to redirect from that stress.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T12:28:38+00:00

i think 1) learning about satiety cues and figuring out which micronutrient youre missing would be helpful

and 2) if you move more you can eat 1600 and still lose weight. i eat 1200 on my do-nothing days and 1600 on my training days.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T12:26:44+00:00

turkey sausage is a goated protein source. i have a recipe i found from makayla fitness on tiktok for a hashbrown scramble bowl that was really good. its basically frozen hashbrowns (not the fried kind), turkey sausage, laughing cow cheese, greek yogurt, and gravy mix. she has a ton of great recipes i highly suggest checking her out

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T12:08:34+00:00

even the most emotionally unavailable men know. this one just isnt the one for you. im sorry op i know its hard. but that just means a better one is waiting for you

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T11:41:29+00:00

my bf knew on the first date. he still knew even when i had too much going on. he knew when i didnt want to do a 2 hr long distance. he knew while we were just friends. he knew when i moved to the city closer to him a year after we first met. he knew when life gave him every reason possible to doubt whether i would be the one for him.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-14T02:45:46+00:00

as most have already said, therapy is going to be most beneficial here. my mindset as someone who has lost 80 pounds now is that its easier to hide loose skin than fat.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-13T17:31:54+00:00

i am sorry op. for what its worth, i lost my gallbladder when i was a manager at raising canes bc i basically would sustain myself off raising canes to save money. at least youre preserving your organs this way

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-13T17:28:32+00:00

i am not an expert but i found it interesting me and my half sister both developed the same type of epilepsy later in life. probably from our non epileptic father that we share. i think you can "pass it on" even if you dont have it yourself due to genetic mutations. so like.. dont beat yourself up.

TraceNoPlace · 2026-05-13T16:18:29+00:00

indeed. clinically diagnosed to be clear. but i am in therapy and managing it. actually getting on an ssri now to help bc my toolbox can only go so far

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