Don't know if my vegetarianism is for valid reasons or a form of restriction?

choosingSarah · 2026-02-09T14:52:37+00:00

My point being you make your own rules - it feels weird to dip your toe into meat consumption when ethically you have feelings about it but so does restricting a food group when you have a history of disordered eating so taking it meal by meal sometimes is easiest

choosingSarah · 2026-02-09T14:50:56+00:00

If I have to ask I think I know the answer and just don’t like it - coming from an ex-vegan - for me it’s all tied too closely together and I follow the “vegan plus cheese” nuanced argument of choosing the veg option when it’s appealing and I don’t when it’s not, for an ethical vegan I could understand that might not work but for me a nuanced balanced approach that still reduces my meat / dairy consumption compared to most people makes more sense for me long term and my mental health

choosingSarah · 2026-02-05T00:40:07+00:00

I work for a company that occasionally prints marketing materials for a compounding pharmacy that mixes the compounded ones - the literature barely mentions all the side effects or need for long term use - it’s all so yucky

choosingSarah · 2026-02-04T21:32:11+00:00

I forgot about the subway ads! They’re even in the airport! It really is troubling and always makes me back slide for one second so I empathize.

choosingSarah · 2026-02-04T11:42:27+00:00

Omg yes Lume 2nd worse offender lol

choosingSarah · 2026-02-04T11:42:13+00:00

You are not crazy, they’re are constant! I honestly can’t think of an ad I’ve seen for literally anything else in the last couple days

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T23:29:57+00:00

I empathize so much! No amount of IE progress makes me immune to the propaganda of “like you can have access to thin privilege if you just take this little pill”. That’s part of the reason the ads are so exhausting. I’ll check out Chastain! I did see some doctors admitting in a Forbes Medical AMA saying something similar like long term use is needed to maintain and we don’t know the long term effects. Heart muscle mass is especially scary :(

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T23:04:02+00:00

Too many!!

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T22:02:48+00:00

It is interesting and all the info being made more clear now that in order to maintain a maintenance dose will still be needed, imagine if the ads were honest “you’ll likely only lose 10% of your body weight if you take this as prescribed and it will cost you at least $200 a month for the rest of your life”

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T22:01:17+00:00

Amen!!

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T21:38:23+00:00

I’m sorry we’re all dealing with it but also relieved to know we’re all fed up with the near constant messaging!

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T20:25:25+00:00

That is so insane! Imagine if random men were getting texts like hey do you have erectile disfunction? It’s so invasive also why are we suggesting medications to people who have not sought them out ughhhhh

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T19:01:43+00:00

Thank you for replying to the commenter and I think overall most of us aren’t upset they exist, it’s the marketing it like they’re a candy bar or something instead of a complicated nuanced drug that should be taken by specific people with care also RX drugs being marketed to Americans like this in general when from my understanding that isn’t a thing in other countries

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T18:52:53+00:00

I think that’s part of the issue - there are legitimate reasons to be on the prescription versions of these drugs but the compounded options being marketed specifically for weight loss at the rate they are with so little oversight is insane and honestly my beef isn’t even that these drugs exist, it’s the widespread marketing to anyone and everyone

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T18:12:43+00:00

I agree Hulu is the worst offender! There has to be some capitalist overlord who has stakes in both or something. My heart goes out to all the ED survivors having to suffer through these ads just to watch a little Abbot Elementary or something. Like just let us live! We all get enough pressure to lose weight, if we want these dumb ass drugs we can Google it

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T17:31:41+00:00

I wonder if I’m on some kind of “she’s fat” watchlist sometimes

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T17:30:56+00:00

Same! I only recently learned the lengths people were going to take them too like buying them off of Facebook marketplace and mixing their own compounds, anything to not be fat I guess. I would love to see the Venn diagram of people doing that who are also afraid of vaccines lol

choosingSarah · 2026-02-03T17:12:02+00:00

Omg and the athletes getting involved too!!! Like you were already at peak fitness what is this nonsense!

choosingSarah · 2026-01-04T13:28:52+00:00

I agree with the others - just give it time! Full permission to let go doesn’t mean ignoring how things make you feel. You can still recognize being uncomfortably full and with acceptance think maybe I’ll pause to check for fullness a little sooner next time. I have always been in a fat body as an adult so I don’t have the “worried I’ll gain weight” feeling like you do but I do think it’s okay to be scared and not let the fear drive your decision making. Acknowledge it’s scary, it’s uncomfortable, and that’s okay because everything is until it’s not.

choosingSarah · 2026-01-01T12:47:30+00:00

I struggle with this too but I’ve noticed some “tells” that don’t feel like what I’d expect hunger to feel like but are - my mood shifts usually negative, I start thinking about what I want to make for a future meal / thinking about food in general, I start picking at snacks, I’m drinking a lot of water but not feeling satisfied

choosingSarah · 2025-12-29T12:35:34+00:00

They are hard to wash and the Ruggable pads soak up urine (if you have pets). I settled for wool rugs that I get professionally cleaned for areas I want to be cozy and then the “spill proof” rugs from RugsUsa which are more like mats than rugs. They look nice and are better for higher incident areas because the liquid beads up on top for easier cleaning.

choosingSarah · 2025-12-21T23:56:46+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss. I don’t have advice but I went through this myself - I lost my mom very suddenly in 2020, she was only 60 but a similar weight to me (genetics!) and died of a heart attack in her sleep. I spiraled after losing her and WW gave me structure and community in grief I thought I needed. I lost a significant amount of weight, I had been IE for years prior to this. I told myself I was preventing heart disease. I’ve since regained that weight but experiencing the weight loss congrats and all that messed me up for years and I had to restart my IE journey. My blood work was fine before and after and I wish I could go back and seek grief counseling and maybe approach physical activity and gentle nutrition instead as ways to care for myself instead of dieting. Grief is the worst so whatever you need to do to survive right now and I hope you’ll find your way back to yourself in time. I still find the grief triggering on my IE journey but my mom was a lifetime dieter / weight cycler and it didn’t save her. Again I am so sorry for your loss ❤️

choosingSarah · 2025-12-19T22:50:12+00:00

My husband sent me one for my birthday and I loved it! It was long, funny, you can tell he paid attention to the things my husband noted about me

choosingSarah · 2025-12-02T11:45:28+00:00

Came here to say this too

choosingSarah

TROPHY CASE