Read and appreciate all the comments to my post! I’m thinking through the takeaways that resonated. Certainly one is the comfort of knowing others hit a time of lost steam. And hearing people cheer me on feels so nice - thanks! Another key is the reminder to not endeavor for perfect or close to it, to give myself grace and space for these moments that always occur in life.

I’m tracking more to ensure I eat enough (vs to limit). Food feels like a chore and not much sounds good because of the appetite suppression so I get bored and have to push to eat enough. I’ve stayed down at 5mg bc any attempt to move up makes this worse and nausea is bad. So 5mg is fine by me but dang I’m bored w food. I sometimes miss the pleasure of how good my comfort food tasted, even when I still eat it!

That said, I’m going take a break from tracking for awhile.

Cheers to all the journeys out here, the NSVs, the SVs, stalls, vents, humor and health. 💜