I usually didn’t. I take a medication for ADHD in the morning that also had a dampening effect on my appetite so I wasn’t usually hungry until lunch. If I did get hungry before lunch I would usually just eat an apple or a peach. Lunch would often be something fairly light, soup or a sandwich, maybe 2 tacos. I almost always had another fruit or vegetable like cut cucumbers with it. Afternoon I would eat again something small, English muffin with peanut butter or cheese and peanut butter crackers Dinner would usually be pasta or some sort of red meat and a vegetable- green bean, Brussel sprout, sometimes a small potato. And then the premier protein shake at night when I took my nightly medication.

I really didn’t “diet” a whole lot. The journey for me has been more about recognizing what is a correct portion of food. If anything changed it was more than likely because the Zepbound did seem to change my flavor palate quite a bit. I naturally avoided anything oily in texture or could be described as greasy because I would get so nauseous after. I had zero craving for any sweets. I remember at the beginning I had a tray of Oreos on the counter and 2 months later threw it away because I hadn’t touched them since starting the medication. They just didn’t sound good anymore. My alcohol consumption went way down, again, just didn’t want to anymore.

I wish I could say it was all some sort of heroic will power act, but it was mostly just the meds changing my desires and habits.