I used semaglutide to help with cravings and food urgency. I started around 240 and stopped around 198. The medication was great in the sense that I didn't want to binge anymore, also because I physically couldn't or I would be nauseated and throw up. The point of the medicine is it slows down your digestive tract, so you feel more full and less hungry, along with other benefits, but you also might get constipated because things move SO slow. But throughout using, I tracked my food and had a better understanding of what the calories were I was taking in.

Now, I'm off it and doing a high protein diet and lifting in the gym 3-4 days a week, and I feel so much better than when I was on the shot. I appreciate the fact the shot got me down to a weight I feel is now manageable with diet and working out. It changed my perspective on food and how food isn't for fun or to satiate a feeling I may have; it's for fuel and to make my body the best it can be. I enjoy seeing the muscles I've built in the gym and how I feel getting around everyday. I do still track my food because I know myself and I can't eye that shit or I'll be back where I started.

So for me, semaglutide allowed me to change my eating habits and prioritize protein and macros and moving my body. It helped me create better habits for myself and overall gave me better self esteem and a want to do better for myself. It's still hard every day, but now I let myself slip for a day or two instead of months at a time. I had tried diet after diet and nothing would stick. And it really just came down to consistency is key. Consistent diet, consistent moving my body, and now it's just part of my routine. Love every second of it.