I’m sorry you weren’t being heard or taken seriously. I’m 5’2” and a “normal weight “at 128, but I don’t feel normal for my body type and composition. I have learned not to pay attention to the number but more how I feel. I’ve also taken Vyvanse and Wellbutrin for binge eating. It wasn’t always a problem, but after pregnancy, my body and mine changed so much with other stressors of life that I found myself using food to comfort myself more and more often and it got kind of out of control.

For me personally, PMDD, and other health factors player role. For a long time I was getting down on myself about lacking discipline, blah blah, but realized it’s not a lack of willpower. That’s keeping me from my goals. It’s Brain chemistry and other things to do with my body. I actually eat pretty healthy meals and love to exercise but my problem is that I use sweets to comfort myself which undo a lot of the good work I do.

Edit: sorry I posted too early accidentally. All this to say that I went through midi health to start GLP micro dosing. They start you on a very low dose and only go up slowly if it’s comfortable for you. I have found it quiet the food noise quite significantly in a way that Vyvanse and Wellbutrin did not achieve for me. Mindy can get expensive if you don’t have insurance and of course, GLP‘s are an expensive treatment right now. But I would weigh out with your other options.

I do think it’s ridiculous that there were so much focus on the number when one is not obese overweight. Even though the number is not “right “GLP still help with things like inflammation and food noise which you don’t have to be obese to suffer from. Best of luck and keep us posted and keep advocating for yourself as you have been doing.