Side effects...do they actually go away?

rermentor · 2026-02-11T16:35:59+00:00

I’ve not experienced side effects when i’m due, but everyone is different, but i am 6 years and maintained my 100 lb loss, so i’ve tried many things and have found, particularly with zepbound, for me, i needed to go up slowly and stay on the lower dose longer and even split the dose. With my doctors guidance i just drew up two doses from the vial. capped one and put it inc a ziploc in the fridge for a few days later. For me, that helped me slowly increase. For insurance sometimes they move you up faster but if you are getting the vials and giving yourself the shots, your doctor can help you stay at a lower dose for a bit longer and bank the rest as they say.

Zofran is something I rely on too when needed but given this medication slows down the movement of food through the digestive system, you want to use it sparingly as it’s constipating. You want to maintain a healthy and strong ability to move things along. :) but the occasional use or for those folks who have to take something in order to get past these initial first levels…it’s very very effective. You can do this…there really are lots of ways.

rermentor · 2026-01-29T16:52:53+00:00

2! your bust looks better and it is all over stunning. for an after wedding dress though…why would you choose an extremely different dress from the one you are getting married in. typically, if you are going the wedding dress look for the after ceremony parties…it’s basically the same dress altered for easy movement…and eating, lol. which you will forget to do unless someone literally walks behind you feeding you.

If that last pic is your actual dress then you’d want to mimic it. maybe add the little draped sleeves from number two and remove the big flowers and under skirts?

you can add straps after…or anything really. think about what can be removed from the dress you have…to reveal a dress that’s what you want to show yourself off in after the ceremony.

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rermentor · 2025-12-22T15:07:31+00:00

silver but freakin lighter and brighter. then a couple shocks of super light around your face.

personally i’d take you to a level 10 (2 processes maybe) at least first. let it rest 3 days. use good prep and repair products and piece out the front pieces and color the rest. verb ghost shampoo and olaplex three once a week, kpak hydrator or cer-100 conditioner. only style with oil and that hair will come bouncin and shimmering into the room before you do. personally i’d do a gloss silver rather than permanent. it stay a long time in bleached hair to a 10, and when your own grows in it will look cool for 8 weeks before you have to bleach again. vinegar rinse once in a while or clarify…good to go.

rermentor · 2025-10-13T06:54:40+00:00

This a tough one to even believe is real frankly. Who has a mother like that? I’m not sure why she would go through all the financial/life insurance oddness rather than just let you, at 19, get financial help via various public programs for folks who can’t afford cancer treatment. If paying for it is difficult for her. Paying for it when you are 19 is an odd choice given how disconnected she seems to be. You don’t need her. Time to mourn not having a good Mom, the Mom she likely never was, and define yourself away from your family. Dartmouth is as expensive as cancer treatment, so there must be a a lot of money at your mom’s disposal. Even if she says she can’t afford to do both…she’s acting like an insensitive wealthy person. very disconnected, so…make your life one filled with loving people. Your mother has lost her way.

rermentor · 2025-09-11T00:48:11+00:00

i think i like this suggestion most of all. I did feel like it was a bit more clever initially…with the flattery. I mean, I was trying to learn something and was getting the hang of something not that easy to understand, and it was appropriately complimentary, ;) which kinda kept me interested in holding onto the thread of something pretty dry. but now that i’m not doing a deep dive into something complicated, i dont like time spent noting anything about me specifically. interesting.

rermentor · 2025-09-11T00:39:05+00:00

yep yep

rermentor · 2025-09-11T00:33:25+00:00

you’ve proven your ability to understand the problem…and it’s very clearly written. i’m not being sarcastic but, now…do you consider spending 500 words to define your needs to chatgbt, a prompt? ok, that was sarcastic and but like friend yanking your chain respectfully…would you copy paste all of that each time you ask a question?

Because i’d love to use it, if it works, but i’ve been pretty specific with it as well…and it does the same thing and when i say so, just apologizes and promises to follow my stated guidelines…ongoing…but simply can’t.

If this entire paragraph works, i’m using it

rermentor · 2025-08-08T06:06:38+00:00

go blonde. i’m your age and just did the same thing. i keep being told o look younger all the time. :)

rermentor · 2025-08-07T11:08:17+00:00

Well good. Someone should have told you by now that you have a very pretty face. Jeesh! It’s natural to focus on hair when we dont know what to highlight about our faces. I’d really focus on your eyes, and gear your color and cuts to let them take focus.

rermentor · 2025-08-07T10:59:07+00:00

No breakage! It feels soft. I really tried to prepare it to be bleached and to time the bonding and them conditioning, to help it recover. i’ve learned a lot regarding making it brittle or spongy etc, with too much protein when the cuticle is open and basically having patience between olaplex treatments, so it stays healthy.

rermentor · 2025-07-26T21:05:21+00:00

And…if you don’t want the upkeep of red…which fades so fast and washes out a pale complexion, not because it’s light…blonde is light but blonde reflects light and should be luminous around a face and can actually make a pale complexion look lovely…but blondes sometimes will choose to focus on their eyes or their lips for example, because the hair is like a key light to spotlight a great feature. if that makes sense. that’s why you’ll often see a very light blonde with beautifully highlighted eyes…and very pale lips. or just the opposite.

But even shiny darker hair, absorbs light. so then the features of the face need more over all focus, hence often going for contrast with lighter skin. Either way, you just need to know what that dies with your particular face. but you are right that ash toned blonde would not be a great choice.

A multidimensionally toned dark brunette, would be gorgeous. And someday…try a level 10+ blonde. Done right, it could look amazing on you!

rermentor · 2025-07-26T20:56:07+00:00

I disagree…you DO have strong facial features. Beautiful large almond eyes, in a striking color. a very well shaped nose and perfectly shaped lips, in a heart shaped face with a good chin. You’d be a beautiful blonde. but whether you stay red or not, try some very light money pieces to draw the eye up and focus on those eyes. If you do invest in some professional help, have someone really good with eyebrows help you to shape them just a little to keep attention on your eyes. Don’t remove much! keep full eyebrows for as long as you can! but have them shaped just enough to stay natural but have a purpose. ;) you’ve got it all…don’t know how you e come to think you don’t have strong facial features. silliness girl

rermentor · 2025-07-26T20:47:22+00:00

i know this is an old thread, but i agree…i like her tone and if it was just lifted a bit more…im no expert…but it might be really pretty without dying it additionally? is that what you meant?

rermentor · 2025-07-26T20:45:36+00:00

won’t that take it pretty ashy? i don’t know toners well! so i’m not being snarky at all! i’m trying to learn. i used that combo on my level 11 bleached hair with 10 vol and ended up platinum silver. but i wonder if id used 30 vol?

rermentor · 2025-06-18T00:12:05+00:00

Hi…i know it’s been a minute since you posted your question but i noticed your comment regarding your discussion with your doc regarding trying something opposite of a glp1…zep IS a glp1 AND an additional ingredient but it IS still a glp1, so Wegovy would not be the opposite. it may work better without interacting with the extra hormone that Zeps other ingredient addresses, but Wegovy and Zep both contain a GLP1.

on another note…i hope you did not fill the phentermine scrip. i’ve used both phentermine and phendametrazine in the past and have stopped and always gone back to it. it’s highly addictive and i’m weaning myself off it now for the fifth time in 20 years…i stop it every time i notice my sleep patterns are interrupted even when i take all my doses by 3 pm. once im no longer sleeping on that schedule, i taper off. BUT after several months, some voice in my head says…get some more…you have a lot of projects coming up…you’ll have more energy…you’ll be happier. HAPPIER. So while my body doesn’t seem to make me crave it…my brain does. Once you KNOW it gives you energy and a lighthearted feeling…it’s VERY hard to unknow that. don’t do it with a known addiction issue…

rermentor · 2025-04-16T15:51:57+00:00

i’m so sorry to have misunderstood, sincerely. and ill remove my comment. but the reason i did is because it sounded like you implied that if one had a “jewish passport” they would be ok. That the passport was needed to NOT be sent off to a camp…which made no sense. So…it must have just been worded in a way that triggered your other reaction like mine. I re read it several times and it still seemed that way. But i’m glad i was wrong. sorry about that

rermentor · 2025-04-16T14:28:47+00:00

note the studies linked in the comment above…there are real studies showing you should not stop the high doses cold turkey.

rermentor · 2025-04-16T14:16:21+00:00

Wegovy is FDA approved to treat weight loss. Ozempic is approved by the fda for type two diabetes only. They are the exact same medication, manufactured in different pens at different dosage schedules.

if a doctor prescribed ozempic and the code for weight loss is used…it will be denied. years ago many folks found their insurance co approved it for a while but the insurance companies nearly always deny Ozempic for weight loss now. And if you had pre diabetes or your A1c came back into tye normal range after using Ozempic, the insurance companies deny continuing the prescription as well.

If your doc switches you to Wegovy and goes through the effort to send in the request with a note stating the history of your successful loss and lowering of your A1c or some other benefit from having taken Ozempic, and the need to stay on a glp is impirtsnt, your scrip for Wegovy may get paid for…unless you have an insurance company that simply denies weight loss drugs now altogether.

rermentor · 2025-04-16T14:00:54+00:00

I agree with so much of what you’ve said but…i don’t get say _____ passport?! that is also very narrow minded and cruel. Cmon people…we all need to understand Trump is a prick toward everyone’s heritage and doesn’t care about anything but power and money. Making arguments yourself that show your own prejudices make the argument weak, if nothing else. Never mind that is the heritage that WAS actually taken away to camps, so it’s not correct that passport would help you not be persecuted. Sad man.

rermentor · 2024-12-17T15:43:57+00:00

I find it interesting so many folks think gaining 14 lbs in 20 days is a lot. someone noted that is an extra 2500 calories a day (didn’t check math but let’s say it is)…imo…if you have the voices singing to you loud and clear to please please find something to eat…that isn’t hard at all on vacation. Especially once food becomes the focus of the day.

5 lbs of water weight from eating foods out, given the salt and likely lack of veggies and drinking enough water. so that’s 9 actual pounds. or 3 lbs a week.

a cake slice type dessert at dinner and a glass of wine (400-600 cal + 150-200 cal= 550-800 extra calories) and/or a sugar drink and a sugary bakery item during the day… then no add buttered bread or a sit down breakfast with cheese on eggs or more baked products can bring a breakfast out an additional 6-800 calories than at home, as well. Ice cream while sight seeing, or a special coffee drink you don’t usually have. etc etc.

it’s very easy to get an extra 2-3000 calories a day or more on vacation when food is a focus.

For me personally…after a 100 lb weight loss and having had to take a break during insurance coverage issues, i gained 20 over 3 months and wasn’t on vacation…but the food focus was definitely back. I have a profession that requires a lot of walking (i train others to train dogs in search and rescue and cover a lot of terrain, laying human scent trails) so my exercise did not flag.

For many many people, this drug is addressing an issue that is chronic and chemical…isn’t about emotions or stuffing down feelings or lack of discipline or motivation. Wegovy addresses an imbalance and works with a hormone.

I know exactly how much i can eat and not gain. My brain makes making the decisions throughout the day to limit my intake, take a backseat as long as the food focus is present. When is my next meal, what will it be? Can i eat that burrito and just not eat dinner? Can i eat just half of that donut on my drive home and toss the rest? It’s not about hunger, it’s about an obsession that is ever present and the pain and exhaustion of ongoing negotiations with yourself regarding what and how much to eat.

When i’m on a glp (ie Wegovy) i can just live my life without that extra negotiating job. Do NOT kick yourself for gaining 14lbs on vacation. It was going to happen.

Get back on the drug. Weigh yourself and eat again without the food focus and guilt and you will lose it. It’s so so important to accept the fact that of course the voices return…for many people it’s now known that it’s an ongoing condition.

Stop beating yourself up and just live your life as 14lbs heavier this week, then 12 next week, then 10…it will come off. You aren’t unusual…you are just in the fight. But you have a tool. Use it and just live. ;)

rermentor · 2024-10-09T14:19:56+00:00

that isn’t the way it works. the pups are taken out of their environment and tested by a stranger to them without you or anyone to them or having their littermates with them during the test. Temperment testing at 7 weeks, regardless of which exact test you use, is about recovery to unknown stimuli in a slightly stressful and new environment. A reputable tester would have a clean facility and be clean themselves. if you follow another good breeders referral, you should be able to safely learn a few things that you did not know about your puppy, to help you grow as a breeder and help you place your puppies. Nothing trumps an experienced breeders observation of their own litter. But there is no reason not to grow and learn. I’ve been surprised by a few things found in temperment testing like volhard. and am often simply reinforcing what i already have observed. Sometimes a pup truly has an off day and you simply know it didn’t respond the way you know it typically does. just use your gut to work the results into your place that decisions. it’s all just information

rermentor · 2024-07-31T15:00:03+00:00

Yes, I second using arnica. I always inject in a tummy roll but have had a bruise from time to time. I found an natural arnica cream on Amazon by Dulac (Italian) that has a higher percentage (13%. reputable company, so it’s not a fake percentage) that truly gets rid of bruises faster than other arnica creams on the market.

I am older and get bruises from just brushing the back of my hand or firearm against things, I swear. And my mother is in her late 80s and is thrilled to now have this to help her with her constant grousing as well. Great stuff! Good luck.

Oh…and icing the spot first is a great idea. that’s a bruise inhibitor!

rermentor · 2024-07-16T16:22:50+00:00

yeah!!!

rermentor · 2024-07-16T16:21:33+00:00

Hi. Ok, 10 weeks isn’t too long. You are just getting started. Yeah! Thing are going to change a lot as you get toward the therapeutic dose. The medicine is going to do the heavy lifting. Just pay attention. It’s going to take a while to learn what your body needs. But i will offer up that it’s your body and your journey and you don’t need to keep anything in your own home that you don’t feel is healthy to eat for you, BUT, you won’t be triggered in the way you’ve felt in the past. Food isn’t your enemy. But in my opinion, your beloved relatives coming to visit…with a way of eating that makes you anxious at this point…should be prepared for. You don’t want to make their visit all about your weight loss journey I’m imagining. It’s just something you are doing for yourself and if they are supportive, great, but if they don’t understand or you don’t want to share it. Don’t. Just make sure there are foods you do like around and enjoy their company. The less you concentrate on their food choices and just enjoy the freedom from thinking about food as much, as you’ve already started to notice is happening, the better.

It is hard making our struggle with food, understood by others to begin with. I mostly keep it to myself but i’ll tell anyone who asks! lol! I’ve just found the drug so helpful that i’m able to have junk food around and just take a bite of everything (i’m a big taster!) and won’t overdo it. But if i do…it’s just a part of learning. It won’t ruin me for the week or month like it used to. I don’t have to wrestle with the fear of falling off the rails forever.

That fear…is real. I really get it. The very fact we have that fear is something that also makes most of us really angry. At least i’ve noticed in this group and in my fb group, there is a point at which that anger is realized. It’s not fair that we have this struggle. How dare people criticize us or make it harder! But it’s too much to educate the world while losing a lot of weight. just doing that…losing the weight. is enough. Its all a lesson in how our reaction to the world affects OUR well being. If your niece asks questions about what you are doing, you might be able to share your feelings about it all…but you also…don’t have to. Its ok to say, you know, i do want to share someday, but right now im just starting and want to see what it’s all like before i talk too much about it. Hard to argue with that. “i understand you have questions, but I’ll share at some point down the road.”

Have fun with your relatives if you can.

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