I’ve lost almost 70 pounds in the last 228 days. I have done it counting calories, eating a somewhat low-carb diet, and taking Ozempic. My health depended on it; I had a couple of problems directly related to my weight.
I am still overweight. I started at 255 pounds, and now I’m just shy of 185. I will probably stop losing weight pretty soon because I don’t think my body will lose any more. It hasn’t lost any in weeks, so this might be my stopping place.
I still have chub, and I have lots of skin. Taking the skin off would be cosmetic surgery, and thus not covered by insurance. It’s also major surgery with possible complications. I will have to live with my body as it is.
I am afraid I will have to eat like this for the rest of my life, which isn’t bad, except I only eat 1000-1200 calories a day. I don’t know if that’s sustainable. They’re also going to want to wean me off the Ozempic, and I will go back to always being hungry.
I have gained weight back more times than I can count. This is not a cliche, this is the truth. I don’t want to gain it back because I can’t deal with the health consequences of gaining again. But it’s going to be really hard to keep it off. I’m worried.
It’s not a lack of willpower that causes us to be fat; it’s the fact that the body does not lose weight very well, especially after a lifetime of gaining and losing. It’s the fact that society expects skinny bodies, and some of us are fated not to have that.
This is the reality of losing weight.
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