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The quiet where the food noise was. Kind channel. Not a crisis service.
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The food noise going quiet and how disorienting that is, mood dips, losing an identity built around eating and feeding people, other people having opinions about your body, escalation anxiety, and motivation collapsing at a plateau. Moderated gently and firmly.
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2026-06-29somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine17 msgs · 5 people2026-06-28not the easy way26 msgs · 4 people2026-06-27i see somebody professionally about the eating side of this and it is the best money i have spent on any of it32 msgs · 8 people2026-06-24nobody in this room thinks less of you for needing a medication. genuinely nobody13 msgs · 5 people2026-06-22youre not a fraud16 msgs · 6 people2026-06-21Inter-lab diff for lot H-2814: 98.6% vs 99.2%. Within expected range.59 msgs · 12 people2026-06-17if you are struggling in a way this channel cannot hold, please talk to a professional. we are not a crisis service…26 msgs · 4 people2026-06-14grieving food is real. it was my hobby, my comfort and about half of my social life14 msgs · 5 people2026-06-13i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to…24 msgs · 5 people2026-06-10somebody thanked me a year later for something i barely remember saying, and that is why i still read this every day21 msgs · 6 people2026-06-08i came back at month 16 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected somebody said the easy way…33 msgs · 8 people2026-06-07i feel like a fraud reading the wins channel, does that go away55 msgs · 12 people2026-06-06somebody thanked me a year later for something i barely remember saying, and that is why i still read this every day31 msgs · 5 people2026-06-05i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to…42 msgs · 8 people2026-06-04for the archive nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for…39 msgs · 8 people2026-06-03the quiet is strange isnt it15 msgs · 4 people2026-06-02the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely12 msgs · 3 people2026-06-01i came back at month 25 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected somebody thanked me a year…14 msgs · 5 people2026-05-30the quiet is strange isnt it13 msgs · 5 people2026-05-27how do you deal with somebody saying you took the easy way40 msgs · 10 people2026-05-26hold on if you can. week three is not the whole experience and a lot of us nearly stopped right there nobody in this…30 msgs · 6 people2026-05-25i came back at month 6 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected14 msgs · 2 people2026-05-24glad youre back33 msgs · 8 people2026-05-23i came back at month 17 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected, i think27 msgs · 7 people2026-05-20glad youre back41 msgs · 11 people2026-05-19that counts12 msgs · 4 people2026-05-15i am kinder to myself now than i was when i was heavier, and that is not because of the number25 msgs · 6 people2026-05-13please talk to somebody18 msgs · 4 people2026-05-12if all you managed today was the dose and some water, that counts and i mean that36 msgs · 8 people2026-05-11coming back after 1 months to say thank you, is that alright to do in here13 msgs · 3 people
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is anyone else more anxious about running out than2026-06-07 · 14 msgswhile im here update from 21 months ago: the2026-06-06 · 16 msgscoming back to this the escalation nerves got smaller2026-06-04 · 15 msgsi am kinder to myself now than i was2026-05-04 · 13 msgsthe plateau nearly ended it for me. what got2026-03-16 · 8 msgsthe food noise going quiet is the thing people2026-02-28 · 13 msgsupdate from 7 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly2026-01-12 · 8 msgshow do you deal with somebody saying you took2025-12-08 · 9 msgsgenuine question i came back at month 16 to2025-11-04 · 13 msgsi told my family at month four rather than2025-11-01 · 10 msgsthe food noise went completely quiet and i dont2025-10-10 · 5 msgsthe dose escalation nerves, does anyone have a routine2025-09-16 · 11 msgsit is a loss as well as a relief2025-07-12 · 15 msgswhen eating was the hobby, the reward and the plan2025-06-24 · 6 msgscomments about my body were harder to take than2025-02-06 · 9 msgs