#mental-health 2025-10-10

i told my family at month four rather than week one, and the timing is what made it go well
you are not the only person in here who has felt that, and i say that as somebody who was certain they were

i cook more now than i used to, i just eat less of it, and that compromise saved that part of me
the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely

the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for

i read every twinge as something serious for the first three months and it does settle down

i measured my waist and my walking pace during the plateau because both were still moving when the scale wasnt
the disorienting bit for me was realising how much of my day had been spent thinking about the next meal

somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine, not advice obviously

i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to sit with

is anyone else more anxious about running out than about any side effect

it does lift

the dose escalation nerves, does anyone have a routine that helps with them

right so im at month 4 and doing well and feel strangely sad about it, is that a thing

the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it, from memory

update from 12 months ago: the flatness lifted, slowly, and i did not have to change anything to make it

were not clinicians

if all you managed today was the dose and some water, that counts and i mean that

flat is the word i used too. not sad exactly, just less colour in things for a while

the plateau nearly ended it for me. what got me through was logging something other than my weight

the food noise went completely quiet and i dont know what to do with the silence, is that normal

thats grief honestly

that was me too