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so how is everyone doing? @AmberFL @NeonRaven8919 how are you coming along. So an update on my GLP1 usage since my hunger and food noise returned in April 2026. I am down about 12 pounds, since onboarding treatment. GLP1 and other weight management drugs should be an included in everyone's insurance plans it's such a great tool and everyone should have access. When you onboard treatment it really brings this disease full circle and shows how our brains are just wired differently than those with no metabolic disorders. It is truly a disease. The drug truly targets the pleasure centers of the brain turning off that need!

Yes do this immediately

Wow Raven you have definitely had a lot of curve balls thrown at you so sorry to hear that but sometimes you have to hear the hard things being a UK size 14 is great but definitely definitely try to get a hold of your cravings and get back on track. We all know to well how a size 14 can be a size 26 in no time! That's how the disease of obesity works it's always waiting for you to let your guard down but you can't let the disease win! 🏅 I'm rooting for you

I hate to hear that Neonraven! The first thing to getting back on track is realizing what's going on!! Do you have access to GLP1's in your country! If so look into it or if you can pay out of pocket for a compound definitely give it a try! Hunger sucks @ the 2 year mark it came back for me now it has settled down from getting back on my GLP1 I will be checking in you soon

We most definitely deserve it! I don't know about you all but obesity took the majority of my life, I lived most of my years in a larger body! So I be damned if ANYTHING brings me back to that lol! So I have to be my own biggest advocate hence the GLP1! Well girlie it seems you know what your triggers are, and awareness is key! I knew I needed assistance when I rose like a mummy from the dead at 2am from the bed scavenging through the cabinets for food it was then I KNEW I WASENT SAFE. 😂 Dr. Now from 600 pounds stays in my camera roll to keep me on the right path!

I have chronic constipation and lately I have been going every day. Feels super strange to go as I've suffered since small child. I have added daily magnesium supplements and MCT oil to my protein shakes, I also switches my multivitamin to a probiotic multi that helps with my gut health overall by pro care. I also do the 1 tablespoon of psyllium husk

OK, I understand. Definitely keep me posted chic on what happens! We know our body the best and I personally before getting back on my GLP1 that danger zone was like right there like I couldn't get close to it. It was just too dangerous. Obesity is a beast to fight I have to always be two steps ahead!

Hey girlie, I thought I had came back to this thread and updated everybody so it's been almost a month and a half now and it has been like a miracle to be back on my GLP1 I have already lost about 10 pounds! As soon as I gave myself the first dose the food noise went away and I want to talk about GLP1 on a psychological level because it's greater than having it for just weight loss! Studies and-research shows that GLP1's fire in the pleasure and reward center of the brain. I have food noise and an addictive binge disordered eating behavior as soon as the GLP 1 releases it goes to that part of my brain and it quiets the noise so for me it's bigger than just weight loss. I understand what your Dr is saying but it's bigger than what he is seeing with a human eye. It calms the pleasure pathways. So if the food noise gets too loud, you might have to Dr shop because this drug is heaven sent and we can't afford to go backward. It's bigger than just weight loss obesity fights you every chance that it gets, you can do the same exercise, you could eat the same meals, and the weight will still creep on. We have to have all of our tools and I would be pissed if a doctor didn't really understand what I needed. Are you currently experiencing weight regain or reoccurrence? Is the food noise back with a vengeance?

Win: keeping up the momentum. I don't know if any of you got to see the Kentucky Derby but it's such great symbolism for this journey. Golden tiempo was way in the back and on the final stretch, he passed all the horses up and won. On this journey, we might feel behind that we are not as far ahead as we should be, or we may have setbacks, but just keep pushing forward because the underdog always wins in the end.

Definitely reach out to your surgical team only because there can be quiet complications that you couldn't even think of that could be going on which I hope is not happening to you, but I've heard people in other bariatrics groups having to have exploratory surgeries and second surgeries from something not going right, but like someone else said yes you may have to be on liquids longer. it's a process. This journey is a long hard one, but you got this. Keep us updated!

So a Win I made two years post op! Major win

OK, so an update you guys I started my GLP1 last Tuesday and I want to talk about something that I thought about in regards to my hunger. My smaller gastric sleeve pouch was NO MATCH for the obesity hunger I experienced! The hunger that I had even the smaller stomach couldn't even stop that type of hunger! That my lovely people is the OBESITY DISEASE.... everyone should have access to different tools and to me GLP1s shouldn't even be an issue for insurance companies to approve. I'm trying to think how I would manage this disease without it because that is not a type of hunger that can be satiated.

@FlowerChild6200 you go girl! I love that for you! I used to do the same and would hope the flight attendant wouldn't actually want to see it check!

Lmao strap them down with some tape! 😂😂. Give me an update on your increased cardio results!

Amber, I feel you 100% if you are able to get on a GLP1 definitely give it a try. It was life-changing for me when I first got on it before my gastric sleeve surgery 2 years ago. It reduced all the fooD noise. After my surgery, I stopped it because the food noise was gone and my stomach is much smaller but here recently about a month or two ago all of the food noise came back (the disease of obesity😡) and similar to you i was rummaging around for food at night.... also similar to you my measurements are the same, but I'm heavier on the scale which I really don't like. I understand that muscles weighs more than fat but to me this weight that I'm at is really not a healthy weight for me. Don't get me wrong, I look f**king hot. I should post some before and after photos, but I personally don't want to be at this weight, It's too close to a danger weight for me! I want to lean out! I'm very very muscular. I'm going to start ramping back up my running, running has always made me leaner. I have been slacking on running. Yes the struggle is real. I will give you all the update on how my GLP1 does I will start it today.

You know what flower child you bring up a good point because shopping is also known as as a transfer addiction. It has the same addictive qualities so the GLP1 combats your GLP1 receptors and maybe it's targeting another addictive receptor in the brain wow that's interesting. I never thought about it like that. I am glad to hear that you took the necessary steps to tackle that food noise. I knew what it was instantly lol! I was rummaging around for food like a drug addict. I worked so hard to lose this weight and I refuse to gain it back due to this obesity genetics, and this metabolic disorder. I will let you all know how it goes as I will start my first shot maybe tomorrow thanks for your feedback.

Wow, honeymoon over I will be two years postop sleeve in April and I dreaded this day the day where the hunger Demon 😈 would come back... obesity is the cruelest disease of all and wouldn't wish this disease on my worst enemy. If I had a camera in my kitchen, it would be sad as many times as I went and opened the fridge and my cabinets .....I could not find or satiate my hunger, so I'll have to onboard my GLP1 soon. I've been off of my GLP1 one for two years, but I have to start back on it next week because that's the issue with the disease of obesity, It's a complex disease lthe type of hunger that us who deal with obesity has is not a normal hunger sometimes it's a hunger that can never be satisfied and that's the sad part about this disease. The hunger can't really be described. It's so it's an obesity type of hunger. I call it obesity hunger

As time progresses and our journeys age I tend to forget about wins! I would say my win for the month is continuing to do the work. Sounds easy but it's NOT. Getting in the workouts, protein, water, etc is all daunting! My other win is that on special occasions I eat whatever I want now. I still live on an abstinence model of eating but I do not spiral out of control on the off plan days! I attended a festival and ate a mini funnel cake it was heaven it had been so long! I also ate Jamaican beef patties if you have not tried it it's a MUST!

Yes, it is normal. Mine broke off a lot, but after about a year with deep conditioning and putting treatment on it, it started getting thicker and longer so it will start leveling out around the one year mark as far as my experience sorry for this.

@kla7403 I get it!! People will just have to get used to it and deal with it. This journey is such a tough one so I don't know about you but you kind of stop people pleasing and people either adjust or they get going and that can be mother father brother sister anyone can get let go 😂. enjoy being on the lighter side chic! Wear that dress, wear that lipstick and live your best life!

I love that @ShoppGirl! Getting rid of that all or nothing mindset! I'm the same way! A slip is not a slippery slope to HELL 😂😂😂. I don't know about you but I surely know I can't go back to the 300 pound me!

Omg ladies are we still winning?!! I have not posted a WIN in a while. Let's see a win is continuing the work of bariatrics, I have to say it's hard but it's real and I just push through!

I have eaten chocolate every day s since the first day I could eat solid foods after surgery almost two years ago! when I say every day, I mean every day! the thing that I do is, I make dupes of everything that I like from scratch so if you like a Snickers bar you can make your own Snickers bars from scratch just get the silicone molds from Temu or Amazon. My big thing was Reese's pieces buttercup. I make my own Reese's pieces and I eat about four of of them per day. 😂😂😂. Sweets was a non negotiable for me!

Stalls happen and believe it or not many factors come into play. Sometimes your food intake is not as it should! You may be thinking what EAT more! Sometimes we are not consuming the correct amount of proteins and fats. And eating to less. Early post opp I had to add full fats and eat a bit more. I also started exercising early after surgery which does not really help weight loss but it seems to get things going for me. Definitely meet with your surgical team and dietician and they can get you on the road to more weight loss. I had to make adjustments. Small things to watch for is sugary liquid, refined sugar, a lot of processed foods, slider foods, starchy and to many of those carby foods we love so much! as I'm not sure of how your daily eating looks! I would love to hear of your progress as the days and months to come!

Time for an UPDATE these babies are beautiful! It's a beautiful peace of perky art, symmetrical and awesome. I lived all my life with breast that were asymmetrical very horrible. I hope that everyone who chooses to get elective surgeries takes that leap!