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I drank for the first time since starting semaglutide last night and physically I was so full after 2 and a half drinks. I have heard of it’s effects on alcohol cravings but as someone who rarely drinks I don’t have those anyway, but they don’t tell you that you physically can’t fit those drinks in!

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I’m finally under 100kg! Weighed myself today and I’m 98.8kg! I have a long way to go but it’s so exciting to see that first milestone I was hoping for finally met

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I've never attempted fasting before because I knew I didn't have the willpower to do it, but I tried now that I'm on semaglutide and I'm on hour 23!

I think I'm in ketosis? I'll have to buy test strips if I ever want to do this again. I think maybe Saturday to Sunday fasts (like I'm doing now) will be what works best if I do this going forward. Easier to fast when I don't have to leave the house lol

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If you’re looking for any sort of relatable post or community about GLP-1 meds on tumblr you won’t find it. All you’ll find is ED blogs posting how they want it, scammers trying to sell you fake versions of it, and people convinced Ozempic is the devil and so are it’s users

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I went to the gym today for the first time in a while and damn exercising is so much easier when your asthma is under control. You mean most people had it this easy all along?

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Being on semaglutide and tackling my weight is really making me think about how my cousin died at my age from obesity and how much we had in common. I feel like it's a bit rude to talk about his health, even on an anonymous blog, but I'll just say that it's making me reflect on a lot right now. I'm just sorry life worked out the way it did for him

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This isn't news; they warn you about this when you start taking it. I was warned, and my doctor knows I'm a lesbian, so I think it's safe to say straight women were warned

And GLP1 receptor antagonists have been used to treat obesity since 2014 - only the cultural obsession with them is new

WOW CAN YOU BELIEVE A RAPIDLY ROLLED OUT DRUG WITH FEW PROPER STUDIES ON ITS OFF BRAND WEIGHT LOSS USE, LET ALONE STUDIES FOR WOMEN, THE PRIMARY USERS OF THIS OFF BRAND USE, HAS UNINTENDED SEX SPECIFIC CONSEQUENCES OF SIGNIFICANT MAGNITUDE, ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES WHERE ABORTION IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE OR AFFORDABLE.

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I did a manual handling course on zoom and I used an Amazon box as my prop to demonstrate I knew how to lift properly, and the instructer asked me if I bought anything nice on Amazon. The deer in the headlights look I must've had while I tried to think of a lie because I didn't want to admit I bought spare needles for my semaglutide pen...

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One week on semaglutide and I've lost 1.5kg or 3.3 pounds!

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Day 3

No side effects as of yet. Noticably less hungry already. I went to the supermarket today and felt less tempted by the treats. It's Greek week at Lidl, so the Greek snacks are only available temporarily, and usually I'd justify buying them as I can't get addicted because they'll be gone next week. But I didn't buy any, and it didn't feel like a test of will to say no, I just didn't get them, easy as that

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Day 2 and I’m just not hungry. I didn’t expect it to kick in this early but maybe it’s a placebo effect. Either way, I love it already

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How did I get so fat anyway?

I was skinny until the bipolar hit and the depression was so bad that I stopped leaving the house. And well, it doesn't take a particularly bad diet to gain this much weight when you literally only leave the bed to go to the bathroom. To my credit, I lost a loooot of that weight by myself but I need the help to get to a healthy weight. Once you've become obese, you have fucked your hunger signals an hopefully semaglutide will help undo that.

So my weight loss journey isn't just about being healthier and looking better; it's about reclaiming the self that mental illness stole from me.

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5 ft 6 and 102.8 kg

I'm not the kind of person who posts full body pics, but for record keeping purposes, I've put my height and weight into a visualiser. Yeah, this is pretty much me, except I hold more weight on my thighs and upper arms than I do my torso - weight isn't always balanced.

Today is the day I started semaglutide, hopefully from here on out I'll start to look different

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I had my first semaglutide injection today, and I'm grinning like an idiot, I'm that excited.

The thing I'm most looking forward to is turning off the food noise. I've seen people say "food noise is normal!" and yeah, to a degree, but not the way I experience it. I am always thinking about food, even when I'm full, I'm thinking about my next meal. I thought about what I'd eat today as I woke up. I have an addiction I am not allowed to quit.

I'm paying for it out of pocket, and my doctor was good enough to take that into account when it came to which one she prescribed me. And yeah, it's still a lot of money, but hopefully I'll spend less on food lol. But seriously, what is the point of having savings if I die young? My obesity will kill me eventually if I don't do something about it now.

An older cousin of mine died of an obesity related condition when he was my age, 30. I've never been nearly as big as he was, but I'm big enough that I'll probably end up the same way, my weight is just delaying it

Signing off at 102.8kg