When on GLP-1s, side effects can derail your progress and even whether you stay on the medication or not. Here, I offer ideas for how to work with the medications so you feel great and have success!
Category: Weight Loss
My Sorta-Rant as a Fat Activist on GLP-1s
What happens when a Fat Activist chooses to go on GLP-1s? Communities go wild with criticisms and judgement. I watched a YouTube video about a Fat Activist Influencer beginning GLP-1s and how she chose to “come out” about it. The commentary was enlightening.
My Last Apology for Being “Too Skinny”
I’ve lost over 280 lbs. and while that might not seem like a problem, it seems to have turned my weight into a never-ending discussion. “You are too skinny! You need to eat more!” Quite the change from no one commenting on my food intake when I weighed 405 lbs. Now that I am healthy, I’m tired of people telling me I’m too skinny. This is my last discussion on the issue. I am small. I am petite. I am not skinny. Hope this helps!
Visit to Plastic Surgeon After 278 Lbs. Lost on GLP-1s (w/ pics)
What does a “Deflated” post-GLP-1 body look like? Here I share pics of myself after losing 278 lbs. Will I have plastic surgery? Read on!
GLP-1s: How to Stay on the Treadmill Longer
I found the solution to staying on the treadmill longer so I can work my thigh muscles and keep getting fitter. Discover how I do it!
Preparing for Cancer Surgery as a Healthy Person
As I prepare for my first surgery post GLP-1s, I explain my process for my “Prehabilitation.” I’m healthier than ever, so far less worried about the outcome.
GLP-1 Maintenance: Walking & Food Choices
What does GLP-1 maintenance look like? I’m learning it’s going to be different for everyone. Here, I share how it might be for me. At least this week.
My 7-Mile Day (Thank You, GLP-1s!)
Sometimes good things are balanced with not so fun things. Read here about my long day of great things and then how I ruined two Dexcoms and accidentally wasted a Mounjaro injection. Ugh!
New Definitions of Clinical Obesity Created
The attempts to change the definition of Clinical Obesity and how might they do that.
Nestlé’s New GLP-1-Oriented Vital Pursuit
I finally found a Nestlé Vital Pursuit GLP-1-oriented dinner I could try. The cheese pizza! Here’s my review.
Pre-GLP-1s: What It’s Like to Live Over 300 Lbs.
This is for those that are super-fat (over 300 lbs.) and think there is no way out of the predicament. Having gone from 405 lbs. in 2022 to 131 lbs. today, I am living proof there IS a way out! That is with GLP-1s. Read here just how much I understand and how your life can change just as mine has. (Not affiliated with any medication or company. This is my own experience.)
GLP-1 Twilight Zone: I’ve Lost Too Much Weight
What happens when you are on GLP-1s and you lose too much weight? I’m still not sure, but am learning more every day.
Epigentics: Fat Cells Have a Memory
Epigenetics might seem like a dry and boring topic, but I highlight exactly why everyone on GLP-1s ought to know what it is. My sharing the definitions and explanations can help all of us as we work to keep the weight off after GLP-1s
Eating at Disney World on GLP-1s
Eating at Disney World while on a GLP-1 is going to be a whole new experience for me. I am headed out now and can’t wait!
YT: Baring My Arms After 258 lb. Weight Loss
Sharing my YouTube video of me showing my arms after my 258 lb. weight loss with GLP-1s. It’s taking an act of serious bravery, but might as well just get it over with so I can quit worrying about it.