INTRO greetings everyone!

[catastrophic5]

Hey everyone! I'm a college student in the Southeast US, and aviation is my field of study. Growing up as a bigger guy, I've dealt with a whole range of mental health struggles that came out of that. What I want is a change that can help me hopefully improve my mental health and wellness, and I'm here to learn from all of you wonderful people who have more experience than I do.

There's one thing I'm having a hard time with: the thought that turning to these chemicals for something I've repeatedly tried and failed to accomplish on my own makes me weak, or like someone without the discipline and fervor to get it done myself. If you've been in the same boat or wrestled with that idea, I'd really like to hear your perspectives.

In case it matters, I'm 21 years old. This past December I hit my heaviest at 260lbs, and by this June I managed to get down to roughly 215 pounds. I'm 5'10, fairly active, and my university gives me access to a large gym. I'm very grateful for that.

Anywho, I'm excited to be here! Can't wait to meet yall

 

[reta-stacker]

Through years of on-and-off dieting, chasing whatever new trend came along, dropping pounds only to regain them, I'm simply glad to have landed on something that, at least up to this point, has turned out to be a much better route to losing weight. Every now and then, a fleeting thought crosses my mind that dropping weight via peptides is somehow cheating... yet the moment I step on the scale, that guilty chatter fades away.

 

[CDRom]

The mental health struggles that come with a lifelong identity as the fat kid? Yeah, I know those too. At 29, I sat with myself and really reckoned with how much of my 20s I'd thrown away because obesity kept me on the sidelines, and I promised myself my 30s wouldn't get the same treatment. A strict intermittent fasting plan got me down 35 pounds, but that approach had a shelf life, and once I hit 270lbs the progress stopped. Over the following 9 months, the weight crept back. Now, a year later, I've been on tirz for 2 months, I'm 20 pounds lighter, and my only real regret is not beginning sooner.

So if getting healthy and shedding the weight while you're still young is what you genuinely want, then go for it. And if GLPs feel like too much to start right now, draw some lines for yourself. Pick an amount of time you're willing to keep grinding on your own before you'd be open to GLPs. Then actually stick to that. In the meantime, keep reading through the forums, so when the moment comes that you're ready, you already know your starting point.

GLP1 meds change lives in the best way, and stigma isn't worth letting stand in your way. As reta-stacker put it, once the pounds start dropping off, that guilt disappears.