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Hi Hi! Figured I'd say hello properly.

I nearly lost myself down the reading rabbit hole — honestly, everything I'm picking up right now feels like stumbling onto an oasis in the middle of a desert.

I'm about as green as it gets. Never touched a GLP-1, and I've been chasing weight loss the all-natural way for years. My weight has barely moved since high school, and I'm 21 now. Heaviest was 280, then I got down 40 pounds to 240. Past that point I simply can't get. I train, stay active, keep an eye on what I eat, and while I don't think I look terrible, I'd love to know what genuinely being in peak physical shape feels like. Food and I don't have the healthiest relationship. It began with bingeing, moved to not eating at all, drifted toward bulimia, and after all of that effort, ending up here isn't the greatest feeling...

Hoping to get to know people here and reach a point where I actually follow what's being discussed😭.

Reading other people's intros helps, because it reminds me I'm not the only one just starting out. Anyway — hi, nice to meet everyone!
 
A huge welcome! This is definitely the right spot for you.

GLP-1's can definitely assist you in hitting your goals. They do for me, anyway 😇

Things have gone smoothly so far. Began in mid-october, down 37 pounds from 255, with 53 still to lose 🥳

Enjoy the journey!
 
Hi!! Really happy you found your way to us. And I hear you — after going it alone and piecing things together by yourself, landing in a space like this honestly feels like coming across an oasis right in the middle of the dessert… and sure, there are stretches where it seems like you're out there by yourself in the desert as well. Good thing this oasis won't melt on you or add any calories.

You've already carried a lot, and the fact that you're still here, still picking things up, still working on looking after yourself — that says plenty about how strong you are. The way you relate to food, to your body, to your health — none of it is straightforward, and having a complicated history with all that doesn't make you the only one. Plenty of us around here have cycled through some version of the same thing, and it wears you down.

And no need to feel bad about being new. Everyone here began at some point, and truthfully a good chunk of us are still Googling the abbreviations every couple of days. Things will click for you sooner than you'd expect.

You're among people who get it here.
 
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