bombonlina
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Hi, a Polish 32F living in The Netherlands. GLP-1s are what brought me here — weight gained during the pandemic that I haven't lost since is what I'd like help with. With my BMI at 23.5, getting the meds prescribed here isn't happening, which is why other means are being searched for. Getting back to the weight that had been mine for the whole of my adult life before COVID means losing 20-25 lbs. Losing it on my own hasn't worked, with an inability to handle calorie deficits over a prolonged stretch mostly to blame. Once hunger lasts more than 2 weeks my body enters a very frightened state, and what prolonged hunger and cravings physically feel like is more than I can withstand (though I can keep a gym routine just fine...). My hope is that the way GLP1-s quiet food noise, plus how they help the brain's dopamine reward pathways, gets me to my goal and lets a calorie deficit hold for long enough to shift the weight I want. Oh, and "skinny-fat" is also me (35% body fat), so getting on reta to help with fat burning was the hope, or otherwise on tirza to suppress food noise and other cravings, or maybe a low-dose mix of both.
Nice to meet everybody
Nice to meet everybody