Jaydeeem916
Explorer
Hi all, I'll do my best to condense everything. I've been a big guy my entire life, at one point hitting 350lbs. Around 10yrs back, after becoming a dad, I chose to get healthy. I went hard at it and in just over a year I got down to 197lbs through tons of cardio, lifting, meal prepping and so on. I held that for a bit, but after that I've repeatedly regained everything and shed some again, cycling through skinny phases, muscle phases, and back to fat. I have photos from every one of those transformations. It's been a brutal loop ever since. My weak point has always been hunger—I can clear out an entire fridge without issue. I often figured I ought to see a psychologist, maybe it's mental. Anyway, a year ago a coworker had some semaglutide (grey market), so I gave it a shot. For the first time ever, my appetite and hunger were completely gone—I'd never experienced that! I lost 40lbs in 3months, but I felt extremely flat, almost depressed. I learned that's called anhedonia, and the constipation was unbearable, so I had to stop. Of course the weight came back. So I dug deeper into the glp world and discovered Reta. I tried it and tolerated it much better, losing 60lbs in the first 90 days. I do intermittent fasting, keep protein high, moderate fats, and cycle carbs. My job involves lots of walking, so that's how I get cardio.
