#mental-health 2026-03-17

the food noise went completely quiet and i dont know what to do with the silence, is that normal

the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely

the fraud feeling faded for me somewhere around the point i had kept it off longer than i took to lose it

the plateau nearly ended it for me. what got me through was logging something other than my weight

were not clinicians

grieving food is real. it was my hobby, my comfort and about half of my social life

i asked one relative to stop commenting. it was awkward for a week and it was worth it

i cook more now than i used to, i just eat less of it, and that compromise saved that part of me, not advice obviously

comments about my body were harder to take than any side effect and nobody warns you about it

hold on if you can

how do you tell family youre on this without getting a lecture back

coming back after 26 months to say thank you, is that alright to do in here

quick one i am kinder to myself now than i was when i was heavier, and that is not because of the number

you are not a fraud. you took a treatment and it worked. that really is the whole story
i came back at month 13 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected

mood dipped hard around week 10, did that lift for anyone

i see somebody professionally about the eating side of this and it is the best money i have spent on any of it

how do you deal with somebody saying you took the easy way

same at week 5

On this day 3 years ago this channel logged 51 messages.

i measured my waist and my walking pace during the plateau because both were still moving when the scale wasnt

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i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to sit with

slightly off topic but the disorienting bit for me was realising how much of my day had been spent thinking about the next meal

the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for

thank you for saying it

feeling more emotional generally came up for me too and i took that to my gp rather than to a channel

nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for when i need it, take that with a pinch of salt

Inter-lab diff for lot SG-1177: 96.8% vs 99%. Within expected range.

does anyone else find compliments make them want to hide