this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
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after living decades of my life as an overweight person, i eventually accepted my future as morbidly obese and filled with crippling insecurities. i tried to control my eating, my behavioral habits, to exercise at all, to speak to a therapist.. i did a lot. it wasn't until the public release of glp-1 medications that something began to genuinely work. i have been on Zepbound since November of 2024 and i reached 100lbs lost at the end of June. i feel incredible. i am not where i want to be physically (still have my insecurities) but my body absolutely knows the difference. everything is easier to do and my blood pressure is finally normal.

i am looking forward to more loss and eventually feeling more comfortable in my existence. i know this won't cure me of my psychological issues but this will absolutely make it easier to manage. i can't believe i'm here! 100 lbs is a truly unbelievable amount of weight for me to have lost. i mean it quite literally, i cannot believe this is real. i am thrilled. :D

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[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy shit, congratulations!

I was going to reference the random things that came to mind that equals that weight, but then realized it would be kind of weird.

So instead I'll just add that you rock, good for you!

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

no, please do! that is interesting.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You have lost:

  • Two giant bags of my dogs food
  • the combined weight of my 6yr old, 3 yr old, as well as my corgi
  • within sight of my entire wife
  • a few bales of hay
  • The combined weight of all the meat in my freezer (roughly)
  • Two bags of potatos from the local farmers market
  • TEN BAGS OF POTATO FROM THE STORE!

And approximately 1/4 the weight of my wife's suitcase for any given trip.

Anyway thats the nonsense that came to mind. Congrats again!

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 11 points 4 weeks ago

haha wow.. i love it, thanks.