Weight loss journey/ my last hope

I want to use this platform to track my weight loss journey. I am currently taking Mounjaro and I’ve been on it for 4 weeks. I just started my 5th week today. I know people think using a weight loss drug is cheating and lazy but I do want to say that I’ve worked out since my teens. I’ve dieted. I’ve done my best to eat healthy but the weight would never come off. I’ve done things that so many other people do and who lose several pounds while I do the same things they do yet I never lose. Its been so frustrating my whole life. Before I made the decision to start on mounjaro I was so discouraged. I basically stopped trying because I felt like nothing was going to change for me. When I was weighed at the doctor’s office my weight was 277. That’s the biggest I’ve gotten. So I said fine I’m going to try the shot. These past 4 weeks I’ve managed to lose 7lbs. I was hoping I would lose more than that and I even gained a pound this past week, so again I’m feeling really discouraged. My dose this week has been upped to .50 from .25. I’m praying I will start to see the numbers go down on the scale again. If I continue to gain or end up stuck then I don’t know what else to do. I don’t want to get surgery because that causes a lot of complications. Obviously, I don’t want to starve myself. So this drug is pretty much my last hope. 

I’m slowly starting to getting active again. I’ve done a workout on the bike and today I did a workout on the rowing machine for the first time. I didn’t think I would like it but I think it’s my favorite now. I’m waiting for it it warm up outside so I can take walks. I’m incorporating more organic foods in my diet and cutting back on sugary drinks. I used to drink 2-3 cans of coca cola a day and now I drink about a can but most of the time I don’t even drink in all. I’m doing my best to drink 64 oz of water and day. I know staying hydrated is very important when taking these weight loss drug’s. I notice I’m definitely eating less so that’s a good thing. So I feel like I’m doing a lot of things right. I just wish I had more to show for it.

My side effects being on the. 25 dose has been mostly indigestion. I get the sulfur burps which a hate so I take an activia a day and tums if I need to. My stomach feels a little upset but nothing major. I haven’t experienced any vomiting or diarrhea as of yet. I just started on the .50 dose today so I will see how that will make me feel. I do notice a slight headache a long with a little tummy upset but that’s it so far.

The first milestone I want to get to is under 200lbs. It would be amazing if I could lose 70lbs before Summer but I don’t know if that would even be possible. When I look at myself in the mirror I dont see much of a difference. My clothes may feel slightly looser but that could just be in my head because I want to lose weight so badly. 

I want to feel good about myself. I want to finally love myself. I want to finally look beautiful and feel worthy as a person. I want to desperately know what it feels like to be a desirable skinny woman.