Hi folks, I started my formal journey of BED recovery about 6 weeks ago, in a formal outpatient program. At roughly the same time, I started using a GLP-1, prescribed by a bariatric doctor. Despite being early days, the GLP-1 is hitting me hard and I’m having many of the common symptoms such as fullness and nausea. The thing I’m struggling with is, in spite of assuring me that many of their patients are on GLP-1s while in the program, I’m finding my BED dietician and therapist pretty immovable in their recommendations that I have 3 balanced meals and 3 balanced snacks every day. It’s wildly overwhelming, and I’m feeling sick. Really sick.
Is this normal? I really want to fix my relationship with food but I’m in literal tears at being guilted for not eating 6 times a day. Even 3 meals and 1 snack is a challenge for me.