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So no one outside of my immediate family knows I’m taking GLP-1, I’m not ashamed of it, but it’s still sort of a taboo where I come from.

I was talking to someone the other day about it and they said “Yeah look at XYZ, they’ve got the ozempic face” so I asked them what it meant and they said it’s the face people get when they lose weight using ozempic.

I tried to counter it, saying it’s natural and pretty normal for people’s facial structure to change after they loose a bunch of weight and the person said “no, you can tell when someone has lost weight with ozempic”

So my question is, is ozempic face a thing? And am I going to end up with an ozempic face? And if yes, how do i avoid it?

So no one outside of my immediate family knows I’m taking GLP-1, I’m not ashamed of it, but it’s still sort of a taboo where I come from.

I was talking to someone the other day about it and they said “Yeah look at XYZ, they’ve got the ozempic face” so I asked them what it meant and they said it’s the face people get when they lose weight using ozempic.

I tried to counter it, saying it’s natural and pretty normal for people’s facial structure to change after they loose a bunch of weight and the person said “no, you can tell when someone has lost weight with ozempic”

So my question is, is ozempic face a thing? And am I going to end up with an ozempic face? And if yes, how do i avoid it?

I started at 104.5kgs and down to 92.6kgs as of this morning. It’s been a crazy journey so far and I’m still around 27kg-30kg away from my goal.

I’ve had a rough couple of weeks, people came over, went on vacation, been “off track” for around 15 days and still managed to lose almost 3kgs. During those two off weeks I’ve had all kinds of junk food, still tried to avoid fried when I could and stayed in a deficit as best as I could.

And TODAY, after almost 2 months of being on this weight loss journey and being on mounjaro, someone I haven’t seen in months finally said “Didi, you’ve gotten slimmer”. I had to act nonchalant and say it’s nothing but chat, I wanted to jump up and down, and I did, as soon as I was out of sight.

It’s not big, I can see the difference myself but it kind of all feels worth it, you know. Like it’s just not my imagination and I’m having a visible transformation?

I started at 104.5kgs and down to 92.6kgs as of this morning. It’s been a crazy journey so far and I’m still around 27kg-30kg away from my goal.

I’ve had a rough couple of weeks, people came over, went on vacation, been “off track” for around 15 days and still managed to lose almost 3kgs. During those two off weeks I’ve had all kinds of junk food, still tried to avoid fried when I could and stayed in a deficit as best as I could.

And TODAY, after almost 2 months of being on this weight loss journey and being on mounjaro, someone I haven’t seen in months finally said “Didi, you’ve gotten slimmer”. I had to act nonchalant and say it’s nothing but chat, I wanted to jump up and down, and I did, as soon as I was out of sight.

It’s not big, I can see the difference myself but it kind of all feels worth it, you know. Like it’s just not my imagination and I’m having a visible transformation?

So, I’ve recently started GLP-1 (Mounjaro). I had my fourth dose yesterday 2.5mg. I used to love food, like not just unhealthy food but food in general and now even though I do get cravings, it’s very easy to move past them.

I’m not generally someone who seeks variety, like I can eat the same meal for weeks and it doesn’t bother me if I really like it. And I was enjoying my diet. I have a set number of things I eat in a day because 1. It keeps me aware of my calorie intake and 2. It’s easy to prepare instead of constantly wondering what to eat. So today I had those meals and they tasted awful. I made them how I usually prepare my food and I had to force myself to eat them because they tasted so bad I wasn’t able to finish them. I’ve only had some brown rice and a fruit yogurt, both of which fit my diet and I like them. But they tasted so bad that I couldn’t wait to get it over with. Basically I only ate because I had to not because I was enjoying it or I was hungry (I rarely get hunger signals)

Is that a side effect of the dose? Should I be doing something to fix that?

So, I’ve recently started GLP-1 (Mounjaro). I had my fourth dose yesterday 2.5mg. I used to love food, like not just unhealthy food but food in general and now even though I do get cravings, it’s very easy to move past them.

I’m not generally someone who seeks variety, like I can eat the same meal for weeks and it doesn’t bother me if I really like it. And I was enjoying my diet. I have a set number of things I eat in a day because 1. It keeps me aware of my calorie intake and 2. It’s easy to prepare instead of constantly wondering what to eat. So today I had those meals and they tasted awful. I made them how I usually prepare my food and I had to force myself to eat them because they tasted so bad I wasn’t able to finish them. I’ve only had some brown rice and a fruit yogurt, both of which fit my diet and I like them. But they tasted so bad that I couldn’t wait to get it over with. Basically I only ate because I had to not because I was enjoying it or I was hungry (I rarely get hunger signals)

Is that a side effect of the dose? Should I be doing something to fix that?

So, I’ve recently started GLP-1 (Mounjaro). I had my fourth dose yesterday 2.5mg. I used to love food, like not just unhealthy food but food in general and now even though I do get cravings, it’s very easy to move past them.

I’m not generally someone who seeks variety, like I can eat the same meal for weeks and it doesn’t bother me if I really like it. And I was enjoying my diet. I have a set number of things I eat in a day because 1. It keeps me aware of my calorie intake and 2. It’s easy to prepare instead of constantly wondering what to eat. So today I had those meals and they tasted awful. I made them how I usually prepare my food and I had to force myself to eat them because they tasted so bad I wasn’t able to finish them. I’ve only had some brown rice and a fruit yogurt, both of which fit my diet and I like them. But they tasted so bad that I couldn’t wait to get it over with. Basically I only ate because I had to not because I was enjoying it or I was hungry (I rarely get hunger signals)

Is that a side effect of the dose? Should I be doing something to fix that?