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Having lost pretty much all the weight I need to and having been in maintenance for a few months now, and semi-maintenance for over a year now I feel like this is me now. I look at old photos and I don't even feel like that person is me anymore.

Yet, on several occasions I've had dreams about regaining the weight. I'd almost label them nightmares but I don't really have nightmares per se.

Having lost all this weight, the more time goes on the more I'm amazed I was able to lose it all. For example, the thought of losing say 5 kilos feels almost insurmountable right now and so I think how on earth did I lose over 60?

I simply don't think I'd be capable of doing it again. I've never lost this much weight before, the closest I ever got by my own attempts was still well into obese territory so I guess that's where the subconscious fear stems from.

I know so long as I'm on these meds I'm relatively safe, but still, I guess deep down I'm worried I'm living on borrowed time or something.

Had a funny experience the other night and thought I'd share.

I was walking into our local supermarket and as I was walking in he was walking out. It's been about a year since we last saw each other (I work from home) but I was already losing weight then and had probably lost about half of the 135ish pounds I've now lost and he said it took a moment for him to recognize me.

Fast forward back to last night he's walking out and I wave at him and walk towards him to say hello. As I'm waving and walking towards him, he gives me the look you'd give a crazy-looking homeless person muttering on the street quickly approaching you.

As I get close I say hi and it's at that point I can tell he finally recognizes me as he becomes washed over with relief and he says that he completely didn't recognize me and I was like yeah, I could tell lol.

I've had people tell me they've had to do double takes (including a friend who I recently saw after about the same amount of time) but this is the first time I've had the reaction of someone quite obviously not recognizing me at all lol.

Had a funny experience the other night and thought I'd share.

I was walking into our local supermarket and as I was walking in he was walking out. It's been about a year since we last saw each other (I work from home) but I was already losing weight then and had probably lost about half of the 60+ kilos (135ish pounds) I've now lost and he said it took a moment for him to recognize me.

Fast forward back to last night he's walking out and I wave at him and walk towards him to say hello. As I'm waving and walking towards him, he gives me the look you'd give a crazy-looking homeless person muttering on the street quickly approaching you.

As I get close I say hi and it's at that point I can tell he finally recognizes me as he becomes washed over with relief and he says that he completely didn't recognize me and I was like yeah, I could tell lol.

I've had people tell me they've had to do double takes (including a friend who I recently saw after about the same amount of time) but this is the first time I've had the reaction of someone quite obviously not recognizing me at all lol.

Long story short, someone bought what they thought was retatrutide but instead was semaglutide at 8x the max available dose you can get in Australia.

Some people seem to find major changes in the way they're treated after they've lost weight, but this hasn't really been my experience so far. I feel like I'm treated pretty much the same, except for one phenomena I've noticed happen enough times now I'm wondering if there's something to it or I'm going unhinged lol.

Several times now when I've ordered a bunch of food, I've noticed the waitresses seem somewhat amused. I'm not really sure why, but I get the feeling that either it's coming from a sense of shock that someone my size has ordered that much food, and perhaps they're happy I'm treating/indulging myself?

I'm curious if anyone experienced something like this?

To give an example, earlier today my wife and I were coming back from a holiday away and just before we left we passed a bakery with some delicious looking cakes. I decided to buy a few slices to take home with us.

After looking a bit I decided on several and then pointed them out and after the third one (I ended up getting four) the baker seemed quite amused by the fact I had ordered so many. I had the exact same reaction getting a massive serving of ice cream a few months ago, and twice during a buffet / all you can eat restaurant.

Before, the reactions I got were rather professional and if anything looking back on it they were probably like "of course you're getting all this food, look at you". In any case, I dunno how to read this and it's throwing me off lol.

I've posted plenty of before and afters so forgive me if I'm a bit lazy in not posting one here now as I just share some reflections 😄

Before MJ I often set the lofty goal of trying to get down to 110 kilos (from the 140s-150s depending on how things were going) as it would get me out of the obese BMI category and I honestly didn't think I'd be able to lose much more than that.

In reality, I never got much below 130 (best before MJ was 127.6kg). Despite this, when I went onto MJ I decided to aim for 100 kilos and I'm not sure why. At the time I had very little knowledge of the medication, and from what I could tell I'd be lucky to get into the 110s based on the average losses but I had to aim for something.

The first month (almost 2) I didn't really read up on it and didn't browse reddit communities about glp-1s, and I'm kinda glad I didn't. There's a lot of success stories here which are motivating and helped push me through to my goal, but I didn't really begin responding till 5mg. If you read the various subreddits it feels like everyone is having kilos shedded off them every week on 2.5mg. I think it would've discouraged me and ultimately caused me not to bother titrating up.

Over time though I joined and became involved in many communities and spent more time than I care to admit on it. Part of the reason I post so many before and afters now is to pay it forward. I relied so much on other's posts to get me through. As many of you know, 50+ kilos is a lot of weight to lose and even if you lose it relatively quickly like I did, it's still a year + journey to complete. It's hard to keep the faith and not get discouraged with how far you've got left to go.

I was lucky that once I got onto 5mg I only ever experienced 1 stall during my active weight loss phase but it happened right around the 110 kilo mark which was a bit nerve wracking. Firstly because it was around my historical goal weight and major BMI milestone, but secondly because it was so close to my then goal weight. To come so close, but still be so far away felt tragic.

Yet since that point I hit my original goal weight and then went on to lose another 10 kilos to sit around 90-91. On one hand I want to say that it felt effortless, but on the other hand I don't want to discount the hard work I put in. I was strict with my calories and with my activity. While my diet has much room for improvement, it's leaps and bounds better than before. I now average over 10K steps a day. I used to order and get everything delivered and now I find excuses to walk everywhere and now run 4-5 days a week. I'm a very different person than before.

I remember constantly being hungry and not being able to sleep at night during previous weight loss attempts. It took so much hard work both mental and physical and despite that I could never get past the 130s. Yet, this medication changed everything. I no longer had to fight my hunger with every ounce of my being, and still be able to function as a working adult. That was taken care of and I could put that mental energy into other pursuits.

In November it'll be 2 years since I started and it's hard to believe it's been that long already. During the weight loss phase it felt like time was crawling (and the weight loss even slower) but now that I'm in maintenance it feels like it happened so quickly. Almost like a blur. I guess ultimately that's the reason I'm writing this post; to encourage you to keep up the fight. I know it's a long journey now in the midst of it, but once you're on the other side it'll feel like no time at all.

You can do it! Believe in yourself and keep at it!

I've posted plenty of before and afters so forgive me if I'm a bit lazy in not posting one here now as I just share some reflections 😄

Before MJ I often set the lofty goal of trying to get down to 110 kilos (from the 140s-150s depending on how things were going) as it would get me out of the obese BMI category and I honestly didn't think I'd be able to lose much more than that.

In reality, I never got much below 130 (best before MJ was 127.6kg). Despite this, when I went onto MJ I decided to aim for 100 kilos and I'm not sure why. At the time I had very little knowledge of the medication, and from what I could tell I'd be lucky to get into the 110s based on the average losses but I had to aim for something.

The first month (almost 2) I didn't really read up on it and didn't browse reddit communities about glp-1s, and I'm kinda glad I didn't. There's a lot of success stories here which are motivating and helped push me through to my goal, but I didn't really begin responding till 5mg. If you read the various subreddits it feels like everyone is having kilos shedded off them every week on 2.5mg. I think it would've discouraged me and ultimately caused me not to bother titrating up.

Over time though I joined and became involved in many communities and spent more time than I care to admit on it. Part of the reason I post so many before and afters now is to pay it forward. I relied so much on other's posts to get me through. As many of you know, 50+ kilos is a lot of weight to lose and even if you lose it relatively quickly like I did, it's still a year + journey to complete. It's hard to keep the faith and not get discouraged with how far you've got left to go.

I was lucky that once I got onto 5mg I only ever experienced 1 stall during my active weight loss phase but it happened right around the 110 kilo mark which was a bit nerve wracking. Firstly because it was around my historical goal weight and major BMI milestone, but secondly because it was so close to my then goal weight. To come so close, but still be so far away felt tragic.

Yet since that point I hit my original goal weight and then went on to lose another 10 kilos to sit around 90-91. On one hand I want to say that it felt effortless, but on the other hand I don't want to discount the hard work I put in. I was strict with my calories and with my activity. While my diet has much room for improvement, it's leaps and bounds better than before. I now average over 10K steps a day. I used to order and get everything delivered and now I find excuses to walk everywhere and now run 4-5 days a week. I'm a very different person than before.

I remember constantly being hungry and not being able to sleep at night during previous weight loss attempts. It took so much hard work both mental and physical and despite that I could never get past the 130s. Yet, this medication changed everything. I no longer had to fight my hunger with every ounce of my being, and still be able to function as a working adult. That was taken care of and I could put that mental energy into other pursuits.

In November it'll be 2 years since I started and it's hard to believe it's been that long already. During the weight loss phase it felt like time was crawling (and the weight loss even slower) but now that I'm in maintenance it feels like it happened so quickly. Almost like a blur. I guess ultimately that's the reason I'm writing this post; to encourage you to keep up the fight. I know it's a long journey now in the midst of it, but once you're on the other side it'll feel like no time at all.

You can do it! Believe in yourself and keep at it!

I've posted plenty of before and afters so forgive me if I'm a bit lazy in not posting one here now as I just share some reflections 😄

Before MJ I often set the lofty goal of trying to get down to 110 kilos (from the 140s-150s depending on how things were going) as it would get me out of the obese BMI category and I honestly didn't think I'd be able to lose much more than that.

In reality, I never got much below 130 (best before MJ was 127.6kg). Despite this, when I went onto MJ I decided to aim for 100 kilos and I'm not sure why. At the time I had very little knowledge of the medication, and from what I could tell I'd be lucky to get into the 110s based on the average losses but I had to aim for something.

The first month (almost 2) I didn't really read up on it and didn't browse reddit communities about glp-1s, and I'm kinda glad I didn't. There's a lot of success stories here which are motivating and helped push me through to my goal, but I didn't really begin responding till 5mg. If you read the various subreddits it feels like everyone is having kilos shedded off them every week on 2.5mg. I think it would've discouraged me and ultimately caused me not to bother titrating up.

Over time though I joined and became involved in many communities and spent more time than I care to admit on it. Part of the reason I post so many before and afters now is to pay it forward. I relied so much on other's posts to get me through. As many of you know, 50+ kilos is a lot of weight to lose and even if you lose it relatively quickly like I did, it's still a year + journey to complete. It's hard to keep the faith and not get discouraged with how far you've got left to go.

I was lucky that once I got onto 5mg I only ever experienced 1 stall during my active weight loss phase but it happened right around the 110 kilo mark which was a bit nerve wracking. Firstly because it was around my historical goal weight and major BMI milestone, but secondly because it was so close to my then goal weight. To come so close, but still be so far away felt tragic.

Yet since that point I hit my original goal weight and then went on to lose another 10 kilos to sit around 90-91. On one hand I want to say that it felt effortless, but on the other hand I don't want to discount the hard work I put in. I was strict with my calories and with my activity. While my diet has much room for improvement, it's leaps and bounds better than before. I now average over 10K steps a day. I used to order and get everything delivered and now I find excuses to walk everywhere and now run 4-5 days a week. I'm a very different person than before.

I remember constantly being hungry and not being able to sleep at night during previous weight loss attempts. It took so much hard work both mental and physical and despite that I could never get past the 130s. Yet, this medication changed everything. I no longer had to fight my hunger with every ounce of my being, and still be able to function as a working adult. That was taken care of and I could put that mental energy into other pursuits.

In November it'll be 2 years since I started and it's hard to believe it's been that long already. During the weight loss phase it felt like time was crawling (and the weight loss even slower) but now that I'm in maintenance it feels like it happened so quickly. Almost like a blur. I guess ultimately that's the reason I'm writing this post; to encourage you to keep up the fight. I know it's a long journey now in the midst of it, but once you're on the other side it'll feel like no time at all.

You can do it! Believe in yourself and keep at it!

I've posted plenty of before and afters so forgive me if I'm a bit lazy in not posting one here now as I just share some reflections 😄

Before MJ I often set the lofty goal of trying to get down to 110 kilos (from the 140s-150s depending on how things were going) as it would get me out of the obese BMI category and I honestly didn't think I'd be able to lose much more than that.

In reality, I never got much below 130 (best before MJ was 127.6kg). Despite this, when I went onto MJ I decided to aim for 100 kilos and I'm not sure why. At the time I had very little knowledge of the medication, and from what I could tell I'd be lucky to get into the 110s based on the average losses but I had to aim for something.

The first month (almost 2) I didn't really read up on it and didn't browse reddit communities about glp-1s, and I'm kinda glad I didn't. There's a lot of success stories here which are motivating and helped push me through to my goal, but I didn't really begin responding till 5mg. If you read the various subreddits it feels like everyone is having kilos shedded off them every week on 2.5mg. I think it would've discouraged me and ultimately caused me not to bother titrating up.

Over time though I joined and became involved in many communities and spent more time than I care to admit on it. Part of the reason I post so many before and afters now is to pay it forward. I relied so much on other's posts to get me through. As many of you know, 100+ pounds is a lot of weight to lose and even if you lose it relatively quickly like I did, it's still a year + journey to complete. It's hard to keep the faith and not get discouraged with how far you've got left to go.

I was lucky that once I got onto 5mg I only ever experienced 1 stall during my active weight loss phase but it happened right around the 110 kilo mark which was a bit nerve wracking. Firstly because it was around my historical goal weight and major BMI milestone, but secondly because it was so close to my then goal weight. To come so close, but still be so far away felt tragic.

Yet since that point I hit my original goal weight and then went on to lose another 10 kilos to sit around 90-91. On one hand I want to say that it felt effortless, but on the other hand I don't want to discount the hard work I put in. I was strict with my calories and with my activity. While my diet has much room for improvement, it's leaps and bounds better than before. I now average over 10K steps a day. I used to order and get everything delivered and now I find excuses to walk everywhere and now run 4-5 days a week. I'm a very different person than before.

I remember constantly being hungry and not being able to sleep at night during previous weight loss attempts. It took so much hard work both mental and physical and despite that I could never get past the 130s. Yet, this medication changed everything. I no longer had to fight my hunger with every ounce of my being, and still be able to function as a working adult. That was taken care of and I could put that mental energy into other pursuits.

In November it'll be 2 years since I started and it's hard to believe it's been that long already. During the weight loss phase it felt like time was crawling (and the weight loss even slower) but now that I'm in maintenance it feels like it happened so quickly. Almost like a blur. I guess ultimately that's the reason I'm writing this post; to encourage you to keep up the fight. I know it's a long journey now in the midst of it, but once you're on the other side it'll feel like no time at all.

You can do it! Believe in yourself and keep at it!

I've posted plenty of before and afters so forgive me if I'm a bit lazy in not posting one here now as I just share some reflections 😄

Before the meds I often set the lofty goal of trying to get down to 240lbs (from the 300s-330s depending on how things were going) as it would get me out of the obese BMI category and I honestly didn't think I'd be able to lose much more than that.

In reality, I never got much below 285 (best before was 281.3). Despite this, when I went onto the meds I decided to aim for 220lbs and I'm not sure why. At the time I had very little knowledge of the medication, and from what I could tell I'd be lucky to get into the 240s based on the average losses but I had to aim for something.

The first month (almost 2) I didn't really read up on it and didn't browse reddit communities about glp-1s, and I'm kinda glad I didn't. There's a lot of success stories here which are motivating and helped push me through to my goal, but I didn't really begin responding till 5mg. If you read the various subreddits it feels like everyone is having pounds shedded off them every week on 2.5mg. I think it would've discouraged me and ultimately caused me not to bother titrating up.

Over time though I joined and became involved in many communities and spent more time than I care to admit on it. Part of the reason I post so many before and afters now is to pay it forward. I relied so much on other's posts to get me through. As many of you know, 100+ pounds is a lot of weight to lose and even if you lose it relatively quickly like I did, it's still a year + journey to complete. It's hard to keep the faith and not get discouraged with how far you've got left to go.

I was lucky that once I got onto 5mg I only ever experienced 1 stall during my active weight loss phase but it happened right around the 240lbs mark which was a bit nerve wracking. Firstly because it was around my historical goal weight and major BMI milestone, but secondly because it was so close to my then goal weight. To come so close, but still be so far away felt tragic.

Yet since that point I hit my original goal weight and then went on to lose another 20+ pounds to sit around 200. On one hand I want to say that it felt effortless, but on the other hand I don't want to discount the hard work I put in. I was strict with my calories and with my activity. While my diet has much room for improvement, it's leaps and bounds better than before. I now average over 10K steps a day. I used to order and get everything delivered and now I find excuses to walk everywhere and now run 4-5 days a week. I'm a very different person than before.

I remember constantly being hungry and not being able to sleep at night during previous weight loss attempts. It took so much hard work both mental and physical and despite that I could never get past the 290s. Yet, this medication changed everything. I no longer had to fight my hunger with every ounce of my being, and still be able to function as a working adult. That was taken care of and I could put that mental energy into other pursuits.

In November it'll be 2 years since I started and it's hard to believe it's been that long already. During the weight loss phase it felt like time was crawling (and the weight loss even slower) but now that I'm in maintenance it feels like it happened so quickly. Almost like a blur. I guess ultimately that's the reason I'm writing this post; to encourage you to keep up the fight. I know it's a long journey now in the midst of it, but once you're on the other side it'll feel like no time at all.

You can do it! Believe in yourself and keep at it!

I've posted plenty of before and afters so forgive me if I'm a bit lazy in not posting one here now as I just share some reflections 😄

Before MJ I often set the lofty goal of trying to get down to 110 kilos (from the 140s-150s depending on how things were going) as it would get me out of the obese BMI category and I honestly didn't think I'd be able to lose much more than that.

In reality, I never got much below 130 (best before MJ was 127.6kg). Despite this, when I went onto MJ I decided to aim for 100 kilos and I'm not sure why. At the time I had very little knowledge of the medication, and from what I could tell I'd be lucky to get into the 110s based on the average losses but I had to aim for something.

The first month (almost 2) I didn't really read up on it and didn't browse reddit communities about glp-1s, and I'm kinda glad I didn't. There's a lot of success stories here which are motivating and helped push me through to my goal, but I didn't really begin responding till 5mg. If you read the various subreddits it feels like everyone is having kilos shedded off them every week on 2.5mg. I think it would've discouraged me and ultimately caused me not to bother titrating up.

Over time though I joined and became involved in many communities and spent more time than I care to admit on it. Part of the reason I post so many before and afters now is to pay it forward. I relied so much on other's posts to get me through. As many of you know, 100+ pounds is a lot of weight to lose and even if you lose it relatively quickly like I did, it's still a year + journey to complete. It's hard to keep the faith and not get discouraged with how far you've got left to go.

I was lucky that once I got onto 5mg I only ever experienced 1 stall during my active weight loss phase but it happened right around the 110 kilo mark which was a bit nerve wracking. Firstly because it was around my historical goal weight and major BMI milestone, but secondly because it was so close to my then goal weight. To come so close, but still be so far away felt tragic.

Yet since that point I hit my original goal weight and then went on to lose another 10 kilos to sit around 90-91. On one hand I want to say that it felt effortless, but on the other hand I don't want to discount the hard work I put in. I was strict with my calories and with my activity. While my diet has much room for improvement, it's leaps and bounds better than before. I now average over 10K steps a day. I used to order and get everything delivered and now I find excuses to walk everywhere and now run 4-5 days a week. I'm a very different person than before.

I remember constantly being hungry and not being able to sleep at night during previous weight loss attempts. It took so much hard work both mental and physical and despite that I could never get past the 130s. Yet, this medication changed everything. I no longer had to fight my hunger with every ounce of my being, and still be able to function as a working adult. That was taken care of and I could put that mental energy into other pursuits.

In November it'll be 2 years since I started and it's hard to believe it's been that long already. During the weight loss phase it felt like time was crawling (and the weight loss even slower) but now that I'm in maintenance it feels like it happened so quickly. Almost like a blur. I guess ultimately that's the reason I'm writing this post; to encourage you to keep up the fight. I know it's a long journey now in the midst of it, but once you're on the other side it'll feel like no time at all.

You can do it! Believe in yourself and keep at it!