Do you ever worry we are Algernon?
This is for those who, like me, have seen their body change size multiple times in life. I dieted for a long time, got smaller, but always to see my weight regain anyway. Eventually I realized it was not my fault, that this is the story of the vast majority of people who try to lose weight.
So, I turned to intuitive eating, anti diet, body positivity to accept myself at a larger size. The fact is, there was no way to permanently shrink myself so the best thing I could do was try to be healthy at a larger size and accept my body as it is. Only my health got worse the bigger I got and I was never happy with my larger body.
Enter … glp-1s. It changes everything because now we may actually have a way to address and treat the root cause. I know I have obesity, this is a chronic condition, and Zepbound is treating it. Extremely successfully so far. I’m nine months in and almost at weight I hope to maintain. Most importantly, my health has improved by several measures.
But now I have this fear and the book Flowers for Algernon keeps coming into my mind. If you are not familiar, it is a fiction novel about a man with a very low IQ who is a participant in a study using a medication that makes you smarter. It works, he becomes extremely smart but eventually it has negative effects and either stops working or he has to stop taking it. In any case, he goes back to who he was in the beginning. It’s a very depressing book.
What if i am just enjoying a temporary body? What if it does lose its efficacy over time? I feel so much better, physically and mentally about my body. This is the healthiest I’ve been in years. I’m just so scared it won’t last and I already know I am not happy in a big body. (Yes, even after therapy and reading multiple books)
Anyone else feel like this and what are you doing about this fear?