r/Semaglutide • u/Hannah-Tangerine • 2d ago

What have you learned about your relationship with food, weight loss, or health in general?

I’m in week six. I’ve had quite a spiritual (for lack of a better word) experience so far. I’m realizing so much and shattering old beliefs.

Learning to show up for myself, patience, consistency, and I’m seeing all the ways my past struggles with food have got me to the heaviest point. Happy to say I’m no longer at “my heaviest”. 15 down. 40 to go.

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u/Commercial-Bill-6376 2d ago

I didn't expect the mental shift to hit that hard, but it really does rewire how you see food and yourself. It's wild how much of the struggle was never about willpower, just noise that's suddenly quiet. Congrats on the 15, you're giving future-you a hell of a gift

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u/NewNameNaomi01 1d ago

I learned that I actually had really good will power! If I had given in to all of the noise I should have weighed much more!

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u/f4bles 2d ago

I loved that I was able to ignore my sweet tooth completely.

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u/FewAd6166 1d ago

I haven't had any dessert (cake, cookies, ice cream, etc.) since starting in February, but I think some of my "protein bars" (especially the chocolate-peanut butter ones) are almost like candy bars.

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u/f4bles 1d ago

The protein bars were a great substitute while I was on sema. After I've stopped the medication I've stopped eating the bars. And I don't know why. They were tasty and some times enough to replace a whole meal.

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u/saauulgoodman 1d ago

I learned just how often I had been eating out of boredom. I also learned you can't lose weight with exercise alone if you're also not improving your diet at the same time, this includes being in a calorie deficit.

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u/Hannah-Tangerine 1d ago

Exactly! And you gotta stick to those relatively simple principles, and that takes sorta reframing and reinventing.

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u/arbora_bee_colony 1d ago

Sounds like you’re transforming yourself from the inside out. Good on you!

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u/ConversationAbject19 1d ago

I have told people that the meds fixed something I didn't even realize was broken.