Courtney :
I’m currently on zepbound. Now before I started I was 250lbs, pre diabetic, high blood pressure, severe sleep apnea, and my joints were being destroyed. I started zepbound 5 months ago and I am at 180lbs. Still 30-40lbs to get to my goal weight, but I am also very short. According to the bmi chart, I am supposed to be 110lbs. However I do not want to be a twig. I want to feel confident and have a curvy/toned body. I just want to be healthy for my two kids and to be around for years to come and watch them grow up. Ya know? Along with the weight loss, my BP has gone down to a healthier level, I am no longer pre diabetic, and my joints are starting to not hurt as bad. I see your points for sure. I just want to put in my reason and thought process as to why I chose this route because there are many reasons for different people and not all are just to be skinny. After my second was born, he’s now 8, I had sever post partum depression, my metabolism essentially came to a halt, and I lost myself. Keep in mind, I was a curvy but thinner girl my entire life. I have a smaller body type so I was around 120 as an adult until I had my daughter, now 10. I went from 120 up to 180 with my pregnancy with her and started to lose a little then got pregnant with my son where my weight just kept climbing. It was hard to keep up with them as they were growing, I was unhealthy, and unhappy. I spent years, literally YEARS doing everything I could to try to naturally lose weight. No matter how hard I tried, it wouldn’t come off because my body gave up. My PCP spent the last 2 years trying to offer help of a glp-1 but I kept turning it down because I hadn’t heard a lot of positive outcomes. So I really started doing my research while still eating healthy, smaller portions, daily exercise on top of my very physically demanding job, and then finally caved. Honestly, I’m glad I did. My health is actually improving for the better on multiple things. I am finally starting to feel confident in my own body, I can keep up better with my kids, and health issues that were rising are going back to normal. Just sharing my story so people can see there are positive outcomes too. 💛
2026-07-29 04:06:43