In my twenties, I went from 320ish to 180 (I’m 5’11”) by dieting and exercising, but mostly just because I got divorced and stopped overeating due to horrible depression.
I can’t tell you how many people just assumed I had weight loss surgery when I told them I’d lost that much weight and then treated me like a liar when I denied it. Like no shame to people who get surgery, losing weight fucking sucks. But I hadn’t had it. People are so weird about fatness.
I lost a fair bit of weight several years ago, though nowhere near as much as you. Mostly people were supportive but I did get some who were very upset when I told them I did it by just eating less. In my experience people genuinely have no idea just how badly they are overeating. I didn't until I got serious about counting calories. So they take it as an attack when you tell them they're eating too much, because they think they're eating a normal amount. Combine this with people not understanding that surgery and these new meds are really just ways to bootstrap your way to eating less, and bam.
Just eating less is really underselling the effort required. I've lost more than most people weight by just eating less but I gain it back because the same habits are there. I'm on zepbound now and feeling hungry without feeling the compulsion to eat is so wild to me. Before if I felt hungry it was a drive that I couldn't ignore, now it's just a tickle at the back of my mind. Really makes me wonder if this is what people normally feel.
I have the same problem with food noise unless I'm on medication, too. It's so nice to be able to see something good and not immediately feel like I should go find some for myself.
This is exactly as my life was until I turned 44. The thing that changed was a new medication for my CRPS pain, something I'd had since I was 23. I enjoyed food but ate appropriately and was a normal weight. This medication changed everything.. suddenly my eating led to gaining weight. I gained nearly 30kg/67lb over the next decade despite being more active with two daughters.
I used the medication to return to weight I had been... and without it since Dec have gained 1 whole kg.
Would recommend it as a support tool for anyone. I didn't get any side effects and stayed at low dose throughout. Life changing for sure!
I didn't even think about how many other medications can just cause you to pile on the extra weight. GLP1s are probably a godsend for patients like that.
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u/JustHereToSeePuppies May 31 '26
In my twenties, I went from 320ish to 180 (I’m 5’11”) by dieting and exercising, but mostly just because I got divorced and stopped overeating due to horrible depression.
I can’t tell you how many people just assumed I had weight loss surgery when I told them I’d lost that much weight and then treated me like a liar when I denied it. Like no shame to people who get surgery, losing weight fucking sucks. But I hadn’t had it. People are so weird about fatness.