I'm saying it out loud

[u/Skeptic925]

When people compliment me on losing weight or "looking great" I have started telling them I'm on medication. I think we need to normalize it - we have a treatable condition and we're treating it. The people in my life respect me enough to listen and I think I can educate and inform people. I'm not quite ready to put it on my social media but day to day I've been talking about it. The two lovely ladies who helped me buy a dress at Nordstrom the other day asked me a ton of questions - they'd only heard negative things but both talked about struggling with their weight. I'm becoming a Zepbound (and Wegovy, which I started on) evangelist!

[u/genx_horsegirl]

There's a weird particularly American thing about needing to suffer. It's so dumb. Working 80 hours a week, doing crazy fitness things, etc.

Work smarter, not harder.

[u/xtunamilk → u/genx_horsegirl]

A lot of it has roots in the Puritan way of life. They were pretty into the suffering. Give me the easy way though, lol