I Lost 100 Pounds With the Help of a GLP-1. Here’s What Changed for Me.

Weight is one of those things where you’re shamed if you do and shamed if you don’t. People have something to say about your body, then have something to say about how you change it. At some point, you have to decide for yourself, and I got to the point where I didn’t feel comfortable in my own body.

When I first heard about semaglutide, something in me lit up. I kept reading and hearing about these major transformations people were having, and hoping that maybe something like this could help me one day because…your girl needed help. And GLP-1’s were cheaper than a personal chef and body trainer.

GLP-1s changed my life. I’m not ashamed to admit that or share my experience.

But with the help of semaglutide and trizepatide, I’ve officially lost 100 pounds since starting this journey in 2023. I’ve maintained that loss for over a year without having to make dieting my whole personality.

And that’s what I love most about GLP-1s, I didn’t have to constantly think about dieting. I know the haters will say I took the easy route, and what I say to that is… what's wrong with that?! My fellow millennials can relate, we’ve been dieting since we were like 10 years old lol! IYKYN.

I was overwhelmed and didn’t realize how much

After I had my twins, I never lost the baby weight. I actually gained more. And then had a 4th baby.

Looking back, I think I was more overwhelmed than I realized or even admitted. I had four babies in six years. I was starting businesses, working for myself, PPD, and going through a separation. I was dealing with 101 things, and trying to manage my diet felt like another job I didn’t have the energy for. Losing weight wasn’t as easy as it was in my 20s, and I just wasn’t (and couldn’t) prioritize myself.

Especially when you’re trying to lose a significant amount of weight, it can feel like you’re constantly doing math, planning meals, starting over, and wondering why something that works for someone else doesn’t work for you. A lot of the time, it felt like my hard work was resulting in the opposite of what I was trying to accomplish. I’d be practically starving myself, and the next day I was 2lbs heavier.

And I tried! Diets, exercise, diet pills, keto, eating clean, Mediterranean. You name it. I was willing to try things because I wanted to feel better, but I wasn’t getting where I wanted to be.

That part gets left out of these conversations. I was putting effort into my diet and exercising, and I was still struggling. And unless you’ve had to lose a significant amount of weight, you wouldn’t understand how much space the guilt and stress take up in your head.

The food noise got quiet

The biggest difference I noticed with the GLP-1 was that I wasn’t constantly thinking about food.

Before that, it felt like my life revolved around what I was eating next, or what I wasn’t supposed to eat. Every meal was something else to overthink, on top of all my other overthinking lol. Not helpful.

What am I eating? Should I eat that? What am I making later? I just ate, so why do I want something else?

I didn’t realize how much space all of that was taking up until it quieted down.

I wasn’t eating just because I was craving something when I wasn’t even hungry. I stopped eating out of boredom. I stopped overeating. I could eat and move on with my day without immediately thinking about the next thing. Eating became for energy rather than pleasure. But don’t get me wrong, I’m a foodie through and through and still take pleasure in good food, eating out with friends and cooking.

Summer 2024 is when I really started to see the physical changes.

I also found myself making better choices because when I was eating less, I wanted to make my calories count. Food became easier to manage, and I finally had some room in my head for other things.

With everything else going on in my life, that alone made a huge difference.

The weight came off, and I started feeling like myself again

I didn’t realize how much I hadn’t been feeling like myself. It had been so long that I think I’d accepted it as just how things were now. I was a mom, I was busy, I had a lot going on. I don’t think I’d stopped to really acknowledge how I felt about myself.

During that period, with the separation and everything I was trying to manage, this felt like the one positive thing happening in my life. I had something to feel good about. Something was finally working, and I could see it and feel it.

I’ve lost 100 lbs, and it still feels crazy saying that. At my highest, I didn’t even set out to lose 100 lbs. I didn’t think it was possible for ME to lose that much weight.

I’m still a mom of four, still working for myself, still dealing with more things than I’d like to list. Having support with my weight has made a part of my life that used to feel exhausting more manageable.

That’s why I’m comfortable talking about it. There may be somebody reading this who recognizes the constant thinking about food, the trying everything and nothing’s working, or the feeling that you haven’t been yourself in a long time. I want you to have the full context when you see my pictures and hear me talk about losing weight.

As the weight came off, I started to recognize myself again. That’s been a turning point for me.

Where MaxLife fits into my experience

MaxLife is my current provider, and I receive care through a partnership with them. My weight-loss experience started before that partnership, but they’re part of my ongoing care.

If you’re interested in learning about their program, you can use my referral link below to explore their services and speak with their clinical team about your own health history, options, and costs. You’ll also save a little something on your first month!

[Learn more about MaxLife: app.maxlife.com/b9a7c]

I’m sharing what this has looked like for me. Your experience may be different, and treatment is something to discuss with a qualified clinician.

For me, GLP-1s have changed my life. I’m glad I gave myself permission to get help.

Disclosure: MaxLife provides care through our partnership. This post includes my referral link.