In my mid thirties I was at my peak, clean eating and crossfit 5x a week, about 125 at 5'5" with visible abs lol. Then perimenopause hit lol. Now 49, still crossfit five days weekly and eating healthy, and the weight wouldn't budge. I got up to 165 on roughly 1000 calories daily. Started semaglutide last August and I'm down to 120, a size 0 again, without even eating great. I used to eat much cleaner and couldn't lose. These days my food is fairly healthy with dessert some evenings and pizza on request, and it's honestly amazing.
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Feeling so grateful for this journey!
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pretzel-planneriii
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I hear you, but I'm just glad help finally exists. I fought my weight for 25 years following my first pregnancy, and across the most recent 15 of them I was also insulin resistant, hypothyroid and in perimenopause, so I got the extra sting of feeling like a failure when everything I patiently did should have worked. I'm so glad you didn't face a weight problem until nearly 50, same as me. Have fun with the journey!