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Real Love, Real Life
EP 16: The Calm After the Cravings
She didn’t start a GLP-1 journey to get skinny, she just wanted the constant food noise to stop. 13 weeks in, she’s down 22 pounds, eating less without fighting herself, and finally has energy to enjoy life again.
This episode is the real stuff: what the shots feel like, how cravings change, what she eats now, and how it actually feels to not think about food all day.
If you're curious, skeptical, or just tired of the mental tug-of-war with hunger, this one’s for you.
Let’s talk real-life GLP-1 results, no shame, no hype.
Hi guys, welcome back to Real Love Real Life Podcast. I'm your host, Jasmine.
SPEAKER_01:And I'm Ernesto. Did I say that wrong? Ernesto?
SPEAKER_00:No. Um, okay, so today we are talking about a hot topic. I feel like I've been seeing this everywhere, um, especially like TikTok, all of that. And then also I'm using it. We're talking about GLP ones. Um, I don't know if you're interested in this topic. I didn't even ask you.
SPEAKER_01:No, I think you said it's a hot topic. I see everybody talking about it.
SPEAKER_00:Literally. I feel like I've never like seen it this much. It's actually been a thing for I don't know why I ate that protein bar before I started this because now I'm gonna have heartburn the entire episode. But, anyways, um, yeah, I it's everywhere. I've actually been using it um for 13 weeks now. I just took my 13th shot on Wednesday and I'm down 22 pounds. Lee, you should put a picture. Um, if we can, we should put a picture of my first podcast episode and like this one side by side. Because I was actually looking at it and I was like, You couldn't believe it. Holy moly, like what happened? I still have a long way to go, but you could like, I think that's the first place like you could see it as someone's face.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And I'm like, why was I so round?
SPEAKER_01:But you yeah, you could see the difference already.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I mean, I see the difference. Like, even when I don't really like to weigh myself, but like before I was weighing myself, I could already see the difference in like clothes. Like, I think on like on our second episode, I was wearing some jeans. I tried to put them on, I try to put them on the other day, and they just looked so goofy, like they were so big on me. Um, like not even with a belt because then they would be like all scrunched up. So you could see it in the clothes, you could see it in the face. Um, and yeah, so we're just gonna talk about like the good, the bad, the side effects, like all of that. So let's rewind. What is a GLP one? So this is my understanding on a GLP one, okay? Maybe you guys can like Google this and get more like super info.
SPEAKER_01:But technicalities.
SPEAKER_00:What the doctor explained to me was that it kind of mimics um a hormone.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:That's like not doing what it's supposed to do, right? So um it it kind of mimics that hormone. So there's two GLP ones. There's like the, there's like this, the semiglutide and the trisepatite. I've actually tried both. Um, I was first on one that that targets like one hormone. Um, I did absolutely horrible on it. Like I was on it for I think, I don't know, I'd say like six weeks, five, six weeks, and I couldn't get past it. It was so bad. And the day that I decided to quit is we went to um the Great Wood Lodge. Remember, we took the kids on a staycation.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, dang.
SPEAKER_00:And you guys were having fun and all of this, and it was so it was so much fun, but I just I couldn't be present. I was so sick. I was literally, remember, we rented a caban and I was just like laying down on the bench, like shivers, everything. I couldn't like be present. I I just no. And I went home the next day and I was like, you know what, it's not worth it. I'm not even like enjoying myself. Like, I just feel absolutely terrible. And so I quit that. And when I talked to the new provider that I have now, like with this company, he was like, Yeah, so we need to target then like both hormones. Because I was scared. I was like, I just don't want to do it anymore. Um, and he's like, no, like let's try trisepatite, let's give trisepatite a chance for a couple of weeks and then we'll go from there. I love it. I love it. People like reach out to me and they're like, I'm scared. I'm like, just try it.
SPEAKER_01:Like, just try it.
SPEAKER_00:Just try it. So, I mean, I have friends also, like social media friends, that are like, I'm doing so good, like on semi-glutide. Like, they love that. And maybe they don't need to be like attacking both hormones. Maybe they just need that. But obviously, I needed both. So I'm doing so good. I actually, I didn't think that not having food noise was normal. Because my entire life I've had food noise. Like, even when I was like a kid, I even I think back sometimes. I'm always even telling the kids, like, do you do you want to take a snack here? Like, I I bought these snacks, put them in your backpack just in case. And then, like, I'm not, I'm not hungry throughout the day. And Kevin's like, Mom, I'm fine. Like, he eats his lunch and then he says he's fine for the rest of the day until he gets home. And I think back and I'm like, something was wrong with me since I was little because I couldn't even function at school. I was always thinking of food. So I think that other people think that way. So I tell the kids, here's here's these bars and try these. And and they're like, I don't, I don't think.
SPEAKER_01:Would you contribute something to your like mom? Or it's just something Was your mom like always feeding you or always like because my sisters weren't like that.
SPEAKER_00:Oh yeah, they're so you know, I I have four older siblings. Um, the oldest one, you know, she some of her life she was a little bit bigger, but she's she's lost the weight and she's been kind of like maintaining herself with like no medications, none of that, just on her own, normal.
unknown:My sister.
SPEAKER_00:The one that lives in Mexico? Yeah. And then my other sister.
SPEAKER_01:Well, the diet is kind of a little bit different over there versus here.
SPEAKER_00:Well, I lived, I lived in Mexico for eight years, and I actually got to my biggest weight over there. And I was broke. So it's just like it's that. I'm telling you, ever since I was little, I always thought that every single like couple of minutes I had to be eating something.
SPEAKER_01:Dang.
SPEAKER_00:All the time. And that's how it was at school too. So then I thought again, that like that the kids were like that and all that. Then I discovered, like, no, and now that I'm on um the GLP one and I don't have that food noise, I'm like, this is what normal people like are like. They eat and then they're not hungry until another time. Or I used to wake up and race to the Keurig, make my coffee, and then start making breakfast. Like before John even woke up. I'm like, I'm gonna eat and I'm just gonna have it ready for him already.
SPEAKER_01:But after that, I'm gonna take a look at it.
SPEAKER_00:And then a little bit after I'm eating breakfast with him again. Now, um, like not encouraging anybody to not eat breakfast, but sometimes I'm having breakfast at noon. Sometimes I won't have breakfast, and I'm like, you know what, I'll just have like some lunch after like today. I wasn't hungry. I I had um like half of my coffee. I still make my coffee because I think it's just a habit, like my headache and all that. So I drink like half my coffee. That keeps me full. Then I have like those little miniature salads that they sell, like already prepped at the store. I had one of those for lunch. And then earlier I had four wings for dinner and some carrots.
SPEAKER_01:You had to balance it with the carrots, huh?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. Um, which again, so I'm eating everything that like we used to, right? I I do like I I don't eat like a lot of greasy, like super greasy foods anymore because it does like gross me out. But it's just like the before I could finish a 10-piece and some fries. And then we'll go home after this, and I'm like, ooh, like what's to snack on, or should we go get something, like, you know, really quick at the gas station or whatever? Now it's like no, like I will have dinner at four and I am stuffed all day.
SPEAKER_01:So so it's kind of technically like a it helps you fast in a way. Cause you it does you're satisfied, it's like delaying the hunger. Because I think that's what the hormon does. It is like processes it slower so you feel fuller for a while. Yeah. So it's like, and I remember I used to tell you, why don't you just fast? Why don't you just fast?
SPEAKER_00:I'd be like, honey, do you know who I am? Like, I can't do that. Well, now technically I fast because I'm half I'm I don't get anything. Well, I mean, I'll do like half the coffee. So it's probably I'll probably have like six ounces of coffee, four to six ounces of coffee in the morning. Um, and then I won't water and I won't have anything until like noon.
SPEAKER_01:And that's that thing when you're just constantly eating, you're you're just like always fatigued too. Yes, especially if it's not like if it's really processed foods, you're just fatigue, mental fog, um, like you're just mood swings. Yeah, it's crazy.
SPEAKER_00:I will say that um not only is it like ha does it have like you know the hunger and all that under control, but I I feel a lot less moody.
SPEAKER_01:Um so you said this is your 13th dose?
SPEAKER_00:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:So from the first one to now, what has been the biggest changes you've seen? Or has it just been like gradually getting better? Or it was kind of just rough in the beginning, and then now it's finally starting to like really click or work?
SPEAKER_00:Um, I would say in the beginning, it's a little bit rough because you know, you're still that person, right? Always like wanting like to eat something or or whatever, but you're not hungry, you can't get anything down, and your body is so used to all of these calories and all of this food and all of this at any time that it wants it or whatever. Um that in the beginning, I will say that I was like a little bit more like sluggish and stuff. Because obviously, if you're not getting in all those calories that you used to, um, you don't have like as much um I wouldn't say like energy because I didn't have energy like then, but it's weird. It almost like it makes you feel nauseous, but because at least this is what the provider told me. He's like, in the beginning, it'll make you feel nauseous because your body is not used to you getting that little bit of like food in. Yeah, your body is craving all the grease, all the food every like couple of minutes, the snack here and there, like all of the sugary drinks. Like, I am so grossed out like by a sugary drink. And I love like I've always been a big fan of Diet Coke. They should sponsor me. Um, and I will I've it's probably been like three days since my last Diet Coke.
SPEAKER_01:Really?
SPEAKER_00:I have to really want it when before I could drink three Diet Cokes.
SPEAKER_01:Like nothing.
SPEAKER_00:I've actually been so this is this is an energy drink, and I opened it around noon, took a couple of sips from the can. I was like driving around, like picking kids up from school, all that, and I'm just carrying it around. And then at this point, I just keep putting more ice in it and ice in it and ice in it. Now it's probably just diluted in water because I've been carrying it around all day. Like, I I used to be able to down like one of these cans, and now it's taking me eight hours to finish one.
SPEAKER_01:That's crazy. So it's you're just not you don't have that craving no more.
SPEAKER_00:You're just it's it's crazy. Like it is it as it sounds a little bit corny, but like it's feels so good to be free. Like you're free, you're not like a slave to to like the food, to feeding yourself like all the time. Yeah. I used to feel like that used to take up a lot of my time too, because so like the making myself a breakfast, and then later I'm gonna make myself a little snack, and then I'm gonna go find a snack, or I'm gonna go buy this. Yeah. Um, and now I feel like I could be in my office working four hours, and I just have my big old jug in there with water or electrolytes, whatever. And and then after a while, I'm like, oh, I have to go eat something. But it's like before, I would have been out six times already in this in those four hours, getting a couple snacks in.
SPEAKER_01:But not even satisfied, huh?
SPEAKER_00:And not satisfied and sluggish. Then I feel bloated. Now I don't want to make videos like in a shape where because now I feel bloated after eating all those snacks. Like, it's crazy. And now, like, now I get it. Also, you kind of have to train your body. People think that it's the easy way out. It's easy, you're doing it the easy way, you're taking a shot, and now you're losing all this weight. Like, do it the right way. And it's like, dude, you do have to do it the right way. I do just feel like this is like that tool that is really going to help you because in the beginning, the boys wanted in and out one night, and I was like, okay, let's go. Um, I was trying to be like healthier about it, so I got it the protein style wrapped in the lettuce or whatever. I was driving home and like the kids talking and all of that, it was just like it was a blur. I got home, I went straight to the toilet. I felt like it was gonna come out through like both sides, and um all night just like rocking myself, like, oh, what did I do? Sweating and well, I think of the fast food? Yeah, so the day after I I booked uh so the program that I'm on, like you have like unlimited access to a provider, nutritionist, all that. So I booked a call with uh a provider immediately, like when we went on a call. I told her, She's like, she's like, even if it was like wrapped in lettuce, it's still super greasy. Yeah, and your body's just not like tolerate tolerating it.
SPEAKER_01:Your body's like rejecting it now.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, so she's like, Yeah, she's like, you try to make a good choice, like you know, the protein, the lettuce, all that. She's like, but at the end of the day, it's still really greasy. Um, and you know, and now tell me if I ask me if I want a greasy burger. Absolutely not.
SPEAKER_01:That's good. Um it's definitely been improving, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And and you kind of start training your body to stay away from these things. Like, before, if you would offer me something that I know is gonna make me super sluggish and sick, the the big back in me would be like, absolutely give it to me, give me two of them. And now I'm like, oh no, thanks. Like, yeah, I can't do it.
SPEAKER_01:That's good. Yeah. So it's it's definitely been benefiting you, and it I feel like it's a good stepping stone for people that need help. It's not gonna be the end all be all, but it's gonna be a good stepping stone, and it's gonna be up to you to be like, I got to this point. Do I keep striving ahead? Or do I it's obviously a like a facilitator and aid, yeah, but it's like it's only gonna get you to a certain point. So it's up to you. Like you said, you're training your mind now. It's like maybe getting into the gym a little bit, maybe playing a little bit of pickleball or something, and it's like then when you start doing that, you're not even craving food. You're exercising. So now you're not only losing weight because you're not eating, if you throw some exercise into it, and then you know, just training yourself mentally, it's you're just gonna gradually keep getting better.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. So people ask me, like, um, you know, are you gonna be on it forever? Is it gonna just are you just always gonna like be on that? And I'm like, well, the goal is to, you know, I'm not against people that stay on it. I know like a few people that are on a um like a they call it a micro dose, like it's just maintenance, it's the like very minimal amount, just to keep like, you know, reminding the body that it's there and all that. And I'm like, hey, I would love to get off of it and my mind already be trained, right? Yeah. And and just be like, hey, I already know I'm not supposed to have that. I already, you know, it's been so long that I've had a greasy burger, I don't even want one. Yeah, you don't miss it. I do want to train my body eventually, but if I were to need to be on it, like on a microdose, I would absolutely do it because, like I said, I feel so free. Um, TMI, but since I was like 13, 14, I've always been the type of person that gets um, you know, the menstrual cycle like a couple times a year. I've never been, I've never been like consistent with it. So clearly I have like, you know, hormonal issues, all of that. So I'm already going on my third month in a row that I've had my period. And this is like never before seen. I've never had a consecutive period ever in my life, and now I have them.
SPEAKER_01:So it's a there's definitely some positive.
SPEAKER_00:So it's working for me, and I'm like, not only in like the weight loss side and all of that, it's it's benefiting me in so many ways. People that I've heard, I've seen like you know, people's story times on TikTok and stuff that they were like struggling with infertility, and then they helped them. The friend that put me on this, she actually told me she was like, be careful, because she knows people too that got pregnant within months of being on a GLP one. Because it's it's you know, it's mimicking like those hormones. So it's good, you know, with the good, there could be the bad.
SPEAKER_01:And this is just you know, her personal experiences, nobody's a doctor here, so yeah, always consult with a professional. Please, but there's you can always hear people's experiences. So if you're thinking about getting on it, or you know, you're in the area, listen to people's experiences, consult with a professional, yeah, and then go from there. But this is her story, and obviously there's pros to it, but what can you talk about some of the cons?
SPEAKER_00:Uh well, I will say that you know, in the beginning you you're gonna experience maybe like the nauseous, um, how do you say it? Nausea, nauseousness, I don't know, nausea. Um, because of that. Obviously, your body's so used to taking in all these calories, now you're not taking in all these calories, so your body's like, what the heck are you doing?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Um you know, you're gonna experience that. There's some people that do say that they've been on it for months, and if um, you know, the day after their shot or 24 hours after their shot, they're sluggish, stuff like that. I'm actually um seeing a lot less of that as the weeks go by. So in the beginning, the day after my shot, it was like I'm not, I'm not so I take my shot on Wednesday nights just in case, like, if I'm gonna get any like, you know, reaction, anything like that, I'm probably just gonna sleep through it. So I take my shot every Wednesday night. I used to like wake up on Thursday and I'd be like, okay, don't count on me to make dinner. Um, you know, I'm not picking kids up from school, all that. I I need to rest. And for the last couple of weeks, I I take my normal shot Wednesday nights. Um, and like yesterday I had a normal day. I had a very productive day. I cook dinner. So it's kind of like with time, it's almost like my body's like it's getting used to it. So that would be one of the cons, yeah. Like like the non-crash, um, a little bit of a crash, but I think it's just something you kind of have to like start getting over.
SPEAKER_01:But as far as like the crash, it's been like it's been less and less the more you've been on it.
SPEAKER_00:Every week it's been less.
SPEAKER_01:But you you have been more productive though, right? Like as far as work-wise with it?
SPEAKER_00:I have. I will say, like, like I said, yesterday was Thursday, so it'd be the day after my shot. Usually, like, you know, in the beginning on Thursdays, I was like, I wanna like take a big old nap. I didn't nap all day. I was up, like, did my normal routine stuff. It was it was normal. It almost feels like this is just like this is my life now. I also um a little bit of like change of topic, but I went to Costco on Wednesday and I recorded the whole like haul and somebody commented and they were like really good choices, and I hadn't noticed that. But if you look at my Costco hauls from months prior and you look at yesterday's haul, you will see a huge difference in groceries.
SPEAKER_01:Really?
SPEAKER_00:A huge difference.
SPEAKER_01:That's good.
SPEAKER_00:The only um no, I don't even think we got like snacks. So like snacks were like the the the fatty, like protein jerkies. Um, we had tons of fruit. We had bell pe I got bell peppers, like um the the salads that I told you that I ate, um all of that. So and the kids like these snacks too. It was just like before it was like, I'm just gonna like, I'm gonna shove these in there because I might want some later too.
SPEAKER_01:Like getting all the munchy snacks.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, there was not like one, and I even think, oh, I will say we got um John that per John's request, he got goldfish, yeah. But it's like he's fine, like he could have a little handful of goldfish, you know, as his little treat. But other than that, like it was a great like choice of groceries because we're 13 weeks in, and I mean, like, I I can walk now around these aisles. I hadn't even had breakfast yet. Usually you know that's so bad. If you walk into a store without eating, you know you're grabbing all of the junk food, yeah, all of that.
SPEAKER_01:What do they say? Don't ever go into the grocery store hungry or something like that.
SPEAKER_00:And no, like we um John did ask me if we can grab like pizza after I didn't have pizza. I had half of a hot dog. Um, but that was it. Like that was we we had really good choices, and I'm very proud of myself.
SPEAKER_01:So that's one thing you're very proud of of making healthier decisions at the grocery store.
SPEAKER_00:Also, our our bank account is going to like that because I feel like before we'd have like$500 worth of snacks at Costco and the bill was$295.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, dang.
SPEAKER_00:$295, and we had toilet paper and paper towels. So I feel like you know, a lot of people say, like, oh, eating healthy like is expensive. Well, I mean, if you're like getting all these like expensive protein stuff and all of that, but I mean, if you're sticking to like fruits, veggies, things like that, it's not it's not exactly so.
SPEAKER_01:If you could go back to the first day you took it from now, what would you tell yourself?
SPEAKER_00:That it's going to be okay and that it's going to be worth it.
SPEAKER_01:Okay. That's good. I mean, you're down 22 pounds, you don't have cravings. You've been you've been more productive, more efficient. So other than just that day after crash, like production has ramped up tenfold.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. I mean, I'm very happy. Again, like I said, a lot of people will be like, oh, like, why would you want to get your period? Hey, having your period is it's you're supposed to every month.
SPEAKER_01:So that's a big difference. Especially if you especially want a baby.
SPEAKER_00:If you start putting all these, like, you know, you start putting together the puzzle. I wouldn't get my periods. I would be super moody. Um, like all of this stuff. Now all of that is going away, right? I'm not like, I'm not as moody. I'm I'm not like I'm not feeling, you know, like the fatigue like I used to. I'm getting my period. It's like, hey, I I needed this push. Again, people think like, you know, you're taking the easy way out. I'm not just doing this like for the weight loss. Look at all of these benefits that have come with it. Again, you know, talk to your provider, all of that first. I'm not a medical professional, but um, it's been working for me and and it can work for other people too. People are so scared of it too because they think it's brand new. People think this is people think GLP ones are brand new because they just started popping up on TikTok. But GLP ones have been a thing.
SPEAKER_01:They think they just rolled out rolled it out and just like, hey, try this.
SPEAKER_00:No, they I think they actually approved it back in either two 2004 or 2005. So it's been a thing for 20 years already, easily.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, it's just people are just kind of finding out, and yeah, this is kind of the new wave of stuff to you know help people and which I think is is great.
SPEAKER_00:Like, you know, people think like it's easy for people to tell you, go to the gym or stop eating. But like I said, I was eight, nine years old, and I was in class just constantly thinking about food.
SPEAKER_01:Dang.
SPEAKER_00:That's not normal.
SPEAKER_01:No, it's not. So they're basically like fiending for food.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. And and now that I'm like, this is what a normal person thinks how a normal person thinks, how they feel. You eat, you're full, that's it.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. And it's like you'll be alright if you skip a meal or two. Like But in today's society, everything's just so convenient. And you can just, I mean, every every corner you turn, there's a restaurant, there's fast food, there's just endless options. So it's like, I know back in our ancestor days it was a lot tougher, but like what perfect diet of just eating like once one full meal a day, if that. So it's like you gotta wake up and just you gotta get to work. You can't, you know, in today's society, you can wake up, just lay around, snack, and just watch TV, and it's like back in the old days, you you had to wake up and go hunt or gather and fish or do something, and it's like, imagine how like fit and fit they were.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:So it's like, especially nowadays, guys, with everything, there's so many options, man. Discipline, but it's a good kind of like a starter, you know? Yeah, and you don't have to just depend on it. Yeah, like you said, you could be on main instincts. Let's say you want to reach a goal, you get on it and just, you know, you don't got you can't just be too dependent on it.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, like I said, I I think that my ultimate goal is to train my body for me to be able to get off of it and still go to Costco and get the same groceries that I got two days ago. All of the fruits, all of the vegetables, um, you know, the protein snacks, things like that. That is the ultimate goal to be able to do it without the medication. But the fact that I've been able to get this far when I've been dealing with this since I was like a little kid, it to me is good and it's and it's worth it. Um, another thing that people ask me a lot, because I do, I do, I am partnered up with the company that I get my GLP one from. Um, discount code Real JAS,$100 off uh your first month. So people are always like coming to me and they're like, Are you losing your hair? Um, you know, what are you gonna do when you get like the Ozempic like skin or the Ozempic face, like all of that. So I think when it comes to the hair, it's not the GLP one that makes you lose your hair. It's the fact that you are not getting in enough protein again because you're full. So um the the doctor told me as long as you are eating your protein, you're not gonna lose your hair. And I prioritize my protein and I haven't seen um or noticed like any hair loss. Um I think the easiest way to do it, like let's say you go to Chipotle and you get, I don't know, um a chicken bowl. You you will prioritize first the chicken because you're going to get full extremely fast. So start scraping up from the chicken and then work your way down. Um, obviously that would kind of be a waste of a bowl. So, like what I've been doing when I go to Chipotle, I got this from another from a creator on TikTok. She goes and she asks for a kid's meal. Um, and it's the build your own tacos. You get you get two tacos, they'll give you two tortillas, and then they'll give you chicken, and you can pick two sides. So I'll do um chicken, black beans, and I'll do like either corn or salsa. And I make myself two chicken tacos: black beans, grilled chicken. Like, what more do you want? It is a packed protein lunch. Um, and same, like if I go to Chick-fil-A or something like that, I'll get the grilled chicken nuggets and a kill salad. I'll first eat the nuggets and then I'll probably get through like half of the kill salad because I'll probably be full by them. But like prioritize your protein. If you're losing your hair, it's probably because you're not prioritizing your protein.
SPEAKER_01:It's not a uh just like a magic button that like you still gotta Yeah, that's why when people say you're taking the easy way out.
SPEAKER_00:Um, I'm actually working like twice as hard as like I used to, because now I have to make these choices. Like, okay, you want to have this for lunch, you better make sure that that has like 40 to 50 grams of protein. I actually like um I pay a lot of attention to that now. That's okay. I take a picture of it, I upload it to ChatGPT, and I'm like, how many grams of protein does this have? Like, Yesterday, our salmon bowls had like 60 grams of protein.
SPEAKER_01:Is that good?
SPEAKER_00:I have them eating, I have them eating like I have them eating like if they're on um a GLP1 too. No, but it's good. The salmon bowls were delicious. Um it's it's good. You just you also have to make good choices.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, that's what's crazy now. Like, I can eat just to eat. Back then, I mean it's been a week, but every time you hit, you know, you partake, man, you get the munch, you just start going ham. It's like now that I stopped, I just be eating still, so it's like Yeah. I used to always be at like 130, guys, since like high school till what maybe last year?
SPEAKER_00:I think last year you started gaining weight.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I was for the longest, guys, 130, 135, 140 soaking wet. Now I'm like almost to 170. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:So you've gained like 40 pounds?
SPEAKER_01:Nah, not like 30. 25.
SPEAKER_00:No, almost 40.
SPEAKER_01:Um what's your biggest piece of advice for somebody that's thinking about it or that's on the fence?
SPEAKER_00:For one, um, you know, talk to a provider. Um do your research and do it. Like if you are struggling with things like hormonal, you know, weight, all of that, do those two things. Do your research, talk to a provider, and get on it. Like I said, it's not like you're not gonna go be a guinea pig. This thing has been out for 20 years. It's just now, like now we have, you know, we have TikTok, stuff like that. So it's more out there. So it's getting more popular. But like, why not? You know, some people are going to judge you for it. I get nasty comments, messages, like I upload like a video of my progress, and my message requests will be like disgusting to go through. But I'm happy. Yeah, I'm happy to change, like, things are happening, not only in my weight, like with all my hormonal stuff, my menstrual cycle, all of that. I could give two shits what you have to say.
SPEAKER_01:And this is like completely irrelevant. She she don't like comments like that. I got time.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I don't like that.
SPEAKER_01:Um, I can I got a video right now, man. I replied to every single comment, and there's like 200 plus. I don't stop, I don't stop until they delete it.
SPEAKER_00:Stop.
SPEAKER_01:I'm that petty. Like, I just I know I should be a bigger person, but no. Like, I don't stop till I win.
SPEAKER_00:That's crazy. Yeah, completely irrelevant.
SPEAKER_01:But no, so would you would you what are your goals? Do you plan on doing this long term, or is it just just is this just a stepping stone?
SPEAKER_00:Uh I will say I'm definitely gonna be on it for at least I wanna do like at least a whole year. Okay. I want to be on it for sure, an entire year. See my like progress. Um, I will say, you know, a lot of people like say, you know, oh, you know, the scale, like the number on the scale, like shouldn't be like relevant or whatever. To me, it is. I'm not obsessed with it, but to me it is. My goal is to be like no more than 165. So I want to get to 165. Um hopefully we can do that. I can do that like within a year. And and then I want to try to get off of it and see how my body reacts, if I can maintain that. Um, if I see that immediately, like, you know, it's I'm going back to like not getting my menstrual cycles, all of that, I will definitely try like a microdose, like other people that I know have been doing. But my goal is to be on it for a year.
SPEAKER_01:Well, if if you're to lose all the weight, wouldn't you be like more healthy and like wouldn't you just routinely get the period or that's what I'm thinking?
SPEAKER_00:That's what I'm hoping for.
SPEAKER_01:Because I feel like when you're not to taking care of your body, that's when your body's out of function and you don't get your menstrual cycle. You're just your body's out of whack.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:So once you're like down in weight, what have people say that that have been doing it a while? Is it like anything? Is it any is it like any habit you can't break it? Like you're just like so dependent on it?
SPEAKER_00:No, so I actually know two different women that are having like two totally different um, like have two different like opinions on it. So I know someone that is on a microdose. If she gets off of it, her hormones like are going crazy. Um she starts gaining weight like immediately and all of that. So she's on a microdose. And I know another one um that is off of it. She lost over a hundred pounds, she's off of it, and she says that within the year that she's been off of it, like she like 10 pounds, kind of like she she'll she can gain up to like 10 more pounds, but then she'll lose some, gain a little bit. And that I'm fine with that. Like, if I were to get to 160, get off of it, and then in the whole year I fluctuate between 160 and 170, I'm fine. I'm gonna stay off of it. Like those 10 pounds aren't going to like haunt me to like get back on it, you know? So if it was the other case, like you know, I feel that my hormones are all messed up and I'm just gaining, gaining, gaining, then yeah, I would I would get back on it. But I wouldn't see why if you train, you lose the weight, if you're working out, if you train your body, this is what we're eating, this and that. Like, I wouldn't see why, you know, I would start gaining all the weight unless it's something super hormonal.
SPEAKER_01:So it makes sense. What's your biggest goal out of this then?
SPEAKER_00:That I want to be part of I really wanna be part of my kids' lives. The majority of my kids' lives I've been I've been sitting on the sidelines, like watching it. I can't, I'm I was I'm too tired all the I was or I was like too tired all the time to do anything. I don't like I wouldn't want to go on walks, I don't want to do this. Like, you know, I would go to their games and you're right there, like cheering them on, pacing back and forth, and I'm just sitting there because I'm hot, I I'm fatigued, like I don't I don't want to be able to and I think like that's my biggest thing that like I want to be healthy because I want to see the kids like live and I want them to like see me too. Like, like I said, the time that we went to the Great Woufflage, like they just saw me lay there, yeah. And like I could have been swimming with them, I could have been doing all these things.
SPEAKER_01:And that was our first time there, too. So we couldn't even that place is pretty cool too.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, we should go back and see the difference of how like my experience made.
SPEAKER_01:Maybe that would be a good video for the GLP one. Be like, look, guys, this was me before it. Yeah, this is me on it, yeah. Um jumping off and not seeing, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:That's like the biggest thing. I think I want I want to be present like with the kids. I want them to like see me like, oh, this is a different mom. Like, you know, she can get up and be active, you know. If I have grandkids one day, like I, you know, I want to be able to see all that. So mainly my health. My health, and of course I want to look good. I want to look good, I want to feel good, all of that.
SPEAKER_01:That's good.
SPEAKER_00:So, again, you guys, it's not like completely about the number on the scale, it's more about the freedom and just feeling good, looking good, all of that. Um, if anybody is interested, message me. I do have it like on my Ling Tree, the company that I'm going through. Um, it's a great company. You have unlimited access to a provider, a nutritionist, an entire community that literally holds your hand through the entire process. Um, you don't even have to leave your house. You can do everything from home, you know, fill out everything from home. Literally takes five minutes, jump on a call with a provider, and then you can have the medication at your door within the next week.
SPEAKER_01:At the end of the day, guys, who gives a damn what anybody thinks? Exactly. If you think that this can help facilitate you to have a better life, uh more prosperous life, to be in your kids' family, to be, you know, in your kids' life long term actively, like, do it. Do it, don't think about what people think, just consult with a professional and maybe maybe this is the stepping stone you need to thrust you into the your new self. So, you know.
SPEAKER_00:So if this episode has brought you clarity or encouragement, anything like that to um start a GLP one or know anybody that has been wanting to start one, uh, share this episode with them and yeah, put it in the comments if you have any questions. But I'm so happy that you guys are here, and we will see you guys on the next episode. Bye.
SPEAKER_01:Later, guys, you can't do it.