At first it was fun to see her bull shit and call her out, but now it really actually pisses me off. In my opinion, she represents how corrupt and fucked the beauty industry is when it comes to influencers. Not only is she such a disgusting “role model” for little girls on this app, but her constant body checking, lying about her sizing and “40 pound” weight loss over night is making most women look at themselves and wonder what they’re doing wrong. And yet she still has thousands and thousands of people supporting her bull shit. I used to think she sucked, now I honestly think what she’s doing is VILE. It’s hard for me to even see her posts anymore without it enraging me. She won’t stop until her stans wake the fuck up. But at this point I don’t know what it’s going to take. Here are a few things that she’s done that have still not led to her cancellation or even a popular conversation about how problematic she is.

• Mascaragate: People talked about it for maybe 2 weeks.
  
• “Try being an influencer for a day” this lost her a few followers and got people talking but nothing really happened.
  
• Roe vs. Wade post and lying about her donation: this really stuck with us who are in this sub, maybe even brought a few people in here, but still no real uproar.
  
• Not disclosing an ad/lying about almost every product: a lot of people have caught on, but most of her followers turn a blind eye or trust what she’s saying and think she’s credible.
  
• Facetune and constant editing of her face and body: I believe this is the most prevalent reason for people not supporting her. But once again, her fans will say it’s angles and lighting.
  
• Constant boasting of her wealth and blatantly being out of touch: her fans will say how proud of her they are and how hard working she is.
  
• Not speaking up about Palestine: a lot of people are calling out influencers for their silence on this topic. Yet it hasn’t seemed to affect her following by much at all.
  

What will it take for these mindless sheep to wake the fuck up and realize that she is not a good person? That she constantly lies to capitalize off of their ignorance? Seriously, what are these people getting out of supporting her? SHE DOESN’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU. All she wants is your money.

I'm just going to be blunt because almost everyone else here seems to be easier on Michelle just because Kim is worse.
She looks awful. Face wise, the problem is unfortunate that she carries a lot of fat in her face to the point where it ages her by at least 2-3 decades and make her look like she weighs at least twice as much as she does. And she's been doing the skincare routine (and spending god knows how much) for how long now and her face still isn't any better?
Sure she makes an effort when she goes on her solo dates, etc. (although she and Kim look TERRIBLE when they wear those really thick false eyelashes and blush their cheeks so much) but that's mostly because her hair is down. When her hair is up in a bun, she looks as old as my grandmother who is in her 80s. My mother (who is in her mid-50s) thinks so too and she is always shocked when I tell her they're both at least a few years younger than me. And Michelle is fussing about turning 30??
This also jogs into memory of a time when Kim and Michelle were gloating about some woman telling them they look young for their ages. Do they? I'm Asian and to me, they look at LEAST in their 50s, especially when they wear their hair up. Maybe I'm being too harsh but if I ever look like either of them, I'd be looked at with disgust and receive judgment from not just my relatives (especially my close family), but even strangers. I know this because I have friends and coworkers who don't look nearly as bad as them that get gawked at.
Honestly I used to think it was confidence that Michelle could take herself out on solo trips looking the way she does, but now I'm sure it's also mixed with delusion which makes sense because when you put effort into how you look, you feel good even if you don't look as good.
But I will acknowledge that at least she can do things on her own unlike Kim who (and this is something I will never understand) is more "famous" and a former "beauty guru" who still can't seem to do anything on her own that she has to drag Michelle around like a security blanket with her especially whenever she's around HER IN-LAWS. That will never not be bizarre to me. Kim is obviously more insecure with her looks than she lets on. Just because Michelle looks bigger than her doesn't mean Kim's not as fat as her.
Also Kim is always in "oversized" tops. Not that it matters because I like wearing oversized tops myself but I feel like she thinks she feels "petite" in them like those slimmer girls who wear them (probably also explains why she does her hair up in that damn "messy bun" a lot). The fact is she's short and very obese and it still shows no matter how big the top she wears is. She will always look dumpy unless she loses like 50lbs. (She's admitted her highest weight was 160lbs and that was years ago.)
I think if they both drop 1/3 of their weight, they'd look so much better. We've seen Michelle when she was on her weight loss journey and she was looking a lot better when she dropped 50lbs.
Many people say Kim is sabotaging her with the mukbangs, etc, but as Michelle has clarified, she is her own person. If she wants to live her life eating crap with Kim, that's on her. She and Kim have broken their friendship off before, and if Michelle truly thinks she can do better in life without her, she'd do it but she won't (at least for now) because Kim is such a "generous" gift-giver.
I've been holding off on this for so long (particularly my judgment on Michelle), because I always see people crapping on Kim's looks (which I agree with - her small but fat fish lips along with her round soccerball head is a bad combination) but never really as much Michelle who may be the better of the two but still looks just as bad.
Michelle may come off as "compassionate and caring" but the way she preaches about how much of a "nice/good person" she is and that she'd nevvver judged anyone the way she was/is judged by her relatives when we know all too well that she and Kim gossip all the time and are just as bitchy as we can be (esp. off camera) is just insane.
They probably call themselves empaths too because they're *such* kindhearted people. I'm sure if they both got a dose of the truth serum, they would not be friends.

I can't figure out why I'm so hungry. I started Wegovy March 18th at 0.25.
April 25th, I got bumped up to 0.5. The first week seemed fine, except for some diarrhea. The second week and third week (current week) have been AWFUL with constant diarrhea. Not sure why it was more mild in the first week and then more intense the 2nd & 3rd week.
What's even more confusing is that I'm more hungry now. I keep catching myself reaching for food outside of meal times, which isn't normal for me. I'm getting hungry quicker too. I usually last 5-6 hrs in between meals with no issues. Now I'm only lasting 4 hrs before I start getting hunger pangs.
I'm worried this will affect my weight loss. Wegovy has been a Godsend for me and I'm afraid it has stopped working.
Throughout all of this, I've lost 10 pounds. The last couple 2-3 weeks though, I haven't lost anything.
Feeling discouraged and wondering if anyone has any tips.

I have watched multiple videos where they would say that weightlifting will make you bulky and that it won’t help you lose weight and then to turn to cardio and vice versa. I’m trying to get more advice on what exactly I should do in order to lose weight. I weigh 157 pounds and I’ve been doing some running lately (30-40 minutes). I’m trying to get to my goal weight of 135 pounds and be more focused on my calorie counting so I’m in a calorie deficit. I’ve also been getting 10K or more steps at work 5 days a week. Does anyone have suggestions? Anything would help.

I'm 20 years old, this is my second time getting myself down to a decent weight and I'm only 6 kg away from getting to my target weight, (I lost 30kg when I was 15 and gradually put the weight back on over the years, my slow decline to becoming big again was attributed to eating a lot and drinking often, one thing I have noticed is I can't tell if I'm being overly critical of myself because of body dismorphia, or if I'm still fat, I'm 6'1 and 91kg but I started losing weight in late February at 111kg, I go to the gym almost every day if not everyday and I keep myself in a good calorie deficit but I can't tell if the last bit of fat is me being horrible to myself or not like would it come off if I started doing core workouts more intensely? I know no one can answer this for me as I don't want to show a picture just more interested if anyone else feels this way towards the end of their weight loss journey?

Hello
I'm 150cm and weigh 210lbs, so I'm very obese. I live in a country where Mounjaro isn't available for weight loss so I've got a private prescription.
I have pre existing gallstones. I've only ever had 1 attack but had an ultrasound and my gallbladder was rammed with stones.
Am I playing with fire taking Mounjaro or just being overly cautious?

I'm 28, 5'10, 307lbs. For the past month I've been fasting those 3 days a week, for 4 weeks and I've lost nothing. The 2 weekdays I eat, I'm VERY careful about calories and even make sure I get most of them from protein. Weekends I am much more laxed but the thing is, before I started this, I've been at this weight for almost a year. During this fasting regimen I've been eating the same amount on weekends that I've always been, not more. But I also used to eat a lot the rest of the days of the week as well. I feel I should have lost at LEAST 10lbs. Having 0 calories 3 days a week is the hardest thing I've done but I kept telling myself, it would pay off. Now finding out it did nothing was devastating. I honestly don't know what to do anymore.

I hate how I look so much that I haven't seriously dated in a long time and, at nearly 47, have never had a serious relationship.
I hate being big and bald. I'm 6'3". I started losing my hair at 16. I'm about 275 so I can definitely lose weight but I will always be big because of my height and build.
I hate being "stuck" this way. I can't tell you what I do to deal with it because it probably violates some rule here. I know that I can't "fix" my height and while I can definitely get in shape, I still have to deal with the fact that I will never be small or even average. And that people WILL make rude comments about me looking like a bouncer or a football player because of things I can't help like my stature and hair loss, plus I'll have to pretend that what to me confirms I'm unattractive is a compliment I enjoy getting.
I get insanely jealous when I read about people of average height who lose a bunch of weight and go from being big and ridiculed to slim and admired. Then I get angry because people always say I'm supposed to like being big and enjoy being stereotyped because there are skinny guys out there who wish they could put on weight.
I just feel disgusted being big, and not just fat. I hate that I take up more space than other people. That when I HAVE dated, I'd often end up with women who'd fetishize it, telling me they loved how small they felt compared to me. That I will always weigh more than other people...that 200 or even 220 lbs would be an ok weight for me but embarrassingly obese for anyone else.

I would say I’ve come very far on my journey and I don’t feel nearly as bad about myself anymore, but something that every time without fail causes me to regress and get momentarily extremely insecure and upset is when someone I know loses a large amount of weight and looks as thin as or even thinner than me.
I know this makes me seem like a bit of a bad person but with my warped perspective I see people who are larger or societally deemed as less attractive as “safe people,” as in I don’t have to be riddled with anxious thoughts about how i’m being perceived because I know they won’t judge me. When someone I know loses weight it makes me feel simultaneously jealous and like I’m a failure for not being able to drop below bmi 23, and also like they’re noticing how they’re smaller than me and that I’m “the big one” now. I hate the feeling that suddenly i might be inferior to them looks-wise.
It kinda makes me feel like a bad person for viewing my friends that way and I most certainly don’t want to, but it is hard to ignore when i get very insecure at a social function because a friend i haven’t seen in a few months now looks 10 pounds thinner than me. I was wondering if this is a shared experience because I’m noticing a pattern lately in my reactions to weight loss in my friends.

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This is my first time posting in this sub but I've been a long time lurker. For reference I am 28 y/o F and 5'4". Current weight 165. Goal weight 125-135.
Between the years of 2018-2020 I was successful in my weight loss goals for the first time in my life. I lost nearly 40 lbs and hit my goal weight on my fitness pal. Shortly after, the pandemic started and I slowly stopped working out and counting calories but didn't really gain weight, just maintained. In late 2022, I noticed I started growing out of my jeans but didn't think that much of it because I generally "looked" the same (I also had stopped weighing myself out of feascale ran out of batteries lol). Fast forward to now, I knew I had put on weight between 2022-today, but was not expecting to see the number on the scale that I saw this morning. I am essentially 30 lbs heavier than I was in 2020 during my peak weight loss. I basically gained it all back and I didn't even notice. This shocked me because my weight gain was very evenly distributed throughout my body. I vented to my friends/significant other and they were surprised to hear how much I had gained because to them I didn't look drastically different. Now I'm just upset with myself and mourning the loss of the progress I had worked so hard for. Looking at old pictures eats me up inside. I don't hate my body by any means now but my confidence is so low. I'm slowly starting to get back into counting calories but its so hard to get back into that habit after years of eating "intuitively". All of this to say, I am frustrated that I'm starting over in my journey. Any advice or words of encouragement appreciated.

For some backstory, I was having lower abdominal pain a couple of months ago where my appendix used to be (I had it removed in 2018). Due to the severity of the pain, my doctor sent me to the ER to make sure it wasn't stump appendicitis. Thankfully, it wasn't, and my CT scan and bloodwork came back normal. Though the pain subsided after a few days, I made an appointment to see a GI, but I couldn't get in earlier than three months out. A few weeks later, the pain came back even worse, and my primary doctor once again sent me to the ER.
During those few weeks, I had really been feeling under the weather (low-grade fever, headaches, and whatnot), but all my bloodwork still came back normal. Only this time, my CT scan results said: "The liver is prominent in size with Riedel's lobe measuring up to 19 cm in craniocaudal dimension. No focal hepatic lesions are identified. The portaland hepatic veins are patent. The gallbladder is mildly distended and unremarkable. No biliary ductal dilatation."
My primary care doctor ordered for me to have an ultrasound before my GI appointment, and I just had it done a week ago. It was performed in the morning, and I was instructed prior to the exam simply not to eat or drink anything after midnight. The results came back, and it says, "There is mild diffuse increased echogenicity of the liver, typical of fatty infiltration."
My primary doctor expressed his surprise, because I'm:
33 yrs old
Female
5''5 and 99 lbs (I lost over 6 lbs after my abdominal pains started due to a change in diet to see if the pain was simply from the foods I was eating. It wasn't.)
I don't drink alcohol.
I don't consume coffee, energy drinks, sports drinks, and I only drink one can of soda per day.
I don't eat fast food.
I don't eat greasy or oil-heavy foods.
I don't take any medications.

Cholesterol: 165

Triglycerides: 38

Bilirubin: 0.9

ALP: 53
AST: 14
ALT: 18

Albumin: 4.1

And since the abdominal pain started, my doctor suggested I cut out anything calorie-heavy or sugary altogether, which led to my weight loss. I'm already thin, and it's hard for me to keep weight on unless I eat a lot more than my usual consumption. I dropped six pounds in a very short period of time. Because I needed to put the weight back on, I started consuming foods that are still healthy but higher in fat content. Over a three week period, I managed to put the weight back on by consuming a lot of things like peanut butter and scrambled eggs.
When I scheduled the ultrasound appointment over the phone, the only restriction I was given was to not eat or drink anything after midnight (since the exam was first thing in the morning). My primary doctor, however, told me after the results of the ultrasound came back that I probably should have eaten a low-fat diet the day before the exam because it could affect the outcome.
My dinner the evening before the ultrasound was a salad with balsamic vinaigrette, a bread roll, 3 tablespoons of peanut butter, and 4 scrambled eggs made with butter. Could consuming things with a higher fat content like peanut butter and eggs 12 hours before the ultrasound cause the increased echogenicity seen during the exam? And could the recent change in my diet to eat more fatty foods cause the enlarged liver that I didn't have weeks prior?

So I visited my psychiatrist today for a med check for my depression, anxiety, and insomnia. We got to the topic of my eating habits, body image, and weight loss, and he diagnosed me with anorexia without asking any standard questions that would be on a screening questionnaire?? He didn’t ask about caloric restriction, purging, fear of weight gain… NOTHING. They didn’t even weigh me at this appointment, and just took my word for what my weight is. Is this a normal experience?
Side note… It also ticked me off a bit when labeled me with “mild” anorexia when my BMI falls below that 😒 It just makes me think that he threw in the “anorexia” diagnosis to get me out of his office since I asked about it on my “rule-out” list.

SW 345 GW 220ish - Since Jan 1st I've lost close to 30lbs. Started with .5mg then progressed to 1.mg. My Dr. Meets with me monthly when I get my semaglutide to check in and monitor progress and we will be doing blood work every 4 months.
I've been drinking a gallon of water a day, toned out the food noise. I haven't really set a meal plan or looked into dieting while on Semaglutide.
What I have done though is 1). Cut out majority of sugary drinks. I'll have maybe 1 coke a week, rest of the time it's a gallon of water a day religiously, unsweet tea, sugar free iced coffee from the local coffee spot a few times a month (maybe like 2-3 times a week). 2.). Protein based meals. I'm a meat eater so it might be a partial chicken breast, house/chef salad, grilled chicken wings, some bbqd beef pork chicken etc etc. All in smaller portions than what I used to. 3.) I cut my carbs down to like 50ish carbs a day 4.) Eating only when I'm hungry, and not snacking on junk food through the day. Although to satisfy "hunger" or occasional food noise I'll eat a few baby carrots n ranch 5.) Starting tomorrow I will be getting more active, probably start with a 15min walk and progress to 30min then I'd like to get in the gym at some point.
All of this is new to me and I'd like to make better progress. I don't want to just let the semaglutide do the work, I know I need to have a lifestyle change to maximize my weight loss and getting healthier. So with all that said ....
What are y'all eating for meals, snacks, drinks and exercise?

Hi, everyone!
I'm a 22-year-old woman based in Montreal (UTC-4) currently studying in International Development.
-- I am a kind open-minded individual, a great listener and love connecting with people -- I would love my accountability partner to be in the same wavelengths as me.
I am trying my best to get back on my feet. I am looking for 1 online or hybrid (online/in-person) accountability partner around the same age as me to hold ourselves accountable in the kindest ways possible. I want to get better at taking care of myself and deconstruct the idea that discipline is a punitive measure. Discipline is said to be the highest form of love we can offer to our future selves. I am determined to push myself in rigorous ways; however, I would like to improve my health holistically as well.
Let's transform together our motivation into disciplined consistency!
TOP PRIORITIES
(1) Weight Loss Journey (2) Academics Improvement
OTHER PRIORITIES
(3) Financial & Social Enterprise Literacy (3) Work-Family-Academics Life Balance Consolidation (3) Artistic Skills Development (Drawing, Poetry, Animation, etc)
MEANS
(1) Schedule check-ins every 3 days via video conference or in person (2) Schedule regular evening study sessions either virtual or in-person (3) Vlog and share our progress about our other priorities every month or so
Thank you for your time and consideration, you can message me if you believe we would be a great fit for each other! We talk more in detail about how our schedule will look afterwards.

Hi all my cat first made those weird movements and sounds two months ago and it only happened three times. A friend who was over when it happened once and has a lot more cat experience then me told it was just hiccups and that his cat did it and is fine. However the last 4-5 days she’s been making those noises and movements again multiple times a day. I’m really starting to get worried, are these just hiccups and im worrying over nothing, or should I be making a vet appointment asap? I unfortunately can’t add videos as I do have it recorded, but I’ll send it to anyone if they want to see it.
Info:
Species: Cat
Age: 2
Sex/spay: female and spayed
Breed: domestic short hair
Body weight: aprox 14 lbs
History: Nothing bad according to her records that I got when I adopted her in January, the shelter had brought her to the vet in December where they spayed her, got her up to date on vaccines and in the notes said she was healthy.
Clinical signs: for about 20 seconds to 1 minute she will have body shakes and make wheezing/hiccuping noises. she has been completely normal asides from this. No issues with drinking, eating, playing or napping.
Duration: last 4-5 days
General location: Southern Ontario