27y/o woman, starting this Thurs.... looking for a community

Hi everyone,

After about a year and a half of considering, researching, gaslighting myself, and talking with healthcare professionals, I'm taking the leap

Looking for young women in their 20s/30s who can relate, that we can talk about this journey together

My reasons to start:

1. struggling with my weight my whole life (this one seems obvious lol) and its affecting how i live and my willingness to "put myself out there" socially and romantically
2. struggling to control my alcohol consumption

my main fears:

1. side effects affecting my work (i.e. nasuea causing me not to focus)
2. effects on my social life (not going out to eat or drink with friends)
3. people perceiving changes in my body, making assumptions, judging
4. hair loss .....i've been experiencing a bit of hair loss over the past year .... part of the reason i want to quit drinking, is excessive alcohol use can cause hair loss. however weight loss also causes hair loss ..

If you relate to any of this, i would love for you to leave a comment

if you relate to this and have been on zepbound for a while, i'd love to hear your experience

if you relate to this and are also getting started around this time, and looking for perhaps a buddy going through similar experience, lmk!

:)

- Leila

p.s. i've been lurking this community for a very long time. I've been so impressed with all the progress i've seen, and all the encouragement provided. .... I'm very excited to join the squad