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My surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday and while I’m excited, I’m also terrified. This is the biggest surgery I’ve ever had and the most intense. I’ll have a nurse and my husband for the healing but still really scared of the surgery and recovery.

Something else I’m scared about is how they’ll look. I posted this fear on this subreddit years ago while I was still debating the surgery and got a really negative response. I know some people are just grateful to have them smaller no matter how they look, but how they look is actually super important to me. I know they’ll look crazy while they’re healing, I’m fine with that, but I want them to heal into being better looking than they are now!

I’m pretty much at my goal weight and happy with where I am. I’ve been losing on 12.5, but have run into a unique insurance hiccup.

I am an American living outside the US. I originally brought several months worth of 12.5 with me to the country that I live in. In January, my insurance changed to make participation in some telehealth wellness program necessary for continued coverage. I’ve enrolled in the program, but the required scale and app don’t work overseas. Neither my insurance nor the telehealth program seem to have a solution for this.

In the country where I live, I can purchase mounjaro, but the highest dose is 5mg. Would that be far too low for maintenance? I don’t need to lose m

If this looks familiar...I posted it about a month ago and deleted it because a friend recognized me. So if you see this and you know me... no you don't.

I haven't been able to find out much about the actual process of EL curtailment. Thank you to everyone who replied to my previous deleted post, but I think some comments needed more context about my position in order to provide advice. I'm in my second tour, I am tenured, I've done my consular tour, and I'm not on language probation. I've only been at Post for about 100 days but I am having a really hard time and another 500 days seems impossible.

I know that I can't curtail until the year mark in order to not have to pay back moving exp

I’ve been having a hard time eating due to stress combined with the medication, and it’s having adverse effects on my overall health and wellness. I want to eat but can barely manage a few bites due to severely low appetite. I’ve tolerated the meds well for the 10 months I’ve been on them, but recent life stress is hitting me hard. What foods do you eat on days when you just don’t have appetite? I’ve already been not eating, and it’s made me light headed during workouts, nauseous, and tired.

I’m fairly early in my second tour, so can’t curtail quite yet without having to pay, but for various reasons, I’m having a very difficult time and I’m not sure it’ll get better. My first tour was a dream and seriously warped my perception of this career to think it would be fairly smooth sailing everywhere. I am trying to be positive but my second tour is worse in every way possible. I am constantly stressed and feeling physically ill over my job. If I need to stick it out, I can, but are second tour curtailments a hindrance to future careers? I know curtailing multiple times is a career killer and I can stick it out through some tough stuff if need be, and I don’t want to damage my career,

I’ve been on Zepbound about 6 months and have experienced various side effects, but nothing too crazy. I’m on 15mg - switched from wegovy which I was on for a year. However, this most recent side effect has me…surprised. Usually the day of the shot my stomach will hurt at night (like cramps/indigestion) and a bit the next day. I admittedly ate a super high fat meal the day before and day of injection.

However, post injection day…I had yellow 💩. This was very unexpected. I mostly feel fine otherwise so I’m wondering if anyone else has had this happen?

I DID IT! For anyone wondering "is a wedding really worth it?" YES. It was to me! Having all of our loved ones in one place to celebrate with us and enjoy the evening is an experience I am reliving in my head over and over again that is bringing me so much joy. I love reading all of your graduation posts so I'm very excited to share mine. If you're a Baltimore/DMV bride and want vendor details, just PM me.

TL:DR - just don't read it bc this is a very long post. But if you're looking for something, it's budget breakdown, what went wrong, what went right, in that order.

Baltimore wedding, 84 final guests, 120 invited, NO no-shows, 1 last-minute cancellation due to work, 5 left early (will ex

Venting all my craziness here in an effort to not be a terrible bridezilla to everyone around me! So my RSVPs got sorted and I was pleasantly surprised that I just had to remind a ton of people, rather than them being nos. We're at about 84 people which I am pretty happy with!

We are just over two weeks out and there is one main snag. I think I just need to be talked off the ledge here!

My father prepaid back in January for 120 guests, since he just wanted to get it out of the way. I warned him that we were nowhere close to an RSVP count and 120 was just who was invited, but he insisted. So now we have a ton of extra money with the caterer, which we can use for upgrades (yay!) I'm NOT mad

I have 8 hours of photography coverage and could do them, but I’m just wondering, is it really worth posing and trying to look cute when I could be relaxing? Does anyone even look at their getting ready photos much after the wedding? I’m trying to decide if it’s worth it or just another task in an already busy day.

Y'all...I don't even know what I'm doing with this post. I just need to vent. It's 2 days from my RSVP deadline and out of 120 invitees -

• 56 have RSVPed Yes

• 14 have RSVPed No

• 50 have not responded

Honestly, I am having a really hard time with this. It's hitting way harder than I expected. Some of our nos are totally normal reasons (health, plus ones that weren't used) but I'm extremely hurt that one family member who I went out of my way and invited two extra people for, has RSVPed no (along with the two other people she made me invite) for another event, when she's known about my wedding for months. Another person RSVPed no as well, and I am thinking it's because of childcare - v

Ugh. I am so stressed about this.

I am planning my wedding for this June and after a lot of back and forth deciding, we decided to make our wedding childfree. This decision has not come without some pushback, but we are in our 30s and everyone we know has kids, all different ages and all different behavior levels. There's no way we can accommodate 20-30+ extra children and all of the...behavior that comes with kids of different ages. We love the children in our lives but we just cannot accommodate this since it would add so many people to our guest list.

I put a QR code on our save the dates with the wedding info and under our FAQs, the first question is "Are kids invited?" I VERY clearly

Posted yesterday but hoping for some more responses.

I recently switched from taking 2.4 Wegovy to 12.5 Zepbound. My second dose was Friday, 2/14. I lost about 30 lbs with Wegovy in 2024, but have been stalled since October with at least another 50 lbs I’d like to lose.

My first dose (on 2/8) I felt no hunger suppression, but got full-body aches for a whole day, and saw it was a common side effect. I chalked up the lack of hunger suppression to my period coming that week, as Wegovy is also less effective right before my period. I tried to still stick to my calorie limit but didn’t feel the meds working at all. Also of note, I got hit with a cold around Tuesday/Wednesday, and I’m still not

I was on Wegovy for most of 2024 and lost about 30 lbs, but stalled starting in October. No loss but no gain. Last week (2/8) I started Zepbound 12.5. Hours later, I had full body aches and read it was a normal side effect so wasn’t too worried. However, I was starving all week and felt the medication wasn’t doing anything.

I did start my period on Wednesday and have been battling a cold, so I am wondering if this made my hunger cues stronger? I took my second dose last night and still feel pretty much nothing the next morning. Still a little sick and on my period. Wegovy was less effective the week before my period but usually once I got it the hunger suppression kicked back in.

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