★OFFICIAL WEEKLY★ Medication Mondays: Tales of Transformation – Discuss Your Weight Loss Drug Journeys!

In our weekly recurring thread, "Medication Mondays: Tales of Transformation," we invite users to openly share and discuss their experiences with weight loss medications. This dedicated space aims to foster a supportive community where individuals can exchange insights, challenges, and triumphs related to their weight loss journeys. Whether you're currently on a medication regimen, considering it, or have successfully navigated this path, this thread serves as a valuable resource for gaining diverse perspectives and guidance. From sharing dosage details to discussing lifestyle changes and potential side effects, participants can engage in constructive conversations that empower and inform. The collective wisdom shared in "Medication Mondays" not only builds a knowledge base but also creates a sense of camaraderie, fostering a community that understands the nuances of using weight loss medications.

This is not a space to seek out medications without appropriate prescriptions or discuss using the medications in a way that violates our "No Promoting or Encouraging Unhealthy Weight Loss Methods" rule.

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So close to my goal weight—here's my next steps! (I have no one to share this with, so I thought I'd share it with y'all. :)

28F, 5'3"!

July 2024 to Nov 2024, I went from 185lb to 166lb on 1800 calories a day. (2300 was my maintenance.) This was my first weight loss journey, so when I hit a plateau at 166lb and my weight didn't budge, I freaked. I dropped calories to 1750, then to 1650, and followed that very loosely. I went from strength training 2x/week to 3x/week. No budge. So in Feb 2025, I said fuck it, put weight loss on the back burner and tabled it for later.

Looking back now, it's so clear that:

1. Lowering my calories primarily didn't work because I wasn't consistent with the 1650 at all 💀
2. I just needed a maintenance break! Both physically and mentally

So, from Feb 2025 to July 2025, I took a maintenance break totally on accident, just from being frustrated by my plateau. I even stopped strength training. Thankfully, my eating habits had changed enough that I didn't gain back, and I was shocked to see 160lb on the scale in July 2025. 😳

July 2025, I try a new deficit since I'm smaller: 1550 calories a day. That was 33 weeks ago, and I've only lost 23lbs since then (currently 137!) Why? Well...

1. A few vacations sprinkled in there and mini maintenance breaks sprinkled in there (like Thanksgiving week lol)
2. I made a few mistakes in my calorie counting along the way. For example, I used Chipotle's calorie counter and thought I was eating fits-within-my-daily calories burrito bowl until I took one home one day, weighed it on my food scale and realized it was 400 cals over what I thought. 😳 Incorrectly guessing cookie calories from the bakery, stuff like that.

Yet, I'm still not stressed! I have a 2-week maintenance break planned from tomorrow to mid-March.

After that, I'll hop back on a 1500/day deficit, lose average 1lb a week for 10 weeks, strength train 3 times a week + 4 mile walks every day, and I'll be at my goal weight of 125lb by June 1st. :)

Let's do this!

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How much did your bra size change?

I've lost over 30 kg (~70 lbs) and it's time time to admit - my old bras don't fit. I still have like 15 kg (~35 lbs) to lose. I'd be interested to hear how much the bodies of others changed.

Also, I always thought I wouldn't get self-conscious about the "side effects" of weight loss but I'm starting to doubt that. I'm self-conscious even about the shape of my chest area and how it has changed. How lose the skin is and how my breasts hang even though I'm only around 25 and I've never used big bra sizes. All the stretch marks that are now so visible.

I'm not even sure what my size is or was. I think at my biggest it was like 85-90D (~US 38-40C?) Now it's somewhere around 85B/80C/75D (~ US 36B?) I'm not committing yet to any certain size and I've gone bra shopping in second hand stores for this reason (you can find good brands and not used bras there! also cheap, since I have 15 kg left!). I might be totally off with the sizes. I've only recently started to look for new ones as I can't fill the old cups anymore...

Few months before I started the journey, in 2024, my bust size was 107 cm / 42 inches. 100 cm / 39 inches band size. Now the numbers are 94 / 37 and 80 / 31.5 . (Okay, these numbers make me feel like proportionally I might be gaining but it doesn't mentally feel like it when I look at the mirror.)

Any experiences? How do you feel about the topic? (Please feel free to use any units or systems.)

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How much does drinking little water impact weight loss?

I’m (f,27) very bad at keeping my body hydrated. On most days, if I add up everything I drink — including water and coffee — I probably only reach around 0.5 to 1.25 liters in total. I know that’s not much, but the problem is that I almost never feel thirsty, so drinking just doesn’t cross my mind most of the time. Hours can pass before I realize I haven’t had anything to drink.

Since January, I’ve been trying to lose weight and build healthier habits. I’ve been pretty consistent with my routine: I make sure to get around 10,000 steps a day, and I also track my calories to stay in a deficit. Despite that, the progress has been extremely slow, which has been a bit frustrating. I expected it to be gradual, but sometimes it feels like the scale barely moves even when I’m doing everything “right.”

Recently someone mentioned that my very low fluid intake might be part of the reason my weight loss is slower than expected. That made me wonder if drinking so little could really have that big of an effect. I always assumed that as long as I’m in a calorie deficit, weight loss should still happen regardless of how much I drink.

So now I’m curious: can being chronically under-hydrated actually slow down weight loss significantly, even if you’re eating fewer calories than you burn? Or is it more likely that the slow progress is just normal and unrelated to how much I drink? 😅

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Change in weight loss pattern means I need to readjust deficit?

So I’m 38F 5ft3 and currently 215lbs. I’ve lost 65 lbs since June of last year where I’ve used the loseit app to track my calories and calculate my deficit. This whole time I’ve used lightly active as my activity level and set my deficit to lose around 1.5 lbs a week. I walk on a walking pad 5x a week and get 10,000 steps 5x a week and take the weekends off. Up until recently, like the last month or so I’ve been feeling very discouraged and my weight loss patterns seemed to have changed. I won’t lose anything one week, then lose 2-4 lbs the next. I’ve have been holding off putting my activity level as sedentary because it will put me at 1200 calories during the week and I just don’t think I can do that at this point. Am I just not trusting this process or do I need to change my deficit to be more restrictive to lose more consistently? I know us short girls get less calories but I feel like I’m far from having to be at 1200 already. Thanks!

Here’s my last month weight loss

Mar 2, 2026

215 lbs

Feb 23, 2026

218.0 Ibs

Feb 16, 2026

218.0 Ibs

Feb 9, 2026

222.0 Ibs

Feb 2, 2026

222.0 Ibs

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Weight loss stalled

My weight loss seems to have stalled. For reference, i am 37F 5'4" started at ~190lbs about 2 yrs ago. I have been the same weight for the past 3 weeks. 153.4 lbs, this exact number, everytime, which is strange it usually fluctuates a little bit.​ I have been adhering to the calories deficit, around 1400 per day, pretty closely (90% of the time, I would say). I run 3x/wk, pilates 2x/wk. I only weigh myself once a week. Feeling frustrated and could use a little encouragement. Thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.

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When will I see it?

I started my weight loss journey on January 1st as a last minute decision to just go for it. My starting weight was 297lb and I am 267lb today. I had/have a pretty sedentary lifestyle.

I spent all of January just learning calorie counting and healthy eating. Finding what to look for and how to figure out exact calories. Also learning how to set things up so healthier food was the easy choice for me.

I spent February working on increasing my activity. Not working out, but actively working on sustainable movement like going on walks during my lunch break or riding my exercise bike while watching something in the evenings. Small choices each day to combine with eating choices.

Now in March I am going to focus on my attitude. I have noticed that stress and being overwhelmed significantly influence how well I stay on track with eating choices and my motivation to be physcially active. So I am working on mentally working to decipher what I can and can't control with hopes of letting things go. To essentially mentally get to a spot where things outside of my control don't have so much power over what I choose.

I feel like so far, even with bad days and some poor food choices, I am doing well overall. I feel like I am building habits that I can maintain for life, which is the ultimate goal. However, I have noticed more and more lately that even with a 30lb weight loss, I don't look like I've lost weight. Not to myself and I don't think to others, either. Those in my home know I am working on this, but I haven't told anyone else I am. 30lbs seems like a lot, but even now I don't see a difference in how I look from before. I did try to take a couple progress photos around week 3 and week 7 but that almost made me feel worse when it didn't seem to be any change in how I looked.

So my questions are:

1) When will I start to see visible changes in my body?

2) What mindset change helped you most to be successful on your journey?

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