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hi, im a high school girl struggling with body image. i eat a lot of food and then i make myself vomit and poop afterwards. i am so fat im like 82 kg or 180 lbs and liposuction sounds more and more enticing if thats the word, but i heard ill just have a saggy flap of skin. maybe if not continue to vomit and poop, i will just work out like the fatass i am.

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[โ€“] hyacin@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Any and all quick fixes will not work if you do not address the underlying issues - the weight will just come back.

Many people have had great success with GLP-1 drugs. You should consult a medical professional though for a qualified opinion and to ensure they won't conflict with anything else you have going on.

I used to be 10 pounds under weight and about 10% body fat. I'm now so overweight I can barely muster the energy to cook healthy meals to try to stem the problem, and forget entirely about working out. I've been on GLP-1 (WeGovy) for two months now and the change is significant - it is much easier for me to say no to bad food (which my family still surrounds me with and shoves in my face constantly), and I'm less inclined to take, say, four slices of pizza - I'll instead take two, and when I'm done, I don't even bother going back for more (and this applies to other food as well.) My long term goals are structured roughly around - lose enough of the weight that my body is no longer constantly just fighting and burning all my energy to stay alive and keep my organs working - flip that energy into physical activity and/or healthy food prep - and then as things start to snowball, incorporate the other (physical activity or food prep, whichever is still outstanding). I'm only down a handful of pounds so far as the ramp-up time on the drug is quite long, but I already feel better about myself, generally feel better every day now than I did before, and most importantly have hope and think I can see a light at the end of the tunnel.

It is a tunnel though - and it is a long journey, no matter how you do it. I don't expect any significant results for at least a year, and even then I'll still have a ways to go. Nothing short of fundamental and sustained changes can produce positive, healthy results that will stick around though.