this one’s a hard one to post last summer i weighed in at the heaviest i had been in a long time. I gained 50lbs during the pandemic due to bad habits + the depo birth control shot. having PCOS it has been a challenge and a half to lose weight and feel normal again. last summer at my wits end i hired a personal trainer, began counting calories, ate an extremely restrictive diet and did 4 days a week of CrossFit training. despite the fact i was doing everything science has proven to be right, i was barely losing weight and would sometimes gain weight. i spent days crying because i was trying so hard and nothing was changing. in November of 2022 i started taking semaglutide after learning it helps lower insulin resistance that most of us cysters struggle with. and wow did it work pretty much overnight, i lost 20lbs in the first 4 months. i then hit a plateau once again - my weight would not budge. i then found the book ‘Fast Like a Girl’ by dr.mindypelz and learned how healing fas...