why I went on a GLP-1

and my experience, one month in

I want to be transparent about this process, and also protect myself in sharing more personal updates, especially ones that feel vulnerable. These essays will be behind the paywall, which is as low as Substack will allow me to go.

My health backstory

Over the past year, I worked really hard on building a healthy foundation to address some health concerns and to simply feel better.

In November 2023, I felt like garbage. I was exhausted, gained quite a bit of weight, and had ditched any semblance of routine. I was barely exercising, eating indulgently, and my sleep was awful. My weight was the highest it’d ever been (aside from pregnancy), at 154 pounds.