Today marked my first dose of mounjaro. I have been steadily increasing in weight for years despite all attempts at dieting. Appetite suppressant pills had started to make me sick and I could feel them tearing me up inside while becoming less and less effective, so I had to stop. I'm a short fella and I weigh 185lbs with a gut that is too large to be healthy. I can feel the effect it has on my knees during high impact exercise. I can't bounce with my kid without getting severely winded and hurting. I've been so unhappy with my body and overall declining health. At my age my sister, who had a desk job, became morbidly obese and one day they found her in her apartment. She had been in her bathroom for days and it was deemed natural causes. Yeah she naturally declined in health until she died on her fucking bathroom floor. I am terrified that I won't see my youngests 18th birthday, so it's time to make a change. I started my first dose this morning and I've had a smile all day. This is the first night in a long time that I havent felt a gnawing hunger and a need to snack constantly. Today I ate a reasonably portioned meal and actually felt full. I've believed for a long time that everyone deserves to be happy in their own body no matter how much medical intervention is required, and now I'm getting some of my own. Why not? A weekly dose of the generic costs less than I spend a week on awful gas station meals in order to keep going at work. Fuck it, let's fucking go.