Nothing here is medical advice and several members in this subcategory say plainly that they are describing their own experience only. The uncertainty is in the assumption, not in the calculation.
The question in the title: Talking to a therapist about this specifically — does this still hold? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it.
A question about the part of this that nobody puts in a trial report.
The physical side is documented. The rest — how other people respond, what changes socially, what to do with expectations set by other people's accounts — is not, and it is the part I am finding harder.
Motivation and expectation: starting with clear motivation and realistic expectations about what will happen and when helps with psychological adjustment.
Social and relationship impacts: weight change affects how others perceive and interact with a person. Those impacts are real and can be psychologically significant.
The general answer and the answer for your case may diverge here.
Where a member is finding this hard, the useful reply is usually a question rather than an answer, and this subcategory does that well.
Old habit: I write down the expected answer before I calculate it.
This follows post #7 rather than contradicting it.
The social side of this — how other people respond to visible change — comes up constantly and has nothing to do with pharmacology.
I have said this before in a thread nobody could find, so it is worth repeating.
Nothing here is medical advice and several members in this subcategory say plainly that they are describing their own experience only.
The uncertainty is in the assumption, not in the calculation.
If you are in crisis, contact a local emergency or crisis service rather than posting. A volunteer forum cannot help and waiting costs time.
Social and relationship impacts: weight change affects how others perceive and interact with a person. Those impacts are real and can be psychologically significant.
Where I part company with post #10, and it is a narrow parting.
Motivation and expectation: starting with clear motivation and realistic expectations about what will happen and when helps with psychological adjustment.
I would be interested in a counterexample if anyone has one.
Sensible. I would want the same detail before I acted on it either.
Nothing here is medical advice and several members in this subcategory say plainly that they are describing their own experience only.
Take the reasoning and check the arithmetic; I do not always get it right.
Where a member is finding this hard, the useful reply is usually a question rather than an answer, and this subcategory does that well.
That has been true for the cases I have seen and I have not seen many.
On post #18 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification.
Motivation and expectation: starting with clear motivation and realistic expectations about what will happen and when helps with psychological adjustment.
I have changed my mind on this once already, so take it as current rather than settled.
Everything in post #19 holds. The case it does not cover is the one I have.
Nothing here is medical advice and several members in this subcategory say plainly that they are describing their own experience only.
I am aware this is the third time this month I have made this point.
Narrowing post #19, because the general version has more than one answer.
Support and community: some people process weight change through community (online or in-person). Others prefer privacy. Knowing what you need and seeking it proactively helps.
Reporting the observation and leaving the explanation open deliberately.
The social side of this — how other people respond to visible change — comes up constantly and has nothing to do with pharmacology.
Maintenance brings a different set of psychological questions from loss, and the discussion here is much thinner on that phase.
Expectations set by other people's reported trajectories are a documented source of distress, and the trajectories posted are not representative.
A weak preference rather than a position.
Support and community: some people process weight change through community (online or in-person). Others prefer privacy. Knowing what you need and seeking it proactively helps.
Motivation and expectation: starting with clear motivation and realistic expectations about what will happen and when helps with psychological adjustment.