Sumita Mukhopadhyay

Like I knew I could restrict what I was eating, but eventually I'd gain the weight back. And I really wanted something. I really wanted a strategy that would be more effective. And so. I went in and got my blood work done and, you know, pretty much every indicator was elevated. So I had become pre-diabetic. My cholesterol was elevated. And so those scared me, right?

Like I had just lost my father to exactly the things that I'm now looking at in my blood report. And so I was like, you know, I think it's finally time for me to really take this seriously and figure out, you know, a strategy to move forward. And she suggested Manjaro. It is a injectable that you take weekly. It slows your digestion, basically, is how it works.

Like I had just lost my father to exactly the things that I'm now looking at in my blood report. And so I was like, you know, I think it's finally time for me to really take this seriously and figure out, you know, a strategy to move forward. And she suggested Manjaro. It is a injectable that you take weekly. It slows your digestion, basically, is how it works.

Like I had just lost my father to exactly the things that I'm now looking at in my blood report. And so I was like, you know, I think it's finally time for me to really take this seriously and figure out, you know, a strategy to move forward. And she suggested Manjaro. It is a injectable that you take weekly. It slows your digestion, basically, is how it works.

And in doing so, it reduces the rate at which you can eat and how hungry you get. And so, you know, I decided to go on it.

And in doing so, it reduces the rate at which you can eat and how hungry you get. And so, you know, I decided to go on it.

And in doing so, it reduces the rate at which you can eat and how hungry you get. And so, you know, I decided to go on it.

Do you mean emotionally or physically?

Do you mean emotionally or physically?

Do you mean emotionally or physically?

Yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean, emotionally, it was really hard to make the decision to go on it. I saw it as two things. I saw it as a betrayal to the kind of body positivity and feminism that I had ascribed to of loving yourself at any size and not trusting pharmaceutical interventions. And also there was another voice inside me that was like, this is how bad it's gotten, girl.

Yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean, emotionally, it was really hard to make the decision to go on it. I saw it as two things. I saw it as a betrayal to the kind of body positivity and feminism that I had ascribed to of loving yourself at any size and not trusting pharmaceutical interventions. And also there was another voice inside me that was like, this is how bad it's gotten, girl.

Yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean, emotionally, it was really hard to make the decision to go on it. I saw it as two things. I saw it as a betrayal to the kind of body positivity and feminism that I had ascribed to of loving yourself at any size and not trusting pharmaceutical interventions. And also there was another voice inside me that was like, this is how bad it's gotten, girl.

Like you couldn't control this and now you have to take a drug. That's how not well you are. And so a lot of self-judgment, a lot of shame came out with the decision to go on the medication. Physically, it is a bumpy road. It was for me. For me, I struggled with very intense nausea. So one of the ways that it works is since it slows your digestion, if you overeat, you feel very sick.

Like you couldn't control this and now you have to take a drug. That's how not well you are. And so a lot of self-judgment, a lot of shame came out with the decision to go on the medication. Physically, it is a bumpy road. It was for me. For me, I struggled with very intense nausea. So one of the ways that it works is since it slows your digestion, if you overeat, you feel very sick.

Like you couldn't control this and now you have to take a drug. That's how not well you are. And so a lot of self-judgment, a lot of shame came out with the decision to go on the medication. Physically, it is a bumpy road. It was for me. For me, I struggled with very intense nausea. So one of the ways that it works is since it slows your digestion, if you overeat, you feel very sick.

And then a lot of digestive issues. It is very hard to go to the bathroom when you're on it. You have to take all kinds of laxatives. They now have additional prescriptions they put people on that are taking it to help support with regular bowel movements. And so it was not the best physical experience. And then at a certain point, I got used to it.

And then a lot of digestive issues. It is very hard to go to the bathroom when you're on it. You have to take all kinds of laxatives. They now have additional prescriptions they put people on that are taking it to help support with regular bowel movements. And so it was not the best physical experience. And then at a certain point, I got used to it.

And then a lot of digestive issues. It is very hard to go to the bathroom when you're on it. You have to take all kinds of laxatives. They now have additional prescriptions they put people on that are taking it to help support with regular bowel movements. And so it was not the best physical experience. And then at a certain point, I got used to it.

But I think it was more that I just got used to managing the side effects. They never really went away for me.