I am morbidly obese. I have tried losing weight for over 20 years, and the doctors just say “eat less, excercise more”. I’m 43 that has occured to me, thanks. No matter how hard I work at it, I lose 20 lbs, and then start gaining it back even if nothing has changed. Or even if I reduce my calorie intake again. Or increase my exercise. Its too the point that whenever I look in the mirror I just see a ft cw of a person. I never really learned to do makeup when I was younger, and Idk how to really learn now. Ive been told by friends to just watch some YouTube videos & experiment. When I do, I just see a ft cw with make-up on. Somethings are okay look wise, somethings are, “Oh dear, that’s a no”, but nothing is ever, “hey, I like this”. How do I figure out something that works for me?

(And yes, I know I need therepy- working on it- just trying to work on things I can control right now.).

  • Strange-Mulberry-470@alien.top
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    1 year ago

    Since you mentioned weight, are you Type 2 Diabetic or even pre-diabetic? I was in your position and weighed 297 pounds. I am T2 D so I qualified for a prescription of Mounjaro. It is one of those GLP 1 meds. You’ve probably heard of Ozempic? It is similar to that but Mounjaro is reportedly more effective. Here is a link to the Reddit sub on Mounjaro (MJ).

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Mounjaro/

    I’ve lost 59 pounds to date, and have blown my budget on makeup. I am feeling so much more confident, beautiful. I hate going without my makeup now. All the suggestions for how to apply makeup are good ones. You should try them all. But reading between the lines, I see you. And thought this information might help you.

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      1 year ago

      Im not diabetic, but Ozempic has been difficult tonget. Im supposed to be on Saxenda (sp?) But had some issues. Starting tomorrow. Ill ask Doc about that one.