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Weight Loss & Obesity
About this collection
Honest first-person stories of weight loss and life with obesity, told by the people who lived them, without before-and-after gloss.
Companion reading — personal stories, never medical advice.
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Every ebook in this collection gathers fifty real accounts around one subject. Some cover the newer weight loss medications: Ozempic and Wegovy, Mounjaro, oral semaglutide, orforglipron, compounded GLP-1s, and what people describe about nausea, microdosing, keeping muscle, and the weight regain that can follow stopping. Others follow surgery, from gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and lap-band to the body contouring some people choose afterwards. The rest are about the slower, everyday routes: keto, intermittent fasting, losing weight after 50, breaking a plateau, losing 100 pounds or more, and the emotional eating and binge eating that often sit underneath the numbers. There are also stories from families working through childhood obesity.
Each book arrives instantly as a PDF and EPUB. The writers are candid about what changed, what did not, and how it felt, so you can see the full picture before you decide anything with your own care team.
Where to start
- The GLP-1 Revolution: Ozempic & Wegovy Stories — the most-read starting point if you are considering medication
- The Nausea Curve: Managing GLP-1 Side Effects Stories — for the first difficult weeks on treatment
- Sleeved for Success: Gastric Sleeve Stories — if surgery is on the table
- After the Shot: GLP-1 Weight Regain Stories — honest accounts of what happens after stopping
- Beyond the Plate: Overcoming Emotional Eating — for the part that is not about food
- Growing Lighter: Childhood Obesity Success Stories — for parents and carers
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