Feel Good Friday

Happy Friday! 🌞 It's Feel Good Friday — our weekly check-in where the only agenda is celebrating you. What are you celebrating this week? What big or small victories have you had that we can celebrate with you? Wins come in every size: • A number on the scale — or a number you finally stopped checking • A meal you planned instead of grabbed • A walk, a workout, a stretch • More energy, better sleep, a clearer head • A boundary you held • Simply not quitting Share yours below — then give someone else's win a like or a comment. We rise together. 🎉

1. Belle member

   I lost 1.4 pounds this week. 8 pounds in 5 weeks. I'm ok with that😁

2. Belle member

   @member amazing 🤩

3. Belle member

   I went to my first HIIT fitness workout yesterday… thought I would pass out but I stuck it out. Weights and crunches and lunges … oh my. Proud of myself and sore today.

4. Belle member

   @member belly be gone, indeed!!

5. Belle member

   I lost 0.6 pounds but also inches since last month. I’ll take it!

6. Belle member

   I had 3 good nights of sleep!🙌

7. Belle member

   @member go girllll!

8. Belle member

   I'm celebrating that me and my husband are on this journey of getting healthy together.

9. Belle member

   My husband started a GLP-1 in late June. He's been on 2.5mg, never titrated up. At his PCP app this morning he found out that his BP went from 146/ 90 to 118/74, his cholesterol went from the mid 200s to 130, his testosterone was in the low 200s and is now in the 300s, and he's lost 33lbs. His Dr said to him "whatever it is youre doing, keep doing it. See you back in a year." And I'm over here like: Bruh... I told you.

10. Belle member

    @member Lange indeed

11. Belle member

    @member that is wonderful!! Congrats to him!!!

12. Belle member

    @member Im really proud of him. And really happy for him!

13. Belle member

    @member 😂😂 girls know best!

14. Belle member

    @member Augustine that’s wonderful! I envy that! 😉

15. Belle member

    @member Lange hell yes!

16. Belle member

    @member that is really great team work! 👏👏👏

17. Belle member

    @member congratulations!

18. Belle member

    @member your doing great each pound brings you closer to the final goal

19. Belle member

    @member way to go girl. So proud of you

20. Belle member

    @member that is awesome 👏🏼

21. Belle member

    @member Augustine now that a big time win!! Yea so happy for you

22. Belle member

    @member ❤️❤️❤️

23. Belle member

    @member that is awesome nothing better than having your spouse on his own journey at the same time.

24. Belle member

    For me this week has been little different I was summoned for jury duty so drinking all my water was a challenge but not going to the bathroom was a bigger challenge. I managed both and never what to be in that situation again.

25. Belle member

    @member oh man!! I know I couldn't drink my water and not go to the bathroom. They would dismiss me. Hahaha Great job!!

26. Belle member

    @member I am happy for you and your husband what an awesome job

27. Belle member

    @member thank you it was very tough and they don’t have enough bathroom for 120 potential jury candidates along with everyone else needing to use them

28. Belle member

    @member ❤️❤️ back at ya

29. Belle member

    Over the past 2.5 months in Tirz, I’ve lost 18 lbs and my blood sugar has gone from the 120’s to hanging out in the 80’s and 90’s, with only small spikes after a meal with higher carbs! I’m very happy about that!

30. Belle member

    Simply not quitting. I feel sometimes I am fighting a non-winnable battle. Am I getting enough protein, water? I’m down 40 lbs so can’t complain but sometimes…I just keep going

31. Belle member

    I lost 1.2 pounds this week, but what I'm really celebrating is finishing my colonoscopy prep without feeling super hungry. As someone who prior to GLP-1 would carry snacks in my purse for when the hanger kicked in, I was worried about being ravenously hungry on the fasting day. And even after being off the shot for a couple weeks I didn't struggle with hunger. What a blessing!

32. Belle member

    @member if some are not in this self-battle, we probably will be eventually. Some have been here and have gotten through it. You are not alone!!

33. Belle member

    @member this is great to know! I have to go through this in 3 weeks!

34. Belle member

    @member well done!!👍

35. Belle member

    @member congrats on your 40 pounds and it's ok to feel frustrated if the scale has slowed/stopped. Keep your head high and doing what's right for your mind and body.

36. Belle member

    @member Lange, you got this! I was very anxious leading up to it, because I knew I had to be off the medication for a couple weeks, and I had never been off the meds since starting. For me, there was nothing to worry about. Now, I'm not going to say the prep day was easy, because it's a lot 😂, but I was grateful that hunger was the furthest thing from my mind.

37. Belle member

    @member did you take your last dose of Tirz the 8 days before? That’s the window I was given.

38. Belle member

    @member Lange I was instructed to skip the week before, so my last dose was 2 weeks prior.

39. Belle member

    @member wow! I guess I feel lucky because mine is 8 days before. I did check with the care team and they said I wouldn’t have to take a lower dose when I can start again. And the nurse said I can start up again the morning after.

40. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Welcome to Belle, Kesia! 8 pounds in 5 weeks is a great start.

41. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    First HIIT class and you stuck it out! That soreness is earned.

42. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Inches count, Mary! That's real progress.

43. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Three good nights of sleep is a huge win.

44. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Love that you and your husband are doing this together!

45. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    What a great health win for him, Kimberly!

46. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Staying hydrated through jury duty takes dedication, Mary!

47. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    18 lbs, and blood sugar in the 80s and 90s? That's a big health win, Nicole.

48. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Karree, 40 pounds is no small thing. Slow weeks happen to everyone. Keep leaning on the habits you've built. You're not alone in this.

49. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Great tip on the colonoscopy prep, Anna, and congrats on the 1.2 lbs!

50. Belle member

    Better sleep with the help of my sermorelin.

51. Belle member

    @member yayyy

52. Belle member

    @member keep shining

53. Belle member

    @member congratulations

54. Belle member

    @member fantastic

55. Belle member

    @member that's awesome news

56. Belle member

    @Tiffany Bailey PA-C 🙏🏼

57. Belle member

    @member ❤️❤️❤️

58. Belle member

    @member my first time I felt the same🫪 😅. Way to go! 👍💪

59. Belle member

    @member good for you. It’s intense isn’t it?

60. Belle member

    @member. The first few times were rough. I've been doing this for 8 months. So now I can keep up😅👍

61. Belle member

    @member okay you are my inspiration now. 💕

62. Belle member

    @member 💕

63. Belle member

    @member cardio drum is a blast ! Have you ever tried that?

64. Belle member

    The me in the mirror is much smaller around the waist. I pulled out some more of my jeans from a few years ago when I was in much better shape and they fit me good.

65. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Better sleep is such a big win, Shawn!

66. Tiffany Bailey PA-C · Belle expert

    Old jeans fitting again is the best feeling, Mike!