Life changing for me too, and I mean this genuinely and not lightly
my bmi got to 32, I had high cortisol due to peri and got myself in a vicious circle I couldn’t get out of, I developed high blood pressure and was on max dose of two meds, and it was still uncontrolled, I also developed sleep apnea, meaning I was exhausted, and my gp felt likely metabolic disease.
im now a bmi 20, I exercise regligiously, blood pressure is healthy, im off the meds with my gps support and my sleep apnea is gone. My cortisol levels are normal, all blood tests were healthy.
i like my appearance again, im a size 8 from a size 18, my body is fit and toned, with clear muscle definition, i love getting dressed now, in clothes i want to wear, rather than something black to hide the fat. In the warm weather it’s amazing to not feel uncomfortable. To be able to wear lovely summer light clothes.
and I say that as mental health is also important, we should feel good about ourselves.
i had no side effects at all, like 80 percent of people. I ate a clean and healthy diet from the start to avoid any gastro issues. I noticed an immediate difference with reduction of inflammation, for example I could kneel down fully within a week or two , I couldn’t do thst for a couple of years before, as my ankles were stiff.
i also had stiff ankles when i got up in the morning. Which resolved in the same time frame, and surprisingly my very large round tummy started shrinking back very quickly, as in within about 3 weeks people started to comment I’d lost a lot of weight, I hadn’t, it was simply my extended round heavily pregnant looking belly shrunk back. Likely as the cortisol was reducing.
i am now on a low maintenance dose, primarily to maintain my health but also to ensure I don’t regain, it is critical to me not to.