03/17/2026
If your blood pressure medication is working, no one tells you to “try harder” or “taper off to prove yourself.”
But weight medication? Suddenly everyone has opinions. Including the voice in your own head.
That voice isn’t yours. It’s the residue of a culture that still treats weight as a character issue, not a medical one.
Nearly 70% of people with obesity have been stigmatized by their own physicians. The shame isn’t yours to carry.
You don’t have to earn your treatment. 💛
Link to this week’s blog post in bio.