What I learned in my first 90 days (Real Talk)
Written by Savannah Chrisley
Published March 28, 2026
I was terrified to write this one. Not because I don't want to share — I do — but because ninety days feels like just enough time to be real and not enough to have all the answers. So here's the honest version. No filter. No before/after slideshow. Just what I actually learned.
Week one was a reset I didn't expect
The first shot wasn't the hard part. The hard part was realizing how much of my day had quietly been built around food noise — that constant background chatter about what to eat next, what I shouldn't have had earlier, what I'd earn with the gym later. By day four, that noise was just… gone. I cried in my kitchen at 10pm because it was the first quiet I'd had in years.
“It wasn't willpower I was missing. It was silence.”
The nausea days were real (and short)
Around week three my body was still figuring it out. I had two days where crackers and ginger tea were the whole menu. If that's you right now, I need you to hear me: it passes. Your provider watches this carefully, and a small titration adjustment was all it took for me. I wrote my questions in the Patient Portal at midnight and had answers before lunch the next day.
The scale is the worst story to tell
I stopped weighing daily around day thirty. It wasn't the number that helped me — it was the jeans that buttoned without a fight, the afternoon energy that didn't crash, the sleep that actually felt like sleep. If you're only measuring yourself by the scale, you're going to miss the parts of this that matter most.
The habit that carried me
Every Sunday I pick two non-negotiables for the week. Not ten. Two. One food thing (like always protein with breakfast) and one movement thing (walk after dinner, three nights). That's it. When I missed them, I didn't spiral — I just started again the next day. Showing up imperfectly, consistently, beat showing up perfectly, sometimes. Every time.
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Find my treatment →What I'd tell myself on day one
- Trust the titration. Your provider goes slow because slow works.
- Eat the protein even when you're not hungry. Especially when you're not hungry.
- Tell one person what you're doing. Shame thrives in private.
- Skip the scale for the first two weeks. You'll feel it before you see it.
- Hydrate like it's your part-time job.
Ninety days in, I'm not a different person. I'm just me — with more room to show up as myself. That's what I wanted when I started GoodGirlRx. That's what I still want for every woman reading this.
If you want the weekly version of this column, follow along. I'll keep it honest. — S.
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