What stuck with me was the endocrinologist's bluntness about what may come next. She shared that most of her patients gain the weight back within a year or two. And when I asked if it affects women differently, she said that there were not enough studies in that area; however, based on her observations, women were finding it difficult to resist the rebound hunger more than men. This scared me. Here I was at week 8, and I already knew that this new, smaller version of myself would have an expiration date.