Recent content by basil_tinkertbh

1000x this. Especially on Reddit and FB the common view is that anyone with enough willpower supposedly drops 50 pounds a month on half a starter dose. Drives me mad, it ignores science and individual biological and metabolic differences. Funny how a drug that at last treats obesity hasn't ended...

Been taking mounjaro since January without a single vomiting episode. I only get constipated when I slack on fiber. Your call, but this med changed my life and I'd keep taking it even without losing a pound.

I moved from Wegovy over to Zepbound at the start of this year, after two years on Wegovy. Gained a little at first and only around 10mg did it really kick in. Far fewer nauseous days and sulfur burps too. The first months had me worried, and people told me I was nuts to think Wegovy worked...

Maybe next time I'll pin 3mg instead of 2.5, or throw Cagri in the stack. Honestly no clue why my motivation is dropping. Maybe I wanted instant gratification, since I watched the scale show something new almost daily and that effect has faded? Hunger is confusing too. Say I last ate at 17:00...

After more than 3 years on Ozempic I moved to Mounjaro. Keeping it up got harder, my A1c drifted a little higher and my eGFR dropped after a jump of nearly 40 points.

Carb_Tracker Congratulations! Im at my initial target weight too, but I think Ill go another 10-15 pounds. Given how good these tools are and the momentum Ive built, going slightly further looks risk-free to me.

After reading these comments I'm wondering why I stepped up to 7.5mg. 5mg was working, and now eating even 500 calories in a day is a fight, though the scale hasn't budged since I began 7.5 on Friday. No energy (because I'm not eating, I know), the gym is a struggle and I'm losing loads of hair...

That 1.5mg dose faded fast, though some lingering effects stuck around, less alcohol appeal, smaller portions feeling like plenty, but the hunger and that mental food chatter drifted right back to where they sat at .5mg. Today, six days out from the 1.5mg shot, I bumped to 2mg. Same light...

I'm probably the slowest responder around, but honestly don't mind since the number keeps dropping regardless. Averaging roughly 1.5lbs monthly. Took three full years to shed 60lbs. Still got 20 more ahead of me.

Moving from 2.5 up to 5 was brutal for me, spent about a month in real pain, some days genuinely wondered if I was going to make it. These days injections are easy though, once I figured out that keeping carbs extremely low on injection day and the day after wipes the pain out completely...

Spent nine months on Ozempic with zero weight loss, moved from starter dose all the way to 1mg, dealt with tons of food noise and constant tiredness, actually gained 10 pounds. Also in the 300s currently, and just started Mounjaro at 2.5mg and feeling worlds better on it compared to Ozempic -...

Managed to acquire it before doing my homework and pushed the amount up far too quickly. Noticed appetite suppression kicking in around 1mg weekly and kept escalating until reaching 4mg weekly. Called it there once skin sensitivity got bad enough that I considered shaving my arms and legs, the...

You're overanalyzing this without enough to draw solid conclusions from ("seems like the combined ceiling should stay under 15mg"). Dose based on what works, capped by what side effects you can tolerate. Running 18mg Reta plus .25mg Sema weekly myself. Working out wonderfully. Started on Tirz...

Stopped my single-pathway medication about a year back because of worsening anxiety, mostly shakiness rather than racing thoughts. I already deal with anxiety generally. Swore off that whole drug category afterward. Then a little while back I decided to try the dual-action one instead. No...

Thanks for sharing! Pretty close to the same starting and goal numbers here. Fully locked in on this. Keep running the calorie math to see how long it'll take. A year sounds like forever but somehow it always flies. Planning to stay on GLP-1 long term?