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Took my first small dose on Monday and I'm still hungry with no other symptoms at all. Also trying to keep my meals fairly clean in the meantime. Apparently plenty of people don't notice much until they're further up the dosing ladder.

Took a cruise vacation while running this medication class. Held up fine overall, though by now, this far into everything, my husband's fully caught onto the fact that I order everything just to sample it. Plenty of meals ended with most of the plate untouched, though still tasty. Biggest...

Tirzepatide sticks around in your system four to six weeks after stopping. So across those four months on an every-other-week schedule, one month you still had elevated levels running, and the other month hunger crept up and you gained a bit. Seems like this points to your body needing weekly...

You've got it right, Mounjaro on its own isn't what causes muscle loss, a calorie deficit is. My rule has always been the best workout is whichever one you'll actually stick with, so sample a bunch of different things, classes, whatever, and keep what clicks. Also worth getting some...

What do you grab on days when hunger just isn't there? During the week lunch with coworkers means one fresh meal at least. Otherwise might just eat an apple...

Beautiful person in both photos, but looking so much happier and genuinely younger right now! That inner confidence really shines through! Amazing work and congratulations on your success!

Moving your Tuesday dose to Friday should be fine since some people take weekly dosing as one shot anyway. You're not really skipping a dose, just timing it different.

Down 20 lbs in three months. Started 1.0mg for four weeks then went to 1.5mg. Losing about a pound weekly right now, haven't bumped to 2.0mg yet.

Good thinking right there. The gradual method seems to work better anyway.