Recent content by HungryNoMore_24

57 here, lost 17kg in about 5 months, 96kg to 79kg, and im 5'11. Plenty of it was muscle, i always carried extra for my size. I stopped mounjaro to see what happens and put on 2.5kg in 2 months, mostly from poor eating like chocolate. Half of that would probably have come back anyway. Not enough...

5'3 here, holding steady since April. My planned weight was never reached, since I liked my size and my health markers (muscle mass plus bone strength), and I worried that another 20lbs off might upset that balance. Im 61, so strength matters! My weight sits near 150lbs and clothing is a US size...

Kind of concerned a doctor prescribed this for you. My guess is your starting BMI was not in the range that needs it. This kind of thing is why telehealth companies like Hers and Ro may lose the ability to offer these drugs. I would honestly be shocked if a regular primary doc wrote that script.

Did what you are about to do roughly 3 or 4 months back. Reta feels fully kicked in for me now, and I still slide a little Tirz in every so often since it seems to calm my achy joints. Knowing what I know, I would have begun reta at 2mg rather than .5 and then 1mg for weeks, because the scale...

My A1C used to be 9. Several years on Mounjaro, and these days I am steady without any other meds. It was 5.2 last week

Reaching out for a friend who started Reta at 2.5mg and ended up dealing with loose stools that won't quit. Even after stopping, no real improvement several days later. Has anyone run into this before, or got suggestions for what he might try instead?

Wait, 0.25 or 2.5? I've been on tirz for two months at 2.5. Started sema yesterday at 0.25. Feeling okay so far.

These particular pens aren't the quick-dial style. In the US, splitting doses the way this drug comes loaded in the pen isn't really an option.

Got it. Wishing you the best going forward. Fingers crossed you and your prescriber land on the right plan for you.

Seems to actually amplify sugar cravings for me personally. Would honestly choose sweets over pretty much anything else at this point.

Came across a discussion elsewhere about targeting actual symptom improvement rather than chasing a specific lab number, which can sometimes happen at a lower dose than expected.

No medical background here, but unless mounjaro left permanent harm somewhere in your digestive tract, it seems unlikely that what's happening now still connects back to it. It clears out of your system within about a month. Makes me wonder if there's some hidden issue, an intolerance or...

Thank you! Yeah, the real challenge right now is the mental side of things. 'Losing weight' has been the yearly goal since being a little kid, eight or nine years old, and shifting that whole mindset is genuinely tough.

Dropped 7.7 pounds over my first four weeks at 2.5, then doctor bumped me to 5. Stayed there three months before it stopped doing much. Just moved up to 7.5 now.

the body language as universal communication point is genuinely underrated for before-and-after comparisons - posture, how someone holds themselves, and the level of physical ease in a photo communicate more than people expect before they look at the actual measurements. sometimes the non-verbal...