Recent content by Leslie40

Way to go!!! One month in here too, and I lost 4 kgs (about 9 lbs), so your 20 is great. I am keeping the pace slow to protect muscle, and all is good. A few old outfits fit again :)

I felt stalled too, so I changed how I ate: beans and pickles for probiotics and fiber, more protein, fewer carbs. Then a trip came up and my shot stayed at home. Eating more than normal was balanced by being far more active, and I came back up 7 pounds (mostly water, I knew). Ten days later I...

Start weight 229, current 139, timeframe Oct 2021 to Apr 2023. I've been at 139 for more than 2 years, pausing the meds until 5 pounds come back on and then resuming until they're off. Maintenance is a month of 10-15 mg tirz followed by a month off, repeating, or a course whenever I'm up 5 pounds.

Hate to say it, but your eating disorder is far from under control if you're starting semaglutide at 1mg without a doctor's involvement while only slightly overweight. Honestly you're probably setting yourself up to backfire hard once you can no longer access unprescribed, pricey Ozempic and...

I'm in Canada too, also paying entirely out of pocket, so I really relate to this. Just made the switch to tirzepatide myself after losing 54 pounds on semaglutide. Were the roles reversed, semaglutide's where I'd begin. Nothing stops you from switching to tirzepatide later if results don't...

Sheesh! Absolutely remarkable change here! Nicely done, genuinely impressive outcome, you've earned every bit of pride and then some. Congrats, looking fantastic and I'm sure it shows in how you feel too! Just wow, all around!

Completely relate to this. Dealt with my very first bad gout episode a few years ago. Genuinely agonizing, the kind of pain that made drastic thoughts cross my mind out of sheer misery. My wife, a practical nurse who doesn't mess around, had me stretched out on my back, leg propped straight up...

Thank you all so much for the responses and reactions, I've reread every one of them more than once. Can't reply to each person individually, but I'm genuinely soaking in the shared sense of humanity running through this whole thread. Keep them coming, please. Also, appreciate everyone who said...

Had rapid weight loss initially, dropping close to half my starting weight. Been on mounjaro roughly three years now. Despite staying on a strong dose, gained back a meaningful chunk over the past year. Just can't seem to budge regardless of what gets tried. Sixty-two years old, average height...

Four years of consistent loss versus the expectation that it should happen in months is one of the healthiest framings in this space - slow enough to actually adapt both physically and psychologically is the approach that sticks.

50 lbs from December and 4 from goal at 8mg is such a clean progression. The slow build from 2mg was worth it to know how your body handles each level. Almost at 180 is so close - what's next for you after hitting goal?

8-10 minutes rolling is on the long end but not unusual - Reta can be more stubborn to dissolve than sema especially if dried slightly. Keep it at room temp before reconstitution and roll gently rather than shake; most batches come together with patience.

The non-GLP landscape has a few well-evidenced options - BPC-157 for tissue repair, TB-500 for recovery. Evidence quality varies; GLP-1s have the most robust outcome data of any of them.

CagriSema's amylin component is worth considering if GLP-1 alone isn't holding appetite the way you need. That said, appetite returning in the first 4-6 weeks after a dose increase is normal settling - not a sign the drug stopped working. Dose bump first is the lower-risk test before switching...

I'm on Biomed and KS-Tec vials. Sent a sample to the lab even after filling them myself and got clean results—no sterility or endotoxin flags. But honestly, you don't need to transfer your BAC into smaller vials. Just grab a sterile 100ml bottle, add benzyl alcohol, and you're done. Yeah, you'll...