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Same to you! Still at .25 myself for now, moving up to .5 next week. I'm 5'9 and at 280 right now, was 325 pounds at my heaviest and sat at 295 the day I started ozempic. Getting in about 1800 calories daily, staying more active than before though it's still not quite where it needs to be...

Yes, spent six months on Mounjaro. Began at 90kg and dropped to 70kg. Been off it now for six months and currently sit at 63kg, meaning I've actually continued losing, another 7kg gone since stopping. Worth mentioning upfront that my original weight gain mostly came from snacking. Never really...

Currently running tirzepatide, but stocked up on a bunch of R20 kits... planning to fold reta into my GLP routine, and rather than starting off with the R20s, grabbed a couple R10 kits instead since the math works out better for my initial dosing... so count me in on the 10s side... :)

Isn't refreezing mixed tirz something you're supposed to avoid? Considering mixing 2 30mg vials together, that'd cover roughly 12 weeks worth Does it break down way quicker than the stuff sourced from compounding pharmacies?

Running the generic version of Ozempic and haven't had a single side effect, zero nausea. Five weeks in and 15 pounds lighter.

Only real worry with reta is hearing that appetite reduction and food-noise help barely show up. What's the actual experience been like? Great progress on the weight loss by the way!

Running tirzepatide has brought less inflammation for me and completely killed my craving for alcohol. Still get the occasional sweet tooth moment though.

Being pretty vulnerable here, but honestly the biggest win for me isn't even the weight loss, it's losing that constant chase for quick dopamine hits. Realized my whole day used to revolve around chasing those hits through a dozen different outlets, and resetting that response was genuinely...

Just tell them you're watching what you eat because you're trying to lose weight. No need to get into the medication side of things.

Make sure water intake stays where it should be. My provider mentioned most stalls trace back to not getting enough fiber and fluids.

Fair point, seasoning's probably more helpful than going bland anyway. Haven't reached that point personally so can't offer firsthand experience, but your provider will definitely have better insight on timing than I would.

Yeah, could be! If you retest, try fasting about 12 hours beforehand and stay well hydrated, or was the first one already fasted? Would love an update if you run it again, curious how cases like mine play out.

The reframe on the 72 week data is worth unpacking for anyone citing it as a fixed ceiling. The study design and population don't translate cleanly to all use cases and the endpoint isn't 'this is when it stops working.' Approaching it more conservatively than the maximum titration crowd does...

The 'now what do I do with the feeling' phase is where a lot of people hit a wall they weren't expecting - the medication removes the mechanism you'd been using to manage emotional states, and the backed-up processing tends to surface relatively fast. Therapy in that specific window is more...

Third week and the first week and a half working well then the effect fading is the dose not quite high enough to stay at steady state. The OP at goal weight maintaining between 130-133 is the outcome - and the journey from that early third week experience to maintenance dose tuning is something...