Recent content by Sage_1999

Hey everyone, been training a good while and recently started looking into GLP-1 medications. Genuinely curious how people handle nutrition once appetite drops. For anyone lifting or doing structured workouts: what's the trick to consistently hitting protein numbers? Leaning on shakes more...

Bacteriostatic water past expiration doesn't fail suddenly - the benzyl alcohol preservative is stable and the water itself doesn't degrade. The expiration is a regulatory date, not a microbial threshold. If seals are intact and storage was cool and dark, it's usable.

50 lbs in 10 months at roughly one pound a week - the eating control shift is what makes the loss stick.

Freezing reconstituted peptides degrades them - Reta after reconstitution should stay refrigerated but not frozen. Max cold on a mini fridge can get close to freezing depending on the unit; 2-4C is the target, not 0 or below.

63.5kg gone. 438 days. 14 months. 1.2 years on this stuff. we got this.

Hey everyone. Super tired on Ozempic lately, like I can barely stay upright some days. Started smooth but things flipped. I'm eating enough, not starving myself. Anyone else deal with this? Does it settle down or need a dose drop?

small bruise and sore after injection, bends wrong and i feel it. got it thru my provider and she said bruising is weird for such a tiny needle, try a different spot. just looking for reassurance it's okay.

I do about 11 mg of tirz every 5 days. hunger started creeping back so I tried another one at .5 and it was like that first good dose again. I use it as-needed now when stress hunger kicks in. haven't needed it in a couple months but nice to have.

gained weight when i started. month 4 and only down 2 lbs. discouraged because people losing 10–30 lbs fast probably ate junk before—i ate clean, just too much. already worked out. assuming this helps me maintain a deficit easier. not quitting though.

I dropped about 50 lbs in the first two months. It slowed down after that, but it was a good start!

I did! I cut way back on sweets and try to walk at least 30 minutes a day. Nothing too crazy!

Way to go!

I try to walk every day, but I don't think I'm burning as many calories as my tracker says. Maybe I need to step it up?

Congratulations!

I only lost like 5 pounds since October, and I still want to lose another 60 to 70. I'm on a 2.0mg dose for almost 2 months. I literally switched to just lightly seasoned chicken breast, broccoli, and cauliflower rice this last week, but I’m already down another 5. I think that, plus my TDEE...