Recent content by SlimDown_Sloane

Hit a healthy weight a year ago, came off for about a month and put on 5 pounds, panicked, and went right back on. Wish I hadn't. Even a few months back I was thinking about staying on this indefinitely since it helped so much with swelling throughout my body. Hard to imagine how much worse it...

Same thing happened to me once I hit 10mg. Steer clear of greasy or spicy food around your shot and you'll usually be fine within a couple days. That said, every single injection now knocks me out, I basically nap through the whole next day. Fatigue sticks around for about 24 hours.

Worth trying a split dose, twice weekly injections work for most people. If that's not enough, bump the total dose up from there.

the auto-injector cartridge reliability variance is the thing that keeps some people on manual syringes even when they prefer the auto format - the jam-and-restick cycle on a bad cartridge is more stressful than just completing the injection manually. keeping a manual backup for the occasions...

Only just beginning and finding this kind of post is actually the perfect timing - the people who started from the very high end and stuck with it for a year are exactly who you want to read about in month one. The maintenance in the face of having to stop is the part that gives the long-term...

The muscle loss piece is genuinely important and not talked about enough in the success stories. The protocol that seems to work is resistance training 2-3 times a week and keeping protein at 0.7-1g per lb of goal body weight. Without both of those, a significant chunk of what you lose ends up...

the general medication privacy framework is the cleanest way to think about it - you don't explain what blood pressure meds you're on to people who notice your reading improved, same principle applies here. making it about the results rather than the method is both honest and sufficient

71 to 56 in that window is a solid result. The fact that you held it for months before going back means the habits stuck longer than average. Going back now before a bigger regain is the right instinct - catching it early keeps the work you put in from getting away.

Started in February and 2 lbs on the second dose while eating clean and doing 8-10k steps daily is the beginning of the data. 0.25 to 0.5mg is where most people start seeing something more definitive. The first month is often more about adjustment than visible results. How long before the scale...

The PCOS timeline and the slow months between the highlights is exactly the honest version of these posts that actually helps people calibrate expectations. T2D on top of PCOS at 2.5mg and already seeing changes is a strong early signal - the hormonal picture often makes the response more...

The 'it's at home so I drink it even when planning not to' pattern is the environmental trigger that's harder to manage than social pressure - presence of the stimulus at home defeats intentions reliably. The GLP-1 reward circuit quieting helps with the compulsive pull, but the environmental...

The profile difference between sema and reta in tolerance is well-documented in forums here - the receptor mix hits differently. Two injections at 2mg weekly is conservative; most start with one and split only if peak sides are a problem at that dose.

Libido drop on Reta can be estrogen-mediated - fat loss changes aromatization and drops E2. A panel with E2, testosterone, and SHBG would tell you whether the mechanism is hormonal before trying any intervention.

The age-related metabolic rate difference is likely the main driver here.

been on mounjaro since september plus 3 months on wegovy before that. averaging 0.7lb per week, around 1.25kg monthly. down 37lbs in 11 months - way less than you. you're doing great, enjoy the win!