Recent content by snappy_rebuilding

holy cow, that kind of progress is genuinely astonishing, and so fast too. seriously impressed. you also clearly know what you're doing here, sounds like you've got a solid handle on it. you're going to crush your goals!

For me the post-weight-loss state of higher hunger and lower energy expenditure simply persists. Without GLPs I lost 70 kg, 145 down to 75kg, on 1600-1900 kcal a day. Then, with intake unchanged, loss tapered off and halted at 75kg, and that's where I've stayed for twelve months off GLPs, twelve...

Currently at 5mg tirz and added a midweek 0.5mg of reta the past couple weeks, and last night was rough, woke up somewhere between 2 and 4am with my pulse racing and a headache, suspecting it's glucose related, sometimes hits midday too. Never had this with tirz alone. Also running a few other...

A capful of fiber supplement mixed with morning coffee daily. Reserve the stronger magnesium formula for when it's a genuine issue, which is now pretty rare.

During those first weeks of constipation, my doctor recommended two to three tablespoons of ground flaxseed daily. Mixed it into yogurt and it made a real difference. Magnesium or psyllium worked well as a backup option too. Tried either of those yet?

My problem is my doctor's hesitant to bump my dose since my BMI's only just over 30. So he wants to keep me at 2.5mg for now. Silver lining, I'm actually responding better than I expected. Hoping to eventually hit a 20% loss.

Grabbed the Hume scale myself. Curious how things shift as weight comes off.

That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing, it's really motivating.

I've been doing 1 to 3 injections weekly for a couple years using syringes instead of pens. Pens seem like unnecessary hassle when I can handle a syringe in a minute or so. If my frequency ramped up I might reconsider the pen route.