Recent content by Vinnie33

I have insulin resistance and I'm in peri, and I'm hungry nonstop without ever getting that full feeling. I was hoping for the full effect other people talk about.

I agree about protein, though the claim that lifting hurts when protein is low isnt what research shows. One meta-analysis of dieters found that adding lifting sessions won back roughly 94 percent of the lean tissue the diet by itself would have burned. Protein and lifting do different jobs...

Congrats! Which cholesterol numbers did you land on? The new LDL target under 55 mg/dL is tough.

Tbh I stayed hungry during my 8 months on it, only the noise in my head about food and the cravings vanished. Three months off now. Ask another doctor too, but it wasn't a miracle for me. And the cost is nuts. Keep pushing!

Nope, and nope. Tolerance isn't something I worry about with any of these. Never tried the single-pathway option before, figured I'd give it a shot, and it went fine. Layering the dual-action medication on top would've likely worked too, probably with fewer side effects even. Was running 5mg...

Definitely still get cravings, just takes way less to actually satisfy them now. My weakness has always been sour gummy candy, used to be able to polish off a full bag without feeling done. These days a small handful does the trick completely.

The FDA actually put out an official statement raising concerns about unapproved GLP-1 drugs being marketed for weight loss.

Exactly! Just seeing my kidney function numbers improve alone has been a massive win. Plus I travel a ton, so packing lighter clothes and leaving the sleep apnea machine at home makes everything so much easier now, lol.

Same here. Nine months in with basically nothing lost. Doctor's kept me steady at 5mg though. Back for my appointment next month, fingers crossed for a bump. I'm 50, dealing with perimenopause, manage type 2 diabetes and take insulin. Got put on Mounjaro strictly for the diabetes side, not...

Had that happen too. Moved the site over to my leg for the next couple rounds and it cleared right up. Back to my original spot now though.

The cost angle on stacking makes more sense than most reasons for doing it. If adding a smaller amount of a cheaper option lets you run less of the more expensive one and still hit the same appetite suppression, the math can work out. What doses are you thinking for each?

4kg at that early in the titration is solid movement. Mild headaches in the early weeks are common as the body adjusts and tend to ease as you get past the first month. The bump to 3mg at week 4 is right on the standard schedule. How is appetite suppression feeling at 2mg compared to when you...

the canadian generic pathway is still a ways out for most people - getting there requires an actual canadian prescriber and pharmacy fill, not just having the product exist. the community tends to update pretty quickly when real availability changes, so keeping an eye on the threads is more...

8kg up that you know isn't water or cycle-related is a hard realization to sit with. 70 lbs down is still a massive result and the constipation on Mounjaro making things more complicated is a real side effect that doesn't get enough attention. What's the current dose situation and have you tried...

75kg to 64kg and aiming for 56-58 is a tight final target that perimenopause made harder to hold. The OP at 9 months and over halfway is the momentum stage. What dose landed on 64 and are you planning to stay there until the final goal?