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The pattern of feeling 'thin' only during unhealthy restrictive periods and the role these medications play in the emotional eating piece is such an important dimension that doesn't get enough attention. Research mindset on your own situation is the right instinct. What dose are you on and how...

6 months stuck at 1mg and then the 2mg dose breaking the plateau in 3 weeks is the sequence that shows up often enough to be the standard advice. The Easter dinner test - eating very little and getting full fast - is the clearest early signal that the new dose is working. For the OP at 2 years...

Congrats, that's awesome!! I haven't pushed to 3mg either - still working my way up and stopping when the results tell me to. Sleep is the thing I watch most carefully, honestly. If it starts affecting that I back off immediately. You're doing great though!

Semax for brain fog and cognitive fatigue is one of the more interesting peptides in that space. The intranasal route is a bit unusual if you're only used to Flonase but the actual dosing is much smaller. The brain fog and fatigue piece is the area where people report the most noticeable...

consistency of day matters more than which day you pick - the half-life math works the same on any day of the week, the important part is that your schedule actually supports you doing it reliably. saturday morning before anything else is a solid anchor if that fits your week. the apps that let...

The split-dose approach at 2mg is worth trying before jumping to full 2mg weekly - some people tolerate the transition better that way, and it gives better signal on side effects. Eighteen months at 1mg with limited results is a reasonable trigger to push the dose.

Maintenance tuning usually takes 2-4 months - most people need 2-3 step-downs before landing on the lowest dose that holds.

The silence is harder to navigate than criticism because it gives you nothing to respond to - with criticism you can push back, but silence just sits there. Your sister's resistance probably combines her own complicated relationship to weight and bodies with not wanting to acknowledge the change...

Reading this stuff makes me hopeful. I am just starting out. It's inspiring to see success stories like A_R_C_Journey's!

228 down to 199 since mid-december. running 7.5mg tirz weekly plus 1.5mg ghk-cu daily. 29 lbs down, about 50 more to go

Fantastic work!!!! Way to go!!!! 😁😁😁😁

Rx ozempic did nothing but lock me up. Total waste of money. When I switched to tirz on a 5-day schedule, first shot nothing, second shot appetite just dropped off. That's exactly what I needed to cut the binge eating. Still figuring out next dose but this feels right.

Thanks for the notes. Started Tesa and Ipa, just added CJC no DAC. Planning to move to your full protocol but easing in with 2mg Tesa mornings and CJC/Ipa nights if sides stay manageable. Checking my Z-score after four weeks before I pick a maintenance. Started at +0.7.

74 and had a great run on Mounjaro once I ditched metformin — they caused explosive diarrhea together. Mounjaro alone gives mild constipation I handle with a stool softener once a month. Down 60 lbs, blood pressure solid.

that's exactly how the critics say to test pen accuracy — caught my amazon pen being trash that way. i did the opposite actually — had a spare reconstituted vial sitting there so i loaded a 3ml syringe and reloaded the cartridge right in the pen.

Before meds i thought i was starving all the time. Looking back... that was just noise. could crush a whole meal and still planning the next snack in my head. now trying to figure out where real hunger ends and cravings begin.

Thanks for the insight, all new and kinda scary. How do you test with a syringe? Poke the end where the needle goes and press like normal?

Just pure willpower! I don't do well with tracking apps. I'm trying to avoid sweets, especially since my weight loss has stalled recently. I wasn't binging, but those little treats were adding up. I think I need to increase my dose and have more protein shakes to feel full.

A tape measure! Sometimes I feel like I haven't changed, but then I notice I've lost another inch around my waist or hips.

If you take too much NAD+ the tingling starts to feel like a stun gun. But luckily it goes away pretty fast.