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Congratulations! What a real accomplishment. Stay positive, you're going to get there. Wishing you continued success ahead.

I could post the identical photo. Been on the second compound almost two years and lost right around 130lbs (started in the high 250s, now at 130), a good chunk of that stayed off thanks to working out and eating well, though a portion will only go away with a surgical option.

Both, honestly! The medication itself made me anxious since it had become such a trend and I kept hearing predictions about lawsuits decades down the line over GLP1s. The thought of injecting something foreign into my body genuinely gave me the creeps. That's part of why a filled prescription...

Retatrutide works as a triple agonist, hitting GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon receptors all at once. Semaglutide only targets GLP-1, tirzepatide covers GLP-1 and GIP. That glucagon piece is the added ingredient unique to retatrutide, and it's mechanistically what drives the potential body composition...

Lost weight really, really slowly. Currently maintaining a loss of 84 pounds. 56 years old, no botox or fillers involved, that's honestly all natural aging.

Oh nice. Unfortunately my particular insurance carrier won't cover it. Mind sharing what plan you're on?

Living in Thailand currently. Several local clinics offer self-administered pens directly. Pretty pricey though, something like six hundred dollars for the strongest pen option.

Been mulling this over since shifting toward unofficial sourcing, feels like fewer sellers bother stocking semaglutide these days. Brought this up elsewhere too, but the economics make sense, that compound runs far cheaper than anything else in this space, and with people drifting toward other...

Solid suggestions. Just need to push through this weekend since it wraps up finals season. Pain's been debilitating. Got a steroid pack from urgent care to help with the inflammation.

Hit a wall on Wegovy. Zepbound brought the exact same standstill! Though technically still creeping down, just at a snail's pace now.

the tell-only-if-asked approach is one of the more sustainable positions - it removes the ongoing management of other people's opinions from your daily experience, which is energy better spent elsewhere. family dynamics around weight and health are complicated in a specific way that makes...

the chemist-not-knowing-what-they-have is a standard feature of blinded research design rather than a conspiracy - the analytical work and the compound identity are deliberately compartmentalized so that the person performing the analysis cannot bias the result. trial blinding works at multiple...

The bubble problem on pens where you can't tell how much actually went in is frustrating. Switching between two pens on separate weekly doses does help track it better. Having a second pen in the rotation makes managing the leftover question a lot cleaner.

The 'lose a little belly' motivator for Reta is one of the more common entry points - and then the results end up speaking for themselves regardless of the original intention. That pattern across families and friend groups is becoming more common.

pricing variation on BAC water across different distribution channels is significant - some lab supply chains are higher margin because they cater to research labs that prioritize quality certification over price. for regular reconstitution use, the relevant quality indicators are concentration...

the wish-I-knew-people-who-got-it feeling is one of the consistent things that brings people here and keeps them - the community is exactly the population where you do not have to explain the history, the frustration, or why the comments hurt, because most of the people here have the same...

That's a fair pushback. The 'it works, trust the process' framing glosses over both the non-responders and the people who had to stop because the side effects got too rough. The best version of this stuff works most of the time for most people - which still leaves a meaningful slice out.

Titrating to the minimum effective dose for blood sugar control is the smart endocrinologist approach when you're not trying to maximize weight loss. Getting off the diabetes meds alongside everything else is a really solid outcome.

Two hours post-first-shot is exactly the right time to be excited and nervous simultaneously. T1D adjustments on top of everything else is a real consideration for the first few weeks - how's glucose tracking since the injection? Two hours in is still the very beginning of the pharmacokinetic curve.

100 to 90kg from February with Mounjaro starting it out is a solid beginning. 462 to 290 for the OP is a different scale but the same mechanism. The swim and walk combination alongside the medication is exactly the activity level that tends to keep things moving. How's the pace holding up now?