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i think its more that people who dealt with food noise alongside a weight problem are just grateful a medication exists that changes how their brain and body respond. thats the overwhelmingly positive theme i keep seeing here. regarding stopping and restarting, the pattern that comes up most is...

im actually at the exact weight you started at. curious, did you hit that number recently or has it been a while now? was this weight always the goal for you? hoping i can find that same mindset you clearly have

At 5ft 3 my daily deficit shrank from 1300 at the start to about 1000 near the end. On busy work days I ate 1100-1200 or more, then 800-1000 on lazy days at home, and I lost a steady 1lb weekly over 14 months, never stalling. Cutting carbs made me tired, but I needed to because I was prediabetic...

Six weeks in as well, though I'm not on 1mg yet, just took my second 0.5mg. Feeling great apart from some acid reflux, and no other side effects, thankfully. I fill up quick, I've stopped eating from boredom, and the big carb cravings are gone. My body deals with pcos plus insulin resistance...

Nobody's pushing me, I genuinely want this. Yes, appetite suppression was really noticeable that first month or so. Ran four weeks at .25 then four doses of .5 (last one just yesterday). Over these past couple or three weeks though, my hunger's come roaring back.

Really appreciate you posting this! Incredibly helpful timing since hunger and cravings for food have been sneaking back in lately, and I've been sitting at 5 mg for quite some time now. Was about to reach out to my pharmacist about bumping the dose up. Now I'm fairly confident that's the right...

When I first got into peptides I had no idea mixing tirz and reta wasn't recommended. Ran both together for three months anyway, lost 20 pounds, and honestly it worked better for me than anything else I'd tried. I used to be the type who'd wake up two or three times a night just to eat - didn't...

No, the mixed vials break down pretty fast once out of the fridge. Could you find a small dedicated fridge to store your peptides in somewhere?

Sadly, plenty of people carry real bias against those who are obese. Never forgotten the way medical colleagues, way back, would react toward heavier patients, that undercurrent of disgust was hard to miss. Hoping attitudes have improved some in the years since. Having gone from 145kg down to...

Dropped roughly 10 pounds and shrank a size or two within my first month on Tirz, though most of that landed in the opening two weeks. Things leveled off after, never really dipping further, but I'd say body fat kept trending down regardless. Switched over to Reta now, running split doses of...

Biggest lesson from all this peptide experimenting is that dosing really isn't one-size-fits-all. I'm over six feet and 230 pounds, and my reta dose runs half of what my wife takes, despite her being roughly half my size. Point is just finding whatever actually works for your own body.

If that's you, count yourself lucky. I got horribly sick on 2.5mg and only dropped 3kg over 90 days. Nine months in and it's still crawling along, rough since I'm paying out of pocket. If your country covers it, be grateful for that.

Do you run both on the same day? Is there an actual benefit stacking them? Tirz has been working well for me currently, still on the fence about adding reta into the mix though.

1 lb per week is actually in the range that tends to lower gallstone risk compared to faster loss rates. The plateau coinciding with this thread is likely your body recalibrating before the next drop. Keeping at the steady pace is both safer for the gallbladder and tends to preserve more lean mass.

65 lbs on 9mg and stopping for travel is a controlled experiment on what comes back. The cravings question at 5mg in the OP is the sub-therapeutic experience some people hit when the dose stops covering the underlying appetite pattern. What does calorie intake look like right now versus when the...

The systemic benefits beyond weight - inflammation, recovery time, skin quality, metabolic markers - are increasingly well-documented as the datasets grow. 'Hope and a prayer' is a bit harsh for the alternatives but the GLP-1 evidence base is substantially stronger than most of what's offered...

The pattern of fast loss at .25 and .5 and then a grind on the last 10-15 at 1mg is the most common shape for the journey. The body adapts more aggressively as you get closer to a lower weight - the deficit that produced results earlier stops working as efficiently. The last 10-15 just takes...

Sulfur burps blocking protein intake is a real downstream problem - the mechanism that causes them on GLP-1s tends to be worse with certain protein sources. Liquid protein tends to trigger it less than solid food for most people, and egg whites specifically tend to be one of the cleaner options...

Normal A1C at .5mg and weight held for a year is technically a good metabolic outcome even if the weight loss plateau is frustrating. The new doctor's interest in going higher makes sense from a weight loss standpoint - the metabolic benefit may not require the weight loss dose but the full...

The fasted protocol for tesa and CJC targets the overnight growth window for lean mass preservation during active fat loss. The intent is typically less about muscle gain and more about minimizing the muscle loss that tends to accompany rapid weight reduction. If fat loss is the primary goal...