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More people than the forum suggests have minimal side effects - those struggling post more often.

Hunger returning in the first week after initial silence is pretty standard - the first dose flattens appetite dramatically but it takes a few more weeks to find a consistent level.

Gallbladder risk on GLP-1s is real - bile flow slows with fewer meals. Worth tracking with imaging if you're doing the full burn protocol for more than six months.

Same here! I feel like it's helped me break my sugar cravings and cut back on alcohol. It's been about two months and I've almost dropped about 20 pounds just making these choices!

Have you talked with a doctor? It may be anxiety? My Lexapro and I are good friends.

Walking is great!

most docs check two things: how well you're handling the dose and whether you're still losing. if sides are cool and weight's still moving, usually no rush to go up. a lot of folks stay at 1 mg for months if it's working. no need to change until it stops.

i'm 5'2 and went from 185 to 166 then it got weird because the scale barely moved. but my shape changed—gut is melting and my arms are smaller. before this i could never lose the belly and my arms were too thick for anything cute. now i finally look proportional.

both times i restarted tirz i got violently sick about 36 hours after the injection. food volume cut in half right away. that's why i'm at 1.25mg every 8 days now—does what i need without the chaos. dropped 50 pounds on lower doses before insurance tanked, but i've kept it off for six months...

What about people who only used it to drop like 20 lbs? I guess it depends *why* they wanted to lose those pounds and if they had issues with overeating to begin with? I admit I used GLPs after gaining about 25 lbs in perimenopause. I really don't think I was eating THAT much differently--I...

feels like where we're at now is pretty optimal. people who do the research can make their own choices. people who don't know can't get to dangerous stuff. would be nice if cost stayed the same and purity was guaranteed though. putting peptides in the us system would probably mean $200+/mo...

It gets better. Eat some prunes or whatever works for constipation—that's the easy natural way for me. Getting your bowels moving helps a ton. Everything else regulates. Sucks for like 2 months but you hit a new normal. Heartburn mostly goes, and you can eat without feeling sick. First couple...

I just saw an ad for Contrave. It's a combination of naltrexone and bupropion, designed to help control cravings and promote weight loss. I've never tried naltrexone, but I do take bupropion, and it's surprisingly helped reduce my BED symptoms, even though I initially started taking it for...

Go back down. I lost 25kg on 2.5, even though many people (even in this forum) said it was just the placebo effect and not to expect anything.

Just go back to 2.5. It's your body, and you know how you feel best.

I'm feeling pretty down. I've been on this for about 5 weeks now. I did all four weeks of .25 and I just did my first .5 injection a few days ago. I’ve only dropped 5 pounds, and I was actually down 8 pounds but then gained a couple back. I'm tracking my calories and always eating over 100 g of...

I think this is my 15th week and my 4th week on 1.0mg. Honestly, I don't feel a thing. No weight loss, no side effects. I felt something briefly after my first 1.0mg shot, but it only lasted a couple days. Now I'm going to stay at 1.0mg for a while, and I'm really hoping it will kick in.

That's awesome! It's the little things, right? 😄

Thanks everyone! 🥰

Hey everyone! I started taking Ozempic around the end of Sept '25 because I was feeling really down about my weight. It was more than just physical; my mental health was suffering a lot. I decided I needed to make a change. I originally wanted to lose 40 lbs by my birthday in January, but I...