sometimes the synergy between compounds is the real win. you gotta use them together for anything to click. some folks swear low-dose ss-31 stops weight plateaus, so people keep buying. anecdotal but it keeps the momentum.
175 to 130 on tirzepatide is a blood sugar story and a dress size story at the same time - the dress coming back out is the one that lands differently than the lab number.
Third dose at .5mg twice a week is still really early and the food intake not shifting yet is normal at that level. The burps are classic. Give it more time and another dose increase before drawing conclusions.
The 3.5-day split dosing pattern and adding a new mechanism when still 30 pounds out with a long stall is the setup worth watching closely. How did the first week feel adding in alongside the split Tirz?
35 pounds in 4.5 months on Tirz before finding the dose ceiling at 8.5mg and then stepping back to 6.5mg plus 1mg Reta is a systematic approach to managing the side effect boundary. The blood sugar context alongside weight management is exactly where the combination protocol makes sense for the OP.
207 to 186 in about 3 months is solid early movement. The muscular frame context matters here - the scale number means something different when body composition sits differently from a smaller frame. 145-150 as the goal range is reasonable. How has blood sugar tracked alongside the weight?