One Year of Mounjaro!

Never liked photos because I always looked heavier than I felt in person. Year later and I'm actually okay with it. Same outfit in picture 2 and 3, just two years apart - night and day difference.
 
Wish I had more photos from the start. About 10 months in and dropped 70 lbs or so. One year event pic from then vs now really shows the difference.
 
you're right it's complicated. i had mounjaro covered but tier 3 with like $160 every month, and then there's that donut hole where my deductible was $771 for a 84 day supply on the diabetes side. with sleep apnea they want you to try a cpap first, so they might not cover zepbound. weight loss helps maybe 30-40% of the time but honestly didn't touch my severe apnea even after dropping 15 pounds under goal weight. checked my humana plan too and zepbound just isn't on any of their medicare formularies.
 
That's smart on your doc's part not rushing to bump the dose up. Sounds like 12.5 is doing its job and keeping you steady rather than chasing bigger numbers. Different meds do hit different ways even for the same person - some you can restart after a break, others not so much.
 
tirzepatide's pretty stable — can be reconstituted and refrozen. other peptides aren't as forgiving. most people talking multi-year supply are usually on GLP stuff anyway
 
did tirz from feb-dec last year and tried going solo. nope—food noise and cravings came roaring back and i gained it all. restarted in feb and didn't feel anything till i hit 12.5mg. added another med recently which helped loads. scared it won't work the same as first time but the scale's moving again.
 
One year is huge! The transformation you're describing - 60 pounds down with T2D control - that's not just a number, that's literally changing the trajectory. This is the kind of post that reminds me why I started. So happy for you and keep going - you're so close to that goal!
 
The chair moment is one of the most vivid markers people describe. A year at 7.5mg from 215 to 155 with type 2 resolved is the full picture - the medication keeping the metabolic side in check while the pounds came off is how the design is supposed to work. The non-scale victories accumulate differently than the scale ones; the chair moment is harder to quantify but usually lands harder too. 63 with that kind of progress changes what the next decade looks like.
 
The year mark is where the real pattern becomes clear - whether the initial drop holds is the question and the answer at that point.
 
The depressive and anhedonia pattern showing up in the second year is worth more attention than it gets - Lexapro addressing it at that point is a real option, and the improvement timeline you're describing is typical for that combination.
 
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