One Year of Mounjaro!

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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.
 
24kg at 5mg over 8 months and still eating normally just in smaller portions is the version of the story that doesn't involve severe food restriction. The OP at 60 lbs in a year from 215 is the same picture scaled up. Natural hunger returning in a manageable way is actually the sign the dose is calibrated correctly.
 
Started Mounjaro back in December of last year, still holding at the 2.5mg dose. I'm T2 diabetic, and my morning blood sugar reading, which used to sit in the 160s, dropped into the 90s within three days and hasn't budged since. A1C in April came back at 5.5! Also shed a bit over 30 pounds along the way, roughly a pound weekly, though that felt more like a bonus. Being able to manage the diabetes with just one simple weekly shot feels miraculous honestly. My primary care doctor and I both agree less medication is always the goal as long as symptoms stay controlled.
 
Kicked this off a good while back now. Only ever bumped the dose when appetite suppression started fading. Reached 10mg eventually and that level has held steady for well over a year without needing to climb further. Roughly 20 lbs still standing between me and my target. Planning to stay on mounjaro long term, costs nothing out of pocket since it's prescribed for type 2 diabetes, which is now fully under control with completely normal blood sugar readings!
 
Started back in August of last year. Only bumped the dose whenever suppression faded. Reached 10mg and it's held steady for over a year now without needing to go higher. Roughly 20 pounds left before goal. Probably sticking with Mounjaro long term, costs nothing out of pocket since the prescription is tied to my Type 2 diabetes, which is now fully under control with normal blood sugar.
 
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