Slow & steady wins the GLP race!

Hong Kong Yanpep International
30 lbs in a year at the highest dose is the slow loser category by forum standards but 210 to 178 is a real result. The comparison trap where everyone else seems to lose faster makes steady trajectory feel insufficient when it isn't. You're still moving and that's what matters.
 
40 on Ozempic and then a 3.5 month stall on MJ before things started moving again at 10-12.5mg is the frustrating middle part of the story. The OP's years of gradual progress and the stall periods are the same emotional experience. Slow and steady does win it but the stalls make it hard to believe. Keep going.
 
mom in a similar situation and finding it at higher doses of tirz is a useful data point for the OP's slow and steady story. the big loss earlier and the recent struggle isn't a reversal, it's the kind of variation that shows up in a multi-year run. higher doses finding what the lower doses didn't is a real pattern.
 
Been stuck in this same cycle for 10 months now. Walking's the one thing that actually moves the needle, hit 10k steps daily and a kilo or two disappears over a month, but it all comes creeping back once I quit doing it.

My endo isn't worried about it though, says it's fine to sit at this weight for the time being, but the plan going forward is a switch to Mounjaro, probably in a couple months.
 
Three months in and slowly down 11 pounds. Definitely expected faster progress, but can confirm my hunger control fluctuates in waves. Genuinely feels like an emotional rollercoaster.
 
Agreed completely. We're all doing our best here day to day, but I'd genuinely recommend working toward a way of eating, even modest portions to start, that you could realistically sustain for life. Lost a massive amount on MJ over two years and never once skipped a meal, even with pretty strong appetite suppression the whole time. Not claiming I've got it all figured out, but that mindset really is central to making this a lasting change.
 
Spent four months trying to lose weight through WW, followed the program properly. Dropped some one week, gained a bit back the next. Got genuinely frustrated with the whole cycle. That frustration is exactly what pushed me toward MJ.

And it's working! Losing slowly, but it's actual progress. Eating well, staying active. Feeling fantastic. Wish I'd started sooner honestly, but glad to be here now.
 
Wow, congrats!!!! Genuinely gives real hope seeing this. How'd the carb-craving battle actually play out, manageable overall? And training stayed consistent through the whole thing too, how'd that play out?
 
Ozempic worked for me, then it stopped. Dropped somewhere between 10-15 pounds, then gained it all back plus more, all while on 2mg. My labs came back great and my endo left me on it since everything else checked out fine, even with the scale stuck. After roughly three years I finally just asked her point blank if there was something else that could actually help me lose the weight while staying healthy. Mounjaro turned out to be the answer. A year in now, 50 pounds down, and pretty content with where I've plateaued. The mental chatter about food is gone, and I'm satisfied on about half the portion I used to need. Ozempic never did anything close to that for me - just some mild queasiness early on and that's it. And no, I'm not counting calories or watching every bite to keep this weight off. Just trying to eat healthier overall, more fruit, hitting my protein target daily since eating less means being careful not to end up malnourished. But pizza and chicken tenders still make appearances, just smaller portions now. Saw you mentioned tracking calories - wanted to share this for whoever it might help, not just the original poster, since I've dealt with binge eating myself for over a decade.
 
On Mounjaro now, was on Ozempic before that. Have Hashimotos too. Hasn't budged the antibody numbers... but everything else has been great. Even dropped 27 pounds, wasn't really needed, but still feels good to see it.
 
Been on Ozempic since August of last year, up to 2mg shots now. Lost weight early on, then nothing at all these past four months. Nothing's changed on my end - I track everything through an app, calories, nutrients, weight, recipes, all of it. Allow myself one cheat day a month, keeps me sane, never go overboard on it. My diabetic numbers have come way down, just not the scale. Managed to land a program that covers the cost for a few more months at least. Seen people on here say that if Oz stalls out, the usual move is switching over to Mounjaro, though that's out of reach for me financially and insurance won't touch it either. Have you looked at Mounjaro at all?
 
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