NP but I've posted a lot about this on here. I started through a Medspa at 5'7 and 145 lbs. The starting dose for tirzepatide is 2.5 mg once a week. Then, gradually, you're supposed to go up to 5, then 7.5, then 10, then 12.5 then 15 mg.

I never went above 2.5 because I had very strong appetite suppression and dropped weight rapidly. It felt like a miracle. After almost a lifetime being obsessed with food, feeling hungry, counting calories, restricting, binging...FINALLY, I felt like a normal person who could eat modest meals and feel satisfied.

I've lost 22 lbs and am back to my wedding weight. I feel amazing! I am currently "microdosing" to maintain. This means to take less than the standard doseage. I take 0.75 mg per week (less than 1/3 of the starting dose) and effortlessly maintain my weight this way. I still get hungry, but not as ravenous. I get full much more quickly than I did before being on the meds (I felt like a bottomless pit before and would actually feel SAD when I finished a meal because it was over!) and I stay full for much longer.

I get my meds now online at Fifty410. My latest shipment came in one vial of 60 mg. At my currently doseage, this $299 vial will last me until it expires next May. You are meant to continually draw from the same vial - you just sanitize it with an alcohol wipe each time.

The medspa had no problem with me starting tirzepatide at my normal BMI. I did fudge numbers with Fifty410 - I wrote that my weight was 185. I had to send a photo of my driver's license. No questions were asked.

It’s $299 a month at willow. They don’t care what you weigh.

Anonymous wrote:I have the same question. I have looked through this forum and can’t find the answer.

I’m 5’7” and 148 lbs. Since I hit menopause three years ago, I’ve gained 25 pounds. I exercise, eat pretty healthy, and don’t drink alcohol but still feel stuck. It’s depressing.

I’ve been told my BMI is too low for medication so what’s the secret?

if the person who "told" you this was in the position of prescribing you a GLP-1, then ask a different provider. You absolutely can get it. Insurance won't pay but my compound costs me $89 per month.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have the same question. I have looked through this forum and can’t find the answer.

I’m 5’7” and 148 lbs. Since I hit menopause three years ago, I’ve gained 25 pounds. I exercise, eat pretty healthy, and don’t drink alcohol but still feel stuck. It’s depressing.

I’ve been told my BMI is too low for medication so what’s the secret?

Did the person who told you this mean your BMI is too low for the medication to be covered by insurance? Because the secret is simply pay for it out of pocket. There are endless providers who will prescribe for you regardless of your body if you will just pay for it.

This. Pay full price and you can get whatever you want.

Anonymous wrote:I have the same question. I have looked through this forum and can’t find the answer.

I’m 5’7” and 148 lbs. Since I hit menopause three years ago, I’ve gained 25 pounds. I exercise, eat pretty healthy, and don’t drink alcohol but still feel stuck. It’s depressing.

I’ve been told my BMI is too low for medication so what’s the secret?

Yes, well, your BMI being "too low" means you aren't obese. And the medication treats obesity. It's a medication. It's like you folks don't know what medication is.

Anonymous wrote:I have the same question. I have looked through this forum and can’t find the answer.

I’m 5’7” and 148 lbs. Since I hit menopause three years ago, I’ve gained 25 pounds. I exercise, eat pretty healthy, and don’t drink alcohol but still feel stuck. It’s depressing.

I’ve been told my BMI is too low for medication so what’s the secret?

Did the person who told you this mean your BMI is too low for the medication to be covered by insurance? Because the secret is simply pay for it out of pocket. There are endless providers who will prescribe for you regardless of your body if you will just pay for it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish people would search this forum for that answer. It's a question asked daily.
And it's lose.

I have been saving snippets of threads about this, but surprise, there are not a lot of coherent or consistent responses. Some of us don't even know what "microdose" means. Like your Rx is for a large dose but you just do a portion every day or every other day? Are they injections? Where?

Microdosing can mean staying on the lowest dose for longer than the manufacturer's intended titration schedule. It can mean taking a weekly dose even lower than the minimum (achieved by taking compounded meds, which allow you more flexibility). It can mean spreading out your dosing to longer than the intended weekly schedule. Some do every 10 days, some do every other week, I know someone who does once a month. It definitely does not mean injecting every day or other day at all.

And yes, these meds are taken via injection. Where varies based on personal preference. Most people alternate sides of their belly. Some do their thighs, though you have to do more careful there. Some do upper arms. Some people describe differences in side effects and or effectiveness of the medication based on injection site.

Anonymous wrote:Microdosing can mean a few things:

Staying at your lowest dose so you aren’t losing, just reducing “noise”.

Spreading out doses over 2-3 weeks.

I’ve just started a GLP-1. I want to lose 10 lbs to get my BMI to “normal” and try to get my A1C under 5.6. I already eat heathy, strength, cardio, walk, yoga. 58 years.

Once I get the weight off I plan to micro dose using the lowest dose possible. I’ll see how long I need to do it.

If “for life” well so be it. It’s that or become pre-diabetic-then diabetic.

I got mine at Hers. 2 months and $$$. Looking for cheaper options. But for now, happy.

Look on Reddit, lots of post there.

Thank you! How much is $$$

Microdosing can mean a few things:

Staying at your lowest dose so you aren’t losing, just reducing “noise”.

Spreading out doses over 2-3 weeks.

I’ve just started a GLP-1. I want to lose 10 lbs to get my BMI to “normal” and try to get my A1C under 5.6. I already eat heathy, strength, cardio, walk, yoga. 58 years.

Once I get the weight off I plan to micro dose using the lowest dose possible. I’ll see how long I need to do it.

If “for life” well so be it. It’s that or become pre-diabetic-then diabetic.

I got mine at Hers. 2 months and $$$. Looking for cheaper options. But for now, happy.

Look on Reddit, lots of post there.

Anonymous wrote:I have the same question. I have looked through this forum and can’t find the answer.

I’m 5’7” and 148 lbs. Since I hit menopause three years ago, I’ve gained 25 pounds. I exercise, eat pretty healthy, and don’t drink alcohol but still feel stuck. It’s depressing.

I’ve been told my BMI is too low for medication so what’s the secret?

and count calories?

Anonymous wrote:I wish people would search this forum for that answer. It's a question asked daily.
And it's lose.

I have been saving snippets of threads about this, but surprise, there are not a lot of coherent or consistent responses. Some of us don't even know what "microdose" means. Like your Rx is for a large dose but you just do a portion every day or every other day? Are they injections? Where?

I’m 5’8” and would look amazing at 148, sadly I’m not there yet and would settle for 160!

I have the same question. I have looked through this forum and can’t find the answer.

I’m 5’7” and 148 lbs. Since I hit menopause three years ago, I’ve gained 25 pounds. I exercise, eat pretty healthy, and don’t drink alcohol but still feel stuck. It’s depressing.

I’ve been told my BMI is too low for medication so what’s the secret?

I wish people would search this forum for that answer. It's a question asked daily.
And it's lose.

How does a skinny person microdose GLP1 to loose 10lbs? Online doc? Or med spa?