Anonymous wrote:I completely recommend it - just make sure to get in protein and lift weights. I went from 143 to 125 in 6 weeks without even thinking about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Me! And yes, it's as easy as it sounds.

My story is remarkably similar to yours, though I was a bit heavier. 5'7 and 145 after my third baby. Not technically fat, but felt disgusting, all my clothes tight, hated my flabby upper arms and my plump thighs and stomach.

My goal was to lose 10-15 lbs. I took the starting dose of 2.5 tirzepatide and had immediate and extreme appetite suppression, and the pounds fell off. Those first few weeks I was eating very little - 500-700 calories per day, and I was quite light headed as a result. I adjusted my dose down and settled on about 1200 calories per day. I always KNEW this is what I needed to do to lose weight, but fighting hunger is so hard for me, and I just could not find the willpower to keep up a calorie deficit for an extended period of time.

Tirzepatide is like magic. I still enjoy food, but I get very full after just a small meal, and I stay full for many hours.

I am currently 123 lbs, my wedding weight. Been maintaining that weight for the past few months by taking 1 mg per week (less than half of the starting dose). I don't think I'll ever stop. It is such a relief to no longer fight hunger every day of my life. It's a joy to exercise with the goal of feeling strong and healthy, rather than as a punishment and to try and work off my overeating. Like you, my intention was to take this for the short term just to drop those stubborn pounds, and then maintain on my own from there.

I can't see myself stopping the drug now though. I love it too much. I love not thinking about how many calories I've eaten, how many I have left, how many hours I can suffer without eating. Literally that's been how I've operated my whole life, and I'm just not willing to ever go back to that. Tirzepatide has removed my food obsession, and allowed me to make decisions about what to eat with my brain rather than with my stomach and crazed cravings. It is so freaking awesome and I highly recommend it. I wish I'd have had this decades ago.

Right. And when you get cancer or some other disease 10 years from now, from stupidly taking an unneeded drug with no long range testing, come back and tell us how you feel.

Man, those 5'7 135, 145 ladies feeling fat means I should feel obese at the same height and 160. I'm with pp and am wary of people abusing these medicines with no concern of long term effects.

160 lbs at 5'7 is indeed overweight.

Who's to say anyone is "abusing" these meds? We're taking small doses to manage hunger and help us make healthier food choices. Thin is healthier, feels better and looks better. Win win win.

Yes, I know that, with a bmi of 25, I am overweight. By pps logic, I ought to feel obese and run for the magic shot. I understand how I got here: too much ice cream, chips, cookies, etc. Too little movement. An injury and subsequent depression led me to this point. I am healed and coming up out of depression. I am compassionate with myself and I will work to lose the 20 pounds I gained. I will do it through diet and I will exercise daily. These steps will give me a sense of accomplishment, which will boost my mood. I can do that for the rest of my life. I will not spend money on injections. I'm not desperate for a quick fix which I will be tethered to indefinitely. You guys think it's a miracle drug. Many people said that of Fen-Phen and we all know how that turned out.

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Anonymous wrote:A physician in my neighborhood prescribed it for me. I get a vial of compounded tirzepatide for $275 and it lasts me 13 weeks at my dose.

Where do you get the meds?

Anonymous wrote:A physician in my neighborhood prescribed it for me. I get a vial of compounded tirzepatide for $275 and it lasts me 13 weeks at my dose.

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Anonymous wrote:Me! And yes, it's as easy as it sounds.

My story is remarkably similar to yours, though I was a bit heavier. 5'7 and 145 after my third baby. Not technically fat, but felt disgusting, all my clothes tight, hated my flabby upper arms and my plump thighs and stomach.

My goal was to lose 10-15 lbs. I took the starting dose of 2.5 tirzepatide and had immediate and extreme appetite suppression, and the pounds fell off. Those first few weeks I was eating very little - 500-700 calories per day, and I was quite light headed as a result. I adjusted my dose down and settled on about 1200 calories per day. I always KNEW this is what I needed to do to lose weight, but fighting hunger is so hard for me, and I just could not find the willpower to keep up a calorie deficit for an extended period of time.

Tirzepatide is like magic. I still enjoy food, but I get very full after just a small meal, and I stay full for many hours.

I am currently 123 lbs, my wedding weight. Been maintaining that weight for the past few months by taking 1 mg per week (less than half of the starting dose). I don't think I'll ever stop. It is such a relief to no longer fight hunger every day of my life. It's a joy to exercise with the goal of feeling strong and healthy, rather than as a punishment and to try and work off my overeating. Like you, my intention was to take this for the short term just to drop those stubborn pounds, and then maintain on my own from there.

I can't see myself stopping the drug now though. I love it too much. I love not thinking about how many calories I've eaten, how many I have left, how many hours I can suffer without eating. Literally that's been how I've operated my whole life, and I'm just not willing to ever go back to that. Tirzepatide has removed my food obsession, and allowed me to make decisions about what to eat with my brain rather than with my stomach and crazed cravings. It is so freaking awesome and I highly recommend it. I wish I'd have had this decades ago.

Right. And when you get cancer or some other disease 10 years from now, from stupidly taking an unneeded drug with no long range testing, come back and tell us how you feel.

Man, those 5'7 135, 145 ladies feeling fat means I should feel obese at the same height and 160. I'm with pp and am wary of people abusing these medicines with no concern of long term effects.

160 lbs at 5'7 is indeed overweight.

Who's to say anyone is "abusing" these meds? We're taking small doses to manage hunger and help us make healthier food choices. Thin is healthier, feels better and looks better. Win win win.

Anonymous wrote:Me! And yes, it's as easy as it sounds.

My story is remarkably similar to yours, though I was a bit heavier. 5'7 and 145 after my third baby. Not technically fat, but felt disgusting, all my clothes tight, hated my flabby upper arms and my plump thighs and stomach.

My goal was to lose 10-15 lbs. I took the starting dose of 2.5 tirzepatide and had immediate and extreme appetite suppression, and the pounds fell off. Those first few weeks I was eating very little - 500-700 calories per day, and I was quite light headed as a result. I adjusted my dose down and settled on about 1200 calories per day. I always KNEW this is what I needed to do to lose weight, but fighting hunger is so hard for me, and I just could not find the willpower to keep up a calorie deficit for an extended period of time.

Tirzepatide is like magic. I still enjoy food, but I get very full after just a small meal, and I stay full for many hours.

I am currently 123 lbs, my wedding weight. Been maintaining that weight for the past few months by taking 1 mg per week (less than half of the starting dose). I don't think I'll ever stop. It is such a relief to no longer fight hunger every day of my life. It's a joy to exercise with the goal of feeling strong and healthy, rather than as a punishment and to try and work off my overeating. Like you, my intention was to take this for the short term just to drop those stubborn pounds, and then maintain on my own from there.

I can't see myself stopping the drug now though. I love it too much. I love not thinking about how many calories I've eaten, how many I have left, how many hours I can suffer without eating. Literally that's been how I've operated my whole life, and I'm just not willing to ever go back to that. Tirzepatide has removed my food obsession, and allowed me to make decisions about what to eat with my brain rather than with my stomach and crazed cravings. It is so freaking awesome and I highly recommend it. I wish I'd have had this decades ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Yep it totally works - like magic. I have dropped 10lbs (140 to 130) over about 8 weeks on lowest dose of Zepbound. Even better - I have been on vacation multiple of those weeks but still managed to keep eating in check/weight loss slow and steady - without feeling deprived/requiring non-stop mental work. No side effects on this low dose. Goal is 125 - then I will decide what is next. I am enjoying the fact that weight loss/maintenance is so effortless. Not sure if I want to go back to constant mental struggle! Currently experimenting with micro-dosing ….a shot every two weeks rather than once a week. May try to space out to every 3 weeks to see what that feels like. Getting zep from lillydirect via on call docs.

Do you have any comorbidities or did they prescribe it knowing you just had some vanity weight to lose?

Anonymous wrote:Yep it totally works - like magic. I have dropped 10lbs (140 to 130) over about 8 weeks on lowest dose of Zepbound. Even better - I have been on vacation multiple of those weeks but still managed to keep eating in check/weight loss slow and steady - without feeling deprived/requiring non-stop mental work. No side effects on this low dose. Goal is 125 - then I will decide what is next. I am enjoying the fact that weight loss/maintenance is so effortless. Not sure if I want to go back to constant mental struggle! Currently experimenting with micro-dosing ….a shot every two weeks rather than once a week. May try to space out to every 3 weeks to see what that feels like. Getting zep from lillydirect via on call docs.

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Anonymous wrote:Me! And yes, it's as easy as it sounds.

My story is remarkably similar to yours, though I was a bit heavier. 5'7 and 145 after my third baby. Not technically fat, but felt disgusting, all my clothes tight, hated my flabby upper arms and my plump thighs and stomach.

My goal was to lose 10-15 lbs. I took the starting dose of 2.5 tirzepatide and had immediate and extreme appetite suppression, and the pounds fell off. Those first few weeks I was eating very little - 500-700 calories per day, and I was quite light headed as a result. I adjusted my dose down and settled on about 1200 calories per day. I always KNEW this is what I needed to do to lose weight, but fighting hunger is so hard for me, and I just could not find the willpower to keep up a calorie deficit for an extended period of time.

Tirzepatide is like magic. I still enjoy food, but I get very full after just a small meal, and I stay full for many hours.

I am currently 123 lbs, my wedding weight. Been maintaining that weight for the past few months by taking 1 mg per week (less than half of the starting dose). I don't think I'll ever stop. It is such a relief to no longer fight hunger every day of my life. It's a joy to exercise with the goal of feeling strong and healthy, rather than as a punishment and to try and work off my overeating. Like you, my intention was to take this for the short term just to drop those stubborn pounds, and then maintain on my own from there.

I can't see myself stopping the drug now though. I love it too much. I love not thinking about how many calories I've eaten, how many I have left, how many hours I can suffer without eating. Literally that's been how I've operated my whole life, and I'm just not willing to ever go back to that. Tirzepatide has removed my food obsession, and allowed me to make decisions about what to eat with my brain rather than with my stomach and crazed cravings. It is so freaking awesome and I highly recommend it. I wish I'd have had this decades ago.

Right. And when you get cancer or some other disease 10 years from now, from stupidly taking an unneeded drug with no long range testing, come back and tell us how you feel.

This obsessed poster is on every thread around here.

So is this poster, who most likely works for Pharma.

Anonymous wrote:Yep it totally works - like magic. I have dropped 10lbs (140 to 130) over about 8 weeks on lowest dose of Zepbound. Even better - I have been on vacation multiple of those weeks but still managed to keep eating in check/weight loss slow and steady - without feeling deprived/requiring non-stop mental work. No side effects on this low dose. Goal is 125 - then I will decide what is next. I am enjoying the fact that weight loss/maintenance is so effortless. Not sure if I want to go back to constant mental struggle! Currently experimenting with micro-dosing ….a shot every two weeks rather than once a week. May try to space out to every 3 weeks to see what that feels like. Getting zep from lillydirect via on call docs.