Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on, OP at 109 lbs, but I guarantee you don’t look well. And I’m not jealous. I have a relative who very proudly is showing off her new “figure” all while we gasp at her emaciated appearance. She’s gone from a cute, smiley 50 year old to a frail, positively elderly looking woman in one year.

Wonder what the DEXA scans of these ladies are going to look like in 5-10 years, too.

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Anonymous wrote:109 is unhealthy range unless you’re 5 feet.

I'm 5'3" and I'm not considered under weight at 109. I'll be on this drug forever and I'm fine with that.

same. 109 is my goal weight and i definitely don't look too think at that weight. T that weight, I fit a size 2 (American vanity size 2) but not size 0 or 00 like in my 30s when I was 106 and still no where near heroin chic.

You must have no muscle mass. I'm 123 at 5'3", and am a size 2 (waist). Size 4 if I need some non-wide legged pants.

I would look positively sick at 109.

I'm exactly the same - 5'3 123 and a size 2, maybe a 4 in certain pants. When I was 115 my hip bones stuck out and I had no muscle. I can't imagine what 109 would look like. I don't have big boobs either - 32b.

I've been thinking more and more about trying GLP-1, but I'm not sure where to even begin and lifetime on drug is a huge commitment. I am 160+ at 5'2. I definitely felt much better when I was 130-145. So I probably need to track what I eat, and exercise.

I’m 5’5” and 125 lbs down from 164. I’m 52. I’ve lived most of my adult life 138-145 (not slim but where my body normally settled if I ate well and exercised). Covid baking got the best of me though and I had to get that weight off.
Taking Tirzepatide for the last 15 months. I lost the weight very slowly. My thighs have loose skin but I had a chubby round face genetically so it just looks better now.

IF I hadn’t had a chubby face, I know I’d look gaunt. It’s what I see on GLP1 users around me. These meds work miracles but the loss of muscle mass is real (something new versions of these meds are supposed to help).

My husband, my drs and my family have said I need to stop losing weight. I will not benefit health wise from losing more weight and it could be detrimental.

109 at 5’3” is fine if you then assume you’ll settle at 119 but as you age, you choose your fanny or your face and it’s probably better to choose your face!

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't maintaining the dose that helped you lose half your body weight continue to result in weight loss? It seems nuts that your provider thinks you need to continue that dose?

Did you change your overall eating and fitness habits while you were losing? If so, I'm not sure why you would need the meds to maintain unless your metabolism is messed up to the point where you need to only eat 1000 calories (I'm larger than you at 5'4 and 120, but I can maintain this weight at 2000 calories)

NP here, and I want to know the answer to this as well, and I feel like I never get a straight answer from anyone I know on a glp-1.

Also, weight of 109 lbs is within healthy bmi even for someone 5’4”.

Anonymous wrote:8:53: what is your microdose size?

I’m on Tirz. I spent most of the time on 2.5 mg, highest I ever got was 6 mg. I’ve tried microdosing 2-3mg each week but I prefer dosing 6mg and then waiting it out to see when I might microdose. Sometimes it’s 2 weeks, sometimes more.

NP. Congrats, OP! I, too, hit 19.3 BMI on a GLP-1 and feel amazing. 5'7 and 123.5 lbs. Lost 23 lbs on a 2.5 dose of tirzepatide. Now taking 1 mg per week for maintenance. I truly thought I would just take it to lose the weight and then stop. But I have battled to be thin all my life (and always have been relatively slim, though the pounds have crept on in the last five years or so) and I absolutely hate being hungry. I hate thinking about food and how many calories I've eaten so far today and how many I left and literally that's the way I'd lived since about age 13. With the help of this med, I've gotten relief from food obsession. I eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full, and on this med, I get full on fewer calories. I still indulge in junk food occasionally, but not the wild binges I used to do. I no longer have that "all or nothing" stupid harmful thing where I'd succumb to a donut at the office, consider the day ruined, and then proceed to stuff my face with crap the rest of the day. First of all, on this med, I physically cannot do that - I get too full too fast. But also, I just don't have those powerful cravings for bad food that I used to. So I mainly think along the lines of, "What's the healthiest most nutritious thing I can eat?" Just came back from lunch with a client and ordered some grilled salmon and vegetables, ate it all, positively stuffed and will stay full until dinner time. No temptation to snack.

It's a damn miracle. I will take this drug forever (my tiny dose, which is less than 1/2 of the starting dose); I feel like I have a new lease on life.

8:53: what is your microdose size?

I've only lost 27 pounds since January, but I lost it quickly (not intentionally). I've been experimenting with maintenance since late mid-April. These drugs are so interesting in that people react to them very individually. So, I would try out some options and see what works:

I micro dose every week
Larger doses every couple of weeks
Two micro doses in a week

I'll say I haven't gained a pound back since I started and that's even after overindulging a bit on a 2-week vacation. I think the med reset my appetite to where it had been pre-Perimenopause so my current overindulging is actually not that much food.

good luck!

If I were you, my next step would be focusing on eating healthy and getting fit. Body types are different, but 109 likely means you could use some more muscle. Muscle will help you maintain a healthy weight for years to come.

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't maintaining the dose that helped you lose half your body weight continue to result in weight loss? It seems nuts that your provider thinks you need to continue that dose?

Did you change your overall eating and fitness habits while you were losing? If so, I'm not sure why you would need the meds to maintain unless your metabolism is messed up to the point where you need to only eat 1000 calories (I'm larger than you at 5'4 and 120, but I can maintain this weight at 2000 calories)

I have the same question. Is maintenance typically the same dose that helped you loose weight? What if you lost on the lowest dose?