INTRO Time to get in the mix

Greetings from Illinois! After spending a while reading posts here without saying anything, I figured it was about time I added something.

My weight loss efforts began in December 2025. The reason: arthritis plus torn maniscus in both of my knees. At 55 years old and 260#, spending 37 years working a tough job on concrete 10-15 hours a day has really worn me down.

A buddy talked me into trying tirz, and he even handed me my first vial at no cost. Wow! By the 2 month mark I was asking myself "why didn't I do this sooner!" As of now I've gotten down to 198#, and my joint pain has dropped by at least 60-70%.

Because of fatigue I made the change to reta roughly 3 months ago, and the weight loss has definitely slowed, though I'm fine with it. My attention is more on nutrition and regaining some muscle that I lost in the early days.

Nice work!! My own path began with Tirz, and 5mg was as high as I ever went. Lately though, I've moved over to Retatrutide — my goal weight had already been reached, yet getting down enough food while lifting heavy remained a real challenge.

Whether reta is the right call, I can't say for sure, but there's plenty of time left to find out!

Welcome aboard! It sounds like you've kicked things off really well and you already have a handle on adjusting things when the side effects aren't treating you right. Nice work on the weight you've dropped so far. Concrete, whoo . . . hopefully your body appreciates carrying less weight on a surface that tough.

Niir0 said:

Nice work!! My own path began with Tirz, and 5mg was as high as I ever went. Lately though, I've moved over to Retatrutide — my goal weight had already been reached, yet getting down enough food while lifting heavy remained a real challenge.

Whether reta is the right call, I can't say for sure, but there's plenty of time left to find out!

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Appreciate it! That's precisely my approach. Meeting my protein and calorie targets is no problem. There are still 15 pounds left to lose, and for the past 3-4 weeks the scale hasn't budged. I'm not stressing over it, since I'm lifting 6 days a week and seeing differences in my measurements.

AngieHolmes said:

Welcome aboard! It sounds like you've kicked things off really well and you already have a handle on adjusting things when the side effects aren't treating you right. Nice work on the weight you've dropped so far. Concrete, whoo . . . hopefully your body appreciates carrying less weight on a surface that tough.

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Appreciate it! My body's really taken to it! Right, over the past 8 months I've been soaking up whatever I could find about glp-1 and other peptides. 1 factor behind my long wait: my insurance refused to pay for any weight loss medication, and I was completely unaware that the research space was a thing.........

Jamrjump133 said:

Niir0 said:

Nice work!! My own path began with Tirz, and 5mg was as high as I ever went. Lately though, I've moved over to Retatrutide — my goal weight had already been reached, yet getting down enough food while lifting heavy remained a real challenge.

Whether reta is the right call, I can't say for sure, but there's plenty of time left to find out!

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Appreciate it! That's precisely my approach. Meeting my protein and calorie targets is no problem. There are still 15 pounds left to lose, and for the past 3-4 weeks the scale hasn't budged. I'm not stressing over it, since I'm lifting 6 days a week and seeing differences in my measurements.

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Yep! Truthfully, I should be tracking more measurements. Appreciate the nudge haha.