Back at My Teenage Weight

Tirzmonkey

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Stepped on the scale this morning and it read 155. That's the same number I consistently saw throughout my teenage years. Today my wife picked me up a pair of 30 inch slim fit jeans at Old Navy, and they fit perfectly. Being only 4 pounds from my goal weight and healthier than I've been in decades has me so psyched. At my heaviest I was up to 237 with a 38 inch waist.

Apparently my hair is growing back too 😂. Tirzepatide is a freaking wonder drug and I will take it forever. To be fully transparent, I also supplement TRT and weight train 5 days a week, so I am solid. Not bragging, I just never thought I would look like this at 60.
 
Tirzmonkey said:

Stepped on the scale this morning and it read 155. That's the same number I consistently saw throughout my teenage years. Today my wife picked me up a pair of 30 inch slim fit jeans at Old Navy, and they fit perfectly. Being only 4 pounds from my goal weight and healthier than I've been in decades has me so psyched. At my heaviest I was up to 237 with a 38 inch waist.

Apparently my hair is growing back too 😂. Tirzepatide is a freaking wonder drug and I will take it forever. To be fully transparent, I also supplement TRT and weight train 5 days a week, so I am solid. Not bragging, I just never thought I would look like this at 60.
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More than a year has passed since I got down to my college weight, and I've kept it there ever since. The physical change was transformative. On the mental side — and this may sound odd — I'm still getting used to what I see in the mirror. I'll admit I remain very scared of regaining the weight.
 
m100568 said:

More than a year has passed since I got down to my college weight, and I've kept it there ever since. The physical change was transformative. On the mental side — and this may sound odd — I'm still getting used to what I see in the mirror. I'll admit I remain very scared of regaining the weight.
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Great job!...I hear you...I'm wary of food noise and my old eating patterns...Once I reached my goal weight, I've kept my reta and tirz doses the same...I even brought sema into the mix, as a precaution...Should I keep shedding pounds, I'll simply eat more...If the scale starts creeping up, I'll simply eat less....While on GLPs, food remains kind of meh for me, and that's how I intend to keep it...
 
Tirzmonkey said:

Stepped on the scale this morning and it read 155. That's the same number I consistently saw throughout my teenage years. Today my wife picked me up a pair of 30 inch slim fit jeans at Old Navy, and they fit perfectly. Being only 4 pounds from my goal weight and healthier than I've been in decades has me so psyched. At my heaviest I was up to 237 with a 38 inch waist.

Apparently my hair is growing back too 😂. Tirzepatide is a freaking wonder drug and I will take it forever. To be fully transparent, I also supplement TRT and weight train 5 days a week, so I am solid. Not bragging, I just never thought I would look like this at 60.
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the fact that your wife went ahead and picked up the jeans without you even bringing it up says a lot more than any scale number could. nice work — 4 lbs is basically noise from here.
 
m100568 said:

More than a year has passed since I got down to my college weight, and I've kept it there ever since. The physical change was transformative. On the mental side — and this may sound odd — I'm still getting used to what I see in the mirror. I'll admit I remain very scared of regaining the weight.
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that scared feeling doesn't really disappear completely. for me, figuring out maintenance has been every bit as tough as the losing phase was, and it takes the mirror a while to catch up
 
Congrats! At 65 I'm nearly there too. There's still a bit of belly that refuses to budge. I'm experimenting with different peptide doses and combos in the hope that it makes a difference.
 
ThePepPlanner said:

that scared feeling doesn't really disappear completely. for me, figuring out maintenance has been every bit as tough as the losing phase was, and it takes the mirror a while to catch up
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I feel that completely. Against my better judgment I began creatine recently, fully expecting the scale to move upward, and it's still getting in my head a little.

Is this maintenance creeping up on me? Or is it simply the water retention that comes with creatine?

The fear is genuine!

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Troposphere said:

I feel that completely. Against my better judgment I began creatine recently, fully expecting the scale to move upward, and it's still getting in my head a little.

Is this maintenance creeping up on me? Or is it simply the water retention that comes with creatine?

The fear is genuine!

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I'm in the same boat! Not being able to tell which one it is has been driving me crazy.
 
Apparently I've had 3 goals, one after another. First my married weight, then my senior-year high school weight, and now I'm at 180, which is my junior year. That's it for me.

The fear is genuine and I'm not coping with it well. I'm staying at 8 mg since I now dislike feeling food noise, or really any noise at all. It's been complete freedom and I won't give that up easily. My appetite has gone up because I push larger portions, so at least I've stopped losing. Still, 6 months in and I haven't figured out how to stay balanced on the razor blade edge of maintenance. I'm giving myself some grace and treating it as a long learning process.
 
Chili777 said:

Apparently I've had 3 goals, one after another. First my married weight, then my senior-year high school weight, and now I'm at 180, which is my junior year. That's it for me.

The fear is genuine and I'm not coping with it well. I'm staying at 8 mg since I now dislike feeling food noise, or really any noise at all. It's been complete freedom and I won't give that up easily. My appetite has gone up because I push larger portions, so at least I've stopped losing. Still, 6 months in and I haven't figured out how to stay balanced on the razor blade edge of maintenance. I'm giving myself some grace and treating it as a long learning process.
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Before long I'll need to eat more calories so I don't keep dropping weight, but imposter syndrome is definitely real. How is it that I was overweight my entire life, and then across a 7 month span I dropped 50 pounds and reached my ideal weight? It doesn't feel real. Or earned. Still, it wasn't free of sacrifice. Plenty of times I turned down extra calories when I wanted to eat more. The difference is that eating more wasn't something I HAD to do.

Beyond weight loss, there are so many health benefits that I'm convinced this is a lifetime drug. That's something I feel thankful for rather than afraid of.
 
Tirzmonkey said:

Before long I'll need to eat more calories so I don't keep dropping weight, but imposter syndrome is definitely real. How is it that I was overweight my entire life, and then across a 7 month span I dropped 50 pounds and reached my ideal weight? It doesn't feel real. Or earned. Still, it wasn't free of sacrifice. Plenty of times I turned down extra calories when I wanted to eat more. The difference is that eating more wasn't something I HAD to do.

Beyond weight loss, there are so many health benefits that I'm convinced this is a lifetime drug. That's something I feel thankful for rather than afraid of.
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Whether it took sacrifice or not, it is deserved. Being healthy is something every one of us deserves!

That said, I understand where you're coming from. I committed to exercising more, and I weighed and tracked what I ate. It took effort. Still, health is something all of us are worthy of!
 
You truly earned this. In the same way, I still have to work past the mental image of how I looked in the mirror before all of this. That's a mental block I'm set on getting past. What I notice is that the GLP pushed our bodies to drop a massive amount of weight, yet our brains (and emotions) haven't managed to keep pace at the same speed. I'm learning that this mental adjustment takes longer than the actual weight loss period did. Allow yourself some grace while you sort it all out. I am.
 
Troposphere said:

Please share how it goes for you. I could use the reassurance!
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I'll do that! Since I'm new here, please be patient with me. I began body recomp on purpose this past week, so results might take a while. My goal is to find out what I can achieve from just creatine, full-body weight training 3 times a week, and the Tirz. Realistically I probably won't follow that plan strictly — there are too many things in the freezer I want to try, like Serm. Serm feels like a bigger commitment to me somehow, which is why it's just been sitting there for months. The chance of water weight from Serm plus creatine is enough to keep me away!
 
Chili777 said:

You truly earned this. In the same way, I still have to work past the mental image of how I looked in the mirror before all of this. That's a mental block I'm set on getting past. What I notice is that the GLP pushed our bodies to drop a massive amount of weight, yet our brains (and emotions) haven't managed to keep pace at the same speed. I'm learning that this mental adjustment takes longer than the actual weight loss period did. Allow yourself some grace while you sort it all out. I am.
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For me, the strangest part is looking at old photos.

When I see them, they feel unreal.. I never realized I was that big, and I don't recognize that person anymore.

Then there are moments when I notice how different I am now, usually at night while falling asleep, when I feel my ribs or hip bone..

Regarding maintenance, I sat at the max dose for a very long time and am only now working up the nerve to try lowering it. Since Aug-2025 I've been on 15mg weekly, and for the past 2 weeks I tried 10. It's too early to say what effect that will have, but so far my weight has been about the same, even though I gave in to a big breakfast and chicken wings yesterday — this morning my weight had actually dropped below my Thursday weigh-in.
 
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