INTRO Hello from a Truck Driver based in Maine

[slayerofthefluff]

Hello all. Like many on here I started on a glp1 to lose weight after plateauing using the traditional means. It was made even more difficult by my career. I had some pretty good success using tirzepatide and went from 162lbs to 135lbs where I stalled in about a year. I did take a break from tirzepatide in Feb due to my truck breaking down and having no access since I was working on it at a buddy’s shop and the glp took a back burner until I got the truck running good enough to limp it back home to sit in the driveway while I take a local job. I found that getting back on the tirzepatide it’s not really doing anything for me now minus a bit of appetite suppression (though this may be willpower that the medication helped me form a habit of) and the food noise is worse than it was before I took the pause. So, of course I dove down the rabbit hole researching alternative ways to either enhance the tirzepatide or another alternative and here I am. Very interested in learning and research. I’ll also share my knowledge about trucking if anyone wants to know, including cooking and meal prep on the truck. Looking forward to getting to know everyone.

 

[rch02474]

Welcome! Can't imagine how difficult it is to stay fit and eat healthy in that career. When I had a really sedentary job I started intermittent fasting. That seemed to help for me, and I do that when I travel (but that's not super often anymore).

 

[Nyx_Zen]

Hi Slayer, welcome to the forums! I imagine it's hard at times to eat healthy as a trucker, but the great thing is that technology has improved so much that you can cook simple meals in there, so that's helpful.

That really sucks about Triz. I wonder why that happens to some people. Were you at the highest dose? I'm waiting to get started for the first time with Triz soon, so I really hope I don't have that happen to me!

 

[slayerofthefluff]

rch02474 said:


Welcome! Can't imagine how difficult it is to stay fit and eat healthy in that career. When I had a really sedentary job I started intermittent fasting. That seemed to help for me, and I do that when I travel (but that's not super often anymore).

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Basically that’s what I did. Intermittent fasting and lots of walking since I had dogs that traveled with me. Still have the younger three but, they don’t get to ride in the daycab with me. I find being home harder to fast since I have a real kitchen and so many more options. Also the boredom snacking itch is way worse since I run the same route over and over now. Thank you for the welcome.

 

[slayerofthefluff]

Nyx_Zen said:


Hi Slayer, welcome to the forums! I imagine it's hard at times to eat healthy as a trucker, but the great thing is that technology has improved so much that you can cook simple meals in there, so that's helpful.

That really sucks about Triz. I wonder why that happens to some people. Were you at the highest dose? I'm waiting to get started for the first time with Triz soon, so I really hope I don't have that happen to me!

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Thank you for the welcome. It wasn’t so bad when I had my second truck since it had more space. Cooked in it often. Had to get another truck after it had motor issues so I lost the space and power for my air fryer-convection oven. I was not at the highest dose oddly and went back at the same dose then stepped up to 11mg. It’s been six weeks and still steady on my weight and waist measurements. Not sure if the sudden pause for eight/nine weeks affected its performance or not.

 

[rch02474]

slayerofthefluff said:


Basically that’s what I did. Intermittent fasting and lots of walking since I had dogs that traveled with me. Still have the younger three but, they don’t get to ride in the daycab with me. I find being home harder to fast since I have a real kitchen and so many more options. Also the boredom snacking itch is way worse since I run the same route over and over now. Thank you for the welcome.

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I also find fasting more difficult when I'm off, so I'll typically lean into that a bit a and do 2 smaller meals on those days. I also just have to make sure I stay busy those days to fight the boredom snacking. At your weight I'm curious if adding some additional muscle would be more helpful than further restricting calories.

 

[slayerofthefluff]

rch02474 said:


I also find fasting more difficult when I'm off, so I'll typically lean into that a bit an and do 2 smaller meals on those days. I also just have to make sure I stay busy those days to fight the boredom snacking. At your weight I'm curious if adding some additional muscle would be more helpful than further restricting calories.

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Oh I did add muscle weight (which is why I’m not really focused on the lack of weight loss on the scale as much as the waist measurement not budging) especially during the off period since I was working on my semi truck. Lots of heavy lifting when one is tearing down an old diesel motor and putting it back together repeatedly while looking for the reason for an oil leak. Then the front differential went out and I got to do that by myself also. Did random engine work and trailer repairs also while I was there. As far as gym based work outs…never had the time nor interest in them to be honest. Even less time now since I work 5 days a week at 12 hrs each day plus commute of 45 minutes each way. Add in walking the youngest dog before and after work and that’s pretty much it for the days I work. The house is a homestead so there is enough to do on my day off that a gym membership or free weights would be a waste of money. Soon the day off will be taken up tearing the semi truck apart again since I think I figured out the leak on the front.

 

[iDeclareBankruptcy!]

Welcome! I did flatbed regional for 2 year, mess up my left ankle worse than it already was, and some how I ended up here too. But, man after learning about reta, tirz, BPC, mots-c, and kpv, I without doubts can say that this stuff if what our fellow truckers need. My friend who's also a truck driver was weighing 445 pounds, a different friend put him on reta at .5mg on May of this year, and so far this boy has lost 60 pounds, it is truly unbelievable. But, yeah keep up the good work!

 

[slayerofthefluff]

iDeclareBankruptcy! said:


Welcome! I did flatbed regional for 2 year, mess up my left ankle worse than it already was, and some how I ended up here too. But, man after learning about reta, tirz, BPC, mots-c, and kpv, I without doubts can say that this stuff if what our fellow truckers need. My friend who's also a truck driver was weighing 445 pounds, a different friend put him on reta at .5mg on May of this year, and so far this boy has lost 60 pounds, it is truly unbelievable. But, yeah keep up the good work!

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I did a lot of specialty haul before my truck gave me issues so my banged up knees (from prior career) definitely commiserate with your ankle on some days. I may be looking into peps to mitigate that issue as well since I’m edging toward 40 and I know it won’t get better. Now I swing doors warehouse to warehouse and lick the windows. I do agree after starting tirz that it needs to be more available for truckers or anyone with a sedentary job with long hours and unpredictable shifts. We’d have way less mortally obese drivers and way less drivers with cpaps….but, they’d also lose a metric shit ton of money at truck stops and on monitoring the cpaps. Glad your friend found Reta and I bet he feels much better losing that weight. I know the first time I had to buy new pants I was elated that they were a size smaller and not larger. I tried to be proactive once I noticed I had gained two pants sizes since I started trucking in 2017 and I’m very glad I did. Even if I did “cheat”.

 

[peterpayne]

Welcome, the advice I give my friends that I myself don't follow, if you normally tend to gain weight and you're plateauing, tirz is working, you can titrate up, but it is also worth being more selective on food items and pay better attention to activity levels...

 

[rch02474]

slayerofthefluff said:


Oh I did add muscle weight (which is why I’m not really focused on the lack of weight loss on the scale as much as the waist measurement not budging) especially during the off period since I was working on my semi truck. Lots of heavy lifting when one is tearing down an old diesel motor and putting it back together repeatedly while looking for the reason for an oil leak. Then the front differential went out and I got to do that by myself also. Did random engine work and trailer repairs also while I was there. As far as gym based work outs…never had the time nor interest in them to be honest. Even less time now since I work 5 days a week at 12 hrs each day plus commute of 45 minutes each way. Add in walking the youngest dog before and after work and that’s pretty much it for the days I work. The house is a homestead so there is enough to do on my day off that a gym membership or free weights would be a waste of money. Soon the day off will be taken up tearing the semi truck apart again since I think I figured out the leak on the front.

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Sounds like you stay pretty busy! I'm usually 12-13 hrs myself so I definitely understand that part. I just don't have the homestead, so sometime I have to sneak in some dumbell workouts between dinner and bedtime lol!

 

[slayerofthefluff]

peterpayne said:


Welcome, the advice I give my friends that I myself don't follow, if you normally tend to gain weight and you're plateauing, tirz is working, you can titrate up, but it is also worth being more selective on food items and pay better attention to activity levels...

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Thank you for this. The puzzling thing is I’m eating better than I was prior to the pause. Being home verses on the road has changed how much control I have over my food big time. I don’t even have a cheat day anymore. The meat I get is local source if not homegrown. I’ve gone up in activity as well. By a lot. I have upped my dose but, you did make me think what else has changed and my compounded tirz source has changed since the last company went up significantly and I went with a different company. Maybe I need to try a gray source for it before adding another pep. I can still go up toward the high end of the dose but, at 11 mg I don’t have a lot more to go before I max out on the recommended high of 15 mg.