Hey everyone,
I've been lurking for a while, but with plans to move into grey soon, I figured it was time to actually say hello.
When it comes to losing weight, my path has been up and down, to put it mildly.
Since I was a kid I've carried extra weight — likely some combination of genetics and what I ate. A lot of people on my mom's side of the family deal with weight issues too. Back in early 2021, I was at my heaviest, roughly 410 lbs.
I went in for gastric sleeve surgery in April 2021, weighing 387 lbs. After that, by changing my diet significantly, lifting weights, and doing cardio, I got down to 225 lbs by August 2022.
Then life got in the way. I started dating, and eventually married, schedules got busy, gym visits became less frequent, I was adapting to married life, planning meals — just the usual stuff. Gradually I drifted back up to about 280 lbs and then sat at that number for a couple of years.
Once 2026 began, I made the decision to get serious again. I began lifting 4x per week and riding an indoor bike every day. I added compounded tirzepatide in February 2026, and thanks to the medication, my training, diet, sleep, supplements, and staying consistent, I've gone from 280 down to 266 as of May.
For a while now I've been reading up and lurking here and in other places, since I'd really prefer not to keep shelling out compounding pharmacy prices over the long haul, so hopefully I'll be making the switch to grey before long.
Excited to pick up knowledge from all of you. Catch you later.
I've been lurking for a while, but with plans to move into grey soon, I figured it was time to actually say hello.
When it comes to losing weight, my path has been up and down, to put it mildly.
Since I was a kid I've carried extra weight — likely some combination of genetics and what I ate. A lot of people on my mom's side of the family deal with weight issues too. Back in early 2021, I was at my heaviest, roughly 410 lbs.
I went in for gastric sleeve surgery in April 2021, weighing 387 lbs. After that, by changing my diet significantly, lifting weights, and doing cardio, I got down to 225 lbs by August 2022.
Then life got in the way. I started dating, and eventually married, schedules got busy, gym visits became less frequent, I was adapting to married life, planning meals — just the usual stuff. Gradually I drifted back up to about 280 lbs and then sat at that number for a couple of years.
Once 2026 began, I made the decision to get serious again. I began lifting 4x per week and riding an indoor bike every day. I added compounded tirzepatide in February 2026, and thanks to the medication, my training, diet, sleep, supplements, and staying consistent, I've gone from 280 down to 266 as of May.
For a while now I've been reading up and lurking here and in other places, since I'd really prefer not to keep shelling out compounding pharmacy prices over the long haul, so hopefully I'll be making the switch to grey before long.
Excited to pick up knowledge from all of you. Catch you later.