uglyjacket
Explorer
Hi everyone! I'm a 40-year-old woman living in Maryland, and I'm hoping to break free from a plateau that's lasted the past year.
My journey began in October 2024 with compounded semaglutide. For roughly 6 months it did the job — I dropped 30lbs, from 247 down to 217 (I'm 5'6" tall, just so you have a reference point). Since then, though, I've been bouncing around within the same 10 pounds (214-224) even though I kept taking the medication. Once I hit the ceiling on compounded semaglutide, I switched to tirzepitide. I eventually reached the maximum dose there too, but only managed to shed another 4-5 lbs (that's when I saw 214).
Around January of this year, I experimented with lowering my tirz dose — 5mg per week instead of the 14.5mg I'd been on for months. After roughly 8 weeks, though, I began titrating back up, because my hunger had ramped up and I could eat a lot more during that stretch. These days I eat less than before, food noise is quieter, and all in all I'm in better health.
That said, my diet could 100% be tighter, and I'm starting to work on that now.
My insurance won't cover any glp-1 unless a patient's BMI is 40, so compounded glp-1s have been my only option. I've carried extra weight my whole life — during my teenage years I was between 250-280. It would mean a lot to finally reach a "normal" BMI for the first time as an adult.
Probably my biggest struggle is night eating syndrome. I love waking up in the middle of the night and shoving whatever I can find into my mouth. I've attempted all sorts of ways to fix this, with almost no luck. The glp-1s have helped blunt that urge, yes, but they haven't cured it.
I put in an application for a clinical trial of a new Lily weight loss drug, but I was turned down because I take 1 anti depressant for anxiety.
To make a long story short, I'm ready to take my weight loss more seriously and connect with people walking the same path.
Happy Friday!
My journey began in October 2024 with compounded semaglutide. For roughly 6 months it did the job — I dropped 30lbs, from 247 down to 217 (I'm 5'6" tall, just so you have a reference point). Since then, though, I've been bouncing around within the same 10 pounds (214-224) even though I kept taking the medication. Once I hit the ceiling on compounded semaglutide, I switched to tirzepitide. I eventually reached the maximum dose there too, but only managed to shed another 4-5 lbs (that's when I saw 214).
Around January of this year, I experimented with lowering my tirz dose — 5mg per week instead of the 14.5mg I'd been on for months. After roughly 8 weeks, though, I began titrating back up, because my hunger had ramped up and I could eat a lot more during that stretch. These days I eat less than before, food noise is quieter, and all in all I'm in better health.
That said, my diet could 100% be tighter, and I'm starting to work on that now.
My insurance won't cover any glp-1 unless a patient's BMI is 40, so compounded glp-1s have been my only option. I've carried extra weight my whole life — during my teenage years I was between 250-280. It would mean a lot to finally reach a "normal" BMI for the first time as an adult.
Probably my biggest struggle is night eating syndrome. I love waking up in the middle of the night and shoving whatever I can find into my mouth. I've attempted all sorts of ways to fix this, with almost no luck. The glp-1s have helped blunt that urge, yes, but they haven't cured it.
I put in an application for a clinical trial of a new Lily weight loss drug, but I was turned down because I take 1 anti depressant for anxiety.
To make a long story short, I'm ready to take my weight loss more seriously and connect with people walking the same path.
Happy Friday!
