zbound&down
Explorer
Hello!
Reddit is how I ended up in this space, and I'm now entering my 3rd year on Zep. When Wegovy first hit the market, my endocrinologist brought it up as an option. Insurance turned me down — no diabetes diagnosis. Ozempic met the same fate for the same reason. On top of that, I wasn't exactly eager to start a GLP1, since my understanding was that these drugs mainly curb appetite, and overeating was never my problem. My problem was the opposite: getting enough calories in each day was a struggle. That's been true my whole adult life, starting in college, when money was too tight for food and I subsisted on rice plus a gallon of water/day. Between a very active lifestyle and a LOT of effort at the gym and outside it — daily workouts (60min. Cardio, or running, walking 1 hr.+, weight training), plus a strict, whole foods, organic, diet — sustained for 20+ years, I kept a healthy weight (fluctuating between 120-130lbs, 5’6.5 F) from my late teens all the way into my mid-40’s. Then my metabolism finally crumbled. Decades of low-caloric consumption, high-energy output, hormone change, genetics, PCOS, and surely other factors I'm not even fully aware of all combined. In one year I gained 60 lbs., and at my highest I reached 235 lbs., with no change in Calories in/out.
During my first year and a half on Zepbound, 75 lbs. came off, and for over a year now not a single pound more has budged. 30 more to go. My titration was very fast, and 15 mg. has been my dose for over a year. My endocrinologist is excited for me to try Retatrutide when it comes on market, but I want to try it sooner. I'm here to learn about peptides and everything related, as I was blown away by how much of an impact Zepbound had on my broken metabolism.
More to say, much to learn, happy to be here!!!
Reddit is how I ended up in this space, and I'm now entering my 3rd year on Zep. When Wegovy first hit the market, my endocrinologist brought it up as an option. Insurance turned me down — no diabetes diagnosis. Ozempic met the same fate for the same reason. On top of that, I wasn't exactly eager to start a GLP1, since my understanding was that these drugs mainly curb appetite, and overeating was never my problem. My problem was the opposite: getting enough calories in each day was a struggle. That's been true my whole adult life, starting in college, when money was too tight for food and I subsisted on rice plus a gallon of water/day. Between a very active lifestyle and a LOT of effort at the gym and outside it — daily workouts (60min. Cardio, or running, walking 1 hr.+, weight training), plus a strict, whole foods, organic, diet — sustained for 20+ years, I kept a healthy weight (fluctuating between 120-130lbs, 5’6.5 F) from my late teens all the way into my mid-40’s. Then my metabolism finally crumbled. Decades of low-caloric consumption, high-energy output, hormone change, genetics, PCOS, and surely other factors I'm not even fully aware of all combined. In one year I gained 60 lbs., and at my highest I reached 235 lbs., with no change in Calories in/out.
During my first year and a half on Zepbound, 75 lbs. came off, and for over a year now not a single pound more has budged. 30 more to go. My titration was very fast, and 15 mg. has been my dose for over a year. My endocrinologist is excited for me to try Retatrutide when it comes on market, but I want to try it sooner. I'm here to learn about peptides and everything related, as I was blown away by how much of an impact Zepbound had on my broken metabolism.
More to say, much to learn, happy to be here!!!
