INTRO My Intro post

[PoolRat]

Greetings from the southwestern United States.

Tirzepatide has been my regimen since April, and honestly nothing I've tried before compares. What stands out most is how manageable my hunger has become — being able to deliberately structure my macros around that feels like a real win.

Starting stats: 205lb, 6'0", male, mid 40s, medium frame. That's 40lb below what I weighed at 29, back when I kicked off a 15yr stretch of low carb eating at various intensities — yet there's still excess fat to shed.

My spreadsheet is pasted below in rough shape. 21lb down so far. The starter dose is all I've ever used, and I'll keep it that way unless my appetite turns into an issue. The last month reads like a plateau on paper, but my pants suggest otherwise. Also, dropping weight too quickly would make it obvious to everyone at once, which I'd rather avoid. I do pushups and dumbbells 3x per week.

175 is the target. After that, who knows.

Bloodwork from July came back better than anything I've seen in the 6 years I have records for. Cholesterol sat at the high end of normal for ages, and suddenly it's smack in the middle of normal.

I joined this forum because I genuinely love forum culture and I'm bummed that the internet has shifted toward fleeting conversations instead of the deep knowledge archives forums once provided for every niche interest.

4/15/26​

205​

Tirz 2.5mg

4/22/26​

200​

Tirz 2.5mg

4/29/26​

198​

Tirz 2.5, CJC 200mcg 1x/night

5/6/26​

197​

Tirz 2.5, CJC/IPA 200 each nightly

5/13/26​

195​

Tirz 2.5, CJC/IPA 200 each nightly

5/20/26​

194​

Tirz 2.5, CJC/IPA 200-300 each nightly

5/27/26​

193​

Tirz 2.5, CJC/IPA 200-300 each nightly

6/3/26​

191​

Tirz 2.5

6/10/26​

189​

Tirz 2.5

6/17/26​

188​

Tirz 2.5

6/24/26​

185​

Tirz 2.5

7/1/26​

186​

Tirz 2.5

7/8/26​

184​

Tirz 2.5

7/15/26​

185​

Tirz 2.5, started BPC157 7/11. 300mcg daily

7/22/26​

184​

Tirz 2.5, BPC157. Started dermastamp + Costco minoxidil

7/29/26​

185​

Tirz 2.5, BPC157

 

[PoolRat]

Today I had my first visit with a concierge doctor, and bloodwork will be repeated at a follow-up. She is putting me on Clomid so my natural testosterone goes up. Her target is at least 750, since I currently sit at 525. That works for me. She is also ordering an IGF-1 so we have a baseline for growth hormone before sermorelin and IPA begin. That test was missing from the 1st batch she ordered.

The only other thing on my mind is the inflammation marker hs-CRP at 8.0. I don’t know what is behind it, but with supplements and KLOW in the picture I’m curious to see how it looks on quarterly bloodwork. KLOW hasn’t been started yet. I don’t want to pile on too many new things at once.