INTRO Nearing Goal Weight — Progress Slowing, Looking for Insight

[da5al]

Hi everyone,

I just joined and thought I’d say hello and tell you a little about where I’m at.

Tirzepatide has been part of my routine for a while, and I’ve dropped roughly 40 kg so far. At 1.84 m tall, I’m sitting at about 100 kg right now. The target I’m aiming for is 83–85 kg, and the reason isn’t only appearance — it’s about metabolic health and something I can maintain over the long haul.

Early on, tirzepatide felt remarkably strong. My appetite fell off a cliff, and the “food noise” basically vanished. For a stretch, even finishing normal-sized meals was a challenge. The scale moved down at a reliable pace, and for the first time in years, my mind wasn’t locked in a constant back-and-forth about eating.

These days I’m injecting 10 mg each week. Hunger itself is still mostly in check, but the food noise has been quietly returning, particularly at lunch. What I feel isn’t a strong physical need to eat — it’s more like mental static, plus being able to put away more than I could when I started. On top of that, my training hasn’t been as regular as it ought to be, and I’m aware that matters.

A large chunk of my life was spent in the “three-digit” kg range, and that number got its hooks into me. Getting past it has been a huge mental turning point. My bigger aim isn’t merely to shed more pounds — it’s to make sure I never end up back there.

I’m joining to pick up knowledge, swap stories, and see how other people handle this later stage, particularly once the scale slows down and the psychological piece moves to the foreground.

Happy to be here and eager to learn from everyone.

 

[kittenkat2025]

Welcome to the forum! There’s a ton of useful info here. Plenty of paths you can take. A number of people increase their dose. Others pause the glp so it clears out of the body, then begin again, hoping that resets things. Another route is switching to a different glp option.

Since you still have room to titrate up on tirz, that could be your second choice! The first thing to check would be what you’re eating. Are you cutting calories while still getting enough protein and nutrients? Are you staying hydrated?

Have you added resistance and weight training?

Might be time to titrate up! When hunger begins to show up, a protein-rich snack could be a good addition.

Reta is a common pick once max dosages are reached. Some also reduce their tirzepatide dose and add a small amount of cagrilintide to manage hunger

 

[da5al]

Thanks for taking the time to write such a helpful response — it means a lot.

You raised several solid points. Titrating higher on tirz is still an option for me, and I’m thinking it over. 10 mg has been my dose, and it continues to do its job, so what I’m seeing looks more like the body adjusting than the effect disappearing.

I’m with you that lifestyle comes first before any medication tweaks. Getting my protein in consistently is something I could improve, and my resistance training has slipped in terms of discipline. In the beginning, the medication carried most of the weight. These days it feels like I’m in the stage where my own behavior counts for more.

Water intake isn’t an issue, but I suspect that a structured strength routine is what’s missing. Adding a protein-heavy snack at the right moment, rather than waiting until mental hunger piles up, also appeals to me.

On the subject of moving to reta or stacking cagri, I know those are possibilities for later. One of my reasons for signing up here is to gain a better understanding of reta and other peptides, and to figure out how a tirz-to-reta switch is usually handled. Rushing into it isn’t what I want, but mapping out the options carefully is.

This is the “last 15 kg” stretch, as I see it, and from what I understand that’s the point where progress tends to stall and the mental side gets harder.

Thanks for the advice — I’m here to pick up what I can from everyone’s experience.