upnorth8
Explorer
Hello everyone. Time for an introduction. This journey has run a little over a year for me. 115 pounds is off, my first goal is behind me, and the final one is in progress. Exactly how much more needs to go is unclear, probably about 20 pounds. 5'6"ish is my height and 167 lbs is my current weight. Tirz was the starting point, and once I hit 5mg the dosing got split, because food noise on days 5-7 was horrible AND raising the dose brought side effects. Back to 2.5mg it went, first every 5 days and then every 4. Ramping up has been slow ever since. Tirz at 5mg every 5 days is where I sit (every 4 days became every 5 once reta joined). Late Jan saw reta added (1mg for 1 week as a check on whether anything went badly, then 1.5mg for 4 weeks), and 2mg every 5 days is the current figure. Tirz goes in, then 2 1/2 days later reta, and so on. This combination seems to work well. Side effects are almost absent, hunger still shows up but food noise doesn't, and roughly 1% of my then-current weight comes off weekly. The cautious control-freak type is probably obvious by now. Everything gets tracked. Learning more, branching out, and working out what comes next as goal approaches is my plan.