The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
-
Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
-
Updates to let us know how you are doing. This provides valuable feedback on past advice / encouragement and will hopefully make people feel a little more motivated to follow through. If you want to be reminded to post your update, see the post titled 'update reminders', below.
-
Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.
-
Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Notes -
Zepbound Diaries: 25 Shots in Edition
Last Friday was my 25th Zepbound injection according to my tracker, and my first on a 10mg dose. I've gotta say going from 7.5 to 10 was a bigger adjustment than I'd expected, I went from 2.5 to 5 to 7.5 pretty much without any issues but 10 had me feeling run-down and perpetually semi-nauseous for about 3 days. Unpleasant for sure, but not really that bad as these things go. Similar to a mild flu I'd say, especially when combined with seasonal allergies which has led to much sneezing and dripping to my coworkers' exasperated amusement. To provide a brief recap:
Sex: Male
Age: 29
Height: 71.25"
Starting Weight: 278.0lbs
Goal Weight: 200lbs
Starting BMI: 38.8
Insurance has been generally fairly cooperative with my prescription aside from one minor kerfuffle when they switched up how they wanted my Doctor to send my prescription in which resulted in me missing an injection. They twisted my arm to get me to switch to 3-month prescriptions instead of 1-month prescriptions, but my 3-month cost is $25, same as my 1-month cost was, which I'll admit is slightly confusing but I'm not going to complain.
As of Sunday morning I weighed 231.0lbs. Since beginning Zepbound 6 months ago I've lost 47lbs and I have every confidence I'll drop below 230 in the next week or two bringing my total to 50lbs. I have a current BMI of 32.2, putting me firmly in the middle of Obese Class I, meaning that without much fanfare I have de-prestiged from Level 3 Fat to a mere Level 2 Fat.
In terms of side-effects, the nausea is mildly irritating. Before starting Zepbound I prided myself on having an iron stomach. Pretty much the only thing that could get me to puke was sticking a finger down my throat and doing it on purpose after an overly exuberant night of drinking. Smells didn't do it, gross sights didn't do it, I either made myself puke or I didn't puke. These days having an extra bite of dinner on injection day is enough to send me sprinting to the sink. Fortunately I'm getting much better about eating slower and actually listening when my stomach says "fuck off we're full" so these incidents are few and far between. Also, tragically, hair loss. Possibly a function of age as I'm getting to about that point in my life, but I have my mom's hair and her side of the family never suffered from male pattern baldness, so I'm calling it a side-effect. Not super noticeable yet, but definitely some thinning on the peak. I'm hoping it comes back when the weight loss slows down, but if it doesn't oh well. Plenty of guys can pull off bald but you know what helps you pull off any look? Not being fat.
On the non-scale victories front, a friend commented that I looked thinner, and specifically called out my face as looking significantly slimmer. I thanked him politely and tried not to show that the little fat kid inside me was doing cartwheels and shouting "yippie!" because that is Simply Not Done.
All in all, I'm deliriously happy. I'm losing weight. I'm not a grossly obese fuck anymore, I'm a merely obese fuck. Progress.
47 pounds in 6 months is genuinely impressive. The BMI comment is interesting though because at your starting weight BMI was already a pretty blunt instrument. Once you get closer to your goal weight the more useful question becomes what your actual body composition looks like rather than just the number on the scale. A lot of people hit their target weight and still feel off because they lost muscle along the way without realizing it.
More options
Context Copy link
More options
Context Copy link