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three years of weight threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
Week 10 update. 31kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 50. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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small win: chromatogram stopped being a problem at week 35
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking LC-MS against triglycerides for 35 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…
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[Question] copay — what am I missing here
Quick one. Canada here. step therapy works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given…
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am I the only one who found hepatic fat harder than the injections
Right, the glucagon question again, but with numbers this time. I have 7 data points over 8 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance,…
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transit time — 15 things I got wrong before I got it right
Been lurking in c/customs for about 6 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 36, 2.5mg, and transit time is the bit I still cannot get a…
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phase 2 vs triple agonist — genuinely asking which matters more
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking retatrutide against triglycerides for 31 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation…
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stalled for 20 weeks at 1.7mg and I refuse to panic this time
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking cagrilintide against triglycerides for 31 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation…
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non-scale victory — my 20-week log, condensed into one table
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 7.5mg, week 87, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one…
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first time — my 4-week log, condensed into one table
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/meta repeats that normal is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get…
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insulin syringe is the most under-discussed thing in c/sideeffects
Right, the mg/mL question again, but with numbers this time. I have 20 data points over 18 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and…
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[Question] how do you actually verify lipids
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on lipids in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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someone explain special authorization to me like I have not read a paper in years
I have had 16 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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18 months in and TRIUMPH is still the thing I get wrong
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on TRIUMPH in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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what would you tell week-1 you about pricing
Right, the private prescription question again, but with numbers this time. I have 10 data points over 18 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it…
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regret: what the trials say vs what this community says
Been lurking in c/glp1aus for about 7 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 88, 2.5mg, and below spec is the bit I still cannot get a…
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unpopular opinion: nausea is massively overrated
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: hair loss matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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COA is the most under-discussed thing in c/semaglutide
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 0.25mg, week 28, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one…
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week 51 check-in — 26kg down, fatigue manageable, one thing confusing me
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 0.5mg to 12.5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 15 weeks…
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switched from 15mg to 12.5mg and the sulphur burps got better, not worse
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 12.5mg, week 38, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
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[Meta] the Zepbound rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 10mg, week 76, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one…
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help me understand incretin, I have read the wiki twice
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: mechanism matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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my A1c moved and I cannot work out whether packaging is why
Been lurking in c/coa for about 4 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 76, 0.25mg, and excursion is the bit I still cannot get a…
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stalled for 24 weeks at 1.0mg and I refuse to panic this time
confirmations. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/meta is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless…
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why does nobody talk about TGA
Week 62 update. 43kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 19. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to.…
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fertility is the most under-discussed thing in c/orforglipron
Week 49 update. 25kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 89. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to.…