I’ve been on Tirz for just over a year and I went from 275 pounds to 200-205 I know everyone is different when it comes to how well Tirz is working for them - I’ll never not be jealous of people who lost tons of weight on 2.5 mg and get full just looking at a spoonful of cottage cheese (I’m exaggerating here but you know what I mean).
I’m on 15 mg and I still have a healthy appetite. I eat 3 meals a day plus at least one snack. I’ve really enjoyed the changes to my taste - enjoying things like a lentil salad, not needing to eat bread or have a starchy side with every meal - foods that used to feel like punishment like grilled chicken and broccoli are absolutely delicious.
This week I’m feeling particularly hungry, probably because of my period. I know hunger fluctuates - I’m always hungrier in the two days before the shot and medication may work differently week to week. But today honestly feels like “the before” times. Like before the meds, I was so hungry, I was going to die if I didn’t eat right away. And just like before, I had a big meal for lunch and I was starving again by dinner. And like before, I overate because I was so hungry. And my whole drive home I was thinking about what to eat and when I would get to eat it.
And this is on maximum dose. Like what are people talking about when they talk about getting off Tirzepatide, or only taking a small dose every two weeks. I’m barely holding it together on maximum dose and I’m terrified that will stop being enough.
People say: oh Tirz is just a tool, you have to learn new habits. My habits were not a problem to begin with. I never ate pints of ice cream, or whole bags of chips, or fast food. If anything, I was even more careful with what I allowed myself to eat. Like, I’m already so fat, how can I justify eating chips or fast food, or cookies? The issue was that I was just ravenously hungry all of the time, and thought about food all of the time and this medication was the only thing that changed that.
I’m not even sure what my question is. I’m just feeling scared that I’ll loose all my progress and I’m not ready to go back to feeling unhealthy and miserable and hungry and out of control.