u/Impossible_Bend_2969

I will be sad when my last vial is gone.

I posted in the maintenance sub but it doesn't let you cross post to here so I'm posting again from scratch here.

I went backpacking for almost 2 weeks, four days in Washington and 6 days in the Sierras. I hiked about 180 miles total. I am in maintenance. I wanted to see what it is like to backpack as a no longer overweight person, see what it's like to travel with tirz on planes and on foot in the wilderness, and see if I can maintain nutrition on an active adventure.

Backpacking as a no longer overweight person: I felt more energy and just felt more physically healthy from the very first day on tirz even before I lost any weight, so I expected to still feel great on my vacation. Tirz got me to lift weights and build strength (since last December) so I felt strong, capable and fit. I am 61 years old and I hiked with a guy in his 20s. It was hard to keep up with him because he was super human in how fast he can hike, but I still was able to hike 20 miles a day and I did not cause us to reduce daily goals or shorten the trip.

The downside is that there are more bones on my body that get sore when sleeping on the ground.

Travel in general: I used a FRIO wallet to transport my tirz. The vial was in a little ziplock inside. I would dunk the wallet in a creek now and then to keep it wet. I experienced temperature ranges from the 90s down to freezing. The wet wallet is heavy (for backpacking) but it kept the vial protected. I carried syringes in bags marked clean and dirty and kept them in a little tupperware so they wouldn't break, along with swabs. I gave myself two shots in my tent. You need a good, bright headlamp to see how much you are filling the syringe.

I went through TSA twice and they were only interested in my peanut butter, which they confiscated.

Getting enough nutrition for an active adventure: I reduced my dose so I could eat enough and not lose too much weight. My appetite was a little reduced from altitude and exercise but I ate everything I brought for each day, I never felt appetite suppressed, and enjoyed town food in full portions especially at the end when the trip was over. I only lost .8lbs on this trip.

In maintenance I have been split dosing to have a more even, less up-and-down experience. I decided to reduce my dose for the trip and split dosing allowed for a more gradual decrease of my dose. I went from 7.5mg to 5mg. I hope it is okay that I put my tirz back in the fridge and will continue to use it as long as it seems to work. There are 38mg left in my vial!

I went to the gym this morning and all that hiking really took a toll on my strength! I hope to get it back soon.

I proved to myself life goes on after tirz weight loss and there are no limits.

I just came back from a wilderness (mostly) backpacking trip of about 12 days, my longest trip since starting tirz. I am in maintenance now I wanted to prove to myself I can do all the things, no limits because of tirz. I'm 61 years old.

I was already a person who backpacks a lot before I started tirz. I had hiked the Continental Divide and Arizona Trails during the previous 4 years. I was frustrated that even doing something like that I couldn't lose weight or keep it off. I lost 30lbs on tirz and 48lbs total. I am 5'3" tall and my highest weight was 165 and now I am 117.

I used a FRIO wallet to carry my tirz, with my vial in a little ziploc bag to protect it. It works through evaporation to keep it at a temperature safe for insulin. I believe it helped keep the temperature stable enough. It was about 85 or 90 degrees in Cascade Locks where I began my trip. I could dip the wallet in a creek every now and then to keep it wet. At higher altitude and later in the trip the temperatures were cooler and I worried less about it. It stays wet for many days.

I needed a very strong headlamp to be able to see what I was doing when I did my shot in my tent. The early mornings when I would get up were very dark. I kept my syringes in two ziplocs marked "clean" and "dirty" and put them in a little tupperware with alcohol swabs. I brought extras just in case but didn't need the extras. I had no issues with cleanliness. In the third picture you can see the container where I kept my syringes and swabs.

I worried I might have too much appetite suppression to support my activity so I reduced my dose from 7.5 to 5mg. I did not feel appetite suppression except the normal kind I normally feel at altitude. When I went to town to get more food for more hiking days I enjoyed restaurant burgers like anybody else. On trail I made sure to eat as much as possible. I failed to drink as much water as recommended though, and I'm sure my protein intake was lower than usual. I had plenty of energy to hike 20 mile days both in Washington and later in the High Sierra on the John Muir trail. I lost only about a pound which could be water weight.

The hardest thing was now that I am so skinny, sleeping on a foam pad on the ground is sort of painful. My hip bones and my knees together when I lay on my side, my tailbone when I lay on my back, all hurt. Also there are two protruding bones at the base of my back that were irritated by my backpack.

I put my tirz back in the fridge after this trip. I have heard you're not supposed to but I really don't know why. There's still 38mg left in the vial so I'm going to keep using it as long as it seems to work.

I feel so happy knowing that I can go on crazy trips and tirz won't interfere. I'm going to stay on 5mg and see how I feel going forward. If it feels like I need to go back up to 7.5mg I will.

I was looking through photos on my phone and found these. This is actually the last 7lbs. In the first one I could squat 110lbs and in the second I could squat 155lbs. Keep going, keep lifting, start if you haven't yet and are able. It makes a big difference.

I mixed 1 gram of cosmetic grade GHK-Cu powder into 1oz of Neutrogena Hydro Boost hyaluronic acid serum. The consistency of the serum was sort of viscous but more like a liquid than a gel. I put a small amount in at first just to check that it would dissolve. It appeared to sort of rest on the surface but when I turned the bottle to look inside, I could see tendrils of the powder dissolving into the liquid, swirling like smoke. It looked really cool.

I poured in the rest of the GHK-Cu powder and shook the container lightly to mix. It mixed very well and turned the liquid a deep cobalt blue. But it also turned the liquid more into a non-viscous liquid. It is not gel-like anymore. I think it will still work fine, but I was amazed how it changed the viscosity of the liquid.

I've purchased two other products from other companies that came with supposedly 1% and 2% GHK-Cu concentrations already added. I'm not sure how they calculate the percentage. The color of these serums is much paler than my 3% concentration. The 2% product was lighter than the 1% and nearly colorless. I used this post from Anela for the amount of GHK-Cu to add to the serum to make mine.

Triz changed my life. It fixed so many things. So greatful.

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