r/MenOnTirz

Today I hit a HUGE Milestone in my WL journey being under 300 pounds and 113 total pounds down since starting Tirz 20 months ago.

It feels really amazing to see a number like that considering the last 8 year arc of my life. I went from a job where I was walking 14,000 steps a day to sitting on my butt in the pandemic and put 60ish pounds on in a little over a year, and it kept climbing from there.

I remember in 2018 wanting to ride a jet ski to celebrate my 30th birthday but due to not having a license I'd have to ride tandem and I was too heavy to do it because of weight maximums where we were looking. This should have been a wake up call, but it just got worse from there.

Now I can focus on working off even more weight and have the tools & discipline to do so. Maybe for my 40th in 2028 I'll be able to get on that jet ski finally!

Back in March, I was around 227 pounds. The picture on the right was from my daughter’s daddy-daughter dance at school. I remember dreading going. Not because I didn’t want to be there, but because I hated how I looked. I was uncomfortable in my clothes, uncomfortable in pictures, and honestly just uncomfortable in my own skin.
I’d lost weight before, but it was always the same cycle. Crash diet. White-knuckle it. Lose a bunch. Burn out. Gain it back.

About four months ago I decided to try tirzepatide, and I don’t think I realized how much of my life was controlled by food noise until it wasn’t there anymore. I always thought everyone constantly thought about food the way I did. Once that quieted down, it felt like someone finally turned the volume off.

The medication didn’t magically make me lose weight. It just gave me the chance to make better decisions consistently.

Since then I’ve completely changed how I eat, started lifting weights, walking every day, and I got back into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after quitting because I’d gotten so out of shape. Walking back into the gym after being away for so long was intimidating, but it reminded me how much I missed it.
Today I’m sitting around 185 pounds.

The weirdest part has honestly been how differently people treat you. People I haven’t seen in a few months barely recognize me. Friends and coworkers keep asking what I’ve been doing. Clothes fit differently. I actually enjoy shopping now instead of avoiding mirrors. I have more energy than I can remember having in years.

More importantly, I finally feel like this is something I can keep doing.

I’m not racing to some finish line anymore. I’m building habits that actually feel sustainable for the first time in my life.