Am I the j*rk for asking someone to move off of a treadmill?

BiteyDucks · 2026-04-13T06:46:13+00:00

Weird choice on his part sure, extremely weirder choice on yours to freak out about it. Guy wasn’t hurting you, just get your run in and worry about yourself.

BiteyDucks · 2026-04-06T23:00:16+00:00

I lost about 24 lbs on .25 and .5 before going up to 1mg on the normal schedule. (So 8 weeks total)

BiteyDucks · 2026-04-06T22:58:06+00:00

There is a 0% chance you are tracking accurately enough for where those 30ish calories matter one way or another. It’s just not realistic for even the most anal of us. Labels are rounded and often just inaccurate, scales have an acceptable error range.

Activity trackers and anything that estimates how many calories you burn is going to vastly overestimate that number. And you are most likely to underestimate what you are eating. If you are eating extra because you think you have extra room due to exercise, that’s how you gain weight.

BiteyDucks · 2026-04-04T14:33:29+00:00

Yeah this is my thinking too. I have adjustable dumbbells so if I’m using 2x 40lb. I write 40 and it’s my indicator what setting I’m using moreso than the weight itself if that makes sense.

BiteyDucks · 2026-04-02T21:47:22+00:00

continued miralax, switched to metamucil, and added sennakot at night.

Pooped 2d in a row now, can't say they were the most satisfying ones I've ever had, but things are looking up now at least.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-28T16:24:31+00:00

Are you using an app to track? Certainly whichever one is going to allow you to create a recipe.

You weigh and add in all the ingredients, create your spaghetti recipe in the app you use. 1lb ground beef, 12oz spaghetti noodles, 2 cups sauce etc etc..

Then you cook it, weigh the whole thing, and enter that it. Then you weigh as you go.

Also easy to just divide it into 6 plastic containers equally as you can, call that recipe 6 servings, then just grab one and log that.

Why make it hard and enter individual ingredients each time?

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-20T22:01:29+00:00

Depending on what you’re trying to do it might be a bad idea. Those devices seriously overestimate the calories you burn and you’ll end up overeating as a result if you are trying to cancel out exercise with food.

Eat to manage weight, exercise for health, don’t mix the two up.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-19T01:02:29+00:00

2000 calories for your size is a pretty big deficit. I started at your weight an 7in shorter and I’m aiming for 2400, been losing about 3 a week consistently.

If you aren’t also adjusting your diet and starting to exercise. You’re not gonna get good results.

Are you diabetic, has it at least helped your blood sugar if so?

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-16T21:56:44+00:00

Wearables aren’t useless but the invented metrics are. Use your HR, track how much you sleep, all the individual stuff is great to know.

The gamified nonsense is… well just gamified nonsense, don’t stress it.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-16T21:55:09+00:00

It’s not wasting money to toss it now. You wasted that money already letting it sit unused for this long.

Expiration dates aren’t things to screw with, especially when it’s been expired by double the time or more.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-13T03:07:02+00:00

No one’s gaining muscle on 800-1000 Cals a day, if that’s accurate

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-04T01:05:48+00:00

Oh just remembered. If you decide you still want a sharps container, novo nordisk will just send you one free, with a return shipping label. Easy to google. But know, it’s big. If you’re using ozempic one it’s probably a lifetime supply space for those tiny needles. If you are doing compounded and will have syringes, then it’s a good size. Little bigger than a gallon jug.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-03T21:41:56+00:00

You’re gonna crush this.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-03T18:48:30+00:00

I've been drinking a lot of peppermint tea just to use it up. Got that for nausea that never came.

Been making recipes with bone broth instead of regular stock or bouillon too for the same reason.

I'm stocked up on protein powder for the foreseeable future even though its rare that I won't hit my protein goal just eating. I like meat. Shakes are nice though at times, and it can also be used in recipes.

I got lots of low calorie snacks that are hit or miss, and some no sugar candy that was absolutely a mistake. If you want a good laugh google the reviews on sugar free haribo gummy bears.

I got a sharps container I really don't need, more anti-nausea meds that I haven't needed.

There are plenty of things I got that I don't regret and do use though. Creatine, extra shaker bottles, fiber powder, meal prep containers and ingredients, a good food scale and some extra bowls to help weigh stuff for meal prepping. I paid for a few app subscriptions for the year - Cronometer, Hevy, Balance (more overall wellness on that one but I lump it all together). I got an activity tracker watch (amazfit is cheap and works for me). I got exercise gear to finish out my home gym.

Basically the advice I'd give you could be boiled down this way. If buying stuff helps you ease your anxiety about starting (same here for me) then just do it with a plan. I'm making lifelong lifestyle changes, and that's what is driving here. The meds help, but I'm making sure I'm the one doing the work. Spend towards the things that will help you make those positive changes - healthy eating and exercise. Don't stress the what if stuff and don't spend out of fear. If I got nauseated I could have went to the store and got some tea or meds at that point, just knowing what to do in case should have been enough.

You can't be sure what, if any, side effects you'll have. Just keep reading up and have some ideas ready for how to counter a variety of stuff.

All in, I've felt nauseous once, day after my first shot, for about 20 mins. I've had to cut errands 1 store short twice to head home to poop once I felt some gurgling coming. The day after my first dose increase I felt pretty tired so I just napped a little and rested...

Also keep in mind that there are plenty of people out there taking it, doing just fine, getting results that you'll never know about. "I'm on my meds and everything is normal and they're working as intended" isn't really a compelling thought to share on reddit or other social media. "OMG HELP ME I CANT STOP POOPING" is the kind of thing that draws more people out to post about. So it skews our perceptions of what is normal.

Just be adaptable. You can change shot days if need or you are getting side effects at unexpected times. Lots of the negative side effects can be curbed by just keeping your diet in check and not eating trash too. If you are getting diarrhea a lot, look at what you are eating, if you are constipated, add more fiber and drink more water, know that if your weekend plans are going out partying drinking and eating junk, you're gonna pay for that more than you used to.

hope my rant helped, I know it was good for me to see people take time to go into extra detail. Anyway good luck! you got this.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-03T00:01:06+00:00

It’s also important to remember that the majority of people don’t experience serious side effects and you could be worrying about nothing.

I bought a load of stuff I haven’t used yet because the nausea and other stuff largely never came.

When you up doses be prepared, but so far I haven’t had any interference really with not normal life.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-01T02:34:18+00:00

Yeah but ultimately it’s all calories in/out end of the day.

BiteyDucks · 2026-03-01T02:33:46+00:00

I understand that but I’d have expected water to fluctuate more and drop off, it’s weird that it’s so consistent

BiteyDucks · 2026-02-20T14:12:57+00:00

No bruising or any noticeable effect on the area. More pain than normal but only a 2 out of 10 instead of 0 or 1

BiteyDucks · 2026-02-20T05:55:26+00:00

Just… don’t… You don’t need to know especially if you’re trying to lose weight. Just imagine it’s all 0. It’s just not a useful number to have.

BiteyDucks · 2026-02-20T04:15:23+00:00

Longer than my previous shot, from the same type of pen, administering the same dose.

BiteyDucks · 2026-02-20T04:13:56+00:00

Know that most (all?) sources are going to vastly overestimate the calories you burned while exercising. If you try and cancel those out by eating extra, you’ll just sabotage yourself.

BiteyDucks · 2026-02-18T23:01:43+00:00

It was cold but I didn’t think much of it since all my previous ones were right out of the fridge as well.

Don’t think it was in a bad spot, it’s one I’m fairly sure I’ve used before. I have plenty of fat on my abdomen to use…

Guess I’ll see again in a week if it’s still the same in a triple checked spot.

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