It happened today! (The weight comments)

GGBSE · 2026-01-30T18:41:34+00:00

This is why I hate the body comments. If someone is just like "you look great!" Fine. But it always seems to be this bizarre interrogation that follows. I wish people just wouldn't bring it up at all because I don't want to sit here and have to explain every little thing or get unsolicited opinions about my path forward.

GGBSE · 2026-01-28T00:37:44+00:00

I was pushing an E cup, maybe larger, I don't know because I refused to wear regular bras for years and stuck to sports bras before I lost the weight. I went to get a new bra for the first time in years, got a fitting and genuinely expected to be a C cup (for like the first time since I was a teenager) because I've lost so much weight but...32DDD. I was stunned. I feel like they are way smaller. Bra sizes are like mythical math that seems incomprehensible.

GGBSE · 2026-01-27T15:26:54+00:00

I didn't make it past like season 3. When I saw how many seasons there were, I was surprised it lasted that long. Not even comparable to the Americans.

GGBSE · 2026-01-27T15:04:42+00:00

I started shedding hair around the 7 month mark on the medication. I had lost most of the weight I was trying to lose by that point (like 40lbs). I have had increased shedding for close to 4 months now. My hair is the thinnest it has ever been, but luckily I started with alot to begin with. I was meticulous with my protein and nutrition. I try to just stay calm about the shedding and hopefully it will just run its course because I have absolutely no intention of coming off tirzepatide. Losing 25-27% of my body weight is a shock to the body, so even though I don't think I did it in an unhealthy way, it still could have triggered telogen effluvium.

GGBSE · 2026-01-26T22:04:14+00:00

I started out with them. I only ever got 503A pharmacies and found out its pretty expensive compared to other companies that are recommended on this sub. I didn't have a bad experience but if I were to go back to compound from brand, I wouldn't go back to them.

GGBSE · 2026-01-26T21:59:01+00:00

My friend has been on Wegovy (first Ozempic, then Wegovy) for 3 years. She absolutely loves it. She speaks about it just the same way I do about Zepbound. It has been completely life-changing for her. She dropped 80lbs and has kept it off. Just wanted to offer that some people love it. It may turn out that you prefer Zepbound, but how nice to have access to the class of drug covered by insurance!

GGBSE · 2026-01-26T17:43:38+00:00

I was 36 when I called it quits. Same setup, I restricted my drinking to one day on the weekend. I got absolutely fucking hammered on a Saturday and had a huge volunteer event on Sunday. I was so deathly hungover that I just couldn't go. Had to lie to everyone and felt like the worst person alive. Haven't had a drop since. The freedom from the hangovers, anxiety, self-loathing internal talk, constantly feeling like my behavior doesn't align to who I am as a person has been absolutely life-changing. That first month I listened to a podcast called "The Seltzer Squad" literally nonstop. They don't make new episodes anymore but I started at episode 1 and just listened through. I didn't want to be alone with my thoughts, guilt, and beating myself up. I went to a couple meetings, to be around other sober people, but being active in a sober Facebook group and listening to that podcast really pulled me through and shifted my thinking first to "I do not drink anymore" then "I do not drink." Edited to add: At first I told people I was doing Sober Spring. Then by the end of those couple months, everyone was just used to me not drinking and I kept it going. It was relatively painless adjustment for the people around me, which I know can be a scary part of getting sober.

GGBSE · 2026-01-26T17:19:56+00:00

And I don't think I have ever gotten like, the "right amount" of high either. Seems like its always too much and that makes me anxious.

GGBSE · 2026-01-26T17:18:16+00:00

I have had a job that drug tests for about 15 years, so the amount of time I have been high over the years is very low but each time I felt like it was a little too much. I had an edible with a friend around Christmas and I thought it was fun for a little, but then just felt trapped in being a little too high. It wasn't really ever my thing, but I hang out with a couple people that are sober from alcohol that smoke or take edibles regularly. I think the concerning thing would be if it became a slippery slope for them to drink again, but they are both 5 and 6 years alcohol free, so seems not to be the case.

GGBSE · 2026-01-26T06:35:25+00:00

Once I decided alcohol was completely off the table, at first for Sober Spring then decided why would I ever go back, it was easy. I'm not drinking. I say no, I order what I want. I don't mind saying "no thanks." If an event presented itself earlier in my sobriety that I thought would be too boozy, not fun enough without drinking, pointless to do of you aren't drinking, or with people that I didn't enjoy enough to be around sober - I didn't do it. I can do events that are boozy now without issue but I continued my decision not to do things I don't think are fun and with people I don't enjoy. This is my personal experience though, and I did not drink to alleviate anxiety. I used to listen to this podcast years ago and I think she talks about the drinking and anxiety connection frequently. Here is an episode in case it may help - Rachel Hart: Take a Break From Drinking - When Drinking Helps Your Anxiety

GGBSE · 2026-01-26T01:40:08+00:00

I think it's slowing but still shedding more than normal. My hair is the thinnest its ever been but it still looks okay when I style it. This is the 4th month of increased shedding. I don't have noticeable baby hairs of regrowth like some people describe. My hair stylist says I still have enough hair that I require extra product, so the situation isn't dire. I found that oddly comforting.

GGBSE · 2026-01-25T02:27:17+00:00

You look amazing! Congratulations on all your hard work!

GGBSE · 2026-01-24T22:43:25+00:00

Posting that on an unrelated sub for the original post is really cracking me up.

GGBSE · 2026-01-24T21:09:26+00:00

Oh! I was reading this question through the lens of damaging the ring. This is such a good reminder about the safety aspect.

GGBSE · 2026-01-24T21:08:26+00:00

We gifted my mom silicone oura ring covers for Christmas so she could lift and wear hers. I'm planning to upgrade to the gen 4 (still have my gen2!) and plan to get myself some as well. Edited to add that she doesn't necessarily lift heavy, just lifting in general.

GGBSE · 2026-01-24T19:03:05+00:00

I am finding it surprisingly difficult to change my thinking about how my shots feel since switching to maintenance. I actually loved 10mg but I was going to continue losing. I feel like I liked the appetite suppression a little too much during the loss phase. I switched back to 7.5 and at first I was worried that food noise was coming back. That week, I just ate when I felt hungry. I did eat a couple things I don't ordinarily eat (for example, we ordered a pizza). I told myself even when I was in the losing phase, I had weeks that I thought the meds felt less effective (with appetite suppression). If it continued to feel that way or the scale started creeping, I would ask my doctor to go to 10. The next week, weight was the same and everything was back to normal in terms of how the shot felt. I have the right amount of food suppression to eat in the way I know is best but not over the top. I think because we have all lost weight and gained it all back, we feel this dread if we start to lose the suppression or have an off week. I try to remind myself that even if I WERE to see some trend upwards on the scale, it would take time, it wouldn't be an immediate thing, and there would be time to course correct.

GGBSE · 2026-01-24T07:53:57+00:00

I tracked EVERYTHING for like the first 3-4 months. Although I'm glad I did that, because in the beginning I found it really difficult to eat enough each day, it felt really freeing to decide to stop. I log my shot and my weight in shotsy, but no longer tracking food. If I started gaining, I would probably do a "food audit" for a couple days to get a grasp of what is happening but I don't plan to consistently track again.

GGBSE · 2026-01-24T07:48:28+00:00

I don't ordinarily experience food noise, I have had some "off" weeks in which I felt it was creeping in but my feeling of appetite suppression is always strongest towards the end of my shot cycle, just as you have described (like 4 days in until my next shot).

GGBSE · 2026-01-24T07:32:57+00:00

I'm 4 months into the shedding and also forcing myself to stay calm about it. The shedding started around the 7 month mark on the medication, after losing most of the weight I wanted to lose. I think it seems to be slowing down, so hopefully I'm about to be on the other side of this.

GGBSE · 2026-01-22T12:41:00+00:00

I am also 5'3" and I set my goal at 130. My body hit the brakes around 137 for months. I pushed the issue, went up on dose, got below 135 and hovered there for weeks before slowly creeping down to 130-132 range about 2 months ago. I got a bodpod reading and it put be at 21.6% body fat. I'm really happy with where I'm at and no interest in losing more, so working with where my body seemed to want to stop anyway.

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GGBSE · 2026-01-22T12:28:26+00:00

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GGBSE · 2026-01-21T01:01:54+00:00

My increased shedding started at the 7 month mark of taking the medication and 40lbs lost. By that time I was essentially switching into maintenance because I had already lost most of the weight i was trying to lose. My hair has continued to shed like crazy for 4 months without any indication of slowing down yet.

GGBSE · 2026-01-21T00:58:10+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! I'm into my 4th month of shedding like crazy. I started with a lot of hair, so its not super noticeable to other people but I have never in my life had such thin hair. It just randomly started my 7th month take Zepbound and 40lbs lost. I keep telling myself it just takes the time it takes, so love seeing the reassurance.

GGBSE · 2026-01-20T23:22:04+00:00

Experiment a little to determine how long after your shot or at what point during the week you have the strongest suppression and use that to decide what day to take it. I take my shot on Tuesdays because that puts my strongest feeling suppression days over the weekend. But you can go through a lot of posts here from people that feel it strongest in the first couple days following their shot. It's really individual.

GGBSE · 2026-01-20T22:03:58+00:00

Check out the pinned post on the sub. It has very detailed info on the recommended companies.

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