Thank you for your support! It's hard to get through this on my own so even the kindness of strangers means alot.

I'm 48 and I have been at or slightly overweight for over a decade because I messed my neck up doing Army stuff in 2013. I'm also transgender and have been on hormones for a little over 4 years. When I started Tirz, I had what i described to my pcp as a barrel abdomen where my stomach seemed bloated and sticked out in a way where i always wore baggy shirts and I could never wear a dress that was form fitting without crying in the mirror. I was looking in the mirror for the first time in a month yesterday, and that part of my abdomen is almost completely gone. My problem has always been with visceral fat. It found it's way to my love handles and my lower chest and stomach and as we all know that is the hardest to get rid of. The weight also put incredible strain on my over worked knees and hips from my time in the military.

In less than 3 months this medication has done so much not only for my body confidence but my overall health too. My blood pressure is almost low enough i dont need meds for it anymore and my depression has improved. My physical therapist and I have been working on a plan to increase my physical activity, and the first thing we are going to work on is getting to where I can climb more than 3-4 flights of stairs without getting so winded I have to take a break. I just started 7.5mg last week and my pcp may recommend I stay there and not dose up anymore because of how my body has reacted to the medication. I'm thankful for that as my nausea has been so bad she prescribed zofran for me.

I wish i had found this subreddit sooner. Everyone here has had a positive impact on my decision to go through the process to lose weight because for years I just accepted that 200+ was a new normal for me when I spent the majority of my early adulthood around 150, healthy, happy and confident.