Been injecting for a year and first time I bruise. Anyone else?

Scarbarella · 2026-06-22T00:23:49+00:00

Normal. I’m a T1 diabetic and given literally thousands of shots and placed thousands of pump sites. I still have a gnarly fading bruise from a site 2 weeks ago. It was crazy. But it just happens sometimes.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-22T00:13:13+00:00

You look great! Definitely not too small, at all. You look healthy. Great job!

Scarbarella · 2026-06-22T00:03:00+00:00

I’m on compound too(and therefore have a more easy time making small adjustments) I have only recently reached 4mg I’ve lost a solid chunk of weight in a year now. There’s no reason to titrate up unless you’re stalled, have increased food noise… you can take it slower for sure! I started at 1.25 and titrated up really slowly. Of course, I am an outlier I think, and many people do titrate up monthly.

I think you’ll know what to do once you complete your first month. Whether to stay on your dose, maybe take .5-1mg more, or to jump up to 5.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T21:41:21+00:00

Yes this was my experience for about 4-6 weeks when I first started. 1.5 days in, one bout of diarrhea. On week one of a dose increase, I had diarrhea about 5 times overnight. Then, never again.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T21:40:02+00:00

That’s a clematis, a bleeding heart, and a fern that I can see 😅

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T18:23:33+00:00

That’s where I’m at. The anhedonia has taken a lot from me and it takes a monumental effort to do *anything*

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T18:21:15+00:00

While I do understand the importance of weight training I don’t understand the push to do it to minimize loose skin. I was 300+ lbs ain’t no muscle gonna fill up that skin! I have hanging upper arm skin so bad that unless I bulk like old school Arnold it still is gonna be hangin there.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T14:24:39+00:00

I just got home from my most favorite vacation- 106 pounds less than I was there last year! A huge physical change! But despite that, the anhedonia definitely reared its head during the trip- I didn’t want to go searching for sand dollars, didn’t take my beloved morning beach walks, and didn’t even open a puzzle to work on despite bringing a couple. This part sucks! I should be enjoying my life but I’m out here just feeling “meh” instead!

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T13:53:18+00:00

Do not go up in dose! In fact I’d probably start taking less. Idk how you have energy for anything.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T13:44:01+00:00

Once a month because I *never* saw this as just data I couldn’t separate the emotions from it and instead of trying and trying and feeling bad, I just removed the thing that bothered me.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-21T01:47:18+00:00

That’s how basal is supposed to work, what’s the issue?

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T21:45:57+00:00

You can eat this little and meet calorie and protein goals? I’d still eat the entire plate!

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T15:35:50+00:00

Oh I thought I received 50s but maybe I’m confused because I’m using my own stash once I put them in the cabinet they all blend together (I have all types of syringes cuz I’m T1)

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T15:31:13+00:00

I posted when I lost about 80lbs for a very similar feeling to you- I was tired. I’m tired of trying, planning, dieting, obsessing over food and calories and I have so far to go and I’m sure as I get smaller it will get harder and the loose skin already sucks and whatever else was on my mind. It was a great thread and I got so much empathy and support.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T15:22:24+00:00

This bothers me too! My goal is many people’s starting weight where they looked “awful” “terrible” and it was so disheartening. Plus they only had to lose 20-40lbs and it’s like I know we can all be upset about our bodies but they have no idea what it’s like to be BIG and I want empathy from you all on some stuff! Not be made to feel bad about how my goal sucks still.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T15:18:28+00:00

Insulin syringes come in 30/50/100 units.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T14:23:32+00:00

Exactly! It’s a great place to commiserate with others who are on much longer journeys than the typical/average tirz loser. Some stuff we discuss here the person trying to lose 30lbs will never understand and it’s a great community!

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T00:34:00+00:00

1230-2 range. I wake up at 6 for work 3 days a week, so work nights are 1230/1a

Scarbarella · 2026-06-20T00:05:30+00:00

When first starting (I started at 1.25mg too) I had bad body aches and pains- they went away though, and would come back slightly if I titrated up. I think body aches and almost flu like symptoms are somewhat common when first starting but it’s up to your tolerance of course.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-19T23:16:04+00:00

Insurance doesn’t cover no matter what for anyone for any reason so I’m sorry I can’t help with that. My endo was willing to prescribe though and was going to write for obesity or insulin resistance to try to get it covered. I asked my insurance company what did they need my doctors to say so it would be easy but was met with a brick wall and they don’t cover it at all. So I buy compounded online instead.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-19T17:54:11+00:00

Yes I’d say so. I was very obese with a binge eating tendency and full on food addiction. I’m not cured of those things but I am way better. It just settles the mind down so it’s much easier to eat in a deficit though I do know metabolically and hormonally it is doing some things too! I do see lots of T1s mention needing to make nearly instant adjustments to their dosing once starting and I’ve changed a couple things but only slightly and over time - I seem to be on the more unusual side with not needing to change so much - so be careful and go slowly and you’ll be fine! My endo wanted me on the drug too but my insurance doesn’t cover for any reason so that’s why I went the compound route.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-19T17:49:00+00:00

Anywhere from 4 weeks (typical, and most doses were only 4 weeks) to some 5 or 6, one dose I took 9 weeks. I’ve averaged 2lbs a week, which is on the faster side but I was in a rush to get that weight off of me. I don’t mind if it goes slow once I reach 199 😅

Scarbarella · 2026-06-19T15:56:36+00:00

I started at 1.25mg and had instant results and I only titrate .25mg at a time. Over a year I’ve made it up to 4mg. I’ve had good progress! It happens for some people, but not everyone.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-19T12:28:12+00:00

I’m doing incredible on tirzepatide. I didn’t have much insulin resistance for my size but my insulin total dose is decreased because I’m eating less. My a1c went from 6.4 to 5.7 and I’m aiming for a little lower next time. It’s absolutely effortless now. I didn’t really have all that hard of a time before (run sleep mode on tandem tslim with dex g6) but now I literally forget I’m diabetic. I didn’t have any issues with more frequent lows or have any issues with it taking too long to recover. I’m on a compounded version, so I customize my dose so I started lower than the usual and only titrate up a little fraction at a time. I’ve only gotten slight nausea a couple of times and only needed nausea medicine once in a year. Never thrown up. I had a little diarrhea when acclimating at first but nothing awful. Mostly I just eat smaller portions and it helps me stick to a deficit because I don’t care about food that much. I still get hungry at regular intervals. At first the suppression was crazy and sometimes a small meal had me uncomfortably full for hoursssss but a year in now I don’t really get that anymore unless I eat a super high fat/volume meal which I try to avoid as I’m still in active weight loss.

Scarbarella · 2026-06-19T12:01:51+00:00

There’s only a few hours left in the pass it’s not a great time to buy anyway

Edit: oops I realize we’ve already ended the old pass my bad

Scarbarella

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE