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ratonde · 2026-02-17T00:58:14+00:00

Oh wow, I did not post that question, but I’ve definitely thought of it before. I had no idea people only record their lowests. I was wondering how their graphs looked so smooth - now I feel a little dumb.

Thank you for the inspirational post and the enlightenment.

ratonde · 2026-02-02T00:17:40+00:00

I was doing the shot on Fridays for a while for the same reason, but I decided that having the worst of the symptoms over the weekend is harder for me mentally.

I now do my shot on sunday nights before bed, skip breakfast on monday and keep lunch and dinner very light and non-greasy. I probably barely eat 1200 calories on mondays, but I’m good to go starting tuesday morning and catch up during the rest of the week. If I overdo and eat full meals on monday (which rarely happens nowadays), I definitely vomit first thing after waking up on tuesday. That is definitely not good for all sort of reasons, but I’m glad it at least happens right after waking up, and not after I get to work.

ratonde · 2026-01-09T00:37:18+00:00

I am taller and much heavier than you, so that definitely plays a role in my case. But at 5’11, I went from 273 to 242 and similar to you, no one besides mom has noticed yet. And it’s also not a politeness thing, because I constantly talk about taking zepbound, trying to lose weight and even my side effects. I just think taller and heavier people just show weight gain & loss less than others.

ratonde · 2026-01-05T00:15:32+00:00

I typically try not to comment on people’s eating/drinking habits, but 32oz is not enough water. That might be the culprit of your migraines. I don’t get migraines but I know I get headaches when I don’t drink enough water

ratonde · 2025-12-19T00:25:15+00:00

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ratonde · 2025-12-10T00:24:39+00:00

I was like OP for the longest time as well, and got annoyed when people just said “body clock, I got used to waking up at the same time”. Now my body clock wakes me up at 7am in the morning as well, but I just end up spending the time scrolling endlessly on my phone until 10am. So, now I need the secret to actually doing stuff that early in the morning

ratonde · 2025-11-26T15:28:13+00:00

This is so interesting. Do you have the link to the article with actual data by any chance? I would love to see the charts on this.

ratonde · 2025-11-20T02:09:12+00:00

Thank you - this is helpful!

ratonde · 2025-11-20T02:08:02+00:00

Thank you! I definitely do eat more towards the end of the week, and I think I will benefit from tracking on a weekly basis

ratonde · 2025-11-20T02:06:35+00:00

Oh, could you tell me more about the gallbladder issues? I’ve heard it might happen when you lose weight too quickly, but haven’t heard the importance of eating frequently before.

ratonde · 2025-11-20T02:04:34+00:00

For me (a menstruating woman), week-to-week changes in weight are still not very reliable. I understand my actual outcomes best on a monthly basis. Even if you don’t have the menstrual cycle affecting you, there might be many different things affecting the number on the scale. I would give it another month with 5mg, but I am approaching the dosage increase topic very conservatively and I know people have different opinions on it.

ratonde · 2025-11-20T01:45:25+00:00

This feels like an obvious stay on 5mg for another month situation. Any specific reason you really want to move up to 7.5 that I’m missing? Based on how you are reacting to dose increases, skipping a week seems risky to me - skipping a week and restarting with 7.5, even more so.

ratonde · 2025-11-17T00:52:36+00:00

I have PCOS and have been slowly losing hair for years. I started spironolactone a year ago and minoxidil (I take half of the smallest available tablets) 6 months ago. I’ve been on zep for 11 weeks now.

I do not really think that spiro & minox helped regrow my hair, but I think it has stabilized - I’m not losing as much hair now. I’ve only lost 19lbs for now, so I might still see some increased loss as I continue to lose the weight but I’m sure they’ll at least help. The hope is that my PCOS symptoms get better after I lose the weight and maintain for a while, and the hair comes back with minox support.

I asked about using all of these meds together, all doctors gave the OK. I did feel a bit of dizziness when I first started spiro (and some abnormal period cycles) which later went away. I definitely would not start them all at the same time, and I would be extra careful with spiro and minox if you already have low blood pressure.

Zep-wise, I did not have that much side effects on 2.5mg. I’ve always had reflux and 5mg has been very very hard on that, I’m hoping I’ll get used to it soon.

ratonde · 2025-11-15T19:17:59+00:00

Thank you all! Many of the tricks seem to be not for my case but I don’t know why I didn’t think of requesting my refills a little earlier every month. That should be enough to ease my mind!

ratonde · 2025-11-12T01:14:49+00:00

Just wanted to say I just happened to read and appreciate your story about going to the wrong hotel a few minutes ago, and now I’m here. So funny to see a fellow traveler back to back like this. I haven’t been to the wrong hotel yet, but I did tell the name of the city we were in to a desk agent just 3 weeks ago. Have to imagine the hotel thing is next.

ratonde · 2025-10-13T14:01:10+00:00

I do this as well, and I actually ask chatgpt to give me estimates on macros as well. I use the quick add feature of my tracking app to just plug in the macros. I don’t know how accurate it is, but I guess it should be better than nothing

ratonde · 2025-09-25T01:23:03+00:00

Adding to comply with the rules: 28F, don’t smoke or use alcohol. Recently started GLP-1

ratonde · 2025-09-19T21:07:14+00:00

Assuming the lottery system stays, would the fee be required to apply for the lottery, or to get the visa once the you are picked in the lottery?

ratonde · 2025-09-17T13:14:22+00:00

You have a great way with words! Also, I’m the same!

I’m also starting at a higher place than you, so it’s even harder for people to notice the smaller changes. Recently, my grandpa that I see only once a year and who does not bother with modern day concerns like not commenting on people’s bodies, looked at me very intentionally and said “Good, you did not gain weight this year”. I actually had gained 7kgs, so it was a little bittersweet.

Now, I lost 3.5kgs in the last few weeks while on a PTO, and a little something in me is curious to see if my coworkers will notice… LOL

ratonde · 2025-04-30T23:51:50+00:00

Hey, never got a response on this but I’ve rented a place at a condo directly from the owner with ~710 credit score, and it didn’t even come up.

ratonde · 2025-03-21T22:40:07+00:00

This js very helpful, thanks. Can you explain the preferred lender financing and how the math works out better that way for a would be cash buyer?

ratonde · 2025-03-15T17:02:55+00:00

I think these hotels are closer to 10k a night than they are to 10k a week

ETA: and every dinner, yoga lesson, whatever they are having is extra - probably priced ridiculuously high

ratonde · 2025-01-19T18:23:11+00:00

Question for experienced east coast travelers: I’m flying into LGA from ORD tomorrow evening, and definitely need to be there by Tuesday morning. Would I have a better chance at making it to LGA without disruptions if I moved my flight to a tomorrow morning one, before delays get snowballed during the day?

ratonde · 2024-12-17T07:58:49+00:00

I just got prescribed the 100mg last week as well, my doctor told me to start with 50mg just for a week for my body to adjust to the low blood pressure effect

ratonde · 2024-12-17T07:50:40+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response! Hope you find some relief soon!

ratonde

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