Hello Meso!
I’m on a journey to lose some weight and would love to gather some tips and guidance. If anyone has experience with effective methods for weight loss
Any recommendations on what to use and how would be incredibly helpful as I embark on this journey.
I'm not scared of needles
Ozempic/WeGovy sounds too expensive.
Would any recommend Cagrilintide / Cagrisema over Semaglutide or Tirze?
I wanna start of low dosages for the first 2 months, unless there is not alot of side effects or nausea.
Stats:
Woman
23 Years Old.
Height: 155 CM
Weight: 63 KG
Goal:
Weight: 53-55 KG
Thank you in advance for your support!
First and foremost, please tune out the noise, stay on the beaten path.
Semaglutide and Tirzapetide are as close to miracle drugs as any of us have seen in our lifetimes. They have been extensively researched, with the equivalent of millions of patient experience years.
The standard, pharma developed protocols for both of these are effective, and safe.
They're successful for 98.5%+ of users at bringing weight down significantly, and keeping it off.
The current fashion for using GLP class drugs still in development, mixing compounds, deviating from once a week administration all carry unappreciated risk.
The kind of risk that could compromise your ability to benefit from this class of drugs for a lifetime.
Tirz is preferable. It's a "gentler ride", because the added GIP hormone has an action on the brain that suppresses nausea.
My advice is very straightforward.
Use the standard Tirz dosing protocol, starting at 2.5mg for four weeks, then 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg, 12.5mg, each for four weeks and finally 15mg if necessary.
You can stay at a given dose as long as you like. At a certain point your weight loss will plateau, and you'll have to increase the dose to continue losing, but you won't start gaining again if you remain at the same dose.
Dilute to no less than .75 ml water per 15mg. More is fine, less is not.
The volume of food you can eat will rapidly shrink. It's imperative you focus on protein. It's very easy to lose significant muscle mass if you don't, making it harder to keep weight off later. Get a kitchen scale. Use an app like MyFitnessPal, which will make it very easy track what you eat because it has hundreds of thousands of foods in its database. Don't worry about calories. Focus on protein. You'll be in a calorie deficit on this protocol, just use the precious little you can eat to get protein to the greatest extent possible.
Eating small portions will minimize unpleasant side effects.
Stay hydrated. Thirst is diminished on these drugs.
Strongly consider a glass of Metamucil fiber supplement once a day. It'll make your bathroom trips, especially for the first few weeks, much more pleasant.
Exercise will be very helpful in keeping muscle as you lose weight. Protein is the most critical factor, however. and where most people fail.
Ask any questions you have, I've got a lot of experience helping others use GLPs.
