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#wins 2026-05-07

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Highlights from this day
  • u100_pat — blood pressure went from 148 over 94 to 124 over 78 across about a year and my gp took me off one of the two tablets 14:45
  • u100_pat — my knees stopped hurting around 36 down and i had assumed that was permanent damage 14:50
  • u100_pat — 46 down in 2 months and honestly the stairs were the bit that got me, not the scale, ymmv 14:52
  • sharps_comedy — nearly quit at week three, the nausea was awful, somebody here told me to hold rather than push. month 7 now 15:37
  • sharps_comedy — careful with the claiming though, mine could easily be the weight rather than the drug and i cannot separate the two 15:51
U1

blood pressure went from 148 over 94 to 124 over 78 across about a year and my gp took me off one of the two tablets

i want to say something in here but im worried about sounding like im showing off

down 17 since 20 months ago, whats a sensible thing to celebrate at

my knees stopped hurting around 36 down and i had assumed that was permanent damage

Cited study
Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity (SURMOUNT-1)
New England Journal of Medicine · 2022
72 weeks, tirzepatide 5, 10 and 15mg against placebo.

46 down in 2 months and honestly the stairs were the bit that got me, not the scale, ymmv

m0  118.4
m1  113.9
m2  110.2
m3  108.8
m4  108.1  <- the stall
m5  105.0
m6  101.6
m7   99.2
SC

nearly quit at week three, the nausea was awful, somebody here told me to hold rather than push. month 7 now

SC

careful with the claiming though, mine could easily be the weight rather than the drug and i cannot separate the two

CF

congratulations, genuinely. and thank you for putting the caveats in, most people do not bother