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[tracylynn]

Excuse my excitement! I've been here for a bit but have not been able to post for some reason, it was killing me!! haha. (Thanks for fixing that, Admin)
Now I can introduce myself and dive in.

I've been on a glp1 journey since December and am down 40 lbs. It's been a slower journey than most because I suffer from psoriatic arthritis and am on 10 mg of prednisone every day (it literally fights against the glp1 even with increased exercise). Was on 20mg of pred. but with the tirzepatide I was able to come down and am weaning off very soon.

Tirzepatide has helped my joint pain immensely but I hit a weight loss stall two months ago and thought I would give Reta a try. I began that transition last week plus added Lip-C and KLOW during the week. Excited to learn more about these and read other people's journey.

 

[MadisonB]

Yay! Welcome and I can't wait to hear more about your Lip-C and KLOW journey as I am considering adding those to my stack!

 

[Skidude]

Excuse my excitement! I've been here for a bit but have not been able to post for some reason, it was killing me!! haha. (Thanks for fixing that, Admin)
Now I can introduce myself and dive in.

I've been on a glp1 journey since December and am down 40 lbs. It's been a slower journey than most because I suffer from psoriatic arthritis and am on 10 mg of prednisone every day (it literally fights against the glp1 even with increased exercise). Was on 20mg of pred. but with the tirzepatide I was able to come down and am weaning off very soon.

Tirzepatide has helped my joint pain immensely but I hit a weight loss stall two months ago and thought I would give Reta a try. I began that transition last week plus added Lip-C and KLOW during the week. Excited to learn more about these and read other people's journey.

Glad you made it, some new members may not have read the memo at the top of this sub forum, which certainly would be helpful for all to read.

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[nonyabizznez]

I've been on a glp1 journey since December and am down 40 lbs. It's been a slower journey than most because I suffer from psoriatic arthritis and am on 10 mg of prednisone every day (it literally fights against the glp1 even with increased exercise). Was on 20mg of pred. but with the tirzepatide I was able to come down and am weaning off very soon.

Tirzepatide has helped my joint pain immensely but I hit a weight loss stall two months ago and thought I would give Reta a try.

Hello and welcome!

Unless you started in Dec '23 and accounting for your 2 month stall you're saying you lost 40lbs in 4 months?

I think once you get your feet wet here you'll see how extraordinary that is. You'll also see your Prednisone might be a non issue (because you've lost 40lbs!) and that you're abandoning the Tirz ship prematurely.

 

[Jlykken]

Excuse my excitement! I've been here for a bit but have not been able to post for some reason, it was killing me!! haha. (Thanks for fixing that, Admin)
Now I can introduce myself and dive in

I also can't wait to hear more about your Lip-C and KLOW journey. I am Just waiting for the delivery to arrive! 🥳

 

[SassyPants]

Welcome! You will learn a lot here.🙋🏼‍♀️

 

[holiday]

Welcome!

 

[Peptide Minister]

Excuse my excitement! I've been here for a bit but have not been able to post for some reason, it was killing me!! haha. (Thanks for fixing that, Admin)
Now I can introduce myself and dive in.

I've been on a glp1 journey since December and am down 40 lbs. It's been a slower journey than most because I suffer from psoriatic arthritis and am on 10 mg of prednisone every day (it literally fights against the glp1 even with increased exercise). Was on 20mg of pred. but with the tirzepatide I was able to come down and am weaning off very soon.

Tirzepatide has helped my joint pain immensely but I hit a weight loss stall two months ago and thought I would give Reta a try. I began that transition last week plus added Lip-C and KLOW during the week. Excited to learn more about these and read other people's journey.

Welcome! 40lbs in 6 months is definitely a good progress. Its not slow at all. Great work!

 

[Calm Logic]

Exactly. My doc said I should lose 35 pounds in six months on tirz (which works out to 1.5 pounds per week).

 

[ProfessorBrat]

I would agree that 40 lbs since December isn’t slow at all, I’ve lost 50 since August and been called a “super responder” due to the pace. Losing 40 while on prednisone is incredible, steroids are a not fun but necessary evil.