After Reaching Your Goal Weight: Cold Turkey or Maintenance?

My husband always asking when I'm going to stop losing weight. He tells me I should stop now. Ummm no! I'm not even under 200 pounds yet. I think he wants to keep me heavy so no man will look at me.
That thing with loved ones trying to tell people to stop when they're not yet at a healthy weight is so wild. It didn't happen to me with anyone inner circle, but a few (well-meaning, not mean spirited) coworkers were alarmed and said it, and of course my aunt is pretending to be concerned. Weight loss in others really freaks people out.
 
I've had a tendency toward bad habits my whole life. It was really great to discover that Tirzepatide and Retatrutide don't just help control my hunger, but they also take the edge off a few of my other vices.

Right now, I still have about 20 kilos (which is roughly 44 lbs) left to lose. Once I get close to my goal weight, I'm going to try to adjust my dosages so I can find a maintenance equilibrium.

And of course buy enough stash to last me a decade 🥳
 
I will always take tirzepitide. I'll work out the maintenance dose when the time comes. It has helped me in so many areas. It's helped my sleep apnea to the point I will most likely stop my CPAP, my lupus is in remission because it helps with inflammation, I am no longer considered a diabetic it's completely under control, BP is normal I'm down to one med from 3, my anxiety and depression are so much better I don't think about people staring because I don't weigh 398 pounds anymore, just so many areas it's helped me get a life beyond stuffing my feelings.
Plus I remember when I went off of ozempic because insurance wouldn't pay for it for a few months. I gained back 30 pounds before I find grey.
Tirzepatide has truly been a life changing miracle for me! Not once have I thought about doing crazy stuff because life was so lousy.
 
That thing with loved ones trying to tell people to stop when they're not yet at a healthy weight is so wild. It didn't happen to me with anyone inner circle, but a few (well-meaning, not mean spirited) coworkers were alarmed and said it, and of course my aunt is pretending to be concerned. Weight loss in others really freaks people out.
My wife is like that, but tell her I'll back down soon. I'll run into people I haven't seen in a while and some ask if I'm sick. I just say I'm dieting.
 
Indeed the human mind is fascinating. They're still figuring out what triggers it. (Case in point) I miss Gin! I think I'm going on a hiatus (again) Enjoy myself in ways that aren't entirely healthy. I'm gonna be dead a long time so . . . . I recon in the coming years they'll come up with new and better shit.
 
Makes sense. I imagine the best way to go about this is to titrate down gradually (similar to titrating up) - and at the point the weight starts going up, just go back to the last dose that worked. It may even make sense to try this every so often, just to hunt down the current working minimum dose. The lucky ones may even be able to go down to zero!
Thanks for contributing mate. I did not think of titrating down, because I am already at 2mg/week tirz. My start dose was 2.5mg. But I can also try titrating down per .5mg. Have a few weeks more to go with my belly fat. Then I will give it a try.
 
Thanks for contributing mate. I did not think of titrating down, because I am already at 2mg/week tirz. My start dose was 2.5mg. But I can also try titrating down per .5mg. Have a few weeks more to go with my belly fat. Then I will give it a try.
Wow - you lost all your weight at 2.5mg?! That's great.
 
After reaching your target weight, did you stop using it cold turkey, or do you plan to continue taking it long-term as maintenance?

This is actually something I've been thinking about a lot. I'm not sure whether I should just quit cold turkey once I reach my goal weight, or gradually taper down to the lowest effective dose and stay on it long-term for maintenance.

I want you to skip a shot, which will result in 2 weeks off. Report back to us with your findings. Food gradually started sounding a whole lot better and my interest in food just kept growing and growing until it was time for my next shot.
 
I'm a lifer. Once I hit my goal weight, I intend to adjust to find the sweet spot to keep me there. I'm also T2 in remission. Since my pancreas is damaged, my a1C will likely creep up as I age. Maintenance dosing should also help to keep that in check even though I eat as though diabetes is not in remission. I was consistently 5.5, 5.6. Now, 5.4 and lower.
 
Wow - you lost all your weight at 2.5mg?! That's great.
Not true. My start dose was 2.5mg. After 4 weeks titrated to 5mg and stayed at 5mg through whole journey. I am at 2mg maintenance dose since 4 weeks ago. Lost 28kg in 36 weeks. Experienced a few plateaus. But did not titrate higher. Each time responded back after a few weeks. I think it was needed for my body to get used to live with that weight.
SW: 102kg
CW: 74kg
 
I just had a weight conversation this morning with, "she who must be obeyed"...I mentioned I am almost below 200lbs now and she assumed I would stop there...My goal weight has always been 190 so that I have plenty of buffer so that I never go over 200 again. Thus the plan of staying on GLPs...10 years ago, I came back from 2 1/2 month backpacking adventure at 170lbs and she repeated she doesn't want to be with a 'skinny man'...so she's worried my well known obsessions are just for a weight loss spiral down...I have explained it is all about being a healthier old man and all that good goes with that...but I am sure she is keeping an eye on me...
The obvious answer here is to lift weights until you’re both as lean as you want and still 200 lbs.
 
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The correct answer here is to lift weights until you’re both as lean as you want and still 200 lbs.
That's what I am thinking....Reaching goal weight is just getting to a place where I need to take stock of my 190lb body and improve that without really going up or down in weight. I have always been a hiker and I'd like to get back into that for legs and cardio. I have been doing walks but we have mountains near by that I need to work back up to...I also have a gym in easy walking distance that I am going to get a 'Silver Sneakers' membership paid through medi-care...and I do have a dumbell rack 5lb thru 20lb that lives in the closet next to my 'brand-new 2 cu ft peptide chest freezer' that in today... 😎 So yeah, top of mind will be fitness....👍
 
Very interesting thread I recognize myself in so many of your thoughts and actions. I'm about 10kg/22lb from my goal weight. it changes from time to time though as I get closer to it. For me I was dead set on just go cold turkey when I reach it but that have changed back and forth but now I realize I won't be able to just quit if I want to keep all the benefits I have got from Tirz.

The biggest change for me was when I stopped just doing some cardio and started lifting weights. I'm not saying everyone needs to be a bodybuilder but when I felt and saw my body starting to change and muscles coming I knew I needed to stay on something whatever it's Tirz or reta or another one or all of the above. Having the slower metabolism, the hunger suppression, Blood Sugar Control, Systemic Inflammation reduction, Cardiovascular Protection etc.

Sorry if this is not making any sense but I got really emotional reading all your posts and thoughts started to form in my own head about the journey so far and what's to come.
 
My wife is like that, but tell her I'll back down soon. I'll run into people I haven't seen in a while and some ask if I'm sick. I just say I'm dieting.
My team at work says (gently) that I look a little older now that I'm thin, but the fact that I've also gone blonde and started wearing short dresses and always have a tan from bicycling makes me look "like you're gonna go to highland park, marry an eighty year old billionaire, and spend all day sneaking up on him and yelling BOO," which they're not actually wrong about. I LOOK like a rich older woman in this current era somehow; probably because I look 45, slim, and carefree, which are all kind of hallmarks of being rich.
 
I’ve actually been a gym rat and an expert dieter my whole life just to stay hefty overweight and avoid obesity.

For me this has never been about calories in/out -- many people with weight issues have complex endocrine and insulin issues.
GLP-1's provide the biological support we're missing -- I’m so relieved to finally have my biology match my habits.

It’s been life-changing to let go of the drive to be so compulsive everyday to keep my body in balance. I'm a better weight now and less compulsive and obsessed about trying to control it.
Finally I'm at ease.
 
Oh, it's helped me with BP, cholesterol and A1C.

That's 3.3lbs/week. A little too fast from what they say.
I have a correction. Not that it really matters. But I made an error in the weight loss which is actually great news. I actually just finished my 11th week almost three months in. I’ve taken thirteen small doses of Tirzep and 5 small doses of Reta. I’m down 30lbs which actually puts me at 2.5lbs a week which makes me super happy. I feel fantastic and I’m feeling like I could do this the rest of my life. But like they say, I’m in that honeymoon stage. The first 90 days is always easiest but man I’m shouting from the mountain tops that GLPs help mitigate diet fatigue insanely well.

Bill
 
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Current thinking is that I will be taking whatever the smallest dose of reta is that helps me maintain my goal weight for life. The metabolic and other health benefits beyond weight loss vastly outweigh the risk profile, which is minimal at this time. Not to mention keeping the weight off!
 
to get a 'Silver Sneakers' membership paid through medi-care
It it free, or reduced amount by your supplement Ins? I also heard a program set up for seniors and you don't get free range of all the stuff. That's just what I heard. Planet Fitness has it here.
 
My team at work says (gently) that I look a little older now that I'm thin, but the fact that I've also gone blonde and started wearing short dresses and always have a tan from bicycling makes me look "like you're gonna go to highland park, marry an eighty year old billionaire, and spend all day sneaking up on him and yelling BOO," which they're not actually wrong about. I LOOK like a rich older woman in this current era somehow; probably because I look 45, slim, and carefree, which are all kind of hallmarks of being rich.
I'm also a 45yr old woman and looking older than I did fat, some days it bothers me a lot and some days I feel like a healthy body weight with a few more face wrinkles is definitely the better option. My neck stresses me out though.
 
I'm at goal weight and plan to stay on long term, gonna stay at loosing dose for a couple months I think and then start playing with lower does/longer time frames but every intention of being on something for the long term. I'm in the obese for a long time category and have no doubt that I'd gain it all back if I went off.
 
I am a lifer. I have found a food plan and exercise that works for me. I also am always chasing appetite suppression so I know that appetite is there in the background and do not want to see its ugly face again if I can help it. I love the blank headspace around food, the meh feeling. I have been in maintenance for a year and it gets easier but the doses do not decrease…can space them out now though.
 
I am a lifer. I have found a food plan and exercise that works for me. I also am always chasing appetite suppression so I know that appetite is there in the background and do not want to see its ugly face again if I can help it. I love the blank headspace around food, the meh feeling. I have been in maintenance for a year and it gets easier but the doses do not decrease…can space them out now though.
Yes! The lack of food noise is heavenly.

Is your maintenance dose the same as your last "losing" dose? How far apart do you space them now? Hope you don't mind the questions.
 
Yes! The lack of food noise is heavenly.

Is your maintenance dose the same as your last "losing" dose? How far apart do you space them now? Hope you don't mind the questions.
I still am on the big 3. Tirz every 8-9 days, then Sema 3 days later and Cagri @ day 5 after the Tirz. I take 10 mg Tirz , down from 15 mg (that is less) 2 mg Sema down from 2.5. I sometimes take 2 mg Cagri but can do without it for a few days longer. I seem to be able to go up and down 2-4 units on them all without side effects. Thought I would give up the Cagri but it gives me more energy for some reason. I did give up Tesofensine but miss it for sure. What are you up to?
 
I'm working down the last 5'ish pounds. May make myself a new goal. We'll see when I get there. I'd like to be at my peak swimming weight.

Tz 10 every 6 days
Survo 1.5 every 6 days with a 3 day offset
 
I'm working down the last 5'ish pounds. May make myself a new goal. We'll see when I get there. I'd like to be at my peak swimming weight.

Tz 10 every 6 days
Survo 1.5 every 6 days with a 3 day offset
Last 5 are the hardest. I gave up fighting for it. Then I walked over 5 miles in NYc for 3 days in a row and lost it. Go figure. I swim 3 times a week( do a mile) and lift weights , Les Mills body pump. It was the walking. Now I am up and down only 2 lbs.
 
I reached my third and final goal and thought that I would titrate down the same way I went up, but I'm still losing weight. Lost 4 more lbs last week despite two normal meals a day. I think I will have to speed up my Reta reduction to find out where the equilibrium is.
 
I just hit my goal weight of 185. I ended my 35 pound weight loss journey at 5mg of Triz and 1mg of Reta per week. Today was my first dose in the process of figuring out what maintenance will look like. I did 4mg of Triz this morning and will go with 1mg of Reta on Thursday and see how that goes, trying to get it as low as possible and keep it going, likely forever. I'm old so forever isn't too far down the road!
 

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