GLP-1 - what are your non-scale victories or goals?

randompersonrandom said:
two new NSV's:

My in-office day was today, and I went to visit a cute little gen-z coworker, who exclaimed over my waist in cute little gen-z language. It sounded like "OMG your waist is just GOALS in that shirt and those pants! I'm talking SNATCHED!" That made me proud and pleased and I'm delighted the Youth think I look nice.

Also, last night I rode my bike out to a strip mall, and popped into a little private dollar-store type of shop. I bought a tiny pair of purple hiphugger skinny jeans because they looked neat. I couldn't try them on, but thought they were worth a ten dollar bet. They fit perfectly and now I know what I'm wearing out to my friend's birthday drinks in a few weeks. Look at me, I can just buy a pair of purple hiphugger skinny jeans at a dollar store after I hold them up to my hips and check to see if they look like they prolly fit, and they WILL probably fit and look neat!
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Woo hoo!!! 🎉 🥂 Those are both great NSVs!! Purple skinnies sound hot!! The shopping freedom is something I'm really looking forward to myself.
 
I am on T3 and T4 combo therapy for hashimotos. T3 5mcg really drove me crazywith hunger pangs until I started retatrutide.
 
Hx: Long Covid, T2DM, HTN, high Chol and high lipids RS is 73 m sw245lb cw 187lb.

from 38-40" pants to 34"
2XL shirts to medium or large.
I don't need insulin any more ( HgA1was over 9 at dx, now 5.4 ) .
I don't need any more HTN meds.
No steroids for my lungs.
I feel much better, able to walk every day.
sBMI 34.7 cBMI 26.4
Lipids now in normal range !

thank you 13 months on Tirz !
 
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These are the successes that the insurance companies should be looking at , as opposed to trying to figure out what new corporate jet to buy.
 
Giraffeshots said:
Some interesting ones.

Had a cop ask for my phone number when she pulled me over. 😁
ast year I broke my turkey hunting seat. This year I didn’t feel the need to get the XL version.
I accidentally bought “slim fit” uniform pants for work. They hug my legs a bit more than the relaxed fit ones I would normally wear. At first I didn’t like them. But they grew on me a bit
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As I was reading I said he broke his turkey while hunting? what the? then saw seat and understood.

My NSV goals are lowering A1C its borderline right now. Lowering Cholesterol so I can get off Statins. And then to have my tie hang away from my body instead of laying on my stomach when I go to work
 
FreshAndEasy said:
My NSV goals are lowering A1C its borderline right now. Lowering Cholesterol so I can get off Statins. And then to have my tie hang away from my body instead of laying on my stomach when I go to work
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Statins are not just to treat lipid numbers, usually deciding to start them for anyone is based on a calculation of ten year cardiovascular risk, and if that risk justified statins in the past, then having better lipid numbers does not change the fact that that risk exists/existed.

If you have highish hb1ac and high lipids then you absolutely have metabolic syndrome so you are at high cardiovascular risk ( depending a bit on age ). Improving those numbers with weight loss and GLP drugs is still a good thing, but stopping statins in that context can be a mistake. It is quite possible that time spent overweight or obese with metabolic syndrome has already caused damage, which you most likely do not know about. I would consider getting a coronary calcium score done before stopping stains. Statins stabilise existing plaques, preventing them from rupturing and triggering a heart attack, not just lowering lipid numbers.

I only got diagnosed with a bit of assymptomatic "class b " heart failure and coronary artery disease after losing most of the weight. And in that context statins plus antiplatelet drugs and ezetimibe probably drop the chances of serious issues by about half.
 
chewonmysac said:
When food falls out of my mouth, it no longer hits my gut and stops, killing my wardrobe for the day. It now falls to the floor.
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This. This was something I did not expect. My shirts stay un-stained now. It's wild.

I wanted to be able to ride a horse without hurting the horse. Mission accomplished. The kinda funny thing is that I thought I would want to ride horses on the regular like I did when I was a teen/20s and for some reason I'm kinda over it. But I totally could.

Also, I can tie my shoes no problem (previously I was embarrassed to go try on new shoes at a store because of how hard it was to get them on and off) and put socks on standing on one foot.
 
PineCone99 said:
Of course, that number on the scale is one of the most obvious WINs when losing weight with a GLP-1.

But I'm interested to hear about all the other "non-scale" victories or (if you're not quite there yet, "non-scale" goals).

ie.
  • fit into pants I haven't worn in years
  • enjoying eating food I actually like, instead of years of unending "diet" foods
  • ran into an ex, while looking hot, felt immensely pleased
  • have a reunion/wedding coming up, ready to strut my fine-ass in there
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The first time I could sit with my legs crossed I almost cried. I hadn't been able to cross my legs since I was a teenager! That, and when a bath towel went fully around me!!
 
I never remember having abs, so a non scale target for me is to see some abs... not looking a full six pack, just some visibility of them uppers.


Starting weight was 282lb, currently 229lb, expecting to need to be around 180-190lb for the abs (12-18% BF).
 
I used to drink about a 12 pack of beer every week and then I started reta at 2mg/week and that went to about 1 beer per week. Like, naturally, I wasn't trying to cut down on my drinking, I just stopped wanting it. I remember going out for drinks with a friend, and it took me so long to finish the first beer that he asked me if there was something wrong with it. I said it tasted skunked, and then I switched to rum+dietcoke because that is way easier to put down. Can't have people thinking I'm a b.
 
My food noise is gone.
I eat real food without requiring an algorithm to calculate points, track macros and heap guilt on my heart.
The labs that inspired this process are all normal now.
I am dealing with a health issue and not one provider has mentioned my weight!!
 
Not being controlled by food is the biggest one. Not worrying about what or when we'll eat when I'm going to events or out or on trips or worrying that I need to have dessert on hand in case I'm not mentally satisfied by dinner. Being able to cross my legs comfortably. Shedding the winter coat and feeling so much smaller behind the steering wheel. Seeing myself in the doorbell cam and not wanting to cry. Borrowing a friend's sweatshirt when I'm too cold. Not worrying that I'm exceeding the upper weight limit of anything.

And hoping to add 'improvements to the fatty liver sitch' after tomorrow's ultrasound.
 
Not waking up to sore knees in the morning from supporting my body weight.
Being able to do dead hangs in the gym for a longer time
Being able to see my face thinner in photos/selfies
Not seeing my love handles and belly through my shirt.
 
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