It's time for a before and after...here goes nothing.

JourneyToPerfection said:
Absolutely amazing, you look so happy & that makes me happy 🥰 your skin looks fantastic too considering how much you’ve lost!
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Thank you. Considering I'm down almost 175lbs, I am surprised that I only have a little excess skin on my tummy. Part genetics? part peptide stack?
 
FarmgirlRebel said:
Thank you. Considering I'm down almost 175lbs, I am surprised that I only have a little excess skin on my tummy. Part genetics? part peptide stack?
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I feel like ghkcu would be helping if you’ve been on that too. I started with 12kg to lose (4 down, huzzah!) but already had really loose skin around my stomach from carrying a monster 9 pound 6 child over 7 years ago. I’ve noticed that the wrinkly ball sack of a stomach is actually less wrinkled !!
 
JourneyToPerfection said:
I feel like ghkcu would be helping if you’ve been on that too. I started with 12kg to lose (4 down, huzzah!) but already had really loose skin around my stomach from carrying a monster 9 pound 6 child over 7 years ago. I’ve noticed that the wrinkly ball sack of a stomach is actually less wrinkled !!
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That is awesome. I have also been slathering castor oil blended with olive oil on my tummy and I see some improvement from that as well...could just be plumping up the skin more to hide the wrinkles, but I'll take it. I do the same on my face, only use rosehip oil as the carrier oil...and not quite so much
 
FarmgirlRebel said:
Start Weight 322lbs in 2021 had bariatric surgery and ended up at 230
In November 2025 I started Tirzepatide at 230lbs

Current weight 149! for a grand total of 173lb loss

So happy with these GLPs...
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Wow 😀 That is excellent progress, you have lost more than half of your body weight. I don't have any before pictures of myself because I always moved out of the way of anyone taking pictures. I didn't want to see proof of what I looked like. It's life changing to find something that helps the obese feel normal again. I tried exercise, starving myself, and ozempic. None of it had any effect until I got on Reta. You went the extra mile after surgery, my hat is off to you for sticking to it. Good Job👍
 
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Lovedog100 said:
Wow 😀 That is excellent progress, you have lost more than half of your body weight. I don't have any before pictures of myself because I always moved out of the way of anyone taking pictures. I didn't want to see proof of what I looked like. It's life changing to find something that helps the obese feel normal again. I tried exercise, starving myself, and ozempic. None of it had any effect until I got on Reta. You went the extra mile after surgery, my hat is off to you for sticking to it. Good Job👍
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Thank you...geez don't we all seem to know about that yo yo diet regime. Well anyone who has carried extra weight for long periods does.
I've probably lost an accumulative 500-600lbs over the past two decades only to regain and then some. Only when I kept myself in a complete calorie deficit and exercised like it was a full time job could I hope to keep the weight off...but that's not living, it's slavery.

Makes me want to bitch-slap the "well just willpower, exercise and count calories" crowd. 😆 Duh, you don't think we've tried that...morons.

My bariatric doctor at the Mayo Clinic told me straight up, people who are obese and lose weight through diet and exercise alone have a 95% regain rate. Bariatric surgery improves the odds significantly, but still not in our favor. GLPs are life changing. For the first time, I feel like I may just have a handle on maintenance.
 
Don't know how the hell I missed this?
Good on you FGR!!
Are you calling it maintenance or are you still shrinking? 😎
 
FarmgirlRebel said:
Start Weight 322lbs in 2021 had bariatric surgery and ended up at 230
In November 2025 I started Tirzepatide at 230lbs

Current weight 149! for a grand total of 173lb loss

So happy with these GLPs...
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Thank you for sharing your journey. Amazing results. Congrats!
 
Sasquatch said:
Don't know how the hell I missed this?
Good on you FGR!!
Are you calling it maintenance or are you still shrinking? 😎
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I'm trying to transition to maintenance at this point, maybe another 5-10lbs but at 5'5 148 is good and at my age, getting down too small can come with real consequence as my face isn't as plump as it was in my youth...we lose that buccal fat we age.
 
FarmgirlRebel said:
Start Weight 322lbs in 2021 had bariatric surgery and ended up at 230
In November 2025 I started Tirzepatide at 230lbs

Current weight 149! for a grand total of 173lb loss

So happy with these GLPs...
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That's an amazing transformation. I'm proud of all you have accomplished so far. I hope I can match that type of dedication.
 
FarmgirlRebel said:
My bariatric doctor at the Mayo Clinic told me straight up, people who are obese and lose weight through diet and exercise alone have a 95% regain rate. Bariatric surgery improves the odds significantly, but still not in our favor. GLPs are life changing. For the first time, I feel like I may just have a handle on maintenance.
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Congrats on your success.

This is where I think GLPs are a huge advance. The idea that just maybe you only need to lose the weight once, and if you stay on them, they will do the job of helping to keep the weight off forever. The difference between trying to keep the weight off without GLP drugs versus with them is night and day.
 
byefatlicia said:
Let's drink to your success! The next round of Premier Protein is on me🙂
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OMG, after bariatric surgery I cannot even look at Premier any longer. The gag reflex is real. I used to like them, but I had to go on a liquid diet of them two weeks before surgery and a week after...erp 🤢

Now I make my own, just milk, whey isolate and carnation chocolate instant breakfast...yeah, probably not nearly as good for me, but at least I can get some protein in
 
FarmgirlRebel said:
OMG, after bariatric surgery I cannot even look at Premier any longer. The gag reflex is real. I used to like them, but I had to go on a liquid diet of them two weeks before surgery and a week after...erp 🤢

Now I make my own, just milk, whey isolate and carnation chocolate instant breakfast...yeah, probably not nearly as good for me, but at least I can get some protein in
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will you dm me the recipe for your DIY? I'd love to try that🙂

Edit: or post it here or another thread if you are comfortable doing that🙂
 
Wow really motivating, even on GLPs that is not a usual journey, big respect!
 
byefatlicia said:
will you dm me the recipe for your DIY? I'd love to try that🙂

Edit: or post it here or another thread if you are comfortable doing that🙂
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Oh it's super simple.

I just take an 8oz glass of milk, throw in 30grams of unflavored whey protein powder, add half to a whole packet of carnation chocolate breakfast blend and mix that puppy up. I actually do like it and sometimes, if I don't feel like eating, at least I know I have good protein and some calories coming in. ...mixed like this is 43g of protein.
 
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