The more, the more you lose?

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I've been on tirzepatide for 4 months, currently at a dose of 6 mg per week with no side effects. I've already lost 10 kg, but I haven't lost any weight in the last month. My hunger is well controlled, I'm eating little, and I'm working a lot, burning a lot of calories. Would increasing the dose speed up weight loss? Is there a relationship between a higher dose and more weight loss?
 
I've been on tirzepatide for 4 months, currently at a dose of 6 mg per week with no side effects. I've already lost 10 kg, but I haven't lost any weight in the last month. My hunger is well controlled, I'm eating little, and I'm working a lot, burning a lot of calories. Would increasing the dose speed up weight loss? Is there a relationship between a higher dose and more weight loss?
People on higher doses lose more, but there's always a variety of factors to remember when it comes to the scale. If you're lifting weights and getting enough protein, you might be building muscle while losing fat (and in that case, is the scale weight really important?), you could be retaining water - some people will lose weight on the scale in a stair-step fashion, with water retention increasing as fat decrease.

That's why it can be very useful to track other things besides just the scale weight, such as stomach circumference, etc. My scale hasn't budged much over the past month, but I've lost an inch off my waist.

Or, yeah, you might need to up the dosage.
 
just my opinion.

the faster you ramp up the faster your body gets used to it and the effect per mg diminishes.

lose as much as you can, without going up so aggressively.
 

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