Tirzepatide tolerance

[lurchy123]

Morning all, I have seen a few posts elsewhere where people are saying that they've just gone up a dose and all the appetite suppression went away and I thought that can't be right and largely ignored these kind of posts but.. here I am with one of them posts! I'm only on 5mg just gone up and just like the posts I disregarded all of a sudden I feel like I want to eat everything in the house!

Is this tolerance based do you think or is this the body saying I've been on 1400 calories for over a month I want more food? I'm a 42 year old 6ft 5in guy, I started at 19st 8lbs or 274lbs if you're in the US and in 5 weeks I've dropped 2 stone or 28lbs.

What do you think causes this?

 

[Iamnew2this]

Welcome 👋 Being a person of your stature, you might have to increase your dose and possibly increase a few extra calories in protein. Protein and water is key. I must congratulate you. 👏 👏 👏 You're doing great!

 

[GLP1Pharmacist]

I didn't see much benefit at 5mg and hunger from time to time can happen regardless. If you look at the clinical trials best dose for many is the 12-15mg per week. That said low and slow imho is best. I lost at sema 0.5 but flat lined with Tirzepatide until 10mg.

I would slowly titrate up dose some and when hungry try for something health - chicken, salad, fruit, etc. Just my 2 cents.

 

[lurchy123]

Cheers guys.. I had a day where I pigged out and ordered and Indian, curry rice naan bread and set about it! I got halfway, I would of normally smashed it but this time halfway made me disabled for the rest of the evening I couldn't sleep because I felt more bloated and uncomfortable than I ever have before and the next day I was still burping the flavours at 2pm.. I don't recommend it! But I seem to be better now so maybe I was just genuinely hungry.. strange how you don't always feel like it's doing anything

 

[zpped]

1400 is definitely on the low side for someone with your frame size.
Remember that appetite suppression is a side effect, not the goal. The goal is losing weight.

Eat a minimum, but also eat if your hungry. Just try to eat healthy and slowly and you'll get full faster. If you stop losing weight for a few weeks, then consider upping your dose.

 

[Skidude]

Morning all, I have seen a few posts elsewhere where people are saying that they've just gone up a dose and all the appetite suppression went away and I thought that can't be right and largely ignored these kind of posts but.. here I am with one of them posts! I'm only on 5mg just gone up and just like the posts I disregarded all of a sudden I feel like I want to eat everything in the house!

Is this tolerance based do you think or is this the body saying I've been on 1400 calories for over a month I want more food? I'm a 42 year old 6ft 5in guy, I started at 19st 8lbs or 274lbs if you're in the US and in 5 weeks I've dropped 2 stone or 28lbs.

What do you think causes this?

Just to chime in here, I found that if I ate sweets or complex carbs it would trigger hunger more.
I tried to stay with healthy options and if I was really craving something I would eat a bowl of soup for 200 calories, All that hot food in belly was all it took.
There you have it my hack!

If you want the British translation- Just eat low calorie soup, and Bob's your uncle, no more hunger.

 

[zpped]

Just to chime in here, I found that if I ate sweets or complex carbs it would trigger hunger more.
I tried to stay with healthy options and if I was really craving something I would eat a bowl of soup for 200 calories, All that hot food in belly was all it took.
There you have it my hack!

If you want the British translation- Just eat low calorie soup, and Bob's your uncle, no more hunger.

That's a good strategy if it's volume that is triggering your hunger.

Reta has a reputation for that sugar craving. But I feel it's really just a craving for carbs and I find that a piece of fruit or a couple pretzels really kill that craving quick. Sometimes I get a craving for fat which I fill with some cheese or smoked salmon (and occasionally a small piece of chocolate or a hamburger)

In general we're not very good at knowing what our bodies are craving but I've been trying to get better at it. If I feel general hunger, the first thing do is drink some water to see if it goes away.