Hey everyone, I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself to the community! I'm a 45yo guy from San Francisco Bay Area that has started his GLP-1 (Retatrutide more precisely) journey a couple of months ago. Since then I've lost a bit over 30 pounds, and gained what feels like a metric ton of new knowledge about these wonderful things called peptides.
I'm grateful for these introductory posts being obligatory for new members, because reading other people's posts made me realize just how common my life-long struggle with obesity actually is. Like so many other people I've been struggling with obesity since childhood, gaining and losing weight over time but never being actually fit and non-overweight on the BMI scale. I've lost a lot of weight through basic dieting and exercise three times so far, but bad eating habits still crept back in and of course the weight on the scale followed. About 2 years ago I completely stopped eating any sweets and sodas, started going to the gym regularly, and developed a much healthier lifestyle overall.
The weight loss still fluctuated though, and so after learning about GLP-1s I've decided to try some out. I purchased one 10mg vial of Retatrutide, and after some second guessing I did my first 1mg jab and it completely blew me away. I realized what life is like without constant food noise, and for the first time in life thought that I could actually persevere through the whole fitness journey and become and stay fit for the rest of my life.
I came to this forum to learn from all of you more experienced people, and to hopefully make connections within the community. Thank you for having me!
I'm grateful for these introductory posts being obligatory for new members, because reading other people's posts made me realize just how common my life-long struggle with obesity actually is. Like so many other people I've been struggling with obesity since childhood, gaining and losing weight over time but never being actually fit and non-overweight on the BMI scale. I've lost a lot of weight through basic dieting and exercise three times so far, but bad eating habits still crept back in and of course the weight on the scale followed. About 2 years ago I completely stopped eating any sweets and sodas, started going to the gym regularly, and developed a much healthier lifestyle overall.
The weight loss still fluctuated though, and so after learning about GLP-1s I've decided to try some out. I purchased one 10mg vial of Retatrutide, and after some second guessing I did my first 1mg jab and it completely blew me away. I realized what life is like without constant food noise, and for the first time in life thought that I could actually persevere through the whole fitness journey and become and stay fit for the rest of my life.
I came to this forum to learn from all of you more experienced people, and to hopefully make connections within the community. Thank you for having me!
