That's not my name. Autocorrect fixed my usual forum name. It's funny. I like it.
60 yrs old. 226 lbs. In a profession that's heavily regulated by the DOT, and struggling to pass my physicals. After a year of badgering my Dr I got him to prescribe Wegovy. Turns out my medical coverage doesn't cover any weight loss drugs. So that was a dead-end.
I have 4 (count 'em!) co-morbidities, but couldn't get my medical plan to see the light. (OSA, morbid obesity-bmi>40, non-alcoholic Fatty Liver, uncontrolled hypertension).
Read about peptides on a gun forum, of all places. Hard to piece together how/what to do, but the son is a brand new Dr, and wife is a nurse, so we were able to sort it all out. Wife is on Tirz from a different medical plan, so went that route, and the dosages part were easy to mimic.
Jumped in head first, in 7 weeks I have lost 35 lbs. Started at 3, then up to 6, currently 7.5. Trying to not exceed that as I'm having good results so far. That said, it is a struggle. I think about food A LOT.
I read that the average person loses 60%fat, 40%muscle, so I've been working to minimize that muscle loss.
Foucsing on eating very healthy (lots of baked/broiled fish, skinless chicken, lots of steamed veggies, salads, clear soups). Tracking protein to keep it up around/above 100 grams/day to try to prevent muscle loss.
Work out 6 days a week, 1 hour a day. Always cardio (rowing machine, exercise bike), and every other day free weights (on bike day). Again to prevent muscle loss.
I've been keeping my calorie count around 1000/day. Then subtracting off 300-400 with the workouts, so net 600-700 cal/day.
Since joining this forum I've been reading about Retatrutide and wondering if I chose the right peptide.
60 yrs old. 226 lbs. In a profession that's heavily regulated by the DOT, and struggling to pass my physicals. After a year of badgering my Dr I got him to prescribe Wegovy. Turns out my medical coverage doesn't cover any weight loss drugs. So that was a dead-end.
I have 4 (count 'em!) co-morbidities, but couldn't get my medical plan to see the light. (OSA, morbid obesity-bmi>40, non-alcoholic Fatty Liver, uncontrolled hypertension).
Read about peptides on a gun forum, of all places. Hard to piece together how/what to do, but the son is a brand new Dr, and wife is a nurse, so we were able to sort it all out. Wife is on Tirz from a different medical plan, so went that route, and the dosages part were easy to mimic.
Jumped in head first, in 7 weeks I have lost 35 lbs. Started at 3, then up to 6, currently 7.5. Trying to not exceed that as I'm having good results so far. That said, it is a struggle. I think about food A LOT.
I read that the average person loses 60%fat, 40%muscle, so I've been working to minimize that muscle loss.
Foucsing on eating very healthy (lots of baked/broiled fish, skinless chicken, lots of steamed veggies, salads, clear soups). Tracking protein to keep it up around/above 100 grams/day to try to prevent muscle loss.
Work out 6 days a week, 1 hour a day. Always cardio (rowing machine, exercise bike), and every other day free weights (on bike day). Again to prevent muscle loss.
I've been keeping my calorie count around 1000/day. Then subtracting off 300-400 with the workouts, so net 600-700 cal/day.
Since joining this forum I've been reading about Retatrutide and wondering if I chose the right peptide.
