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AmandaG2025
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Joined Mar 17, 2025 9 posts
Progress
Down 120.0 lbs (49%)
Start: 245.0 lbs Current: 125.0 lbs Goal: 120.0 lbs
Recent posts
Welcome to the community!
Glad you found us early in your journey. This place helped me a lot through a 120 lb loss, and the maintenance folks here are just as active as the ones still losing. Stick around.
Aug 04, 2026
Zepbound at 12.5mg - side effects easing up as of today
The only thing that ever touched mine was cutting way back on anything greasy the day or two after my shot, and honestly time helped more than anything. I'm way down the road now and they're basically…
Aug 04, 2026
Batch testing - is it worth it?
Down over a hundred myself and never sent a vial off - consistent suppression and steady losses have felt like proof enough for me. The only time I'd consider spending that money is if I ever changed …
Jul 29, 2026
Pharmacy update today - backorder again?
Stuck in a refill gap starting today thanks to a backorder. How have you bridged the timing safely?
Jul 25, 2026
[US] US telehealth recs - todays thread
120 down over a couple years here, and I've hopped between two telehealth setups along the way. The reshuffling never really stopped but somehow it kept working anyway. OP, at 48 you're past the part …
Jul 14, 2026
First time in normal BMI range in 15 years
I cried actual tears when I crossed that same line last year, and I'd carried the weight even longer than you did. Forty-four lbs down and out of the range you'd written off for fifteen years is worth…
Jun 19, 2026
Before and after labs — cholesterol, A1C, all improved
My LDL was the last thing to budge, took closer to month 6 before it really dropped after the A1C moved early. Congrats on the 3 month numbers, and 44 down is flying, I averaged much slower on my way …
Jun 16, 2026
Muscle cramps while losing weight — electrolytes?
At 120 lbs down I went through the same stretch, and the nighttime leg cramps showed up exactly when my food intake tanked. Adding salt to meals and a magnesium-rich snack like pumpkin seeds in the ev…
May 28, 2026
Loose skin at 40 lbs down - what to expect
The mindset part is real - at 120 lbs down I stopped obsessing over the mirror somewhere around the halfway mark and just noticed I could keep up with my kids. Expect some loose skin along the way too…
May 16, 2026
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