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I'm a nurse and I want to share a clinical perspective on the GI side effects. What's happening in your gut during the first few weeks is the medication slowing gastric emptying significantly. This is by design — it's the mechanism that creates satiety. The nausea is your body adjusting to this new normal. It gets better as your body adapts.

This is exactly what happened to me at week 6. The nausea just... stopped one day. Hang in there!

Following along, Are you tracking protein or just eating intuitively. Definitely run it by your own prescriber though.

Lost 8 lbs my first month and the food noise is gone. I stayed on the starter dose an extra month and it was the right call. (Not medical advice, just my own experience.)

Walking 8k steps a day alongside the meds really compounds. Walking 8k steps a day alongside the meds really compounds. Thanks for sharing this.

I plan my meals around shot-day appetite changes now. Hang in there.

Coming back to this thread — The mental side is harder than people admit. What's your current titration schedule looking like. Hang in there.

Late to this but Everyone titrates differently, listen to your own body. Strength training helped me keep muscle while losing. You've got this.

Following along, Rooting for you. Look how far you've come. Rooting for you.

For the nausea: small meals, no greasy food, ginger tea, and Zofran if your doctor will prescribe it. The first 4-6 weeks are the hardest. Everything gets better after that point in almost every case I've seen in this forum.

Anyone who says GLP-1 is 'the easy way' has never dealt with week 3 nausea.

I've been at 10mg tirzepatide for three months now and I can honestly say it's the most powerful appetite suppression I've experienced. I'm not hungry in the mornings at all and sometimes have to remind myself to eat lunch. The GIP component really does seem to add something beyond what semaglutide did for me. Zero complaints at this dose.

Honestly, Protein first at every meal has been my golden rule. How's your energy been lately. Hang in there.

Have you tried injecting in the evening? That helped my nausea enormously.

Strength training helped me keep muscle while losing. Onward! Definitely run it by your own prescriber though.

Late to this but Lost 8 lbs my first month and the food noise is gone. Everyone titrates differently, listen to your own body. Clothes are loose enough that I need a smaller size.

Following along, Look how far you've come. Walking 8k steps a day alongside the meds really compounds. You've got this.

Just hit 3 months and still amazed at how different my relationship with food is.

Following along, Finally cracked a plateau I'd been stuck on for a month. The mental side is harder than people admit. Thanks for sharing this.

Bumped up to the next dose this week and feeling good. So proud of you. Thanks for sharing this. Everyone's different of course.