Just signed up, 34yo starting on 1.7mg

Just joined and wanted to introduce myself right away. Happy to learn from folks further along than me.

Welcome! I'm on Zep too, a ways ahead of you at 2.5, and the folks in here have answered every weird question I've thrown at them. Stick around, the food noise threads alone are worth it.

Hey, welcome! I jumped from 1.7 up a while back and the biggest surprise for me was how quiet my cravings got by week three. Ask anything here, someone's usually already been through it.

Welcome aboard! I'm down 74 lbs since starting, and honestly the biggest early surprise for me was how quiet food noise got within the first couple weeks. Ask anything, no question is too weird in here.

Welcome! I'm down 27 lbs myself and the thing that keeps me sane is reading through old threads here when something weird pops up, someone's almost always had the same thing happen. The appetite quieting down sneaks up on you, enjoy it.

Congrats on taking the plunge at 34, that's a good age to catch this stuff early. Down about 39 myself and the appetite quieting down was the part nobody warned me about. Stick around, the folks here have seen it all.

Welcome! I'm a little over a year in and down 43 lbs, still remember my first 1.7 week well. One thing I wish I'd known early: the appetite shift sneaks up on you, so keeping easy protein around saved me more than once.

Welcome aboard, 1.7 was where things really clicked for me. Thirty pounds down now and honestly the old threads saved me from panicking more than once when something odd hit.

So proud of you. We're all in this together.

Hi, I was in the same spot a year back at that dose and the biggest surprise was how small my grocery bill got once food noise faded. Down 36 lbs since. Ask anything, people here have seen it all.

Welcome, 34 is a good age to get ahead of this stuff. I'm on tirzepatide myself, down 22 lbs, and the quieted food noise was the game changer for me too. The search bar here is gold when weird side effects pop up at odd hours.

Welcome. I started on a similar path a while back and food noise fading was the wildest part for me too, down 62 lbs since. Search old threads before you panic about anything weird, someone's usually already been through it.

Welcome, 34 is a good time to start, I waited longer and wish I hadnt. Im on tirzepatide at 5 and down 29 lbs, and the quiet around food hit me around week three. Log how you feel the first few weeks, its wild how fast the details blur.

Hey, glad you're here. I'm down about 21 lbs myself and second the logging tip -- I only wish I'd written things down from day one because my first weeks are a blur now. Read old threads when something odd happens, it saves a lot of worry.

Welcome aboard. I'm a few months in and down 13 lbs, and honestly the biggest early surprise for me was how much small stuff (appetite dips, random burps) shows up in threads before you hit them yourself. Keeping a note on my phone from week one would've saved me a lot of head-scratching.

Congrats on hitting goal, that's huge. I started around your age too and the food quiet crept in slower for me, maybe week five. Welcome, this place kept me sane through the weird early weeks.

Welcome, glad you jumped in early instead of lurking like I did. I'm a couple months ahead of you and down 10 lbs, and the weirdest part for me was how side effects never showed up on the schedule I expected. Reading back through old threads when something random hits has kept me from spiraling more than once.

Welcome, the 1.7 jump was when things really clicked for me appetite-wise, though everyone's timeline is different. I'm early too, barely 3 lbs gone, so we can figure it out together.

Welcome! The burps thing is so real, nobody warned me either. A year in and down 47 lbs, and honestly the threads here answered half my "is this normal" questions before I even had them.

One year update: down 68 lbs and feeling like myself again. Just hit my first 20 lbs and I can't believe it. Broke a stall that had me second-guessing everything.