month 5 update posted today - the NSVs are adding up

Down 75 lbs as of this morning and I had to share it somewhere that gets it. week 6 in and I finally believe this is working.

Lost 8 lbs my first month and the food noise is gone. How long did the food noise take to quiet down? We're all in this together.

75 lbs is wild, congrats. For me the food noise started fading around week 4 and was basically silent by month two, and it made the scale losses feel almost secondary. Keep posting these updates, they carry the rest of us.

75 lbs is incredible, especially since you're only a couple months in. I'm about 28 down myself and still working on believing it's real, so seeing numbers like yours gives me hope for the long haul. Keep posting these updates, they help the rest of us more than you probably realize.

23 lbs down myself so the pace you're on is honestly mind-blowing to me. Curious what week 6 felt like vs now since I'm still in that "is this real" phase too. Post the next milestone.

Congrats on 75, that's a huge number. I'm at 55 myself and still remember hitting month five feeling like the whole thing finally clicked. What got me through the "is this real" stretch was snapping a photo every couple weeks -- the mirror caught up long before my brain did.

75 lbs at month five is wild. I'm at 28 and week 6 was exactly when I stopped waiting for the other shoe to drop too. The photo habit someone mentioned is what got me through that phase as well.

75 by month five is wild, congrats. I'm sitting around 41 and it took me until week eight or so before I stopped second-guessing every weigh-in, so I get the finally believing part. The photo trick from the earlier reply is legit -- my month one pics shocked me more than the scale ever did.

40 lbs down here and I had the same mental switch around week 7, where the scale stopped feeling like a fluke. My biggest tell was old jeans actually fitting instead of just buttoning. Enjoy this streak, month five is a great place to be.

75 at month five is seriously impressive, I'm only at 38 and thought I was moving fast. Week 6 was when the mental shift hit me too, like my brain finally caught up to the scale. Hope the wins keep stacking for you.

75 at month five is a serious pace, congrats. I'm a slow loser myself but even the small drops started feeling real once my clothes stopped lying to me. Hope the energy question gets a good answer, curious too.

53 lbs down on my end and I hit that same brain-catches-up moment around week 6 too, so congrats on trusting it now. Also in Phoenix and honestly the heat making shorts from last summer loose was my favorite NSV so far. Keep stacking them, month five you is going to look back at this post and smile.

Seven weeks behind you at 7 lbs down and posts like this are what keep me patient. Weirdly it was my rings getting loose before the scale numbers convinced me, so I get why the mental click took till week 6. Congrats on 75, that pace is wild.

75 by month five is unreal, congrats. I'm down 45 on tirzepatide and my week 6 click was when my jeans stopped needing a belt, so I know exactly that moment you mean. Louisiana humidity means my old shirts just cling now instead of fitting, which is its own weird NSV.

The mental click being its own milestone is so real - I'm only 8 lbs down on Zepbound and it still hasn't fully hit me yet. Posts like yours make the slow start feel normal instead of discouraging. Congrats on 75.

12 lbs in myself and the scale still feels like the only proof some days, so hearing that your brain needed until week 6 to catch up is weirdly reassuring. Curious what clicked for you beyond the number - for me it was stairs not leaving me winded. Congrats on 75, that's a whole person's worth of weight.

Six weeks being the belief point tracks with my own slow start too - I'm only about 6 lbs down but the moment I noticed my knees stopped aching on my morning walk, the scale suddenly mattered less. Stairs one, definitely. Keep posting these updates, they're the thing getting some of us through the early stretch.

75 is huge, congrats. For me the belief moment came around month 3 when my old jeans from the closet actually zipped again - before that I kept thinking the scale was lying. Keep the updates coming, they help the slower starters like me more than you'd think.

Week 6 being the turning point matches my timeline too, even at only 9 lbs down. My moment was bending over to tie my shoes without holding my breath. The small stuff really does pile up faster than the scale moves.

75 down at month 5 is wild, congrats. I'm barely a month in myself with just a few pounds gone, but reading these belief-moment stories actually calms the doubt I've been fighting since week one. Keeping my eyes out for my own small win.