Monthly community check-in — June 2026

Hard to believe we're heading into summer already. Quick community update:

• Forum membership passed a major milestone this month — we have an amazing group here.
• The Compounded & Research forum has updated guidelines posted. Please review before posting.
• We're experimenting with weekly live Q&A sessions — details coming soon.
• Reminder that the Vendor Reviews forum is for reviews only. No sourcing requests.

Thank you all for making this community so helpful and supportive. If you have ideas for improving the forum, drop them in The Lounge.

— The Mod Team

Just started my Wegovy journey here in Minneapolis and only down 3 lbs so far, so reading all these bigger numbers is motivating. Cold protein ideas are getting bookmarked for when July humidity shows up. The Q&A sessions sound like a great addition for us newer folks.

Six months in on my research peptide route and 21 lbs gone, so those 3-lb starts are exactly where I was too. Minnesota summers are rough for appetite anyway, before you even factor the med. Also second whoever said the threads here beat any clinic handout.

Down 49 myself, so it's wild reading these milestone numbers in the same thread. Summer heat killed my appetite even more than the med did, so small cold protein stuff like yogurt and shakes has been carrying me. Weekly Q&A sounds worth showing up for.

Glad the live Q&A is happening, that could be really useful. I'm down 40 lbs myself and a lot of what got me here was info picked up from threads like these. Will check out the updated guidelines before posting over there again.

Down about 34 lbs since starting, and honestly the threads here did more for my headspace than any pamphlet ever did. Hot weather does the same to me with appetite, cold stuff is way easier to get down. Count me in for the Q&A sessions too.

Congrats on the membership milestone, that's awesome to see. I've been on Mounjaro for a while now and down almost 50 lbs, mostly thanks to folks here answering my random questions. Looking forward to checking out those live Q&A sessions when they launch.

Twin Cities area here on a research peptide too, and I'm right at that 21 lb mark at the six month point as well, so the slow early stretch is normal from what I lived through. Cold shakes and yogurt have carried me through every previous July. Looking forward to the Q&A sessions, hope scheduling works for us central time folks.

Funny how many of us landed around 21 lbs at the six month mark — I'm right there too, six months in on reta. The slow first stretch felt discouraging at the time but it clearly adds up. Central time Q&A would work great for me here in NC as well.

Down about 6 lbs myself since starting in April, so the small numbers early on add up faster than they feel like they will. The live Q&A sounds great as long as evenings work for those of us on central time. Also glad the vendor forum got cleaned up, it was getting noisy.

Funny to see so many of us hovering in the same low 20s at the half-year point — I'm right around 22 lbs myself and remember wondering if anything was happening those first couple months. Count me in for evening Q&As, central time works fine here in Minnesota.

I was also in that slow-start camp, scratching my head around month two before the losses finally stacked up to 22-ish by now. Evenings work on central time for me too, so looking forward to trying out one of those Q&A sessions.

Chicago here so central time is no issue for me either. Down about 17 since starting compounded tirzepatide in spring, and those first slow weeks had me second-guessing everything too, so it's nice seeing others say the same. Looking forward to the Q&A sessions.

Central time works for me too, and I'll throw in my own data point — down 14 since April, and yeah, those first six weeks felt like nothing was moving until suddenly it was. Good call on the Q&A sessions, hope the timing lands somewhere evening-ish.

Five weeks in and only down 3, so reading that several of you stalled early before things clicked is genuinely reassuring. Central time evenings work for me too.

The slow-start stories in this thread ring true for me too — I barely moved for a couple months and now I'm down 59 total, so patience really does pay off. Evening would be ideal for the Q&As on my end as well.

Down about 4 at six weeks here, so the slow-start stories in this thread are keeping me sane. Evening Central works for me too. Also glad the compounded forum got clearer guidelines, that section needed it.

Lost most of my 23 lbs after a sluggish first two months on the 5s, so hang in there if you're barely moving early on. Also casting another vote for evening sessions.

Had a slow first couple months too and now sitting at 36 down, so the patience theme here is legit. Evening works better for my schedule as well.

Another slow starter here too, was barely down anything at two months and now sitting around 30 lost, so the patience pattern holds. Can't make the live sessions most mornings but evening would work for me. Glad the compounded guidelines finally got tightened up.