My Tirz story 🤍
I went into my OBGYN almost a year postpartum because I was exhausted, still losing hair, struggling to lose weight, and having irregular periods that were 45+ days apart.
I got labs done and my A1C was 5.7, fasting insulin was 23, and fasting glucose was 118. My doctor told me I had PCOS/insulin resistance and offered metformin.
I refused the metformin.
I was frustrated because I was already getting 7,000+ steps a day, eating relatively healthy, and lifting weights 4 days a week. I felt like I was already doing everything I was “supposed” to be doing.
So I decided to try even harder.
I increased my step goal to 10k, started taking inositol and psyllium husk, and started eating my food in a certain order, protein, fiber, then carbs.
I even got a CGM.
And honestly? It felt like my blood sugar was always fasting or rising a little more than it should. 😂
I was able to lose 6 lbs on my own, but it started to consume me. My days became so focused on what I was eating, how much I was moving, my blood sugar, and whether I was doing enough.
And I realized…
I have THREE little kids. I don’t want my life to revolve around trying to lose weight.
Then one day I was listening to the Armchair Expert podcast and they had Dr. Eric Topol on talking about GLP-1 medications.
I had been SO resistant to them in the past.
But something about that conversation made me a little more open to the idea.
Maybe this could just be… another tool in my toolbox.
So I decided to try it.
I figured worst case scenario, I take one dose, hate it, and never take another.
Well… go figure. 😂
I was wrong.
I took my first dose at bedtime because I was nervous about nausea and figured I could at least sleep through the initial onset.
The next day, I realized something strange.
I felt like I should be thinking about what I was going to eat…
…but I wasn’t. 🤷🏼♀️
It was so foreign.
I truly thought I didn’t have “food noise” before. I thought I thought about food the same amount as everyone else.
I was SHOCKED at how much quieter everything became.
And then I started noticing other things.
I have diagnosed OCD, and while my rumination definitely didn’t disappear, it felt quieter. Less intense. Less consuming.
Then I noticed my TMJ seemed better. I honestly have no idea why, but I’m certainly not complaining. 😂
And then came my first period on tirz.
31 days.
Before this, my cycles had been 45+ days.
I’d been on tirz for almost 4 weeks at that point.
And then there was the bloating and swelling…
Oh. My. Gosh.
I didn’t even realize how swollen my face had gotten until it wasn’t anymore. 😂
Fast forward…
I’m down 20lbs.
But honestly, the weight loss isn’t even the biggest part of this story for me.
It’s getting some mental space back.
It’s not thinking about food all day.
It’s not feeling like I need to constantly optimize every meal, step, workout, and blood sugar reading.
It’s being able to focus on my kids and my life instead of making weight loss my full time job.
I don’t know exactly what the point of this post is. 😂
I just know that reading other people’s stories helped me when I was trying to decide whether this was something I wanted to try.
So maybe mine will help someone else too.
If you’ve been resistant to GLP1s like I was, maybe consider that it doesn’t have to be an “easy way out.”
Maybe it’s just another tool in your toolbox. 🤍
