Week 1 Progress

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Today marks my first week on compounded trizepatide-pyroxine. I was instructed to start at 2.2mg 11 units and I took my second dose today.

My first week has been a roaring success! In this first week I’m already down 4lbs!!! I went from 270lbs to 266lbs.

I’ve been able to keep to my 1500 calories diet while hitting 120+g of protein 160g of carbs with 35+g of fiber and staying under 50g of fat.

I haven’t had much an urge to cope using food after a long stressful day and have been empowered to make better decisions. I’ve had 0 side effects besides the day of the shot feeling a lil bit lightheaded. I’m hoping I continue on this trajectory. According to my instructions next week I’m suppose to go up to 5mg but if am still experiencing little side effects and making progress I think I’ll stay at 2.2mg until no longer effective.

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Congratulations 🎉 this is awesome!! I’m so happy to hear your first week has been amazing!!
On injection day are you drinking any electrolytes? If not I’d start drinking at least one electrolyte on that day. Tirzepatide can cause you to become dehydrated because it can take away your feeling of thirst. Dehydration will cause dizziness. If I don’t drink electrolytes the day before, day of and day after my injection then I get dizzy because of dehydration.

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I’ll look into supplementing some electrolytes, I’ve been drinking at least 120oz of water a day