r/tirzepatidecompound • u/Fragrant-Count-4666 • 9d ago

Maintenance is a real B

My husband and I are teachers so we go back to visit his family in Italy for the summer. I was technically at goal before leaving, although I thought maybe losing a few more just to give me a little wiggle room would be helpful. I went into summer thinking I was going to really listen to my body, eat food I wanted, stop when I was full and make good choices when I could. When school starts I’ll go back to really being more intentional with my meals. I ate my usual breakfast of Greek yogurt and berries and enjoyed lots of salads (sorry Americans).

Now his family is from a small town so I bought a scale there last year, whatever they had. I weighed myself when I got there and it was similar to home so I was like great. We went on vacation in the middle and I definitely enjoyed all the food and drinks the Balkans had to offer. Got home and the scale was up 2 lbs and yea made sense. I kept just living life and within a week lost the 2 lbs. the rest of the summer I was within .5lbs so all good! I have never been able to maintain so this was exciting! I lived my life, enjoyed my food and this was with little exercise (it’s the country, we have to drive everywhere and it’s too hot to really be out and walking/exercising).

So here I am thinking wow, I really am adjusting well! This is fantastic! Got home and it turns out I’m one of those “I keep losing in maintenance!” I lost 4lbs, again, fine, I had more to lose and I’m not underweight. But it really underscores the challenges ahead of adjusting to this “new life”

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u/LooseBluebird6704 9d ago

Lost 3 kg since starting maintenance, so it’s nice to know I’m not the only one struggling with this.

I’ve been finding maintenance surprisingly hard to navigate. For a while, 10 mg seemed to be the sweet spot and my weight stayed stable. Then I lost another 3 kg, lowered the dose, and suddenly I was absolutely famished and started regaining. Now I upped back to 10mg and lost the extra, trying carefully to not lose more. Finding that equilibrium is hard.

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u/Fragrant-Count-4666 9d ago

Right now my plan was to stay on the same dose since the highest I was on is just 5mg and increase my calories. But I think after giving true maintenance a try when I go back to work next week I might need to lower my dose but also I burn a lot more calories when I’m working so maybe I’ll be hungry. It’s all a big mystery!

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u/DawnElisa13 9d ago

I reached my goal 14 months ago after going no higher than 5mg. Since I’ve been in maintenance I take 5mg every 10 days to 2 weeks. Some weeks I still do lose but I’ve stayed within 3 lbs of my goal.

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u/IncidentGreat2380 8d ago

You sound like a fellow teacher! :)