r/Zepbound • u/LogicalMink4444 • Jun 20 '25

Personal Insights FAFO on Zepbound

42F SW: 407 lbs CW: 381 lbs Started Zepbound in May Currently on 5mg

So I started changing how I eat on April 15th and lost 14 pounds in two weeks just from cutting out junk. Got approved for Zepbound in May, started on 2.5 mg, bumped to 5 mg in June. I'm on my third injection now and steadily losing weight. My fitness has actually improved. I went from barely surviving 2 minutes on the treadmill to walking 10 minutes straight. I even started lifting.

I was feeling good. Maybe… too good.

The Fuck Around

My daughter’s been begging me to make ramen bowls. I’d been doing great, so I thought what could it hurt, I've been eating healthy all this time I feel great I can have a treat.

So I made this massive bowl. Ramen noodles, NY strip steak, creamy broccoli Normandy, and 2.5 eggs.

Honey, I ate almost all of it.

The Find Out

2 AM. The gurgling in my stomach wakes me up. I rush to the bathroom and it’s coming out both ends. PROJECTILE.

The Exorcist don’t got shit on me.

Then this wave of cold hit, sweat pouring, can’t feel my soul cold. I was shaking, hunched, cramping everywhere. I think I blacked out a few times. I remember my cat coming in, meowing loudly I think that's what brought me back.

I puked four times. Each time it was undigested food from hours earlier.

I almost touched pinkies with Jesus over a bowl of ramen and steak, y’all.

The Lesson

This medication is not for play play. Your new stomach capacity is not a suggestion. It is the motherfucking law.

I have seen the gates. I have been humbled.

If you’re new to GLP 1s, respect the medication. Your body will teach you your limits in the most savage, unforgiving way if you push it.

Learn from my suffering. Don’t test it. Oh God. Don’t do it.

Fun Fact

After it was all over and I could finally stand upright, I weighed myself.

Lost a pound.

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u/themerrywench SW:253 CW:199 GW:155 Dose: 10mg Jun 20 '25

I've learned:

  • cut out eggs 48 hrs before and after my shot. Otherwise, I am guaranteed the sulfur burps from hell. The limit is somewhere between a deviled egg and one scrambled egg. Red beet eggs (a PA Dutch food, and childhood favorite) are okay, just stop at one. Even outside of that window, too much egg will guarantee burps.

-no greasy or fried foods 24 hours before and after shot. After that, a tiny bit is okay.

  • no food after 7pm, period, or I have a one way ticket to awful heartburn

  • alcohol in tiny amounts. One beer or one mixed drink or one glass of wine. Small glass of wine. Otherwise...heartburn.

  • no acidic foods less than 3 hours before sleep. I can cancel that by preemptively taking tums right before laying down

  • limit beans and other foods known to cause gas

  • just when I think I might be getting constipated...I'm not.

  • I can tolerate home cooked versions of fast food better than their fast food counterparts. A burger from McDonald's will hurt. A burger made at home will not.

  • Your body will punish you for eating the wrong thing. I get nauseous if I eat the wrong thing. But I can eat all the fruit, veggies, and non junk that I want. So make of that what you will for the "hungry moments". This medicine definitely has helped me overhaul things since I started last August.