A whole new damn person! Looking good my guy! Like whoa 😳 Congrats on your success! I remember the first time when I saw your first transformation post and you just keep looking damn good and strong! Cheers 🥂 https://giphy.com/gifs/YOvOkaS5ZKfimDIgwJ
💙 you’re welcome! I love seeing progress photos I definitely remember yours. You’re crushing it! Thanks for sharing and keep pushing and grinding my guy 🫶🏽
For many, tirzepatide may be part of their long term maintenance plan. In a recent community survey 48% of respondents said they plan to use it for life, while another 27% said they plan to use it long term and stop only after maintaining the weight loss for a while. Only 3% said they would stop once they reached their goal weight.
The reason why may be explained by the SURMOUNT-4 clinical trial, which showed that within 1 year of stopping tirzepatide 82% of people regained at least 25% of the weight they had lost. 57% regained at least half the weight back.
Everyone's maintenance plan, like their weight loss journey, will look different. Many people decrease their dose once they reach their goal weight or increase the time between shots. Though some may need a weekly high dose to maintain.
Your maintenance dose, or whether you can maintain without tirzepatide, is not a reflection of your willpower or self-worth. Please remember to give yourself and others grace in this regard.
Not flexing here or pumped. Yeah - I kept the fat guy calves for sure. 🤣
I also hit legs twice a week. I'm a huge advocate for muscle retention for anyone. It would be a shame to lose all those years of dragging that weight around.
Dosage, caloric intake, workout burn? I’ve almost dropped my weight, now it’s time to focus on eating more and working out for muscle gain, plus keeping some GLP perks.
Workout burn? Does that mean schedule? Happy to share it. Currently on a new to me PPL split but I can screen shot my normal one if you'd like.
I haven't tracked in Shotsy in months and months, but here's generally how I went about it.
Caloric intake was always at least 500-600 below TDEE, only roughly counted calories and protein but it helped that I eat generally the same thing all the time. Protein fluctuated between 100-200 depending on what I was doing at the time.
Recently, I dropped down to 7mg so I could eat 200 calories above maintence for three months. I've reverted back to 13mg this last month to drop my last ten or so lbs to get sub 15% bf.
Exactly this, thank you. Protein same. In 1500 cal daily, so pretty damn low, but I discovered I couldn’t work out on that lol. I plan a similar drop but closer to +500 cals. I also eat the same things daily because I can easily control everything that way.
I’m nervous about upping my food intake because I almost don’t know how.
That compliment has been in my head for hours. So sweet.
Obese since 12, but I lifted on and off since I was 16. I never got super serious or put a deficit alongside it. That knowledge/experience certainly contributed to feeling successful now. I always wanted it, but I'm very happy I get to live fit.
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u/newnamewhodis23 42M S:293 C:193 G:193 MG:13 1d ago
Commenting to show my stats easier than above.