r/GLP1_BeforeAfter

2 years and 40kg between work photos. Still pinch myself sometimes.

Started end of October at 190. Today I am 137. 17 pounds to go. I am 4’10 for reference. I finally have a neck again. I’m finding my sense of style again. Inflammation gone, making life feel alive again. So thankful for this journey.

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Getting there 💪🏼

Feeling strong. And feeling proud. Doing something solely for myself is the best feeling!

We all know how hard it was taking those dang before pics. So grateful for this crazy adventure.

-96.8 lbs (just shy of 16 months)

I’ve been in a journey, friends. I was never a waif but always healthy. Two kids, demanding kids, working too hard to keep my marriage together.

I’m sharing my spirit here because I don’t have anyone to share it with who would understand.

I knew at some point I would need to find a bra job ands that I was less likely to get hired in a bigger body. I did a VSG and lost 115 pounds. Then Covid and I moved from a city to a rural area. No gym within 15 miles, no sidewalks. I also retired, gained 65 lbs back.

A couple years ago, I went in a hike and in a muddy rainforest ravine, I couldn’t get myself up the slope and had to be rescued. Plus it was hot as hell (in the tropics).

I decided that if I was going to be spending a lot of time here, I couldn’t be fat. I did Contrave, lost about 20 lbs (again and again). That wasn’t going to work for me so I talked with my doctor about GLPs, specifically Zep. Insurance made me go on a weight loss pill, to prove I wasn’t losing weight on it before I could get Zep. I was on that pill in May, then for Zep in July.

I did 2.5mg for about 6 weeks, then switched to 5mg. (Highest dose).

As of this morning, I am 130lbs form from my highest weight!

Slow and steady, keeping a lifestyle I knew would be sustainable ( no going to the gym 6xwk, no could macros or calories).

Photos are from the 90s, 2014, 2020, June 2025, this week.

SW : ~237

CW : 160

GW : ~145

Started Wegovy May 2025

5’2”, 35 years old, PCOS/insulin resistant, 2 kids, ex athlete

I feel like myself again after this weight loss. Used to be my goal weight ten years ago, trying to get back to that after many years of too much drinking and late night pizzas. Working out 3x a week and walking when I can.

So close to goal… it’s getting grueling and feels like I’ll never get there and I’ve been stuck here for a while. Keeping on the path… any advice for the last 15 appreciated 🥴

I finally get to post my one-year update! I’ve lost around 105 pounds. Starting weight: 316 Current weight: 211. This journey was NOT easy. But I have so much more life and strength and energy than before. Making the decision to start on this medication was hard. I wanted to love my fat body. But it hurt to walk and I was tired after a block. I hate to admit that I hated what I looked like. One sunny afternoon in April 2025, my boyfriend and I were on a walk and we stepped into a crosswalk. A woman in her car screamed “we don’t have to stop for you, fatass!” Through the window. It shattered me. Not only was she wrong (lol it definitely is the law) but she was the last straw. Looking back I hate that THAT was the last straw, but it led to one of the best decisions I’ve made in my adult life. Anyways- 105 down, current dose 5.5 (I’m reallyyyy sensitive), Barre classes 3x a week. I don’t calorie count, probably eat anywhere from 800-1500 calories a day. Thank you to this Reddit community for answering my questions and helping me on this journey. Still have 30-50 more pounds to go, but I’m not in a rush. I feel great.

Feeling like my best self more and more every day 💅🏻💃🏼 this is your sign to keep going!

55F, 5'5, SW 326.6 (7/15/24), GW 175, CW 173, 15mg Reta

March 2016 vs March 2026. 45 yrs old vs 55 yrs old, I'm getting my Benjamin Button on thanks to glp-1's!

Been one heck of a journey but so happy I embarked on it . If your looking for a private supportive FB group on your GLP-1 journey I set one up that is growing rapidly. If you would like to join like minded people the group link is on my profile .

Hope to see some of you there with us

Well, I did it! 63.8 lbs down in a little under 9 months. Here are my specifics, happy to answer any questions:

My starting weight for this journey on August 27th, 2025 was 228.8 lbs and that’s when I took my first shot. I am 5”10 and 38 years old (female). I have lost and gained hundreds of pounds over my lifetime. The lowest I ever weighed as an adult though was 177 lbs and the highest was 260. I started on 2.5 mg and went up .5 mg as needed which averaged about every month and a half or so (method: counting clicks). Highest dose I got to was 6 mg.

Now I’m at my goal weight of 165lbs and plan to move into maintenance and start focusing on body recomposition. I still have 28% body fat so I’d like to replace some of that with muscle. This is the first time I’ve ever reached my goal weight and the first time I’ve had an exit plan and am focusing on maintaining so I don’t gain it all back.

I plan to increase my calories incrementally over the next 8 weeks until I reach maintenance calories and I am also going to reduce my MJ shot slightly every two weeks or so until I reach a point where I can eat the calories that I need for body recomposition without the food noise taking over. It will be a delicate balance. I have the pen that allows you to count clicks, so I am planning on reducing .5 mg at a time.

This phase will be all new to me so I am open to any advice! As far as the weight loss phase which is now behind me, I’m happy to give an overview of what worked for me, though I have made another post that is more in depth about what I did and what worked well that I posted at my 6 month mark.

I added big lifestyle changes when I started this journey because I wanted to go about this as healthy as possible. I began doing resistance training at home as well as cardio. The best cardio is the cardio you enjoy, so I did VR (beat sabre) which burned a surprising number of calories. About 6 months in I bought a gym membership and started lifting a bit more and also running as well as doing the stair master.

For food, I focused on eating whole, fresh foods as much as possible. The only animal protein I eat is chicken and turkey which works well as they’re the best for weight loss. I focused on getting as much protein as possible. Some of my favorite sources of protein are: cottage cheese, Oikos yogurt, cheese, eggs, fairlife lactose free milk (26 g of protein a serving), dempsters protein bread, deli turkey, rotisserie chickens, built puff bars, grenade salted caramel bars, home made Tzatziki made with high protein yogurt, catelli protein pasta and fairlife shakes. I had issues with constipation and increasing my fibre and water intake was not enough. I opted for taking 450 mg of magnesium citrate every night before bed and this did the trick!

For fluid intake, my nutritionist advised a minimum of 2.5 L (aim for 3L) of fluid each day. A lot of people think this needs to be water specifically, but zero calorie pop is actually 99% water (but watch the sodium content of course) so most fluids I drink count towards that total, including coffee!

Speaking of coffee, I use my aeroccino to froth a fairlife shake and then I add a shot or two of espresso each morning for my coffee to start my day with a good amount of protein and nutrition. I also add electrolytes to my water each day.

As far as negative side effects, I experienced sulphur burps only 3 times and I attribute that to possibly eating too much in one go too close to shot day or not getting enough fluid those days. I had the constipation but the magnesium cured that. Other than that, it has been smooth sailing. I attribute that to approaching this as a health journey and not as a shot that will magically melt off pounds. It is a tool that allowed me to make the right choices easier without that monkey on my back. It has been an amazing journey and I am perfectly prepared to be on this shot for life if needed. The clarity of mind I have while on it cannot be understated. Obesity is a chronic condition and should be treated as such without the stigma. I hope that public perceptions of this drug change for the better soon, because it has made such a difference for me.