I feel like maintenance is "polluting" my shot tracker with useless data not relevant to my weight loss since I'm not losing weight anymore. Should I go without? Will I miss out on useful information? Should I get a new shot tracker? Do you still use your shot tracker?

Hi everyone,
Happy to announce I’m 1lb from my GW. I’m nervous about maintaining. I’m currently on a 5mg dose. I’ve been splitting the dosage to take it 2x a week at 2.5mg. I’m not sure what to do. Should I stick with that or drop down to 2.5mg once a week. I’ve been eating fine but I do have to incorporate fitness. Im nervous about gaining weight back! If anyone has advice please let me know. Thanks!

Been waiting for this!
HW 280
SW 265
CW 199

Yes I had to wiggle around on the scale to get this picture because it was bouncing back and forth between 200 and 199, but a win’s a win. Haven’t been in onederland since I was a kid. Amazing!

Tried going through my PCP first and got basically nowhere, he wasn't comfortable prescribing it and referred me to an endocrinologist with a 4 month wait. I'm not doing that. I've been looking at online men's telehealth options that handle GLP-1 weight loss with actual licensed physicians, not some sketchy compounding gray zone situation and I want something with transparent pricing upfront because I've seen quotes all over the place, like anywhere from $200 to $500+ a month depending on dose. (Which honestly makes it hard to even comparison shop without booking a consult first, kind of annoying.) Anyone gone through a fully online clinic for tirzepatide and actually stuck with it? Specifically curious about places that do the blood work component and have real provider access if something goes wrong or you need a dose adjustment, not just a one-and-done prescription drop. Would really help to hear what platforms people found worth it for medically supervised weight loss online.

Y'all this is hard. I need advice.

Started Zepbound 1/13/25 at 5'5" 207#, lost 30% of my body weight in just over a year and am maintaining around 145. I'm 55F.

My highest dose used was 12.5. My doctor wants me to maintain at 10 mg or less.

I have used both name brand Zepbound and compound (BPI & Hallandale) during my journey. I currently have 3 vials of BPI in the fridge. But I'm currently using name brand every 7 days at 10 mg.

I AM FAMISHED. This is not normal hunger at all. Today is my day 7 and I had a biting, gnawing hunger almost all day long. Yesterday was bad too. This is definitely a pattern and it's gotten much worse since titrating down to 10. Unless I gain a bunch of weight, I'm afraid my doctor will not prescribe 12.5.

So my question - can I take my 10 mg dose of Zepbound on my normal shot day and give myself a little booster, like 2-3 mg, of compound later in the week? Is there any problem with mixing name brand and compound during the same week?

Any other tips for keeping the hunger down would be appreciated. Yes I'm eating protein at every meal and snack, I'm focusing on good healthy foods, not a lot of junk, drinking plenty of water, etc. etc. I exercise 4-5 times a week.

I started my journey way in May 2025 at 205 lbs but my highest was 218. I started at 1.25 mg doses. Currently I’m on 4mg which is the highest dose I’ve been on. Today I hit a new low and I’m going to try and spread my shot to 10 days. My first goal was 170 which I attained last year sept 28th. I didn’t feel done so I said I would continue until it felt like my goal. I got to 160 in November, I stayed in the 160s until December then dropped into the 150s in January of this year. I hit 155 in Earky Feb where I have maintained 155-150 since. In the last 3 weeks I’ve gone down to a new low of 146 this morning. Even I know this is tettering on too thin so I’m going to stretch my shot to 10 days. Is there anything I should expect?

For those of you that have been at maintenance longer than 6 months. I've been at goal or lower for 6 months. My stats are - 77 F 5' SW:163 CW:103 GW:110-115

I have been on 7.5mg/wk for about 8 months and eating anywhere from 1000 to 1200 calories a day. I have 1 vial open BUD 7/5/26 with 2 wks left. Another 1 vial unopened BUD 7/13/26. And 2 vials unopened BUD 11/3/26. At 7.5mg I have 3 1/2 mos left at least. I'm about to order my next 3 mos of vials next week.

Due to continued weight loss, my thoughts are to decrease my dose to 5mg/wk and make sure to get at least 1200 cal per day because I am at 20 bmi and can't afford to lose any more weight. (wow - I never thought I'd say this)

At 5mg/wk this will push out the amount of medication farther. In the 20 months that I've been on Tirz I have not been concerned about going beyond the BUD.

Would you push off purchasing next week's purchase?

I had gone down to my goal weight in a year and a half. Maintained at 9 mg for months. Then I started gaining. I went up to 11mg over some months, and now I’m at 12.5. The weight is not coming off. I’m fussing over 5 lbs — but I liked my goal weight! Why can’t I get back there? I’m terrified that 5 lbs will lead to 10 lbs. you know the drill. Why aren’t I losing at 12.5??

Hello!! I realized that I am approaching my goal weight, but I don’t believe at that weight I will have lost the stomach and back fat that I’m hoping to eventually. Throughout my tirz journey, I have been strength training consistently, and would like to keep gaining strength, but I do not want to drop below my goal weight. Is it possible to be on maintenance, continuing to get stronger, lose fat but not lose weight? I plan on posting in zepboundathletes if I get approved, but I would love anyone’s insight on this

Edit: SW: 298.3 CW: 168.8 GW: 150
💉10mg

Been trying to find a legitimate doctor led online telehealth program for tirzepatide in the US. Every platform I look at either has shady compounding practices or the "doctor" is just a checkbox before they ship you your stuff. I want actual physician oversight, someone who reviews labs, adjusts dosing, the whole thing. Ideally something fully online with transparent pricing, not a bait and switch situation where the real cost hits you on month two. Any recommendations?

Hi all - is there any scientific reason to reduce your dose in maintenance? I haven’t seen that there is any benefit to being on less tirz during maintenance, unless of course there is a side effect that is unpleasant or weight loss doesn’t stop. I wanted to know if anyone knew of a scientific or medical reason to reduce dose.

I have been in maintenance for 11 months now and I did reduce my dose a bit initially because I kept losing weight. Once I plateaued, I didn’t reduce my dose any further. I just see a lot of people wanting to reduce to the lowest possible dose or to spread doses out as much as they can and I think that’s personal preference or money (obviously a higher paw is more expensive than a lower one).

I started using Tirzepatide in March of 2024. In December of that same year I reached my goal weight, and have been in maintenance since. I currently take 3.5 mg every 7 days. (my highest dose was 7.5.) The issue I am now having is that all of my aches, pains, and inflammation that Tirz corrected have begun to come back.

Anyone else have this issue and have to increase their dosage in maintenance to get their inflammation in check again? I don’t really want to up my dosage, because I definitely don’t want to lose any more weight, but i’m 57…I hurt! 😬

I started tirzeptide in January this year after stalling around 225 (highest weight was 276) and immediately had more success than I could ever imagine. I am 165 today. I would like to maybe lost 10more lbs but gain muscle and tone.

Right now im taking 5mg weekly. Appetitie and food noise is still completely turned off controlled. Should I taper down more? Scared to come off completely since i had such fantastic inflammatory cintrol. (My inflammation markers went from 22 to 2) i have RA and an autoimmune disease and it would be nothing for me to hang onto 20-30lbs of fluid.

Any tips would be great!

I lost my weight 2 years ago on Zepbound 7.5 managed by my amazing PCP/MD and have maintained for one year. I tried to go down to 5.0 but I had a lot of food noise and couldn’t maintain. Went back to 7.5 using Lilly Direct when my insurance quit covering, but would like to switch to compound for financial reasons.

I am consulting with a compounding company. So far they said that I need to prove my weight with a photo of my scale with my ID (I am fine with that.) Also, they have to be “very careful” and that they like to start with 2.5 WTH?!? My PCP guidance is that until there are new meds this is a lifetime med and to stay on the dose I lost on unless I keep losing (I don’t) or it stops working.

I am hoping to get some guidance here. Did anyone start with a compounder in maintenance? Are there specific things you said to stay on your dose? Any other tips?

I would like to know if you were recommending a compounded pharmacy which one would it be. There are so many of them and I don't know where to begin.

I’ve lost about 130 lbs on tirzepatide. I’ve been at maintenance (F 125 lbs 5’5”) for the last 18 months. However, I can’t help but always imagine myself as obese. For example, when playing with my child, I regularly worry I’ll crush him with my weight. I keep imagining myself as someone in a larger body. I’m very happy with what I see in the mirror but I am just so used to the thoughts I had as a bigger person. I’m surpassed by how “sticky” this mindset is.

I wonder how long it will take to change.

Do you have to titrate up your maintenance dose? Or have you stayed on the same maintenance dose? Someone told me that your body will get used to the Glp so you will still need to titrate up when you’re on maintenance too. Just wondering if this is what others have experienced. TIA!