Well done op. It’s wonderful isn’t it! I’ve lost 6 and a half stone, now a size 8-10 at 5ft 6.5, work out six days a week, have visible muscle and tone. I’m mid 50s. My sleep apnea is cured, and I’m off the blood pressure meds,
I’m now in maintenance, and will stay on the lowest therapeutic dose, which is 5mg long term or till something better comes along. I feel so much healthier, I sleep 8 hours a night, wake up in a great mood, and vainly am for the first time ever very happy with my weight and appearance. I also ate my protein, and took biotin daily and my hair has never been better. My blood test results are now all normal.
i tell anyone who asks how I did it, and the healthy results are staring them in the face, could I try to go it alone, sure but I know it will come back on ultimately and I don’t want to live my life with that daily struggle,I also want the other therapeutic benefits of the drugs ie blood sugar management, insulin management and of course the new findings cardio vascular, liver and kidney health, as well as potentially, now in trials, preventing certain cancers and even dementia.
studies are now also showing it has an anti ageing effect on our internal organs, something to do with t cell production and the anti inflammatory effects, which doesn’t just slow ageing of our internal organs but in some people reversing it.
and of course contrary to the media scare stories, the instances of pancreatitis and gallstones is actually significantly reduced in people who take it, and its weight gain or rapid weight loss that causes that, so as long as you lose at a healthy rate, say 2lbs a week, then you limit risk from losing weight. Thyroid cancer was seen in mice in early trials but they tweaked it and not since, but it still goes on the box. They think over 50 million people now on the drugs globally as every developed country has approved, and thr WHO will approve next month and likely put it on their list of essential medication, which means every country with a functioning health care system needs to offer it to their population.
I just wish it was available to everyone in the right dose, but for many it is affordable, you’re only on the high doses for a short period, the lower doses really cost 20 odd quid a week if you take the 5fh dose, and that’s offset often i. the reduction is grocery and alcohol bill. We will get there though, as more drugs enter the arena.
good luck on the rest of your journey, and then maintenance, and I hope you look and feel wonderful x