Really, there hasn't been anything earth-shattering, by way of side effects or results. It's day THREE.
Here's what I know so far:
- I've been burping and belching a lot, but more burping than all-out roar belches, and not the sulfur burps that I've heard so much about. I wonder if those people eat a lot of eggs?
- No real headaches yet from the tirzepatide. In the first few weeks of the HRT, I had a lot of headaches, but they seem to have declined in frequency. See also, the air pressure around here changes hourly, so I have no doubt that THAT plays into the cranium ailments, as well.
- I haven't started to exercise again yet. I am giving myself a week or two to get acclimated.
- I don't have constipation yet, but have purchased some fiber gummies in the event that things stop moving.
- I have not eaten enough in the past three days to create any significant movement (in the GI department)
- I have noticed that within 5-10 minutes of finishing a meal, I do have to make my way to the facilities. I don't have full-blown diarrhea, but let's just say things aren't solid.
- I consume a magical metric fuqueton of water, and Sonic ice, per day, so that won't be a concern. I am fully hydrated.
- Sleep has not been affected.
- I haven't noticed any fatigue beyond the normal amounts.
- I am cognizant, VERY, of not eating too much so as to prevent any sort of vomiting or bloaty discomfort.
- I also noticed that last night, having a meal of three smaller shicken tenderloins, and some grilled vegebles, that I was near-on queasy after only a few bites. I ate 1.5 shicken tendies, and probably 1/2 a cup of vegebles, and that was it. Not TRYING to eat less, but eating less because it wasn't sitting well with my whatevers. I also had three or four bites of a "guilt-free" chocolate chip cookie, and am perfectly fine if I never have it again.
- Day one, and day one only, I did have this weird tingly semi-metallic feeling/taste on my tongue. It went away.
So, let's discuss this food noise thing. I don't have "FOOD" noise. I have brain noise. I don't have cravings for certain types or specific items of food. In fact, most the time, I'm not hungry for anything (before the first shot), which just led to laziness and not making great choices. My noise is more self-flagellation over my appearance, weight, the scale, and depression.
Over the years, I've gone from weighing myself never, to weighing in multiple times per morning, to weighing in twice, to now weighing in once a day, right when I get up. I also went from using three scales in assorted locations to two, to now, only one.
Back in the first part of the year when I was regularly walking and going to the gym and working on eating better, I decided it'd be a good idea to buy a better scale. It was the wrong idea. I bought that new scale, after having lost a good 10+ pounds, and that new scale was five+ pound heavier than the old one. This totally derailed me. COMPLETELY. What the actual FUQUE? I gave up, which brings me to today, right?
To me, and only me, that kind of brain noise is worse than any food noise because it just sits in there picking away and destroying my motivation. So, if this medication can silence that particular daemon, it will be worth it. If it can quiet the obsessive thoughts, it's a win.
I've had decades of disordered thought and eating, going back to probably junior high. I'm just ready to let that go. Seriously ready.
There you have it - the reason I decided to try this - I just want peace and quiet inside my cranium. 40+ years of it is more than enough.
In other news, I decided to go back to Factor for a minute, in order to make sure that I am getting enough protein, and nutrients. Winging it will not work, and it's far too hot still, here in the desert, to do any sort of meaningful food prep. My first delivery gets here this coming Monday.
Beyond that, I've got nothing. I'll share all the starting stats and the like next week when I do the one-week thing.
xo
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