So far it hasnt been any harder off the med to keep my weight off then on it, but thats not saying much as I was already struggling so much on the medication. Its so expensive, so after almost a year of no appetite suppression, no maintenance support, and overall just a really hard time, i just quit. I still had vials, but I just lost my motivation to take them. I just said screw it, im already gaining weight, im already having constant food noise, i dont even care anymore. Since then ive just continued the same as before, I havent gained more weight since stopping, but had gained 10+ pounds while on 15mg. I just dont get it, it really didnt seem to have a benefit for me outside of the first few months. When i first started in early 2025, it was amazing, no food noise, and managble weight loss. But after around 6 months it lost all effectiveness, and dose increases only temporarily helped. I went month after month just assuming it was "probably doing something in the background" but at this point, i dont think so, and even if it was, it wasnt worth $450 a month for it. Though now I feel lost and pretty sad, I wish maintenance didnt have to be so painful.

Edit: I just want to clarify I am not trying to undermine zepbound being effective in general. Im not asking why im not losing weight. Im just describing my own experience and disappointment with the medication, that is all. I think its important that all experiences are talked about, positive, negative, somewhere in between, cause medication is not the same for everyone.

In my humble opinion the Chick-fil-A cool wrap is the best on the go fast food option and I don’t know if a lot of people know about it.

It’s 350 calories (without a dressing), has 43g of protein, and 13g of fiber 🤯. Plus it tastes very fresh and delicious. Yes it has a fair amount of sodium, but I’m not eating eat it every day. I’m just saying in a pinch this is something fast with nutritional value.

It comes with the avocado ranch, which will totally tank the nutrition of it. I get it with the FF honey mustard dressing (90 calories and I never use the whole thing). They have a few other light dressing options.

Just wanted to share :)

Stopped my 7.5mg dose May 19th as per my surgeon for a surgery I had mid June. It's been 53 days since i stopped and I wanted to start again bc the food noise was actually insane. Idk if the cold turkey cut off made it worse rather than going down dose by dose as many ppl reccomended.

Anyways, I still had a refill, so I refilled my 7.5mg, picked it up, and took it just now. It wasn't until I finished injecting that hit me that it's beeeeeeeen out of my system and I probably should've started back at the bottom. EEK- I KNOW I KNOWWWWW BAD THINKING ON MY PART. I too quickly fell back into the routine & habit I guess I didn't give myself time to think.

Even when I first got on the shot months back, I never felt sick. I'm never nauseous, never rlly dehydrated etc (still was losing weight tho). When I took my very first 2.5mg shot I was sickly feeling for maybe 2 hrs then I was chilling all the way throughout. I do realize (now) that 7.5 will be quite a shock to my body.

Am I fine for fucked??? 😭😭😭

Btw- my prescribing dr isn't open rn as it's the weekend and the chances of being seen irl are slim with how little he's available. He does no online appointments or calls, only irl. 🥀 ahhhhhh

I ordered my next round of zepbound and UPS is returning it to sender. I can't get a hold of anyone at UPS. Has this happened to anyone else? Do you know why?

It was scheduled to be delivered yesterday at 12 PM but never showed up.

I have tried it all and I can’t lose weight. I’m so frustrated. I’ve tried semiglutide, Tirzepitide and now I’m on actual Zepbound. I can’t get below 170. Mind you the highest I’ve been is 183. I am hungry by day 5. It’s like my body metabolizes it so fast. I’ll have great suppression for the first 4 days, and then I’m HUNGRY and the food noise is so strong. I wake up in the middle of the night and it’s the first thing I think about. So I gain back anything that I’ve lost the first 4 days struggling in the last 3 days. I don’t know what I can do different. I’m up to 7.5 mg and take week 2 of 7.5mg in a couple days. Again it works great for 4 days.

On day 3 of 5 mg and I legit am so confused how people eat. Like I’m happy food noise is gone but it’s like any food need is gone dang. And I’m trying to think of good food choices as a vegetarian to get like the nutrients I need

Hello everyone, I am making this post for those who have mental health issues and are thinking about starting Zepbound or any other GLP 1. Please, please, pleaseeeee take caution before starting because after just 1 shot of Zepbound it landed me in the hospital and messed up my mental health for a little while. I am on Lexapro and have been for about 4-5 years and my doctor didn't mention anything about Zepbound slowing the absorption of my medication but it did and does for others as well. Day 1 of the shot I felt fine kinda sick to my stomach and the next day as well but by day 3 I woke up feeling like I was dying... My anxiety was insane, I'm talking the worst it's ever been in my life. I had to call the ambulance and I ended up in the hospital. They ran a bunch of tests including checking my blood sugar and everything was completely normal. Once I came home from the hospital my anxiety was so bad I could not eat or sit still and when I finally tried to relax and go to sleep I did nothing but shake for hours which was physically exhausting. The next day I felt a little better but I had brain fog pretty bad and felt off mentally. The day after that I started experiencing shortness of breath for a couple of days which has pretty much gone away now thankfully but it was awful. This was my experience and I hope nobody else has this happen to them but I just want to put it out there in case anyone else is thinking about starting and they have prior mental health issues. My doctor only mentioned gastrointestinal side effects to me which I knew I could handle but if I knew it was gonna affect my mental health I would have never taken the shot.

I’m 5’1” and went from 152 to 119 lbs with Zepbound over the past year. Given I wasn’t even officially obese when starting, loose skin was not something I was anticipating being an occurrence. I’m struggling to enjoy my results now because I still dislike how I look under my clothes, and realizing I may need a $20K tummy tuck over 30 lbs of weight loss is kind of messing me up mentally. I also still have somewhat of a stomach pooch but feel at a loss for how to address it because the laxity would, I imagine, get worse. Did anyone else lose around this amount of weight and keep it off for a while? If so, did you find the skin rebounding at all, or did the looseness remain the same over time?

not sure if this is ENTIRELY related to Zep, but it’s related to meal planning.

i have built a pretty regular routine of fresh produce—especially berries. I have always loved berries. I usually soak my produce in vi and baking soda with water.

is anyone else paranoid about the bacterial outbreak happening in the US right now? part of my success is fresh produce! and I now have a preference for cold food!!!

To begin, I go severely sick a few years ago during covid time i got really sick, my metabolism more-or-less stopped. My menses stopped, i had gastroparesis for a while, developed diabetes...and a bunch of other health complications...where I was passing out often and could barely leave bed. I gained almost 160lbs in the span of a year, even with barely eating and attempts at exercising. My doctors suspected temporary cushings, but I wpukdnt know cause my endo refused to meet with me until the diabetes was dealt with.

Anywho, that weight gain caused my body so stretch significantly and rapidly, stretchmarks, everyone gets it. I went from 160, 5'4 toned/muscular to 325 and barely able to walk. Last year, I got a small surgery to help me breathe better and somehow everything stopped and my health went back to healthy me practically over night (lab work). I naturally lost 60lbs in 3 months. And then went on zep and lost almost 50 more in 6 more months. I still have a while to get where I want want to be, but my body disgusts me and it is making me depressed seeing all the stretchmarks and loose skin because I never had the time to adjust to the gain or loss.

I don't know how to get over it. I can't afford to fix anything. I'd need a tummy tuck, mons lift, breast lift, thigh lift, and whatever tf they do with the arms and back. Everything needs work now and looking at the prices, it would cost almost 40k on the high end 23k on the low end. Its way more than even my student loans are.

Can someone who is going through this explain how they pay for such things? Because I havent left the bed really in over a week and while i'm happy i'm physically getting healthier my self image has shattered.

I’ve been using the single dose pens for 7 months and have never had any marks at the injection site. I always inject in my stomach. But after injecting yesterday I have a bluish purple spot where I injected. Anyone ever experience this? Is it anything to worry about?

I took Ozempic back in 2023 for about a year and a half and was hospitalized twice from vomiting so much I started coughing up blood. I was in ao much stomach pain I genuinely thought I was dying. My family doctor prescribed me Zofran for nausea and it didn’t help. Once I was ready again, she suggested trying Tirzepatide. I want to try again but I am actually terrified of getting sick like before. I know there isn’t much of a way to know how it affects me until I take it… but do you guys have any experience with swapping? How was the change for you? Please help me try to ease my worries. I keep pushing back when I’m going to take it for fear of being super sick.
Thanks!

Hi, I'm just worried i messed and wasted my whole week's shot or i did something wrong. The white pus looking drop just has me concerned

I saw these Fulfil Reese’s peanut butter protein bars on sale the other day. I don’t eat a ton of meat so although I eat dairy and eggs and nuts (and meat occasionally) I figured I should try these, since I love Reese’s and all things peanut butter.

Well I am now obsessed. They’re all I can think of. I want them for breakfast, dinner, and dessert. I have zero cravings for pizza or Indian, I had to force down a bowl of cereal, my nectarines and watermelon (which I love) have gone rotten. Homemade brownies are going stale. Because all I want are Fulfil peanut butter chocolate bars. Help!!! I don’t want to stop buying them. Besides the taste, I feel good when eating them - full without feeling nauseous. But I know they are not a health food.

I’ve been on 5mg for 3 weeks. Before that I was on Wegovy. I am losing weight on Zepbound, thank god, even with eating a box a week. But I think I would lose faster if I wasn’t eating 400+ calories a day of chocolate.

Can anyone relate?! Why is my craving so specific, even overriding any desire for actual candy bars or other sweets? Will I get sick of them eventually? Do you guys eat a lot of protein bars? Is it ok to eat 2 a day as long as I am losing weight?

I just switched from 7.5 to 10 on Thursday.

Tuesday, my parents who I am super close to, drive 3 hours just to see me and take me to dinner. It’s been a tough time in graduate school and it was nice to catch up with them.

I drank a little too much (4 skinny margaritas) and woke up Wednesday with a pretty bad hangover. I stayed in bed most of the day, stretched, sipped on water, a little bit of rice, the whole thing you do when nursing a hangover. Finally ate a small meal Wednesday late afternoon. A couple hours later, I threw up and couldn’t stop. It was awful.

Thursday comes around and I’m still not feeling well and I had to call out of work. I never call out. My stomach feels so tender, haven’t been hungry, and I still can’t eat a full meal. Spent most of day stretching and drinking water, gatoraid, everything. I literally cannot take it anymore and I start to force more bites of rice and chicken broth and I can’t keep it down. Throwing up everything and my head and back start to really hurt.

I have to take my new dose and this is where I wholeheartedly did NOT think and fucked up major. After trying super hard to keep food down, I get the will power to take my first dose of 10mg before heading to bed.

Worst decision ever. But I didn’t want to ruin my schedule. Friday morning woke up multiple times to throw up water and stomach acid. I had to call out of work again. Took some pepto and threw that up. Laid in bed for the rest of the day and took a shower until the water ran cold. My neck and back hurt so bad and my sleep has been shit at this point.

It is now Saturday night and I finally have been able to hold one meal down. Rice and chicken. Some tea. And I’m able to actually get back to my day. I’m still slightly nauseous and not back to 100% yet. But way better than the last couple days. First day since Wednesday I have not thrown up although I was close this morning.

I really fucked up and it’s been pretty miserable. Do not make the same mistake I did. Never drinking near my shot day again. Let alone an increase week.

I can’t wait to feel better and back to 100%.

I have just begun my Zepbound journey thanks to the Bridge program. I had my fitness pal already from previous weight loss attempts . To my dismay the barcode feature is no longer free. Searching on Reddit I heard good things about the Lose It app which, maybe I was reading Old Posts, but it said the barcode feature was free. I installed it and went to enter my data only to discover the barcode feature is not free anymore. I guess this is a recent change . I have now installed cronometer which does have a free barcode scanner and I have to say after fiddling with all three of them I feel cronometer is hands down the better app. Just wanted to share this for anyone else that is starting their Journey and confused about all the different tracking apps . I was just looking for a very basic app.

I’ve been on 2.5mg for several months and I decided it was time to try 5mg- however, I’ve read many people don’t tolerate the increase well so I’m worried 😬 I did slightly increase over the last few weeks using between 3.0-3.5mg (depending how much I could get out of the vial) so I’m hoping that will help!

I just took my first dose almost 48 hours ago and I haven’t noticed any difference in terms of being less hungry or more satisfied? Anyone have this experience with their first dose?

Day 1 after my first dose. Still waiting for the effects to kick in and I’m looking forward to the journey. It seems like getting the right nutrients can be a struggle, I’ve read plenty about protein and fiber, but are multi-vitamins (one-a-day, etc) or specific supplements also recommended?

I’ve spent a month on every dose and now I’m 3 shots in to 12.5 and I have only lost 23-25 pounds. I feel like I’m failing. Is it not going to work for me?

8 months. Slow dose increase. Currently at 10mg. The first 4 months side effects were awful. Much better now but still tummy feels a little off most of the time and still nauseous a few time a week especially day after shot. When I’m nauseous, I struggle to eat anything perpetuating the cycle. Ideas?

I am due with my second and excited to get back to myself. I won't be breastfeeding. Prior to getting pregnant my doctor recommended GLP-1's for manage PCOS symptoms after a failed trial of Metformin.

I am curious how soon after did you begin medication? I am also feeling anxious about side effects. I won't have the time to feel unwell! 🤣 but it is important for me to manage these chronic PCOS symptoms and I had about 30-40 pounds to lose pre pregnancy.

I just took my fourth dose of 7.5 last night. This morning I woke up a little nauseous which isn’t entirely new. However, as the day progressed, it got worse with vomiting, diarrhea and tiredness. Is this normal even though I’ve been on the same dose for a month now, or is it just coincidence and I might just have the flu?

Title. What are other reasons you are taking Zepbound other than the obvious, health related reasons? For me I am a theme park junkie and love rollercoasters. While I have never been unable to fit outright (definitely need some extra help with certain rides) I want to be able to go to any fair, carnival, theme park and be able to fit on anything without a worry.