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Basically for the past week I’ve been eating half of a stuffed bell pepper and a cabbage salad every night for supper. Smoked some ribs and I shred and make quesadillas with them so I am eating but these are small portions. I am down 10 lbs and don’t feel the need to eat. My main issue was I am only doing the lowest dosage and haven’t taken in 1 week 3 days and the shits didn’t start until 5 days in. Is this normal. Guess I’m not wanting to go to a gastroenterologist for no reason. I don’t plan on taking my next shot until Sunday. So every 2 weeks. Is this long enough for my body to get used to this

ok so dont wait so long between doses. you can still lower dose though. i would start with 1/4 of what you are currently doing 2x per week.

you dont have to do as high as prescribed. start low, add more only as needed. you already lost 10 lbs

and thats cool you lost 10 lbs and are eating cleaner but are you tracking protein and total calories? if not you are wasting time, you will just put the weight back on. you have to use the medicine to allow you to learn healthy habits

you need to be shooting for 1g of protein for goal weight. so if goal weight is 175, get 175g protien. Thats lower than we normally recommend but i understand you are having trouble eating(like i said lower the damn dose)

are you lifting weights? if not, again wasting time with the medicine. lifting weights in a progressive manner 3x per week for about an hour(mainly free weight exercises) is the fastest way to change the look of your body and also to ensure you keep the weight off

in summary

1) lower the damn dose. dont care if you are on lowest that is prescribed, cut it in half and split that over 2 doses

2) up your protein and green veggies and start trackign your macros

3) lift free weights progressively 3x per week.

4) walk- start with 5k steps per day. track and raise as needed to break plateau.