4 Months In — Everyday Life Is Getting Easier

Four months in.

By July 20, I was officially 68 pounds down.

There weren’t any huge changes to what I was doing this month. I was still trying to stay consistent with the gym, keep moving, and continue doing the things that had gotten me this far.

But summer was giving me another way to measure my progress.

I'm Not As Tired

There are church activities, things to do outside, places to go, and plenty of days where I’m moving around more than usual.

Last summer, that kind of schedule would wear me out.

This year, I was noticing that it wasn’t.

I still got tired, obviously, but I wasn’t feeling completely drained by normal summer activities the way I remembered feeling the year before.

That’s becoming one of my favorite parts of this journey.

The scale gives me a number, and I keep all of those numbers on my progress page, but everyday life keeps giving me little reminders that something is actually changing.

A Small Change to My Stack

Around this time, I also added Tirzepatide to what I was doing.

I wasn’t looking to replace Retatrutide. Retatrutide was still the main part of what I was doing, but I had started noticing hunger returning later in the week as I got closer to my Friday dose.

So I began using a small amount of Tirzepatide during the week to help bridge that gap and get me through to Friday.

It was another adjustment as I learned how my body was responding several months into the journey. You can see what I'm currently using on my current stack page.

68 Pounds Later

At four months, I didn’t have some dramatic new routine to report.

And maybe that’s actually the point.

I was still going to the gym.

Still trying to make better choices.

Still staying active.

But now I was doing all of that 68 pounds lighter, and a busy summer wasn’t taking as much out of me as it used to.

Sometimes progress isn’t starting something new.

Sometimes it’s realizing the things you already do aren’t as hard anymore.

By the five-month mark, those changes were becoming even harder to miss.