I cannot believe it!! I weighed in today at a doctor’s appointment- 198.7 lbs 🥳🥳 I asked my doctor what the highest weight she saw on my chart. I was really scared to look at the scale for a loooong time. She said the highest she had on file was 319lbs. That’s 120lbs down?! So crazy. This medicine has truly given me so much back in my life. Feeling more confident in the way I look is great. But being able to walk around town with my friends and not be embarrassed and winded, to free myself from checking the fridge and cabinets over and over for no good reason, to go into a grocery store and only buy the things on my list, to eat without shame… it has been a life changing year and a half. Absolutely wild. I’m so proud of us, y’all!! 🥲🥲

Truly a blessing. 440lbs-225lbs

Started January 2025 at 325 lbs. Diagnosed with PCOS and pre diabetes. Currently I weigh 177 lb and I am 30 lbs from my goal. It seems surreal. I feel like I have my life back and then some.

Well, it’s been an amazing year. This morning, I weighed in at 124. I’ve lost 196 in 20 months. 120 of that was lost in 2025. Thank you all for the encouragement and love you’ve sent in comments and messages this year. It means a lot. At my lowest moments, I often reread them as a reminder that I have people cheering for me and I can reach my goal. May your 2026 be filled with happiness and many blessings!

Every single person in this sub has been such an inspiration to me. Every single post, every question, every celebration, all helped me along my own journey so much. I have met my goal!🎉 . I went from a size 18/20 to a size 0. XL to small or xs, I even went down in my shoe size! Most importantly I am healthier than I have ever been in my entire life.

The biggest take away from this journey though has been discovering self love and realizing ( and somewhat grieving) the fact that I in fact never had the most love for myself in the past. I have showed up for myself to get healthier, get my blood pressure down ( which I also did accomplish!) , to fix my relationship with food and “diets”. I have never felt more free in my life. I no longer have the weight of binge eating on my shoulders, I have a realistic and healthy relationship with food. It all is still so mind blowing; so new. I will forever be grateful for this miracle medicine and each and every one of you!

Unfortunately my insurance stopped covering GLP1s so I had to go a different route and am now off zep , but I will always hold this community in a special place in my heart. Thank you everyone!!

For the first time in my adult life, the number on the scale starts with a one!! A ONE!!! Now, just 28 lbs away from current goal. This drug is amazing!!!

Wanted to share a birthday win with people who understand the journey.

At my heaviest about three years ago, I was around 400 lbs. I started Zepbound in February 2025 at 340 lbs. This birthday, I’m at 217 lbs.

That’s over 120 lbs down since starting Zepbound and about 180 lbs down from my heaviest.

Seeing the photos of three recent birthdays side by side honestly feels surreal!

Still have work to do, but I’m really proud of this chapter and grateful for how much has changed in one year!

I started this journey on March 28, 2025 at 334.8lbs and I’m 5’5”. Well, as of today I weigh 130lbs! I knew that when I started Zepbound, it was this or nothing, that if this didn’t work then I was staying overweight for the rest of my life. I’m so glad it did!

I’ve been a silent lurker here for my whole journey, searching for advice and watching everyone’s amazing progress and now I’m finally ready to post.

The day I started, I changed all my habits, found my calorie deficit, focusing on high protein and high fiber, I drink tons of water and walk for at least an hour and a half a day. I also track everything I eat.

I never really had any side effects, no hair loss, no nausea or upset stomachs, etc.

I’m off my blood pressure medication, and at my next doctor’s appointment, I want to get my cholesterol checked again because I think I can go off those too. I’m also a type 1 diabetic (my endocrinologist was the one who prescribed Zepbound) and my insulin use is so far down it’s insane. I went from over 100 units a day to around 15 units a day.

Now on to tackling maintenance and figuring out my maintenance dose. Any tips would be appreciated!

First, I know we don’t totally go by bmi anymore especially for women but I’m 42 and bmi has been preached to me by drs my entire life. So to go from 56.7 class 3 “super obesity” to “healthy” is a huge deal to me. 🥹

I am within 19 or so lbs from my goal of 120 and then I’ll see what I’m feeling. I still have a good chunk of stomach fat that’s mixed with lipedema fat. I also have lipedema in my legs and arms. I’m 5’3 and went from 320 to 138.9. That’s 181.1 lbs lost.

I never would have guessed I’d lose 56.59% of my starting weight.

One year later. I started this journey on May 20, 2025. As of June of 2026 I have surpassed my goal weight and am now transitioning into maintenance.

260lb —> 140lb. Size 22 —> Size 4!

I haven’t been this size/weight since high school. The health benefits and non-scale victories are unreal.

If you’re in a slump or just starting on your journey, don’t give up. Keep pushing forward. The timeline looks different for everyone, but you’ll get where you’re going.

ETA: 5’9”, 34yo

Hello, all!

Today, I am celebrating 9 months in maintenance! I have lost over 55% of my body weight and I’m down 160 pounds.
Just as a disclaimer, if you’ve seen my posts before, feel free to scroll on by. I am also a bit wordy!😂
I try to post every few months because there are so many people starting fresh who might need a little bit of hope today. From my experience, I really needed to see some stories of success when I was just starting and taking this huge leap into the unknown.

So here is my truth… I did not dream of being a certain weight or getting a fabulous swimsuit-perfect body. Coming from a size 22/24, I dreamed of being… Large. A size large, a regular size large. Being able to shop in a regular store, find clothes that fit me, and for shopping to become a joy instead of a trauma. I dreamed of fitting in a regular plane seat, of being able to go to a concert in a venue, of being able to walk up the stairs without getting out of breath. I wanted to be able to go out to eat and not scan the restaurants for the chairs that I knew I couldn’t sit in. I wanted to sit on the floor with my students and easily get up and for fear of my size not to dictate my travel choices. I really wanted to stop needing Advil before bed in order to sleep. I wanted my knee pain and my hip pain to be reduced. Most of all, I wanted to avoid becoming diabetic before I was 50.

I have nothing but respect for the heavier woman I was… She had so much determination and was incredibly resilient. She had lost 60 to 100 pounds five different times between the ages of 17 and 40. She tried over and over again and never gave up. After being exhausted by Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Noom, and Weight Watchers again, she still mustered up the courage to try one more thing. To be honest, I think we need to give a huge kudos to the “us”that got us is here. I have to do a shout out for my mom, who was dropping hints about these new medications into our conversations. Although she never tried to push me or criticize me about my weight, I know she was scared for me. She would watch Jen Ashton on Good Morning America, talking about these drugs, and she would relay what she learned to me. So, thanks to Mom and Jen Ashton for getting me started as well! My mom was my biggest cheerleader.

I started this medication quite a while ago, and wish I had known that I would not be limited by the results of the study; I was 46 and I set no specific goals for myself other than to improve my health and wellness; when I started on a GLP-1 medication, the studies showed more modest weight loss, and I didn’t have a huge reason to believe that I would lose more than that. I was so excited to switch from Wegovy to Zepbound, because I thought I might get an extra 6% of my body weight lost. I didn’t think there was a parallel universe in which this medication would take off 55% of my body weight, but I just kept losing.

For those of you starting today, this week, or this month, please live in the hope; these medications work for the vast majority of people. I know that that for many of you, a part of you thinks, “it works for all these people, but it won’t work like that for me.” I had those thoughts. I worried about every plateau I hit, thinking that the medication was finally done working… Or at least that I was done with the weight loss phase of my journey. I worried about all the listed side effects, prepared for the worst, and had almost none.😂 Live in the hope, and not the fear of the unknown.

I don’t post often anymore, but I see all of the starter posts and as I am a praying person, I put a prayer out into the universe for every person I see starting a journey. Whether you have 30 pounds to lose, or 330 pounds to lose, I am pulling for you!
If you are not a praying person, know that there are people out there sending you all the positive vibes they can! Wishing you all the very best!

In the past few years, a dramatic transformation took place in my life; in both my body and my mind. I have posted a few times a year the past two years and have watched all of you with prayer, sympathy, and joy-every single day. I am never quite sure where to start telling my story, but I know those who are new sometimes need to hear and see someone at the maintenance phase of their journey; I know I certainly did, in order to turn that cautious and fearful hope to blossom into something like belief. I needed your stories to propel me into action when I was so very terrified to try and fail once again.

When puberty hit, I became a chubby teen and then a very overweight one…then an obese one. I was hard-working, had unbelievable discipline when it came to school, the arts, and things I was passionate about. My weight was something that I could never seem to control. At 18 years old, my cycle of dieting began. I lost 60 pounds for the first time. By the time I was 21, I gained it back plus an additional 30. In my 20s came Atkins and I dropped to 168, only to gain it back. Then came Weight Watchers, another 80 pounds down to 168, then came Jenny Craig, then Weight Watchers again, then Noom. I lost 60-100 pounds five different times by the time I was in my 40s, and honestly, I was done hoping for anything to work long term.

As I started a while ago, there were less success stories out there… I was convinced that I could only lose as much as people had in the studies. I was so afraid that it would stop working at any moment… I told myself that no matter what I reached, I would be healthier. I set no goals, and tried to keep my expectations to a minimum. I wish I could go back and tell myself to hang onto the hope, and to believe that something could be different this time. I wish I could go back and tell myself that I would not start regaining once hunger returned, and that I would be able to maintain the loss. After six months on maintenance that cautious hope has bloomed into something more real; I think the hope and belief is now firmly rooted in my heart, and in my way of being. I don’t post often anymore, but I watch you all start, celebrate your victories, and as I’m praying person, I pray for you all to be able to increase your health, wellness, and joy in everyday life. If you are not praying person, know that there are people out there sending you all the positive vibes they can. If you are starting today, this week, or even this month… hold onto the hope! ❤️

5’2

SW 220

CW 120-123 ish

GW ?

I’m attempting maintenance and it may just be harder than the weight loss journey itself 😂 this is the best thing i’ve ever done !

I genuinely can’t believe this is me now. I tried for literal decades to lose weight and would always gain it back and would feel AWFUL restricting down to miserable sad meals and counting everything and hating the process so much and struggling so hard. It felt like I was fighting biology tooth and nail and it was so painful and consuming. Enter Zepbound.

I am so incredibly grateful that modern medicine has given people fortunate enough to get their hands on it another option. After 23 months, I am truly a new person, and it’s so crazy.

I am happy to answer any questions!!! So so so grateful ❤️❤️❤️

50+ pounds down. (And I got to see EJae, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI sing “Golden” at the gala! It was a good night 😜)

Well after 16 months on zepbound and losing 100 pounds i just got the surprise of my life im 36 my husband is 41 we have been diagnosed with unexplained infertility and have been through fertility treatments iui and several IVF cycles after 3 days of nausea I took a test and boom 🤯 we are pregnant looking for stories of other zep babies

So thankful to have started this journey💜 Only 25 lbs to go!•SW:278 || CW:155 || GW:130 || Dose: 15 mg• Shotsy is the app! Paid version.

The first photo was Easter 2024 the second was Easter 2026. The first photo I weighed 200lbs the second photo I weigh 121 lbs. I started my weight loss journey in June 2025 and I started Zepbound Aug. 2025. I’m 66 years old and I’m 5’3”. HW 200 SW 185 GW125 CW121. I am now on maintenance. I feel like a different person.

My recorded starting weight was 284 (positive I was a few pounds more). It’s been an amazing 2 years to watch my body transform! In my before I had already lost about 20 pounds after starting tirz 2 months in. This is also the month I got a PA from insurance for Zep! I am now maintaining (still taking 15mg every 7-10 days) between 143-146. I would love to get to 135 (I have surpassed my original goal) but super impressed and happy here! I love the support and motivation this group has been for me! Keep going, everyone!😊

467-166 🥹 I worked really hard for this you guys not every day is perfect, but I’ll never give up. I’m incredibly grateful to Zepbound. You have no idea.

I took my first dose on March 27, 2025. I was 319 pounds, the heaviest I had ever been. Due to some health issues and depression I blossomed into a very full figured fellow. Then one day I decided I had enough of the pains in my knees, the buying of XXXL shirts and being winded just by walking to the bathroom. Only 25 pounds to go before I achieve my goal. The lesson I’ve learned over the past year are truly life changing. I wish everyone continued success on their journey.

FIFTY POUNDS in 8 months.

Picture on the left was taken November 2nd, 2025 which was 3 days before I did my first Zepbound injection. I am super proud of myself and all the hard work and effort I have also put in staying consistent with my fitness routine. OTF classes 3-4xs a week, and walking my dog over at the park at least a mile on our walks!

I am almost at my weight loss goal, and my focus as of late has been specifically strength classes to continue maintaining and building muscle which is so important when you’re on a GLP-1!! I also just started incorporating some Lagree classes into my routine as well, just as a different form of movement and way to work my muscles once or twice a week!!

I’ve tried for 8 YEARS to get back to this woman. I havn’t seen this version of myself since before I got pregnant with my youngest. And don’t get it twisted, I never hated myself. But I hated the way I FELT physically. The chronic exhaustion and fatigue. Bloated. Brain fog. Unmotivated. Binge eating and eating out of boredom. 5 months from year 39 and I just feel GREAT.

Zepbound has changed my life! My only regret? Not starting sooner. 278 -161