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I just started 2.5 MGS five days ago of Zepbound.    I'm about 6' and 225 and trying to get down to 190, so overweight but not yet obese.
It's working good on curbing my appetite and not eating nearly as much, but I'm also experiencing nausea and vomitted a couple times after lunch.   Hopefully these are just temporary side effects.   
I'm a type 1 diabetic, and my blood sugars have been more in range since being on it, but that just might be from eating less.
My insurance won't pay for it since it isn't FDA approved for Type 1 yet and my endo said Zepbound was the best GLP for self pay for weight loss.   It's only $295 a month through Lilly direct with no income limits and they can transfer it for pick up at Walmart 

I can only tell you my experience. I don’t know if it’s universal but I’ve been taking it for a long time and I can tell you that now I don’t even notice anything, but it still works. At the beginning, it takes some time to get used to it. 
The first thing I noticed was that food did not taste good for a long time and I would go out to eat, and I wouldn’t even want to finish the food on my plate. I lost all enjoyment of food for a while there.
Very quickly, I noticed weight loss like I’ve never seen before.
After several months, I started to feel like I hit a plateau, but for reasons I’m about to explain that was all in my head. My doctor at the time was not very knowledgeable about it as she let me skip a dose increase so I went up 2 levels instead of one. I don’t remember which dose I landed in but  holy crap, I got disgustingly sick after taking that increased dose to the point where I just felt absolutely disgusting for a whole week: serious painful bloating, farts that smelled like death, burps that tasted like rotten eggs.  The bloat was so painful that I could not sleep for three days.. don’t skip levels. Once you injected, there is nothing you can do but wait for the agony to end. 
I went back down to the correct increase. Things got normal again after about a week and still didn’t feel like much was going on but weight was still falling off uncontrollably. The weight loss was glorious.
Now I just take it regularly and I’m at probably the lowest weight of my adult life and it’s stabilized. Food tasted fine again and I’m used to eating less. I don’t have the feeling that I need to eat when I’m bored. 
So I think if you get past the initial discomfort, the initial hatred of food, and, I’m not gonna lie, some very disgusting burps and farts and your body gets acclimated to it, which can take many months, It’s easy. There’s no side effects at least for me and the weight stays off. 

If the provider wants money up front never a tip.
If it's a legit massage with a professional i usually tip around $20 since they have to pay rent for the studio and do their own towels, etc, just like the person who cuts my hair.
Escorts I use to tip more regularly pre covid.    But since a lot of their rates have gone up big time, I usually don't now unless their rates are reasonable or they go over.    
I set my own rates as a professional and my bill rate is only $275 an hour and I claim the income and have people to pay and rent and overhead and we don't expect a tip.   We adjust our bill rates appropriately   

I hate that they're considering altering the rules for S&P inclusion to get SpaceX in earlier than it otherwise would be.
Kevin Slater

If you are currently at an age where you’re taking RMDs from your IRA you might want to consider a Qualified Charitable Distribution.  There is an upper limit to the amount you can give as a QCD ($108,000, I think) and the stock must be transferred directly from your IRA to the charity.  Using a QCD allows you to meet your RMD and is not taxable as income to you.  Make sure the organization is a registered charity and that it can accept stock as a contribution.  Many small non-profits and charities don’t have a brokerage account to accept stock transactions.   

Glad I found this thread (not that I would have hired him anyway at his rates if he had great reviews).   He's in my area now and the pics were good and sounds like he isn't a lot of the things I am.   He quoted me $500 for an hour.   

I'm almost 60 and only reason I  haven't retired yet is I have great 100% company paid health insurance and am on a coupel very expensive maintenance meds.   If I were to get married I could go under the husband's health insurance    They are also protected for things like Death and disability insurance.   and if one makes a lot more than the other they can draw off their SS or if one has a pension and the other SS that helps out.   Also for 401K and IRAs there's a lot of tax advantages if it's a spouse

Even if the guy was older than me, I'd insist on a prenup at my age.   And if I outlive my mom, I'd like to protect her assets as well that I inherit and would have them in a separate account with the charities she had for the contingent if I don't need to spend it to go to those charities on my death instead of the husband's family.

I'm almost 60 and only reason I  haven't retired yet is I have great 100% company paid health insurance and am on a coupel very expensive maintenance meds.   If I were to get married I could go under the husband's health insurance    They are also protected for things like Death and disability insurance.   and if one makes a lot more than the other they can draw off their SS or if one has a pension and the other SS that helps out.   Also for 401K and IRAs there's a lot of tax advantages if it's a spouse

Even if the guy was older than me, I'd insist on a prenup at my age.   And if I outlive my mom, I'd like to protect her assets as well that I inherit and would have them in a separate account with the charities she had for the contingent if I don't need to spend it to go to those charities on my death instead of the husband's family.

I'm almost 60 and only reason I  haven't retired yet is I have great 100% company paid health insurance and am on a coupel very expensive maintenance meds.   If I were to get married I could go under the husband's health insurance    They are also protected for things like Death and disability insurance.   and if one makes a lot more than the other they can draw off their SS or if one has a pension and the other SS that helps out.   Also for 401K and IRAs there's a lot of tax advantages if it's a spouse

Even if the guy was older than me, I'd insist on a prenup at my age.   And if I outlive my mom, I'd like to protect her assets as well that I inherit and would have them in a separate account with the charities she had for the contingent if I don't need to spend it to go to those charities on my death instead of the husband's family.

I'm almost 60 and only reason I  haven't retired yet is I have great 100% company paid health insurance and am on a coupel very expensive maintenance meds.   If I were to get married I could go under the husband's health insurance    They are also protected for things like Death and disability insurance.   and if one makes a lot more than the other they can draw off their SS or if one has a pension and the other SS that helps out.   Also for 401K and IRAs there's a lot of tax advantages if it's a spouse

Even if the guy was older than me, I'd insist on a prenup at my age.   And if I outlive my mom, I'd like to protect her assets as well that I inherit and would have them in a separate account with the charities she had for the contingent if I don't need to spend it to go to those charities on my death instead of the husband's family.

I like using sugar free vanilla flavor creamer in mine or with Bailey's for an after dinner drink  

I like using sugar free vanilla flavor creamer in mine or with Bailey's for an after dinner drink  

If the provider wants money up front never a tip.
If it's a legit massage with a professional i usually tip around $20 since they have to pay rent for the studio and do their own towels, etc, just like the person who cuts my hair.
Escorts I use to tip more regularly pre covid.    But since a lot of their rates have gone up big time, I usually don't now unless their rates are reasonable or they go over.    
I set my own rates as a professional and my bill rate is only $275 an hour and I claim the income and have people to pay and rent and overhead and we don't expect a tip.   We adjust our bill rates appropriately   

With wait staff, cleaning people, hotel staff, barber, etc I generally tip 20%-30% -- but I tip providers the same amount I tip my lawyer, physician, medical specialists, architect, psychiatrist. business consultant, private coach, etc. Once you get an hourly rate in excess of $200 per hour, tipping is not necessary (unless you have money to burn). 

I reached out to him and he told me thirty percent so he must have raised it LOL.
I didn't both responding because he said since it was folsom weekend he was charging an "event rate" of $500 an hour.   He looks like a hot guy but not that hot.   

Thanks that worked.  

Actually I am worth total almost 3M, but I don't consider myself wealthy but we judge our wealth in some respect to our peers.  And that is considering that my social security meets all of my monthly nut and some additional expenditures.    I am very cognizant that I need to maintain my nest egg and need to live to do that. 
I do watch how I spend my money.   I come from a family that never had financial issues but was taught to be mindful about money.  I live at a middle of the road level.  I fly upgraded coach.  I stay at Hampton Inn level hotels.  I will eat at Outback but prefer a slightly better restaurant although I don't eat out often as I am definitely not a foodie.    Living in Las Vegas I do shun the places on the Strip.  I buy mid level cars, the last a Hyundai Tuscon, new,  but keep them for 5 plus years.  I rarely shop Macy's. more like Kohl's on sale or the outlet mall.
   I do live in an upscale community so by comparison to those who eat out constantly and take several expensive vacations a year, and also have vacation homes or have 500K bus size RV I don't feel wealthy.  But I am also aware of how very fortunate I am, rating in probably the top 10% of the country so I shed no tears and ask for no sympathy.  But I am can't buy 3000K pants from Neiman Marcus or spend 1000K for a night at the Four Seasons,  that is wealthy.

Sorry I thought I added it.  It’s in now

Can't wait for season two.   I loved episode six where it was becoming more of a romance story than just two guys hooking up.    

I really want to read the books now

At least that's better than being a British man who says tea is not his cup of opera.

Can't wait for season two.   I loved episode six where it was becoming more of a romance story than just two guys hooking up.    

Can't wait for season two.   I loved episode six where it was becoming more of a romance story than just two guys hooking up.    

I really miss the happy tap in Windsor where they took it all off.   
I remember going to the Gold Coast in college, a friend of mine loved the gas station and one time we went to the Gold Coast and he always called it the "troll coast" lol

If you know his favorite liquor or wine, buy him a bottle of that.
My mailman loves Johnny Walker black and I always get him a bottle of that every year for Christmas and he told me it's his favorite Christmas gift he gets from the few people on that route that buy him a gift.