The Part of GLP Weight Loss Nobody Plans For

January 8, 2026

GLP 1 and Alcohol Use

How This Showed Up in My Own Life Before I ever started GLP 1s, I remember hearing something that sounded more like common sense than advice. If you are going to use these, it is probably wise not to drink. This was several years ago, long before the current wave of attention, and it came from people who had already been on them and were comparing notes. Once I started, I understood exactly what they meant. Alcohol did not become off limits or unpleasant. It simply stopped having a pull. The urge faded, the anticipation never showed up, and drinking

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January 8, 2026

How Do You Actually Track What You’re Taking?

I still use good old fashioned Google Sheets to track everything. Nothing fancy. I log doses, timing, compounds, reactions, and notes. I’ve got spreadsheets going back years, which means I can look at dosage changes, patterns, and how my body actually responded over time instead of relying on memory or how I feel about it today. In the actual sheet, everything is laid out horizontally by date. Each day is a single row. That makes it easy to scan across and see exactly what I took, then line that up with weight changes, symptoms, recovery, sleep, or mood. It’s simple,

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January 7, 2026

Tirzepatide vs. Retatrutide

What Real World Use and Real Conversations Reveal This article reflects a synthesis of publicly shared experiences and discussions, combined with my own firsthand experience and a review of publicly available research. It is intended for educational purposes only. This piece grew out of a long forum discussion that spiraled into hundreds of replies. Instead of letting those insights get buried in a comment thread, I wanted to pull the most useful ideas into one place and lay them out in a way that actually makes sense when you read it start to finish. Before going any further, a quick

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