I began with a small amount, using just one milligram weekly during the initial month. After that period, I moved up to two milligrams each week for another four weeks. Following a three-day interval, I added another two-milligram dose, and the following morning I realized why people talk about it so much. Although my weight didn't drop significantly over those first eight weeks, only eight pounds in all, things changed in the third month. Once I switched to taking two milligrams on two separate days each week, the pounds started coming off faster, with ten pounds gone that month. Currently I'm at two point five milligrams twice weekly, and I feel no need to go higher anytime soon. I experienced some tingling on the skin along the lower part of my arms. On one occasion, it seemed like the top of my mouth was scalded after trying to sip a protein yogurt drink. These reactions usually appear the day after I take my dose and fade away by the third day, right before I take the next one. My weight at the beginning was two hundred twenty-two pounds, with a peak of two hundred twenty-eight, and now it's one hundred ninety-six point eight. My target is below one hundred fifty pounds or less than twenty-five percent body fat.