Moments of intense hunger

Same thing happens to me and I have no idea why. I am on 6 Tirz and .82 Survo. It has not slowed my weight loss so I just eat when it hits, same as you, to protect my metabolism. Interested in what others think about it.

I never used to want full-sugar soda, but lately I buy one bottle and sip half, sometimes leaving the rest for days. Calories are what matter. I lowered my tirz from 20 mg to 10 mg and side effects dropped while weight still comes off. Deficit is everything. I do not eat much overall and any craving fades fast once the gut and the medication have their say.

I get the same urge sometimes right after eating and before bed. I tell myself to knock it off and it disappears. Drinking extra water helps because a full stomach stops the hunger signal.

Early on with Reta I had wild hunger swings and never figured out the reason.

I get mild hunger now and then just like you described. Either it fades by itself or I eat a few nuts or carrots and stay satisfied for a few hours.

Now and then I feel a sudden strong hunger, usually early morning, but it disappears fast so I can ignore it. Even back on wegovy I had the same thing.

To add a bit of humor, the only time I feel that is with the gummy. It turns into a contest between Reta and the gummy, and the gummy wins unless I am at the higher end of my Reta dose.

It is pretty messed up how people get all worked up just because someone mentions their actual doctor. I never brought up any percentages. Still, if someone loses 50 to 70 pounds, would they not have to deal with a huge volume of airborne fat at 85 percent of 80 pounds?

I am staying right here because I want to learn. So how does weight come off by breathing out something lighter than air? Does the fat attach to the CO2? If we belch carbon dioxide would we not get slightly heavier? I only had a short walk to school, so explain it simply.

That is the right way to look at it. Burping out carbon dioxide or anything else makes you lighter. Think about a big fire burning for 50 hours with 20-pound propane bottles in front of it. Where did all the mass go? Wood is mostly carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and nearly all of it turns into gases with only a little ash left. The same carbon cycle applies to us: plants pull carbon from the air, animals eat the plants, we eat the animals, and we release the carbon back when we use that energy. Fat is basically stored solar energy in carbon form.