Looking for weight loss brakes!!

The amount of food you describe is lower than what most expect for weight maintenance yet after years of big losses the calories needed to hold steady can drop a lot. Whether adding more food helps depends on absorption. If extra intake won't increase absorbed calories then the fix involves choosing foods that the body takes up more readily. If more food does help then the next step is reducing the tirzepatide amount until eating increases or weight stops falling even if that means going below 2.5 mg. This situation is easier to manage than the opposite problem of stalling at a higher weight.

Instead of quitting could you stretch the time between doses? Stopping the medication worries me as well. You might also try going lower than 2.5 mg since nothing requires that to be the smallest amount used.

I would suggest lowering the dose and adding a quart of ice cream daily.

If the pen is the single-use type you could transfer it into a sterile vial and draw half the amount to test for the week. I tried something similar with another medication but it felt too strong so I moved on. Another option some try is adding a different compound though results vary.

Reducing the amount or increasing the gap between doses is what others have suggested and it seems simpler than the reverse problem of trying to lose more.

I'm dealing with something similar though not quite as extreme. I reached my second goal and beyond while on retatrutide at 9 mg and recently dropped to 6 mg. I still have the loose abdominal skin and plan to keep lowering the dose based on the scale. I was surprised to see skin remain after losing only a couple pounds a week.

You could also keep the same amount but change how often you inject such as every ten days or every other week.

I'm in the same spot still losing at 2.5 mg. Next time I'll try 2 mg and if that doesn't work I'll start spacing the doses. I have some retatrutide but it raised my heart rate so I'm sticking with tirzepatide since I have a supply and want to avoid going back to constant hunger.

Have you considered a carnivore approach with meat eggs and fat since those foods are nutrient dense and don't raise insulin much. The goal is to keep weight from muscle and bone rather than just any scale drop.

If 2.5 mg already cuts appetite sharply then going down to 2 mg or even 1 mg makes sense so you can eat more. Switching compounds is another idea some consider because hunger suppression can be milder yet I wouldn't worry about going lower on the current medication just to allow more calories.

Spacing shots to every 10-14 days is worth trying while you arrange lower doses. Also look at grocery habits and switch to full-fat versions of things you already buy such as yogurt chicken thighs or ribeye instead of leaner cuts. Adding butter cheese or nuts can help too.

I felt better overall on retatrutide except for low motivation and steadier blood sugar. I also went too low on weight even at 1 mg twice weekly and had to stop for a while to avoid losing more muscle. Micro-dosing or weekly shots still caused loss so now I'm trying other compounds to maintain instead.

No new ideas beyond what others mentioned. Tiny amounts like 0.25-0.5 mg have been discussed by some. Spacing the dose also seems practical. On another note it's encouraging to hear someone who lost 200 pounds now fits into size 4s.

I agree with lowering the dose. I'm currently at 1 mg per week split into two 0.5 mg shots and can eat normally while keeping weight steady.

No fresh advice beyond the dose reductions already suggested. Dropping to 1.5 mg or stretching the interval between shots could help along with plenty of protein. It's inspiring to see such a large loss and reaching small sizes and I'm glad the earlier information helped ease some concerns.