u/AccordingToVintage

Got my second DEXA scan at BodySpec and I’m having some mixed emotions.

Since starting Zepbound, I’m down about 23 pounds overall (289.5 → 266.1), which I’m genuinely grateful for. My current dose is 7.5 mg, and honestly it seems to be my sweet spot. Hunger is manageable, food noise is (maybe too) quiet, and the medication is doing exactly what I hoped it would do.

At the same time, my newest DEXA showed something that has me feeling discouraged.

May 14 → June 22

* Weight: 277.6 → 266.1 (-11.5 lbs)
* Fat Mass: 140.3 → 134.7 (-5.6 lbs)
* Lean Mass: 131.3 → 125.4 (-5.9 lbs)
* Visceral Fat: 1.85 → 1.79 lbs

While I’m happy to see the scale moving and fat mass decreasing, losing almost 6 pounds of lean mass feels like a punch in the gut.

To be completely honest, the last month has not been ideal.

I spent a significant amount of time traveling. I drove to across country to visit family. I also attended my sister’s funeral which also required significant travel. Grief hit harder than I expected. My workouts became inconsistent, my sleep was poor, and my water intake was nowhere near where it should have been.

If I’m being real, those last two things weren’t just travel problems. Hydration and sleep have been my biggest struggles throughout this entire journey. I can consistently hit my protein goals far more easily than I can consistently get enough sleep or drink enough water.

Part of me knows the lean mass loss isn’t surprising given everything that happened. Another part of me is still disappointed because preserving and building muscle is one of my biggest goals. I don’t want this journey to be only about getting smaller. I want to become stronger.

So right now I’m trying to shift my focus from feeling defeated to figuring out what comes next:

* Prioritizing strength training again
* Getting serious about hydration
* Improving sleep
* Continuing to prioritize protein
* Doing everything I reasonably can to regain and build lean tissue

For those of you who have lost significant lean mass (I know mine isn’t in that range), did you manage to recover it? What made the biggest difference for you?

I know 23 pounds down is meaningful progress. I’m just having one of those days where the muscle loss is louder than the weight loss.

So I started Week 13 of Zepbound last night, and honestly, I’m pretty disappointed with the new GLAPP subscription model.

I’ve used GLAPP from the beginning and, up until now, it’s been exactly what I wanted. I downloaded it because so many people in this community recommended it, and from what I’ve read, it was built by people in this community. I’ve genuinely enjoyed using it.

To be clear, I don’t mind paying for an app. Developers deserve to be compensated for their work.

My issue is that the new subscription doesn’t feel like paying for additional features. It feels like paying to regain access to features we already had. I would have been much more willing to subscribe if the existing functionality remained available and the subscription added something new on top of it.

What really frustrates me is that I can’t even access some my old weekly reports under the new system. That information was available before the update, and now it’s behind a paywall. It’s my data that I prevpreviously had access too. 😫

The pricing also feels disconnected from the reality many of us are already living. A lot of us are paying $400+ every month for our medication. Adding another expensive subscription on top of that is a tough sell.

More than anything, this is just inconvenient. Now I have to figure out how to export everything, find a new app, and move months of data somewhere else.

I just needed to vent because I’m honestly more frustrated by the loss of access and the hassle of switching than I am by the fact that they’re charging money.

Any other app recrecommendations?