Body shrinking without weight loss continues in maintenance while still microdosing.
After losing 10 lbs over 3 months, I’ve been maintaining my 125 weight for the past 6 weeks as I’ve continued microdosing .4 mg compounded semaglutide. I love the weight loss and how I feel with microdosing. I also especially appreciated that I could still fit in my clothes..and they only looked better, especially since oversized is trending now, though I don’t go for the comically too-big look of a teenager.
I‘m perplexed that my waist continues to shrink though I’m not losing more weight. **Is this the reduced-inflammation effect?** This is only annoying because my clothes are now not fitting and clothes tailoring costs have skyrocketed in the past five years like most everything else.
I’m a long-time tracker of calories and for the past month+ my daily average calories have increased 400 calories (fat & carbs) since I was slowly losing the 10 lbs on semaglutide (with glutamine.) Last week in particular when family visited, I ate out 3 times, indulged in 3 deserts, had 2 glasses of wine, French cuisine and a hamburger and fries. And still my weight stayed the same (between 123 - 125) the three times I weighed the week after. And my waist is 1/2 inch smaller, so I need a smaller size in my new *perfect* fitting shorts..that I‘d not worn yet, but had removed the tags from.
I’ve weight trained for 5 years now (the super doable EVLO Fitness program), but nothing has changed with my weight training (that focuses on building muscle/ going-to-failure lifting) or other movement habits.
Before GLP 1 I had to be hyper diligent to not gain and to maintain my 135 lbs weight, after losing 20+ lbs five years ago. I’m just really surprised with my current calorie intake that my body is still recomping, and it seems specifically so in the visceral fat torso area and even on just plain ol’ semaglutide, not even the more advanced meds. Before GLP and even eating low carb/high protein, I’d have definitely gained weight (and quick!) eating the calories I’m eating now and maintaining weight but shrinking.
**Any thoughts or experiences for this phenomena?**