Half Marathon on 5mg
I hit goal about 6 weeks ago, and I’ve lost the majority of my weight while being on 5mg of Zepbound. I’ve been on this dose since last July 2025, and the weight loss for the last 15 pounds definitely slowed down. Taking me about 4 months to lose the last bit.
I’m currently under goal at 117, but I fluctuate between 118 and 120. I had a follow up with my doctor at the end of April and he said I could stay on 5mg, but he wants to monitor my weight to make sure I don’t go below 18 for BMI. For reference I am 5’1 inches, and just an overall small framed person (now that I can actually see my frame!)
I’ve been building up my weekly mileage and at 13 miles right now. My half is in October, and I was wondering if anyone stayed at a dose like mine and kept at weekly injections and didn’t have any training/fueling issues. I am noticing that for my 7 mile runs I have to fuel two hours prior or I’m running with a sloshy belly. This will be my third half marathon, but the last one I did was 10 years ago, and I was actually 40 pounds heavier then. I’m in this great spot right now where I don’t really have any side effects from the injection (for example I take my injections on Sunday morning and we were in New York City Sunday through Tuesday. I was able to eat and enjoy myself and eat a significant amount of food and not gain any weight) but I also don’t wanna get to peak and training and realizing that this dose is potentially holding me back either speed or distance or fueling.
Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated. I have about 2 months worth of my current dose in the fridge and my doctor said anytime I want to lower the dose he will call it in.
TIA!