Struggled on GLP1 - would love some advice from runners
Hi everyone - always struggled with my weight, been active for years and love running cycling etc, tried GLP1 and wow, such an amazing feeling, I did a deficit of about 100kcal a day and was on 2.5mg for 2 months. During that time my fitness nosedived, probably lost 40% in terms of how fit I felt when running what were previously comfortable paces, I couldn't run more than an hour to do long runs, I couldn't digest gels. I was even trying to carb up the night before a run and then having a carb mix 3h prior to runs to try to feel fuelled and it wasn't doing it. I have a marathon coming up in 10 weeks (my first one) and I felt so fatigued and unfit I had to come off GLP1 for fear I might be undernourished/get injured. I came off and was ravenous for like a month after, and have since put a lot of weight on. It felt like I had to make a choice between fitness or being in control of my appetite/weight which honestly im pretty gutted about, I have found the cure to the food noise after decades but It feels like I have to turn my back on the running or accept I won't achieve any more PB's etc if im on it. I know its not the end of the world and there are worse problems in life but I would love to hear if anyone else has been in my shoes with this, any tips or advice on if its possible for me to be on the GLP1 and still maintain the fitness or build up to it? Thanks for reading.