u/meechspeachess

I’ve had ongoing pain for about 6 months in the front of my shoulder/upper bicep area, likely around the long head biceps tendon. It originally started from carrying my daughter a lot and used to radiate into my clavicle/chest area, but more recently it had improved and would only hurt in certain positions, especially overhead movements like putting my arms behind my head.

I recently injected BPC-157 locally near the area. Initially, it actually felt better after the injection and the pain decreased. However, about 8 hours later, the pain started getting worse than it was before the injection. Now the pain comes in waves and the area feels more reactive and sore overall, even outside of the positions that normally triggered it.

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced similar?

I started a 1400-calorie cut at the beginning of April. Since then, I’ve been weight lifting 4 days a week and walking around 3 miles daily. Over the past 3 weeks, I’ve increased my activity even more by adding 5 workout classes per week while still lifting 3 days weekly.

I track and weigh everything I eat very carefully, so I know my intake is accurate, but somehow I’ve only lost about 1 pound. It’s honestly been really discouraging.

My diet is very consistent. For breakfast, I’ll usually have either two yogurts with a glass of milk or a homemade high-protein Reese’s-style snack with good macros (around 350 calories). Lunch and dinner are typically venison with rice. I’m 5’4”, 152 lbs, 11 months postpartum, and my BMR is around 1450.

What’s confusing is that I have visibly gained muscle and look more contoured and toned, so my body composition is changing, but it still feels like my body is holding onto fat no matter how aggressive I get with diet and exercise.

One of my biggest insecurities is my arms. I carry a lot of fat there, and no matter how much I focus on them with training and weight loss, they barely seem to change. It’s frustrating because I can visibly see progress in other areas of my body, but my arms still make me feel extremely self-conscious.

I have an event on May 30th, which is why I’ve been pushing so hard, and I’m willing to do whatever it takes to figure out what’s going on.