u/underlyingskatemom

Glad to be here!

I am looking for words of wisdom from you all. I am an ultra runner and have a 100k race planned in Feb. I am about to start Tirz due to PCOS and 15 pounds of weight I have gained.

Since this weight gain I feel myself a lot slower probably because I’m carrying more weight around! I don’t feel as strong as I was before. I also weight train about 2 days a week. From everything I have read here, being on a GLP1 the first 6ish months can really hinder training due to fatigue to not eating as much or higher HR. The thing for me is, I have been in a calorie deficit for a while now and I’m not an over eater. I have done intermitente fasting and eating less all while training at high MPW. I usually run fasted because I just feel better. Is this the best thing for me? Probably not, and I do plan on creating better habits. Since this is the norm for me, I am wondering if anyone else has had this experience while being on GLP1? Once I am on it, I don’t plan on doing more than 2.5/week.

Thank you!

My husband and I recently got married. He has two sons, 10 & 12 and I have a son of my own, who is 3.

My SS’s BM is very HC. They are going through court right now to change custody arrangements. This was initiated by my husband due to him moving closer to his kids school when we got married and he moved in to have more time with them. We live in CA. Their mom continues to badmouth our household in a number of ways which has already led to them saying they hate me and don’t want to live with us. I never expected it to be easy because I came from a split household but I didn’t expect this. Their mom seems to enable their poor behavior towards us.

They have mentioned they are jealous of my son and the attention he gets vs them. He is 3 and requires more attention and my SSs choose to play videos games and not engage with us when invited over and over again. Something I am worried of if the screen time and video games around my son, as we generally don’t do a lot of screen time.

Anyways, I’m worried about my SSs being so influenced by their mom. I just worry about their mental health at such as young age having to deal with all this. At first I went out of my way to hangout with them, plan things, pay for things but I now feel like I need to take a step back and just be there for my son. I’m not sure why I am posting but this whole situation takes a toll on me and obviously my husband. My husband and I are great, he’s the best person. I worry for his metal health as well.