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I’ve also worked really hard throughout this process to prioritize protein and strength training so I could maintain as much muscle as possible.

I’m 5’8” and obviously 60 pounds is a significant loss, so I look very different than I did before. But I’ve actually been maintaining since the beginning of the year and focusing more on building muscle/body recomposition. I had a DEXA scan, my labs are great, I feel great, and I know I’m not continuing to lose weight.

Yesterday I was talking to a family member who has seen me throughout my weight loss and is also on a GLP-1. She’s lost 40 pounds, which is amazing, and while we were talking about our experiences she said to me, “Okay skinny, you’re withering away.” I brushed it off and told her I’ve actually been maintaining for months. Then a few minutes later she said again that I was “withering away.”

I know I probably shouldn’t let it bother me, but it did. Especially because while talking about her own goals she made a few comments about not wanting to get “too skinny,” and it left me wondering if those comments were indirectly about me too.

I walked away from that conversation suddenly wondering if I look too thin or if I somehow went too far. And I hate that, because I felt really good about where I was before that conversation.

It’s crazy how quickly someone else’s comment about your body can get into your head, even when everything you actually know about your health and your body tells you otherwise.

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!

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.

I’m up with the birds M-F and out the door early to lift 4x/week. I typically do 30 minutes of cardio (zone 2 or HIIT) followed by progressive overload strength training. I do a long recovery run on Wednesdays.

I should receive my first vial of Tirzepatide this week to microdose to help with some perimenopausal weight gain, inflammation/joint pain.

Since I typically take weekends off of doing much activity (sometimes a walk in the mornings or yoga), should I do my shots on Fridays? Does morning vs afternoon matter? TIA!

New to this sub so bare with me…For context I am a type 2 diabetic, diagnosed a year ago. Male, 5’10” 175lbs, 35yrs old. I know a lot of people get on a GLP because they want to lose weight but I started on terzepitide just to lower my A1C as much as I could.. I have been on the GLP for about a month now and it is maintaining my blood sugar excellently but now when I go for runs I just feel heavy and unable to keep a pace like I did before. I’ve also experienced some strength loss in the gym. I track basically everything I eat so I make sure I eat enough protein and carbs for exercising. Just curious if anyone else has experienced this and if so, what did you do about it. TIA.

I’m starting Wegovy in a few weeks after vacation and would love some perspective from people who train hard while on it.

I’ve spent over a decade doing CrossFit, running, and now HYROX, so a lot of my training is pretty high intensity. I’ve also been trying to lose the last 10–15lbs for years (which is why I’m finally giving Wegovy a try)

My biggest concern is losing muscle, strength, or stamina. For those of you who still do CrossFit, HYROX, running, lifting, HIIT, etc. while on Wegovy:

1. How did you adjust your training and eating? If so, how?
2. Were you still able to do high-intensity workouts?
3. Were you able to eat enough carbs around training to perform well, even with the appetite suppression? What about slow digestion?

I’m mainly wondering if I can realistically keep training hard and maintain my engine while losing weight on Wegovy.

Would especially love to hear from people who were already very active/fit before starting.

Hey all,

I'm a master's student at Ohio State and I'm doing my thesis on something I feel like nobody's really looked at: what happens to people's strength training/resistance workouts after they start a GLP-1.

There's a ton of talk about muscle loss on these meds, but almost no actual data on whether people are lifting/doing resistance training before vs. after starting, and what gets in the way (fatigue, appetite, time, whatever it is for you). So I made a short survey to find out.

It's totally anonymous, no names or emails, and takes about 5 minutes. You're a fit if you're:

18 or older

currently taking a GLP-1 (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro, Trulicity, etc.)

on a stable dose for at least the last month or so

You do not need to lift or work out at all to take it, "I don't do any of that" is genuinely useful data, maybe the most useful. I'm trying to get the real picture, not just the gym crowd.

Link: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agHobP9wcmXrpxI

Happy to answer anything in the comments, and thank you again for your consideration!

I haven’t started Zep. I plan to start on a super low dose (was thinking 0.5-1mg) because I already have problems with insomnia and I have heard a lot of stories of increased insomnia on Zep. So I want to prepare for it.

People are saying eating before bed. i think this is a good idea and actually is something that helps me now sometimes to sleep. But what I do now is take magnesium biglycinate and eat casein pudding / or cottage cheese, and usually a couple rice cakes or sprinkle of granola, because of the slow digesting protein (it seems to help with blood sugar stability and cortisol spikes).

But on Zep everything is slow to digest so maybe casein is a bad idea.

Any concrete tips for sleep, types of food before bed, supplements, electrolytes , etc? Types of protein/fat/carbs etc.

I took my shot slightly later than normal today, as in like 5 minutes ago. I have a run I was going to knock out this evening but can do it shortly, in roughly 45 mins. Are we supposed to hold off on a big exertion right after a shot?

Thanks!

Hi all, im an endurance athlete and have been forever but weight has always been a problem and has gotten worse since having kids and turning 40 (lime bmi over 35, im not taking for vanity reasons). I have been on zepboud for almost 4 weeks. For the first week or so my HRV tanked and resting HR went up which I expected from everything I've read. But since then my resting HR has been steadily dropping and my HRV raising to the point that my HRV is now significantly elevated from my baseline (58-67 was 78 last night) and HR is below my typicaly range (48 to 51, 46 last night). Has this happened to anyone else? Anything I should be concerned with?