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Ozempic Update:
I think I've been on it for over a month now. Down 3 kilos and change. No real negative effects noted. I estimate I eat at about a 30% caloric deficit, though I haven't been explicitly counting.
Unfortunately, it's been rather difficult getting back in to working out at the same time. I'm having a hard time eating enough, be it protein or otherwise, and the last time I went, I decided to try and beat my PR on the leg-press and almost passed out. Not sure whether to attribute that to slacking for the week prior, not eating enough, not hydrating enough, or skimping on the electrolytes. Lifts stalled too.
If I had to choose one over the other, I'm going to err on the side of losing more weight. In the meantime, I'm hoping the extra fat allows for some body recomposition despite the rather inadequate diet. I've been having creatine powder on the side, but irregularly.
Some have claimed that Ozempic helps with willpower in general. While I'm sympathetic to such, I can't say it's made any difference for me. It's certainly not going to replace the ADHD meds.
This was what I suspected would result from your prior post on recomp. Losing weight first is definitely the right call, dropping the fat and then starting with a clean slate will be great for you. 3kg in a month is quite a bit, if I dropped 6kg I'd probably be at my ideal fighting weight.
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I was lifting and running 6 days a week before I started GLP-1s about six months ago. I've had to stop lifting such heavy weights because it's just too much to do during consistent weight loss. I'm still hitting PRs from running that can be attributed to more than just weight reduction but damn is it slow going.
I'm eating as much protein as I can stomach. It's a challenge.
Unfortunately the best results from exercising come while eating like a pig.
Anecdotally, I would say the slowed digestion regularizes my mood a bit better. I have fewer moments where I feel really crashed, which sort of helps with willpower.
Additionally, I don't get as many distracting dopamine hits during the day making me seek out snacks or going for a walk to a cafe for a goodie, so that probably counts for some utility gain.
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