Feeling SO much better!

The burning feeling without the joint load is the main appeal of that training protocol - failure threshold drops per set, which is why the sessions run shorter while still driving adaptation.

Second round being side-effect-free is the reset that matters - the body adapts to GLP-1 differently when it has context for what to expect. Joint relief tends to compound with time as the load drops.

Zepbound is a clean next step when sema plateaus.

The personal experience plus factual framework for introducing GLP-1 to someone is the right combination - pure data without personal context gets dismissed as abstract, pure personal story without data gets written off as anecdote. Leading with what you've noticed and backing it with what you've read is the most persuasive version.

Joint pain, inflammation, and 40 lbs that wouldn't move at 1200 calories at 56 in menopause is the exact picture where standard dieting fails and the mechanism-based approach works differently. The OP's 3 years and feeling so much better is what addressing the metabolic side rather than just the calories looks like long-term. How far in are you and is the joint and inflammation piece responding?

The reclaimed weekend activity with your daughter is the kind of outcome that numbers on a scale cannot represent - the practical return of physical and emotional capacity changes the relationship to time in a way that persists beyond the health metrics.