GLP-1 progress - scale moving but me?

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I was the same way for months, just obsessing over the scale going nowhere while my clothes were literally getting baggy. My family was telling me I looked different and I couldn't see it at all. Had to start going by measurements and photos, and that helped a lot more than the scale. Once I switched to tirz things picked up, but even then it was frustrating to watch others lose faster. The pictures tell a different story than the scale for a lot of us.
 
43 lbs in 7 months is real, but the health marker shift is the part that actually changes risk. Visceral fat reduction happens before the scale numbers tell the full story.
 
Years of strength training to get to consistently hitting 140-160g protein is the kind of earned baseline that puts you in a completely different position for body recomposition than someone just starting. The OP at 278 to 235 and not seeing it is exactly the perceptual lag that photos fix. The scale moving while the mirror lags is normal and the protein piece you've built is protecting muscle through it.
 
70-100g/day and maintaining muscle mass through 80 lbs is a good data point for what that range achieves. the 278 to 235 in the OP with the visual change in the photos is the kind of progress that shows up in pictures before the person can see it themselves. the scale moving but the self-perception lagging is one of the most common experiences here.
 
Ran GLP-1s for three years total, stopped once I hit my target to save money, put a chunk back on over five months, then restarted at a much more manageable price.

Got 15 pounds left now, but across the last seven months dropping 35 pounds I hit two separate two-month stalls. Frustrating for sure, but I kept faith in the approach and eventually the number started moving again.

What's your TDEE and daily calorie intake looking like? Great that you're exercising, but that barely moves the scale on its own. The real work happens in the kitchen.
 
Ten months in now, and honestly the biggest game-changer has been raising my protein intake! As a society we generally fall way short there. Women specifically need around 90g daily! By adding a protein shake, a bar, and more meat into my meals, I noticed I eat less overall and lose more the closer I get to that 90g mark! Drinking roughly 120oz of water daily helps too. Hit a stall that dragged on for a while, and eventually realized protein was the missing piece. One week after fixing that, dropped 7 pounds! Guess my body was just holding onto it needlessly. It really comes down to the habits! Keep pushing forward!
 
Thanks!
Tracking wasn't consistent last year, but there are some logged entries, like a low point of roughly 126kg back in late November.
Then quitting smoking mid-August last year led to noticeable weight gain, though no exact numbers exist for that, probably safe to assume the number sat under 120kg before quitting.
Weight peaked this past March at just under 140kg, which happened to be the same month reta got started.
Looking at the uploaded graph, the upward trend since last year shows clearly, with a gap in records for a couple months, then a sharp month-over-month decline starting right around then.

Cheers.
Congrats to you too! Losing that much without medication sounds genuinely tough.
Yeah, fully expecting a plateau eventually. Will deal with that whenever it shows up.
 
Five years on a GLP now and I'm still carrying extra weight. Female, 44, 5'6", parked around 160 no matter what I try. Peaked at 214 once. Took two full years to reach 160 and I've basically stayed put since. Briefly hit 148 for a single day. Then started hormone therapy and my weight climbed from 153 to 158 almost instantly.

Honestly, watching the number creep up right now is genuinely scary. Barely eating anything as it is. So if the pounds keep returning while running this medication and eating so minimally, I genuinely don't know what my next move would even be.
 
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