GLP-1s eating your muscle?

[Mike2002]

Up 6% lean mass while dropping 42 lbs is a pretty remarkable result. That combination is exactly what most people worry will not happen.

 

[Toni80]

DEXA before and after is the cleanest way to separate fat loss from muscle loss - very few people run that comparison.

 

[lanky-newbietoo8712]

The yearly DEXA cadence is the gold standard for answering the muscle loss question over a GLP-1 run. Bone density tracking alongside the composition data is the underrated benefit - people losing significant weight sometimes see bone density changes that the scale hides entirely. 150 lbs off over 4 years with the data to show what happened to lean mass is the kind of longitudinal picture most people don't have.

 

[bored-smoothie2614]

Glycine doesn't interfere with how well semaglutide works. If anything it may help offset muscle loss. Wouldn't stress over it.

 

[curious-peach39]

Went with a DEXA scan for this. Female here.
Wrapped up a cut back in January at 10% body fat, 136 pounds.
Over the following six months bumped calories up by roughly 800 and cut cardio from around 3 hours down to 1.5-2. Just got another DEXA done and it's showing 14% body fat, weighing slightly less at 133, but the drop looks like it came purely from muscle. Genuinely can't figure out how that happened.