I like your posts, so it’s great that retatrutide seems to be reducing activation energy to publish them. It does however seem like it’s making you lose muscle, going by how you’ve lost 10%(!) of your bodyweight yet pushups and biking feel about the same; when I was 10% heavier than than I am now those activities felt considerably harder.
Tangentially, I was thin all my life (around 135 lbs or 62 kg) until I went to the US for undergrad, at the end of which I had ballooned to 175 lbs or nearly 80 kg. After I left the pounds rapidly melted away. None of this entailed any effort in either direction. I still find this striking: I wasn’t sedentary in college (in fact I was more physically active than I’ve been before or since), and I didn’t do late-night snacking or eat fast food except for the very occasional In-N-Out. I do remember being flabbergasted upon first encountering the serving sizes of familiar dishes at restaurants…
It’s hard to tell with pushups and biking since I didn’t find them very difficult to start with. I also have a 50 lb e-bike. Pull-ups are a case when my full body weight directly applies, and they’re much easier now.
I’ve also had weird weight fluctuations. I gained a bunch of weight after high school, lost 40 lbs(!) by accident as a vegan, gained it all back slowly when I moved after college, slowly lost it again in Colorado, then slowly gained it back in Seattle (probably because I’m in-office with free food and can’t easily cook at home).
It’s been interesting on retatrutide since I just can’t eat the massive servings restaurants put in front of me. I usually either order a salad, an appetizer, or just ignore any sides that come with a main dish.
I’m very thin, always have been, and I doubt it’s even just the serving sizes. I am in the UK now (wasn’t born here) and the diet is worse than what I’m used to, the food more abundant if I eat outside (admittedly not something I do often), but nothing. I am still more convinced by the theory that there may be some specific additives or something else that throws people’s lipostat out of whack.
I like your posts, so it’s great that retatrutide seems to be reducing activation energy to publish them. It does however seem like it’s making you lose muscle, going by how you’ve lost 10%(!) of your bodyweight yet pushups and biking feel about the same; when I was 10% heavier than than I am now those activities felt considerably harder.
Tangentially, I was thin all my life (around 135 lbs or 62 kg) until I went to the US for undergrad, at the end of which I had ballooned to 175 lbs or nearly 80 kg. After I left the pounds rapidly melted away. None of this entailed any effort in either direction. I still find this striking: I wasn’t sedentary in college (in fact I was more physically active than I’ve been before or since), and I didn’t do late-night snacking or eat fast food except for the very occasional In-N-Out. I do remember being flabbergasted upon first encountering the serving sizes of familiar dishes at restaurants…
Heard that story many times by or about exchange students to the US.
It’s hard to tell with pushups and biking since I didn’t find them very difficult to start with. I also have a 50 lb e-bike. Pull-ups are a case when my full body weight directly applies, and they’re much easier now.
I’ve also had weird weight fluctuations. I gained a bunch of weight after high school, lost 40 lbs(!) by accident as a vegan, gained it all back slowly when I moved after college, slowly lost it again in Colorado, then slowly gained it back in Seattle (probably because I’m in-office with free food and can’t easily cook at home).
It’s been interesting on retatrutide since I just can’t eat the massive servings restaurants put in front of me. I usually either order a salad, an appetizer, or just ignore any sides that come with a main dish.
Glad you like my posts!
I’m very thin, always have been, and I doubt it’s even just the serving sizes. I am in the UK now (wasn’t born here) and the diet is worse than what I’m used to, the food more abundant if I eat outside (admittedly not something I do often), but nothing. I am still more convinced by the theory that there may be some specific additives or something else that throws people’s lipostat out of whack.
I find that cooking my own food at home has a huge effect on weight. Restaurant food is just too tasty and too many calories.