Powerlifting on GLP-1 — my results so far

Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice.

My endo's protocol for lean mass plateau: if weight loss stalls for 6+ weeks at current dose, we go through this checklist before titrating up:

1. Food diary review — is intake creeping up?
2. Protein check — minimum 100g/day
3. Activity audit — steps + resistance training
4. Sleep quality — poor sleep kills GLP-1 efficacy
5. Stress/cortisol management

Only after addressing all of these do we increase the dose. Often fixing one lifestyle factor restarts progress without needing more medication.

Dr.NutriCornell said:

My endo's protocol for lean mass plateau: if weight loss stalls for 6+ weeks at current dose, we go through this checklist before titrating up: Food…

This is my experience too, for whatever a second data point is worth.

Dr.NutriCornell said:

My endo's protocol for lean mass plateau: if weight loss stalls for 6+ weeks at current dose, we go through this checklist before titrating up: Food…

Back pain as a lean mass side effect: not from the medication itself, but from rapid body composition changes. Losing 69 lbs shifts your center of gravity and your core muscles need time to adjust.

Physical therapy has been essential. Core strengthening exercises (planks, dead bugs, bird dogs) daily for 10 minutes have eliminated my lower back pain. Your body is literally relearning how to carry itself.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason. In three months the reason is what you will have forgotten, and the reason is what makes the record worth having.

Reporting back.

Closing the loop. The answer turned out to depend on the detail I had left out of the opening post, which is a lesson about how to ask rather than about the subject.