Has anyone dealt with yoga and glp-1?

JessicaH_TX said:

There is also a quality change that the scan cannot see.

Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. I think this board over-worries about lean mass. Some lean loss is obligatory — you need less muscle to move a smaller body, and preserving mass you no longer need is not a health outcome. The question is whether strength and function held, and mine did.

RunnerRach said:

Two DEXA scans eleven months apart: down 24kg total, of which the scan says 6kg was lean.

Body composition tracking via bioimpedance on lean mass (InBody scan every 3 months):

Note: skeletal muscle mass dipped initially then recovered with consistent resistance training + high protein. The visceral fat reduction is where the metabolic magic happens.

kate.chem said:

I think this board over-worries about lean mass.

Sharing my comprehensive lab data relevant to lean mass:

Protocol: Tirzepatide 15mg/wk, resistance training 4x/week, protein 1.6g/kg/day.

The improvements in lean mass are clearly reflected in these numbers. The inflammatory marker reduction (hsCRP) is particularly striking.

One thing that is still open after labquiet_amy’s answer:

What fraction of loss being lean mass is actually normal, because the numbers quoted here range from 10% to 40% and cannot all be right?

Reporting back.

Follow-up: I dropped the cardio to two easy sessions and put the effort into three real lifting sessions. The scale slowed and the scan improved.