Help! My fit at 50 journey has come to a screeching halt!

[Bollerhead]

I’m turning 50 this year and in a journey to get in the best shape of my life. It’s my #1 goal in my life right now. I started in December strength training regularly although I’ve worked out my entire life but been in a lull these last few years. I started GLP and titrated up to 2mg weekly. I also started HRT since im premenopausal. But now im almost 6 months in

and I’ve hit a wall. I have a total weight loss of 23

Lbs but I gained 5 this week and haven’t lost any in 4 weeks. Anyone else have the same problem and if so how do I get past it? I don’t want to lose my motivation. My diet is pretty on point too. Please help!

 

[5byfive]

Hormones can obviously impact weight but after 4 weeks you have to look at the diet. Generally, if you are not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit. Get really strick about tracking calories and avoid using the calories provided by the apps as much as possible. Once you know 100% what your calorie intake is, start dropping it until you see weightloss. Again, hormones could be a factor, you may be retaining more water for instance, but the 99% answer is usually calories in calories out.

 

[Grogu]

I have a total weight loss of 23 Lbs but I gained 5 this week and haven’t lost any in 4 weeks. Anyone else have the same problem and if so how do I get past it? I don’t want to lose my motivation. My diet is pretty on point too. Please help!

Congratulations on your progress. 23 lbs in 6 months is almost 4 pounds per month or about a pound a week, that’s great work.

You mention that you’re on 2mg, perhaps titrate up if you’re tolerating the side effects? That dose is probably at a pre-therapeutic level for most peptides.

I agree with @5byfive . Track your calories for a little while to really make sure that your diet is point on. Also perhaps up your protein intake?

 

[spanky2026]

2mg is a very low dose, you have tons of room to go up

 

[FartfulCodger]

I’m turning 50 this year and in a journey to get in the best shape of my life. It’s my #1 goal in my life right now. I started in December strength training regularly although I’ve worked out my entire life but been in a lull these last few years. I started GLP and titrated up to 2mg weekly. I also started HRT since im premenopausal. But now im almost 6 months in

and I’ve hit a wall. I have a total weight loss of 23

Lbs but I gained 5 this week and haven’t lost any in 4 weeks. Anyone else have the same problem and if so how do I get past it? I don’t want to lose my motivation. My diet is pretty on point too. Please help!

Which GLP have you been taking? I'm guessing Retatrutide, based on the dose you mentioned. As others have said, 2mg is a pretty small dose, and titrating up will likely give you better results.

You might also consider switching to a different GLP. Tirzepatide worked wonders for me--killing my appetite, reducing my caloric intake painlessly. Retatrutide not so much. Then I added a small dose of Cagrilintide to kill my appetite even further. You might have a lot of options you haven't explored. Also, your HRT might have the unwanted side effect of increasing your appetite. Maybe ask your doctor if reducing your HRT dose might help, at least for the short term?

 

[kj4otu]

So good job on the progress so far! Every bit counts. As far as your plateau, first step, are you logging meals and tracking it? Do you know your base calories? Do you know the deficit you're running? If you aren't you can't possibly know if you need to change diet or titrate up, etc. Secondly, 5lbs gained in a week isn't a sign that things have completely stopped. I can gain, lose than in a day sometimes, depending on when I weigh, hydration, workouts, sodium intake, etc. No loss in 4 weeks is def a signal to look things over though. Could be hormonal, water retention (harder workout or change in workout), hydration changes, sodium changes (food again), etc, etc. Are you possibly eating too little and moving into starvation territory where your body protects every bit of intake like it's gold? Get your tracking in order so you can look at everything scientifically, then give it another week of staying steady. Get your logging nailed down then examine diet, exercise, hydration, etc, etc from hard numbers. Only then look at upping meds (you don't say which glp you are on at 2mg...that matters too). The main thing - stay motivated, keep consistent, log and track so you have insight into what your body is doing. I believe you'll get there and make your goal!

 

[Sir Chuck 13527]

Sorry, Captain obvious here. Kind of like when you ask a tech about a computer problem and the first thing they suggest is "have you restarted your computer?" I would recommend seeing your primary care physician for blood work if calorie counting, diet, and ramping up don't work. I have a coworker on a GLP-1 with a similar problem, and it turned out to be water retention related to the kidneys. Sometimes you're doing everything right, and your body throws a curveball at you.

 

[domin8brix]

Isn't that a bitch? Ugh. Being this age is bullshit. I hate it.

While I can't possibly truly know, I am assuming it's likely hormonal, and I don't know what kind of HRT you're using but it could be that? I only have the cream and I HATE it so I am not good about it. But that's what I think started my issues last year, and tirz helped, though it might be worth increasing a unit at a time over a few weeks and see if that helps?

And I know other's have mentioned this but if you're not tracking what you eat, start, just to make certain you're not missing any hidden calories with like oils or dressings or whatever. I am guilty of that -- El Meyor's cheese dip is one of those measure with your heart situations (is that the name of the one at 70 and 79?) Also, the more fit you get the harder you need to work to burn the same amount of calories, so that might also be part of it--like maybe you're so adapted to your routine, you need to jolt it a bit?

And have you done body measurements beyond just the scale? It's possible that the scale might be giving you the finger, but you could be losing inches.

 

[Bollerhead]

Solid advice everyone. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Imma double my dose of RT and dial in my diet. I haven’t really increased because it was working so well. Also I checked my measurements again and I lost 5.5 lbs since yesterday. bMI and body fat went back down too. I guess I was retaining a bunch of water. I do admit I was trying to hydrate a bunch after a family party . Crazy the scale changed that much in a day. Whew!