I've begun microdosing a GLP-1. It is incredible.

a digression: for better or worse, I suspect that GLPs will soon be widely used to enhance performance in running.

Obviously, there are no elite distance runners who are fat. But I can think of specific runners whose performance improved dramatically when they lost weight. That is why GLPs will be an attractive option for some.

I think they will be particularly useful for injured runners.

I'm not saying that common use of GLP-1s in our sport is a good thing or that it is safe or ethical. I am saying only that it is likely to happen.

Why don’t you do a real drug, like meth.

GLP-1 fan. Your statement that if you stop you will gain the weight back is simply false. I was on a GLP-1 medication for one year. Lost almost 50 pounds. Have now been off it for 10 months and have not gained one pound back. Do I work at maintaining my current weight - yes. I watch what I eat, I exercise, and lead a clean life. So not everyone will gain all the weight back, or even any weight. But the individual must be prepared to be disciplined.

I think it remains to be seen whether these drugs can help or hinder running. On one hand it makes sense that leaner is usually better. On the other hand, with a suppressed appetite, I can see someone not eating enough and having the right balance of healthy muscle to sustain peak performance.

Why would that be? It could also induce injury.

People crap on PEDs but GLPs ok? People are weak.

Eat less, exercise more.

If you are subject to "food noise," you have a mental health issue.

"waking up starving in the middle of the night"?

Is this a common thing for Americans? Sounds nuts. I'm the same weight and height (~180lbs, ~80kgs) and have never once experienced that.

It can happen if you don’t eat enough dinner in terms of what your fat body has gotten used to.

It’s not a problem if you eat like a normal person.

It’s a universal thing for people aggressively trying to lose weight beyond the forcing functions of their hormones. You were comfortable at that weight, OP wasn’t. I’ve never needed to lose weight but have on occasion woken up in the middle of the night hungry and stuffing my face with food just because I misjudged my appetite the previous night or just didn’t feel like eating much before falling asleep. Food coma is also an excellent soporific to go right back to sleep.

OP: Thanks helping to drive up everyone's heath insurance premiums so that you can lose a little weight.

OP, did you find it suppressed your appetite for all foods equally, or just junk food?

He's probably paying out of pocket so it won't affect your health insurance rates.

All foods.

That's not how macroeconomics works.

Assuming this isn't a troll, why would you use the phrase "micro-dosing" as if you're not taking the prescribed amount?

The self-reliant users of LR who crap on fat people, esp. women, all the time are for GLPs?

The HHS secretary supports the enhanced games and takes PEDs but is otherwise is destroying public health. Nothing makes sense.

BTW, GLPs don’t fix ugly.

I'm taking less than the recommended starting dose .

Apparently Mounjaro and Zepbound work much better than Ozempic.

I have mixed feelings about these drugs, but if we live in a society of free will (supposedly) what can you do.

America is just such a weird place. You got the morbidly obese and then folks who really don’t need to lose weight but use these drugs for vanity. Talk about a group of people who are unhealthy on the inside but obsessed with looking good on the outside.