[swe_dima]

Last year I decided to give a try to semaglutides, at the time I was exercising pretty heavy, both weight lifting and long distance running.

And then I went to vacation to Maldives for a couple of weeks. Not much chance to exercise when you are locked on a tiny island.

I surely lost some fat during these 2 weeks, but the amount of muscles I lost? Jeeez! I think it offset my training goals by 2 months.

I realized how unhealthy it was, you are literally starving and not feeling it, and I kept myself on a low dose!

When you consume food it's not just calories, it's also nutrients, if you eat a lot less you are body is missing out on all the essentials!

So it might be a magic pill in some sense, but in other it's extremely unhealthy.

Later that year I have actually lost more weight by doing more long-distance running, that motherfucker burns calories big time and in a healthier way.

[snapcaster]

Can you talk more about the muscle loss? I've read that, but is it any different from the loss of strength when dieting "naturally"? Like, I've lost significant amounts of weight before and my bench press/etc. all went down just due to loss of body mass. Are you saying it's somehow worse than that in terms of muscle loss?