36M, 5'10", sitting around 181 after coming down from 208 over roughly 14 months on a GLP-1. Lifting 4x/week, 170-180g protein, 7 to 7.5 hours sleep, and recomp has been slow but real — down a pant size, shoulders look fuller, main lifts basically held while the scale moved.
Every other thread lately is about peptide stacks or straight GH, and the claims are wild. I'm skeptical. My food and sleep are already locked in, training is consistent, and I keep circling back to the same question: if the basics are doing the work, what's the actual measurable difference? Sourcing headaches, cost, and waking up looking puffy don't sound like a great trade.
Anyone here run one of these long enough to compare honestly — not vibes, but sleep, recovery, or body comp numbers? Or is this mostly people yanking a lever that protein and barbells already pull?