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What finally moves people
A birthday you can't argue with.
Fifty. Sixty. A number that turns a someday into a decision.
The scan
A number that says it out loud.
A DEXA or InBody at the doctor's office showing muscle mass falling — or the words sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis. Numbers are harder to ignore than a feeling.
The moment
Something you used to be able to do.
A suitcase into an overhead bin. Getting off the floor without thinking. A hill that didn't used to be a hill.
The medication
A GLP-1 that's taking muscle with the fat.
The weight comes off either way. Whether lean mass goes with it depends almost entirely on whether you're lifting — and whether anyone is measuring.