Your body is starting something new, and that deserves credit
The reason is straightforward: tendons and ligaments have poor native blood supply, which means they heal slowly under the best circumstances and often stop progressing entirely after initial recovery
Changing to a vegetarian diet reduces the body creatine pool in omnivorous women, but appears not to affect carnitine and carnosine homeostasis: a randomised trial
These situations are unusual but possible
Im not a big fan of most premade shakes (artificial sweeteners just arent my thing), so I usually make my own or grab one from a smoothie shop
However, dulaglutide demonstrated a notable benefit by preventing the typical weight gain associated with quitting smoking, and participants receiving dulaglutide also experienced a significant reduction in HbA1c levels (Lengsfeld et al., 2023)