Weaning off your GLP-1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have all of you improved your diet and fitness while on the drugs so that when you go off you maintain the habits? Be honest. It doesn't make sense you're gaining the weight if you're eating less and exercising.

Goodness no!

I'm over here eating twinkies and chips while sitting in front of the tv.

You idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have all of you improved your diet and fitness while on the drugs so that when you go off you maintain the habits? Be honest. It doesn't make sense you're gaining the weight if you're eating less and exercising.

I don't know of anyone on these medications who hasn't improved their diet and exercise. One of the more complex mechanisms of this medication is the disruption of the weight set point. It's what people who preach Calories in, Calories out do not factor in. Your body fights hard to stay at certain weights.

Preach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have all of you improved your diet and fitness while on the drugs so that when you go off you maintain the habits? Be honest. It doesn't make sense you're gaining the weight if you're eating less and exercising.

Goodness no!

I'm over here eating twinkies and chips while sitting in front of the tv.

You idiot.

😂😂

[Anonymous]

Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have all of you improved your diet and fitness while on the drugs so that when you go off you maintain the habits? Be honest. It doesn't make sense you're gaining the weight if you're eating less and exercising.

Wegovy alone wasn’t enough for weight loss, I had to eat less and healthier and cut down (way down) on alcohol and other calorie drinks. And added in exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

So you're fine being on this drug quite possibly for life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have all of you improved your diet and fitness while on the drugs so that when you go off you maintain the habits? Be honest. It doesn't make sense you're gaining the weight if you're eating less and exercising.

Goodness no!

I'm over here eating twinkies and chips while sitting in front of the tv.

You idiot.

Not trying to be one. I'm over here eating very little and it stinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

So you're fine being on this drug quite possibly for life?

NP I am given the emerging data on them cutting dementia risk and having protective cardiac impact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

So you're fine being on this drug quite possibly for life?

Not PP, but yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

So you're fine being on this drug quite possibly for life?

Not PP, but yes.

Right? You need to lose weight. But not that way! Don't take that drug that has been used safely for decades because well....you know you are cheating.

Just because losing weight has become easier doesn't mean that losing weight is less healthy. It IS healthy and congrats to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

So you're fine being on this drug quite possibly for life?

.

NP. Hell yes! No more starving. Effortlessly slim now. Love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

New poster , not trying to feel superior but to challenge your perception: I am not naturally and effortlessly skinny (despite what some of my friends think and tell me to my face “oh but you are naturally skinny you don’t understand “), I taught myself to enjoy a whole food diet and big quantities of vegetables and jogging/ exercising. And that is the only way GLP 1 can set the stage for long term weight loss without being on it forever,

The effect you are feeling right now (no appetite for greasy food, excess sweets and alcohol) will disappear as soon as you stop the drug. So this is the time to work on your habits. The twinkies and chips in front of the TV are very easy to avoid on this drug but without a completely different routine and a trained palate for veggies and less fat/sweet food you will eat junk food and high calorie food again.

This is the time to learn how to cook and eat like a “naturally skinny person”. Not eating a full plate is not enough, you need to learn to fill your plate with nutritious and low calorie food. And that’s veggies and lean proteins. Not fruits (fruits are great but they are dessert).

And back to my own experience: I was a chubby teen, I wanted to slim down when I was 18-20, I started with the usual : cutting calories without changing what I eat, so nutritionally starving myself and fighting an empty stomach feeling, becoming skinny fat without enough exercise, choosing slim fast substitutes over a salad because I didn’t enjoy veggies anyway etc.. and that was the exact equivalent of GLP1. It worked but it wasn’t sustainable.

Then I decided to change. I actively decided to make veggies and lean protein the center of my meals and the more I cooked them and avoided fatty and sweet foods, the more my palate adjusted. Now I CRAVE a healthy salad and grease turns my stomach. Just like grease turns the stomach of people on GLP1. This is doable but you need to work on your routine and build new habits. I found that reading a lot about “Whole Foods rah rah” as you call it, helped me reset what I viewed as attractive. So many fitness podcasts to listen to.

I highly recommend you explore this OP, you may have joked about those twinkies you are not eating but the poster had the right question for you. And it sounds like you have not really/ purposely reset your habits yet. It takes time and dedication to become a “naturally skinny “ person when you were not born one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

Are you at least lifting and eating more protein? Otherwise, you are loosing muscle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, TBH, I haven’t started going crazy on the vegetables. I just don’t really like them. I eat more fruit, I guess. And I don’t snack. At all! And I don’t eat more than a bite of anything sweet. And I have apparently lost my appetite for wine- sniff. So… yes, sort of. But I havent like become all Whole Foods rah rah on this. I am still me. Just lighter and happier. I am more active because I am lighter and happier. But I’m not suddenly like going for jogs or anything. So- if you want to still keeping on feeling superior to me, naturally skinny people, I guess you can! 😀

New poster , not trying to feel superior but to challenge your perception: I am not naturally and effortlessly skinny (despite what some of my friends think and tell me to my face “oh but you are naturally skinny you don’t understand “), I taught myself to enjoy a whole food diet and big quantities of vegetables and jogging/ exercising. And that is the only way GLP 1 can set the stage for long term weight loss without being on it forever,

The effect you are feeling right now (no appetite for greasy food, excess sweets and alcohol) will disappear as soon as you stop the drug. So this is the time to work on your habits. The twinkies and chips in front of the TV are very easy to avoid on this drug but without a completely different routine and a trained palate for veggies and less fat/sweet food you will eat junk food and high calorie food again.

This is the time to learn how to cook and eat like a “naturally skinny person”. Not eating a full plate is not enough, you need to learn to fill your plate with nutritious and low calorie food. And that’s veggies and lean proteins. Not fruits (fruits are great but they are dessert).

And back to my own experience: I was a chubby teen, I wanted to slim down when I was 18-20, I started with the usual : cutting calories without changing what I eat, so nutritionally starving myself and fighting an empty stomach feeling, becoming skinny fat without enough exercise, choosing slim fast substitutes over a salad because I didn’t enjoy veggies anyway etc.. and that was the exact equivalent of GLP1. It worked but it wasn’t sustainable.

Then I decided to change. I actively decided to make veggies and lean protein the center of my meals and the more I cooked them and avoided fatty and sweet foods, the more my palate adjusted. Now I CRAVE a healthy salad and grease turns my stomach. Just like grease turns the stomach of people on GLP1. This is doable but you need to work on your routine and build new habits. I found that reading a lot about “Whole Foods rah rah” as you call it, helped me reset what I viewed as attractive. So many fitness podcasts to listen to.

I highly recommend you explore this OP, you may have joked about those twinkies you are not eating but the poster had the right question for you. And it sounds like you have not really/ purposely reset your habits yet. It takes time and dedication to become a “naturally skinny “ person when you were not born one.

[Anonymous]

I am lifting and eating more protein but I haven't turned the corner on the veggies. Post links to actually delicious recipes for veggies, please? Salads make me sad. I need to start liking it! I agree that I need to make the change to being a veggie-forward person. I do like spinach... (I'm not the Twinkie poster, but the WF-rah rah poster...)

Right now I'm just eating less and it's all working out. I have always lifted heavy and eaten lots of protein. But I have never had to diet. I've always been naturally lean/thin - it's just since menopause and some recent medication that I gained this extra weight and am trying this weight loss medication my doctor recommended.