I gained about 8-10 pounds after I went off of the meds, but I attribute that to the brain effect of these meds. I'm not a scientist by any means, but I found that Zepbound "turned off" the food thoughts, so it wouldn't occur to me to snack. Without Zepbound, I have been able to maintain a reasonable diet, smaller portions, and I always work out, but I do find I think about food more, and that seems to be the magic part for me in keeping off any extra pounds.

Lost my weight from June-September. Went from obese BMI to normal, on a small dose. I didn't even get to 1mg semi.

I've maintained it without issues since then. With that said, I really did my best to eat a healthy balanced diet throughout. I did not restrict carbs or sweets, but listened when my body gave any sign it might be full. Now I stop eating a bit before I'm full. Give my body time to catch up.

I've always gone to the gym, so I continued that. I think the meds gave my metabolism a hard reset. I'm very grateful.

I think it might depend on whether the loss of those 15 "vanity pounds" leaves you very thin or underweight.

I lost 40 pounds 5 years ago (no meds) but it's been really no effort to maintain because I improved my eating and exercise habits and settled on maintaining a reasonable height for my height, build, age, appetite and metabolism. I can easily eat 2000 calories a day without gaining.

If I had wanted to be a skinny 107 pounds at 5'4 instead of 120, I probably wouldn't be able to maintain that without a lot of misery.

My step-daughter lost 75 pounds on Ozempic over 2 years. She is no longer taking it, but her plan is to monitor her weight regularly.

As soon as she is 5-10 lbs over goal weight, she immediately switches to a diet that is mainly protein & vegetables. She cuts out fried foods, sugar, bread, etc until she is back to her goal weight.

The idea is not to let 10lbs, then 20lbs ... creep back on to where it's a big challenge to lose a large amount of weight. Especially since she won't have Ozempic to rely on.

She also hired a personal trainer when she started Ozempic and is continuing those workouts now.

She was buying Ozempic from Canada for ~$250/month, but after that source closed last year, she doesn't want to pay over $1000/month now.

Yes lose below goal. My goal was 145 and I have tapered waaaaay down to a micro dose every week and might make it smaller but every five days (for even meds levels). But I’m still losing and I’m at 136 (still solidly healthy BMI for my height at 5’4”). My plan is to increase my calories upward slowly to maintenance and stay on the low-dose and then start spacing it out. It’s gonna take me a long time to go off of it, but I think that will help me. I plan to come off them and was never overweight til perimenopause and some fertility treatments ruined my metabolism. Now I’M BACK BABY!!!!

Anonymous wrote:Try losing below goal for a cushion.

This. Exactly.

Did it take you four months to lose 15 lbs?

Regaining weight happens to the majority of people who lose weight, regardless of how they lost it. It's not an indictment of these drugs. I'm happy there's the option to stay on them indefinitely, which is what I may do. I only had 20 pounds to lose and am more than halfway there. I will taper off once I reach my goal weight, but if the weight comes back, I'll have no problem taking the meds again. I'd rather take the drug forever than struggle with my weight.

Most everyone will gain all of it back (and then some). Those who say they didn't gain it back are usually only about 6 months out or less from stopping the injections -- ask them again at the one year mark, or a little beyond and they will likely have gained it back.

Unfortunate, but no different than most methods of weight loss. I'm on Wegovy and my doctor says I'll be on it for life.

Anonymous wrote:Try losing below goal for a cushion.

Nope. Your body should have a natural set point that you can maintain without being nutso. If losing vanity weight means you got yourself thinner than your body's natural state, it will come back. If you truly had 15lbs to lose, just keep doing what you're doing now when you're off the medication.

Not injections but I had weight lost surgery in 2017 and gave kept most of it off.
I was 265. I’m now 175. Could probably be 10lbs lighter but I’m happy where I’m at.

I lost 60 lbs over 18 months on a med. stopped in July. Have gained back about 10 lbs since then, most of it in the first month. So pretty steady for 8 months, maintaining a 50 lb loss.

Try losing below goal for a cushion.

I don’t know the answer but asked something similar in another thread recently, and a poster responded that she gained the weight after stopping the injections, and when she restarted the injections, the weight came off more slowly.

What kind of doctor prescribed your injections, and how much did they cost per month?

I’ve been on trizepatide for 4 months and I’m almost at my goal weight. Yes; I did it to lose the vanity 15 lbs and lost the weight slowly. I made sure to get 100 gr of protein during this time and weight lift 4/5 times a week.
Now I’m worried about what will happen after I get off the medication. I’ve heard many people will gain the weight back even if they stick with a healthy diet and exercise regimen.
Anyone able to keep the weight off after getting off the injections?