If your GLP-1 is working but you are already wondering what happens next, you are not alone. I work with women while they are still taking the medication to build the nutrition, muscle, sleep, and daily habits that support their health now and create a stronger foundation for maintaining their progress if the medication changes or ends.
Any of these is a fine place to start from, and none of them needs you to have made a decision about the medication first.
It is working, and you have started thinking about what comes after.
And you want the ground underneath it in place first.
The conversation about when has already started.
And you are worried the weight you lost will come back.
In the STEP 1 trial extension, participants stopped semaglutide and the structured lifestyle intervention after 68 weeks. Over the following year, those who had taken semaglutide regained, on average, about two-thirds of the weight they had lost.
That does not predict what any one person will experience, but it shows why building nutrition, muscle, sleep, and sustainable daily habits matters while the medication is still providing support.
Wilding JPH, Batterham RL, Davies M, et al. Weight regain and cardiometabolic effects after withdrawal of semaglutide: The STEP 1 trial extension. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 2022. Read the paper.
This work does not replace or interfere with your prescription. I help you strengthen the nutrition, muscle, sleep, and daily rhythms that support your body now and continue to matter if your medication changes.
GLP-1s can reduce your appetite so much that getting enough protein, nutrients, and overall nourishment becomes difficult. I help you understand what your body needs, recognize where you may not be getting enough, and learn how to prioritize protein and nutrient-dense foods within the amount you are comfortably able to eat.
The goal is not simply to make the number on the scale smaller. We use protein, resistance training, movement, and recovery to help you maintain muscle, strength, metabolic health, and the ability to keep doing the things you enjoy.
Food and exercise are only part of the picture. We also look at light and darkness, sleep, stress, and your nervous system because they can influence your energy, appetite, cravings, recovery, and ability to maintain healthy routines.
My role is to support your nutrition, muscle, movement, sleep, stress, and daily habits alongside your medical care.
Nothing on this page is medical advice, and nothing here is a treatment for any condition.
No number, and no guarantee about what your body will do. Anyone selling you one of those is selling you something.
What the work gives you is the part that is genuinely yours. What you eat, what you lift, how you sleep, and how much of your day your body spends braced.
Those four hold whether you are on a medication or off one, and that is the entire reason for building them now.
Twenty questions, about ten minutes, and it comes back with the one of the five most likely to be holding the other four up. Free, and no card. It is also the fastest way to show me where you actually are.
