The most important concern for survey respondents? Maintaining their weight long term on a GLP-1 (noted by 4 in 10 respondents) The second biggest concern? What happens if they stop taking the medication, a concern shared by more than 1 in 3 respondents.
Resistance training and adequate quality protein will help you preserve lean muscle mass and promote fullness at meals, and this applies whether you’re taking a GLP-1 or going off it, says Nneoma Oparaji, MD, a Houston-based physician board-certified in internal medicine, obesity medicine, and lifestyle medicine.
Weight regain or the reappearance of food noise is not a moral failure, says Oparaji. “These are expected biological responses. It’s knowing that that could happen so you can be more proactive.”
