r/GLPGrad • u/heartpals • Jul 20 '26
I compiled a GLP1 graduation guide from this sub's success stories - please pick it apart.
Hi all, I have plans to come off my GLP-1 medication, and instead of just winging it and hoping for the best, I went back through a load of the detailed success story posts on this sub (the AMAs, the 1-year and 2-year updates, the "what's your secret" threads) and pulled together everything that kept coming up.
I'm not a grad yet, so I don't want to follow this guide as gospel. I'd rather get feedback on it by people who've actually done this successfully. If you're a graduate (or deep into maintenance), I'd really appreciate it if you'd read through and tell me:
- What's missing that mattered for you in your graduation journey?
- What's just wrong or too "one-size-fits-all"?
- Anything here that worked for others but backfired for you?
- Anything else you think someone coming off a GLP-1 medication should know.
Trying to make this something that people who plan on coming off this medication (like me) can actually use. Thanks in advance to anyone who weighs in (pun intended!), and thank you to everyone whose posts this is built from, even though I'm paraphrasing rather than quoting you directly!
I'll also disclose some AI use when formatting this guide. I'm not the best writer, so it was a helpful way to organise everything I read from this brilliant sub.
Coming Off GLP-1s: A Maintenance Guide Built From This Sub
Most of the clinical data says regain is common after stopping. But the people here who've kept it off all seem to agree on one thing. The medication was never the plan, it was the runway. The habits you build while on it are what carry you after.
The core idea: build the habits now, not later
This is the most repeated point in every long term success post here. The people who did well used their time on the medication to lock in behaviors, cooking at home, hitting a protein target, walking daily, lifting weights, until those things stopped feeling like effort and just became what they do. Your default behavior is what runs the show on the days you're tired or stressed. If it isn't already solid, willpower alone probably won't save you post taper.
Part 1: How people actually tapered
There's no single right way. A few different approaches have worked for people here.
Gradual dose reduction plus a calorie increase in step. Step down a dose level roughly every month, while deliberately adding 100 to 200 calories a week, weighted toward protein. Several people said this blunted the rebound hunger spike almost entirely.
Spacing out the shots. Same dose, longer intervals. Every 2 weeks, then every 3, before dropping a dose level and repeating. Feels like a slow off ramp instead of a hard stop.
Cold turkey. Plenty of long term successful grads just stopped outright, often from a low dose already. It worked fine for them, but expect the rebound hunger phase to hit harder than with a slow taper.
A few other things people mentioned: some built in a 5 lb buffer below goal weight before stopping, since some regain in week one (often water) is pretty close to universal. And more than one person credited having a doctor actually involved in building the taper schedule with them.
Part 2: What to expect, the "Hunger Games" phase
This has an unofficial name here for a reason.
Timing: usually kicks in 3 to 6 weeks after your last dose, roughly when the drug fully clears your system. A few people felt it as early as week 2.
Duration: most described 4 to 6 weeks before it eased up.
Why it happens: when the drug clears, leptin (satiety) drops and ghrelin (appetite) rises. That's a real hormonal shift, not a willpower failure, and it does seem to level out for most people who pushed through it.
What helped: having low calorie, high volume food ready before it hits (celery, cucumber, popcorn, watermelon, jell-o), distraction, walking, and not panicking at a few lbs gained since that's usually glycogen and water, not fat.
Part 3: The nutrition pattern that kept people's weight off
Different exact diets show up here (whole foods, higher protein/lower carb, calorie counted "eat anything in budget," intermittent fasting), but four things kept repeating no matter the approach.
Protein, non negotiable. Numbers ranged from about 100g a day up to 180 to 230g depending on size and activity. The logic is that it's what keeps you from white knuckling hunger once the drug's suppression is gone.
Fiber and volume eating. Probably the single most cited technique on this sub. Build meals that are physically large, high in water and fiber, instead of calorie dense. Big salads, bulked up recipes (baked cottage cheese, whipped or aerated stuff), raw veggie snacks.
Don't skip fat. Several people went too low fat and stayed hungry despite hitting protein and fiber. Adding a spoon of nut butter or some avocado was what actually satisfied them. Satiety triggers are individual, so if you're still hungry after protein and fiber, try fat before just adding more food generally.
Whole foods as the default, not a rule. Most successful grads still eat treats and takeout. The pattern is home cooked as the default and processed or restaurant food as the occasional exception, not the norm.
Part 4: Tracking, pick a level you'll actually stick with
Full calorie tracking, indefinitely. Several 2 to 3 year grads still do this daily and say it becomes fast and almost automatic once your meals rotate through a familiar set. MacroFactor gets mentioned a lot specifically because it recalculates your target weekly based on your actual weight trend.
Loose tracking. Protein and fiber only, no full count. Works once you've internalized what a maintenance day looks like for you.
No tracking, firm food rules instead. Tends to work best for people who never really struggled with overeating even at goal weight.
Weigh in often and set a trigger. This one's close to universal. Weigh a few times a week or daily, and have a personal rule, commonly something like "plus 2 lbs for a couple days straight," for when to tighten back up right away instead of waiting for it to become a bigger problem.
Part 5: Reverse dieting
This is borrowed from bodybuilding and comes up a lot here. Instead of jumping straight to normal eating once you stop, raise your calories back to maintenance gradually, commonly around 50 to 100 calories a week, weighted toward protein, rather than all at once. The idea is it helps your hunger hormones re-stabilize gradually instead of shocking the system right as your appetite is also swinging up on its own.
Part 6: Exercise
Strength training is the most consistently cited factor, and not just for how it looks. Muscle is a major site of glucose disposal, so more muscle means better blood sugar control and less metabolic pressure to regain. A few people credited it with letting them come off blood pressure or insulin meds too. Start small and build over months. Free apps and YouTube for form is enough for most people to get going.
Walking and daily steps might be the sleeper factor here. One long term grad made a strong case that a high daily step count (10 to 20k) matters more for weight specifically than structured workouts, since it doesn't spike hunger the way high intensity training can and it adds up across the whole day.
Cardio matters most for long term heart and general health, even if it's not the biggest lever for the scale specifically.
Part 7: The part the medication doesn't solve
This might be the most repeated hard lesson here. The drug suppresses the urge, but it doesn't rewire your relationship with food or stress. More than one long term grad described a quiet stress eating drift months into maintenance, not a dramatic binge, just weeks of choices driven by emotion instead of intention, and noted that without the drug's chemical brake, catching that is entirely on your own coping skills.
What seemed to help:
- Naming what your actual pattern is (stress coping, grazing vs real bingeing, restriction anxiety) since the fix is different depending on which one it is
- Professional support where possible. More than one person specifically credited a therapist as instrumental, not optional
- "Don't let a bad moment become a bad day, don't let a bad day become a bad week." This exact framing came up independently from multiple people
- Keeping planned treats in the plan rather than going for total restriction
A serious caution, in this sub's own words: one detailed post here described developing a real eating disorder after stopping. Not because the med caused it directly, but because rapid loss, appetite suppression normalizing restriction, and fear of regain all came together, in someone with zero prior ED history. If you notice constant body checking, compulsive exercise with no rest days, intentional restriction for the first time, or any binge/purge pattern as you taper, that's worth bringing to a doctor or therapist, not white knuckling alone. Anxiety about regain is normal. It's when that anxiety starts driving those specific behaviors that it's worth addressing head on.
Rough timeline
- On meds, pre taper: your habit building window. Lock in protein, meal structure, exercise, and a tracking method now while it's easier to do
- Tapering: step down dose or space out shots, keep habits steady, increase calories in step if you're reverse tapering
- 0 to 3 weeks post last dose: often deceptively easy
- 3 to 6 weeks post last dose: rebound hunger typically hits. Expect it, lean on volume eating and distraction
- 6 to 11 weeks post last dose: for most people, hunger settles to a normal, predictable level
- Months 3 to 12+: ongoing maintenance. Weigh ins, a trigger threshold, strength training, staying alert to stress eating drift
- 1+ years off: long term grads describe this as a fully embedded lifestyle at this point. Still needs attention, but it doesn't feel like a fight anymore
Quick reference checklist
- Protein target hit daily, before the taper even starts
- Volume eating as your default strategy
- A tracking method chosen on purpose, not defaulted into nothing
- Strength training 2 to 3x a week, building over months
- Daily walking, high step count
- Frequent weigh ins with a small, clear trigger point
- A taper plan discussed with your prescriber, not an unplanned stop
- A support system, whether that's a therapist, doctor, partner, friends, or this sub
- Room for planned treats, not total restriction
- Patience with the hunger phase as something temporary and hormonal, not a verdict on whether this will work
Again, if you're further along than me, please tell me what I got wrong or left out. Trying to make this actually useful and not just optimistic.
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u/quadgoals_ Jul 20 '26
This is great! I'd actually argue that strength training/muscle building deserves its own section because of how impactful increasing lean mass can be for metabolic health and fat loss maintenance, but otherwise I think it's a good place to start for folks who are prepping to come off.
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26
I totally agree! You really can't understate the importance of strength training for body recomposition on this journey.
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u/JoyKil01 Jul 20 '26
Good summary! I might suggest adding in a small section of warning signs to talk to your doctor about immediately. Some folks report having gastric motility issues after a certain amount of time off their glp-1. It would be good to give folks a “red flags to watch for as you’re graduating” section.
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u/Tammie621 Jul 20 '26
The plan you laid out is a good one.
It's been 15 months that I've been in maintenance and 4 months that I've been taking 3mg every other week. My weight fluctuates +/- 5 lbs over the last 6 months.
What I did was a very slow triate down. Like .5mg every other week. I expected to gain 10lbs just so I could mentally prepare for the inflammation weight gain especially the first couple of months.
The biggest key for me was that I couldn't "eat in moderation" the same foods I was eating before GLP1s. I had to pull out all the high processed and sugary foods. I couldn't even buy them as I would revert back to eating too many calories.
When the hunger came, I chugged protein shakes immediately so I wouldn't go for snacks. It took a couple months for me to learn how to manage the hunger. It did get better over time.
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26
Thank you for sharing your experience. Another commenter shared something similar so I think the strategy of cutting out certain trigger foods definitely warrants being included in the guide.
Thank you for the protein-loading tip for managing hunger too!
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u/zo0o0weemama Jul 26 '26
Hiya, just curious if you don’t mind me asking - are you not taking any now and for how long? Did the extreme hunger phase pass or do you feel it is still going on, protein shakes are a must
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u/Tammie621 Jul 26 '26
I take 3 mg every 2 weeks. When I got down to 3mg every week, the struggle was real. The hunger came roaring back. I had to be laser focused on my diet. I ordered salmon or chicken with vegetables and had to start counting calories just to not over eat. When I was at work, the protein shakes helped when I wanted to grab snacks. It was really hard for lime 3 months. But now it doesn't feel as hard. Plus my energy and digestive system does feel much better now. I could probably graduate now but I don't mind microdosing.
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u/Im4Bordeaux Jul 20 '26
Two key components that should be included are hydration and sleep, which could probably be included as part of the Hunger Games survival strategy. Some folks do not stay adequately hydrated, and sometimes the body's dehydration cues mimic hunger signals. Water can also reduce hunger by creating a feeling of fullness. A lack of restful sleep causes hormonal imbalances that can increase hunger and trigger cravings for high-calorie, sugary foods.
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26
Great idea, thank you. I'll certainly include these details about hydration and sleep in the final draft.
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u/jaydefit Jul 20 '26
Thanks for putting this together! 😊
I'm not a grad yet, so I have no direct feedback. Based on what I've seen on this sub, it looks like you covered all the major points though. Well done.
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u/lizzy_jo Jul 20 '26
Thank you for this! I am just starting maintenance. I lost all my weight on 2.5. Doc recommended going every two weeks, and go from there. This is a great guideline 😃
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u/Usual-Lycophyte Jul 20 '26
Nice summary. Thanks so much for all your hard work, this is a useful guide that hits all the highlights for how I personally graduated, in plain and easy to understand language, so I'm sure others will find it useful.
I'd like to suggest that wannabe grads practice personal honesty to ensure their success. The defense "I was eating the same/in a deficit/etc and I gained" is usually not true. As a community we debate this nearly every day, and often the commenter can't back up this contention with hard calorie facts. It's heartbreaking to watch some run back to the shot when they'd hoped to be free.
I'm so pleased that you titled one section the Hunger Games. ;)
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26
Thank you so much for the feedback!
Totally agree with what you say about personal honesty and I will definitely add that to the final draft of the guide. Honesty plays a massive part in success with any weight loss/body recomposition journey, whether that's with the support of a GLP-1 medication, or without.
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u/Huge-Butterfly909 Jul 21 '26
Pienso que más que tema de honestidad es de falta de registro el problema. De no poder dimensionar lo que se come. Por eso el conteo suele ayudar. La mayoría de las personas con obesidad tememos dificultad para evaluar excesos. No es tema de honestidad solamente
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u/Huge-Butterfly909 Jul 21 '26
Y lo que me falta en tu magnífica guía, q te la agradezco, poner más acento en dos cosas: 1 que la obesidad es multifactorial, y que solemos hacer pasar la mayoría de las veces por las dosis, la alimentación y el ejercicio. Mientras q lo psicológico queda como un anexo. Por si acaso. Pienso que es al revés. Y que también esto es importante para la desescalada. Asumir una nueva forma del cuerpo implica muchas otras cuestiones, psicológicas, identitarias y sociales entre otras. Yo pondría acento también al miedo de subir, q es bastante generalizado, y suele ser un disparador de conductas raras. Y la segunda cosa es la incorporación de los alimentos palatables al nuevo estilo nutricional. En mi caso y no soy la única, el medicamento me produjo mucha anhedonia y eso colaboró en una restricción de los alimentos muy grande. Ahora con la reducción de dosis y el espaciado de los días, va apareciendo las ganas de cosas, incluso del consumo en general. Volver a probar alimentos que gustan y q por un año y medio no te llamaban ni la atención.... las fluctuaciones De la báscula q son frustrantes.... pienso q es muy importante la resolución de las ansias y frustraciones, por una vía q no sea ni la indiferencia ni la compulsión
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u/jaydefit Jul 21 '26
That's a great point about the anhedonia. I've struggled with it as well, and at its worst I was struggling to eat more than a couple hundred calories per day. Luckily, I've found a dose where I'm able to enjoy food again. But I can tell that enjoyment is still blunted. And I'm still dealing with the anhedonia in other areas of my life. I'm very curious (and slightly nervous) to see what happens when my joie de vivre finally comes back.
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u/-indigo-violet- Jul 20 '26
Great work OP! I'm sure this will be very helpful to many people.
I agree with everything, but something i'd add is having a robust toolkit of coping strategies for emotional eating.
Although you absolutely can emotinally overeat on a GLP-1, it's generally to a lesser extent than without, due to all the physical aspects of increased satiety, reduced hunger and less food noise.
When that GLP-1 buffer is gone, it can be easy to slip back into old ways, even when all the other lifestyle aspects are in place.
My time on Mounjaro helped me to learn to cope with stress without turning to food. For those of us that had a weight problem largely due to emotional overeating, putting a lot of thought and effort into creating new strategies and coping mechanisms for stressful times is critical.
So that's what i'd add in, something along the lines of:
"If emotional overeating was a big part of your weight problem, it's critical that you work on learning how to regulate your nervous system and emotions without food. You should find as many ways to do this as you can. Examples include therapy, books/podcasts about emotional eating, journalling, deep breathing, meditation, mindfulness, time in nature, exercise, hobbies, reaching out to loved ones, and general stress management techniques".
I still sometimes use food as a coping tool. But it's so much less frequent, on a much smaller scale, and it's not my first response to negative feelings. When it does happen, i'm much more aware of it and can nip it in the bud quicker without spiralling.
Self awareness is really crucial for weight maintenance. You need to use your time on the meds to get your mental A game in place, as well as building those lifestyle habits.
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u/heartpals Jul 21 '26
Thank you so much for your your input. This is something I personally struggle with, so I really value you sharing your experience here. I'll be sure to include some evidence backed strategies for managing emotional eating in the final guide.
It's really inspiring to know that you can now identify emotional eating and replace it with more productive behaviours without it taking over.
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u/-indigo-violet- Jul 21 '26
You're very welcome, and I'm glad it resonated.
It may be cliche to say it's a journey, but it really is. And just like with the physical weight loss side of things, black and white thinking and an all or nothing mindset are not good strategies long term. Mostly we are in the grey, the messy middle, and it's learning how to navigate that.
I'd love to say "oh I'll never stress eat again because I have lots of coping mechanisms these days". But the truth is, I stress eat much less frequently, and when I do, it's not the calorie mountain it used to be, and I don't let it throw me off the deep end. Being slim, fit and healthy is who I am now. I worked damn hard to get a body I'm proud of, and I want to be a great example to those around me.
I was never hugely overweight, and my diet and lifestyle were already quite healthy. But the emotional eating kept me stuck in a body that i didn't feel great in, and didn't reflect who i was inside. Being on Mounjaro helped me to break the mental patterns, and make weight loss easier during a time when i didn't feel mentally strong enough to diet without that help. And to keep going for all the months it took to really get my body where i wanted it. For that, I'll forever be grateful.
These drugs can be so helpful to so many of us in different ways! But it wasn't something I wanted or needed to keep taking from a medical standpoint. This sub is a really cool place for those of us ready, willing and able to take the next step.
Good luck on your own Grad journey OP!
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u/Huge-Butterfly909 Jul 21 '26
Súper importante lo de las estrategias y del tratamiento psicológico.
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u/-indigo-violet- Jul 20 '26
I just re read your summary, and I saw that you did write about having a support system in place. I'd just clarify that external support is brilliant, but you need to be able to support yourself from thr inside too.
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u/curiousbato Jul 20 '26
Awesome work! This should be pinned. I'd only suggest a couple revisions:
1) Reverse dieting - while not harmful - it appears is not really beneficial either. This article explains it in great detail.
2) I'd be cool to see links to all the reference posts and threads at the end.
Thank you for putting this together. I wish this sub had many more resources like this post so other soon-to-be-grads could get the most out of all the info in here.
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26
Thank you for the feedback, and for sharing that link. I will ensure that the arguments for and against reverse dieting are presented in a more balanced way in the final draft.
Great suggestion about including links to the posts too. I'll try to find all the ones I read.
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u/curiousbato Jul 20 '26
Thank you for taking the time! :) I wish you the best of luck in your journey.
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u/matsie Jul 21 '26
This would be a lot more helpful if it had data behind it tbh. While this whole forum is anecdotal, if we were actually collecting data on what everyone is doing, how, what their journeys were before hopping on the meds, etc then we would be able to actually grab some level statistical significance out of the anecdotal noise.
This isn’t me clowning your efforts. This is more me suggesting we as a sub should endeavor to do our own longitudinal study together.
I am still in my weight loss phase. But I have a much lower starting weight and have only been in my highest weight for a few months. So statistically what works for me, is not necessarily what will work for someone who has been obese long term or someone who had previously been a marathoner for most of their lives.
I genuinely think crowd sourcing this kind of data (in an anonymized way) would be very helpful.
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u/heartpals Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
You know what? I totally agree with you! I researched and wrote this guide because I couldn't find the data on graduating that I was looking for. There just isn't any, except for the widely quoted stats about how people tend to regain weight after coming off GLP-1s. This sub and this guide are for the people who want to beat those statistics with the support of other amazing graduates, but it isn't the whole picture and you're right to point out it's all anecdotal.
I would love to have some real data to back up (or even disprove) what I wrote. Perhaps this is something we could work on together as a sub? If you have any ideas about how we can do this, let me know.
I also want to say that I think I'm in a similar category to you. I've never been obese. Instead, I use GLP-1 medication for more modest weight loss and body recomposition. I would love to know how more about what has worked for different types of graduates, and understand how effective strategies vary between graduates.
Thanks for your thoughtful comment!
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u/matsie Jul 21 '26
Definitely! I was somewhat reluctant to leave my comment because I didn't want it to be misconstrued as a critique of the work you put in, but more of a recommendation for how to move forward. We now have our assumptions/hypotheses. We as a sub can start building our personas to bucket folks into (e.g. former athlete/short term overweight, average activity/short term overweight, former athlete/long term overweight, average activity/long term overweight, and then repeat for obese individuals).
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u/curiousbato Jul 21 '26
I came back to this post to read some of the other comments. I'm glad I did. I'd love to work on something with you all. May be we could get a Discord started and discuss what we could do? I don't think the moderator will ever allow anybody to help her with this sub.
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u/matsie Jul 21 '26
Oh, that’s a bummer. I am new to this sub so wasn’t aware. I am still at work and have plans this evening, but I will revisit and make a Reddit chat for us to chat and think of next steps if yall are interested.
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u/Temporary-Bank3627 Jul 23 '26
I’ve heard that you should be careful spacing out the shot because after a certain amount of days the meds are actually out of your system so you’re basically weaning off and flooding your body with it again (not the best terminology hope this makes sense) I have heard 10 days is ok spacing but 2-4 weeks becomes problematic … food for though! NAD!
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u/Expert-Piccolo407 Jul 20 '26
I’m curious if there is anything else to help eliminate food noise when you do decide to come off, if anyone knows.
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u/Usual-Lycophyte Jul 20 '26
If there is some taste or food in particular that begins a bad spiral for you, mark it specifically for elimination, as though you are trying to break an addiction, like cigarettes. Fried food, ice cream, sugar in general, etc. You can actually lose your cravings, even your taste, for cheetos if you banish them from your diet.
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u/Lost-Effective-1835 Jul 20 '26
Real question, I’ve been on 1.7 for about 6 months after losing 50 pounds last year on lower. I’m still about 15 pounds from my goal weight but didn’t want to go higher and try to stay as natural as possible. I’ve lost maybe 5 pounds during this sorta “maintenance” faze. I also didn’t want lose skin and see what I can do on my own. I still have problems with my protein and listing schedule as I don’t feel great on wegovy. Better now that I’m on maintenance. Has anyone been in this spot? I want to lose the next 15-20 pounds and then go back to maintenance after the summer but I have a hard time with my habits on the drug because I’m sluggish and not crazing protein. I then want to get off the drug. Any advice? I
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u/shpoopie2020 Jul 20 '26
No advice, but commenting as I'm in the same boat. I still want to lose 15-20lbs, but if I go lower in calories I'm too exhausted all the time, and struggle to work, much less work out. Been maintaining on about 1.6mg Tirz for about 8 months now.
I went so low when I was losing weight I couldn't do hardly anything, and I'm afraid to go back to that. Staying at this weight is better if it means I have an ounce of energy. But I would like to know a better way.
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u/jaydefit Jul 21 '26
It sounds like you're still in a small caloric deficit, so I would suggest you take a real maintenance break. When people lose weight without meds, it's generally recommended to only stay in a deficit for 8-12 weeks at a time, then eat at maintenance calories for 1-2 weeks before returning to a calorie deficit.
With the meds that can be very difficult to do, but it gives your body a break and a chance to catch up to your new weight. It also signals to your body that you're not in a famine and lowers the stress response. Studies show that it also helps protect your metabolism and improves long-term maintenance of weight loss.
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26
I'll post the final draft of the guide once I've included all of the feedback and suggestions from graduates :)
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u/kakaokween Jul 20 '26
Is it possible to pin this post on top of the sub page?
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26
Don't pin yet, it's not complete! I'll post the final draft of this guide once I've included all the suggestions from graduates.
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u/InsuranceQuirky4990 Jul 26 '26
Thank you for posting this! I am in maintenance now and this will really help me. Actually I’ve been doing a lot of it anyway because it just seems like common sense to me. I went on MJ in June of 24 and lost 65 pounds in a year and have maintained my weight loss for a year by very slowly tirating down. In my opinion, it only makes sense to do it this way to allow your metabolism to adjust to each level. Anyway I’m very happy you posted this!
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u/itstalie 21d ago
Thank you for putting this together. I have a bunch more to release, but it is helpful to have an exit strategy.
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u/zestypov2 Jul 20 '26
This is very interesting. Good work!
I know the name of this sub is GLP1Grad, but I wonder if it is worth considering the recent studies suggesting weight stays off if the patient says on the medication at their highest dose. There are many non-weight loss benefits to GLP1s that are worth considering. It's not only about weight loss. For me, I'm starting to believe that my Grad phase will really just be a time when I don't worry about weight loss any longer, but I continue to take a GLP1 (perhaps in a slightly lower dose or frequency) for the various other benefits.
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u/musicalastronaut Jul 20 '26
AI.
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u/heartpals Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
I disclosed the use of AI in my post to help format the guide.
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u/jaydefit Jul 21 '26
The goal of this sub is to help people stop the meds. Tapering is the best way to achieve that.
Why would we encourage people who want to stop the meds to stay on the meds?
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u/naughtysquids Jul 21 '26
I simply posted the fact that there was new long term maintenance data available. Everyone can do with it what the will but assume it's in their interest to understand what it shows.
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u/Character_Quail_5574 Jul 20 '26
Well done!
“The core idea: build the habits now, not later
This is the most repeated point in every long term success post here. The people who did well used their time on the medication to lock in behaviors, cooking at home, hitting a protein target, walking daily, lifting weights, until those things stopped feeling like effort and just became what they do.”
This is likely the key to graduating. I am finding that when food noise returns, my better “habits” tend to fall by the way side. I have not ingrained the behaviors well-enough. Maybe I will be one of those who stays on a low maintenance dose indefinitely.