If you start a GLP-1 drug, how do you ever stop?
Seems like GLP-1's are not a cure but treat the symptoms. You need to keep treating the symptoms forever unless you solve the issue.
Seems like GLP-1's are not a cure but treat the symptoms. You need to keep treating the symptoms forever unless you solve the issue.
There is always the risk of regaining weight unless you continue to do whatever caused you to lose weight (e.g. restricting calories) to some extent.
I guess a "cure" would be good but since we don't have one having to periodically go back on glp drugs if you gain weight is no different from periodically having to go on a diet if you gain weight.
On the other hand most people tend to naturally gain weight pretty slowly (e.g. a pound a year) so having to go on glp drugs for a period every few years wouldn't even be that bad, especially if they're available in pill form.
By not taking it.
> Seems like GLP-1's are not a cure but treat the symptoms
This goes against all of the evidence around rebound, improved diet and exercise after folks have lost weight, et cetera.
You have a lot of results that look like this, with an average bounce rebound of 2/3s of the loss.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35441470/
However, detailed analysis usually shows a bimodal distribution, with people who maintain or even lose more, and those that go back or even gain relative to baseline.
Just finding 10-12 hours in which to exercise every week is challenging on its own. It's much more difficult when the exercise itself becomes harder and less rewarding.