> We do know that the benefits stop as soon as you stop taking it. You'll start gaining back weight.
It's more accurate to say that if you're depending on the appetite suppression to eat a sustainable amount of calories, you will begin to gain weight again after stopping the drug.
It's possible to use a GLP-1 agonist to lose weight and then keep it off with a proper diet. I took tirzepatide (Mounjaro) for 6 months, lost ~45 lbs., and have not gained any back after stopping the drug in July.
So what changed for you? Why are you now able to control your calorie intake, but not before (or maybe you could have, but just didn't do it that way)?
It's more accurate to say that if you're depending on the appetite suppression to eat a sustainable amount of calories, you will begin to gain weight again after stopping the drug.
It's possible to use a GLP-1 agonist to lose weight and then keep it off with a proper diet. I took tirzepatide (Mounjaro) for 6 months, lost ~45 lbs., and have not gained any back after stopping the drug in July.