Will I regain the weight when I stop?

The truth is, most people do experience some weight regain when they stop taking GLP-1 medications. However, this is often because people have not taken the medication long enough or have not included a maintenance phase. We recommend that after reaching your goal weight, you reduce to a maintenance dose where your weight stays stable for about 12 months. This allows your body's set point to adjust to a lower weight, so that your body starts to accept the lower weight as the new normal. It also allows the brain's reward pathways time to recalibrate, meaning that people find they are less drawn to high calorie and sweet foods once they stop. Crucially, it gives you time to work through the psychological programme in this book, which addresses the underlying reasons why you struggled with food in the first place.