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GLP-1s, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO OFF THE MEDS AND WHAT TO DO WITH LOOSE TUMMY AND BREAST SKIN
Here’s the reality of GLP-1s: 18% of U.S. adults have taken GLP-1s for weight loss or to treat a chronic condition. About half will stop taking it within a year. Those stopping will regain lost weight within about 1.5 years. Any improvements in blood sugar, blood pressure, or cholesterol are reversed. On average, people taking GLP-1s lost 32 pounds but will regain 21 pounds the first year after stopping them.
The weight gain is faster for those who stop taking GLP-1s because their appetite is much higher than previously. GLP-1s interfere with your appetite feedback control system. Eating goes from restricting calories to eating without limits.
(Did You Know? Much like diets, surgery, and other weight-loss methods, only about 15-18% of those who get off GLP-1s will retain the weight loss. These are typically people who have changed their lifestyle of eating and exercising.)
When those who stopped taking GLP-1s go back on them, the results are not as successful. The metabolic adaptation is tempered. Weight cycling, gaining and losing weight repeatedly, may have a negative effect on the proportion of fat to muscle. When you lose weight, one-quarter to one-third of it is muscle. Gaining weight involves more fat.
The answer to this problem is to have a discussion with your physician about GLP-1s and lifelong health planning. While GLP-1s may be the key to unlocking weight loss or treating health issues, a long-term strategy of diet and exercise is needed to maintain these health benefits.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE LOOSE SKIN?
It’s something not discussed much when first starting weight reduction. How much you lose (and where on your body) depends on many factors. Some of these include: age, how quickly the weight is lost, personal skin tone, protein intake, and exercise (up to a third of the weight loss can be muscle), and body habitus (where you have enlarged fat cells).
-Sumanthi Reddy, WSJ, Gemini,
Here are some examples of our surgery patients from 2025 treated for their loose skin with one month follow ups.
LA DOLCE VITA, JOIE DE VIVRE:
Italian Meatballs
I’ve made some very average meatballs in the past and therefore, usually buy them at the store for convenience. These are worthwhile as I’ve taken a standard meatball recipe and embellished it.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine 1 pound of ground veal (ground beef works too), 1 pound of Italian sausage, 2 egg yolks, ½ cup Italian breadcrumbs (I use panko), ½ cup freshly grated pecorino-Romano cheese, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1/3 cup chopped parsley, ¼ cup milk, 2 tsp. fennel seeds, 2 tsp. salt, and 1 tsp. pepper.
Use a 2-ounce scoop to form about 16 meatballs. Bake 18 minutes, then turn over and bake another 12 minutes. Add meatballs to the sauce. For this quantity, I used three jars of three different kinds of pre-made sauce (come on, I did make the meatballs from scratch): marinara, spicy, and Bolognese. I also added onions, mushrooms, and Calabrian chili to the sauce. Caio!
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Healthy Living,
Peter McKenna, M.D.
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McKenna Cosmetic Surgery Center | 513.793.5772 |10577 Montgomery Road | Cincinnati, OH 45242
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