What happens when you stop taking a GLP-1
Appetite returns, the scale can drift, and the food noise gets louder. Here's what to expect, and how to stay ahead of it.
The OffRamp Journal
The part nobody prepares you for is the day the prescription ends. These are calm, practical reads on staying the person you worked to become: what to expect when you stop, why regain happens, and how to hold the line without dieting.
Two in three people regain most of the weight within a year of stopping a GLP-1. The difference between the two-thirds and the third isn't willpower. It's a system. Here's the one we built OffRamp around.
Appetite returns, the scale can drift, and the food noise gets louder. Here's what to expect, and how to stay ahead of it.
Regain isn't a character flaw. It's three biological forces pulling in one direction. Name them, and you can hold the line.
That constant mental chatter about food has a name and a cause. Here are the practical ways to turn the volume down.
A quarter to nearly half of what you lose can be muscle. Defend it with one daily number and two short sessions a week.
Put it into practice
Everything in the Journal is built into the app: the Regain Radar, the protein floor, the 30-second check-in. Free to download, no account, your data stays on your phone.