There's a short window while you're on it that quietly decides whether the weight stays gone. So here are the 3 questions I get asked most, and the honest answers that make all the difference.
Straight from what I tell my own patients · 2 min read
I'm a board-certified endocrinologist at The MAAS Clinic in San Francisco. I help people start the shot, stay on it, and come off it without losing everything they gained.
Most people struggle on GLP-1 for one simple reason. No one gives them a real guide through it. So they quit early from the side effects, or they lose the weight and watch it creep right back.
I hated watching it happen. So I started sharing exactly what I tell my own patients. That's what this is.
The first few weeks can be rough. Nausea, full after a few bites, foggy afternoons. So many people quit right here, before the medicine has even had time to start working. But most of that isn't the medicine being wrong for you. It's that no one showed you how to eat on it. Smaller meals, gentle foods, water sipped through the day instead of gulped at meals. Do that, and for most people it eases within two weeks.
No. Most of my patients don't want to be, and many can't be once the cost or the coverage changes. But whether the weight stays off has almost nothing to do with the medication. It comes down to what you build while you're on it.
Two things happen at the same time. Your hunger comes back. And here's the part no one warns you about. While you were losing weight, you also lost muscle. Muscle is what burns your calories all day, even while you sleep. So the day you stop, your hunger is back and your body is burning less than it used to. More hunger, less burning, at the same moment. That is why most people regain.
There's a short stretch, these early months on the shot, while your hunger is quiet and eating feels easy, when rebuilding that muscle and building a few simple habits barely takes any effort. That stretch is your window.
Do it now, while the medication is doing the heavy lifting, and the results become yours to keep. Wait until after you've stopped, and you're fighting your hunger and rebuilding at the same time, which is far harder.
Because I hear the same worries all week, and I know how lonely this gets. You're mostly doing it in private, typing questions into your phone in the middle of the night, drowning in advice that all contradicts itself, never sure what's actually right for you.
Getting the most out of this medication means doing it the right way, at every step. But not everyone can get to my clinic, and even there, my time runs out. So I built a way to be there anyway.
It's trained on the exact plan I use with my own patients, so it knows your medication, your stage, and the next right thing to do. Like being able to text me, any hour, any day.
Here's how it works. You tell Hannah how you're feeling today, a wave of nausea, a 9pm craving, a question you're scared to ask, and she gives you a specific answer made for you and for exactly where you are. Real, personal guidance, the moment you need it.
Set up your meals and habits so the side effects hit softer, and you actually stay on.
Rebuild the muscle that keeps the weight off, so the results become yours, not the drug's.
Come off one step at a time and hold your progress, without the fear.
A GLP-1 shot can cost hundreds a month. Hannah makes sure you get every bit of what you're paying for, so you stay in control, keep what you built, and never do this alone.
I'd start the shot, feel amazing, then stop and watch it all come back. I'm just a mom in Texas. I could never afford a coach or a dietitian on call, so every time it got hard, I was on my own. And on my own is exactly where I always slipped.
Now when a craving hits at night, or I don't know what's normal, I just ask Hannah. She tells me what to do, and what not to. For the first time, I'm not doing this alone, and it's finally sticking.
A private coach built on my full method, on your phone 24/7. Ask her anything, any hour. What to eat tonight, a gentle meal when you're queasy, how to beat a craving, what to do the day you stop. So you're not doing this alone anymore.
A coach like this is $17–50 a month everywhere else.
No. One payment, and it's yours for good.
No. She's trained on the exact method I use with my own patients, and she knows your stage, so you get the next right step for you, not a generic answer.
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One day you'll come off. Almost everyone does. What you do before that day is what makes it last.
When you lose muscle and don't rebuild it, you lose strength and energy, and your body burns less for years to come. Coming off the right way protects that.
Without a plan, you spend $200 a month on the shot, then risk regaining and starting over. That's months of work, and double the money, for a result you could have kept.
You can do the work now, while the shot makes it easy. Or do it later, when it's harder and costs you more.
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the 2am spiral is SO real, i used to just lay there panicking about all of it. now I literally just message Hannah and she talks me through it and tells me what to actually do. no clue how I did this alone before 🥹
there were things I was honestly too embarrassed to bring up with my actual doctor lol. I just typed them in and got a real answer, zero judgement. huge relief.
my number one fear was that the quiet in my head would come screaming back the second I stopped. it did NOT. I really think it's cause I did this while I was still on the shot. can't even explain what that's meant for me.
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I started this way later than I should've and it STILL helped so much. I keep thinking about how much easier it would've been from my very first shot. oh well, better late than never right
everyone kept telling me "eat more protein" and I was like ok but HOW. this actually broke it down in a way I could keep up with. small changes but they've actually stuck.
week 2 the nausea was so bad I was fully ready to give the whole thing up. the little eating tips settled my stomach enough to keep going. genuinely think I would've quit without it.
few months off now and I'm still where I was when I stopped. did not think that was possible for me?? still kind of in disbelief tbh.
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the amount of money I've wasted starting over again and again… this is the first time I don't feel like I'm gonna have to do that. worth it just for that.
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doesn't ask me to blow up my whole routine, just a few small things I can keep doing with 3 kids running around. that's why it's actually working.
that quiet feeling around food the shot gave me was the thing I was most scared to lose. this is legit how I kept it. so so grateful.
woke up around 1am worried about something, typed it in, had a real answer before I even fell back asleep. don't feel alone in this anymore.
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I finally feel like I know what I'm doing instead of just hoping I'm not messing it all up. that's huge for me.
wanted a little more on eating out at restaurants but overall it gave me a real plan I can actually follow. happy with it.
on the hard days it genuinely feels like someone's got me. that alone talked me out of quitting more than once.
came into this fully expecting to regain like I always do. for the first time I actually believe it can stay off. that's everything to me.
no more piecing it together from 10 different websites. start all the way through coming off, it's all right here and it's mine to keep.
my actual doctor is lovely but so rushed. this is like having her around for all the little in between questions. so helpful.
not off the shot yet but for the first time I feel ready for that day instead of scared of it. that's a big deal for me.
would've loved a printable version for my fridge but the actual guidance for coming off was exactly what I needed. glad I bought it.
No, and I understand why it feels that way, you probably read that scary headline before you even started. Regain isn't a curse. It's just what happens by default when nobody builds a plan for the day you stop. The people who rebuild a little muscle and a few simple habits hold onto the most. That's exactly what this is.
The drug quieted your appetite. It didn't do your grocery shopping, cook your meals, or show up for your walks. When you do the work while you're on it, the result is yours to keep, and yours to be proud of.
Same as most people. This one is built differently, for a body that's been on the medication and an appetite that comes back, and it's simple enough to keep up with on a busy day. It meets your real life, not a generic dieter's.
No. A blank chatbot doesn't know your medication or where you are in this. Ask Hannah is trained on the exact method I use with my own patients, so you get the next right step for you, not a generic search result.
No. Ask Hannah is with you any hour, day or night, and knows your plan and your stage. The lonely 2am version of this is over.
It's built for every stage, getting ready to start, the months on it, and coming off. If you've already stopped, start today anyway. Rebuilding later is harder, but far from hopeless.
No. Stay This Size is education and coaching for the eating, movement, and mindset side of your journey. When and whether you come off is always a decision between you and your prescriber.
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