Semaglutide
FDA-approved Semaglutide weight loss injections are designed for long-term use and a flexible eating structure. They target blood sugar metabolism and feeling full longer. Typical Semaglutide treatment is a minimum of 3 months to 1 year.
Highlights of Our Semaglutide Weightloss Injections:
- Weight Loss
- Decreased appetite and cravings
- Improved insulin sensitivity
In our experience, our patients are losing 10-12 lbs per month, depending on their initial weight and their adherence to the nutrition guidelines we provide. The majority of the weight loss is fat loss or visceral fat loss. This is so important for improving one’s metabolic and overall health. For those patients who do not clean up their diet, they struggle a bit more. We provide nutrition counseling and planning for all of our patients and Semaglutide allows for a more liberalized diet, which is great. Patients are learning how to eat normally.
When you lose visceral fat, the body begins to get into a healthier state. Blood pressure normalizes, cholesterol normalizes, joint pain subsides, digestive issues improve, mental clarity improves the list goes on.
Who is a good candidate?
- Anyone who has 25 or more pounds to lose
- Anyone who has PCOS
- Anyone who has Type 2 Diabetes
- Anyone who is ready to make positive changes to their diet
- Anyone who has struggled to keep the weight off
Approximately 15% of our patients experience side effects. Of the 15%, approx 5% need to stop the medication. Common side effects include nausea, constipation, and fatigue, but we have strategies in place to help patients through the initial period.
Some strategies include:
- magnesium supplementation
- probiotics
- digestive enzymes
- chewing food more thoroughly
- eating smaller meals
- drinking water between meals rather than with meals
Semaglutide is given by subcutaneous injection. We have not had any patients refuse it because of this. We teach them how to do the injection and the fear goes away immediately because the needle is tiny and you really can’t even feel it.
There is a lot of talk about what happens after you stop the medication.
The information out there is meant to scare people into staying on it long term. When you lose fat, primarily visceral fat, you improve your metabolic health. When you are in a healthier metabolic state, you are less vulnerable to weight regain.
Now, if you haven’t changed your poor eating habits and haven’t lost much weight while on semaglutide then you will likely regain your weight back. Weight regain largely depends on your metabolic health. If you still have high visceral fat levels then you are more likely to gain weight. So we encourage our patients to stay on Semaglutide until they get close to a normal level of visceral fat.
Semaglutide can help those who continue to eat a less optimal diet but it’s an expensive way to maintain or lose weight gradually.
In summary, you must be willing to make some changes. Who thought that we are that naive to think that weight loss will stick if you go back to unhealthy eating habits. Like anything else, you have to work at it. You don’t need to be perfect but you need to be prepared to make some changes.