Is Ozempic a dirty word?
Ozempic is a name-brand for a semaglutide drug with a side effect of weight-loss. However, I’m umbrella-terming Ozempic with all semaglutide, tirzepatide, and liraglutide drugs (i.e. Wegovy, Mounjaro, Saxenda, etc…)
Recently, I’ve seen another surge of plastic surgeons on IG calling out celebrities for their use of semaglutide weight-loss medications without crediting them for drastic weightless results. While this is very sexy for the algorithm, it hardly scratches the surface of weight-loss drugs and why they’re being prescribed.
Losing weight can be a desired result of these medications. However, weight-loss alone leaves you in a smaller version of shape that you didn’t like to begin with. What happens after the termination of semaglutide injections is also to be considered. There is inevitable weight gain on a deconditioned body that has lost both muscle and bone density. While professionals are administering Ozempic and similar drugs, it has lackadaisical nutrition therapy to follow up at best, if any nutrition guidance at all.
Fun fact: Your doctor/nurse practitioner prescribing semaglutide injections did not go to school for cognitive behavioral therapy, exercise science, or nutrition.
If you are making the financial and physical commitment of weight-loss injections and their side effects, you need and deserve the mental commitment of a nutrition coach to go with it. Why? To guide you past the feelings and behaviors that contributed to getting into the situation where you chose to use medication for weight-loss in the first place.
Ozempic alone will not give you the body of your dreams.
This is not to say I am against weight-loss injections. They can be excellent tools to help with diabetes and obesity-related diseases. However, I believe it should be used as part of a multi-system approach. What you fuel your body with during AND after weight-loss injections is vital to your longevity. The imposed energy restriction of weight-loss injections affects how you’ll need to exercise to maintain muscle mass and effectively change your body composition. Ozempic, GLPs, and semaglutides can be life-changing IF used in conjunction with nutrition consulting and exercise.
If you are ready to use Ozempic, you should be prepared for lifestyle changes. Let me help you make these changes long-lasting, beginning with a New Client Package of virtual personal training and nutrition consultations.