By David Tepera, October 22, 2025
We are now in the trend of people losing weight through multiple prescription drugs. Don’t worry, I’m not going to pooh-pooh it because there are benefits.
To keep it simple, these appetite suppression injections or drugs derive from the hormone GLP-1. For all you science nerds, GLP-1 stands for Glucagon-like Peptide-1
This natural hormone has many functions surrounding blood sugar regulations, but most important, it tells the brain that your full from eating. This occurs at each meal, if not, you would never stop eating.
These prescription drugs inject GLP-1 into your system to tell the brain that your full without ever taking a bite. There’s more science to it, but that’s the basics. So, people are losing weight because they aren’t hungry, and never think about the next meal.
Just know, this is fine for a starter kit, but if you don’t get on a maintenance program after, you’ll lose muscle, including loss of proper organ and brain function. Your body needs nutrition to survive, so be careful.
Don’t misunderstand me, I know the difficulties of losing weight and exercising. Everyone wants the quick fix because we’ve all failed the fad diets.
Getting your health back is about the life you gain. Have you started exercising? Are you cooking and preparing healthy meals? What destructive habits have you cut back?
Believe me, if you aren’t making lifestyle changes while taking these weight loss drugs, then you will lose in the end. Your life is worth more than a temporary fix. I promise, you might look and feel thinner, but you won’t be happy. Don’t be mad at me, I’m only trying to help you be successful in that journey.
Listen, you all know we own a fitness center that caters to the older population. At this time, we have family, friends and even clients who are currently on the route of GLP-1 weight loss.
The extreme ones who have chosen to take the lazy route and only utilize the drugs to make changes are on the road to deterioration. They are weak, depressed and struggle with simple conversation.
The people who have the best success rate are the ones who chose to exercise and lift weights. I know many of them, and support their exciting knew confidence in life.
Please, take note, the choices taken for your health should be about the life you gain.