23/07/2026
2 stone off…only part way through the journey, when the injections had to stop due to gallstone. Without them the weight was creeping back up.
This is when my client came to me, we are now 4 session in, the rebound weight has come off and she is moving on with continued weight loss.
But this isn’t the big win 🎉
The biggest change is that she’s no longer relying on a medication to make the decisions for her.
She’s learnt how to recognise the difference between physical and emotional hunger.
She understands the thoughts that used to pull her towards food.
She tunes into her body’s signals instead of ignoring them, she now understands what drives food noise and how to quieten it.
She makes food choices that leave her feeling good and satisfied.
She is responding to stress without automatically reaching for food as the coping mechanism.
She’s building habits she can carry with her for life.
But something else has changed too!!
She’s rewriting her story, she is not using a diet mindset, no restriction. She is nourishing herself…with food, with compassion, and the ability to make the choices rather than denial and restriction.
Instead of seeing herself as someone who needs medication to stay in control, she’s discovering that she has the knowledge, awareness and confidence to do it herself.
That shift in identity changes everything.
Because now she’s not only changing her own relationship with food, she’s changing her family’s too. The meals they eat, the conversations they have around food, and the example she’s setting every day.
The GLP-1 helped suppress her appetite.
It didn’t teach those skills.
GLP-1 medications can be an incredibly valuable tool for many people. They can reduce appetite and create the breathing space needed for change.
But long-term success comes from developing the skills that remain when the medication isn’t there.
The goal isn’t simply to lose weight.
It’s to become the kind of person who no longer needs to battle with food every day.
That’s where lasting change happens.
