GLP-1s: The pros, cons, and my personal weight loss journey

Scale and measuring tape

New Year’s resolutions have a certain connotation – and it’s not always positive. But for me, it wasn’t New Year’s that prompted me to make a change. In April 2023, I was almost a year into my health journey at the gym. I once again signed up with a trainer to start small group weight training. Despite lifting with my trainer, taking group fitness classes (kickboxing, Barre, Zumba, and yoga), and lifting on my own, the scale had managed to go up by 10 pounds. A looming milestone birthday caused me to start reflecting on where I was in this thing called life.

I looked in the mirror and said to myself, “What are you waiting for? You’re not happy. You know what you need to do, so do it.” That’s when I pulled the trigger and contacted a nutritionist to work with me on my macros. It took about six months for things to really start clicking, but once they did, the weight started gradually falling off, my muscles became more defined, and my mental health started to improve. Eighteen months later, I officially lost a total of 40 pounds (10 more than my original goal).