My Thoughts on GLP-1 - UPDATED July 2026 - (259)
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Chris hasn't weighed in on GLP-1s in a while, and his opinion keeps evolving — so this is his July 2026 update. Drawing on years of coaching people who use them, quit them, restart them, or never touch them, he lays out an honest, non-dogmatic take: a GLP-1 is a genuine shortcut for hunger, but it's not a cure for the reasons people overeat in the first place.
He gets into why the "food noise" comes roaring back when people stop, why so many GLP-1 users never build the walking, exercise, and emotional-eating skills that make weight loss last, and the specific situations where he thinks a GLP-1 genuinely makes sense — older clients, people with 300+ pounds to lose, those fighting a biological clock or a surgery deadline, and cases where deep emotional eating needs the same kind of help a mental-health medication provides.
If you're on a GLP-1, considering one, or coming off one, this one's for you. No judgment either way — the goal is an informed decision.
In this episode:
- Where Chris first ran into GLP-1s back in 2021, and the client who changed his mind
- Why the food noise "comes back with a vengeance" — and his hypothesis on what's really going on
- The core four: thin, healthy, happy, and in shape — and why a GLP-1 only delivers one of them
- Why so many users stop walking and exercising the moment they don't "need" to
- Emotional eating is a separate problem the drug doesn't touch
- Who's actually a great candidate for a GLP-1 (and who's just taking a shortcut)
- The testosterone comparison: what a shortcut is, and what it still doesn't do for you
- Advice if you're going on one — whether you plan to stay on it forever or not
- Protein and muscle: the new problem a GLP-1 can quietly create
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