#80 - 15 Rapid-Fire Questions: GLP-1s, Metabolism After 40, Steps, Macros & More

Number one, would you ever take a GLP-1? So for me, and this is me personally giving you my personal opinion about whether I would take a GLP-1.

This is not medical advice.

This is what I think.

First of all, My weight would need to be in a spot where my doctor has told me that I am at elevated risk of certain diseases or issues or medical problems later on.

Right now, my weight is at a healthy spot.

a doctor is not going to tell me I need to lose weight.

And therefore, I am not going to take any kind of drug or medicine for vanity reasons.

The potential risks which come with any medicine, any kind of drug are not worth it.

Okay.

But let's say my weight were on a spot.

that put me at elevated risk of certain issues.

And by the way, you can substitute weight for waist to height ratio, body fat percentage, or your preferred metric of choice.

Well, first of all, I will look at my habits and I will think, okay, am I focusing on protein and fiber? Am I getting good sleep? Am I managing my stress? Do I have all of my healthy habits locked in? Am I tracking my calories? If I'm doing everything right or trying to do everything right on paper and just not making any kind of progress after trying for at least six to eight weeks consistently and being consistent during the six to eight weeks, if I were not making any kind of progress with either inch loss or weight loss, then I might go and talk to my doctor about a GLP-1.

But I would do the work first.

The GLP-1 would not be the first thing that I tried.

And then I would also make sure, if I were to take one, that I was strength training, eating enough protein, and also eating enough calories.

because I would not want to lose any muscle, any bone density, because that is going to put me in a really bad spot long term and even short term.

I'm going to get weaker, going to lose energy.

I'm just going to feel like crap.

from not strength training, not eating enough protein, not eating enough calories.

So that was question one.