My Thoughts on GLP-1 - UPDATED July 2026 - (259)

Join the Guild - discount appliedwww.imnotquitting.com 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 mindWhy the food noise "comes back with a vengeance" — and his hypothesis on what's really going onThe core four: thin, healthy, happy, and in shape — and why a GLP-1 only delivers one of themWhy so many users stop walking and exercising the moment they don't "need" toEmotional eating is a separate problem the drug doesn't touchWho'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 youAdvice if you're going on one — whether you plan to stay on it forever or notProtein and muscle: the new problem a GLP-1 can quietly createWant to start the work of listening to your hunger — whether you're avoiding a GLP-1 or coming off one? Take the free Kick Start course at becomingthin.com.