The Weight Medicine Podcast

Two years on GLP-1.Over 140 pounds lost.In this short follow-up (due to technical difficulties - sorry for the troubling sound at times), Shelbi shares what changed — not just on the scale, but in her life.This conversation is not about doing it "perfectly", nor is it our last one. Stay tuned for more from Shelbi in the near future!

Ana Reisdorf is a dietitian, GLP-1 user — and host of The GLP-1 Hub Podcast.In this episode, she shares her own journey with Ozempic, Mounjaro, and compounded tirzepatide — including losing weight, stopping, regaining, and starting again.We talk about what maintenance actually looks like. Why coming off medication isn’t always realistic. And how GLP-1 can shift your relationship with food — without restriction.This is an honest conversation about long-term use, cost, stigma, and what it really takes to sustain results.

Chelsea is a dietitian. She understands nutrition. She knows what to do.And still — it felt like she was constantly fighting her own body.In this episode, we talk about what it means to not fit the stereotype of a GLP-1 user. Chelsea was never in the obese category. But the struggle was still there — the constant effort, the “white-knuckling” and the feeling that no matter how disciplined you are, your body doesn’t fully respond.She shares how she came into GLP-1 through her husband, and what changed when that constant internal fight finally quieted.This episode is about nuance.About who “deserves” help.And what it feels like when things finally get a little easier.

Jennie’s story begins long before GLP-1.She grew up in the shadow of divorce, bullying, and childhood abuse. Food became comfort. Protection. Control. By her teenage years, she was living with binge eating disorder and bulimia, while navigating the toxic diet culture of the 80s and 90s.For decades, she carried not just weight — but shame.In this conversation, Jennie speaks openly about trauma, depression, food addiction, and what it’s like to live in a body that society constantly judges. She talks about the professional and social consequences of weight stigma, and the quiet humiliation of eating in public when you already feel watched.GLP-1 helped her lose 30 pounds.But more importantly, it quieted the obsession.She’s clear about one thing: medication is not magic. It requires mental work, emotional honesty, and ongoing healing.This episode is about understanding obesity as a disease. About separating coping from character. About realizing that survival strategies aren’t moral failures.And about what happens when shame finally loosens its grip.

Mollee had only been on GLP-1 for six weeks when we recorded this episode.But this conversation isn’t about rapid weight loss. It’s about inflammation, chronic pain, ADHD, postpartum survival — and what happens when your body finally starts cooperating.Mollee shares her history with psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, lipedema, and years of trying to “discipline” herself into better health. She talks about growing up in diet culture, cycling between restriction and overeating, and later realizing how ADHD shaped her relationship with food.She didn’t start GLP-1 to be smaller. She started it to feel better.Within weeks, she experienced reduced inflammation, clearer thinking, less anxiety, more energy — and the ability to be more present with her children.She calls the medication a catalyst. Not a cure. Not magic. But a turning point.This episode is for anyone whose body story is layered. For anyone using GLP-1 for health, not headlines. And for anyone who just wants their life back.

In this episode, I’m joined by therapist Laura Grabow, who has worked in obesity medicine for over two decades, focusing on what she calls “head work” — the emotional and psychological side of treating obesity.We talk about what GLP-1 medications can do — and what they can’t.Medication can reduce hunger and quiet cravings. But it doesn’t automatically heal emotional eating, trauma, or shame.Lora explains why shame doesn’t create lasting change, how emotional eating is often a coping strategy, and why learning to pause, name feelings, and practice self-compassion is essential for long-term success.Obesity treatment isn’t just medical. It’s mental, too.Lora is also hosting a 4-week virtual class on this deeper mindset work start March 3rd so head on over to loragrabow.com