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0:00When you're taking these GLP-1s, but the
0:02results slow down or they just are not
0:05what you hoped for, there's one move
0:07that almost everybody makes. And you go
0:10up on your dose, right? And it did work,
0:12right? So, it sounds like a sound thing
0:14to do for a while, then it slows again,
0:17so you go up again. More medication,
0:19more cost, and somehow you're not where
0:21you thought you'd be. I want to show you
0:24why that climb ultimately leads nowhere.
0:26And then more importantly, I want to
0:28walk you through the system that we use
0:29with our patients to get much more out
0:32of the medication, faster and on a lower
0:34dose, much lower than almost anyone ever
0:37expects. Because the truth that changes
0:39everything is this: When the scale isn't
0:41moving like you want, going up is
0:44usually the worst thing that you can do.
0:46And before you react, just watch the
0:48damn video cuz you're going to get your
0:49answer. But there are other changes that
0:51you can make as well to see drastically
0:53better results than everybody else. I'm
0:55Dr. Jones DC, and I coach thousands of
0:57patients through medical weight loss
0:59alongside our medical team. And this
1:01isn't just personal for me because I hit
1:03300 lb as a teenager, and I spent years
1:06losing the same 50 lb over and over,
1:09gaining it back and re-losing it every
1:10single year. And I also used these
1:12medications myself. I still do. So,
1:15everything I'm about to show you isn't
1:16theory, it's what actually works. The
1:18difference between the patients we coach
1:20who get great lasting results and what
1:23most people end up doing when they try
1:24to run these medications on their own,
1:26it's what actually works. Now, there's
1:28three things. So, let's get into the
1:30first one that I've already teased a
1:32bit, the dose. We are starting here
1:34because this is the one that I think
1:36flips everything else, right? And it's
1:38the one that almost everybody gets
1:40backwards. Now, real quick, if you're on
1:42one of these medications and you're
1:43about to be, do yourself a favor, hit
1:46that subscribe button because this
1:47channel is where I break down exactly
1:49how to get this right instead of
1:51guessing your way through it. Okay, so
1:53the dose. Here's the standard playbook.
1:55You start your GLP-1 and there's a
1:57built-in schedule that you go up every 4
1:59weeks. You climb towards the higher
2:01doses. You keep climbing. Most people
2:03assume that that schedule exists because
2:05that's what gets them the best results,
2:07but it doesn't. You see, that escalation
2:09schedule was designed for clinical
2:11trials. It's built to get patients to
2:13the target dose while managing side
2:15effects, not to get you the best
2:17long-term outcome. This is the dose
2:19escalation trap. Climbing the dose on
2:21autopilot because the calendar says to,
2:23or even your provider for that matter,
2:25or not because your body actually needs
2:27more. So, here's where it can actually
2:29bite you, and it does. So, let's say a
2:31few weeks in, the scale stalls, or
2:33you're even losing, but slower than you
2:35wanted. The instinct, and honestly, the
2:37advice you'll get from most providers is
2:39let's go up, more medication. Here's
2:41what most people never connect. Going up
2:44does often get the scale to move again
2:46for a little while, which feels like
2:48proof that it was the right call. So,
2:50you learn the lesson, stall means go up,
2:52and you run it again next time. And
2:54that's the higher dose problem. You're
2:56not solving anything. You're just
2:58borrowing results from a higher and
3:00higher dose. And eventually, you run out
3:02of room to climb. Now, I can hear some
3:04of you thinking, "My doctor keeps
3:05increasing my dose every time it stops
3:07working. So, isn't that what you're
3:09supposed to do? So, isn't that just the
3:11normal, correct thing to do?" Now, I get
3:13it because that's the standard protocol.
3:15But, think about what that approach is
3:17actually doing. It never once asks why
3:20the results slow down. It just adds more
3:22drug on top of the question mark.
3:24Increasing the dose is treating a stall
3:26like it's always a not enough medication
3:28problem, when very often, it's the
3:30opposite. So, let me show you what I
3:32mean here. I want you to picture a dial,
3:34like a volume knob on a stereo. On the
3:36far left, the volume's too low. In the
3:39middle, it's just right. And on the far
3:41right, it's cranked all the way up. Your
3:43dose works exactly like this. Too low,
3:46and the food noise, that constant mental
3:48chatter about your next meal, it's
3:49screaming. You're struggling daily.
3:52There's a real signal that your dose
3:54needs to come up a little. But, over
3:56here, cranked all the way up, something
3:58happens that most people never get
4:01warned about. Your appetite doesn't just
4:02quiet down.
4:04It freaking disappears.
4:06Eating becomes a chore. You forget to
4:08eat or you're physically unable to
4:10finish normal meals. That sounds like a
4:12win, but it's not. That's over
4:13suppression and it's how people
4:15accidentally walk straight into starving
4:17themselves on these medications. You
4:19see, when you barely eat for a long
4:20enough period, your body does the
4:22logical thing. It can dial your
4:23metabolism down to match. That's the
4:26GLP-1 crash. Now, you're stalled and in
4:29a lot of the patients that we coach,
4:30it's not because they needed more
4:32medication, it's because they've been
4:33quietly under eating on too much of it.
4:36So, what does the standard playbook tell
4:38you to do when you stall? We talked
4:40about it, right? Just go up. And you can
4:42see how that makes things worse. Now,
4:44what you actually want is right here in
4:46the middle. We call this the sweet spot.
4:47That's the therapeutic window. Now,
4:49here's how you know you're in the
4:51therapeutic window, the sweet spot. Your
4:52food noise is manageable, but it's not
4:54gone. You still feel a little hunger.
4:57You still have to make some good choices
4:59and that's the point. You're eating
5:01normally, you're losing steadily, and
5:03you're still building the skills that
5:05you'll need later when the dose comes
5:07down. The lowest dose that gets you into
5:09that window, that's your lowest
5:11effective dose. Not the highest dose
5:13that you can tolerate, the lowest that
5:15works. So, why would a lower dose ever
5:18beat a higher one? Now, here's the key
5:20and it's the thing that the standard
5:21playbook completely ignores. A higher
5:24dose can absolutely win in the short
5:26game and it usually does. Crank it up
5:27and yeah, the scale might drop faster
5:29for a few weeks. That's exactly why it's
5:31so tempting. But, weight loss isn't a
5:33short-term game, it's a long one. When
5:35you push the dose too high, you're not
5:37just risking that crash that I
5:39mentioned, you're dragging your
5:40metabolism in the wrong direction.
5:41You're teaching your body to do less
5:43with less, slowing it down right when
5:45you need it strong for the long haul.
5:48So, you win for a few weeks on the scale
5:51and you pay for it with months of stalls
5:53and regain on the back end. A lower,
5:55well-placed dose does the opposite. It
5:57gets you losing at a sustainable pace
6:00while your metabolism stays protected,
6:02and that's what makes the results
6:03actually hold. Think of it like that
6:05volume knob one more time. Everything
6:07that we're going to cover next, the
6:09protein, the training, those upgrade
6:12your sound system. Better speakers mean
6:13you don't crank the volume to fill the
6:15room. The stronger your system around
6:17the medication, the less you need from
6:19the drug to get a better result that
6:21actually lasts. You're not turning the
6:23medication up, you're making your whole
6:26body work with it. So, if you take one
6:28thing from this video, let this be it.
6:30On these medications, a stalled scale is
6:33not automatically a signal to go up, and
6:35many times it's not. More often, it's a
6:37signal that something in your system
6:38needs attention. Now, in our clinic, the
6:40people getting the best results are
6:42usually the ones on a lower, effective
6:44dose, not the highest number that they
6:46can handle. Now, if this dosing stuff is
6:48hitting home for you, if you're
6:49realizing that you might be climbing the
6:51dose when what you actually need is to
6:53find your sweet spot, that's exactly the
6:55kind of thing that we help people figure
6:57out. We offer free discovery calls where
6:59one of our patient educators learns your
7:01history and your goals. Now, they're
7:02going to walk you through how our
7:04program works. You can either text the
7:05number on the screen or check out the
7:07link in the description if you want to
7:09explore that. So, you've got your dose
7:11dialed in, you're at the sweet spot.
7:12That's freaking awesome, right? So,
7:14here's where most people accidentally
7:16undo all of it. When the medication
7:18quiets your appetite, eating becomes
7:20optional in a way that it never was
7:22before. You're just not that hungry, and
7:24the natural thing to do, the thing that
7:26feels like the medication is telling you
7:28to do, is eat way less, skip meals,
7:30barely eat at all, and that's where I
7:32have to clear up the single most
7:33confusing thing my patients ask me
7:35about. Because a lot of you are
7:37thinking, "Wait, Dr. Jones, if you're a
7:39fasting guy, right? Cuz big fan of
7:40fasting. Everywhere I look, people are
7:42saying eat less, fast more. And now
7:45you're telling me to make sure I eat.
7:46Which is it, right? That's a fair
7:48question. So, let me settle this right
7:50now. The medication's job is to suppress
7:52your appetite. That part's handled. You
7:54don't need it to help along by starving
7:56yourself. Your job is completely
7:58different. Your job is to protect your
8:00muscle. And those are not the same
8:02thing. Here's why that matters more than
8:04almost anything else on these
8:05medications. When you lose weight fast
8:07on a GLP-1, especially when you're
8:10barely eating, a big chunk of what
8:12you're losing isn't just fat, it's
8:14muscle. And losing muscle is the worst
8:16thing that can happen to your long-term
8:18results. For one simple reason, muscle
8:21is the engine that burns your calories.
8:23It's working, burning energy all day
8:25long, even while you sit there. So,
8:27every pound of muscle you lose, your
8:29metabolism gets a little slower, a
8:30little weaker. You end up being skinny
8:32fat. The scale's down, but you're
8:34softer, smaller, less muscle tone, and a
8:37metabolism that's now more prone to
8:39gaining weight back the second you do
8:41something to your medication dose in the
8:42future. And it gets worse, because
8:44under-eating sends your body its own
8:46alarm signal. When you're consistently
8:48eating too little, your body assumes
8:50food is scarce. So, it downshifts
8:52everything to conserve energy. Your
8:54metabolism slows, your energy drops, and
8:57your digestion stalls out. That's
8:59battery saving mode. It literally,
9:01clinically looks like a hypothyroid
9:02patient. So, now you've got two things
9:05dragging you backwards at once. You're
9:06losing muscle, and you've told your
9:08metabolism to slow down. Both from the
9:10same mistake, eating too little because
9:12the medication made it so easy to do so.
9:14It almost forced it to happen, right?
9:16The fix is almost stupidly simple.
9:19And it's non-negotiable with everything
9:20that we do. Protein first before
9:23everything else on your plate. You hit
9:24your protein, and the target that we use
9:26is 1 g of protein per pound of your goal
9:28body weight, the weight that you're
9:29trying to work towards, not where you
9:32are at now. So, if your goal is 150 lb,
9:35you're aiming for about 150 g of protein
9:37a day, even on the days that you're not
9:40hungry, especially on those days,
9:41because protein is the raw material that
9:43your body uses to hold on to muscle
9:45while the fat comes off. And when you're
9:47eating in a calorie deficit on one of
9:49these medications, it's the one thing
9:51standing between I lost weight and I
9:53lost weight and kept my metabolism
9:55intact. Remember that sweet spot that we
9:57found? Protein is what makes it hold.
9:59You can have your dose perfectly placed,
10:01but if you're not feeding your body the
10:02material to keep its muscle, that sweet
10:04spot quietly stops working because the
10:07engine underneath it is shrinking. So,
10:09protein gives your body what it needs to
10:11keep its muscle, but that alone isn't
10:13enough. Your body still needs a reason
10:15to hold on to that muscle instead of
10:17burning it. And that reason is the third
10:19lever. If protein is the raw material,
10:21resistance training is the signal that
10:23tells your body to actually use it.
10:25Here's the thing that your body is
10:27constantly deciding when you're losing
10:29weight. What do I keep and what do I get
10:31rid of? If you're not giving it a clear
10:33enough reason to keep your muscle, it'll
10:35happily burn it off. Muscle is very
10:38expensive to maintain for your body.
10:39It's the first thing to go when food is
10:41scarce. Lifting weights is how you can
10:43override that. Every time you train,
10:44you're sending your body a direct
10:46message, "Hey, I'm using this muscle. I
10:48need it, so don't you dare touch it."
10:51Right? That's you talking to your body.
10:53So, more of the weight that you lose
10:55that comes off is fat and the muscle,
10:56more of it stays. This is the exact fix
10:59for that skinny fat problem that I
11:00mentioned earlier. The people who lose a
11:02bunch of weight on GLP-1s and they end
11:04up smaller but soft with no shape to
11:06them. Almost none of them are lifting
11:08weights properly. The ones who come out
11:10the other side looking lean and strong,
11:12the body composition everybody actually
11:13wants, more muscle, less fat, they're
11:16training. Same medication, completely
11:18different result. Now, I want to be
11:20clear about what counts here because
11:21this trips people up. This is not
11:23cardio. You can walk all day on a
11:25treadmill and it won't do much to
11:27protect your muscle. I'm talking about
11:29heavy lifting. Doesn't have to be heavy
11:31weight, heavy lifting, resistance
11:33against your muscles. At least 3 days a
11:36week, that's your target. Focus on big
11:38compound movements, squats, presses,
11:41rows, the things that work multiple
11:43muscle groups at once, and gradually
11:45challenge yourself with a little bit
11:47more over time. You don't need to become
11:49a bodybuilder, you need to give your
11:50body a consistent reason to keep what
11:53protein is helping it hold. Now, quick
11:56question for you, if lifting weights is
11:58your biggest struggle because
12:00truthfully, you want to do it, but you
12:01just don't have time. I've been
12:02researching a new way to work out, and
12:05honestly, this is a total game-changer
12:07because you can literally work out in 10
12:09to 15 minutes, and that's it. You do
12:11that a couple times a week and you're
12:12set. If you want me to make a video
12:13specifically breaking down how that
12:15whole system works so that you can get
12:17your workouts done in a fraction of the
12:18time, let me know in the comments if
12:20that would be helpful to you. Okay, so
12:21now let's line all three up. The right
12:23dose in the sweet spot, enough protein
12:26to hold on to your muscle, and the
12:27training that tells your body to keep
12:29it. Individually, each one helps, but
12:31together, something happens that almost
12:34nobody on these medications ever gets to
12:36experience. They stop needing more, and
12:38that changes the entire long game here.
12:40And if you made it this far, what
12:42surprised you the most? That people
12:44getting the best results are usually on
12:45a lower dose, not a higher one?
12:48Or was it something else? Let me know in
12:49the comments. Okay, so let's talk about
12:51where this is actually going because
12:53this is the part that separates people
12:55who lose weight on GLP-1s from people
12:57who lose weight and keep it off
12:58long-term. Here's how I want you to
13:00think about the medication. It isn't the
13:02thing that fixes you, it's a window.
13:04When the food noise quiets down and the
13:05weight starts coming off, you've been
13:07handed a window of opportunity, a
13:09stretch of time where everything is
13:10finally working with you instead of
13:12against you. The entire game is what you
13:14do inside that window. So, if you spend
13:17it just riding the dose and waiting, the
13:19window closes you right back to where
13:22you started. That's the regain that
13:23everybody's terrified of. But, if you've
13:25spent it building the system, the
13:27protein, the training, the metabolism
13:29that you're protecting, then you're
13:30building something that keeps working
13:32after the window closes. Because that's
13:34the goal, not staying on the maximum
13:36dose forever, not white-knuckling your
13:38way off and praying that you don't
13:40regain. The goal is what I call
13:42metabolic independence, where your body
13:44has healed enough and your muscle and
13:46metabolism are strong enough that you
13:48need less and less medication to hold
13:51your results. This is that dial moving
13:53all the way down over time. Now, a lot
13:55of our patients end up on what's called
13:57a microdose, a tiny dose below where
14:00most people start or around that level.
14:02Just enough to keep things steady while
14:04their own system does the heavy lifting.
14:06Now, some come off entirely, some stay
14:08on a larger dose. It just depends on the
14:10individual. That's the medication
14:12working itself out of a job, exactly
14:15like it's supposed to do. So, here's the
14:16honest question to ask yourself right
14:18now. Are you building a system around
14:20your medication or are you just riding
14:21the dose and hoping? Because one of
14:23those leads to lasting results and the
14:25other leads to the exact stall and
14:27regain cycle that we started this video
14:30talking about. Now, look, everything
14:31that I just gave you, the dosing logic,
14:33the protein target, the training, that's
14:35the system. That's not behind a paywall.
14:38You can take what I said and just run it
14:39yourself, and plenty of people do that.
14:41But here's [clears throat] what's hard
14:43to do alone. Knowing your sweet spot
14:45week to week as your body changes,
14:47hitting your protein when the
14:48medication's killed your appetite, and
14:50eating feels like a chore. Knowing
14:52whether a stall means hold, adjust, or
14:55that something else is going on instead
14:57of just defaulting to go up. That's the
14:59part that people get wrong on their own,
15:01and it's the difference between losing
15:03weight for a few months and actually
15:05keeping it off long term. Now, that's
15:06exactly what we do. You can either text
15:08number on the screen or check out the
15:10link in the description for a free
15:11discovery call. Now, you'll talk with
15:13one of our patient educators, where
15:14they'll get to know your history, what
15:16you've already tried, and where you're
15:18trying to get to. They're going to give
15:19you a real feel for what it's like to
15:21work with me, my coaches, and our
15:23medical team and what that whole process
15:25looks like. And they're going to walk
15:26you through programs and pricing too as
15:28well so that you can actually see what
15:30it could look like for you. Now, do the
15:32three things. Protect the long game. And
15:34if you want a team in your corner doing
15:36it with you, you know where to find us.
15:37And listen, if the big question in your
15:39head right now is, "Okay, but how do I
15:41understand dosing more?" I made an
15:43entire video walking through exactly
15:46just the dosing thing. There it is right
15:48there, guys. Check it out. We'll see you
15:49later.

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