Your appointment is short. Your list of questions isn't.
The GLP-1 Success Guide is the practical, evidence-informed handbook for the weeks between visits: what to eat when you're not hungry, what to do about the side effects, and what a stall really means. Written by a practicing PA-C.
The questions that show up at 9 p.m., not at your visit.
None of these mean you're doing it wrong. They mean your body is changing faster than anyone has had time to explain. That's the gap this guide fills.
- "Is it normal that I forget to eat?"
- "Why does chicken suddenly give me the ick?"
- "The scale hasn't moved in three weeks. Is it broken, or am I?"
- "How much protein is enough when I can barely finish a yogurt?"
Two ways to do the next three months.
Figuring it out as you go
- Searching side effects at midnight
- Guessing at how much protein is enough
- Skipping meals because nothing sounds good
- Treating every stall like a failure
- Walking into visits with nothing written down
With the guide and Companion Tools
- A rescue plan for each common side effect
- The GLP-1 Plate Method for building meals
- Ways to eat enough when you're not hungry
- A clear read on stalls and slow responding
- Notes and questions ready for your prescriber
Five sections, in the order you'll need them.
Understanding Your GLP-1 Journey
- What Food Noise Actually Is
- When the Noise Gets Quiet
- Healing Beyond the Scale
- GLP-1 Injection Cheat Sheet
Building Your Plate While Your Metabolism Heals
- The GLP-1 Plate Method
- Protein Made Easy
- When Meat Gives You the Ick
- Fiber Without Feeling Miserable
- Healthy Fats Matter
- Hydration & Electrolytes
- Building Meals When You're Not Hungry
Side Effect Rescue Guide
- Constipation
- Nausea, Fullness & Loss of Appetite
- Diarrhea
- Sulfur Burps
- Fatigue & Weakness
Troubleshooting
- What Is a Slow Responder?
- Healing Before Shrinking
- Stalls & Plateaus
- Could You Be Under-Eating?
- Getting Things Moving Again
- Support Your Micronutrients
30 Days of Small Habits
- 30-Day Checklist
Seven tools that pick up where the book leaves off.
All seven tools for $9.99, or bundle them with the guide and save.
The GLP-1 Starter Course
A short course on daily habits and managing GI side effects. It's free for everyone on my site, and it's the best first step, so it's linked inside your download.
Visit Prep Sheet
What to track and which questions to bring before a dose change.
Maintenance Conversation Guide
How to talk with your prescriber about staying on, stepping down, or stopping.
Shopping List and Meal Planner
A store-section checklist with the protein in each item, plus a weekly planner built on the GLP-1 Plate Method.
Meat-Free Protein Meals
Six full recipes built on the GLP-1 Plate Method, each with roughly 25 grams of protein, for when meat gives you the ick.
Labs to Ask About
A plain-English guide to the labs that come up during treatment, including fasting insulin: what each one looks at and why it's monitored.
Strength Starter Plan
Six beginner exercises with photos, to do at home two or three days a week to help maintain muscle.
Hair Shedding Guide
Why shedding happens during weight loss, what's in your control, and when to get it checked.
The Off-Ramp Plan
Worried about coming off? What to build before you taper, with a worksheet for your prescriber.
New bonus · Included with the Companion Tools
Worried about coming off?
Stopping should be a plan, not an event. The Off-Ramp Plan is a short, clinician-written resource on what happens after the medication and how to get ready for it, with a worksheet to fill in with your prescriber.
- What the trials show about weight regain, in plain numbers
- Five things to build before you ever taper
- What changes once you move into maintenance
- A one-page Off-Ramp Plan worksheet
And if you need to stay on your medication, that's a valid plan too.
Sample page. © The Wellness PA.
The guide and the Companion Tools, together.
- The GLP-1 Success Guide, 40-page digital edition
- Visit Prep Sheet
- Labs to Ask About
- Maintenance Conversation Guide
- Strength Starter Plan
- Hair Shedding Guide
- Shopping List and Weekly Meal Planner
- Meat-Free Protein Meals, six recipes
- New bonus: The Off-Ramp Plan, for coming off a GLP-1
- The GLP-1 Starter Course (always free, linked inside)
Already have the guide?
Add the Companion Tools: all seven, sold as a set, plus the new Off-Ramp Plan bonus. It works with the paperback and Kindle editions too.
Theresa, PA-C
For nearly 15 years, I've worked in a variety of clinical settings caring for patients across the lifespan. More recently, I've cared for many patients navigating GLP-1 therapy and noticed a common theme: these medications can be powerful tools, but many people are given very little practical guidance on what comes next. I created this guidebook to help bridge that gap.
Good to know
How do I get it?
It's a PDF. You get the download right after checkout, and it opens on your phone, tablet or computer.
Is there a paperback?
Yes. The paperback and Kindle editions are on Amazon. The Companion Tools are sold on this site, on their own or bundled with the digital guide.
Is this medical advice?
No. It's education to help you get more from the care you already have. Decisions about your dose and medication belong with your own prescriber.