Considering stopping GLP-1... anyone else?

That third point is way overblown for weight loss or just in general. Most people don't need it. Carbs are honestly fine.

The 'first thing that actually works long-term' framing for severe obesity is accurate - the failure history that precedes GLP-1 use in most cases isn't about effort or discipline, it's about attacking a metabolic dysfunction with tools not designed to address it. The hesitation to stop comes from understanding that distinction.

The focused and awake feeling on reta showing up the same way it does during fasting is a useful distinction - if both produce the same effect, the likely driver is the caloric restriction state rather than the reta itself. For the OP losing motivation for exercise, the question is whether it's the medication specifically or the sustained deficit draining the energy. Some people find stepping down the dose slightly brings the motivation back while keeping the suppression.

the medication amplifies effort, it doesn't replace it - that's the part that catches people when motivation and exercise drop off at the same time as starting. the nausea management tools are there so you don't have to stop before the compound does what it's supposed to do, but what it's doing is creating a window for the habit building that still needs to happen

Unless there are other underlying health conditions, this medication probably shouldn't have been prescribed in the first place. Sounds like the fallout from using something this potent just to shed a small amount of weight.

Fair point, it definitely does more than just curb appetite. That said, the point being made earlier still holds, once those metabolic effects fade, it's daily habits and discipline doing the real work of keeping weight off, exactly the part most people gloss over.

Genuinely a big edge to have honestly, once the medication settles in and appetite suppression returns, results should show up fast since discipline's already sorted on your end.

No offense, but that's the exact advice doctors gave me before Mounjaro too, and it never once stuck. Sure, technically you're right that a pill didn't cause weight gain any more directly than a shot caused weight loss. Guess it's just coincidence that I stopped losing and started gaining right when I got put on Zoloft, and pure coincidence that I'm feeling full on way less food now that I'm being weaned off it.

Honestly not sure. My guess is those thoughts would creep back if I quit wegovy, meaning I'd probably end up back on an SSRI. That said, maintaining feels a lot easier than the actual losing phase did.

Really the point being made is that a lot of people chalk every side effect up to weight loss in general, not sure how accurate that actually is. Fairly confident reta specifically is behind this particular feeling, so stopping seems like the move. Will follow up, but seems worth pausing certain things just to confirm.

Some background on me: been running a GLP-1 for about two and a half years now. Still classified in the higher obesity category (terminology's shifted, not totally sure what the current term is). Down 60 pounds so far, though I've plateaued for close to a year.

Never coming off this medication. Even without further weight loss, the benefits elsewhere are just too significant to give up.

A1C's held steady in the fives the whole time. Doing exactly what it's meant to do there.

What genuinely surprised me was the drop in inflammation. Used to have serious pain running through my pelvis and lower spine. Could get around fine, but any day spent heavily on my feet, or bending repeatedly, cleaning or wrangling kids, meant real pain the following days. Getting out of bed hurt daily. All of that vanished within a week or two of starting (essentially right away). Now I can actually MOVE! Doing activities without dreading the next day's payback. Opened up so much more activity for me.

So even though the scale stopped budging like it did that first half year, staying on it regardless.