foreign want to make this video to help you get the maximum amount of results or the best results from using your summit gluten or to zepatite so basically what Cinema glue that enters appetite uh R are medications that slow down your gastric emptying so what does that mean it means that you're going to feel Fuller longer on a smaller amount of food so you lose weight by caloric restriction just like a diet now I always tell patients two things number one you have to remember to eat because especially people who are busy in the morning
or work out in the morning you can go the entire day without feeling hungry but then in the afternoon you may feel dizzy or lightheaded worst case you know faint and the reason why is because you're hypoglycemic your body is not sending you signals to eat and you forget to eat so you have to remember to eat this is much more common in the in the beginning when you first start the medication and number two when you reach your desired weight loss goal you can stop the medication you just have to remember that once you
stop your stomach is going to return back to its normal functioning so you want to you want to make sure that you maintain the weight loss after the medication is stopped just like any diet because if you don't the weight will come back so it's good to use this time to learn about nutrition and exercise and stuff like that while you're in your active weight loss phase now now so we wanted to give you some pointers on how to change your diet and lifestyle so that you can get the maximum benefit from the medications and
the first point is use the lowest dose that offers you weight loss and the reason why is because once you lose the desired amount of weight you stop the medication you're going to want to wean off the medication instead of stopping cold turkey because if once you stop it cold turkey your hunger is going to come back with a vengeance and we want it to be more of a slow lower progression towards that and if you're at the lowest possible dose this will be much easier okay the second one is that you want to prevent
muscle loss whenever you lose a pound of weight up to 20 of that is muscle if you've ever been on Diet before you know this because you're weaker when you're at the gym you don't have as much energy and you your body's uh shape or your physique starts to change now you want to minimize this and how do you do that number one you want to eat a hype you want to eat high protein diets and what that is is usually 0.5 to 1 gram per pound per day so for example if you weigh 150
pounds then you want to try to eat at least 75 grams of protein a day to minimize the weight loss ideally around 150 grams per day the second one is is resistance training or weight lifting you want to give your muscles a stimulus to continue to work and grow so income bind with in combination with a high protein diet this will help minimize weight losses when you lift weights especially you want to lift on the heavier side so you cause the metabolic stress on your muscles necessary to grow or at very least maintain okay now
next you want to drink a lot of water and what is that is that's at least eight ounces eight times a day which is a daily recommendation because you can get constipated when you're on these medications and because you're you're dramatically decreasing your food intake constipation can be or can result from that so you want to make sure you keep yourself adequately hydrated so that you don't get problems with constipation you want to also on your diet you also want to eat high fiber foods high fiber foods will help prolong the feelings of fullness and
obviously in the you know the forms of vegetables and fruits or fiber supplements and fiber also has a lot of benefits in of itself like lowering your cholesterol preventing colonic diseases preventing colon cancer and so ideally you'd want to try to hit about 25 grams a day so that will help with the feeling of fullness and to keep yourself clean and overall healthy uh regarding fat intake you want to have a moderate uh healthy fat intake in the forms of like for example like avocados because because fats are involved in in synthesizing hormones in our
body so to maintain a healthy estrogen and testosterone level in your body you want to make you want to give your body the building blocks it is a building box to maintain uh your your hormonal balance because once your hormones Get Low that you also you're going to start feeling you know very tired your lack of energy and all the things that go along with that so maybe you want to maintain a healthy hormonal balance and also healthy fats does uh also increase the time the amount of you feeling full okay so your caloric intake
will be less and the medication works better and then finally I always tell people that you have to minimize the intake of liquids or or soft foods that have a high caloric High caloric content with low nutritional value basically like ice creams or sodas or fruit juices that are high in sugar these these foods will pass through your stomach very quickly and give your body a lot of calories what the value of the calories aren't that great they're not very nutritious and so that will slow down your weight loss so as much as possible avoid
those Foods so these are tips and tricks you can uh you can use to help maximize your benefits from the semiclutine and terzapatide so um thank you for working with us we look forward to seeing how much weight you can lose if you have any questions please reach out to your doctor have a great day
