Why Weight Comes Back Faster After Slimming Jabs
Why Weight Comes Back Faster After Slimming Jabs
And Why Butter, Bacon, and Not Eating for a Bit Might Save You
Slimming injections are the latest miracle cure. They’re discussed in hushed, reverent tones normally reserved for Italian supercars or petrol prices that don’t induce weeping.
People take them, and suddenly the food stops. Biscuits lose their seductive whisper. Portions shrink. Weight drops off. For the first time in years, the bathroom scales stop behaving like a spiteful ex.
Everyone says the same thing:
“This is it. I’ve beaten biology.”
They haven’t.
Because there’s a small, deeply inconvenient question nobody asks while the trousers are getting looser:
What happens when the injections stop?
What Actually Happens When the Jabs Stop
Serious researchers in The BMJ looked at over 30 clinical studies on GLP-1 drugs. These injections were designed for diabetes and are now masquerading as the answer to obesity.
The results were stunningly consistent:
You lose weight on the jabs
You stop the jabs
The weight comes back
And it comes back with confidence
On average, people regain 0.4 to 0.8 kilograms per month. At higher doses, many return close to their starting weight within 12 to 18 months.
The BBC then added insult to injury by pointing out that people who lose weight this way regain it around four times faster than those who lose weight through dietary and behavioural change.
Four times.
That’s not a relapse.
That’s a biological spring-loaded trap.
The Medication Works. Biology Works Harder.
Before anyone starts yelling, let’s be clear.
The injections do what they promise.
They suppress appetite
They slow digestion
They increase fullness
They are excellent at telling your brain to be quiet.
What they don’t do is improve metabolic health.
And without that, you’re just borrowing weight loss.
Your Body Is Not Broken. It Is Armed and Alert.
When weight drops, the body does not congratulate you. It assumes something has gone terribly wrong.
Research shows that after weight loss:
Hunger hormones rise
Satiety hormones fall
Energy expenditure drops
This is adaptive thermogenesis, which is science’s way of saying your body has decided you’re in a famine and is preparing for winter.
Here’s the issue with slimming jabs.
While you’re on them, hunger is chemically gagged.
When you stop, that gag comes off instantly.
But the metabolic slowdown remains.
So now you’re hungrier, burning fewer calories, and relying on habits you never learned.
That’s not poor discipline.
That’s predictable biology.
Appetite Suppression Is Not Healthy
Modern dieting has confused eating less with being healthier.
They are not the same thing.
If weight loss happens without metabolic repair:
Muscle is lost
Metabolism slows
Blood sugar stays unstable
Cravings return
A major study in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that hunger-promoting hormones remained elevated for over a year after weight loss.
Which explains why the moment the chemical handbrake is released, the body floors it.
Why Low-Carb With Animal Fats Changes Everything
This is the bit that causes arguments at dinner parties.
Low-carbohydrate eating combined with adequate animal fat doesn’t just reduce calories.
It restores signals.
By removing refined carbohydrates and replacing them with foods like meat, eggs, butter, tallow, ghee, and full-fat dairy:
Blood sugar stabilises
Insulin levels fall
Hunger reduces naturally
Muscle is preserved
Energy stops oscillating wildly
Animal fat doesn’t just feed you.
It tells your body it is safe.
And a body that feels safe does not overeat.
Why This Makes Fasting Easy (Instead of Miserable)
Here’s the part nobody tells you.
When you eat enough fat and protein, something extraordinary happens.
You stop thinking about food.
Not through discipline.
Not through willpower.
But because you are genuinely full.
And that’s where fasting enters the picture.
Not the Instagram version involving green juices and suffering.
But natural, effortless fasting.
When insulin is low and fat intake is sufficient:
You can skip meals without discomfort
Energy stays steady
Mental clarity improves
Fat stores are easily accessed
Fasting stops being a punishment and becomes a side effect of eating properly.
And fasting, when it happens naturally, is one of the most powerful tools we have for:
Improving insulin sensitivity
Reducing inflammation
Allowing metabolic repair
You’re not “forcing” fasting.
You’re simply not hungry.
This is how humans have done it for most of history.
Fat Is Not the Enemy. Hunger Is.
For decades, we were told fat would kill us.
So we removed it, replaced it with sugar, and wondered why we were hungry every 90 minutes.
Animal fats do the opposite.
They:
Keep you full
Stabilise blood sugar
Reduce snacking
Make fasting possible without suffering
A well-fed body does not panic.
And a body that doesn’t panic does not regain weight.
The Skill Slimming Jabs Don’t Teach
Slimming jabs mute hunger.
They don’t teach:
How to eat enough fat
How to regulate blood sugar
How to trust your appetite again
Education-based approaches do.
They teach people how to eat in a way that naturally controls hunger without chemicals.
That’s a skill.
And skills don’t disappear when a prescription ends.
Where Real Meal Revolution Fits In
At Real Meal Revolution, the aim has never been to silence appetite.
It’s to fix the reason appetite is screaming.
Eat real food
Embrace animal fats
Stabilise blood sugar
Reduce cravings naturally
Discover fasting without forcing it
The Bigger Picture
Weight regain after slimming jabs is not a failure.
It’s what happens when temporary appetite control ends without metabolic repair underneath.
Lasting health doesn’t come from injections.
It comes from:
Real food
Low carbohydrates
Adequate animal fat
And allowing the body to rest between meals
If you want results that last, the answer isn’t doing more to your body.
It’s learning how to feed it properly.
Then, occasionally, leaving it alone.
With a cup of coffee.
And no biscuits.
References:
- West, S. et al. (2024). Weight regain after cessation of medication for weight management: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- BBC News (2024).People who stop slimming jabs regain weight faster than dieters.🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c050ljnrv2qo
- Rosenbaum, M., & Leibel, R. L. (2010). Adaptive thermogenesis in humans.The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition🔗 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/92/4/782/4597310
- Sumithran, P. et al. (2011). Long-term persistence of hormonal adaptations to weight loss.The New England Journal of Medicine 🔗https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1105816
- Goldenberg, J. Z. et al. (2021). Efficacy and safety of low and very low carbohydrate diets for type 2 diabetes remission.The BMJ 🔗https://www.bmj.com/content/372/m4743
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Metabolism and weight regulation.🔗 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-causes/metabolism-and-weight/
Optional “Further Reading” (if you want to go deeper)
Wilding, J. P. H. et al. (2021). Once-weekly semaglutide in adults with overweight or obesity. NEJM
🔗 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183Rubino, D. et al. (2021). Effect of continued weekly subcutaneous semaglutide vs placebo on weight maintenance. JAMA
🔗 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777886
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