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I Paused Zepbound for 30 days..Here's What Happened
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Our summary
In this video from December 2025, a nutritionist and health coach who also takes a GLP-1 describes what happened when she stopped Zepbound for about four weeks. She says she took 2.5 milligram doses for three months, lost about 18 pounds, then lost her supply when a delivery order was canceled. She chose to stay off through December so she could enjoy holiday meals with family, with a plan to restart in January and a goal of staying within plus or minus 5 pounds.
One person's experience, in their words. Not medical advice.
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She says her weight held steady over the four weeks. According to her, food noise and hunger returned after about two weeks, she craved raisin bran, and she felt a bit more bloated and puffy in week two, which she links to holiday foods and a drink rather than the medication break. She says her constipation, which she found the hardest side effect, went away. She credits not regaining mainly to being more intentional about food and daily movement, such as walking and watching her granddaughter four days a week.
She also gives background on 20 years of yo-yo and low-calorie dieting, which she says cost her muscle and slowed her metabolism, and argues this makes regain faster after stopping a GLP-1 if protein and strength training are neglected. She says she started the year at 207 pounds, began Zepbound at 197 and is now at 179. Her next goals are to lose about 30 more pounds, strength train three times a week, and reach about 8,000 steps a day. She also describes size blindness with her jeans.
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Takeaways
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- 0:30 She says she took Zepbound 2.5 milligram for three months, lost about 18 pounds, then went off after a canceled delivery and chose to stay off through December.
- 1:33 She explains that 20 years of low-calorie dieting cost her muscle and slowed her metabolism, which she says makes regain after stopping faster.
- 4:37 She reports holding her weight for four weeks, with hunger and food noise returning after about two weeks.
- 6:40 She says she credits being more intentional about food and daily activity for not gaining, and noticed more bloating from holiday foods.
- 8:11 She says her constipation disappeared while off the drug, and she plans to focus on fiber and water when she restarts.
- 9:16 She shares her weights (207 at the start of the year, 197 at the start of Zepbound, 179 now) and goals of 30 more pounds lost, strength training three times a week and about 8,000 steps a day.
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What the video says
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- Medication
- Zepbound
- Point in the journey
- Day 30
- Weight loss mentioned
- 18 lb
- Side effects mentioned
- constipation
- Who is speaking
- Patient
Questions this video answers
What happens when you take a month off Zepbound?
The speaker says she maintained her weight over about four weeks off. She reports that hunger and food noise returned after roughly two weeks, and she felt somewhat bloated, which she attributes mostly to holiday foods.
How much weight did she lose on Zepbound 2.5 mg?
She says she lost about 18 pounds over three months (13 weeks) on the 2.5 milligram dose. She states she started Zepbound at 197 pounds and was at 179 pounds when she recorded the video.
Did constipation improve after stopping Zepbound?
According to the speaker, her constipation went away while she was off the medication, and she calls it the side effect that bothered her most. She says she plans to focus on fiber and water when she restarts.
Why did she think she did not regain weight?
She says she was more intentional about what and how much she ate and kept her daily activity up, including walking and caring for her granddaughter four days a week. She notes she did not restrict any foods.
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