r/Glp1meals

I've been trying to figure out which foods are surprisingly good (or surprisingly awful) on GLP-1.

For me, eggs were the biggest surprise. I thought they'd be an easy, high-protein win, but they just didn't sit well with me.

Peanut butter was even worse. Before GLP-1 I loved it. Now the thought of it is enough to make me lose my appetite.

What food completely surprised you—for better or worse?

I'm always interested in hearing what other people have found because everyone seems to react so differently.

I woke up and took my second pill.

I slept all day yesterday, so I’m drinking water with electrolytes to try and make up for it. The nausea started at about 8am. I drank 40oz of regular water by noon. I am sipping on a zip-fizz at the moment.

I have had absolutely no desire to eat. I tried a Greek yogurt with protein this morning. I couldn’t eat it, it just tasted …. Off. So I ate about 3/4 C of cottage cheese for lunch. And I just threw it all up, along with what seems like all the water I’ve been drinking today. Now, I feel great.

I talked with one of my Dr’s this morning. She said this is all normal/typical when starting wegovy. So I’m just trying to push through it. I will be honest, the only thing that’s helped get rid of this feeling is a “J” and I’m okay with that (so was my Dr).

I’m always open to advice, but honestly this post is just more of a complaint than anything and I realize that. LoL So thank you for being kind and reading. I appreciate yoU.

I woke up and took the pill at 6am. I went right back to bed and woke up around 9-930am. I have gird, so I burp a lot. I don’t know if today’s are regular old gird burps, or if it’s the pill. I also feel a little hungry but don’t really want to eat. I’m going to get some protein in me straight away. Any advice for a girl on day 1?

I’m taking the beginning steps to work with my local hospital system’s weight loss clinic and meeting with their Obesity Medicine Dr. to hopefully get a prescription for GLP-1 medication soon. 

I thought I had a good handle on what to expect and plan for here, but after my first consultation with their registered dietician I’m kind of freaking out here about how unprepared I am right now for meal planning.

What set me off is she gave me a series of pamphlets on their Whole Food Weight Loss program.  One thing that was readily evident to me is that it’s a calorie restricted diet aimed at 1,200 – 1,600 calories a day, and their guidelines are under typical “Food Pyramid” recommendations.  For example, I serving of Almonds = 6 nuts in this guideline.  Package guidelines are usually 23 – 28 nuts.  Dairly services are reduced from 2-3 to 1-2, etc.  I might not be following this to the letter while taking a GLP-1 med, but it’s probably pretty close to what I can expect. 

I’ve never really considered myself a binge eater (always get the XL value meal, get a plate of 2nds or 3rds, eat the WHOLE PIE, etc) but I’ll readily admit I’ve never been strict on portion control and it’s surely effected my weight. 

So right now I’m freaking out a bit about how I totally reframe my mind around portions, and how I cook for myself because:

• Eating the REAL portion size or smaller than is foreign to me.  I was used to eating 2 CUPS of cereal, not a /12 a cup of it.  If I cooked a box of rice pilaf for instance, I cooked the whole thing and ate half of it.  I didn’t eat 1/3 of a cup. 
• I live alone.  No SO or children.  I’ll have no one to cook for or share meals with.  It sounds like suddenly cooking ANY processed food in a box is going to yield FOUR TIMES my new serving size.  Somethings just don’t reheat well over and over. 
•  Managing how long leftovers or ingredients are safe to eat will be a challenge if I’m not religiously meal prepping and freezing.

 I could really use some good advice on a few things:

• Meal prepping to measure out easily cooked ingredients for later.  Like chopping up single portions of meats or veggies that I can quickly thaw and reheat or cook on the stove. What Veggies, beans, and starches are the most freezer friendly ingredients, and what might keep well for 3-4 days in a fridge if it had to?
• Suggestions on easy to cook or re-heat STAPLES.  I’m not that big on cooking challenging or complex recipes.  I don’t like the idea of going out and shopping for 12 different ingredients to make one meal.  Especially if It takes an hour to prepare and I eat all 2 cups of it in 5 minutes.  I’m also kind of a recovering picky eater out of bad childhood habits.  Simple, fast, not a lot of ingredients is what I’m after to start with until I develop a rhythm and a good list of staples I can have stocked in my freezer.
• Suggestions for cookbooks, blogs, or websites to check out would be greatly appreciated!  I’m sure there’s hundreds of books out there, I feel like I’d rather read a blog or a website then buy 3 or 4 books without a recommendation and find that their recipes just don’t vibe with me or they are too much work.

Starting the pill on Wednesday. Trying to prepare. I talked with my Dr today; I’ll be using Metamucil for fiber intake. I’m thinking I’ll need suggestions on protein. So far I have: cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and tuna. With the correct portions that’s just over 60g of protein a day. I figured I could do snacks and meals with these. What other recommendations do you have for PROTEIN intake?