by Justine Oroyan | Sep 2, 2026 | GLP-1 & GIP Medications
If you’re considering a GLP-1 medication like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) or tirzepatide (Zepbound, Mounjaro), there’s a good chance your prescriber checked your weight, ran some labs, and talked through side effects — but never asked about your...
by Justine Oroyan | Aug 29, 2026 | GLP-1 & GIP Medications
If you have started a GLP-1 medication, you may have noticed something before the scale moved at all: your head got quieter. The constant mental gymnastics about your next meal, the pull toward the pantry an hour after lunch, the running commentary about what you...
by Justine Oroyan | Aug 24, 2026 | GLP-1 & GIP Medications
If you’ve started semaglutide, tirzepatide, or another GLP-1 or GIP medication and you’re dealing with nausea, constipation, diarrhea, or that uncomfortable “too full too fast” feeling, you’re not doing anything wrong. These side effects...
by Justine Oroyan | Apr 8, 2026 | GLP-1 & GIP Medications
If GLP-1 medications quiet the noise of relentless hunger, they give you something rare and precious: a window. Not a solution. A window — a stretch of time when the physiological volume is turned down enough that you can actually hear yourself think about food. What...
by Justine Oroyan | Apr 8, 2026 | GLP-1 & GIP Medications
As a dietitian, I am often assumed to be the first in line opposing any medication-assisted approach to weight loss. That assumption is wrong. What I do believe, strongly, is that medications are tools — and like any tool, their value depends entirely on how, why, and...
