Free online class · Thursday, September 17

Losing fat is the point. Losing muscle is not.

Your prescription came with a dose. It did not come with a plan.

A free class on how to eat to protect your muscle, energy, and strength while you are on a GLP-1. Taught by a strength coach and a registered dietitian.

Thursday, September 17 7pm CST About an hour Live Q&A
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The part nobody covers

The medication handles your appetite. Nothing handles your muscle.

GLP-1 medications work. That is not in question here, and nobody in this class is going to suggest you should be doing it the hard way instead. But appetite is only one half of the problem, and the other half does not take care of itself.

What the medication does
  • ✓ Slows how fast your stomach empties, so you feel full sooner and stay full longer
  • ✓ Quiets the constant food noise that made eating less feel impossible before
  • ✓ Reduces how much you eat overall, which is exactly what it was designed to do
What it does not
  • — It does not tell your body to protect muscle while the weight comes off
  • — It does not make sure the smaller amount you eat still covers protein, B12, iron, calcium, and vitamin D
  • — It does not replace the resistance training that holds onto strength and bone density

Up to 40 percent of the weight lost on a GLP-1 can come from muscle rather than fat.

That number is the one worth planning around. Protein, strength training, and a few specific habits are what keep muscle on while the fat comes off. You can start all three this week.

A quick introduction

Meet Erin, a registered dietitian and strength coach.

A short intro from Erin on the class and why you should attend.

What we will cover

The hour, broken down.

1
What GLP-1s actually do
How the medication changes appetite and satiety signaling, and why eating less can quietly create a nutrition problem even when the scale is moving the right direction.
2
The four risks worth knowing
Muscle loss landing on top of the age-related loss already underway. Gaps in B12, iron, calcium, and vitamin D. Hydration and fiber. Bone density, especially through perimenopause and after.
3
Red flags, and when to call your prescriber
What inadequate intake, rapid muscle loss, and nutrient deficiency actually look like. And why your prescriber, a dietitian, and your trainer should be working from the same information.
4
What to actually eat
Protein-first plates with realistic targets. Five or six small, nutrient-dense meals instead of forcing down three large ones. Managing nausea, early fullness, and constipation. What to keep in the house for low-appetite days.
5
Why training changes the math
Resistance training plus enough protein is the documented way to hold onto muscle while you lose fat. On a GLP-1 that matters more, not less.
6
Your questions
Live Q&A. Bring the specific thing you have been wondering about. That is usually the most useful part of the hour.
Meet Erin, RD

A strength coach and a dietitian, in the same room.

Most of the advice out there comes from one side or the other. The training half and the nutrition half of this problem are the same problem, so we are teaching it together.

Megan Cooper, founder of Studio ME Fitness in Northeast Minneapolis.
Megan Cooper
Owner and founder, Studio ME Fitness

Megan has coached strength in Northeast Minneapolis since 2014, most of it with adults over 40 who are trying to hold onto muscle rather than just lose weight. She will cover the training side and what it takes to protect what you have.

Erin Mahoney, registered dietitian at Studio ME Fitness in Northeast Minneapolis.
Erin Mahoney, RD
Registered dietitian

Erin handles the clinical side: what changes nutritionally on a GLP-1, which nutrients slip first when intake drops, and how to build meals that still work when your appetite is a fraction of what it used to be.

Worth saying plainly

Some of this belongs with your doctor, not with us.

We coach training and nutrition. We do not prescribe, diagnose, or adjust anyone's medication, and this class will not ask you to change your dose or come off anything. Part of what we will cover is how to recognize when something needs your prescriber.

Bring these to your provider
  • ! You are losing weight quickly but feel weaker, not lighter
  • ! Stairs, groceries, or getting off the floor feel harder than they did a few months ago
  • ! You are eating so little that whole food groups have dropped out entirely
  • ! Hair thinning, constant fatigue, or feeling cold all the time
  • ! Nausea or constipation severe enough that you are skipping meals to avoid it
Save your spot

It is free. Bring a question.

Register below and we will email you the joining details, plus a reminder before we start.

Free to attend. By registering, you agree to be contacted about this class. We never share your info.

Two women in their forties strength training side by side at Studio ME Fitness in Northeast Minneapolis, performing bent-over rows.
After the class

Doing it alone is the hard part. So we built the next 12 weeks.

Strong After 40 is a 12 week case study: three days a week of coached strength training, a nutrition program alongside it, and body composition scans at week 1, 6, and 12 so you can see what actually changed rather than guessing.

The next cohort starts September 28th.

See Strong After 40

Protect Your Muscle on a GLP-1 · Thursday, September 17 · 7pm CST

Free, online, and about an hour. Bring your questions.

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