Melissa had been on a GLP-1 for a while. The weight had come off, but somewhere along the way things started to shift.
Her strength was declining. Her stability was off.
And despite eating only 1,200 calories a day, the scale had completely stopped moving.
She was doing everything she thought she was supposed to do and her body was pushing back.
Here’s what was actually happening. Months of low calories without strength training had quietly eaten away at her muscle mass.
And muscle is what drives your metabolism. The less of it you have, the fewer calories your body needs to function.
Which means the same deficit that used to work stops working. Her body had essentially hit the brakes.
The fix wasn’t eating less. It was the opposite.
Melissa started at RE:GEN last September, three days a week, consistent from the start.
She paired that with something that probably felt counterintuitive at first: eating more. More calories. More protein than she had ever prioritized before.
Her metabolism finally had something to work with. The weight started moving again.
She’s been hitting PRs consistently. She’s seeing muscle definition she’s never had before.
And in her last goal review she said gym time has become non-negotiable self-care, not something she squeezes in.
She didn’t need to do more. She needed to do the right things.
