Why Your GLP-1 Stopped Working: 5 Proven Strategies to Get Unstuck
25m | Sep 8, 2026FREE MASTERCLASS: How To Microdose A GLP-1 Holistically: https://go.elizabethmcgann.com/masterclass
Your GLP-1 was working beautifully. The food noise got quieter. You started releasing weight.
And then…the scale stopped moving.
Does that mean your GLP-1 stopped working? Do you automatically need a higher dose?
Not necessarily.
In this episode, Elizabeth walks you through her 5-part Holistic GLP-1 Plateau Audit—the key areas to investigate before assuming the answer is more medication.
You’ll learn how to look at your nutrition, blood sugar, metabolic health, gut, sleep and stress to better understand what your body may need. Elizabeth also shares what wearing a CGM for nearly a year taught her about her own metabolism—including the surprising impact stress had on her glucose.
IN THIS EPISODE
- The 5 things to check when your GLP-1 results stall
- Why a 5–7 day nutrition check can reveal important blind spots
- How to become a “metabolic detective” using your own data
- Why Elizabeth loves CGMs as a window into metabolic health
- What your gut and internal “terrain” may be telling you
- How sleep and stress can influence your progress
- The deeper body-mind-soul question: What are you carrying?
FREE MASTERCLASS: How To Microdose A GLP-1 Holistically: https://go.elizabethmcgann.com/masterclass
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SHOW NOTES
(00:25) — Has Your GLP-1 Stopped Working? Why a plateau doesn’t automatically mean you need a higher dose.
(02:07) — The Holistic GLP-1 Plateau Audit. Five things to investigate before assuming the answer is more medication.
(04:09) — #1: Know Your Numbers. The 5–7 day nutrition check that can uncover protein, fiber, calorie and food-quality blind spots.
(06:09) — #2: Become a Metabolic Detective. What Elizabeth has observed about metabolic health and GLP-1 results—and how a CGM can help you see what’s happening “under the hood.”
(10:36) — #3: Check the Terrain. Gut health, digestion, environmental exposures and why your internal terrain deserves attention.
(14:24) — #4: Protect Your Recovery. Could poor sleep be contributing to your plateau?
(16:12) — #5: Turn Down the Alarm. Stress, overtraining and what was happening in your life when the scale stopped moving.
(19:28) — The CGM Discovery Elizabeth Didn’t Expect. How stress—not food—was creating some of Elizabeth’s biggest glucose spikes.
(21:16) — What Are You Carrying? The body-mind-soul side of getting unstuck and Elizabeth’s Name It. Feel It. Love It. Release It. practice.
(23:37) — Measure. Learn. Adjust. Live. Use the data, learn your body, make adjustments—and get back to living your life.
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