Weight Loss after Ozempic, Mounjaro and other GLP-1s

Why Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss?

Let’s begin by acknowledging that people are getting great benefit from GLP-1 medications, and they’re helping many people with genuine metabolic problems gain a baseline of health through weight loss.

The thing we’ve learned from our clients is that these benefits only last as long as the medication is being used, and most people don’t want to be taking the medication forever. Medications like Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic, when used for weight loss, primarily work by appetite suppression. Remove the drug and appetite returns, and weight regain often occurs.

These weight loss medications may be new, but the problem they’re trying to solve is an old one. We have been helping people with this for years.

Recent research shows that hypnotherapy significantly reduces the compulsion to eat when you’re not hungry, emotional eating, and binge behaviours – the very habits that lead to weight imbalance in general, and that drive weight regain when stopping GLP-1 medications. Hypnotherapy works on the root psychological patterns that drive overeating:

• Emotional eating and stress-related food choices
• Eating without thinking and compulsive overeating (consequences of “food noise” and cravings)
• Habit patterns around eating
• Self-sabotage and motivation issues
• Body image and self-acceptance

The Science: Studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that hypnotherapy combined with self-hypnosis training significantly improved control over eating shows reduced disinhibition scores and promoted weight loss that continued even after treatment ended. This fits with what we see in our clients – once the skill of self-regulation is learned, and when people are taught ways of helping themselves (ie, self-hypnosis), a healthy balance becomes achievable. 

Delestre, F., Lehéricey, G., Estellat, C., Diallo, M. H., Hansel, B., & Giral, P. (2022). Hypnosis reduces food impulsivity in patients with obesity and high levels of disinhibition: HYPNODIET randomized controlled clinical trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 115(6), 1637–1645. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqac046

Transitioning off Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro?

If you’ve been using GLP-1 medications for weight loss, you may be concerned about what happens when you transition off or stop.

It’s a reasonable concern. Recent research confirms that people regain weight approximately four times faster after stopping GLP-1 drugs compared to people who lose weight using behavioral weight loss approaches (West, et. al, 2026).

Why does this happen?

• GLP-1s suppress appetite but don’t change the psychological habits around food. When the medication stops, old eating patterns usually return because the brain hasn’t learned new responses to stress, emotions, or the signals and associations we have with food.

How hypnotherapy helps:

• A good hypnotherapy session will be based on your needs, and will help you address the behavioral and emotional drivers of overeating. It is an evidence-based, holistic approach. 
• Hypnotherapy helps us to create and nurture new neural pathways for healthier habits – an effect that doesn’t ‘wear off’, and which becomes a part of who we are.
• Behaviour change approaches help us gain sustainable skills for long-term weight maintenance – we effectively train the part of our mind that drives choices and behaviours, easily and without too much effort.
• Importantly, by nurturing change over a little time we create the lived experience of balance, and the neural pathways that help keep us on track when life gets in the way.
• And finally, hypnosis works on those subconscious patterns that medications just can’t reach.

This kind of approach is ideal for:

• People who are planning to transition off GLP-1s
• People looking for an alternative to Ozempic, Mounjaro or other drugs
• People who’ve stopped using weight loss drugs and are experiencing weight regain
• Anyone who wants to develop sustainable habits alongside (or even instead of) medication

West, S., Bojanić, L., Astbury, N. M., Khunti, K., Brown, A., Jacobs, I., Laws, R. A., Sainsbury, E., Booth, H. P., Valabhji, J., & Jebb, S. A. (2026). Patterns of body weight change following withdrawal from weight-lowering medications: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nature Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03471-8

Practical Considerations:

Hypnotherapy is a cost-effective alternative to GLP-1 medications

Not everyone can access or afford Ozempic, Mounjaro, or other GLP-1 drugs. Unless you have a BMI of 35 or higher and have some kind of cardiac event in your medical history, then GLP-1 medications aren’t subsidised for you on the PBS.

According to Health.gov.au non-subsidised GLP-1 medications cost around $4,000-5,000 per year in Australia.

Hypnotherapy offers:

• Lower cost: Seeing a hypnotherapist will cost a fraction of annual GLP-1 expenses
• No ongoing medication: Learn skills that last a lifetime
• No side effects, unlike GLP-1s (which include nausea, digestive issues, and potential mental health concerns)
• Evidence-based appproaches and results: Research shows significant weight loss and improved eating behaviours
• Addresses root causes: Changes the psychological drivers, not just symptoms

What to expect:

Hypnotherapy helps you develop lasting behavioural changes. What follows is typically what we might call weight ‘normalisation’ – your body finding its more natural balance.

Clinical trials, like those we link to on this page, show people who utilise hypnotherapy approaches to facilitate lifestyle and behaviour changes typically lose 2-8kg in the first 3-6 months, with continued weight loss during follow-up periods.

We take care in our approach, and it is always based on your needs. Our aim, as always, is healthy, sustainable change that you can experience reasonably quickly, and take into your future. 

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