My GLP-1 Story

Like any annoying little sister, I started GLP-1 medications because my big sister did it, and I was jealous. She was getting her life back after YEARS of fighting the weight roller coaster and the anxiety, depression and self-worth struggles that are so deeply intertwined with our physical health. She lost 90lbs on Ozempic, began rowing again with a crew of cancer survivors after 20 years away from the sport and I was flabbergasted. This was not the first time I watched her win with weight loss, and followed suit… but this is the first time we both feel like it’s a sustainable lifestyle. You will be prying our GLP-1 meds from our cold, dead hands.

After a lifetime of trauma, and the diagnosis of C-PTSD - I was forced to face the facts. Nothing was going to get better outwardly until things began to get better internally. I had a discussion with my therapist about how I just miss the girl I was when I was in my mid 20’s - who was running two successful businesses and still had the drive to get to the gym at night. She explained, lovingly, that you cannot go back whilst my primary doctor welcomed me to peri-menopause (aka the 7th circle of hell) and told me it can last 10 year. I cried at both appointments because the idea that I was only ever gonna get worse scared me to death. What a negative headspace I was in! After I was able to process, and remind myself that how I feel and look at 80, is 100% up to the choices I made now… I bullied myself (lovingly) into making the real changes and it started with GLP-1.

When you are in the darkness, it’s nearly impossible to think of being back in the light. It feels like its slipped from your grasp forever, but the reality is, we CREATE our own reality. We have to take ownership of our outcomes. Even those with many chronic diagnoses can improve upon what hand they have been dealt, it just takes tenacity, and getting kind of pissed off at how stuck you feel. SOMETIMES we need help and why would we NOT take help? We are really good at calling help “cheating” and I wanna be the first to say - if taking GLP-1 makes me a cheater, then I am one HAPPY cheater. I do not care. Respectfully, of course.

I am well aware of how difficult it is to begin a journey of self-healing. It’s foreign, it feels silly, and it can be pretty boring, which means my ADHD girlies lose interest (hi, its me.) But, once the shifts take hold and you begin to feel better, the same vicious cycle that kept you down, keeps you up. You get addicted to the things that make you feel good and life better.

I am currently 16 months into my journey with Tirzepatide. I was able to reverse pre-diabetes/insultin resistance, lose 35 lbs, heal an injury and return to the gym. I now stack with Lipo-B twice a week and have seen unbelievable results in energy levels, my physical body, my mind, my emotional strength, my self-control, my lifestyle, my relationships and my ability to show up for my family and clients.

For about the last 12 months, I began to THRIVE with GLP meds (because at first, I was stuck in a typical medical model of care where no real support was being offered, and I was losing my hair and my ass! NOT the goal!) Learning the hard way (as usual) I was able to get back to basics, to focus on simple changes like hydration, somatic connection to my body, movement that made sense for where I was srtength-wise,etc. I am seeing spectacular results in my outward appearance, but even more so in my pain levels, my mental health and my return to movement in a totally different way. I am not that same girl who was crying in the doctors office because I thought it was only gonna go downhill from here!

I have experience trying out other peptides we also have available - GHK-Cu, BPC157/TB500, Sermorelin, NAD+, Selank. I have had very little issue with any peptide, making me wonder why peptides are gatekept and stigmatized. I was in a deep rabbit hole and learned SO MUCH. When the offer came for me to partner with a peptide focused medical team, it sounded like a dream come true. So I jumped, and now Elevate can provide medication (with direct online medical support) and I can coach people to their best lives without having to worry about legit sourcing. (The pharmacies are 503a legit script certified compounding facilities and the medication ships direct in 3-5 days!)

It’s all about finding what works for you, and for me, GLP-1 was a GAME CHANGER. Now, I am off my daily mental health medications, and I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. Like, EVER.

So, it’s not a magic bullet, but it can be the catalyst that turns back the hands of time for you. It did for me!

I would love to get you hooked up with your own supply of peptides and coach you along your journey.

-Allie (@glp1coachallie)