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Living Your Healthiest Semaglutide Life

A Complete Guide to Nutrition and Mindset While on GLP-1 Medications
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"Practical, informative, and empowering-this book is a must-read for anyone who is thinking about, or already on, a GLP-1 medication for weight loss. Summer Kessel offers the tools and guidance you need to make lasting, meaningful changes to your nutrition and mindset without going to extremes."-Dr.... Read More
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Living Your Healthiest Semaglutide Life

Living Your Healthiest Semaglutide Life is the definitive nutrition guide for achieving your health goals with semaglutide.

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"Practical, informative, and empowering-this book is a must-read for anyone who is thinking about, or already on, a GLP-1 medication for weight loss. Summer Kessel offers the tools and guidance you need to make lasting, meaningful changes to your nutrition and mindset without going to extremes."
-Dr. Spencer Nadolsky, DO

Live your healthiest semaglutide life with this revolutionary guide to successfully and safely using GLP-1 medications.

Are you curious if medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound are right for you?
Have you started taking a GLP-1 medication but are unsure where to start with your nutrition and fitness plan?ย 
Are you having some side effects you'd like to manage better? Or lacking meal inspiration?ย 
Or maybe you're thinking ahead to the future-what happens when I get to my goal? How does maintenance work?

This guide has the answers!ย 

Living Your Healthiest Semaglutide Life is your ultimate nutrition and mindset guide for navigating the challenges of weight management with semaglutide and tirzepatide. From starting medication to the weight loss phase, through maintenance and beyond, this life-changing book covers it all, helping you:

Understand obesity as a disease and why weight management is so difficult with diet and exercise alone.Explore the science of how GLP-1 medications work and if they are a good fit for you.Navigate the politics and practicalities of the insurance and pharmaceutical world.Build a health care team that has your best interests in mind.Manage the risks, optimize the benefits, and avoid falling for the myths around GLP-1 medications.Learn to overcome the initial side effects and prevent complications.Discover food and fitness strategies that will help you feel your best and maintain long-term health.Develop your cooking and meal-planning skills to manage your nutrition in the real world.Use the sample meal plans, grocery lists, and nutrition facts to make empowered decisions that work for you.Embrace a new mindset around your weight, nutrition, and health so that you never have to go on a "diet" again.
Living Your Healthiest Semaglutide Life is written by registered dietitian Summer Kessel, a certified specialist in obesity and weight management, who not only counsels people on GLP-1 medications every day but is on a GLP-1 medication herself! As someone who has struggled with obesity her entire life, she shares her personal insights alongside the science and is uniquely qualified to help you anticipate and overcome any challenges you may face. By following Summer's real-world advice and realistic nutrition strategies for every stage of your weight loss journey, you can make informed decisions and successfully achieve your goals.ย 

Discover how to live your healthiest life on GLP-1 medications with expert advice, practical tips, and the mindset support you need to succeed.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760396162

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Fair Winds Press

Illustration: 10 b-w illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 549g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Summer Kessel, RD, CSOWM, LDN, is a Registered Dietitian Nutrition and a Board Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management with nearly twenty years of health care experience. As a busy mom of two, she is a champion for realistic, individualized, and sustainable nutrition-whatever that means for YOU. In addition to her professional skills, Summer is also a person living with obesity who has lost and maintained more than 140 pounds (63.5 kg)-of course, not without challenges-over the past twenty years. GLP-1 medications changed her life and she now works to advocate for and educate others on this exciting new world of weight loss and nutrition.

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