Sated · GLP-1 Guides
Practical guides for life on a GLP-1
Honest, judgement-free answers to the questions people on Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound actually search for, written by the team behind the Sated companion app.
Free printables
Printable GLP-1 guides
Five cards worth printing: your first four weeks, questions for your prescriber, eating on a low-appetite day, an injection day checklist with a rotation tracker, and your first six months of maintenance. PDFs, no sign-up, free to share.
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GLP-1 Protein Calculator
Enter your weight, get your daily protein target on Mounjaro or Ozempic, and see what it looks like in real food. No sign-up.
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GLP-1 Dose Schedule Calculator
The standard titration steps for Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, and when each increase would typically be due.
Open the calculator →Menopause
Menopause and Mounjaro: Is It the Medication, or Is It Perimenopause?
The symptom lists overlap almost item for item. Timing is what separates them, plus what actually matters when you are going through both at once.
Read the guide →Coming off
Coming Off Mounjaro or Ozempic: What Actually Happens, and What Protects You
Appetite returns, and for most people some weight returns with it. What the evidence shows, and the things that genuinely change the outcome.
Read the guide →Doses
Mounjaro Dose Schedule: The Steps, the Timing, and Why Staying Put Is Fine
The titration steps for each medication, what happens if you miss a dose, and why climbing to the top of the ladder is not the goal.
Read the guide →Protein
How Much Protein Do You Actually Need on Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro?
The 1.2–1.5 g/kg target, why muscle loss is the quiet risk of fast weight loss, and how to hit your number when you're full after six bites.
Read the guide →Hydration
Why Am I Never Thirsty on Mounjaro or Ozempic, and How Much Water Do I Need?
These medications mute thirst as well as hunger. A realistic daily fluid target, and habits that make hydration automatic when the cue is gone.
Read the guide →Injections
Mounjaro and Ozempic Injection Sites: A Simple Rotation Map
Abdomen, thigh or arm: what the patient leaflets actually say, and rotation systems that don't rely on remembering last Tuesday.
Read the guide →Side effects
Managing Nausea in Your First Weeks on Mounjaro or Ozempic: What Actually Helps
Why the first weeks are the wobbliest, the meal-size and food-choice levers that genuinely help, and the red flags that mean call your care team.
Read the guide →Food noise
Food Noise on Mounjaro and Ozempic: Why It Goes Quiet, and What That Feels Like
The constant mental chatter about eating, and why its sudden absence can feel stranger than expected.
Read the guide →Muscle
Will You Lose Muscle on Mounjaro or Ozempic? How to Keep It While You Lose Weight
Some lean loss is normal in any weight loss. The two levers that genuinely protect muscle, and how to tell it is going wrong.
Read the guide →Appetite
What to Eat on Mounjaro When Nothing Appeals
Small, cold, plain and protein-dense: what actually goes down when appetite disappears, and how to protect your protein.
Read the guide →Side effects
Constipation on Mounjaro and Ozempic: Why It Happens and What Actually Helps
Slowed digestion plus less food and fluid. The levers that work, and the signs that need a pharmacist or GP.
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Sulphur Burps on Mounjaro: Why They Happen and How to Stop Them
Rotten-egg burps are a distinctive tirzepatide complaint. The mechanism, the food triggers, and what reduces them.
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Fatigue on Mounjaro and Ozempic: Why You Are So Tired, and What Helps
Usually the sum of ordinary things: too few calories, too little protein, too little fluid, and the days right after a dose. What to check, in order.
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Hair Loss on Mounjaro and Ozempic: What Is Actually Happening
Shedding a few months in is common, frightening and usually temporary. Why it is about the speed of weight loss rather than the drug.
Read the guide →Everyday life
Alcohol on Mounjaro and Ozempic: What Changes, and What to Watch
Many people find it stops appealing. Those who drink find it hits harder. Why both happen, and the combinations worth respecting.
Read the guide →Reference
GLP-1 Glossary: the words, in plain English
Food noise, titration, run-in dose, lean mass, lipohypertrophy. What the vocabulary nobody hands you actually means.
Read the glossary →Sated, the app these guides come from
A free, warm companion for the GLP-1 journey: protein-first tracking, water by your actual bottle, injection rotation map, symptom diary and AI meal help sized for a smaller appetite. No ads, ever.
These guides are general information, not medical advice. Always follow your prescriber's guidance. Drug names are trademarks of their respective owners; Sated is not affiliated with any pharmaceutical company.