SMALL-APPETITE RECIPES FOR GLP-1
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How much protein do you need on GLP-1?

During GLP-1 or tirzepatide weight loss, the 2025 joint advisory from ACLM, ASN, the Obesity Medicine Association, and The Obesity Society discusses a protein target of 1.2–1.6 g/kg/day. That is a published band, not a PivotOrder invention. Other expert groups have used 1.2–1.5 g/kg. Older adults may need a higher per-meal dose to trigger synthesis. If a clinician already set a gram cap — especially in kidney disease — use that number. PivotOrder prints both ends of the 1.2–1.6 band on the weight you enter, then sets a working floor inside the band from drug, dose week, and appetite. It does not guarantee preserved muscle. Week number alone does not invent a new clinical threshold.

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· Nutrition reference, not medical advice. Sources

Why a percentage of calories is the wrong check

When total energy falls, protein as a percent of calories can look stable while grams per day drop below the amount that stimulates muscle protein synthesis. The useful number is absolute protein: g/day and g/kg.

That is why the card refuses a running calorie total. Calories are not the job. The floor is.

How the working floor sits inside the published band

The published 1.2–1.6 g/kg band moves only with the body weight you enter. Working increments for dual-agonist versus GLP-1, dose phase, and appetite are product start rules. They clamp back into the band. They are not validated individualized medical precision.

Tirzepatide (Mounjaro / Zepbound) is a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist. Semaglutide is a GLP-1 agonist. Same appetite job. Same published protein band. Same refusal to forecast your muscle.

Example only — not your card
InputWhat it changesWhat it does not change
Body weightThe 1.2–1.6 g/kg gram rangeA DXA or InBody reading
Drug classA labeled increment inside the bandThe advisory itself
Dose week / appetiteHow hard the plate is this weekA clinician protein cap
Leucine ~2.5–3 gWhether one plate clears a hitThe day’s full floor

What if I cannot finish the plate?

Sip what stays down. Strained yogurt, cottage cheese blended with milk, eggs. One leucine hit still counts when half the solid plate comes back. We do not sell the powder. If you cannot keep food or fluids down, that is the prescribing clinician — not a sip-protocol week in an app.

Questions people ask

How much protein should I eat on Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro?
The 2025 joint advisory discusses 1.2–1.6 g/kg/day during GLP-1 weight loss. Use a clinician number if you have one. PivotOrder prints a working floor inside that band from weight, drug, dose week, and appetite.
Should I use actual, adjusted, or ideal body weight?
That is still debated. The card uses the weight you enter and shows the published band. Your clinician owns the edge.
Is 2 g/kg better?
Do not routinely exceed about 2 g/kg without medical advice. More protein is not automatically more muscle, and excess can be stored as fat.