GLP-1 Success Blueprint Essentials™

What you will learn

This program has four parts. By the end of each part, you should be able to:

Part 1

• Explain obesity as a chronic, multifactorial disease rather than a personal failure.
• Describe how GLP-1 medications influence appetite, blood sugar, digestion, metabolism, and weight loss.
• Differentiate among commonly prescribed GLP-1 and related medications, including semaglutide and tirzepatide.
• Identify why long-term success depends on sustainable habits before, during, and after medication use.
• Apply a supportive, nonjudgmental mindset to long-term weight maintenance planning.
• Evaluate realistic next steps for preparing for life after GLP-1 treatment with healthcare-provider guidance.

Part 2: Nutrition for Lifelong Weight Maintenance

• Explain why protein, fiber, hydration, and balanced meals are especially important during and after GLP-1 therapy.
• Build balanced meals and snacks that support satiety, nutrition adequacy, and long-term weight maintenance.
• Use food labels, grocery shopping strategies, and meal planning tools to make confident nutrition decisions.
• Recognize hunger, fullness, cravings, and emotional eating patterns and respond with practical self-management strategies.
• Apply portion awareness and dining-out strategies to maintain healthy habits after significant weight loss.
• Create a sustainable eating pattern that supports lifelong weight maintenance and ongoing follow-up with a healthcare provider.

Part 3: Protecting Metabolism, Preserving Muscle, and Building Lifelong Wellness

• Explain why muscle preservation matters during and after GLP-1 treatment and identify habits that support lean mass retention.
• Describe how metabolism adapts after weight loss and apply strategies that support long-term weight maintenance.
• Build a safe, realistic weekly exercise routine that includes strength, cardiovascular, flexibility, and balance training.
• Evaluate how sleep, stress, and mental health influence recovery, appetite regulation, and weight regain risk.
• Use tracking tools, habit-building strategies, and reflection practices to maintain consistency and respond to setbacks.
• Develop a practical wellness plan to support lifelong weight maintenance while partnering with a healthcare provider.

Part 4: Lifelong Maintenance and Long-Term Success

• Explain why long-term weight maintenance is an ongoing process that requires continued attention, flexibility, and support.
• Apply sustainable nutrition, activity, sleep, stress-management, and self-monitoring habits that support long-term weight stability.
• Recognize early warning signs of relapse and use practical recovery strategies to respond without shame or all-or-nothing thinking.
• Navigate holidays, travel, restaurants, celebrations, illness, emotional eating, stress, and major life changes with a realistic maintenance mindset.
• Build a personalized 12-month GLP-1 Success Blueprint™ maintenance plan that includes goals, tracking tools, support systems, and healthcare follow-up.
• Evaluate progress using both scale and non-scale measures and identify when guidance from qualified healthcare professionals is appropriate.

Program details

• Self-paced online program for healthcare professionals
• Program length: 10 hours, in four parts
• Includes graded assessments you must pass to complete the program
• Earn a downloadable Certificate of Completion upon successful program completion—ideal for documenting professional development and submitting to your employer for potential reimbursement
• Each certificate has a verification ID that employers can check at nahcp.com/verify

Program length describes the length of the program, not a number of continuing-education credits. Check with your employer or licensing board before submitting a program for credit or reimbursement.