This varies person-to-person – some Pilot members have responded quickly, dropping several kilos in the first few weeks.
Clinical research from studies of helps paint a picture of what you can expect:
1/4 of patients lose more than 10% of their body weight after 5 months: In a 2017 study, at 20 weeks, 76.1% of participants has lost more than 5% of body weight, and 28.3% had lost more than 10%.
After a year, the average patient lost 12.1%**In a 2020 study from the International Journal of Obesity, patients lost 12.1% of their body weight in 52 weeks using this class of medications, combined with behavioural changes (nearly twice as much versus behavioural changes alone).