This Is My Journey

When you change on a GLP-1, everyone asks how you are doing. Nobody asks your partner. In 2023 there were 102,678 divorces in England and Wales, and the marriages that ended had lasted a median of twelve point seven years. These were not whirlwind mistakes. They were long marriages, with mortgages and children and shared history, that came apart anyway. And here is the thing nobody has measured. W...

Ninety-one per cent of people who have actually taken these medications would recommend them to a friend who was struggling with their weight. Now ask those same people whether they've told their friends they're on it. That figure comes from a survey of nearly thirteen hundred UK adults published in BMJ Public Health. The same study found people who had taken these drugs were around seven times mo...

Sport England's Active Lives survey puts it starkly: 11.8 million adults in England, nearly one in four of us, are classed as inactive. That means less than thirty minutes of moderate movement in an entire week. Now put that next to what happens on GLP-1 medication. In the STEP 1 trial of semaglutide, roughly 39% of the weight people lost was lean mass. Not fat. Muscle and bone. The scaffolding yo...

The volume goes. The skin envelope stays. And there is a line somewhere between what a good skincare routine can do and what only an operating theatre can do, a line almost nobody in the beauty industry has any commercial interest in drawing clearly for you. Here's something that might surprise you. Everyone assumes the weight-loss injections have triggered a tummy-tuck boom. But BAAPS's own audit...

Coronary heart disease kills more than twice as many women in the UK as breast cancer. More than 800,000 UK women are living with it right now. And if you asked most women in midlife what they should be most worried about, I don't think heart disease is the answer you'd get. Menopause changes where a woman stores fat, how she processes sugar, what her cholesterol does and what her blood pressure d...

It's not the nausea people find hardest. It's the hair. A systematic review published in April 2026 pulled together twenty-four studies and found hair loss occurred at six cases per thousand patient-years on GLP-1 medication, against zero point eight on placebo. More than a three-fold increase. And when you're eating a fraction of what you used to, the nutrients have to come from somewhere: one st...

A billion people worldwide are living with obesity. The medications finally work. And fewer than one in ten of the people who could benefit will get them by 2030. In this episode I'm joined by Dr Fatima Cody Stanford, obesity medicine physician-scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. One of the first fellowship-trained obesity medicine physici...

Three quarters of people in the semaglutide trials had a gastrointestinal side effect. Only four per cent of UK adults were eating enough fibre before any of this started. So we've put millions of people on a medication that slows the gut down, in a country that was already barely eating any fibre, and then wondered why everyone feels awful. In this episode I'm joined by Dr Karan Rajan, an NHS sur...

Losing weight on a GLP-1 can completely change your life… but it doesn’t always come without challenges. In this episode of This Is My Journey , Marc McKee sits down with Anna Cadman (@dexbudsnewchapter), who has lost an incredible 8 stone using GLP-1 medication. Anna shares her full journey, from what life was like before starting, to the moment she decided to take that step, and how her mindset,...

Support on a weight loss journey isn’t always what you expect. In this episode of This Is My Journey, Marc McKee sits down with friends Emma Cottey (@EmmasHealthMission)and Rue Ndabaline (@JourneyWithRue) for a raw and honest conversation about transformation, friendship, and what really happens when your life starts to change. After losing 126lbs (9 stone), Marc reflects on the role that support,...

Loose skin after significant weight loss is something many people experience, but very few people feel prepared for. In this episode of This Is My Journey, Marc McKee sits down with Dr Gediminas Samulėnas, board-certified plastic surgeon at Nordesthetics, to talk honestly about excess skin after weight loss and when surgery may or may not be the right option. After losing 126lbs (9 stone) himself,...

Loose skin after weight loss is something millions of people experience, but it’s rarely talked about honestly. In this solo episode of This Is My Journey, Marc McKee from My Journey with Marc shares his personal experience after losing 126lbs (9 stone) using Mounjaro and how his skin changed throughout the journey. Marc opens up about the emotional side of transformation, the areas of his body th...

In this episode of This Is My Journey , I’m joined by James, who started his GLP-1 journey on 31 March and has since lost over 8 stone. James began feeling sceptical about GLP-1 medication and carried a lot of shame around his weight. Like many people, he was stuck in the “I’ll start on Monday” mindset and believed he should be able to do it naturally. Since starting his journey, he has:  Lost ove...

On this episode of This Is My Journey, we’re having one of the most important conversations of the season. I’m joined by Dr Sachin Khunti, a doctor with a background in pharmacy and medicine, specialist training in obesity care, and someone who has also lived with obesity from childhood into adulthood. Sachin brings a perspective we don’t hear often enough. He understands obesity not just as a cli...

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Mike Herring, a double board certified medical doctor, personal trainer, and someone who has lived this journey himself, having lost over 100 pounds and maintained it long term. Dr Mike brings together medical insight, behaviour change, and real world experience to explain why so many people struggle on GLP-1s and what actually leads to sustainable results beyond...

On this episode of This Is My Journey , we’re tackling one of the most important conversations around GLP-1s. I’m joined by Hira Malik, Chief Pharmacist and Co-Founder of Oushk Pharmacy, who works closely with patients at every stage of their GLP-1 journey, from first consideration through to maintenance and long-term planning. Hira brings a pharmacy-led, safety-first perspective to this episode,...

In this episode, I’m joined by Aja Beckett, Founder of Shotsy, to talk about the part of the GLP-1 journey that so often gets overlooked. What happens after the prescription. After starting her own GLP-1 journey, Aja realised that while the medication helped with weight loss, the real challenge began once the prescription was filled. There was little guidance, no emotional support, and no clear pa...

We are BACK for Season 2 of This Is My Journey which starts with a conversation so many of you have been asking for. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Adam Jameson from REVIV, a pharmacist and PhD in pharmacogenomics, to talk honestly about nutrition, supplementation, energy, fatigue, hair loss, skin changes, and side effects that people experience while on GLP-1 medications and how we can better...

In today’s episode of This Is My Journey, I’m joined by the amazing Amie Moore who has lost an incredible 7 stone on her GLP-1 journey. This conversation goes deep into: • What inspired her to start • Her progress over time • Life-changing transformation • How rapid weight loss led to gallstones • Surgery, recovery, and restarting • The emotional rollercoaster of healing and coming back stronger T...

In Episode 11 of This Is My Journey, Marc sits down with Nathan Hindle, Founder of Brysk, Manchester’s new home of wellness, recovery, and performance. This episode explores how recovery, cold therapy, and wellness treatments can support people on GLP-1 weight loss journeys, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally too. Nathan opens up about the stigma surrounding cold therapy, the import...

In this special episode of This Is My Journey, the conversation turns personal as Marc opens up about his own story losing 9 stone on a GLP-1 and learning what it really means to maintain that transformation. Joined by his close friends from TikTok, Rue and Emma, Marc reflects on the mental and emotional side of long-term weight loss, the pressure to stay consistent, the challenges of maintenance,...

In this episode of This Is My Journey, I sit down with Brandon Gee, a creator who’s lost over 50 kilograms on a GLP-1 and has become a voice of honesty and inspiration for thousands of people on similar paths. We talk about the part of transformation that rarely gets discussed.... what happens after the weight loss. The emotional and mental challenges, the body changes, the fear of regain, and lea...

In this episode of This Is My Journey, I sit down with Mitch O’Callaghan, founder of Proper Coaching, to talk all about finding strength, physically and mentally while on a GLP-1 journey. Mitch shares how movement can completely change your mindset, boost confidence, and help protect your health long after the scale stops moving. From home workouts and gym anxiety to muscle preservation and motiva...

In this episode of This Is My Journey , we explore the realities of managing family life while on a GLP-1 journey, the balance between parenting, personal health and self-care. Emma, known online as @emmashealthmission, shares her inspiring story of losing over 8 stone while juggling motherhood, family routines, and her own wellbeing. From navigating family meals to making time for herself, Emma o...

In today’s episode of This Is My Journey , Marc speaks with Dr. Dean Jones DC — a renowned functional medicine doctor, GLP-1 coach, and founder of Lasting Weight Loss . Dr. Jones shares his own powerful weight loss story, the lessons he’s learned from helping thousands of patients, and what the U.K. can learn from the very different U.S. approach to GLP-1s. We cover: 🇺🇸 US vs 🇬🇧 UK access to GLP-1...