GLP-1 receptor agonist
Semaglutide
May reduce appetite and increase feelings of fullness. Appropriate medical evaluation and prescribing are required; response, tolerability, dosing and titration vary by patient.
Medical Weight Management · Austin, Texas
Medical Weight Loss & Prescription Weight Management in Austin
Lose the Weight. Measure What Matters.
Medical weight loss should be about more than watching a number fall on the scale. Grace combines medical evaluation, individualized weight-management treatment, body-composition tracking and practical nutrition guidance so we can follow what is actually happening as the weight comes off.
Provider-Guided
Semaglutide & Tirzepatide
InBody Tracking
Nutrition + Muscle Awareness
Austin, Texas
Medical weight loss consultation · Austin
Start Your Medical Weight Loss Consultation
Tell us your goals. Prescribing decisions are made only after a medical evaluation.
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The Grace difference
Getting the Medication Is Only Part of the Plan
Some programs focus primarily on one measurement: the number on the scale. At Grace, we want to understand more—body composition, nutrition, hydration, lean mass, medication tolerance and how the face and body are changing throughout the process.
We don't just ask
“How much did you lose?”
We also ask
“What did you lose?”
The goal isn't simply to make the scale smaller. It's to support the tissue, nutrition and habits patients want to keep.
Quick answer
How Does Medical Weight Loss at Grace Work?
Grace's medical weight-management program begins with evaluation of your goals, medical history and treatment candidacy. When appropriate, prescription treatment may include semaglutide or tirzepatide along with individualized follow-up, nutrition guidance and body-composition monitoring. Rather than judging progress from scale weight alone, InBody measurements can help show how fat mass and lean mass are changing throughout the journey. Visits take place at Grace's Central Austin clinic on Northland Drive.
Real Grace Patient
She Lost About 50 Pounds—and Treated Her Face During the Journey
This Grace patient lost approximately 50 pounds during a GLP-1-assisted weight-loss journey. Her aesthetic plan evolved with her: she completed three Morpheus8 Face & Neck treatments and also received lip filler.
Her case shows that weight loss can change more than the scale. Facial volume and skin laxity are different concerns, and treatment should reflect that difference.
Start here—or add context
Already Taking a GLP-1 Somewhere Else?
Already losing weight? Let's look at what your body is doing while it happens.
Some patients begin with Grace. Others arrive already using semaglutide, tirzepatide or another treatment through another provider. Depending on the situation and medical care arrangement, Grace may discuss body-composition tracking, protein and nutrition habits, hydration, lean-mass awareness, resistance exercise, facial change and evolving body-contouring goals.
A consultation does not guarantee that Grace will assume prescribing responsibility for an outside treatment plan.
Prescription options
Prescription GLP-1 Weight-Loss Options
GIP + GLP-1 receptor agonist
Tirzepatide
May reduce appetite and increase satiety. Appropriate medical evaluation and prescribing are required; response, tolerability, dosing and titration vary by patient.
Which Is Right for Me?
That decision depends on medical history, treatment history, goals, response, tolerability and the prescribing provider's assessment—not simply which medication is more popular.
Emerging therapy education
What Is Retatrutide?
Retatrutide is an investigational next-generation medication that acts on three hormone-receptor pathways: GIP, GLP-1 and glucagon. This triple-agonist mechanism differs from semaglutide, which targets GLP-1, and tirzepatide, which targets GIP and GLP-1.
As of September 2026, retatrutide remains investigational and is continuing through late-stage clinical development and the regulatory process. It is not FDA-approved.
Retatrutide vs. Tirzepatide vs. Semaglutide
Semaglutide
GLP-1
Tirzepatide
GIP + GLP-1
Retatrutide
GIP + GLP-1 + glucagon
“GLP-3” is an informal internet nickname sometimes used for triple agonists; it is not the scientific classification of retatrutide.
Questions About Retatrutide or Emerging Weight-Loss Therapies?
Our team can answer questions about medical weight-management options and help you understand the evolving treatment landscape based on your goals and medical history.
Measure what matters
The Scale Tells You How Much You Lost. InBody Helps Show What You Lost.
A lower number on the scale isn't automatically the whole story. Body-composition measurements can add context about whether changes are coming from fat mass, lean tissue, body water or a combination.
We care about the pounds you lose—but we also care about the pounds you keep.
Your trend, without invented numbers
Body Weight01
Body Fat02
Lean Mass03
Skeletal Muscle04
Body Composition Trend05
InBody estimates support trend monitoring and do not replace medical diagnosis.
Lean-mass awareness
Losing Weight Is the Goal. Losing Unnecessary Muscle Isn't.
Significant weight reduction can include both fat mass and lean mass. This is not unique to GLP-1 medications; it can occur during substantial weight loss from multiple approaches. Maintaining muscle matters for strength, mobility, physical function, metabolic health and long-term body composition.
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Protein
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Enough nutrition
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Hydration
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Resistance / muscle use
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Body-composition monitoring
Recommendations are individualized for body size, composition, health history, kidney function, medications, age, activity, goals and gastrointestinal tolerance.
Protein first
Protein Becomes Even More Important When Appetite Drops
GLP-1 medications can substantially decrease appetite. That can support weight reduction, but it can also make adequate protein and overall nutrition harder to achieve. Grace emphasizes a protein-forward strategy when medically appropriate.
Why Protein?
Adequate protein can help support lean mass during intentional weight reduction, particularly when paired with resistance exercise. For many appropriate adults, evidence-informed targets may commonly fall around 1.2–1.6 grams per kilogram of an appropriate body or reference weight per day—but this is not a universal prescription.
Targets should be individualized for body composition, age, activity, kidney health, medical history, calorie intake, gastrointestinal tolerance and goals. Clinically appropriate targets may be higher or lower.
What Does “Protein Forward” Actually Mean?
When appetite is low, start with nutrient-dense protein-rich foods when appropriate rather than filling up first on foods that contribute little protein or nutrition.
Protein first. Produce next. Build the rest of the meal around what your body needs.
- Eggs
- Greek yogurt
- Cottage cheese
- Chicken or turkey
- Lean meats
- Fish or seafood
- Tofu or tempeh
- Beans or lentils
- Appropriate protein shakes
Eating Less Doesn't Mean Eating as Little as Possible
The objective is an appropriate calorie deficit while still providing adequate protein, vitamins, minerals and energy. Appropriate targets may consider resting metabolic needs, total daily energy expenditure, current body composition, activity, rate of loss, health history and goals.
The goal is a sustainable calorie deficit—not the lowest calorie number you can tolerate.
Very-low-calorie diets require appropriate medical supervision and should not be casually self-prescribed.
Hydration
Don't Let a Smaller Appetite Mean Less Hydration
Appetite reduction, reduced food intake and gastrointestinal side effects can make hydration worth intentional attention.
Muscle use
Protein Helps. Your Muscles Still Need a Reason to Stay.
If you want your body to keep muscle, give that muscle a reason to stay.
Resistance exercise provides a stimulus to maintain muscle and strength during weight reduction. For healthy adults, general guidance commonly includes muscle-strengthening activity involving major muscle groups at least two days per week, adjusted for health and ability.
Strength trainingResistance bandsMachinesFree weightsBody-weight resistanceProfessionally guided training
Optional adjunct
Where Does EvolveX Fit?
Nutrition and resistance exercise remain foundational. For appropriate patients, Grace may discuss EvolveX Tone as an optional localized muscle-stimulation and body-contouring treatment. It does not prevent GLP-1-related lean-mass change, preserve whole-body lean mass, replace exercise or substitute for adequate nutrition and protein.
The story underneath
Four Things We Watch While the Weight Comes Off
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The Scale
Is overall weight moving in the intended direction?
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Body Fat
How is body composition changing?
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Lean Mass
Are we monitoring muscle and lean tissue—not simply total pounds?
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How You're Fueling
Protein. Nutrition. Hydration. Movement.
Weight loss is the outcome. Body composition is the story underneath it.
Real Grace Patient · Body Transformation
The Number on the Scale Isn't the End of the Transformation
This Grace patient's body-transformation journey included two SculpSure treatments as part of a broader plan. Her case illustrates an important distinction: medical weight loss changes overall weight and body composition, while body-contouring treatments can be used separately for localized concerns.
Body-transformation case. The treatment history includes two SculpSure treatments; multiple factors or treatments may contribute to the visible result. This is not presented as a medication-only or SculpSure-only result. Individual results vary.
One journey, different layers
Weight Loss Is a Journey Through More Than One Layer
Face
As seen in the first patient
Significant weight loss can reveal facial volume changes, skin laxity, jawline changes and neck laxity.
Body
As seen in the second patient
As weight and body composition change, patients may separately evaluate localized fat, skin quality, abdominal shape, muscle tone and tissue laxity.
You can pursue weight loss while still paying attention to what is changing along the way. Aesthetic treatment is never assumed to be necessary.
Whole-transformation framework
Weight Loss Changes More Than Your Weight
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Weight & Fat Mass
Medical weight management addresses overall weight and metabolic goals.
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Lean Mass
Track body composition instead of assuming every lost pound represents fat.
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Face
Substantial weight loss can make facial volume loss and skin laxity more noticeable.
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What Remains
As weight stabilizes, loose or crepey body skin, localized fat, shape and muscle tone can be evaluated separately — each points to a different kind of treatment.
Weight loss first. Then identify what actually remains.
Different goals
Weight Loss and Body Contouring Solve Different Problems
Medical Weight Management
Addresses overall weight and body composition and requires appropriate medical evaluation.
Body Contouring
Addresses selected localized aesthetic concerns. Grace options may include SculpSure, LIPOcel, LipoDissolve, DreamBody Sculpting, Morpheus8 Body and EvolveX; none substitutes for medical weight loss.
What About “Ozempic Face”?
“Ozempic face” is a popular term for facial changes that may become more noticeable after substantial weight loss—particularly facial volume loss, skin laxity or both. Grace evaluates what actually changed rather than treating it as one problem.
Your care pathway
What Does Medical Weight Loss at Grace Look Like?
Step 1
Consultation & goals
Discuss goals, health history and previous weight-loss experience.
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Medical evaluation
Complete an appropriate assessment of candidacy with the medical team.
Step 3
Baseline measurements
Record weight and InBody body-composition information when appropriate.
Step 4
Individualized plan
Build medication, nutrition and supportive recommendations around the patient.
Step 5
Treatment & titration
When prescription treatment is appropriate, dosing and titration are individualized.
Step 6
Follow-up
Review progress, tolerability, nutrition, hydration, body composition and lean-mass trends.
Step 7
Reassess the transformation
As the body changes, separately evaluate the face, skin, localized fat, muscle tone and contour if desired.
Medical context
What Should I Know Before Starting GLP-1 Treatment?
Gastrointestinal side effects may occur, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation. Suitability depends on medical history; patients should disclose medications and relevant conditions, and titration should be individualized.
Concerning or severe symptoms require appropriate medical evaluation. Website education cannot replace individualized medical advice.
Direct answers
Medical Weight Loss Questions, Answered
Evidence & further reading
- Prescription Medications to Treat Overweight & ObesityNIDDK / National Institutes of Health
- Physical Activity Guidelines for AmericansU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Retatrutide Phase 3 development updateEli Lilly · July 2026
- Human Foods Program: Compounding and unapproved GLP-1 drugsU.S. Food & Drug Administration
Flexible options
We accept CareCredit financing
Start with the whole picture
Ready to Build Your Weight-Loss Plan?
You don't need to decide which medication or treatment is right before walking in. Start with your goals, medical history and baseline body composition. We'll help determine the appropriate next step from there.
Austin, Texas · Personalized treatment planning · Ongoing follow-up
Visit
Northland Drive, Central Austin
Grace MedSpa and Body Solutions treats patients from one Austin location, convenient to Northwest Hills, Allandale, Rosedale and the Domain. Patients also visit from West Lake Hills and Lakeway.
Hours
- Monday – Friday
- 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday – Sunday
- Closed