Weight loss in Chicago, without losing the engine.

• Patients who want meaningful fat loss without losing performance.
• Anyone with insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome markers.
• People who have plateaued on diet and training alone.
• Patients coming off a GLP-1 who want to hold the result.

GLP-1 medications work — and used without a plan they take muscle, strength and metabolic rate with the fat. A prescription mailed out after a two-minute questionnaire is not a protocol. Our metabolic protocols pair medication with protein targets, resistance training guidance and, where indicated, muscle-sparing peptides, so the number on the scale means something.

• Metabolic and insulin-resistance biomarker panel inside a 65-biomarker draw.
• GLP-1 or dual-agonist therapy titrated by a physician.
• Muscle-preservation strategy: protein, training and adjunct support.
• Body composition tracking, not just scale weight.
• Off-ramp planning so results hold after the medication.

• Single Regulator (GLP-1) — semaglutide. Compounded formulations cannot be marketed under the drug's commercial name; the active ingredient is the same one found in FDA-approved products, but compounded formulations are not themselves FDA-approved.
• Dual Regulator (GLP-1/GIP) — tirzepatide. Compounded formulations cannot be marketed under the drug's commercial name; the active ingredient is the same one found in FDA-approved products, but compounded formulations are not themselves FDA-approved.
• Tesamorelin — FDA-approved, studied in visceral adipose tissue signaling.
• Muscle-sparing and metabolic adjuncts such as CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin, reviewed case by case.

Low testosterone, an under-treated thyroid, high cortisol or poor sleep will blunt any weight loss protocol and accelerate muscle loss during a calorie deficit. That is why the panel comes before the prescription. See hormone therapy in Chicago for that side of the work.

• 01 — Apply and book. A $100 application fee reserves your intake and is credited toward your first order.
• 02 — Baseline labs. A 65-biomarker panel drawn at a Quest location near you — the Loop, Lincoln Park, Evanston, Naperville or Oak Brook.
• 03 — Physician video visit. Thirty minutes on every value, your training and your goals.
• 04 — Your protocol. Physician-designed, shipped to your door, with dosing and coaching built in.
• 05 — Ongoing optimization. Repeat Quest labs and continual titration as your biology changes.

Prescribed therapies are dispensed through FDA-registered compounding pharmacies and licensed pharmacy partners when available. Research-use compounds, where offered, are a separate category — not FDA-approved, not prescribed as medical care, and not intended for human or animal consumption.