Limbo and the new injectable weight loss meds are two approaches based on the same principle: control blood glucose, and let the body tap stored energy instead.
How they work
They are very different – Limbo is technology plus coaching, GLP-1s are drugs – but both approaches are focused on controlling blood glucose levels.
Weekly hormone injections |
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Data and coaching to change habits |
Results
While both Limbo and GLP-1 meds focus on blood glucose control, Limbo members – using data and behavioral science – lose more weight than people taking medications like Wegovy® and Ozempic®.
Limbo is coaching people on how to change bad habits, and why the habits are not good for them. |
GLP-1 medications change no habits, they just 'mask' them. Unhealthy behavior stays the same – but a bit less of it. |
The average Limbo member loses just under 9% of their body weight during three months, versus just over 6% on GLP-1 medications:
Science
Instead of drugs, Limbo shows you your metabolism live – with a blood glucose sensor –then coaches you on how to take charge of it. It's data plus behavioral science, instead of drugs.
Comparison
With Limbo, you are actively learning how your metabolism works, and reshaping your habits each day. So when you stop the program, your changes stay with you.
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💉 Injectables |
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Cost per month |
From $170
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$1000
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% weight loss expected over 6 months |
15% |
11% |
Time commitment |
1-6 months
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Lifetime
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Lasting change |
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New knowledge and understanding
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Free from side effects
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The rebound effect
The biggest issue with the weight loss injectables is that they change no behaviour, give no new knowledge – so they only work so long as you take them, ie forever. The manufacturer's own clinical study shows the rebound effect after stopping:
Compare to Limbo
In contrast, Limbo coaches you to better habits, using data from inside your body. New habits and knowledge last, beyond your time in Limbo.
Note: Limbo does not have full data for 120 weeks, as the first cohort began in January 2022. Latest data reports are included above.
Limbo offers a lasting change: understand how energy works in your body, and make sustainable changes, based on new knowledge. GLP-1s are a 'quick fix' override of natural hormones, and do nothing to address the habits that are hurting you.
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