Not losing weight on Ozempic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The therapeutic dose is 1.0 or 2.0mg. You step up the dosage:

0.25 for 4 weeks
0.5 for 2 weeks
You then can move to 1.0 and stay on that dose for a while. If you can tolerate the side effects you can move up to 2.0.

Two things might be happening:
Your mother is not taking the medication properly and is still at 0.25 which is not doing much.
And she’s continuing to eat poorly. It’s not a miracle drug that allows you to eat whatever you want. The weight comes off because you are eating less. It’s not some fat burner. And you need to exercise.

The most important thing you said is exercise, which MUST BE IN THE FORM OF RESISTANCE TRAINING. She also MUST eat lots of protein. When people lose weight with Ozempic, they lose a lot of lean mass with the fat. That is terrible. Eating a lot of protein and doing resistance training can help prevent that loss of lean mass.

Having lost a lot of weight both ways, I notice no difference. Strength training is important for everyone’s help but I don’t think the idea that weight loss on Ozempic somehow increases muscle loss is supported by evidence.

You’d be wrong.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ozempic-muscle-mass-loss

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On .25, it quiets my food noise and it makes it much, much easier for me to make healthy choices. But I’m still able to overeat if I wanted to. It’s not “automatic” weight loss but it’s a huge boost.

On .5, I get horribly sick and I can’t eat anything. It’s miserable.

Other people don’t feel anything till they get to 1 or 2.

So I think the dosing really varies.

Are you able to go back down to the .25 dose? I’m like you on the 2.5 dose — I feel like I am really able to control my eating. I’m terrified of going up top the .50 dose.

[Anonymous]

NP. Anyone else decide (maybe with their doctor or maybe not?) to stay at 0.25? Tell me more about that - I am doing well at 0.25 and nervous to go to 0.5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The therapeutic dose is 1.0 or 2.0mg. You step up the dosage:

0.25 for 4 weeks
0.5 for 2 weeks
You then can move to 1.0 and stay on that dose for a while. If you can tolerate the side effects you can move up to 2.0.

Two things might be happening:
Your mother is not taking the medication properly and is still at 0.25 which is not doing much.
And she’s continuing to eat poorly. It’s not a miracle drug that allows you to eat whatever you want. The weight comes off because you are eating less. It’s not some fat burner. And you need to exercise.

The most important thing you said is exercise, which MUST BE IN THE FORM OF RESISTANCE TRAINING. She also MUST eat lots of protein. When people lose weight with Ozempic, they lose a lot of lean mass with the fat. That is terrible. Eating a lot of protein and doing resistance training can help prevent that loss of lean mass.

Having lost a lot of weight both ways, I notice no difference. Strength training is important for everyone’s help but I don’t think the idea that weight loss on Ozempic somehow increases muscle loss is supported by evidence.

You’d be wrong.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ozempic-muscle-mass-loss

DP. This article doesn’t support your point. Rapid weight loss of any kind can cause you to lose bone density and muscle. Which is exactly what the PP said. It’s not the drug, it’s the weight loss.