Will Ozempic and other drugs like it eliminate obesity?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

Right, you’re supposed to stay on it forever. It only treats the underlying issues while you’re taking it. This is not shocking or scandalous. I plan to be on it for life.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

NP. Way to go PP for recognizing this. I have had and still have similar issues and just want to say you can do it! It takes time and self trust/patience/love but is absolutely possible to heal one’s relationship with food. Do not judge yourself for the comfort food affords you. It is doing its best to fulfill a role for you that it was not meant to fill. Keep going and have faith it will fall away as you heal yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

Right, you’re supposed to stay on it forever. It only treats the underlying issues while you’re taking it. This is not shocking or scandalous. I plan to be on it for life.

Hmm, that's interesting. I look at medication as a way to overcome an illness, not as a way to live with an illness. Maybe I need to rethink that, as I know there are some meds people take forever to exist. But never have any docs said to me "you'll do this for life", and I never assumed I would. Are other doctors prescribing this as a lifetime treatment?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

Right, you’re supposed to stay on it forever. It only treats the underlying issues while you’re taking it. This is not shocking or scandalous. I plan to be on it for life.

Hmm, that's interesting. I look at medication as a way to overcome an illness, not as a way to live with an illness. Maybe I need to rethink that, as I know there are some meds people take forever to exist. But never have any docs said to me "you'll do this for life", and I never assumed I would. Are other doctors prescribing this as a lifetime treatment?

NP but I think this depends on what your illness is and also, probably more importantly, if your approach to wellness and health is a symptom approach or a root approach.

Many conventional doctors in Western medicine, especially in the US take a symptom management approach. But if you see a doctor that is a DO or FM they will approach your wellness from a root approach and maybe use medication temporarily to relieve a symptom that is preventing progress or debilitating quality of life enough that it makes it impossible to address the problem. Of course seeing a more integrative specialist such as a naturopath or homeopath would also be more the root approach. Most Eastern approaches to wellness are also more root focused.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

Right, you’re supposed to stay on it forever. It only treats the underlying issues while you’re taking it. This is not shocking or scandalous. I plan to be on it for life.

Hmm, that's interesting. I look at medication as a way to overcome an illness, not as a way to live with an illness. Maybe I need to rethink that, as I know there are some meds people take forever to exist. But never have any docs said to me "you'll do this for life", and I never assumed I would. Are other doctors prescribing this as a lifetime treatment?

There are lots of lifetime drugs like that. Cholesterol medication for example. For some people the side effects may be too much. But I don't know why those with minimal/no side effects couldn't stay on it forever

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

Right, you’re supposed to stay on it forever. It only treats the underlying issues while you’re taking it. This is not shocking or scandalous. I plan to be on it for life.

Hmm, that's interesting. I look at medication as a way to overcome an illness, not as a way to live with an illness. Maybe I need to rethink that, as I know there are some meds people take forever to exist. But never have any docs said to me "you'll do this for life", and I never assumed I would. Are other doctors prescribing this as a lifetime treatment?

NP. You seriously don’t understand people take drugs for a lifetime for better health? Really? Have you truly never met anyone with a lifelong prescription to anything? I find that remarkable.

To answer your question: Doctors are absolutely prescribing this as a lifetime drug. It’s addressing an underlying metabolic disorder that will likely never resolve. It’s not a “diet” drug no matter what TikTok says.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

Right, you’re supposed to stay on it forever. It only treats the underlying issues while you’re taking it. This is not shocking or scandalous. I plan to be on it for life.

Hmm, that's interesting. I look at medication as a way to overcome an illness, not as a way to live with an illness. Maybe I need to rethink that, as I know there are some meds people take forever to exist. But never have any docs said to me "you'll do this for life", and I never assumed I would. Are other doctors prescribing this as a lifetime treatment?

It is a lifetime treatment for weight control (or at least long term—there’s some question as to once you’re on it long enough—like 3-5 years—your body will adjust to the new lower weight and not fight to return to its highest weight. This seems optimistic to me but I guess it’s possible). In trials most participants regained most of the lost weight quickly after being switched to the placebo. Your doctors are not being honest with you if they’ve told you you can come off it as soon as you reach your goal weight.

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Eli Lilly already has a better job on the horizon that's better than Mournjaro and Novartis' Wegovy. These meds will revolutionize obesity healthcare.

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Better Medication

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There are a lot of people with poor genetics who eat healthy and exercise regularly. These people are probably fairly healthy and nobody is criticizing them. There are also a lot of other people who eat large amounts of crappy foods and have no discipline when it comes to exercising. These people are destroying their health regardless of whether you think their obesity was caused by some gut syndrome or whatever the latest research says.

So they shouldn't be allowed to access a medication that would allow them to stop eating large amounts of crappy foods? I get that, in theory, anyone can "just eat less." But if that were actually true in practice, the diet industry would not exist and no one would be fat.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

DP. First, the fake sweetheart is so tired and low energy. It does nothing for your post except make you sound really condescending and petty.

Second, why are so many people mad about overweight having tools (drugs) to deal with their weight? Do you say the same thing on mental health posts about people taking meds for anxiety? Or people taking meds for high blood pressure? Do say this to people using acne medication to stop using it and deal with why you have acne in the first place?

I really think it’s pure jealousy and a false sense of superiority.

I’ve been on a semaglutide for over 5 years, lost over 100lbs. And it’s so great that this medication has made my “underlying issue of why I became obese” just disappear. It’s great. Love these meds, I hope everyone that needs them and wants to try them, reaches out to their doctor and gives it a shot! (Pun intended).

How did your body respond to losing weight with the drugs? I see people that appear to have aged badly when losing weight with these drugs. What was your experience? Any wrinkles and saggy skin?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

DP. First, the fake sweetheart is so tired and low energy. It does nothing for your post except make you sound really condescending and petty.

Second, why are so many people mad about overweight having tools (drugs) to deal with their weight? Do you say the same thing on mental health posts about people taking meds for anxiety? Or people taking meds for high blood pressure? Do say this to people using acne medication to stop using it and deal with why you have acne in the first place?

I really think it’s pure jealousy and a false sense of superiority.

I’ve been on a semaglutide for over 5 years, lost over 100lbs. And it’s so great that this medication has made my “underlying issue of why I became obese” just disappear. It’s great. Love these meds, I hope everyone that needs them and wants to try them, reaches out to their doctor and gives it a shot! (Pun intended).

How did your body respond to losing weight with the drugs? I see people that appear to have aged badly when losing weight with these drugs. What was your experience? Any wrinkles and saggy skin?

lol vs what alternative method?? It’s the weight loss not the method, moron.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

DP. First, the fake sweetheart is so tired and low energy. It does nothing for your post except make you sound really condescending and petty.

Second, why are so many people mad about overweight having tools (drugs) to deal with their weight? Do you say the same thing on mental health posts about people taking meds for anxiety? Or people taking meds for high blood pressure? Do say this to people using acne medication to stop using it and deal with why you have acne in the first place?

I really think it’s pure jealousy and a false sense of superiority.

I’ve been on a semaglutide for over 5 years, lost over 100lbs. And it’s so great that this medication has made my “underlying issue of why I became obese” just disappear. It’s great. Love these meds, I hope everyone that needs them and wants to try them, reaches out to their doctor and gives it a shot! (Pun intended).

How did your body respond to losing weight with the drugs? I see people that appear to have aged badly when losing weight with these drugs. What was your experience? Any wrinkles and saggy skin?

lol vs what alternative method?? It’s the weight loss not the method, moron.

+1

That people think it’s the drug that causes loose skin and not major weight loss is mind-bogglingly dumb

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

Not very pleasant, but true.

? The underlying issue for most obese people is insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. The Ozempic does address the underlying issues. That’s why they work so well.

It's more complicated that IR and metabolics. I'm taking semaglutide and my mental difference is boggling - I'm assuming because I'm finally reacting to insulin as a normal person does. But once I stop, if I don't relearn some behaviors, I won't keep the weight off. Food is so complicated. The pp might be coarse and making comments out of hatred rather than from a helpful place, but they're not totally wrong. I need to figure out why my brain wants the warm hug from a bag of potato chips and address it, or I'll need to stay on semaglutide forever.

Right, you’re supposed to stay on it forever. It only treats the underlying issues while you’re taking it. This is not shocking or scandalous. I plan to be on it for life.

Hmm, that's interesting. I look at medication as a way to overcome an illness, not as a way to live with an illness. Maybe I need to rethink that, as I know there are some meds people take forever to exist. But never have any docs said to me "you'll do this for life", and I never assumed I would. Are other doctors prescribing this as a lifetime treatment?

That’s not a very smart way of looking at it. Type 1 diabetics, for example. You think they should just use a little insulin to overcome their total and complete lack of insulin and then… see how they do?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are these threads in "diet and exercise" when they have nothing to do with either? Move it to health, or maybe beauty.

Were you born stupid or just dropped on your head as a baby or something?

Maybe you should exercise for weight loss, since you clearly have a lot of pent up anger?

That isn’t anger, toots. That’s putting someone in their place. Big difference.

Oh sweetheart, the drugs may help you get the weight off, but at some point you're going to have to address the underlying issues that caused you to get obese in the first place. Those aren't going to go away just because you lost some lbs with drugs.

DP. First, the fake sweetheart is so tired and low energy. It does nothing for your post except make you sound really condescending and petty.

Second, why are so many people mad about overweight having tools (drugs) to deal with their weight? Do you say the same thing on mental health posts about people taking meds for anxiety? Or people taking meds for high blood pressure? Do say this to people using acne medication to stop using it and deal with why you have acne in the first place?

I really think it’s pure jealousy and a false sense of superiority.

I’ve been on a semaglutide for over 5 years, lost over 100lbs. And it’s so great that this medication has made my “underlying issue of why I became obese” just disappear. It’s great. Love these meds, I hope everyone that needs them and wants to try them, reaches out to their doctor and gives it a shot! (Pun intended).

People are mad that fat people won’t be able to be shamed as easily. That’s it.