Anyone stop Ozempic and gain the weight back?

[Anonymous]

I’m on wegovy and am assuming I’ll be on it forever. What is the difference between being on this for life or staying obese and needing statins, insulin or other type II meds, blood pressure meds, or tons of pain meds for weight-related arthritis?

I think the success of these meds is pointing towards obesity being a mental health condition similar to bipolar or schizophrenia (conditions which have stigma too, and require lifetime adherence to a medication that keeps brain chemistry “normal”).

[Anonymous]

I posted this today but after one month, I stopped losing weight.
My concern is that I ate so few calories on Zepbound that my metabolism is now only going to let me have 1,000 in order to maintain my weight (and that's not nearly enough long term and certainly going to mean I'm starving once off the meds)

So I disagree that maintaining weight loss is as easy as adjusting diet and exercise. Eating a healthy diet and exercising may still cause weight gain if your metabolism is messed up.
This is my concern at this point. I'm hoping I'm wrong or that metabolism can be adjusted without huge weight gain.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes -- the vast majority of people who have stoped it are gaining weight back. This is the main reason I'm not jumping on the bandwagon. So it's no different than most ways of losing weight; the biggest challenge isn't losing the weight, the biggest challenge is keeping it off.

NP. I disagree. I've had zero issues maintaining my weight and keeping it off (weight was gained from pregnancy). I struggle with losing. I think for most people losing is the challenge.

+1. Maintaining is much, much easier than losing. People on dcum are desperate to believe these drugs don’t work, are dangerous, or that you’ll just get fat again, so why even try? I don’t get it.

This is not what the research shows. Maintaining is not easy. Most people do in fact regain the weight they lose. Yes, there are people who keep it off but they are the exception, not the norm.

I am not saying don't try. just that there are no quick fixes. To keep weight off you need to be vigilant and make some serous lifestyle changes or stay on this medication for the rest of your life.

This is NP and I’m wondering if this is true. Until this year this was never true for me - I maintained a weight within ten pounds of what I weighed as a teenager (barring pregnancy and postpartum) for twenty years.

My body changed with my last pregnancy though. Since the beginning of this year I’ve tried intermittent fasting, counting calories and cutting out entire food groups/beverages (caffeine/alcohol/processed foods/sugar (including fruit!)/dairy/gluten/wheat/grains) and in fact have GAINED three pounds. My blood sugar remains high. Yesterday in tears I did a telehealth consult to get semaglutide.

That being said, if/when I lose the weight, would it be hard to maintain the weight I was at for *most* of my adult life? I wonder.

[Anonymous]

I've been off Wegocy for 4 months. Had lost 54 pounds and was a size 2 (and people commented that I "shouldn't lose any more" and people started asking if I was sick). I've so far put on a few pounds (like 5), on purpose, and am comfortable at a size 4. Comments are more about looking good

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Anonymous wrote:Yes -- the vast majority of people who have stoped it are gaining weight back. This is the main reason I'm not jumping on the bandwagon. So it's no different than most ways of losing weight; the biggest challenge isn't losing the weight, the biggest challenge is keeping it off.

NP. I disagree. I've had zero issues maintaining my weight and keeping it off (weight was gained from pregnancy). I struggle with losing. I think for most people losing is the challenge.

+1. Maintaining is much, much easier than losing. People on dcum are desperate to believe these drugs don’t work, are dangerous, or that you’ll just get fat again, so why even try? I don’t get it.

This is not what the research shows. Maintaining is not easy. Most people do in fact regain the weight they lose. Yes, there are people who keep it off but they are the exception, not the norm.

I am not saying don't try. just that there are no quick fixes. To keep weight off you need to be vigilant and make some serous lifestyle changes or stay on this medication for the rest of your life.

This is NP and I’m wondering if this is true. Until this year this was never true for me - I maintained a weight within ten pounds of what I weighed as a teenager (barring pregnancy and postpartum) for twenty years.

My body changed with my last pregnancy though. Since the beginning of this year I’ve tried intermittent fasting, counting calories and cutting out entire food groups/beverages (caffeine/alcohol/processed foods/sugar (including fruit!)/dairy/gluten/wheat/grains) and in fact have GAINED three pounds. My blood sugar remains high. Yesterday in tears I did a telehealth consult to get semaglutide.

That being said, if/when I lose the weight, would it be hard to maintain the weight I was at for *most* of my adult life? I wonder.

I lost 30 pounds on semaglutide in 2023 and have successfully kept it off with very little effort for the past 6 months. Even lost a few more pounds! I was struggling with pregnancy and lockdown gains (plus of course age). I think semaglutide helped me understand what, when, and how much to eat. I would not let people scare you that maintaining is soooo hard and you’ll just gain it all back.