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”). |
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. |
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'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 |
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. |