Anyone stop Ozempic and gain the weight back?

[Anonymous]

I hear so many success stories re these drugs and weight loss. Anyone able to discontinue and keep
The weight off (and then some maybe)?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

I'm actually interested in the opposite question-- how many are keeping it off (or even keeping half of it off).

It seems plausible. Being on this for a year can potentially change your habits and your body chemistry. But so far, that doesn't seem to be happening, right?

[Anonymous]

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.

So, no. You have no experience that OP is asking for? Why do these people insist on responding to these threads.

OP, there are a lot of semaglutide subreddits dedicated to maintaining. I would look there, not dcum, because you’ll be overwhelmed with negative people like this PP. there are some people. Who struggle to maintain and some people who do just fine. It depends on you and the changed you make.

[Anonymous]

The weight will come back because Ozempic corrects an inflammatory reaction that drives weright gain, but does not fix the underlying problem. The same thing happens to people who lose weight without Ozempic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

So, no. You have no experience that OP is asking for? Why do these people insist on responding to these threads.

OP, there are a lot of semaglutide subreddits dedicated to maintaining. I would look there, not dcum, because you’ll be overwhelmed with negative people like this PP. there are some people. Who struggle to maintain and some people who do just fine. It depends on you and the changed you make.

Why would I respond? Because I've been considering semaglutide for months, and have had multiple conversations with my doctor about it -- and then I researched it. I have lost about 90lbs with diet and exercise twice, and it has all piled back on both times and I feel like I can't go through that again. So I've researched the issue extensively with regard to the new weight loss meds, including Ozempic.

OP, most people who lose weight on semaglutide and then go off it do not do "just fine," they gain the weight back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

So, no. You have no experience that OP is asking for? Why do these people insist on responding to these threads.

OP, there are a lot of semaglutide subreddits dedicated to maintaining. I would look there, not dcum, because you’ll be overwhelmed with negative people like this PP. there are some people. Who struggle to maintain and some people who do just fine. It depends on you and the changed you make.

This is no different than losing weight the regular way. Such a weird, hostile answer.

[Anonymous]

OP actually asked both questions. Subject: Who gained the weight back? Body: Who didn't gain the weight back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP actually asked both questions. Subject: Who gained the weight back? Body: Who didn't gain the weight back?

What she didn't ask, though, was for someone who has read all the same Mail on Sunday articles to comment on her thread. She wanted someone's actual experiences.

[Anonymous]

Lost 45 pounds over the course of one year, have been off for one month, so far keeping weight the same. And, it's only been a month. Have kept the same eating habbits, and plan to continue to do so. Ask me again next January if I've kept it off for a year

[Anonymous]

regained

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP actually asked both questions. Subject: Who gained the weight back? Body: Who didn't gain the weight back?

What she didn't ask, though, was for someone who has read all the same Mail on Sunday articles to comment on her thread. She wanted someone's actual experiences.

I'm the PP you originally went after. I actually work in a medical school and consume medical research for work. So I didn't "read all the same Mail on Sunday articles" and then comment on the thread (I don't even know what those "articles" are). So I am familiar with many people's "actual experiences" with weight gain after withdrawal from semaglutide (and the cardiometabolic problems that can surface as well). Figured that would be at least as relevant to the discussion as a post from one person who took the drug, went off it two weeks ago, and has or hasn't regained a pound -- and I think I was correct in figuring that.

Perhaps someone can get you a Xanax? Or some therapy? Or are you stuck on this nasty-to-others-when-anonymous-and-suffering-from-glaring-ignorance setting? You are going to just keep pounding away on the keyboard, full of spite, without knowing what you are even talking about, aren't you?

[Anonymous]

I'm working with a registered dietician and doctor at a weight loss clinic. They said that people who successfully keep the weight off after going off semaglutide gradually lower the dose, and then stay on the lowest dose for a long time (typcially 1-2 years) until (1) they have ingrained new, good eating and exercise habits; and (2) hopefully a new set point has been established. But there is no guarantee.

[Anonymous]

🙋🏻‍♀️ I had lost 25 lbs and then couldn’t get it during October. Quickly put on 6lbs. Got on Monjauro in November and lost about 2lbs. Took it during Nov and Dec holidays. Weight stayed the same while I also enjoyed holiday treats. I’m back on Ozempic now and have lost about 3lbs, so I’m getting back on track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually interested in the opposite question-- how many are keeping it off (or even keeping half of it off).

It seems plausible. Being on this for a year can potentially change your habits and your body chemistry. But so far, that doesn't seem to be happening, right?

I read an article this week that stated only 20% succeed in keeping the weight off.