PSA- people losing weight on injectables ARE “doing the work”

[Anonymous]

Posting this to dispel the misinformation that people on these meds are somehow cheating the system or taking the easy way out or whatever other rubbish is spouted here.

In order to lose weight, the patient MUST decrease food intake to create a calorie deficit. At a minimum.

To more successfully lose weight, the patient has to eat reasonably clean, hitting a protein goal an eating whole vegetables, meet a cardio goal, and lift weights to prevent muscle loss.

So basically, cutting calories, eating well, and exercise- the same as what a person not taking meds also does.

The medication, fundamentally, suppresses hunger. Yes, there are some other metabolic benefits in play, but basically, appetite suppression is the MAJOR benefit. The food digests more slowly, suppressing the hunger urge.

I don’t know the chemistry of why I personally am always thinking about food, and why I never feel satiety. Without meds, the stats for someone like me to successfully get to a healthy weight are around 1 percent.

With meds, my appetite is finally under control. Now I can make good choices and actually feel full. I can maintain a caloric deficit, and the snowball effect of the weight loss has me motivated to consistently make good choices and exercise too.

I’m “doing the work”. The meds make the work easier.

Unlike others on this board, I think it would be great if people needing to shed 20-30 vanity pounds could get the meds too! It’s hard to lose weight, and it’s great to have a med that can help you be successful.

[Anonymous]

They’re still spiritually fat.

[Anonymous]

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

[Anonymous]

What happens when you go off the med?

[Anonymous]

Ignore the haters, OP. Can you imagine telling someone with depression that they aren’t “doing the hard work” if they take anti-depressants while doing therapy? That they should suffer along despite there being life-changing drugs that could help them? Potentially lose years of their lives being miserable because some anonymous internet poster thinks using medication to help you be healthy and happy is a moral failing? You should ignore them just like you’d ignore anyone saying something that stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re still spiritually fat.

Spiritually PHAT

[Anonymous]

I can do all that without the meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re still spiritually fat.

Spiritually PHAT

Word

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re still spiritually fat.

I just spiritually threw cake in your face (the cake that I wanted to devour, no less. Sigh).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can do all that without the meds.

I can make my own insulin, but I don’t go shoving that in diabetics’ faces.

[Anonymous]

How many calories do you eat, OP? Do you have to track them or does it make you so not hungry that you can just eat intuitively?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can do all that without the meds.

Yippee for you. So don’t take the meds. What is your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can do all that without the meds.

Yippee for you. So don’t take the meds. What is your point?

I’m just trying to figure out why the OP is pushing meds. Also no mention of what happens when the meds stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many calories do you eat, OP? Do you have to track them or does it make you so not hungry that you can just eat intuitively?

I don’t track. But for example if I ordered an avocado toast with salmon, previously I’d devour the entire thing and still want dessert. Now, I will have like 1-2 bites of the bread and just eat the avocado, salmon, and sprouts or whatever is on the toast, and I’m filled up before I finish half. I have no dessert craving, and if I do, I just want a bite.

In one of my FB groups someone once talked about going to an event where brownies were served. She was helping to set up the event, and during the set up, all she could think about was when she could have a brownie. During the event itself, she was thinking about how she could pre-position herself at the table so that she could take another brownie. When the event was ending, she was thinking about how to take a brownie or two with her. I could relate to this and it’s such a relief to not feel this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can do all that without the meds.

Yippee for you. So don’t take the meds. What is your point?

I’m just trying to figure out why the OP is pushing meds. Also no mention of what happens when the meds stop.

I’m not pushing meds I’m sharing my own experience to help dispel a misconception. I don’t know if the MS necessarily stopped. I think people take them for maintenance. But I’m at least a year away from that. I still have 70 lbs to lose and at about 1lb per week I am just focused on establishing healthy habits.