What’s stopping you from trying a GLP / meds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like my body best at 115-120. I’m 5’6.5”. I’m 130. I’d love to lose 10 lbs. but I’m 50 years old and I’m not willing to shave myself or give up weekend drinking. Basically I DGAF.

Ha ha try being your height but 187 pounds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I enjoy working on myself and facing the consequences of my poor choices. This extra 10 pounds I'm carrying isn't because I'm 54 yo -that is a cop out. I gained 10+ pounds because I consistently overate for 2 years and became accustomed to eating amounts of foods meant for a larger person.

I guess you don't work hard at a paid job and carry the emotional load of your household (?). Try those things and stop worrying about 10 pounds, my goodness.

[Anonymous]

I'm not overweight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ozempic face, ozempic breath, sulphur burps, constipation, hair loss, vomiting, etc, etc...

None of this has happened to me. Stop w the fear mongering

+1

I agree. I am not constipated. I do not have diarrhea. No hair loss no ozempic face.

I look better and feel better. You just jelly. Stop with the fear mongering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s too costly.

My BMI is not 30 obese but it’s also not great. I’m back at a pregnancy weight!

I already don’t overeat. So may try.

My BMI is 30.2 and I'm about to take the plunge. I resisted because my husband is dead set against it but the food noise makes losing weight while I am not sleeping well (menopause) and working a stressful job very difficult

I’m right there with you with the BMI, food noise, stressful job, lack of sleep and resistant husband. Mid March 2025 I talked about it with my husband (he had more concerns than me) and decided I’d look into it as I’m insulin resistant. He lost his job in April of 2025 before I started. Cost became a major factor and I went the “eat healthy exercise more lift more” route.

I lost 10 pounds in 10 months and have completely plateaued in the last 2. I’ve got 40 more to lose. Food noise is constant. It’s frustrating to say the least and if he ever finds a job it’ll be the first “extra” expense in the budget.

[Anonymous]

Ozempic should be put into the water, because everyone should be on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in healthcare and I keep up with the latest research on this. The fact is, we don’t know what all the long term impacts are at this point. Newer studies are now showing that there are potential serious adverse effects on the kidneys and pancreas- you don’t want to mess with that. There’s a reason that doctors don’t want people going on this to lose vanity weight.

"in healthcare" - are you a doctor?

Can you cite the studies?

I assume a lot of people here are very smart - do you really believe all of this stuff that "people say" about the drugs or are you all getting this information from doctors and peer reviewed studies? Just stop stop stop with the misinformation. People want so badly for the negative stuff to be true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally everyone I know seems to be on a GLP or weight loss meds and I have been hesitant up until now, but am giving it some serious thought. Looking around at my friends, colleagues and even family members on it, they all are in the best shape of their lives and just don’t think about food anymore, which is my constant struggle. And these are people who only wanted to lose 10-25 lbs.

My body wants to be 10-15 lbs heavier than I want to be so I am either strictly dieting and calorie counting to lose/maintain weight, or I eat normally (but still eat healthy 80% of the time) and weigh 10+ lbs more and just don’t feel like I look good - my clothes are tight and I carry all my weight in my stomach so people sometimes ask if I am pregnant.

My main reasons for not going on it are that my GP is opposed and isn’t a fan of the meds unless you’re diabetic/pre-diabetic (so I would need to go around her which feels awkward), and I am slightly concerned about the long-term impact that isn’t as well documented for meds like Wegovy.

Given how easy it is to get these meds now, what’s stopping others from trying them other than cost?

For me it is the hair loss. I am relatively thin but would like to lose the usual 5- 10 pounds to fit in my bathing suit better, not have the muffin top over some of my pants etc.. I am 45 and I find it a bit harder to get back to my happy weight.

Several of my colleagues as well as my MIL are on GLP. They look great, lost the weight easily so it is very tempting. But for the 3 of them I think I can see the middle of the hairline parting further. And the hair even receding on the side. It is subtle but there. And 2 of them started with beautiful, thick hair.

That is scary to me plus I have absolutely no medical reason to take the pill so even a subtle change in my hairline wouldn’t make it worth it (again for me given my already healthy BMi).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in healthcare and I keep up with the latest research on this. The fact is, we don’t know what all the long term impacts are at this point. Newer studies are now showing that there are potential serious adverse effects on the kidneys and pancreas- you don’t want to mess with that. There’s a reason that doctors don’t want people going on this to lose vanity weight.

"in healthcare" - are you a doctor?

Can you cite the studies?

I assume a lot of people here are very smart - do you really believe all of this stuff that "people say" about the drugs or are you all getting this information from doctors and peer reviewed studies? Just stop stop stop with the misinformation. People want so badly for the negative stuff to be true.

Anyone can say they're in healthcare. That person could work data processing for a payment system and work in healthcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ozempic should be put into the water, because everyone should be on it.

Seriously, who do you hang out with?

[Anonymous]

Maybe this is a niche concern, but I wonder if at least a few people taking GLP-1s actually have an undiagnosed medical issue for their weight gain that doesn't get addressed when it should. The usual medical attitude toward weight gain is you eat too much.

But that is not always the case, and I am not sure that doctors look too deeply into medical causes, especially the online places. This is very sub-optimal. Some of the diseases that cause weight gain can be very serious, even life-threatening over the longer run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m chronically constipated. I’m on daily MiraLAX to go and can’t wean off despite a diet that many GI docs recommend to fight constitutional. Figured slowing down my already slow colon isn’t a great idea.

Same. It just doesn't seem worth it for the 15 I'd want to lose for vanity. All my blood work, BP, etc are great. I'm perfectly healthy just heavier than my ideal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not overweight?

OK so this is the real answer to OP's question.

The drug is for people who need it. People who have chronic obesity. For those of us who have taken it and have lost weight, it is a life saving drug. All of these side effects that everyone is harping on do not matter when you are losing enough weight to save your life or extend it down the road. If someone asked the same question about why someone doesn't take blood pressure medicine then the answers wouldn't all be about the side effects. (And yes it's a similar thing - obesity is a disease, and if you don't understand that you probably don't suffer from it).

I don't really care if people are using it to microdose or whatever. But it is so unhelpful for people who don't even have real weight to lose to get online and spread all sorts of negative comments and misinformation about a drug they don't need and aren't even taking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not overweight?

OK so this is the real answer to OP's question.

The drug is for people who need it. People who have chronic obesity. For those of us who have taken it and have lost weight, it is a life saving drug. All of these side effects that everyone is harping on do not matter when you are losing enough weight to save your life or extend it down the road. If someone asked the same question about why someone doesn't take blood pressure medicine then the answers wouldn't all be about the side effects. (And yes it's a similar thing - obesity is a disease, and if you don't understand that you probably don't suffer from it).

I don't really care if people are using it to microdose or whatever. But it is so unhelpful for people who don't even have real weight to lose to get online and spread all sorts of negative comments and misinformation about a drug they don't need and aren't even taking.

This. "What's stopping you from trying a GLP if you're obese and (pre)diabetic?" is a totally different question than "What's stopping you from trying a GLP to lose vanity weight when your BMI and A1C levels are healthy?" It's not productive to lump the two questions together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not overweight?

OK so this is the real answer to OP's question.

The drug is for people who need it. People who have chronic obesity. For those of us who have taken it and have lost weight, it is a life saving drug. All of these side effects that everyone is harping on do not matter when you are losing enough weight to save your life or extend it down the road. If someone asked the same question about why someone doesn't take blood pressure medicine then the answers wouldn't all be about the side effects. (And yes it's a similar thing - obesity is a disease, and if you don't understand that you probably don't suffer from it).

I don't really care if people are using it to microdose or whatever. But it is so unhelpful for people who don't even have real weight to lose to get online and spread all sorts of negative comments and misinformation about a drug they don't need and aren't even taking.

hey i posted that with much snark and your response is excellent. Hope these meds are helping!