Ozempic/semaglutide alternatives for weight loss

[Anonymous]

I need to lose about 15 lbs and don’t qualify Ozempic. I have high blood pressure and my doctor really wants me to lose at least 10 lbs but as a perimenopausal woman the weight loss just isn't happening. I know I eat too much (even if mostly healthy) and think quieting the food noise would help me.

I am starting to see ads in my Facebook feed for GLP probiotics and pills with the “same active ingredient” as Ozempic/mounjaro etc. I am really curious if any of these work. They seem to be very expensive and I also don’t if they are safe for people with high BP.

Anyone look into these?

[Anonymous]

I’m curious about Contrave. Anyone use that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious about Contrave. Anyone use that?

I was on it for 3 months and didn't get any benefit. I didn't have side effects but it also did not help with weight loss. It didn't suppress my appetite or my carbohydrate/sugars cravings. It's cheap and safe so it's worth a try because it is helpful to some people.

[Anonymous]

Exercise and eat less. When the noise kick in, step on the scale. That will make you put the food down. Stick to a time when you eat. Outside of that time, don’t eat. Remember, you can go 7 days without food before you die. Surely you can go a couple hours. Hope this helps!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exercise and eat less. When the noise kick in, step on the scale. That will make you put the food down. Stick to a time when you eat. Outside of that time, don’t eat. Remember, you can go 7 days without food before you die. Surely you can go a couple hours. Hope this helps!

Thanks for invalidating everyone on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exercise and eat less. When the noise kick in, step on the scale. That will make you put the food down. Stick to a time when you eat. Outside of that time, don’t eat. Remember, you can go 7 days without food before you die. Surely you can go a couple hours. Hope this helps!

So just get an eating disorder, then. And it's free!

[Anonymous]

Phentermine is the easiest but not good for high blood pressure. Metformin is an option too - no blood pressure issues - and off label use for weight loss

[Anonymous]

Try WW to learn portion control. And yes, it's a lot slower in peri than before.

[Anonymous]

Look, I’m struggling with my food addiction issues and I just spent the last few days shoveling crap in my face. So please understand that I am not judging and don’t consider myself in any way superior.

I’m not even asking my doc for weight loss drugs even though I qualify because I know it would only delay the hard work I have to do on dealing with my food addiction by abstaining from the foods that drive it, as much as possible.

I’ve spent the last year learning a ton about nutritional biochemistry and working on reordering my relationship with food - fueling my body rather than eating for emotional gratification.

But anyway here is what I’ve learned. There is a natural way to get the same result as what you get from these drugs - by eating the RDA or more of fiber every day. Stuff your face with fiber, healthy fiber from food not supplemental fiber. Eat tons of whole fruits and vegetables and legumes and nuts and seeds and whole grains - build your diet around them.

When I accomplish my fiber goals each day, my mind quiets down about food. I don’t feel hungry and if I do think about eating for emotional reasons my body tells me, there’s no room in here for that junk.

But once I let some refined or added sugars slip in (raw unfiltered honey is all I can tolerate without getting cravings) then I start losing control and my mind gets very unquiet with food thinking.

Fiber is magic and great for your gut. And for the vast majority of people any side effects from eating it are quickly accommodated, unlike the potentially deadly side effects from weight loss drugs and weight loss surgery.

[Anonymous]

Just pay out of pocket for a few months of a real GLP. I wouldn’t trust any compounded or “just like” pill on Instagram (I get those too)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I need to lose about 15 lbs and don’t qualify Ozempic. I have high blood pressure and my doctor really wants me to lose at least 10 lbs but as a perimenopausal woman the weight loss just isn't happening. I know I eat too much (even if mostly healthy) and think quieting the food noise would help me.

I am starting to see ads in my Facebook feed for GLP probiotics and pills with the “same active ingredient” as Ozempic/mounjaro etc. I am really curious if any of these work. They seem to be very expensive and I also don’t if they are safe for people with high BP.

Anyone look into these?

Those are a scam. The only GLP1 pill is Rybelsus which is also a prescription med.

You could try metformin as someone else recommended or look into compounded semaglutide from a legit telehealth provider and FDA regulated pharmacy.

[Anonymous]

I don't think Phentermine or Contrave will work for someone with high blood pressure. Both of those made my heart race. I have had moderate luck with plain old Bupropion (generic Wellbutrin) though.

[Anonymous]

I have found these things helpful to eating better and losing (a little) weight:

— Eat between 11 am and 7 pm. I found I wasn’t hungry first thing in the morning anyway.

— Drink coffee. This was the exception to the above. I have a cup in the morning and a second around lunchtime. For some reason the caffeine helps tamp down on my appetite. Coffee doesn’t keep me up at night but I know it does for some people.

- Drink more water. Gives you something to do with your mouth when you are hungry. Keeps you going to and from the bathroom rather than the kitchen.

— Eat more salads. They are good for you. You are less hungry afterwards. When you have cravings, if you tell yourself it’s a salad or nothing you will sometimes choose nothing. Harder choice if you are staring at a Pop Tart.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try WW to learn portion control. And yes, it's a lot slower in peri than before.

I can’t stand being around anyone on WW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try WW to learn portion control. And yes, it's a lot slower in peri than before.

I can’t stand being around anyone on WW.

Sounds like a win win, then.