Weight loss drugs—is it just eating less calories??

[Anonymous]

I recently started a semi-glutide drug and have lost around 5lbs in first week 1/2. I’m not as hungry and don’t have much of an appetite however I’ve eaten like this for almost a decade without losing weight a pound. Is there something this drug does to help your metabolism or is it strictly that I’m apparently really eating less and actually finally losing weight?

[Anonymous]

It’s the eating fewer calories.

You have not really been eating this way for a decade. If you were you wouldn’t need medication.

[Anonymous]

No it is not just the calories. I lost 11 lbs in the first week and it didn't really impact my appetite until the third shot. It basically flushed all the inflammation out of my system immediately. The hormonal component is not well understood and so people who prefer simple answers reject it and insist CACO, which has been debunked in every inpatient weight loss study ever performed on obese patients, is the only answer.

[Anonymous]

I think long term it’s calories but there’s a lot in play with hormones.

[Anonymous]

it's easy to lose weight without all the food noise. these meds seem to tamp down the food noise.

[Anonymous]

Agree that in early weeks it’s getting rid of inflammation/water weight.

[Anonymous]

I started on Wegovy four weeks ago and lost 7 pounds in the first two weeks but nothing over the next two weeks. I just moved up to .50 so I will see how that works. My doctor said the Wegovy .25 is really to see how you react to the drug and that .5 and higher is a better gauge of weight loss effectiveness. It takes six months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No it is not just the calories. I lost 11 lbs in the first week and it didn't really impact my appetite until the third shot. It basically flushed all the inflammation out of my system immediately. The hormonal component is not well understood and so people who prefer simple answers reject it and insist CACO, which has been debunked in every inpatient weight loss study ever performed on obese patients, is the only answer.

One of the things that puzzles me about a rigid CACO take on it is that we know this isn't how it works in at least many other mammals. Talk to anyone who raises sheep, or cows, or other animals that they need to put weight on for slaughter - certain breeds just put on more weight, and they are generally worth more to breed.

I just don't get that. People who are very driven by the bottom-line will shell out more money because they know they will recoup it by getting more pound for, well, pound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's easy to lose weight without all the food noise. these meds seem to tamp down the food noise.

Big time! Less food noise makes it easier to eat less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No it is not just the calories. I lost 11 lbs in the first week and it didn't really impact my appetite until the third shot. It basically flushed all the inflammation out of my system immediately. The hormonal component is not well understood and so people who prefer simple answers reject it and insist CACO, which has been debunked in every inpatient weight loss study ever performed on obese patients, is the only answer.

That is fantastic!! Sounds like a dream

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No it is not just the calories. I lost 11 lbs in the first week and it didn't really impact my appetite until the third shot. It basically flushed all the inflammation out of my system immediately. The hormonal component is not well understood and so people who prefer simple answers reject it and insist CACO, which has been debunked in every inpatient weight loss study ever performed on obese patients, is the only answer.

One of the things that puzzles me about a rigid CACO take on it is that we know this isn't how it works in at least many other mammals. Talk to anyone who raises sheep, or cows, or other animals that they need to put weight on for slaughter - certain breeds just put on more weight, and they are generally worth more to breed.

I just don't get that. People who are very driven by the bottom-line will shell out more money because they know they will recoup it by getting more pound for, well, pound.

+1

Plus they are given antibiotics to drive their appetites.

The CACO people don’t seem to ever have farming experience.

[Anonymous]

There are likely some effects on the edges. But that’s not the fundamental story here. People needing these medications because of their obesity are consuming way out of energy balance. And usually the wrong type of food. That’s the reality. The medication corrects that behavior.

[Anonymous]

It slows down the absorption of food and causes the crease to release more insulin.

Higher insulin promotes burning fat.

Without the drugs you burn carbohydrates which decreases energy and you move less. Burning fat makes you lighter and have more energy so you move more.

Also youre less hungry so for people who have issues eating too much it helps with that.

[Anonymous]

Pancreas *

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the eating fewer calories.

You have not really been eating this way for a decade. If you were you wouldn’t need medication.

Wrong. I had insulin resistance that was reversed with these drugs. There are days I eat way less than I have in the past, but over the course of a week, my calorie intake hasn't changed.