Weight Loss Drug questions

[Anonymous]

I have avoided all the news and honestly don't know the first thing about Ozempic or waggly or semglatude but am in peri and am gaining weight and am now very curious. I think I would qualify based on my history if not my BMI. What is the weakest form you can take, is it oral or injection, and where should I start my research. I'm 48. about 5-6. 150ish pounds.

[Anonymous]

That is a normal weight. You dont need obesity drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a normal weight. You dont need obesity drugs.

+1.

[Anonymous]

+2. But no matter what you do, don't take advice from DCUM. GOOGLE is much better on this one. DCUM hates weight loss drugs.

[Anonymous]

Hello! I feel you. I just started taking them at around your height, weight and same stage of life and ten days in I already feel so much better. I am down seven pounds which I know sounds fake but it's real. It truly feels miraculous. I went to a MedSpa for my prescription, but I'm going to switch to an online pharmacy after my first month because it's half the cost. Also, I'm going to move my dose down after this first month because I don't need to lose weight at this lightning fast pace (only want to lose 15-20 total).

I liked this woman's blog and youtube channel about the topic:
https://madisonloethen.com/category/wellness/glp-1/

Here's what I have learned so far, in a nutshell. There is semaglutide (brand name Ozempic and Wegovy - those meds are the same thing but the latter is approved for weight loss) and trizepatide (brand name Mounjaro and Zepbound). If you're not getting the drugs for medical reasons, then you will get the compounded (generic) versions, which is what I'm doing. There's been some trash talk on this board about compounded meds, but some of the things I'm reading say many prefer the compounds because you can control the doseage, whereas the brand names only come in pre-loaded pens of specific doses. More on that in a minute.

The lady at the spa told me that trizepatide is the Cadillac of weight loss drugs, considered superior to semaglutide, so that's what I went with. Trizepatide has been shown to be more effective in reducing hunger and with fewer side effects. Google concurs.

Both meds target receptors in your brain, causing less hunger and reducing cravings for food. I swear to God, it feels like magic.

With trizepatide, the starting dose is 2.5 mg for the first 4 weeks, then you move up to 5 mg for the next month, then 7.5, then 10, 12.5 until maxing out at 15.

The lady whose blog I linked started out at 2.5 and stayed there, never moving up the dosage, and lost 30 pounds in 4 months. She moved her dose down to 1.25 for the final few pounds. She has a good video on youtube about "microdosing" which is what you alluded to in your OP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOeoca3_yKo

I intend to move my dose down to 1.25 after this first month, since I am dropping weight so fast and only eating 1000-1300 calories per day, which is a massive reduction for me. I think I must have a fast metabolism, because I was routinely eating around 3000 calories most days and still maintaining 145 lbs at 5'7, which I know is not considered overweight (but is an uncomfortably heavy weight for me). I feel like if I drop my dose, I will want to eat a bit more food, and thus slow my pace of weight loss. I also hope that'll help me eventually wean off the meds, which I would like to do quickly. Although, I must say, I love how the "food noise" is so muted now. I still think about food, but not obsessively, and it is so freeing. I can definitely see how people choose to remain on this drug for the long term because it is life changing, when you're someone who's struggled with overeating and cravings.

I liked this woman's blog and videos, too:

https://functionalmedicinecoaching.org/podcast/tyna-moore-105/

Once I finish my first month up at the spa, I'm going to order my meds from joinfridays. I found out about that site from the first blogger I linked. I had to play with their questionnaire in order to qualify. I put in my true height and weight, said that I was currently on trizepatide, and said that I had been previously diagnosed as overweight. If I didn't say that last thing, then the site told me I didn't qualify for the meds.