Giving myself one last month before GLP-1- See you April 30 for the verdict

[Anonymous]

I have been reading the GLP post about 10-15 pounds to lose. I am currently bombarded by commercials from Willow, Ro and others telling me i now can use GLP1 even if normal weight, to be "bikini ready". I have been trying to reduce "THAT" noise but i find it more and more difficult.. I have been fighting the same 10 pounds for a decade now and i would just love being thinner and fitting in my clothes without a muffin top and a bloated belly.

At the same time i feel really torn injecting a medication to achieve that goal. If it is just about eating less and exercising more I should be able to do it. What tempts me the most is if there is a bonus additional metabolic issue, through insulin regulation for example. Anyway, long story short, I want to use the coming month to test myself before i say yes or no to GLP-1. So here are my stats and plan to start.

Stats:
- Basic stat: 5'6"female. Just turned 44 yo. Currently 118 pounds. Exact same weight as last year.
- Body type: 34% body fat on my dexa scan. I am a skinny fat with a very thin bone structure. Thin legs and arms but apple shape and too much weight on my belly. Hard for me to build muscles. I flag this for anyone thinking i am anorexic based on my weight. I truly look chubbier than i weight and the extra pounds do not work for me.
- weight history: lowest adult weight at 29yo, 103 pounds. Pre kids. Post kids 110-120 range. I feel and look best at 108-110.
- regular diet: I generally eat a very healthy home cooked Mediterranean diet. I have trouble with quantities, i tend to eat big meals. But I don't have a snacking or sweet tooth problem (that's why i am not sure GLP1 makes sense for me). I probably drink too much alcohol (a glass of wine a day + 2 glasses on sat and sundays).
- regular fitness regimen: I run a 5k a week and then every other day i try to fit a pilates or weight training session, i walk a lot. I am generally endurant but i have very little muscle mass.

I think i am peri-menopausal based on a lot of recent changes and i want to find the new routine that works for the coming decade (hopefully without GLP-1).

Goals and plans:
- 108 / 110 pounds and ideally under 30% body fat by end of June.
- 1200 calories per day. Reduce carbs. Keep 0% UPFs and snacks. Alcohol only sat and sunday 1 drink a night
- Same fitness regimen but make sure i do something every day (20-30 min, pilates, yoga, weight training and running)

Test: If i am down to 115 by end of April (3 pounds in 4.5 weeks) I won't get GLP1

[Anonymous]

WTF?

You are 5'6", 44, and weigh 118 and want to use obesity meds to get down to 108?

Are you anorexic or trolling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF?

You are 5'6", 44, and weigh 118 and want to use obesity meds to get down to 108?

Are you anorexic or trolling?

It is for posts like yours that i went through the pain of giving details. But no i am not trolling or anorexic. I am admittedly vain and prefer to look like a size 4 than a size 6-8. I have been surprised to see GLP1 adds targeted at me. I am actually not interested in taking them but I find it hard not to consider it. I want to prove to myself that i dont need that.

The before of those pictures look relatively close to me for example, and the after is what i usually want to look like: https://www.startwillow.com/reviews. The women on these pictures are perfectly fine in the before and clearly don't NEED to lose weight.

You may not relate but a lot of other women who are not overweight may relate to the "last 10 pounds" to lose

[Anonymous]

If you are not obese, which means for your height a weight of over 148, its a really bad idea. The very low end of the BMI moderate scale is 118, where you are now. You should not take GLP and I think it would be veering into malpractice for a doctor to give it to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF?

You are 5'6", 44, and weigh 118 and want to use obesity meds to get down to 108?

Are you anorexic or trolling?

DP. Thanks for proving once again that this is the meanest board on DCUM.

OP, I for one will be interested in hearing what happens. Please come update. I started GLP-1 3 months ago at 5'7 and 145 lbs. Now down to 129 lbs, and it happened without much effort at all. I've dieted successfully before, but it's such a slog. Physically painful for me, as I abhor hunger. With all the pressures in my life - three young kids, a busy career, a house to take care of - I just couldn't muster the willpower to lose the weight I wanted to lose. I am so grateful for the meds. I feel better than I have in years. Even though your current and goal weights sound low to me, only you know your body and what feels good on you.

I still feel a sense of shame that I resorted to taking a med to lose the weight I wanted to lose, so I get you not wanting to take the leap. But now that I have done it, I truly wish I would have started a long time ago. I feel such a sense of freedom around eating and food now, and I also feel so much prettier and happier at this lower weight. I am wearing a beautiful size 4 spring dress today that I've had hanging in my closet for the better part of decade that fit me like sausage casing just a few months ago...now it's perfect.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are not obese, which means for your height a weight of over 148, its a really bad idea. The very low end of the BMI moderate scale is 118, where you are now. You should not take GLP and I think it would be veering into malpractice for a doctor to give it to you.

Further, OP says she has little muscle mass. Getting started on a GLP1 is about the dumbest thing she could do, as any weight that she does lose will be mostly muscle. That will have lifelong consequences.

OP, you say you are doing this out of vanity. I hope it's worth it to you in 10 or 20 years when the negative effects start to show.

[Anonymous]

I am 5’5 & 200 lbs and can’t get insurance to approve me because of people like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’5 & 200 lbs and can’t get insurance to approve me because of people like you.

What does this mean? Your insurance denied you because of people like OP? Please expound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’5 & 200 lbs and can’t get insurance to approve me because of people like you.

You realize OP has nothing to do with your situation? It’s your insurance that doesn’t want to pay. OP stands no chance of insurance covering.

OP I don’t think you are what they mean when they say the last ten lbs to lose. You’re already on the low end. I also would be concerned about loss of muscle mass if you already don’t have much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF?

You are 5'6", 44, and weigh 118 and want to use obesity meds to get down to 108?

Are you anorexic or trolling?

It is for posts like yours that i went through the pain of giving details. But no i am not trolling or anorexic. I am admittedly vain and prefer to look like a size 4 than a size 6-8. I have been surprised to see GLP1 adds targeted at me. I am actually not interested in taking them but I find it hard not to consider it. I want to prove to myself that i dont need that.

The before of those pictures look relatively close to me for example, and the after is what i usually want to look like: https://www.startwillow.com/reviews. The women on these pictures are perfectly fine in the before and clearly don't NEED to lose weight.

You may not relate but a lot of other women who are not overweight may relate to the "last 10 pounds" to lose

At 5'6" at 108 lbs one would have a BMI that is 17.4 ... which is well under "underweight." Not even "normal weight."

In fact, at 118, which is where you claim to be now, your BMI is barely within "normal weight."

A BMI of 17.5 will keep anorexics in the hospital until they get their weight above that.

So again ... trolling or eating disordered.

[Anonymous]

I think you’re vain and ridiculous OP and your body is clearly at its happy weight, which is a perfectly fine weight for 44 years old.

I agree with the PPs that injections would border malpractice and have long term undesirable consequences.

If you really want to do something, cut out all alcohol, limit refined sugar and processed simple carbs (eg eat “clean”) and lift heavy weights.

Also consider getting some therapy for this. And please please please don’t talk about any of this in front of your children, especially if you have daughters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF?

You are 5'6", 44, and weigh 118 and want to use obesity meds to get down to 108?

Are you anorexic or trolling?

It is for posts like yours that i went through the pain of giving details. But no i am not trolling or anorexic. I am admittedly vain and prefer to look like a size 4 than a size 6-8. I have been surprised to see GLP1 adds targeted at me. I am actually not interested in taking them but I find it hard not to consider it. I want to prove to myself that i dont need that.

The before of those pictures look relatively close to me for example, and the after is what i usually want to look like: https://www.startwillow.com/reviews. The women on these pictures are perfectly fine in the before and clearly don't NEED to lose weight.

You may not relate but a lot of other women who are not overweight may relate to the "last 10 pounds" to lose

The ads are targeted at you because you're looking at and contributing to threads discussing them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF?

You are 5'6", 44, and weigh 118 and want to use obesity meds to get down to 108?

Are you anorexic or trolling?

DP. Thanks for proving once again that this is the meanest board on DCUM.

OP, I for one will be interested in hearing what happens. Please come update. I started GLP-1 3 months ago at 5'7 and 145 lbs. Now down to 129 lbs, and it happened without much effort at all. I've dieted successfully before, but it's such a slog. Physically painful for me, as I abhor hunger. With all the pressures in my life - three young kids, a busy career, a house to take care of - I just couldn't muster the willpower to lose the weight I wanted to lose. I am so grateful for the meds. I feel better than I have in years. Even though your current and goal weights sound low to me, only you know your body and what feels good on you.

I still feel a sense of shame that I resorted to taking a med to lose the weight I wanted to lose, so I get you not wanting to take the leap. But now that I have done it, I truly wish I would have started a long time ago. I feel such a sense of freedom around eating and food now, and I also feel so much prettier and happier at this lower weight. I am wearing a beautiful size 4 spring dress today that I've had hanging in my closet for the better part of decade that fit me like sausage casing just a few months ago...now it's perfect.

Good luck!

Thanks PP ! Op here. You shouldn’t feel any shame! And thanks for sharing your experience. I also have a few of my previous clothes still waiting for me in my closet. I loved that feeling of being free to where what I want and feeling truly comfortable in my body. What I would love as an update from you is what will be your strategy for maintenance. Does it help change habits ? Or do you think you will stay on it?

To be transparent I am hoping to prove to myself (and share my experience with others who I know are asking themselves the same question) that I dont need glp 1 and the middle age weight gain is not impossible to fight even if it is for a few vanity pounds. But we will see. I really don’t know.

I also really hesitated in giving my real stats because they always trigger the same reaction on this thread. People refuse to believe that not everyone carry weight the same way and that if you don’t easily build muscle and carry all your weight in your belly you can be genuinely interested in losing weight without being anorexic.but I wanted to start an honest post and give an honest review in a month so… real triggering stats it is..

[Anonymous]

I know you said you can’t gain muscle but if I were you, I’d take that money to find someone to help me gain muscle like my body depends on it. Eg, trainer, nutritionist, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know you said you can’t gain muscle but if I were you, I’d take that money to find someone to help me gain muscle like my body depends on it. Eg, trainer, nutritionist, etc.

Op here: I have a very hard time gaining and keeping muscle mass, I don’t think it is impossible and I have actually succeeded in the past. Just like a diet though, with a very intense effort that I haven’t managed to sustain.

Your advice could be a great one but knowledge is not my issue. I know how to gain muscle (and I had a trainer in the past). Just like for losing weight, the problem is sticking to the right routine given that I am not naturally muscular.

All this to say: yes I plan on focusing on more weight training this coming month. The big question will be finding the time and energy and prioritizing it.