How bad is the rebound in terms of weight when you get off the weight-loss shots?

[Anonymous]

I'm 44 and my body has just shut down on weight loss. I can spend weeks carefully counting calories and I'll slowly, slowly, slowly drop weight... but after about six pounds, the trend reverses itself. If I'm ever not extremely vigilant, it comes back in a hurry.

I've read a lot about how being overweight for an extended period of time will program your body to try and maintain that weight, and the older you are the more your body will resist weight loss, and I feel like the poster child for that.

The injections seem appealing, but I dont' want to lose 40-50 pounds and then have it all come back or increase. Also, being on an injection for the rest of my life just doesn't seem realistic.

[Anonymous]

I started at age 60 when I gained a ton after being put on an SSRI. All I can say is this: The shots work, you lose weight slowly and effortlessly, and I’ll never look back. Go to a reputable weight clinic (my obgyn maintains one in her office) so you have real support and a long-term plan. Don’t wait! It’s truly a miracle drug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I started at age 60 when I gained a ton after being put on an SSRI. All I can say is this: The shots work, you lose weight slowly and effortlessly, and I’ll never look back. Go to a reputable weight clinic (my obgyn maintains one in her office) so you have real support and a long-term plan. Don’t wait! It’s truly a miracle drug.

But have you stopped the shots? What happens after?

[Anonymous]

You have to shelve the notion that being on an injection for the rest of your life is unrealistic. I started Tirzepitide to lose the 20 pounds I gained quickly due to the wrong hypothyroid medicine dose. It has been a game changer and I fully intend to stay on the med as long as I can (def through perimenopause and a couple of years of menopause). There are so many benefits to the drug beyond weight loss: cholesterol, blood sugar, inflammation and researchers think it may help with dementia. Why would I not want to stay on the med (albeit a very lose dose) now that I’ve lost the weight?

[Anonymous]

I think it depends. Did you have poor habits prior to taking the shots? I've known people who completely overhauled their diet while taking GLP1s and didn't gain the weight back after they stopped taking them.

For others, the shots fix a metabolic imbalance that enables them to finally lose weight despite a healthy diet and exercise. For others, it quells the food noise and lets them eat normal meals without binging and helps them stop thinking about food all the time. If you're in this latter group, you probably need to stay on the meds for life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to shelve the notion that being on an injection for the rest of your life is unrealistic. I started Tirzepitide to lose the 20 pounds I gained quickly due to the wrong hypothyroid medicine dose. It has been a game changer and I fully intend to stay on the med as long as I can (def through perimenopause and a couple of years of menopause). There are so many benefits to the drug beyond weight loss: cholesterol, blood sugar, inflammation and researchers think it may help with dementia. Why would I not want to stay on the med (albeit a very lose dose) now that I’ve lost the weight?

NP. How much do you pay monthly and where do you get it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to shelve the notion that being on an injection for the rest of your life is unrealistic. I started Tirzepitide to lose the 20 pounds I gained quickly due to the wrong hypothyroid medicine dose. It has been a game changer and I fully intend to stay on the med as long as I can (def through perimenopause and a couple of years of menopause). There are so many benefits to the drug beyond weight loss: cholesterol, blood sugar, inflammation and researchers think it may help with dementia. Why would I not want to stay on the med (albeit a very lose dose) now that I’ve lost the weight?

NP. How much do you pay monthly and where do you get it?

I stocked up from various compounded pharmacies when I heard that compounding was ending. Don’t recall how much I spent but I’m using a very low dose in maintenance so it should last a while. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough for “forever” but my guess is that there will be a shortage again and/or new drugs will come out that are as effective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I started at age 60 when I gained a ton after being put on an SSRI. All I can say is this: The shots work, you lose weight slowly and effortlessly, and I’ll never look back. Go to a reputable weight clinic (my obgyn maintains one in her office) so you have real support and a long-term plan. Don’t wait! It’s truly a miracle drug.

An obgyn is not a reputable weight clinic.

[Anonymous]

I've gone off recently due to cost. I have definitely noticed an increase in appetite but I was anticipating that and have been able to not overeat and just keep eating the way i was when I was doing the shots. The last couple of months (I was doing it through the compounding pharmacy) my anxiety was through the roof on the shot. The first day after injection I was seriously not doing well. So after going off the shot I feel so much better. I think I'm going to tray to maintain the weightloss on my own but would be open to trying something different if I start gaining back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started at age 60 when I gained a ton after being put on an SSRI. All I can say is this: The shots work, you lose weight slowly and effortlessly, and I’ll never look back. Go to a reputable weight clinic (my obgyn maintains one in her office) so you have real support and a long-term plan. Don’t wait! It’s truly a miracle drug.

An obgyn is not a reputable weight clinic.

What are you talking about? It's great that an actual MD is running the clinic. I wish mine did something like that.

[Anonymous]

Op - I think I do have pretty decent habits - I’ve been on noom for awhile and track my eating pretty religiously and it’s not hard for me to stay at the bottom range of my calorie requirements and rarely exceed them.

I dont have a sweet tooth and am not much interested in desserts, I rarely drink, I don’t drink soda, eat fast food only occasionally, etc My problem has always been portion size and not going for seconds.

13 years ago, I had a bit of an issue with my heart and I very successfully lost 20-30lbs… and when I stopped being vigilant it crept back up, and since the pandemic I haven’t been able to make a dent. I’m more vigilant than I was 12 years ago, and like I said I struggle to lose 5-7 and last time I would lose 5-7 over the course of 7-8 weeks, have a few weeks of plateau and then go on to lose another 5, plateau, etc… this time the plateau is brief and is followed by an increase and I wind up back at square one.

I’m convinced my body chemistry has just changed as I’ve aged. I am fairly active - I do believe there is a difference between being fat and being unhealthy - I ride a bike to work several days a week, I hike, I never get less than 11k steps a day, etc and aside from slightly high blood pressure my heart is healthy - no cholesterol, no sign of diabetes etc My parents and grandparents were extremely long lived… But my ankles and knees hurt, I have apnea and as active as I am, my weight is definitely keeping me from being more active - I don’t want to be walking with a cane by the time I’m 55.

I feel like I could be healthier if I lost the weight, but I worry about the cost, shortages and the sense of being tied to something. I actually sleep like a baby with my cpap but that obligation to always have it and feel like I can’t travel or camp or visit friends or go overseas without it drives me crazy. The shot would probably allow me to ditch the cpap (my doctor has pretty confidently said losing 40 pounds would take care of the apnea symptoms) but it just sucks to think I’d be replacing it with another obligation.

It would also just be so demoralizing to lose the weight, feel great and then get slammed with a rapid increase. Especially if the reason I have to stop is beyond my control (shortages, cost, rfk jr)

I’m a guy and I also wonder if there’s a difference between men and women.

[Anonymous]

It’s terrible! You’ll gain back every pound and then some. Not to mention the long term side effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s terrible! You’ll gain back every pound and then some. Not to mention the long term side effects.

Guaranteed you've never been on any of them and have no idea what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s terrible! You’ll gain back every pound and then some. Not to mention the long term side effects.

Guaranteed you've never been on any of them and have no idea what you're talking about.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started at age 60 when I gained a ton after being put on an SSRI. All I can say is this: The shots work, you lose weight slowly and effortlessly, and I’ll never look back. Go to a reputable weight clinic (my obgyn maintains one in her office) so you have real support and a long-term plan. Don’t wait! It’s truly a miracle drug.

An obgyn is not a reputable weight clinic.

What are you talking about? It's great that an actual MD is running the clinic. I wish mine did something like that.

It's one step above virtual quacks.