Anyone use weight loss drugs for just a few pounds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’2 and was at 156. My doc had no trouble giving me a script for mounjaro. She said that is the most effective and has the least side effects. I am on the lowest dose and in 10 weeks have lost 27 pounds. 24 more pounds and I will be at goal weight. I don’t know if I will need to keep taking it for life or not. We’ll see. I saw someone suggest taking it for a year after reaching goal weight and has that time to establish good habits.

NP- 152 here and I think I will give it a try. 27lbs in 10 weeks is amazing!

[Anonymous]

This entire thread is a commercial.

[Anonymous]

You're in your mid 40s... accept and move on. Those are some side effects to endure for 10 pounds wow. Not to mention $$$. You will lose the weight, go off and the weight will come back 10 fold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're in your mid 40s... accept and move on. Those are some side effects to endure for 10 pounds wow. Not to mention $$$. You will lose the weight, go off and the weight will come back 10 fold.

This is silly. You don’t have to accept it and you don’t need to go on meds! Just watch what you eat for a few weeks so you’re eating around 1500 calories, up your protein and fiber and double the amount of walking you do. It will come off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're in your mid 40s... accept and move on. Those are some side effects to endure for 10 pounds wow. Not to mention $$$. You will lose the weight, go off and the weight will come back 10 fold.

This is silly. You don’t have to accept it and you don’t need to go on meds! Just watch what you eat for a few weeks so you’re eating around 1500 calories, up your protein and fiber and double the amount of walking you do. It will come off!

NP 1500 cal is much more than I need to eat to just not gain. The reason I lost with semaglutide is I could be at around 1000 cal a day without feeling extreme hunger all the time.

[Anonymous]

10 pounds is not a ton of weight to lose. Go to the bathroom and you'll drop 5 pounds. This seems very silly to go on these GLP1 drugs for 10 pounds. The side effects are terrible to tolerate for 10 pounds and if you want to go on and then off once you drop the 10 lbs well it will just come back once you stop. Do your research before starting and see. It is RARE I mean RARE to keep the weight off without a maintenance dose for life.

[Anonymous]

People are so weirdly against this - a lot of people don't have hard side effects and you can get compounded versions for a lot less. People do all sorts of things with risks for vanity reasons (including major surgeries!). You can think its vain and silly but I don't get the anger about this particular one. The medications and compounding pharmacies have been around a long time - this isn't cheap surgery in a back alley of mexico, its known drugs with known profiles

Willow does Rx for non BMI reasons

[Anonymous]

You have to commit for the rest of your life.

For 10 pounds I can't imagine this is a good idea. How about you spend some mental energy accepting your body is at a happy weight for your lifestyle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're in your mid 40s... accept and move on. Those are some side effects to endure for 10 pounds wow. Not to mention $$$. You will lose the weight, go off and the weight will come back 10 fold.

This is silly. You don’t have to accept it and you don’t need to go on meds! Just watch what you eat for a few weeks so you’re eating around 1500 calories, up your protein and fiber and double the amount of walking you do. It will come off!

NP 1500 cal is much more than I need to eat to just not gain. The reason I lost with semaglutide is I could be at around 1000 cal a day without feeling extreme hunger all the time.

Same. Over 900-1000 calories per day and I gain (thanks to medication).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are so weirdly against this - a lot of people don't have hard side effects and you can get compounded versions for a lot less. People do all sorts of things with risks for vanity reasons (including major surgeries!). You can think its vain and silly but I don't get the anger about this particular one. The medications and compounding pharmacies have been around a long time - this isn't cheap surgery in a back alley of mexico, its known drugs with known profiles

Willow does Rx for non BMI reasons

Compounding drugs are not approved by FDA. There is no way to know how safe (or effective) they are. These drugs have their one risk as well. They have a lot of impurities in them.

[Anonymous]

I did this to lose 15 lbs over 5 months. Never went to a high dose. I didn’t want to starve myself, even though I wouldn’t feel the hunger. Side effects were minimal. I’m now gradually tapering off and will do so for another month or so. It was nbd really.

As someone who never really struggled with weight until perimenopause it was pretty amazing. It completely quieted my brain’s focus on food and I was able to remember and return to how I used to eat when I was thinner. No more unsustainable diets. Just simpler eating, smaller amounts, with minimal snacks.

And because I am tapering off slowly, maintaining those eating patterns that I’ve returned to feels easy to maintain.

My new normal is my old normal if that makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're in your mid 40s... accept and move on. Those are some side effects to endure for 10 pounds wow. Not to mention $$$. You will lose the weight, go off and the weight will come back 10 fold.

This is silly. You don’t have to accept it and you don’t need to go on meds! Just watch what you eat for a few weeks so you’re eating around 1500 calories, up your protein and fiber and double the amount of walking you do. It will come off!

For 1500 I need to do 1 hr of cardio per day to lose. And it’s kinda hard with my intense in office job 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did this to lose 15 lbs over 5 months. Never went to a high dose. I didn’t want to starve myself, even though I wouldn’t feel the hunger. Side effects were minimal. I’m now gradually tapering off and will do so for another month or so. It was nbd really.

As someone who never really struggled with weight until perimenopause it was pretty amazing. It completely quieted my brain’s focus on food and I was able to remember and return to how I used to eat when I was thinner. No more unsustainable diets. Just simpler eating, smaller amounts, with minimal snacks.

And because I am tapering off slowly, maintaining those eating patterns that I’ve returned to feels easy to maintain.

My new normal is my old normal if that makes sense.

OP. Thank you. This is really encouraging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so weirdly against this - a lot of people don't have hard side effects and you can get compounded versions for a lot less. People do all sorts of things with risks for vanity reasons (including major surgeries!). You can think its vain and silly but I don't get the anger about this particular one. The medications and compounding pharmacies have been around a long time - this isn't cheap surgery in a back alley of mexico, its known drugs with known profiles

Willow does Rx for non BMI reasons

Compounding drugs are not approved by FDA. There is no way to know how safe (or effective) they are. These drugs have their one risk as well. They have a lot of impurities in them.

“Impurities”? Compounding pharmacies aren’t a free-for-all. Most of the responses against clearly don’t have any experience with them. I mean, don’t take them if you don’t want to but drop the judgement.
Being overweight/obese also has a lot of side effects. Only you can decide if it’s worth the trade off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so weirdly against this - a lot of people don't have hard side effects and you can get compounded versions for a lot less. People do all sorts of things with risks for vanity reasons (including major surgeries!). You can think its vain and silly but I don't get the anger about this particular one. The medications and compounding pharmacies have been around a long time - this isn't cheap surgery in a back alley of mexico, its known drugs with known profiles

Willow does Rx for non BMI reasons

Compounding drugs are not approved by FDA. There is no way to know how safe (or effective) they are. These drugs have their one risk as well. They have a lot of impurities in them.

“Impurities”? Compounding pharmacies aren’t a free-for-all. Most of the responses against clearly don’t have any experience with them. I mean, don’t take them if you don’t want to but drop the judgement.
Being overweight/obese also has a lot of side effects. Only you can decide if it’s worth the trade off.

The impurities are part of the drug not the compounding pharmacies. It is clear you have no understanding of how drugs are manufactured. Ignore is a bliss.