I am super jealous of people who qualify to take Ozempic, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm about 155, size 10. Age 50. I barely eat and yet my crappy menopausal metabolism has kept me at this size for about 4 years.
I have a few rolls, I look pretty dumpy. I have tried all sorts of diets--intermittent fasting, keto, on and on. My baseline intake is like 1200 calories---I can literally look at food and gain weight these days (stupid perimenopause).

The thing is, I don't qualify for Ozempic or Mounjaro, etc. If I was 20 pounds heavier I would. I'm part of an online weight loss group and countless women my age and 20 pounds heavier to start (maybe a size 12, 14) are reaching 130, 140---size 4 or 6. They just happened to have 20ish more pounds on them to begin with.

It's just... frustrating.

They wouldn’t solve your problems anyway. Your problems are in your head.

No, I'm genuinely have rolls. I used to be a size 4-6 until perimenopause. I know what it was like and I miss it.
I know countless women who have successfully combated the menopausal weight gain (and then some) with this. They just started at a higher weight.

Did you know it’s been debunked that menopause changes your metabolism? It’s actually loss of muscle that’s at the cause of your issues, not metabolism.

I don't know what it is but I barely eat and I am 20 pounds over the weight I was from age 21-45.

It’s muscle loss (which is also associated with age). Get it back while you still can.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you were 20 lbs heavier you would not, in fact, meet criteria for Ozempic.

Ozempic is for people with type II diabetes.

You need to educate yourself about the indications for it.

I have. The indications for OZEMPIC are not simply being overweight or even really overweight.

You need to educate yourself on the diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus. Here's the package insert, stupid:
https://www.ozempic.com/prescribing-information.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm about 155, size 10. Age 50. I barely eat and yet my crappy menopausal metabolism has kept me at this size for about 4 years.
I have a few rolls, I look pretty dumpy. I have tried all sorts of diets--intermittent fasting, keto, on and on. My baseline intake is like 1200 calories---I can literally look at food and gain weight these days (stupid perimenopause).

The thing is, I don't qualify for Ozempic or Mounjaro, etc. If I was 20 pounds heavier I would. I'm part of an online weight loss group and countless women my age and 20 pounds heavier to start (maybe a size 12, 14) are reaching 130, 140---size 4 or 6. They just happened to have 20ish more pounds on them to begin with.

It's just... frustrating.

They wouldn’t solve your problems anyway. Your problems are in your head.

No, I'm genuinely have rolls. I used to be a size 4-6 until perimenopause. I know what it was like and I miss it.
I know countless women who have successfully combated the menopausal weight gain (and then some) with this. They just started at a higher weight.

Did you know it’s been debunked that menopause changes your metabolism? It’s actually loss of muscle that’s at the cause of your issues, not metabolism.

I don't know what it is but I barely eat and I am 20 pounds over the weight I was from age 21-45.

So what? You’re not entitled to be the same weight your whole life. Bodies change. Count your blessings and buy clothes that you look good in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you were 20 lbs heavier you would not, in fact, meet criteria for Ozempic.

Ozempic is for people with type II diabetes.

I know countless people who are qualifying with BMIs of 27 and no diabetes or pre-diabetes. Maybe they are paying cash. Regardless they are finding someone who will write the prescription.

Sure, if you have $1000 a month, every month, you can score some Ozempic with the help of an online prescriber based in San Francisco who's part of a start up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm about 155, size 10. Age 50. I barely eat and yet my crappy menopausal metabolism has kept me at this size for about 4 years.
I have a few rolls, I look pretty dumpy. I have tried all sorts of diets--intermittent fasting, keto, on and on. My baseline intake is like 1200 calories---I can literally look at food and gain weight these days (stupid perimenopause).

The thing is, I don't qualify for Ozempic or Mounjaro, etc. If I was 20 pounds heavier I would. I'm part of an online weight loss group and countless women my age and 20 pounds heavier to start (maybe a size 12, 14) are reaching 130, 140---size 4 or 6. They just happened to have 20ish more pounds on them to begin with.

It's just... frustrating.

They wouldn’t solve your problems anyway. Your problems are in your head.

No, I'm genuinely have rolls. I used to be a size 4-6 until perimenopause. I know what it was like and I miss it.
I know countless women who have successfully combated the menopausal weight gain (and then some) with this. They just started at a higher weight.

Did you know it’s been debunked that menopause changes your metabolism? It’s actually loss of muscle that’s at the cause of your issues, not metabolism.

I don't know what it is but I barely eat and I am 20 pounds over the weight I was from age 21-45.

It’s muscle loss (which is also associated with age). Get it back while you still can.

Nobody likes this answer.

Who knew being the most optimally functional human involved movement and difficult weight bearing exercise. What a revelation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you were 20 lbs heavier you would not, in fact, meet criteria for Ozempic.

Ozempic is for people with type II diabetes.

You need to educate yourself about the indications for it.

I have. The indications for OZEMPIC are not simply being overweight or even really overweight.

You need to educate yourself on the diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus. Here's the package insert, stupid:
https://www.ozempic.com/prescribing-information.html

Wegovy AKA Ozempic is indicated for obesity. Stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm about 155, size 10. Age 50. I barely eat and yet my crappy menopausal metabolism has kept me at this size for about 4 years.
I have a few rolls, I look pretty dumpy. I have tried all sorts of diets--intermittent fasting, keto, on and on. My baseline intake is like 1200 calories---I can literally look at food and gain weight these days (stupid perimenopause).

The thing is, I don't qualify for Ozempic or Mounjaro, etc. If I was 20 pounds heavier I would. I'm part of an online weight loss group and countless women my age and 20 pounds heavier to start (maybe a size 12, 14) are reaching 130, 140---size 4 or 6. They just happened to have 20ish more pounds on them to begin with.

It's just... frustrating.

They wouldn’t solve your problems anyway. Your problems are in your head.

No, I'm genuinely have rolls. I used to be a size 4-6 until perimenopause. I know what it was like and I miss it.
I know countless women who have successfully combated the menopausal weight gain (and then some) with this. They just started at a higher weight.

Did you know it’s been debunked that menopause changes your metabolism? It’s actually loss of muscle that’s at the cause of your issues, not metabolism.

I don't know what it is but I barely eat and I am 20 pounds over the weight I was from age 21-45.

It’s muscle loss (which is also associated with age). Get it back while you still can.

Nobody likes this answer.

Who knew being the most optimally functional human involved movement and difficult weight bearing exercise. What a revelation.

You’re quoting me and there’s no reason to be rude about it. For my whole life we really did think metabolism slowed at middle age. This is pretty new stuff.

[Anonymous]

Are you willing to pay for it? Do you have anything else, like high blood pressure? You still might be able to get wegovy. I talked to my doctor and she prescribed it. I was willing to pay for it insurance didn’t. It’s truly life changing.

[Anonymous]

OP here
Most of these replies are not me. Just wanted to get that out there.

My metabolism has definitely slowed. I still exercise--in fact I exercise far more than I ever did before and I lift weights. I'm not flabby.

Maybe your metabolism hasn't slowed but mine has. I probably eat 1/3 of what I did in my 30s and yet I am a much larger size, have rolls of fat, etc. I am strong but I also have far more fatty tissue on my body.

[Anonymous]

Me, too, but because I have always had the insatiability people taking it talk about. I can only “starve” myself for so long. I feel it regardless of how much I’m eating and “filling up” on veggies and chicken breast and appropriate amounts of fats does not ever actually fill me up.

[Anonymous]

OP, do you happen to know your BMI? You might qualify for Wegovy-not Ozempic. Same drug but different indications.
Do you have any co-morbidities? Like high cholesterol or blood pressure.

There are places to get semaglutide without insurance, there are medspa places and also some online places that compound it, seems like the price is about $300 /month generally. There is a reddit sub about semaglutide compounds that has info about legit places to get it.

As far as metabolism and all that, I was fine with my post menopausal weight but my body decided it wasn't so much and sent my cholesterol very high. So I'm on wegovy to lose the weight and hopefully get that back down. Between wegovy and my active life with a physically taxing job, I'm 15 lb down already.

[Anonymous]

I'm on Ozempic. I am a size 16/18. My goal weight would put me at a size 12/14. I have struggled with my weight my whole life - I was a size 10 for maybe a year in my 20s and only by dint of working out every moment.

I would have loved to have been petite or slender for decades like you, and I'd love to be a size 10 now. I don't think you'd actually want to trade places so you could get meds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here
Most of these replies are not me. Just wanted to get that out there.

My metabolism has definitely slowed. I still exercise--in fact I exercise far more than I ever did before and I lift weights. I'm not flabby.

Maybe your metabolism hasn't slowed but mine has. I probably eat 1/3 of what I did in my 30s and yet I am a much larger size, have rolls of fat, etc. I am strong but I also have far more fatty tissue on my body.

If you are covered in rolls you ARE flabby. In addition to being deeply in denial apparently.

Another thing you’re in denial about: what Wogovy/Ozempic does. You’ll just eat even less. You say you already eat vanishingly little. Doesn’t sound like what you want is to eat even less.

Build more muscle. That’s the only way out.

[Anonymous]

You can get compounded semaglutide from most medspas. Call around and someone will point you in the right direction.

[Anonymous]

Everyone I know is on wegovy or better yet mounjaro.

You can get it easily.

Pounds fall off