Seeing everyone get skinny on meds is making me feel fat now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh. I hear you. I am absolutely dreading going home for the holidays. My 3 older silbings are all on weight loss meds and are skin & bones. I was always "the fit one," but with menopause I've gotten softer over the past couple of years. I am not overweight, but definitely not what I was. One sister shared how they were all laughing about finally being smaller than me. it hurts. And I'm jealous in an unexpected way. I am not remotely eligible for those drugs, nor do I have the spare budget for them but still ... it just feels bad.

Get over yourself. You have no idea how bad it feels to be "eligible for those drugs."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have always been on the smaller side, but not necessarily skinny. I have always been an athlete. I have some curves, but was always a size 2 or 4 at biggest throughout my adulthood. I hit menopause during the pandemic and put on about 8-10 lbs. (this is a guess based on the periodic doctors appointments--I don't weight myself), which on my 5' 3" frame isn't that noticeable to most, but does not feel great to me. I am disciplined about exercise, running 3.5-4 miles 6 days a week, plus 2 weight sessions and 1 pilates workout. I lack as much discipline with food. I eat mostly healthy but drank too much and got addicted to sweets during the pandemic. While I only drink a glass or two a week now, I still eat sweets and some snacks. But I don't count calories, nor do I want to. I have been fine with maintaining where I am, even though I don't love it. But now, every single person I know who was even remotely overweight is skinny-like really skinny. Even people I barely know but see on Facebook, they're all clearly on Ozempic. It's making me feel large and undisciplined and starting to make me depressed. But I have no desire to take the drugs or count calories--what do I do?!

You are telling yourself stories. For whatever reason.

At any rate, no one on Wegovy (that is the drug prescribed for weight loss, not Ozempic) should make you "feel large." We started out obese. It's a drug for obesity. Anyone on Wegovy would be thrilled to be in your position. Oh, and at least for me, I've lost 37 pounds but the side effects are pretty horrific. And I have about the same amount of pounds still to go.

What should you do? You know what to do, FFS. Get over yourself.

+1. I've lost 25lbs and am alllllmost not obese on the BMI scale (so I still have a way to go). Started at size 18ish (and that's with today's vanity sizing); will definitely never be a size 2-4. So we're not coming for you, you can still pat yourself on the back for feeling small compared to us.

[Anonymous]

I couldn't get through your post, but it sounds like you need a therapist, stat.

Also, not everyone who is thin got that way through medication. I have been exercising every day and basically stopped eating and lost 30 lbs in the past year. You'd be surprised by the amount of people who are losing weight this way. Most of them, actually. Because weight loss drugs are, for most people, not covered by insurance. Most people are not wealthy enough to be able to afford the real drugs or the compounded ones. So, really, get over yourself and stop being jealous of people now that you're no longer the skinny friend. Yes, we know that's what this is all about. Jealousy.

[Anonymous]

Yeah sounds like there are other issues at play here. People hate seeing fat people get fit. I went from being a big porker (it’s the truth) to people wondering, Did you lose weight? To now saying “when are you going to stop, you’re skin and bones!!”
I’m 5’4’ and weight 140 lbs. my BMI is barely healthy. I am a size 8/10 or a solid medium. There’s nothing skin and bones about me. I have met no one using this drug to get skinny. The amount of discipline and work this has taken has been wild!!! Very little side effects for me though, I am on a low dose and have been very careful.
Seems very suspicious some people know droves of people on these meds literally ridiculing them for being the fatties now that they’re all super slim. Sounds like a Cinderella victim complex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I couldn't get through your post, but it sounds like you need a therapist, stat.

Also, not everyone who is thin got that way through medication. I have been exercising every day and basically stopped eating and lost 30 lbs in the past year. You'd be surprised by the amount of people who are losing weight this way. Most of them, actually. Because weight loss drugs are, for most people, not covered by insurance. Most people are not wealthy enough to be able to afford the real drugs or the compounded ones. So, really, get over yourself and stop being jealous of people now that you're no longer the skinny friend. Yes, we know that's what this is all about. Jealousy.

THIS!!!!!!
My sikinniest friend got that way by being emotionally abused by her ex husband and had been through the divorce from hell. I don’t suspect she did it through ozempic!

[Anonymous]

Every day there is a new "Ozempic" troll. First, the people taking Ozempic are diabetic. They are trying to get their diabetes under control. The people taking Wegovy are obese. They also have a disease they are trying to get under control. No one that is taking these specific medications is taking it to lose "those last 10 lbs". You are DELUSIONAL if you think this is the case.

[Anonymous]

It's just a handful of trolls that post this same sort of thing over and over and over again.

[Anonymous]

I hope this is a troll because otherwise “I miss the way my fat friends made me feel skinny by comparison” is too sad.

Be happy for your friends who are getting healthy. Are you healthy? If not, work on that. If you just miss being the skinny one, find a therapist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah sounds like there are other issues at play here. People hate seeing fat people get fit. I went from being a big porker (it’s the truth) to people wondering, Did you lose weight? To now saying “when are you going to stop, you’re skin and bones!!”
I’m 5’4’ and weight 140 lbs. my BMI is barely healthy. I am a size 8/10 or a solid medium. There’s nothing skin and bones about me. I have met no one using this drug to get skinny. The amount of discipline and work this has taken has been wild!!! Very little side effects for me though, I am on a low dose and have been very careful.
Seems very suspicious some people know droves of people on these meds literally ridiculing them for being the fatties now that they’re all super slim. Sounds like a Cinderella victim complex.

Certainly not me. I started out with a BMI of 36. I've suffered pretty bad side effects for months and months. My BMI is now 31. I'm not looking to get skinny, I'm looking for a BMI in the normal range. I'll need to lose about 40 more pounds for that to happen. And that will only happen if I can continue to tolerate the drug which is a big maybe -- the GI stuff is awful (I've had diarrhea, constipation bad enough for urgent care and trust me you don't know humiliating until you end up in that situation, stomach pain, gas, and vomiting), but it's the extreme fatigue that is the worst.

These folks feeling some kind of way about the weight loss of others is all about them and their anxiety and/or personality problem; it is not about the Wegovy use of others.

[Anonymous]

I've been on it two years, lost 70 lbs and still weigh 185. It's not as easy as you think. It still requires discipline and hard work. No drinking, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sigh. Practically no one on weight loss meds is getting "really skinny". You're lying, or, most probably, you don't realize you've gained quite a bit!

- size XS woman who definitely doesn't feel fat around anyone.

Oh I beg to differ. - np

Facts say otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. Practically no one on weight loss meds is getting "really skinny". You're lying, or, most probably, you don't realize you've gained quite a bit!

- size XS woman who definitely doesn't feel fat around anyone.

Oh I beg to differ. - np

Facts say otherwise.

I completely understand those who are truly benefitting and getting healthier through the use of these drugs in combination with a lot of hard work. But I happen to know dozens, truly dozens, of very well-off women who take Ozempic--not Wegovy, to lose what I believe people call "vanity pounds." These are women who were average size to begin with, or maybe a tad overweight and now are sickly thin. As I said, these are well-off women whose job is to look wealthy and look as good as possible for their husbands in order to stay wealthy. Also, do none of you watch the TV, the Real Housewives, follow entertainment news? Again, dozens and dozens of women in entertainment are shedding pounds unnecessarily with Ozempic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. Practically no one on weight loss meds is getting "really skinny". You're lying, or, most probably, you don't realize you've gained quite a bit!

- size XS woman who definitely doesn't feel fat around anyone.

Oh I beg to differ. - np

Facts say otherwise.

I completely understand those who are truly benefitting and getting healthier through the use of these drugs in combination with a lot of hard work. But I happen to know dozens, truly dozens, of very well-off women who take Ozempic--not Wegovy, to lose what I believe people call "vanity pounds." These are women who were average size to begin with, or maybe a tad overweight and now are sickly thin. As I said, these are well-off women whose job is to look wealthy and look as good as possible for their husbands in order to stay wealthy. Also, do none of you watch the TV, the Real Housewives, follow entertainment news? Again, dozens and dozens of women in entertainment are shedding pounds unnecessarily with Ozempic.

I’ve gained 5-10 pounds over the last few years and just placed an order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. Practically no one on weight loss meds is getting "really skinny". You're lying, or, most probably, you don't realize you've gained quite a bit!

- size XS woman who definitely doesn't feel fat around anyone.

Oh I beg to differ. - np

Facts say otherwise.

I completely understand those who are truly benefitting and getting healthier through the use of these drugs in combination with a lot of hard work. But I happen to know dozens, truly dozens, of very well-off women who take Ozempic--not Wegovy, to lose what I believe people call "vanity pounds." These are women who were average size to begin with, or maybe a tad overweight and now are sickly thin. As I said, these are well-off women whose job is to look wealthy and look as good as possible for their husbands in order to stay wealthy. Also, do none of you watch the TV, the Real Housewives, follow entertainment news? Again, dozens and dozens of women in entertainment are shedding pounds unnecessarily with Ozempic.

Complete bs. You personally know 36 or more women who are not only doing this ridiculous thing but have disclosed it to you for some reason? Come on!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. Practically no one on weight loss meds is getting "really skinny". You're lying, or, most probably, you don't realize you've gained quite a bit!

- size XS woman who definitely doesn't feel fat around anyone.

Oh I beg to differ. - np

Facts say otherwise.

I completely understand those who are truly benefitting and getting healthier through the use of these drugs in combination with a lot of hard work. But I happen to know dozens, truly dozens, of very well-off women who take Ozempic--not Wegovy, to lose what I believe people call "vanity pounds." These are women who were average size to begin with, or maybe a tad overweight and now are sickly thin. As I said, these are well-off women whose job is to look wealthy and look as good as possible for their husbands in order to stay wealthy. Also, do none of you watch the TV, the Real Housewives, follow entertainment news? Again, dozens and dozens of women in entertainment are shedding pounds unnecessarily with Ozempic.

Complete bs. You personally know 36 or more women who are not only doing this ridiculous thing but have disclosed it to you for some reason? Come on!!!

No. 25 though. That's dozens.