I can’t control my weight without a GLP?

[Anonymous]

I’m menopausal 54 ( 140 lbs) and put on 15 lbs in last year. Taking the wegovy pill. Prescribed by my dr. Lowest dose. I take only on weekends which is when I binge. Just started so I’ll see how it goes

[Anonymous]

You have to white knuckle and restrict to stay at a lower weight for years to change a setpoint. My doc says GLPs change your metabolism to eliminate the normal weight loss plateaus (interim setpoints).

It's either that or GLP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to see if anyone had this issue. 5’4 (128 lbs) down from 142.


- Eat lots of veggies and fairly clean, about 1400 calories, good amount of protein
- hypothyroid, autoimmune issues, on synthroid 125
- on lexapro for anxiety, 15mg
- workout 7 days a week hot power vinyasa yoga
- weight routine 2x a week
- 10k steps a day

I cannot control my weight without a glp. I microdose and take the lowest dose for 1 year. . What do you think is the main issue for me?

It's metabolic. Look into the current obesity science on the body's set point. People think this means "oh, my body has a set point of 170, that is where it wants to be," but that's not really it -- it's more that everyone's body has a healthy set point for weight but with obesity the body is confused and thinks it is far under that set point, even if obese, and it will signal you, with all the hormonal power it has, to search out food at all costs, especially cal dense food. And it will hold on to fat.

So yeah, you can't control it without the medication addressing that. Or at least it is profoundly difficult. People can do it for a while. Even a year or more. But not forever. Which is why maintaining is next to impossible. Eventually your body, which is screaming that you are starving, wins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For your height 1200 calories would be enough - if you want to keep your current weight.

Granted, I don't take medications or have any thyroid issues but I am in my 50s, 5'4 and 120 pounds, and maintenance for me is 2,000 calories. I do 5 hours or cycling and 2.5 hours of strength/week, nothing extreme. 1200 calories is misery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The main issue is that your body's natural setpoint weight is 142 even though you don't like it and society tells you you're fat.

This. 5'4" and 142 is a perfectly fine weight, OP.

Yeah, I don’t get it. That’s a heathy BMI. Why are you on GLP at all?

[Anonymous]

OP, I'm 5'3". I've never lost weight going higher than 1200 calories day. I was on WW a decade ago. This was the point system. Got down to my goal weight. At goal, I was so excited. I was going to be told how many points I could have now that I was in the maintenance phase.

It was a few points more, so little more. It translated to a single serving of butter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm 5'3". I've never lost weight going higher than 1200 calories day. I was on WW a decade ago. This was the point system. Got down to my goal weight. At goal, I was so excited. I was going to be told how many points I could have now that I was in the maintenance phase.

It was a few points more, so little more. It translated to a single serving of butter.

I lost over 50lbs on WW twice. Couldn't maintain either time and gained it all back. I'm now doing well on a GLP1.

[Anonymous]

In a similar boat, 5'3" and to lose, I have to be under 1000 calories per day. Was once up at 165, went on glp and got down to 115. Went off and started gaining, got up to 145 before I went back to my doc to go back on Wegovy. Now back to 115, and staying on a maintenance dose of Wegovy forever as far as I'm concerned. It's been 3 years so far and it is keeping me off blood pressure and cholesterol meds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm 5'3". I've never lost weight going higher than 1200 calories day. I was on WW a decade ago. This was the point system. Got down to my goal weight. At goal, I was so excited. I was going to be told how many points I could have now that I was in the maintenance phase.

It was a few points more, so little more. It translated to a single serving of butter.

I lost over 50lbs on WW twice. Couldn't maintain either time and gained it all back. I'm now doing well on a GLP1.

I’ve also yo yo-d on and off of WW, and I have come to believe the issue is as you and PP said, because for some of us, without a glp we can eat so very little and not gain weight. I think glp plus WW style tracking/food choices is probably the perfect mix for me, although I’m not on a glp (yet- I posted not too long ago about WW not approving me for a glp- I guess they want me to regain more excess weight before I get approved 🙄).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The main issue is that your body's natural setpoint weight is 142 even though you don't like it and society tells you you're fat.

+1

[Anonymous]

You're eating too much. Its not being hypo I still lost weight with a tsh of 12. I've never used a glp either.

[Anonymous]

I am the same. I tried getting off but then I get ravenous, like perpetual hunger if I calorie restrict, which I need to do to not gain weight. So it's feeling starved and constantly thinking about food or actually eating the food and gaining and feeling and looking terrible. I am planning on just staying on a low GLP-1 dose because it makes food/weight a total non-issue in my life.

[Anonymous]

Same, OP. For me it's the hypothyroidism. I expect to be on a GLP-1 for the long term. (For me I went from 145 to now 116 at 5'1)

[Anonymous]

You are not supposed to be taking this only on weekends. You need to take it daily.

[Anonymous]

Even at 14 I've never been below 130. I'm also 5'4"