So many friends on GLPs

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Anonymous wrote:People that have not seriously tried diet and exercise aren’t going on GLP-1s. As a meter of fact I had to show that tix tried that first to get my doctor to prescribe.

"Dangerous" poster here. Exactly my point, and GLP-1s should not be the first line treatment for these people.

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Anonymous wrote:People that have not seriously tried diet and exercise aren’t going on GLP-1s. As a meter of fact I had to show that tix tried that first to get my doctor to prescribe.

"Dangerous" poster here. Exactly my point, and GLP-1s should not be the first line treatment for these people.

If that was in fact your point, your initial attempt to make it was very, very poor.

Also, it’s a silly point because it isn’t the first line of treatment for the vast majority.

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Anonymous wrote:I just reconnected with a group of college friends and we met up for dinner. Every single one looks fantastic - maybe even better in their mid 40s than their 20s. I came to find out that 3 of the 4 women are on GLPs which helped them lose 10-20 lbs (none were overweight) and now they are just micro dosing to maintain. They all said they feel better then they have in years, didn’t have bad side effects, and focus on eating protein so they don’t lose muscle.

Anyway, here I am struggling to lose 10-15 lbs like always - restricting my calories, working out a ton, etc, and barely seeing the scale move. Every time I do lose it it ends up coming back again.

Just wondering why I don’t take the easier route like so many others. I would need to find a doctor to prescribe it since my PCP won’t (despite telling me my BMI is too high and I need to focus on losing 10-15 lbs).

This is why no one talks to you about it. You are a judgey friend. No one needs that in their life.

Not OP but it’s true. It is the easier route. Exercising hard annd regularly at the same time as restricting calories when you work full time and are raising kids is hard. Injecting yourself with weight-loss drugs that work = easy.

Ok I'm going to blow your mind here. I've been getting up at 5am to exercise 5 days/week (3 days lifting, 2 days cardio) and walking at least 8k+ steps per day for 3 years. I've dutifully tracked macros nearly every single day. I meal prepped breakfast and lunch and thoughtfully planned dinners. I lost 12 pounds and then got stuck for 2 years+.

I'm on Zepbound now and I still do all of those things. But now, I've dropped 14 pounds in 2.5 months-- on a "starter"-- not even therapeutic dose. I'm sure there are people who use it to suppress their appetite and when they do eat, eat like shit and don't exercise. But my point is for those of us trying to make lasting changes that support health its STILL hard, albeit admittedly not as frustrating as it used to be.

Your story is making me question how healthy all of this is. If your body is fighting you this hard to keep pounds that you have to drug yourself to lose weight, how healthy is this drug? Maybe you shouldn't be losing this weight and the doctors are actually wrong about all of this. Wouldn't be the first time doctors got it wrong.

Sure. You know more than doctors about cardiovascular risk, etc.

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I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

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She not shedding

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

She may look like crap to you, but at least her sugar is down, her cholesterol is lower and her cardiovascular risk is down. Those are good things.

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

What is your bloodwork look like?

You People

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

I wonder how these bodies will fight an illness such as a cancer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

You're guessing a lot. Why don't you talk to her?

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

I wonder how these bodies will fight an illness such as a cancer.

Sure you do.

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I just don't understand why you people feel the need to judge and hate. Just stop thinking about it, move on, live your own life, and shut up about mine. I've got it under control, thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:The only way I've successfully lost weight (I'm 55 now) in the last few years is by eating twice a day within an 8 hr window. I gain a few pounds every school year and every summer I get rid of those pounds by time restricted eating (ends up being fewer calories in a day) and eating higher fats and protein. Breakfast is avocado toast or an omelet with a bit of berries and nuts. I'm stuffed after these because they are full of healthy fat. I don't snack because breakfast fills me up. Dinner is done by 6pm and then I don't eat again until 10am. Works every year and fairly quickly too. I'm down 6 pounds in the last three weeks.

That doesn't sound healthy.

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

I wonder how these bodies will fight an illness such as a cancer.

Since obesity is strongly connected to increased cancer risk and advancement and worse outcomes, the answer is way better than it would have otherwise.

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/obesity/obesity-fact-sheet

Oh, and you are an ignorant imbecile.

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't understand why you people feel the need to judge and hate. Just stop thinking about it, move on, live your own life, and shut up about mine. I've got it under control, thanks.

Maybe we can also get rid of the constant victimhood of being oppressed by all the food people are over-consuming. And the claims that millions of lifestyles defy the laws of thermodynamics

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw my 52 year old sister; she is positively gaunt and I’d guess about 110 lbs (5’5”). She entered menopause complaining of weight gain (and made mention shedding gained about 50 pounds). We think her “menopause doctor” prescribed GLP and in 4 months, had a dramatic weight loss.

History of yoyo dieting and weight gain/loss and an ED.

She looks awful but thinks she looks fabulous.

I wonder how these bodies will fight an illness such as a cancer.

Since obesity is strongly connected to increased cancer risk and advancement and worse outcomes, the answer is way better than it would have otherwise.

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/obesity/obesity-fact-sheet

Oh, and you are an ignorant imbecile.

OP back and can’t disagree with her as she’s always had a prickly personality-challenge her and you’ll be frozen out forever. Even her DH doesn’t challenge her.

And yes, huge concern that she’s so frail that she now has no extra weight to lose - one stomach flu, injury, and or illness could do her in. I have no ideas what her numbers are but she is so thin that I braced myself for an announcement that she had gotten a diagnosis.