People shaming/gossiping over those in their circle taking ozempic?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the whole forum is comprised of people with elaborate medical conditions that aren’t called “eating too much yummy.”

Wow. This is the kind of ableism that will get you ostracized if you speak it in public. But we aren't out in public -- we aren't at work, out with friends, at the playground with the other parents .. are we? No. You are spewing your hatred and nastiness onto the internet anonymously. It isn't without consequence though -- look in the mirror, this is who you are. And it is really repulsive.

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Anonymous wrote:Well ... this afternoon was horrific.

I have been on Wegovy about a year, and have lost a little over 50 lbs (SW: 227 CW about 170). My weight gain was due to medication. It is frustrating to add another med to lose the weight caused by the first med, but I want to live, so, here we are.

For those of you who call GLP-1 meds "the easy way" ... I $h!t my pants today. Literally. I had a one hour drive. From FFX to home in the historic Occoquan area. About 20 mins from my destination, the gas and horrible stomach pain started. I was literally crying in my car and yelling "It's ok, it's ok" at myself, trying to hold it. It was the windy roads of Prince William and nowhere to stop. I got all the way home, in tears, stood up out of my car, and it all rushed out of my body. All over my new shorts and down my legs into my shoes.

Utterly humiliating. And it hurt. A lot.

So why am I taking the med if this happens? Well, this exact thing had not happened before. These really bad GI side effects only happen about once a month for me, and every time thus far they have happened at night at home when I was right next to a bathroom. It hadn't happened at work, and hadn't happened anywhere else but home. When it is as infrequent as once a month, you put up with it to deal with the obesity (and obesity related health issues -- no vanity here, I have severe obstructive sleep apnea, high cholesterol, arthritis in my knees, and am on the edge of pre-diabetes).

I have lost the weight twice on WW, counting points, and the weight came back each time. My doctor insisted I try the GLP-1. Do I feel better this much lighter? Of course. Will I stick with it? Probably. But I'm not sure, this was pretty bad and the thought of it happening again is traumatizing.

So ... is this the "easy way?" Hell no. Hell, hell, hell no.

If you haven't been through this, then you have no idea what your are talking about.

In my experience, this only happens if you are not eating a healthy diet -- you need to change your diet when you take these meds - Whole Foods and a lot of protein. No processed food, no oily crap. I eat clean.

PP here.

I love how everyone wants to jump in and tell me not to eat "processed crap." I don't. My diet is excellent -- virtually all whole foods and I track my protein to make sure I get enough. My doctor had me visit with a dietician shortly after I went on Wegovy (she was concerned I wasn't getting enough protein and that I wasn't eating enough) and I follow a very healthy meal plan that we worked out.

Everyone thinks they know everything and they just have to explain it to everyone else, lol.

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Anonymous wrote:It's fine if a GLP1 helped you lose weight. But it is the easy way. If it bothers you to hear that, then that's on you. We all need help sometimes, but there's also nothing wrong with admitting you needed assistance. If you're going to enjoy someone commenting on your weightloss or how thin you look, then you also need to accept that people are going to wonder how you did it. These 2 things go together. If you feel shame about how you lost the weight, then that's your issue to reconcile.

Lol, I'm on it and it doesn't "bother" me to hear that, it just sounds ridiculous.

No one would call what I've been through -- for over a year now -- on Wegovy "the easy way." The side effects can be hellish. But the long term effects of obesity are as well.

It's the easy way compared to consistent diet and exercise. Again, if you need some help... great. But the reason why people are taking these meds in the first place is because making the right dietary and exercise choices to lose weight (and keep it off) is incredibly challenging to stick with.

A size 12 to a 4??? Come on- that is just a lack of discipline. That’s not even who the drugs were designed for. Uneeded costly pharmaceuticals, yeah, I’m against. But- for the truly obese and diabetics sure- not the Real Housewives.

The women that are in their 50s and did it in my neighborhood aged 15 years in a few months time. That brittle boned old lady look. A few look like they are wearing an 8-year old boy’s jeans.

Oh - and I say this as a 55-year old perimenopausal woman that gained 10 pounds overnight — but slapped on the weighted vest, added protein cut out garbage food - and lost it in 3 months. Was it easy? No. I still did my regular workout and walked at night. I cut out the wine. I stopped sighting snacking even when the food noise was loud as hell. I felt so much better each passing day.

So you had a diet of garbage food and snacking on sight and over-poured the wine. And by cutting out those bad habits, adding protein, and keeping up your exercise you were are to lose 10 pounds in 3 months. Good for you and I mean that genuinely. Good for you. But please don't draw the conclusion that some of us who already exercise, zero alcohol, 100% healthy eating, calorie deficit, and cannot lose weight, are lazy vanity users. Come on, it's not just a lack of discipline for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:It's fine if a GLP1 helped you lose weight. But it is the easy way. If it bothers you to hear that, then that's on you. We all need help sometimes, but there's also nothing wrong with admitting you needed assistance. If you're going to enjoy someone commenting on your weightloss or how thin you look, then you also need to accept that people are going to wonder how you did it. These 2 things go together. If you feel shame about how you lost the weight, then that's your issue to reconcile.

Lol, I'm on it and it doesn't "bother" me to hear that, it just sounds ridiculous.

No one would call what I've been through -- for over a year now -- on Wegovy "the easy way." The side effects can be hellish. But the long term effects of obesity are as well.

It's the easy way compared to consistent diet and exercise. Again, if you need some help... great. But the reason why people are taking these meds in the first place is because making the right dietary and exercise choices to lose weight (and keep it off) is incredibly challenging to stick with.

A size 12 to a 4??? Come on- that is just a lack of discipline. That’s not even who the drugs were designed for. Uneeded costly pharmaceuticals, yeah, I’m against. But- for the truly obese and diabetics sure- not the Real Housewives.

The women that are in their 50s and did it in my neighborhood aged 15 years in a few months time. That brittle boned old lady look. A few look like they are wearing an 8-year old boy’s jeans.

Oh - and I say this as a 55-year old perimenopausal woman that gained 10 pounds overnight — but slapped on the weighted vest, added protein cut out garbage food - and lost it in 3 months. Was it easy? No. I still did my regular workout and walked at night. I cut out the wine. I stopped sighting snacking even when the food noise was loud as hell. I felt so much better each passing day.

So you had a diet of garbage food and snacking on sight and over-poured the wine. And by cutting out those bad habits, adding protein, and keeping up your exercise you were are to lose 10 pounds in 3 months. Good for you and I mean that genuinely. Good for you. But please don't draw the conclusion that some of us who already exercise, zero alcohol, 100% healthy eating, calorie deficit, and cannot lose weight, are lazy vanity users. Come on, it's not just a lack of discipline for everyone.

Serious question: do you read here regularly? Because there are people say they are taking these drugs who still have wine. (I don’t drink say anything greater than zero seems like a lot to me) and still have dessert. I get that you don’t do that but people come on here posting different things. And lately these board have been overrun by the vanity users.

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Anonymous wrote:It's fine if a GLP1 helped you lose weight. But it is the easy way. If it bothers you to hear that, then that's on you. We all need help sometimes, but there's also nothing wrong with admitting you needed assistance. If you're going to enjoy someone commenting on your weightloss or how thin you look, then you also need to accept that people are going to wonder how you did it. These 2 things go together. If you feel shame about how you lost the weight, then that's your issue to reconcile.

Lol, I'm on it and it doesn't "bother" me to hear that, it just sounds ridiculous.

No one would call what I've been through -- for over a year now -- on Wegovy "the easy way." The side effects can be hellish. But the long term effects of obesity are as well.

It's the easy way compared to consistent diet and exercise. Again, if you need some help... great. But the reason why people are taking these meds in the first place is because making the right dietary and exercise choices to lose weight (and keep it off) is incredibly challenging to stick with.

A size 12 to a 4??? Come on- that is just a lack of discipline. That’s not even who the drugs were designed for. Uneeded costly pharmaceuticals, yeah, I’m against. But- for the truly obese and diabetics sure- not the Real Housewives.

The women that are in their 50s and did it in my neighborhood aged 15 years in a few months time. That brittle boned old lady look. A few look like they are wearing an 8-year old boy’s jeans.

Oh - and I say this as a 55-year old perimenopausal woman that gained 10 pounds overnight — but slapped on the weighted vest, added protein cut out garbage food - and lost it in 3 months. Was it easy? No. I still did my regular workout and walked at night. I cut out the wine. I stopped sighting snacking even when the food noise was loud as hell. I felt so much better each passing day.

So you had a diet of garbage food and snacking on sight and over-poured the wine. And by cutting out those bad habits, adding protein, and keeping up your exercise you were are to lose 10 pounds in 3 months. Good for you and I mean that genuinely. Good for you. But please don't draw the conclusion that some of us who already exercise, zero alcohol, 100% healthy eating, calorie deficit, and cannot lose weight, are lazy vanity users. Come on, it's not just a lack of discipline for everyone.

Serious question: do you read here regularly? Because there are people say they are taking these drugs who still have wine. (I don’t drink say anything greater than zero seems like a lot to me) and still have dessert. I get that you don’t do that but people come on here posting different things. And lately these board have been overrun by the vanity users.

I do read here regularly and I was responding to just the pp, making a small point, and not responding the forum or thread at large.

[Anonymous]

I take trizeptide because it helps stop binge eating disorder.
When I tell the shamers that they usually change the subject.

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Anonymous wrote:I started GLP-1 at 5’7 and 145 lbs. Now down to 124 lbs and getting a lot of comments and questions about what I did. I don’t confess. I just say I resolved to eat healthier this year and doubled my gym attendance, both of which are true. My long time gym did a spotlight on me. I do feel a sense of shame and guilt for not telling people the whole story, especially those who could really benefit from these miraculous drugs. But women are awful, as evidenced here. I’m keeping my secret!

Wow. This is really really lacking in integrity. You let a gym do a spotlight on you without disclosing that you also used a drug to help get the results you got? Just, wow.

As I said, and as you underscored with your comment, women are awful. The gym owner is a nice lady though, so I figure I was doing her a solid and supporting a small business by allowing her shout me and my gloriously trim physique out and attribute it to her exercise classes. 😜

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Anonymous wrote:I take trizeptide because it helps stop binge eating disorder.
When I tell the shamers that they usually change the subject.

Were you actually diagnosed with BED? I ask because tirz stopped my binging also. It has changed my life, which was formerly dominated by food obsession and disgusting, frequent episodes of smashing burgers, candy, pastries and ice cream. I never called it BED though nor did I ever receive a diagnosis. I just considered it laziness and lack of discipline on my part and I still do. Probably why I keep my lips tightly zipped about taking this med. I feel I wasn’t strong enough to do it on my own - I feel embarrassed and ashamed that I stuffed my face with so much crap constantly before. It’s interesting though, if I think about it as a disorder, then it feels less shameful. At any rate, tirz has been miraculous for me. I’m back to a size 4 again and I feel beautiful, strong, happy and in control.

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Anonymous wrote:I started GLP-1 at 5’7 and 145 lbs. Now down to 124 lbs and getting a lot of comments and questions about what I did. I don’t confess. I just say I resolved to eat healthier this year and doubled my gym attendance, both of which are true. My long time gym did a spotlight on me. I do feel a sense of shame and guilt for not telling people the whole story, especially those who could really benefit from these miraculous drugs. But women are awful, as evidenced here. I’m keeping my secret!

Wow. This is really really lacking in integrity. You let a gym do a spotlight on you without disclosing that you also used a drug to help get the results you got? Just, wow.

As I said, and as you underscored with your comment, women are awful. The gym owner is a nice lady though, so I figure I was doing her a solid and supporting a small business by allowing her shout me and my gloriously trim physique out and attribute it to her exercise classes. 😜

You really think it’s the poster calling you out who is “awful” and not you, the one who is hiding the truth?

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Anonymous wrote:I started GLP-1 at 5’7 and 145 lbs. Now down to 124 lbs and getting a lot of comments and questions about what I did. I don’t confess. I just say I resolved to eat healthier this year and doubled my gym attendance, both of which are true. My long time gym did a spotlight on me. I do feel a sense of shame and guilt for not telling people the whole story, especially those who could really benefit from these miraculous drugs. But women are awful, as evidenced here. I’m keeping my secret!

Wow. This is really really lacking in integrity. You let a gym do a spotlight on you without disclosing that you also used a drug to help get the results you got? Just, wow.

As I said, and as you underscored with your comment, women are awful. The gym owner is a nice lady though, so I figure I was doing her a solid and supporting a small business by allowing her shout me and my gloriously trim physique out and attribute it to her exercise classes. 😜

You really think it’s the poster calling you out who is “awful” and not you, the one who is hiding the truth?

DP and it does not appear they are mutually exclusive

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Why does anyone tell anyone the medication they are on? Just do it and keep it to yourself. I don't understand.

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Anonymous wrote:I started GLP-1 at 5’7 and 145 lbs. Now down to 124 lbs and getting a lot of comments and questions about what I did. I don’t confess. I just say I resolved to eat healthier this year and doubled my gym attendance, both of which are true. My long time gym did a spotlight on me. I do feel a sense of shame and guilt for not telling people the whole story, especially those who could really benefit from these miraculous drugs. But women are awful, as evidenced here. I’m keeping my secret!

Wow. This is really really lacking in integrity. You let a gym do a spotlight on you without disclosing that you also used a drug to help get the results you got? Just, wow.

As I said, and as you underscored with your comment, women are awful. The gym owner is a nice lady though, so I figure I was doing her a solid and supporting a small business by allowing her shout me and my gloriously trim physique out and attribute it to her exercise classes. 😜

You really think it’s the poster calling you out who is “awful” and not you, the one who is hiding the truth?

DP and it does not appear they are mutually exclusive

I’m not the poster who said PP lacked integrity, but I agree. If that makes me or the other PP awful, well, I guess I can live with that, but it does make you question your integrity too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I take trizeptide because it helps stop binge eating disorder.
When I tell the shamers that they usually change the subject.

Were you actually diagnosed with BED? I ask because tirz stopped my binging also. It has changed my life, which was formerly dominated by food obsession and disgusting, frequent episodes of smashing burgers, candy, pastries and ice cream. I never called it BED though nor did I ever receive a diagnosis. I just considered it laziness and lack of discipline on my part and I still do. Probably why I keep my lips tightly zipped about taking this med. I feel I wasn’t strong enough to do it on my own - I feel embarrassed and ashamed that I stuffed my face with so much crap constantly before. It’s interesting though, if I think about it as a disorder, then it feels less shameful. At any rate, tirz has been miraculous for me. I’m back to a size 4 again and I feel beautiful, strong, happy and in control.

NP I was diagnosed when I went to an obesity specialist to try medication. Is it it’s crazy how I struggled with something for 30 years and it has immediately stopped. Zero binges in 12 weeks after having multiple per week. I even had some very stressful situations

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Anonymous wrote:It's fine if a GLP1 helped you lose weight. But it is the easy way. If it bothers you to hear that, then that's on you. We all need help sometimes, but there's also nothing wrong with admitting you needed assistance. If you're going to enjoy someone commenting on your weightloss or how thin you look, then you also need to accept that people are going to wonder how you did it. These 2 things go together. If you feel shame about how you lost the weight, then that's your issue to reconcile.

Lol, I'm on it and it doesn't "bother" me to hear that, it just sounds ridiculous.

No one would call what I've been through -- for over a year now -- on Wegovy "the easy way." The side effects can be hellish. But the long term effects of obesity are as well.

It's the easy way compared to consistent diet and exercise. Again, if you need some help... great. But the reason why people are taking these meds in the first place is because making the right dietary and exercise choices to lose weight (and keep it off) is incredibly challenging to stick with.

A size 12 to a 4??? Come on- that is just a lack of discipline. That’s not even who the drugs were designed for. Uneeded costly pharmaceuticals, yeah, I’m against. But- for the truly obese and diabetics sure- not the Real Housewives.

The women that are in their 50s and did it in my neighborhood aged 15 years in a few months time. That brittle boned old lady look. A few look like they are wearing an 8-year old boy’s jeans.

Oh - and I say this as a 55-year old perimenopausal woman that gained 10 pounds overnight — but slapped on the weighted vest, added protein cut out garbage food - and lost it in 3 months. Was it easy? No. I still did my regular workout and walked at night. I cut out the wine. I stopped sighting snacking even when the food noise was loud as hell. I felt so much better each passing day.

So you had a diet of garbage food and snacking on sight and over-poured the wine. And by cutting out those bad habits, adding protein, and keeping up your exercise you were are to lose 10 pounds in 3 months. Good for you and I mean that genuinely. Good for you. But please don't draw the conclusion that some of us who already exercise, zero alcohol, 100% healthy eating, calorie deficit, and cannot lose weight, are lazy vanity users. Come on, it's not just a lack of discipline for everyone.

I am on the same boat, just eating too much healthy yummies. It’s ok. The drug is a tool as much as gym is a tool.

For example yesterday I ate 1100 cal and took a 90 min workout plus 12000 steps. If I keep up I will gain another 5 lbs by next month sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anecdote: a few years ago I posted on DCUM or a FB group when I was considering putting my son on growth hormone injections. He did not test as growth hormone deficient but for various reasons was projected to be max 5'4'' and the growth hormone was likely to give him a few extra inches at a minimum. A lot of women w/ no experience or skin in the game excoriated me for considering giving this to my otherwise healthy son while the moms w/ short sons tended to think the pros outweighed the cons. One of my takeaways from the feedback was that subconsciously, it was really uncomfortable for some women to confront their preference for tall men, and that admitting that a boy could be judged harshly for an immutable characteristic was a threat to their self-perception.

Back to GLP1s. I think there's a subconscious component in that it's uncomfortable for people to come face to face with their perceptions of people with obesity once those people become thinner. I know that I've been caught off guard a few times. In reality it's no ones fault--preferences for height, bmi, etc are mostly hardwired.

In any event, hormones and peptides are going to continue to become more mainstream and the price will drop, and my guess is that a lot of this pettiness will look silly in a few years time.