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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

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Anonymous wrote:You didn’t say your dose. A lot of the appetite suppression quite frankly comes from the nauseated feeling that is a known side effect. Once I got used to my dose my weight loss slowed. If that continues I’m going to look into increasing.

No it’s not. The appetite suppression comes from delayed gastric emptying, which can also cause nausea.

Well, aren’t you the clever, special, knowledgeable one! Thanks for clarifying this critically important distinction! And here I thought I lost weight because I ate less when food made me feel sick.

I've had very little nausea and have still dropped 60 pounds. The mechanism of action of this drug is not "makes you feel sick when you eat."

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

Maybe for weight loss but not for overall health. You can be "thin" and unhealthy. These drugs are a slippery slope....when something seems too good to be true.

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

Maybe for weight loss but not for overall health. You can be "thin" and unhealthy. These drugs are a slippery slope....when something seems too good to be true.

There is a big population of people who will never ever be able to or never choose to eat healthy whole foods and exercise for whatever reason. If they can lose weight with these drugs, it's good for them and it's good for public health.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the weight loss dose is 2.4mg. You’re taking a fifth of that.

It’s like saying I took a fifth of a dose of advil and my headache won’t go away. Idiotic.

NP- Lol speaking of idiot, that’s the dose for Wegovy , not ozempic durrrrrrrr

They're the exact same drug, semaglutide. If you're taking ozempic for weight loss, one should pay attention to what the dose for weight loss is.

I know that, I just thought it was funny that poster came here to call someone an idiot, and then didn’t even know the correct dosage for the drug.

I do know the correct dosage for the drug, as I am taking it. It is very frustrating and yes, idiotic, when people say it doesn't work when they're not even close to the proven dose for weight loss of semaglutide, which is 2.4mg.

I don't think OP said the dose that they're on, but it is possible to lose weight at lower doses of both Ozempic and Wegovy. The point of the lower doses (as those on the drugs already know) is to get used to the drug and ramp up; that said, plenty of people do lose at lower doses while plenty of other people don't. And it's not necessary to get all the way to 2.4 on Wegovy to lose weight; again, plenty of people do get all the way up to the max dose, while other people (myself included) went back down to 1.7 because we couldn't tolerate the 2.4 (for me, it made me sleepless and my skin hurt to touch) and we were losing just fine on 1.7.

I'm currently on Mounjaro 7.5, and still sloooowly losing, but I've also lost just about all I need to lose, so I don't see the need to keep on increasing my doses. When/if I can't be on Mounjaro anymore, I'll go back to Ozempic to maintain, but probably at around 0.5 to 0.75 (via click dosing, which is possible with Ozempic, unlike single-use Wegovy or Mounjaro).

OP, you do have to give it time, and you also have to recognize that the more you do to eat well and move your body, the better it is for your health overall no matter whether you lose weight from a healthy diet and exercise or not.

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

I do the diet and exercise already with little results. I am looking into Ozempic as it looks like it helps with insulin resistance. My A1C is 5.8% with metformin. I am leery as I have several medications that make stool loose already and I am not keen on another one. Plus, I have gallstones. So, I am still a wait and see.

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

Maybe for weight loss but not for overall health. You can be "thin" and unhealthy. These drugs are a slippery slope....when something seems too good to be true.

All of this. You will have awful health problems taking this poison

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

Maybe for weight loss but not for overall health. You can be "thin" and unhealthy. These drugs are a slippery slope....when something seems too good to be true.

All of this. You will have awful health problems taking this poison

Hahaha okay

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

I do the diet and exercise already with little results. I am looking into Ozempic as it looks like it helps with insulin resistance. My A1C is 5.8% with metformin. I am leery as I have several medications that make stool loose already and I am not keen on another one. Plus, I have gallstones. So, I am still a wait and see.

Diarrhea has not been an issue for me. Nothing like metformin where I couldn’t trust a fart for weeks. Gallstones would give me pause though for sure.

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You’ve only been on for 3 weeks? That means you’re taking 0.25mg. You have to build up to 1.0 or 2.0mg. Most don’t see any results until 1.0mg.

If you’re expecting pounds to melt away, you’re sadly mistaken. One to two lbs a week is the max to be expected. Of course there are outliers, but they are the exceptions.

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

Maybe for weight loss but not for overall health. You can be "thin" and unhealthy. These drugs are a slippery slope....when something seems too good to be true.

All of this. You will have awful health problems taking this poison

why do you call it poison?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the weight loss dose is 2.4mg. You’re taking a fifth of that.

It’s like saying I took a fifth of a dose of advil and my headache won’t go away. Idiotic.

NP- Lol speaking of idiot, that’s the dose for Wegovy , not ozempic durrrrrrrr

They're the exact same drug, semaglutide. If you're taking ozempic for weight loss, one should pay attention to what the dose for weight loss is.

I know that, I just thought it was funny that poster came here to call someone an idiot, and then didn’t even know the correct dosage for the drug.

I do know the correct dosage for the drug, as I am taking it. It is very frustrating and yes, idiotic, when people say it doesn't work when they're not even close to the proven dose for weight loss of semaglutide, which is 2.4mg.

I don't think OP said the dose that they're on, but it is possible to lose weight at lower doses of both Ozempic and Wegovy. The point of the lower doses (as those on the drugs already know) is to get used to the drug and ramp up; that said, plenty of people do lose at lower doses while plenty of other people don't. And it's not necessary to get all the way to 2.4 on Wegovy to lose weight; again, plenty of people do get all the way up to the max dose, while other people (myself included) went back down to 1.7 because we couldn't tolerate the 2.4 (for me, it made me sleepless and my skin hurt to touch) and we were losing just fine on 1.7.

I'm currently on Mounjaro 7.5, and still sloooowly losing, but I've also lost just about all I need to lose, so I don't see the need to keep on increasing my doses. When/if I can't be on Mounjaro anymore, I'll go back to Ozempic to maintain, but probably at around 0.5 to 0.75 (via click dosing, which is possible with Ozempic, unlike single-use Wegovy or Mounjaro).

OP, you do have to give it time, and you also have to recognize that the more you do to eat well and move your body, the better it is for your health overall no matter whether you lose weight from a healthy diet and exercise or not.

Good advice here.

-signed Person who has lost 140lbs from Wegovy/Mournjaro since 2018.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the weight loss dose is 2.4mg. You’re taking a fifth of that.

It’s like saying I took a fifth of a dose of advil and my headache won’t go away. Idiotic.

NP- Lol speaking of idiot, that’s the dose for Wegovy , not ozempic durrrrrrrr

They're the exact same drug, semaglutide. If you're taking ozempic for weight loss, one should pay attention to what the dose for weight loss is.

I know that, I just thought it was funny that poster came here to call someone an idiot, and then didn’t even know the correct dosage for the drug.

I do know the correct dosage for the drug, as I am taking it. It is very frustrating and yes, idiotic, when people say it doesn't work when they're not even close to the proven dose for weight loss of semaglutide, which is 2.4mg.

I don't think OP said the dose that they're on, but it is possible to lose weight at lower doses of both Ozempic and Wegovy. The point of the lower doses (as those on the drugs already know) is to get used to the drug and ramp up; that said, plenty of people do lose at lower doses while plenty of other people don't. And it's not necessary to get all the way to 2.4 on Wegovy to lose weight; again, plenty of people do get all the way up to the max dose, while other people (myself included) went back down to 1.7 because we couldn't tolerate the 2.4 (for me, it made me sleepless and my skin hurt to touch) and we were losing just fine on 1.7.

I'm currently on Mounjaro 7.5, and still sloooowly losing, but I've also lost just about all I need to lose, so I don't see the need to keep on increasing my doses. When/if I can't be on Mounjaro anymore, I'll go back to Ozempic to maintain, but probably at around 0.5 to 0.75 (via click dosing, which is possible with Ozempic, unlike single-use Wegovy or Mounjaro).

OP, you do have to give it time, and you also have to recognize that the more you do to eat well and move your body, the better it is for your health overall no matter whether you lose weight from a healthy diet and exercise or not.

Good advice here.

-signed Person who has lost 140lbs from Wegovy/Mournjaro since 2018.

Jfc

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the weight loss dose is 2.4mg. You’re taking a fifth of that.

It’s like saying I took a fifth of a dose of advil and my headache won’t go away. Idiotic.

NP- Lol speaking of idiot, that’s the dose for Wegovy , not ozempic durrrrrrrr

They're the exact same drug, semaglutide. If you're taking ozempic for weight loss, one should pay attention to what the dose for weight loss is.

I know that, I just thought it was funny that poster came here to call someone an idiot, and then didn’t even know the correct dosage for the drug.

I do know the correct dosage for the drug, as I am taking it. It is very frustrating and yes, idiotic, when people say it doesn't work when they're not even close to the proven dose for weight loss of semaglutide, which is 2.4mg.

I don't think OP said the dose that they're on, but it is possible to lose weight at lower doses of both Ozempic and Wegovy. The point of the lower doses (as those on the drugs already know) is to get used to the drug and ramp up; that said, plenty of people do lose at lower doses while plenty of other people don't. And it's not necessary to get all the way to 2.4 on Wegovy to lose weight; again, plenty of people do get all the way up to the max dose, while other people (myself included) went back down to 1.7 because we couldn't tolerate the 2.4 (for me, it made me sleepless and my skin hurt to touch) and we were losing just fine on 1.7.

I'm currently on Mounjaro 7.5, and still sloooowly losing, but I've also lost just about all I need to lose, so I don't see the need to keep on increasing my doses. When/if I can't be on Mounjaro anymore, I'll go back to Ozempic to maintain, but probably at around 0.5 to 0.75 (via click dosing, which is possible with Ozempic, unlike single-use Wegovy or Mounjaro).

OP, you do have to give it time, and you also have to recognize that the more you do to eat well and move your body, the better it is for your health overall no matter whether you lose weight from a healthy diet and exercise or not.

Good advice here.

-signed Person who has lost 140lbs from Wegovy/Mournjaro since 2018.

congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:3rd week on this and not working. I’m so happy it’s only $5 with insurance because this doesn’t work for weight loss. Hopefully it at least helps lower my a1c! I was so hopeful.

You do understand that it doesn’t likely magically shed your pounds for you? You need to eat less, move more and cut out the carbs. Do that and it will work.

If that worked for OP she wouldn’t need the medication lol. Yes, the medication does essentially magically suppress your appetite so you eat less.

Of course it would have worked for OP had she done it.

Look, I take Ozempic because I got a diagnosis of type 2. Before I took it I lost 50 pounds by walking 5 miles a day and limiting carbs to about 125 mg a day, and most of them with fiber. I wrote everything I ate down so I could also see calories were more limited (about 1,800 a day). That was BEFORE Ozempic.

I went on Ozempic and started being a little more lax. I gained back 10 pounds during a period of work travel and the holidays. But my A1C is under six. The doc said if you really want to continue losing you need to do the things you were doing before, don’t just expect Ozempic to be some magical weight loss pill (or injection, as the case may be). I am now on 2 mg dose as of a couple of weeks ago so we will see if I can make more progress on the weight front.

But no, you can’t just take it and continue your old eating and exercise habits and expect it to work.

Shrug. It actually does work like that for a lot of people. That’s how it worked for me. I’ve lost 60 pounds so far with no change in diet and almost 0 exercise.

Until you stop taking it... it wont sustain if you don't have a healthy food and exercise regimen. No doctor would recommend meds without the rest.

I don't plan to stop taking it. Since I'm treating my chronic condition, obesity, I will be taking it for life as long as I can afford to.

Why on earth wouldn't you also exercise for general health?

Well, it's none of your business why and also irrelevant. There are many reasons why a person may not exercise.

My point is that actually, these drugs alone DO help many people lose weight, even without diet and exercise changes. That's why they are such a game changer.

Maybe for weight loss but not for overall health. You can be "thin" and unhealthy. These drugs are a slippery slope....when something seems too good to be true.

I never understand this “when something seems too good to be true” attitude that is only for some issues, like weight loss, but not others. I’m not overweight and I don’t know anything about these weight loss drugs. But I do have high blood pressure and I take a pill for it that lowers my bp. No one ever tells me that my bp meds are “too good to be true.”