The “Shortage” of weight loss drugs is created to keep demand high. Nothing else.
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Anonymous
| Food habits are a large cause of obesity. They are developed young. It’s pretty rare to see skinny kids with obese parents stay that way into adulthood. |
Anonymous
Have it then. Until there is a generic, you get to fund the drug use somehow. Whether that’s insurance or otherwise. Innovation isn’t free. That’s life in the big city. |
Anonymous
I was the largest in my family, and I didn’t pick up bad habits from my parents. My mom always cooked from scratch, as do I. Most of the people in my family are of normal weight, except me. I have dieted my entire life, and the only way I lost weight was when I ate much less than the recommended amount. In college, I would work out for 3 hours/day and eat only rice — this got me down to about 125 lbs, but I quickly gained everything back when I eased up a bit (3 hour daily workouts are not sustainable in the long-term, nor is eating just rice.). An MD at Inova’s weight loss clinic suggested I eat 1200 calories/day, but that was not helping me lose weight — I needed to eat about 1000 calories/day, which is really hard to do when you rely solely on “willpower”. These WL meds help me to do that, plain and simple. |
Anonymous
| Rice is just carbs. Why would you think that would help you lose weight? |
Anonymous
| I could draw up from a vial. Is that an option? I did IVF |
Anonymous
NP but a lot of us did that back then. Remember when fat-free everything was all the rage? I lived on plain baked potatoes and veggie subs with mustard from Subway. I thought that was the way to be healthy. |
Anonymous
Yes, but the company won't sell it in a vial. They insist on the stupid injectors that are hard to manufacture. This is a solvable problem. |
Anonymous
| Are there obese people that don’t think that addiction is a disease? My entire family is obese. I don’t have food issues but I’m an alcoholic. Speaking of which, when is coming for alcoholics? If you think the noise is bad from food, try alcohol noise. I’ve seen wild studies on how well it works for drug and alcohol addiction. |
Anonymous
Why don't alcoholics just stop drinking? It's simple to put the glass down. |
Anonymous
I did boiled chicken with mustard. It really did work well. I also ate as many vegetables as I wanted (raw or steamed) |
Anonymous
I am taking compounded Wegovy for weight loss but the impact it has had on my drinking is wild. I have zero interest. I was a pretty heavy drinker and now I don't at all. This alone is a great reason for me to stay on it. |
Anonymous
NP I lost 40 lbs in a couple of months once while eating mostly just rice, bananas and occasionally some other stuff but nothing bad for me. I was going through some stress that completely took away my appetite and I barely even wanted to eat the rice. I kept that weight off for awhile but it eventually came back. I have never had that experience of completely losing my appetite and interest in food before or since then. I wish I knew how to make it happen. |
Anonymous
If this was a thing, we would have controlled studies showing this phenomenon for thousands of subjects at a minimum. But it’s not because it defies the laws of physics. That’s just the reality of 1000 calories a day. Unless you are 4 feet tall, and even then, it’s still starvation for any long term. There are lots of factors to weight, but at the very core of it is the simple math of over consuming energy requirements. All the rest is stuff at the edges, but it’s not the kernel of why. |
Anonymous
Do you have any names of reputable online services? |
Anonymous
Several: Join Fridays Mochi Health IVIM |