Is anyone NOT on Ozempic or similar drugs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure I would know. We don't talk about it. I am on semaglutide myself but nobody knows. I have lost 20lbs and 5 years from my face due to debloating since January. It's been amazing feeling normal again.

What do you mean by debloating? How did you debloat? What is debloating?

[Anonymous]

Not on it. A big overweight, but not bothered by that. I don’t know anyone on it; most of my friends are a healthy weight and/or comfortable with their bodies. I’m 37 and have two kids.

[Anonymous]

I'm on it.

I admit to anyone who asks about my weight loss. I have insulin resistance and it's made such a difference in my life - I love sharing my success and helping anyone who is interested.

I can say, so many people think it's the easy way out, but when you've been fat all your life and can lose 90lbs in a year, I find that you look at things different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are all your lady friends fat???

no, some are for sure, but many are either slightly overweight or at the top of their normal weight range.

Considering how difficult it is get it right now, no doctor would prescribe for someone in normal weight range. They are keeping a closer eye on GLPs right now than opioids.

[Anonymous]

I'm not. I was very surprised that a friend of mine started them (she is in her early 60s, so older than me). She's not super skinny, but not extremely overweight either - probably a size 14.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not. I was very surprised that a friend of mine started them (she is in her early 60s, so older than me). She's not super skinny, but not extremely overweight either - probably a size 14.

On my body a size 14 would be huge.

Also, everyone is posting believing that this is specific to looks (and don't get me wrong, I LOVE the weight loss), but for the first time in 20 years, my blood pressure is normal as is my blood sugar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that everyone insisted they never ate much, dieted ALL THE TIME and then they go on ozempic, it makes them not hungry and we really see it was a discipline problem all the time despite their lies.

(not to get confused with the ones who are like I just like food!) talking about the denialists here.

There's a huge difference between being disciplined (i.e., restricting calories, eating healthy foods, etc) and just not being hungry. For many people, dieting means deprivation, not discipline. Feeling hungry all the time is a miserable feeling. On these drugs, people aren't hungry. You sound bitter. You probably have been starving yourself for 20 years and are constantly miserable and feel like the people on these drugs are cheating because they are now skinny like you, but not starving. Oh well....deal with it.

I am a new poster. I know this is hard for you to understand, but it is possible to eat a healthy diet, feel satisfied, and be relatively slender. I've been a size 2/4 my entire adult life, and I get hungry of course when it is around mealtime but I am not sitting around all the time feeling hungry and deprived. Pointing out that eating less will make you lose weight is hardly a display of bitterness.

[Anonymous]

I only know 2 people on Ozempic. They're both type 2 diabetics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that everyone insisted they never ate much, dieted ALL THE TIME and then they go on ozempic, it makes them not hungry and we really see it was a discipline problem all the time despite their lies.

(not to get confused with the ones who are like I just like food!) talking about the denialists here.

There's a huge difference between being disciplined (i.e., restricting calories, eating healthy foods, etc) and just not being hungry. For many people, dieting means deprivation, not discipline. Feeling hungry all the time is a miserable feeling. On these drugs, people aren't hungry. You sound bitter. You probably have been starving yourself for 20 years and are constantly miserable and feel like the people on these drugs are cheating because they are now skinny like you, but not starving. Oh well....deal with it.

I am a new poster. I know this is hard for you to understand, but it is possible to eat a healthy diet, feel satisfied, and be relatively slender. I've been a size 2/4 my entire adult life, and I get hungry of course when it is around mealtime but I am not sitting around all the time feeling hungry and deprived. Pointing out that eating less will make you lose weight is hardly a display of bitterness.

Good for you! Genetically you are similar to most average people. However, I'm sure you know that not everyone is the same right? I mean, some people have different eyes, skin colors, and genetic issues around hunger.

Scientists have been publishing research for years about how eating less (calories in/calroies out) does not work for everyone. The fact that you are a size 2/4. If you need kudos for your pant size (and by mentioning it - we assume you do) Good for you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that everyone insisted they never ate much, dieted ALL THE TIME and then they go on ozempic, it makes them not hungry and we really see it was a discipline problem all the time despite their lies.

(not to get confused with the ones who are like I just like food!) talking about the denialists here.

There's a huge difference between being disciplined (i.e., restricting calories, eating healthy foods, etc) and just not being hungry. For many people, dieting means deprivation, not discipline. Feeling hungry all the time is a miserable feeling. On these drugs, people aren't hungry. You sound bitter. You probably have been starving yourself for 20 years and are constantly miserable and feel like the people on these drugs are cheating because they are now skinny like you, but not starving. Oh well....deal with it.

I am a new poster. I know this is hard for you to understand, but it is possible to eat a healthy diet, feel satisfied, and be relatively slender. I've been a size 2/4 my entire adult life, and I get hungry of course when it is around mealtime but I am not sitting around all the time feeling hungry and deprived. Pointing out that eating less will make you lose weight is hardly a display of bitterness.

Good for you! Genetically you are similar to most average people. However, I'm sure you know that not everyone is the same right? I mean, some people have different eyes, skin colors, and genetic issues around hunger.

Scientists have been publishing research for years about how eating less (calories in/calroies out) does not work for everyone. The fact that you are a size 2/4. If you need kudos for your pant size (and by mentioning it - we assume you do) Good for you!

Do you...not see how my size was relevant to the point I was trying to make?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not, but I will ever be on it. For vanity purposes, I would like to lose 5-7 pounds, but come on, that is insane to drug myself to lose a few pounds.
At my heaviest, I am 125 lbs, 5'4'. 120lbs today. My face looks plump at 53, I have no desire to age myself and ruin my kidneys with drugs I don't need.

Ummm, yeah…of course you aren’t on it. It is a medicine for treatment of obesity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that everyone insisted they never ate much, dieted ALL THE TIME and then they go on ozempic, it makes them not hungry and we really see it was a discipline problem all the time despite their lies.

(not to get confused with the ones who are like I just like food!) talking about the denialists here.

There's a huge difference between being disciplined (i.e., restricting calories, eating healthy foods, etc) and just not being hungry. For many people, dieting means deprivation, not discipline. Feeling hungry all the time is a miserable feeling. On these drugs, people aren't hungry. You sound bitter. You probably have been starving yourself for 20 years and are constantly miserable and feel like the people on these drugs are cheating because they are now skinny like you, but not starving. Oh well....deal with it.

I am a new poster. I know this is hard for you to understand, but it is possible to eat a healthy diet, feel satisfied, and be relatively slender. I've been a size 2/4 my entire adult life, and I get hungry of course when it is around mealtime but I am not sitting around all the time feeling hungry and deprived. Pointing out that eating less will make you lose weight is hardly a display of bitterness.

DP. Most people learn that their own personal experience isn’t necessarily helpful—or even remotely relevant—to others. But those with immature character (I, I, I, I, I), like yours, don’t ever learn it.

[Anonymous]

I’m not, but people might think I am. I’ve lost about 40 lbs in the last year after having a baby. I really want meds to lose the last 10 lbs, but I’m already BMI 22 so it probably is not worth it.

Some of the PPs are so smug. Being hungry constantly sucks. And I know others have it worse than I do. I figure though I have to find ways to “hack” my hunger (eg keto) anyway, unless I want to pay $$$ for the drugs indefinitely. For me, I will always be hungry, even eating at maintenance calories, unless I am eating virtually 0 carbs. So that’s what I try to do. Even then I have to count calories and exercise to lose weight.

[Anonymous]

No, but only because my insurance won't cover it.

[Anonymous]

This will all backfire on them.