Good for you that your natural glp-1 hormone balance is good. Some of us are not as blessed. |
Willpower. Get some. |
| Hi, I’ve been resisting, but I think I need to get on these meds. There seem to be so many different kinds now. So, is the idea that one takes these for the rest of their life? |
| Are these covered by insurance? Even after one loses weight? |
How? |
Clearly with meds. Just eat less. It’s not that hard. |
Don't bring the stuff home. Don't buy it in the first place at the grocery store. |
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Be careful!
I have 3 neighbors that were only about 10-15 pounds (looked fine) get on it and they have become skeletors. Their legs are like toothpicks- I don’t know how they can stand. They also aged in the face. They got into makeup/hair/clothes and it’s some freakish mid50s-60s look. They look like they are wearing American Doll clothes. If any one of them gets sick, cancer, etc., they won’t survive. If they fall looks like a broken hip. The women that exercise with weights, still eat, maybe they are a little more than they weighed in their 30s look so much better. I think it’s bringing out the eating disorders. Back in my day it was Laxative abuse—smoking, etc…this is even more dangerous since they can get too skinny too quick and keep going … |
| 2 meals a day, limit carbs, limit cheese, limit alcohol, limit dessert. Every day is another chance to do it right or wrong. If more days are good than bad, you’ll maintain. If every day is good, you’ll lose. If most days are bad, you’ll gain. Gets steps. Count calories. |
| Daily exercise, first thing in the morning, never skip. I don’t necessarily trust myself to eat strict enough to avoid exercising. |
Well when you are 55 and older, exercise doesn’t make the dent you think it does. I have been a lifelong athlete. A regular gym-goer, weight lifter, cycler, Pilates, runner forever. 6 days a week and my day off I still walk an hour. I eat healthy— but the weight still happened mid 50s…literally morning workout and1 hour weighted vest nightly walk. It’s inevitable to gain some in the 50/60s. |
The problem is that without the meds, you get very hungry and it's hard to maintain such a low calorie diet |
DP. Don’t bother. People that have never been there don’t understand what it feels like to eat in a severe calorie deficit all the time. Plus, it’s not that simple: the drugs help you hormonal, in that they don’t induce a “starvation” response that makes it hard to lose the weight. Go for it, get the drugs. I’m so happy I did. |