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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.”

It enrages some people that these drugs are a cure for obesity for some people. I don’t know why — they are obviously mental. These are the same types of people who get angry at the thought of welfare and food stamps going to people of color.

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


Hahaha okay

Quite the opposite. Having lower blood sugar is linked to a huge improvement in health outcomes long term. Reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes (obviously) and even possibly Alzheimer’s. Plus a reduction in body weight sometimes encourages other healthy habits. Eating high fat/high sugar on semaflutide can increase the undesirable side effects so many ppl end up eating less and also staying away from sugary processed things.

Thought experiment: if someone who had struggles to quit smoking was able to with the help of a drug would you be this negative? What about naltrexone for alcohol abuse? There is a morality associated with weight that goes very deep—unconscious or not many ppl associated being fat with laziness, lack of work ethic. Etc and thus the only acceptable way to lose weight is through struggle. But the decks are stacked against many obese people, betweeen crappy food everywhere pushed by big food, hormones, gut changes etc. there is a tool that helps get us out of the obesity crisis and there should be no shame in using it.


And btw I am not the target audience, but am very interested in how this might work. I have a child with a real food compulsion. We have a normal healthy family food dynamic—try not to make thingsb off limits but also strive for whole unprocessed balanced diets with no soda or true junk —-but this child has always been really food and sugar oriented and has a large appetite and high cholesterol and slightly high blood sugar for her age. It’s possible that it’s due to her birth circumstances (iugr baby who was very underweight/growth restricted and did not get adequate nutrition I in womb, which can correlate to lifetime changes in metabolism with higher risk of T2 diabetes, PCOS and other metabolic syndromes.. While I hope she can remain healthy without medication I will be glad to know that the science here is advancing swiftly so she has a better chance of addressing issues.

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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.”

You’re making a huge assumption about what people think. Just because you lose weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy, period. It’s very similar to when people go on meds for anxiety, depression, but don’t do the therapy work. It’s a Band-Aid.

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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.”


You’re making a huge assumption about what people think. Just because you lose weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy, period. It’s very similar to when people go on meds for anxiety, depression, but don’t do the therapy work. It’s a Band-Aid.

Okay, losing weight is not necessarily going to make you healthy on its own. But guess what, being obese is a huge barrier to health. Why not remove that barrier and then focus on the next? Not everyone is going to do Orange theory and eat kale and salmon daily, but if you can get a huge swath of people to go from a BMI of 35 to BMI 24 you are going to reduce a huge number of health issues on a major scale. Again, this whole "well its still not HEALTHY" is a red herring. Think about this in epidemiological terms--how to get the greatest number of people healthier in this country is to address obesity. Point blank.

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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.”


You’re making a huge assumption about what people think. Just because you lose weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy, period. It’s very similar to when people go on meds for anxiety, depression, but don’t do the therapy work. It’s a Band-Aid.

Okay, losing weight is not necessarily going to make you healthy on its own. But guess what, being obese is a huge barrier to health. Why not remove that barrier and then focus on the next? Not everyone is going to do Orange theory and eat kale and salmon daily, but if you can get a huge swath of people to go from a BMI of 35 to BMI 24 you are going to reduce a huge number of health issues on a major scale. Again, this whole "well its still not HEALTHY" is a red herring. Think about this in epidemiological terms--how to get the greatest number of people healthier in this country is to address obesity. Point blank.

Right. I feel like cholesterol/blood pressure drugs are the obvious analogy. Like, having low cholesterol alone does not make you healthy. But having high cholesterol is dangerous for your health and the drugs help. Should we not give people cholesterol medication because it's just a "band-aid"?

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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

Preach it! I get on my knees every might and thank Jesus for the medication every night! Thank you Lord! You have delivered me from this weight and Mfs like the above.

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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.”


You’re making a huge assumption about what people think. Just because you lose weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy, period. It’s very similar to when people go on meds for anxiety, depression, but don’t do the therapy work. It’s a Band-Aid.

Okay, losing weight is not necessarily going to make you healthy on its own. But guess what, being obese is a huge barrier to health. Why not remove that barrier and then focus on the next? Not everyone is going to do Orange theory and eat kale and salmon daily, but if you can get a huge swath of people to go from a BMI of 35 to BMI 24 you are going to reduce a huge number of health issues on a major scale. Again, this whole "well its still not HEALTHY" is a red herring. Think about this in epidemiological terms--how to get the greatest number of people healthier in this country is to address obesity. Point blank.

Right. I feel like cholesterol/blood pressure drugs are the obvious analogy. Like, having low cholesterol alone does not make you healthy. But having high cholesterol is dangerous for your health and the drugs help. Should we not give people cholesterol medication because it's just a "band-aid"?

No one is suggesting that we give up on these medications. The OP is complaining that it’s not working, yet Doesn’t make any changes to exercise or diet. There’s an obvious answer for OP...

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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.”

You’re making a huge assumption about what people think. Just because you lose weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy, period. It’s very similar to when people go on meds for anxiety, depression, but don’t do the therapy work. It’s a Band-Aid.

Do you say the same thing to people who eat low carb/keto to lose weight quickly? Just because they lose weight doesn’t mean they’re healthy, but you’re not telling them they’re taking a shortcut or the easy way out or whatever.

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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.

Definitely with Ozempic people complain about constipation much more than about diarrhea! I take 1000 mg metformin daily (has never given me diarrhea) along with my 7.5 mg Mounjaro weekly.

Is your doctor concerned about an A1C of 5.8?

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And btw I am not the target audience, but am very interested in how this might work. I have a child with a real food compulsion. We have a normal healthy family food dynamic—try not to make thingsb off limits but also strive for whole unprocessed balanced diets with no soda or true junk —-but this child has always been really food and sugar oriented and has a large appetite and high cholesterol and slightly high blood sugar for her age. It’s possible that it’s due to her birth circumstances (iugr baby who was very underweight/growth restricted and did not get adequate nutrition I in womb, which can correlate to lifetime changes in metabolism with higher risk of T2 diabetes, PCOS and other metabolic syndromes.. While I hope she can remain healthy without medication I will be glad to know that the science here is advancing swiftly so she has a better chance of addressing issues.

I have a similar kid, although she was 10.5# at birth rather than IUGR. I see the same patterns I had when I was young -- so sugar and carbs driven. We don't buy any soda or junk food but she loves to cook herself lunches with white rice, etc., bake desserts, etc. so unless I declare us a sugar and carb-free household and never buy rice or flour again, it's hopeless. She's also in HS with an open lunch so she can just go buy a rice bowl or whatever.

The amazing thing about semaglutide (and now tirzepatide because I'm taking Mounjaro) is how it's quieted the food obsessions in my head. I just. don't. care. about sweets anymore -- I'm not driven to eat it. I have a bite of chocolate and I'm done. Or I leave the chocolate in the cupboard and don't even think about it. It's truly liberating to be able to have the food monkeys out of my brain.

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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.”

You’re making a huge assumption about what people think. Just because you lose weight doesn’t mean you’re healthy, period. It’s very similar to when people go on meds for anxiety, depression, but don’t do the therapy work. It’s a Band-Aid.

Do you say the same thing to people who eat low carb/keto to lose weight quickly? Just because they lose weight doesn’t mean they’re healthy, but you’re not telling them they’re taking a shortcut or the easy way out or whatever.

Of course not! Ketoers can be mainlining eggs and red meat but no one tells them they're losing weight the wrong way. Because they are suitably depriving themselves, and therefore it is an acceptable way for them to lose weight.

It's about punishment. Fat people can only become thin if it's painful or requires deprivation and sacrifice , as a punishment for their gluttony. Ozempic is just too easy.

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I was on Mounjaro and it took awhile to work and I was a slow loser, but eventually lost 35 lbs over 4ish months until my savings card stopped working.

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I’ve lost about 5 pounds in 3 weeks on ozempic. Zero appetite suppression but I’ve been make food changes and joined WW while I wait for it to kick in. I’m still not eating super healthy, but making small changes likes meal prepping and eating at home.

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3+ weeks on Wegovy (.25 dose) and I have lost 8 pounds. More importantly, my doctor took me off one of my bp pills and reduced the dosage of a second one. I haven't noticed any appetite suppression yet at this dose, but I am following a 1200 cal. diet under medical supervision. I've also stopped drinking. I see the meds as a tool to be used in conjunction with diet + exercise, not something that will let me eat whatever I want, just less of it. I will have to change my eating (and drinking) habits for the rest of my life to take and keep weight off--regardless of whether I take medication.

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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.

Wait until we have a wave of malnourished influencers from taking this drug.

influencers and all kinds of women have been doing crazy stuff forever to stay thin. Doctors regularly prescribed speed back in the day. Bulimia is still very common in the celebrity set. Women, and increasingly more men, will do absolutely crazy things to stay thin. You'd be stunned by how many non obese women I know in the suburbs who've had one of the gastric surgeries.