Anyone use weight loss drugs for just a few pounds?

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Anonymous wrote:Did you always have food noise? Can you get back to what your thoughts were in general before food noise?

Pretty much, always. But it's worse right now and I can't seem to break the cycle. I binge a lot. I have been trying to lose weight for about five years. Prior to that, I was high 120s/low 130s which is where I looks and feel the best. I cannot stand myself. I feel like a quick fix through meds is what I need, and once I am at my goal weight, I think I'll feel motivated to stay there and not return to my disgusting eating habits. There is a spa in my area which offers semaglutides and I'm thinking of signing up for a consultation with them. I figure I can't be alone in wanting to lose a few pounds and would really love to hear experiences from others who've done this.

If you’re bingeing, you have an eating disorder and need to see a therapist and don’t need weight loss drugs. No reputable doctor is going to give you a prescription.

+1. Though there are lots of disreputable doctors who prescribe.

OP- have you seen a therapist, dietician, trainer? I’d start there. You will have much better long term success.

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Anonymous wrote:OP. Well, I got it. First injection today. I went with tirzepatide. The lady said it’s slightly more effective and with fewer side effects than semaglutide, and about twice the price. I hope to only use it for three months until I’ve lost 15 pounds. I am really excited. Injection was about two hours ago and I feel no different yet, but I’ll keep you posted. Needle was tiny and I barely felt it. The lady at the spa said she took a semaglutide for six months and lost sixty pounds, and hasn’t regained in the six months since she stopped. She said she felt like it rewired her brain and it brought her back to healthy, normal eating. She said she’s so excited to be back in her skinny jeans that she’s not going back. Hopeful that’s how I’ll feel too!

I’m a NP- how did you get the prescription? Who did you see and did you have to fudge anything? Thx

I’m not in DC. I went to a spa. Several months ago when I was getting my hair cut the stylist gave me a flyer about their semaglutide program. I was taken aback, since I am not obese. I get the distinct feeling that there are zero requirements for them to dispense these meds and they’re marketing it to anyone with a pulse. I weighed in today at 145 and said that my height is 5’5 even though it’s 5’7. I actually asked the lady if they have any restrictions and she said they won’t let you get to a BMI below 19. Quite honestly, it didn’t seem like the most medically professional setting. But the spa is high end, has a good reputation and I have a good friend who has lost nearly 50 lbs through this method and spa so I decided to take the plunge. I am happy and surprised that it was so easy to get the prescription. 30 minute consult that ended with a painless shot in my belly.

Wtf OP you are at a healthy BMI already

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Anonymous wrote:I want to lose 10-15. Have been trying for years and can't do it. Can't resist sweets and binging. I just want to take the weight off quickly and stop the food noise. Can anyone share their experience with taking medication for weight loss when you don't have that much to lose? I'm currently 5'7 145 lbs. How would I even get medication? Online and fudge numbers?

Dear lord start working out and stop overeating. People
Like you give us a BAD name!!! I had to go on it bc my A1C was prediabetic and I was in obese range!! I only had to lose 30 lbs but my doctor ok’d it bc of obese BMI and the high A1C. I lost the 30 lbs and am at my best weight! I am tapering off the meds after 5 months. I work out like a beast and eat very healthy st a calorie deficit. You can do this without the medication!
Sounds like you are flabby and. Red to tone; your BMI is fine. Please stop the delegitimization of this lifesaving medication!!!

OP. I work out also, but I haven’t been able to control my eating. I wanted to do this without meds and have tried for several years and keep failing. I wish I could just “stop overeating” but I’ve been unsuccessful. Some here have said that I’m not overweight and should accept where I am, but I can’t. I do not eat in a healthy way; I eat way too much and too much junk. This is not my ideal weight. I really hope this is the help I need, and I hope it’ll be short term.

Newsflash: taking GLP-1 meds and losing 15 lbs (mostly muscle) to move yourself to an almost-underweight BMI will NOT make you healthier. It will make you less healthy especially if you are older. You are doing this out of vanity and possibly an eating disorder.

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Anonymous wrote:It is worth seeking a consultation. Most charts say a 5 foot 7 in woman should weigh between 122 - 150 so you are almost at the top end. Sounds like you want to be at the low end. And you may have to be on the drugs for a long time to maintain it. But maybe after you reach your goal you can do the lowest/cheapest dose

Where do you get these numbers? 159 puts OP at 24.9 which is the top of the healthy range.

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Anonymous wrote:OP. Well, I got it. First injection today. I went with tirzepatide. The lady said it’s slightly more effective and with fewer side effects than semaglutide, and about twice the price. I hope to only use it for three months until I’ve lost 15 pounds. I am really excited. Injection was about two hours ago and I feel no different yet, but I’ll keep you posted. Needle was tiny and I barely felt it. The lady at the spa said she took a semaglutide for six months and lost sixty pounds, and hasn’t regained in the six months since she stopped. She said she felt like it rewired her brain and it brought her back to healthy, normal eating. She said she’s so excited to be back in her skinny jeans that she’s not going back. Hopeful that’s how I’ll feel too!

She's lying.

Or you are.

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Anonymous wrote: Very interested in hearing how this goes, OP. I too would like to lose 10-15 - and disagree that once you lose you “need to be on it for life.” In my view it is always easier to resist the siren song of food when you are already at desirable weight then when you have extra lbs. how much was your prescription?

Thank you for your medical opinion, dear definitely-not-a-doctor PP.

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Anonymous wrote:OP. Well, I got it. First injection today. I went with tirzepatide. The lady said it’s slightly more effective and with fewer side effects than semaglutide, and about twice the price. I hope to only use it for three months until I’ve lost 15 pounds. I am really excited. Injection was about two hours ago and I feel no different yet, but I’ll keep you posted. Needle was tiny and I barely felt it. The lady at the spa said she took a semaglutide for six months and lost sixty pounds, and hasn’t regained in the six months since she stopped. She said she felt like it rewired her brain and it brought her back to healthy, normal eating. She said she’s so excited to be back in her skinny jeans that she’s not going back. Hopeful that’s how I’ll feel too!

I’m a NP- how did you get the prescription? Who did you see and did you have to fudge anything? Thx

I’m not in DC. I went to a spa. Several months ago when I was getting my hair cut the stylist gave me a flyer about their semaglutide program. I was taken aback, since I am not obese. I get the distinct feeling that there are zero requirements for them to dispense these meds and they’re marketing it to anyone with a pulse. I weighed in today at 145 and said that my height is 5’5 even though it’s 5’7. I actually asked the lady if they have any restrictions and she said they won’t let you get to a BMI below 19. Quite honestly, it didn’t seem like the most medically professional setting. But the spa is high end, has a good reputation and I have a good friend who has lost nearly 50 lbs through this method and spa so I decided to take the plunge. I am happy and surprised that it was so easy to get the prescription. 30 minute consult that ended with a painless shot in my belly.

This is undoubtedly trolling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to lose 10-15. Have been trying for years and can't do it. Can't resist sweets and binging. I just want to take the weight off quickly and stop the food noise. Can anyone share their experience with taking medication for weight loss when you don't have that much to lose? I'm currently 5'7 145 lbs. How would I even get medication? Online and fudge numbers?

Dear lord start working out and stop overeating. People
Like you give us a BAD name!!! I had to go on it bc my A1C was prediabetic and I was in obese range!! I only had to lose 30 lbs but my doctor ok’d it bc of obese BMI and the high A1C. I lost the 30 lbs and am at my best weight! I am tapering off the meds after 5 months. I work out like a beast and eat very healthy st a calorie deficit. You can do this without the medication!
Sounds like you are flabby and. Red to tone; your BMI is fine. Please stop the delegitimization of this lifesaving medication!!!

Okay…but you couldn’t do it without the prescription so why are you shaming the OP? Why didn’t YOU just workout harder and eat healthier do you could lose the 30 pounds? Or is it just okay for you but not others?

It is ok for people with the medical condition of obesity to take an anti-obesity medication. It is okay for them "but not others." Clearly. DP

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I'm so glad I don't have an eating disorder.

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I have lost 15 lbs over 5 months on it. I’m getting close to a normal weight range, which was my goal. I lost slowly which is probably best health-wise and worst $ wise. I’d like to lost at least 10 lbs more, which is still at the upper end of a normal BMI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to lose 10-15. Have been trying for years and can't do it. Can't resist sweets and binging. I just want to take the weight off quickly and stop the food noise. Can anyone share their experience with taking medication for weight loss when you don't have that much to lose? I'm currently 5'7 145 lbs. How would I even get medication? Online and fudge numbers?

Dear lord start working out and stop overeating. People
Like you give us a BAD name!!! I had to go on it bc my A1C was prediabetic and I was in obese range!! I only had to lose 30 lbs but my doctor ok’d it bc of obese BMI and the high A1C. I lost the 30 lbs and am at my best weight! I am tapering off the meds after 5 months. I work out like a beast and eat very healthy st a calorie deficit. You can do this without the medication!
Sounds like you are flabby and. Red to tone; your BMI is fine. Please stop the delegitimization of this lifesaving medication!!!

Okay…but you couldn’t do it without the prescription so why are you shaming the OP? Why didn’t YOU just workout harder and eat healthier do you could lose the 30 pounds? Or is it just okay for you but not others?

It’s not shaming. I have serious insulin resistance and spike in glucose levels so it was this or another medication!! I was working out for months before starting and eating a very radically restricted diet. The tirzepatide steadies your blood glucose so you don’t get spikes. My BMI was in the obese range and my A1C was pre diabetic and cholesterol high. I met all the criteria for the medication!!! OP does NOT. Plus this medication stopped me from becoming diabetic, a win win. You’re the one shaming. 30 lbs is no joke and obese BMI to healthy BMI is a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to lose 10-15. Have been trying for years and can't do it. Can't resist sweets and binging. I just want to take the weight off quickly and stop the food noise. Can anyone share their experience with taking medication for weight loss when you don't have that much to lose? I'm currently 5'7 145 lbs. How would I even get medication? Online and fudge numbers?

Dear lord start working out and stop overeating. People
Like you give us a BAD name!!! I had to go on it bc my A1C was prediabetic and I was in obese range!! I only had to lose 30 lbs but my doctor ok’d it bc of obese BMI and the high A1C. I lost the 30 lbs and am at my best weight! I am tapering off the meds after 5 months. I work out like a beast and eat very healthy st a calorie deficit. You can do this without the medication!
Sounds like you are flabby and. Red to tone; your BMI is fine. Please stop the delegitimization of this lifesaving medication!!!

Okay…but you couldn’t do it without the prescription so why are you shaming the OP? Why didn’t YOU just workout harder and eat healthier do you could lose the 30 pounds? Or is it just okay for you but not others?

It’s not shaming. I have serious insulin resistance and spike in glucose levels so it was this or another medication!! I was working out for months before starting and eating a very radically restricted diet. The tirzepatide steadies your blood glucose so you don’t get spikes. My BMI was in the obese range and my A1C was pre diabetic and cholesterol high. I met all the criteria for the medication!!! OP does NOT. Plus this medication stopped me from becoming diabetic, a win win. You’re the one shaming. 30 lbs is no joke and obese BMI to healthy BMI is a big deal.

Not op but many women like me are short and 20 extra lbs means getting close to obese. So why wait until you are actually obese? I don’t get the gatekeeping at a specific bmi when peri weight gain on top of overweight likely means obese down the line.

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I did and gained weight. There are studies showing a % of women if a healthy weight will gain weight.

I thankfully only gained 3-4 pounds and quit after 3 weeks on the meds.

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Even if it was free, I would not. There are side effects with any medication. And even with GLP, weight loss still requires work.

[Anonymous]

I am in a similar boat but I'm skeptical that there are not long-term consequences of using these drugs for decades. I also think struggling with a few extra pounds is just a consequence of our modern world and that ironically it probably makes me healthier to have to work at it.

Maybe in 10 years or so most people will be on these drugs but I'm not going to take the risk now.