Wegovy - best thing that ever happened to me

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone avoid fruit?

If they have metabolic disorder, makes sense. Otherwise, absolutely not.

A true sign of stupidity is when you see somebody refer to a banana as a "sugar bomb."

A green or very early ripened banana is full of resistant starch and good for the gut bacteria without so much sugar.

By the time the banana is fully ripe and softening, it’s less ideal especially for a diabetic.

Interesting. I don't care for bananas but if I eat one it needs to be green, I absolutely can't stomach the mushy ones.

[Anonymous]

These medications have been amazing for me but I get very depressed now over not being able to find the medications. I started on wegovy which I experienced annoying side effects then moved to mounjaro which was amazing with no side effects.

I don't focus on the amount of weight I've lost so I can't share how much. I'm most impressed by the improvements in swelling and arthritis pain. I've always loved exercising but knee problems and arthritis changed my life drastically. For decades after a bout with 2 different tick diseases, I've had horrible issues with swelling particularly in one ankle/foot that nothing would help. I've been allergy tested, done restrictive diets etc and nothing seemed to help.

I've been steadily, slowly losing weight. My ac is fantastic now, my blood pressure is improved, and the weird swelling problems I had stopped very soon after I started taking wegovy. I do not understand what changed. I've been on restrictive diets, cut out processed foods, ate clean mostly vegetarian and nothing helped. Wegovy improved that almost immediately.

I am having fewer arthritis issues and am exercising without crippling pain. This medication is amazing for me but not being able to find a place to get it is overwhelming. My doctor gave me a prescription for zepbound as my numbers improved enough my insurance won't cover wegovy/mounjaro.

Navigating the issues of trying to find the medication is depressing. I've given up on my insurance paying any portion of this. These medications have been life changing for me and for those of you who think those of us on them are lazy fat people, you're wrong. You would be stunned by my work out and that I am not consuming lots of calories and I am not an idiot about food.

How do the rest of you deal with the psychological impact of not being to find the medication?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just to balance out all the naysayers…
Tried every diet under the sun for the past 30+ years, up and down, up and down.
Lost 65 pounds on Wegovy and I could not be HAPPIER!!!!
It’s fun to be able to just buy normal clothes and have everything look pretty decent. It’s fun to not think about what I should not be eating every day. It’s fun to be able to concentrate on other things instead of wasting time thinking about food.
I could not care less if I have to take it my whole life. It’s nothing compared to the joy it gives me. I just hope that it keeps working.
It’s really too bad that being heavy is so depressing, but I am thankful for Wegovy every single day!!!

I did nothing for years and then went on it and wen from 240 to 200. I’d love to get to my college weight of 185.

Male, 43

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These medications have been amazing for me but I get very depressed now over not being able to find the medications. I started on wegovy which I experienced annoying side effects then moved to mounjaro which was amazing with no side effects.

I don't focus on the amount of weight I've lost so I can't share how much. I'm most impressed by the improvements in swelling and arthritis pain. I've always loved exercising but knee problems and arthritis changed my life drastically. For decades after a bout with 2 different tick diseases, I've had horrible issues with swelling particularly in one ankle/foot that nothing would help. I've been allergy tested, done restrictive diets etc and nothing seemed to help.

I've been steadily, slowly losing weight. My ac is fantastic now, my blood pressure is improved, and the weird swelling problems I had stopped very soon after I started taking wegovy. I do not understand what changed. I've been on restrictive diets, cut out processed foods, ate clean mostly vegetarian and nothing helped. Wegovy improved that almost immediately.

I am having fewer arthritis issues and am exercising without crippling pain. This medication is amazing for me but not being able to find a place to get it is overwhelming. My doctor gave me a prescription for zepbound as my numbers improved enough my insurance won't cover wegovy/mounjaro.

Navigating the issues of trying to find the medication is depressing. I've given up on my insurance paying any portion of this. These medications have been life changing for me and for those of you who think those of us on them are lazy fat people, you're wrong. You would be stunned by my work out and that I am not consuming lots of calories and I am not an idiot about food.

How do the rest of you deal with the psychological impact of not being to find the medication?

ok I guess. I e had to take three month breaks in wegbound before and I continued to eat less, on my own volition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These medications have been amazing for me but I get very depressed now over not being able to find the medications. I started on wegovy which I experienced annoying side effects then moved to mounjaro which was amazing with no side effects.

I don't focus on the amount of weight I've lost so I can't share how much. I'm most impressed by the improvements in swelling and arthritis pain. I've always loved exercising but knee problems and arthritis changed my life drastically. For decades after a bout with 2 different tick diseases, I've had horrible issues with swelling particularly in one ankle/foot that nothing would help. I've been allergy tested, done restrictive diets etc and nothing seemed to help.

I've been steadily, slowly losing weight. My ac is fantastic now, my blood pressure is improved, and the weird swelling problems I had stopped very soon after I started taking wegovy. I do not understand what changed. I've been on restrictive diets, cut out processed foods, ate clean mostly vegetarian and nothing helped. Wegovy improved that almost immediately.

I am having fewer arthritis issues and am exercising without crippling pain. This medication is amazing for me but not being able to find a place to get it is overwhelming. My doctor gave me a prescription for zepbound as my numbers improved enough my insurance won't cover wegovy/mounjaro.

Navigating the issues of trying to find the medication is depressing. I've given up on my insurance paying any portion of this. These medications have been life changing for me and for those of you who think those of us on them are lazy fat people, you're wrong. You would be stunned by my work out and that I am not consuming lots of calories and I am not an idiot about food.

How do the rest of you deal with the psychological impact of not being to find the medication?

I haven’t had issues finding Mounjaro and have a stash now from being able to fill 90 day RX every 2 months.

I did have to fight for coverage with my insurance - the initial prior authorization was denied and we had to submit a detailed appeal. It was approved and now I’m good for another year of MJ

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

Forgot to say - eating a high fiber diet, especially daily consumption of legumes, compels the gut biome to trigger the hormone production that signal satiety and the end of the food noise and cravings. A high fiber diet is nature’s semaglutide and fiber is much cheaper and doesn’t have negative side effects.

Avoid sugar that is stripped of fiber - sugar without fiber is metabolic poison in the body and drives overconsumption as well.

You’ve posted this before in many other GLP-1 threads. We know.

NP. You know, I could tell that this was an extra special lecture, just reading one of these threads for the first time.

I think my favorite part was the underlying assumption that lifestyle change doesn't occur to anyone else. Gee, how helpful to mention that you can't survive on Cheetos. Thanks, dude, you're a hero.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that pp works for big fiber. Getting kickbacks for pushing this diet

No, this is a person thing. This is not about the message, but being the messenger.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The vision issues are still extremely rare, and mostly in diabetics. The relative risk is higher with the medication, but the absolute numbers are still very small. And there has been one observational study, far from conclusive at this point.
Anyway, every medication has its risks and benefits to be weighed. Accurate gas extreme risks, but people opt to take it all the time. Some people decide the risks are not worth it to them.
These medications have been proven to have many health benefits, so for many the small chance of a negative consequence is worth it. All medical decisions require a risk/benefit analysis and everyone can do the calculations for themselves!

Of course! I was just letting people know I went from not needing glasses to bad eyesight in less than 10 months on Wegovy. I am not diabetic and can no longer see clearly without glasses, near or far. I wear contacts and must also use reading glasses. I’m 40% towards my weight loss goal and will discuss with my doctor how I should proceed. I may stop using it and see if I can at least maintain what I’ve lost on my own.

How old are you? Reading glasses are common after 40.

32. I had 20/20 vision before starting wegovy. I wear contacts AND reading glasses to see my phone or read a document.

I’m the pp with blurry vision. I’m 53 and occasionally use reading glasses, but I only have the blurry vision a few days after an increase in Wegovy dose. Then I can see ok again. It’s definitely the drug. And no—I don’t have diabetes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These medications have been amazing for me but I get very depressed now over not being able to find the medications. I started on wegovy which I experienced annoying side effects then moved to mounjaro which was amazing with no side effects.

I don't focus on the amount of weight I've lost so I can't share how much. I'm most impressed by the improvements in swelling and arthritis pain. I've always loved exercising but knee problems and arthritis changed my life drastically. For decades after a bout with 2 different tick diseases, I've had horrible issues with swelling particularly in one ankle/foot that nothing would help. I've been allergy tested, done restrictive diets etc and nothing seemed to help.

I've been steadily, slowly losing weight. My ac is fantastic now, my blood pressure is improved, and the weird swelling problems I had stopped very soon after I started taking wegovy. I do not understand what changed. I've been on restrictive diets, cut out processed foods, ate clean mostly vegetarian and nothing helped. Wegovy improved that almost immediately.

I am having fewer arthritis issues and am exercising without crippling pain. This medication is amazing for me but not being able to find a place to get it is overwhelming. My doctor gave me a prescription for zepbound as my numbers improved enough my insurance won't cover wegovy/mounjaro.

Navigating the issues of trying to find the medication is depressing. I've given up on my insurance paying any portion of this. These medications have been life changing for me and for those of you who think those of us on them are lazy fat people, you're wrong. You would be stunned by my work out and that I am not consuming lots of calories and I am not an idiot about food.

How do the rest of you deal with the psychological impact of not being to find the medication?

Went to a compounding pharmacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got blurry vision as well. Hasn’t improved after 4 weeks

What?

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How do you stand the nausea?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you stand the nausea?

I do not experience nausea on Wegovy. I have been on it for nearly five months with virtually no side effects. I had a bit of constipation at first, but it was easily managed with increased fiber and drinking more water.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got blurry vision as well. Hasn’t improved after 4 weeks

What?

What do you mean "What?" I'm not PP, but I'm Wegovy and have had blurry vision as a side effect after each increase in dose. Fortunately mine did improve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got blurry vision as well. Hasn’t improved after 4 weeks

What?

What do you mean "What?" I'm not PP, but I'm Wegovy and have had blurry vision as a side effect after each increase in dose. Fortunately mine did improve.

I'm on Wegovy and have never had blurry vision. What did your doctor say about it? Is it possible you are sometimes dehyrated or your blood pressure is too low? Those can cause blurred vision also.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you avoid most fruit on this drug?

No, why would I? I eat normal, healthy foods in normal, healthy portions.