Ozempic/Semaglutide results

[Anonymous]

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Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

It also slows down the emptying of your stomach. If you're stomach is still full, you don't eat. If the drug also curbs the impulse to eat, then you won't eat. For me, when I started I felt like had eaten Thanksgiving dinner if I ate a few bites. You really have to watch what you're eating when you start. You need to make sure that every bite has nutricional value because you won't be eating a lot.

I’m on Saxenda but it’s very similar. Never in my life have I been able to maintain 1 pound per week weight loss. I always have to do 1/2 lb per week. I’m on my first week of 0.6. It’s like the drive to eat is reduced by 75%. Even when I’m hungry I am not ravenous. A high drive to seek food was probably great for my Irish peasant ancestors but isn’t needed now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

Eh I am not eating way less and I am dropping 2lbs a week minimum, likely a bit over 10lbs and I will take my 5th shot Sunday. Its unclear because I only have my weight from the doctors office and then got a scale almost 2 weeks in. I am also on my period but the scale hasnt gone up, it usually goes up 3-5 lbs for the week of my period and I weigh less consistently this week than the week prior.

Ive counted macros and weighed my food before so I have a pretty good internal estimator. Im still bringing in 1700 calories. Just calculated today and its 1667 give or take 50 calories.

Meh, there’s no evidence so far that the weight loss mechanism is through anything except the appetite suppression from the delayed gastric emptying and alteration in hunger and fullness cues. I bet you were just eating more than you thought you were before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

Eh I am not eating way less and I am dropping 2lbs a week minimum, likely a bit over 10lbs and I will take my 5th shot Sunday. Its unclear because I only have my weight from the doctors office and then got a scale almost 2 weeks in. I am also on my period but the scale hasnt gone up, it usually goes up 3-5 lbs for the week of my period and I weigh less consistently this week than the week prior.

Ive counted macros and weighed my food before so I have a pretty good internal estimator. Im still bringing in 1700 calories. Just calculated today and its 1667 give or take 50 calories.

Meh, there’s no evidence so far that the weight loss mechanism is through anything except the appetite suppression from the delayed gastric emptying and alteration in hunger and fullness cues. I bet you were just eating more than you thought you were before.

And you would be wrong I was weighing food and eating 1750 calories for months. I get it CICO CICO CICO and yet.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

Eh I am not eating way less and I am dropping 2lbs a week minimum, likely a bit over 10lbs and I will take my 5th shot Sunday. Its unclear because I only have my weight from the doctors office and then got a scale almost 2 weeks in. I am also on my period but the scale hasnt gone up, it usually goes up 3-5 lbs for the week of my period and I weigh less consistently this week than the week prior.

Ive counted macros and weighed my food before so I have a pretty good internal estimator. Im still bringing in 1700 calories. Just calculated today and its 1667 give or take 50 calories.

Meh, there’s no evidence so far that the weight loss mechanism is through anything except the appetite suppression from the delayed gastric emptying and alteration in hunger and fullness cues. I bet you were just eating more than you thought you were before.

And by CICO rules I would have to eat at least 7000 less calories every single week I have been on it. That would mean my stable weight intake was 2700 calories a day since my weight has only fluctuated 3-5lbs for the past 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

It also slows down the emptying of your stomach. If you're stomach is still full, you don't eat. If the drug also curbs the impulse to eat, then you won't eat. For me, when I started I felt like had eaten Thanksgiving dinner if I ate a few bites. You really have to watch what you're eating when you start. You need to make sure that every bite has nutricional value because you won't be eating a lot.

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for me it feels like it multiples the amount of food you've eaten 10 times. if you eat two bites you are not hungry, and you eat a third of a normal meal you feel full and you eat a whole meal you feel really stuffed and then nauseous if you eat more than that. I think the "side-effects" are mostly what happens when you eat too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

Eh I am not eating way less and I am dropping 2lbs a week minimum, likely a bit over 10lbs and I will take my 5th shot Sunday. Its unclear because I only have my weight from the doctors office and then got a scale almost 2 weeks in. I am also on my period but the scale hasnt gone up, it usually goes up 3-5 lbs for the week of my period and I weigh less consistently this week than the week prior.

Ive counted macros and weighed my food before so I have a pretty good internal estimator. Im still bringing in 1700 calories. Just calculated today and its 1667 give or take 50 calories.

Meh, there’s no evidence so far that the weight loss mechanism is through anything except the appetite suppression from the delayed gastric emptying and alteration in hunger and fullness cues. I bet you were just eating more than you thought you were before.

And you would be wrong I was weighing food and eating 1750 calories for months. I get it CICO CICO CICO and yet.....

Meh, I’ll change my mind if I see some data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

It also slows down the emptying of your stomach. If you're stomach is still full, you don't eat. If the drug also curbs the impulse to eat, then you won't eat. For me, when I started I felt like had eaten Thanksgiving dinner if I ate a few bites. You really have to watch what you're eating when you start. You need to make sure that every bite has nutricional value because you won't be eating a lot.

Right. It’s the appetite suppressant that makes the weight loss. It’s a different mechanism for appetite suppressant than a stimulant like phentermine but it’s the same end result: fewer calories in. It’s not making your body take the same intake you had before and doing something differently with it to make you lose weight. It’s reducing your intake.

[Anonymous]

Calibrate got me on Ozempic and Metformin last Feb. Was 186 am now 147. Hope to get to 135.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

It also slows down the emptying of your stomach. If you're stomach is still full, you don't eat. If the drug also curbs the impulse to eat, then you won't eat. For me, when I started I felt like had eaten Thanksgiving dinner if I ate a few bites. You really have to watch what you're eating when you start. You need to make sure that every bite has nutricional value because you won't be eating a lot.

Right. It’s the appetite suppressant that makes the weight loss. It’s a different mechanism for appetite suppressant than a stimulant like phentermine but it’s the same end result: fewer calories in. It’s not making your body take the same intake you had before and doing something differently with it to make you lose weight. It’s reducing your intake.

It's more than just the appetite suppression though. It also significantly decreases the food noise in your head and the obsession with food. Lots of people are find that it reduces addictive behavior s such as shopping and drinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Calibrate got me on Ozempic and Metformin last Feb. Was 186 am now 147. Hope to get to 135.

I’m down from 244 to 175 through calibrate with oz and metformin since December. Smallest I’ve been in 17 years. I’m hopeful to get down another 20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Calibrate got me on Ozempic and Metformin last Feb. Was 186 am now 147. Hope to get to 135.

I’m down from 244 to 175 through calibrate with oz and metformin since December. Smallest I’ve been in 17 years. I’m hopeful to get down another 20.

Is Ozempic covered by insurance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool!

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose. If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate.

It makes you eat less than you were eating before. Not that hard to understand.

It also slows down the emptying of your stomach. If you're stomach is still full, you don't eat. If the drug also curbs the impulse to eat, then you won't eat. For me, when I started I felt like had eaten Thanksgiving dinner if I ate a few bites. You really have to watch what you're eating when you start. You need to make sure that every bite has nutricional value because you won't be eating a lot.

Right. It’s the appetite suppressant that makes the weight loss. It’s a different mechanism for appetite suppressant than a stimulant like phentermine but it’s the same end result: fewer calories in. It’s not making your body take the same intake you had before and doing something differently with it to make you lose weight. It’s reducing your intake.

It's more than just the appetite suppression though. It also significantly decreases the food noise in your head and the obsession with food. Lots of people are find that it reduces addictive behavior s such as shopping and drinking.

YEs! This. Excellent description. That “noise” is gone. I’ve dropped 23 lbs without much effort and definitely no stress. It took so much mental energy when I did Weight Watchers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Calibrate got me on Ozempic and Metformin last Feb. Was 186 am now 147. Hope to get to 135.

I’m down from 244 to 175 through calibrate with oz and metformin since December. Smallest I’ve been in 17 years. I’m hopeful to get down another 20.

Is Ozempic covered by insurance?

Mine is for prediabetic A1C levels. I pay $25 for a pen that lasts 4 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Calibrate got me on Ozempic and Metformin last Feb. Was 186 am now 147. Hope to get to 135.

I’m down from 244 to 175 through calibrate with oz and metformin since December. Smallest I’ve been in 17 years. I’m hopeful to get down another 20.

Is Ozempic covered by insurance?

Mine is for prediabetic A1C levels. I pay $25 for a pen that lasts 4 weeks.

What is your A1C?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Calibrate got me on Ozempic and Metformin last Feb. Was 186 am now 147. Hope to get to 135.

I’m down from 244 to 175 through calibrate with oz and metformin since December. Smallest I’ve been in 17 years. I’m hopeful to get down another 20.

Is Ozempic covered by insurance?

Mine is for prediabetic A1C levels. I pay $25 for a pen that lasts 4 weeks.

What is your A1C?

In April it was 5.8. Started Ozempic. In August it was 5.4.