Ozempic not working

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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.

NP. Feels like it should be our business when our healthcare premiums go up to cover your need for a lifetime drug based on a condition caused, at least in part, on a lifestyle choice. I’d say the same to smoker, drug user, or covid denier. It becomes my business when i have to pay for it.

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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.

NP. Feels like it should be our business when our healthcare premiums go up to cover your need for a lifetime drug based on a condition caused, at least in part, on a lifestyle choice. I’d say the same to smoker, drug user, or covid denier. It becomes my business when i have to pay for it.

Sorry, it doesn’t work that way, much as you may wish it did.

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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.

If it sounds too good to be true it is too good to be true. You lost 60 pounds by overeating and not exercising? Um. Ok.

Oh no, I’m not overeating. I just eat as much as I want to, which is much less than I wanted to before Ozempic. That’s why I’ve lost weight.

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Based on my and others' experiences, I've developed a theory: if you have ever had great success losing weight by calorie restriction alone, Ozempic and Mounjaro work amazingly well.

However, if you're one of those people who never managed to lose weight by counting calories, but who found tremendous success via low carb or keto diets, these medications don't work as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on my and others' experiences, I've developed a theory: if you have ever had great success losing weight by calorie restriction alone, Ozempic and Mounjaro work amazingly well.

However, if you're one of those people who never managed to lose weight by counting calories, but who found tremendous success via low carb or keto diets, these medications don't work as well.

Hmm, this doesn't track with me. I had great success with keto and am also having great success on Ozempic.

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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...

Op here - Where did I say I wasn’t making any changes? I’m on WW and exercise 3x a week. I’m currently on 2.0 ozempic and haven’t lost anything! Zero appetite suppression.

Wow, really? Will your insurance cover a different medication? It’s clearly not working for you. I’m sorry.

I’m losing weight much more slowly than what others report but I’m losing. If you’re not losing at all, you should ask your doctor about switching.

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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.

I take Ozempic, and I literally could not continue eating the way I did before if I tried. I don’t have room in my stomach. I would vomit.

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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.

I take Ozempic, and I literally could not continue eating the way I did before if I tried. I don’t have room in my stomach. I would vomit.

Agree. I am not at the vomit level, but I am eating WAY less than I used to. It almost seems to be impossible to overeat - I just can't eat a big meal. So far I've lost 14 lbs in 8 weeks, which is actually too fast so I am trying to eat more.

Will be interesting to see what happens when/if I come off it. I feel like it's been behavior change - no snacks, rare desserts, significant portion control - but it's easy to do all those things when you aren't hungry and don't think about food.

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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.

If it sounds too good to be true it is too good to be true. You lost 60 pounds by overeating and not exercising? Um. Ok.

Oh no, I’m not overeating. I just eat as much as I want to, which is much less than I wanted to before Ozempic. That’s why I’ve lost weight.

Well. If i ate what i wanted, i’s be overeating. I don’t believe you that you aren’t overeating.

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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.

NP. Feels like it should be our business when our healthcare premiums go up to cover your need for a lifetime drug based on a condition caused, at least in part, on a lifestyle choice. I’d say the same to smoker, drug user, or covid denier. It becomes my business when i have to pay for it.

Sorry, it doesn’t work that way, much as you may wish it did.

Actually it does work that way. So insurance companies just decided to give out freebie expensive and experimental drugs to obese people who overeat and don’t exercise and decided not to pass the cost on to consumers? Um. Ok.

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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.

NP. Feels like it should be our business when our healthcare premiums go up to cover your need for a lifetime drug based on a condition caused, at least in part, on a lifestyle choice. I’d say the same to smoker, drug user, or covid denier. It becomes my business when i have to pay for it.

Sorry, it doesn’t work that way, much as you may wish it did.

Actually it does work that way. So insurance companies just decided to give out freebie expensive and experimental drugs to obese people who overeat and don’t exercise and decided not to pass the cost on to consumers? Um. Ok.

A lot of us are paying out of pocket so not a freebie. And the health issues obese people will experience will cost you (and me) much more if they don’t take the opportunity to get their weight to a healthy level.

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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.

NP. Feels like it should be our business when our healthcare premiums go up to cover your need for a lifetime drug based on a condition caused, at least in part, on a lifestyle choice. I’d say the same to smoker, drug user, or covid denier. It becomes my business when i have to pay for it.

Sorry, it doesn’t work that way, much as you may wish it did.

Actually it does work that way. So insurance companies just decided to give out freebie expensive and experimental drugs to obese people who overeat and don’t exercise and decided not to pass the cost on to consumers? Um. Ok.

Yeah, because it is soooo much cheaper to treat all the secondary effects of obesity (sarcasm).

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Well, I am 15 weeks in and only 6lbs down. I am eating way way less, exercising more and pretty much given up alcohol. But I am a 51 year old menopausal woman and I think it’s hard to overcome that.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I am 15 weeks in and only 6lbs down. I am eating way way less, exercising more and pretty much given up alcohol. But I am a 51 year old menopausal woman and I think it’s hard to overcome that.

I'm also 51, pre-diabetic, and am going in to talk to a doctor next week about Ozempic or Mounjaro. Question for you, I currently exercise 5-6 times a week. With the lower calories you're ingesting on Ozempic, are you able to get through your workouts?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I am 15 weeks in and only 6lbs down. I am eating way way less, exercising more and pretty much given up alcohol. But I am a 51 year old menopausal woman and I think it’s hard to overcome that.

I'm also 51, pre-diabetic, and am going in to talk to a doctor next week about Ozempic or Mounjaro. Question for you, I currently exercise 5-6 times a week. With the lower calories you're ingesting on Ozempic, are you able to get through your workouts?

Not PP but I am 61 and am still exercising normally but that means 30-45 minutes runs/walks/strength work, not huge workouts. I've lost 14 lbs in 2 months