15 lbs overweight, holistic doctor wants me to try weight loss injections

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Anonymous wrote:I wish you could just enjoy your healthy life.

It sounds like you are a healthy weight, eat healthy, exercise healthy and I bet you also look healthy and great.

You are very fortunate. Try to just be happy.

All of this. OP, I mean this nicely, but maybe you don't have enough going on in your life? And so you're fixating on a few extra pounds? If you've optimized your diet and are working out upward of two hours a day, I would say that this is your new normal. And I'm sure you look better than you think you do.

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Anonymous wrote:For 15 pounds? No.

Put that money into a personal trainer.

This. For $300 you can get a personal trainer 2-3 times a month. Lift Heavy.

Did you miss that part? I’m doing that 3x a week w a personal trainer.

But what is your walking pace. Big difference between ambling and power walking.

And between light weights and heavy weights. I'm skeptical OP is actually challenging herself in terms of fitness.

Agreed. She is doing a lot, but perhaps not exerting herself. I do 1/3 of what she does and easily maintain my weight, despite age and questionable food choices. I walk briskly for 3 miles every day and that is the extent of my exercise.

And that’s exactly why I need this and you don’t. That’s the point.
For legs I do 50 lbs and arms I do 30 lbs (15lb dumbbells and 25 pound dumbells)

The only reason weight lifting helps with weight loss is because it builds muscle and hence your resting metabolic rate. You’re probably not getting enough muscle growth, despite your heavy weightlifting, to cut back on cardio the way you have with just walking. You probably need more intense cardio to burn more calories, too. Everyone keeps saying that, but you refuse to hear it. You want the drugs that may or may not help you lose those 15 pounds, but that will surely put the nail in the coffin of your metabolism once you inevitably stop taking them. Proceed as you wish. There is no stopping you because you’ve made up your mind anyway.

I did 4 advanced peloton spin classes a week with no results (did not drop one pounds) and switched to doing strength with a trained because everyone said cardio doesn’t work for weight loss. Maybe I’m actually just insulting resistant and nothing I do is going to make any difference? that’s the point why it’s being reccommended I take this.

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Anonymous wrote:OP your A1C sounds like you may have some insulin resistance, which comes from SSRIs. Are you still on the SSRI? if so, maybe try metformin first (I’m not a doctor btw). If off the SSRI, keep up your routine but it will take time to reverse insulin resistance. Eventually it will work. No reason to take SG and it might set you back.

Thank you! Yes I went off a few months ago! What is ideal A1C?

A fasting insulin would be even better to know bc A1C is just a clue of what’s going on. Your A1C is in what is considered a good range, but it’s at the high end of normal and I just wonder if your body was more insulin resistant when you took the SSRIs and now it’s coming back into range

I lost a ton of weight after stopping SSRIs (weight I gained while taking them) but it did take a while before it worked. A few months is not much time. Continue what you are doing and actually, you don’t need to kill yourself with so much exercise and could probably even cut back as long as you aren’t gaining. I’d give your body a little more time before throwing a new variable at it.

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Enjoy shi$$ing your brains out, op. Sounds glamorous. Then you can gain it all back the minute you stop crapping. Fun.

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It's between you and your doctor. Anti-Ozempic people are very opinionated on here.

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Anonymous wrote:It's between you and your doctor. Anti-Ozempic people are very opinionated on here.

Her doctor is a quack, not an MD. She’s not a proper candidate for Ozempic because she is in a perfectly healthy BMI range. Ozempic is for diabetics and the morbidly obese, not middle aged ladies with no patience. You’re not 20, OP, have some patience. It takes more than six month to lose weight at 45.

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Anonymous wrote:For 15 pounds? No.

Put that money into a personal trainer.

This. For $300 you can get a personal trainer 2-3 times a month. Lift Heavy.

Did you miss that part? I’m doing that 3x a week w a personal trainer.

But what is your walking pace. Big difference between ambling and power walking.

And between light weights and heavy weights. I'm skeptical OP is actually challenging herself in terms of fitness.

Agreed. She is doing a lot, but perhaps not exerting herself. I do 1/3 of what she does and easily maintain my weight, despite age and questionable food choices. I walk briskly for 3 miles every day and that is the extent of my exercise.

And that’s exactly why I need this and you don’t. That’s the point.
For legs I do 50 lbs and arms I do 30 lbs (15lb dumbbells and 25 pound dumbells)

The only reason weight lifting helps with weight loss is because it builds muscle and hence your resting metabolic rate. You’re probably not getting enough muscle growth, despite your heavy weightlifting, to cut back on cardio the way you have with just walking. You probably need more intense cardio to burn more calories, too. Everyone keeps saying that, but you refuse to hear it. You want the drugs that may or may not help you lose those 15 pounds, but that will surely put the nail in the coffin of your metabolism once you inevitably stop taking them. Proceed as you wish. There is no stopping you because you’ve made up your mind anyway.

I did 4 advanced peloton spin classes a week with no results (did not drop one pounds) and switched to doing strength with a trained because everyone said cardio doesn’t work for weight loss. Maybe I’m actually just insulting resistant and nothing I do is going to make any difference? that’s the point why it’s being reccommended I take this.

You are really extreme about this! Mix it up with the workouts. Do two to three spin/cardio heavy classes and two to three weight training sessions a week. Don’t do just one or the other. You need to mix it up!!! That keeps your body guessing. (Also, I adore Pilates, but it will not help you lose any weight at all. That’s for posture and injury prevention.) If you’re insulin resistant cut the carbs and gluten, especially wheat/bread, out of your diet. Taking a semuglutide is going to hurt more than it will help.

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Can't she just starve herself if she wants to be skinny?

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Anonymous wrote:It's between you and your doctor. Anti-Ozempic people are very opinionated on here.

Her doctor is a quack, not an MD. She’s not a proper candidate for Ozempic because she is in a perfectly healthy BMI range. Ozempic is for diabetics and the morbidly obese, not middle aged ladies with no patience. You’re not 20, OP, have some patience. It takes more than six month to lose weight at 45.

I thought that a holistic doctor would be a licensed doctor, but no, it's a fake title. I didn't know that was legal!

And worse, Cleveland Clinic endorses this GOOP fraud?!

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24103-holistic-doctor

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Anonymous wrote:I question the competency of any doctor who wpuld recommended compounded SG in uour situation.

Amen. You’re seeing a quack OP.

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Anonymous wrote:It's between you and your doctor. Anti-Ozempic people are very opinionated on here.

She’s not seeing a legit doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:It's between you and your doctor. Anti-Ozempic people are very opinionated on here.

Her doctor is a quack, not an MD. She’s not a proper candidate for Ozempic because she is in a perfectly healthy BMI range. Ozempic is for diabetics and the morbidly obese, not middle aged ladies with no patience. You’re not 20, OP, have some patience. It takes more than six month to lose weight at 45.

I thought that a holistic doctor would be a licensed doctor, but no, it's a fake title. I didn't know that was legal!

And worse, Cleveland Clinic endorses this GOOP fraud?!

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24103-holistic-doctor

? What you linked shows a holistic doctor can have all sorts of backgrounds, including MD and DO.

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Everyone qualifies from a compound pharmacy. You have to wonder where the compound pharmacy are getting the ingredients though. Eli Lilly and Novo Noro aren't selling their active ingredients to anyone.

My MD put me on Wegovy to drop 20lbs. I had high BP. Now I'm 50lbs lighter and don't have high BP. But I joke that I've traded one chronic medication for another.

OP--if you want to give it a try, do it. The side effects can be brutal for the first few months. I've been on it for 2.5 yrs and now my body is used to it so the side effects do go away. I think it took about 6 months for them to go away.

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Anonymous wrote:For 15 pounds? No.

Put that money into a personal trainer.

This. For $300 you can get a personal trainer 2-3 times a month. Lift Heavy.

Did you miss that part? I’m doing that 3x a week w a personal trainer.

But what is your walking pace. Big difference between ambling and power walking.

And between light weights and heavy weights. I'm skeptical OP is actually challenging herself in terms of fitness.

Agreed. She is doing a lot, but perhaps not exerting herself. I do 1/3 of what she does and easily maintain my weight, despite age and questionable food choices. I walk briskly for 3 miles every day and that is the extent of my exercise.

And that’s exactly why I need this and you don’t. That’s the point.
For legs I do 50 lbs and arms I do 30 lbs (15lb dumbbells and 25 pound dumbells)

The only reason weight lifting helps with weight loss is because it builds muscle and hence your resting metabolic rate. You’re probably not getting enough muscle growth, despite your heavy weightlifting, to cut back on cardio the way you have with just walking. You probably need more intense cardio to burn more calories, too. Everyone keeps saying that, but you refuse to hear it. You want the drugs that may or may not help you lose those 15 pounds, but that will surely put the nail in the coffin of your metabolism once you inevitably stop taking them. Proceed as you wish. There is no stopping you because you’ve made up your mind anyway.

Np. OP is already walking hills and jogging. More intense cardio will just make her hungrier.

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Anonymous wrote:Meds for 15lbs? That seems ridiculous, honestly. 50lbs, yes. 15?! No.

Another path would be to gain 35 pounds so you qualify for the prescription Ozempic (not compounded), then lose down to where you want to be.