Ozempic husband midlife crises

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you afraid he’s going to lose weight and go running after young women?

I would be!

Seen it before too, but mainly married men on the GLP-1s. They get overconfident feeling they have gamed the system (eat unhealthy foods, drink too much coffee and alcohol, never exercise yet lost 50#) and game themselves right into an affair, acting like a prick and a divorce.

Drink too much coffee? Coffee doesn’t cause weight gain. What are you on about?

Can you drink coffee on ozempic-honest question?

Absolutely. Why not?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The health consequences of being obese are only somewhat related to the extra weight and some are unrelated to the extra weight and just highly correlated with extra weight but caused by other factors. Many, including doctors, tend to forget this and focus ONLY on BMI forgetting correlation not causation. Many factors contribute to the lower health outcomes for high BMIs: alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, processed foods, high sugar, and more.

If you take the drug but make no other lifestyle changes, sure it may help, you may look better, but your overall health improvement will be limited in some ways. Maybe making the side effects of the drug less worth it.


If someone is going to take a weight loss drug, can it

Correct, but sedentary GLP obese people are banking on less fat around all their organs as fit.

It is a hell of a lot more fit than having a lot of fat around the organs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was very much like your husband. I no longer eat nearly as much as I used to because my appetite just isn't there. My cravings have also changed. I've Lost 63 lb since January.

for real? 3+lbs a week? how overweight were you?

[Anonymous]

Vyvanse is an ADHD drug that is also prescribed for binge eating. It won’t make him work less, but it may make him more efficient at work. It won’t curb all the excess eating, but it may take the edge off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse had a recent work lunch with guy who lost a ton of weight on ozempic the last 12 mos.

My spouse over eats, over drinks, over snacks, over works and doesn’t exercise- unless it’s his one of his 1-2 hyper focuses like in grad school. Some overeating and impulse eating is due to his untreated ADHD.

Now he’s hellbent on paying $1k a month to “get in shape” forever.

Worse, I had him cover an urgimed visit for sick kid two days ago with my doctor, and he asked about. That doc loved it for diabetics and said it makes you digest slowly, always feel full, it’s great, come back!

Now DH is telling everyone we see he’s going to do it. He doesn’t read news so hasn’t read about it the last couple years. Can’t believe it took one lunch with a work industry colleague for him to jump on the bandleader.

Pros? Cons? Does it help ADHD and (eating) stims?

What’s his height and weight and has he ever worked out before and been in shape?

I feel those types, who just got too busy, might get back on the exercise wheel after losing 30-50 pounds. Like getting a tummy tuck after kids.’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The body positivity movement has flipped the script so much that not wanting to be fat is a bad thing now.

That, blm, dei misguidedness are all over.

There will be less fat and obese people now. Hurray!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The health consequences of being obese are only somewhat related to the extra weight and some are unrelated to the extra weight and just highly correlated with extra weight but caused by other factors. Many, including doctors, tend to forget this and focus ONLY on BMI forgetting correlation not causation. Many factors contribute to the lower health outcomes for high BMIs: alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, processed foods, high sugar, and more.

If you take the drug but make no other lifestyle changes, sure it may help, you may look better, but your overall health improvement will be limited in some ways. Maybe making the side effects of the drug less worth it.


If someone is going to take a weight loss drug, can it

Correct, but sedentary GLP obese people are banking on less fat around all their organs as fit.

I've never heard that. You are clearly biased against overweight people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vyvanse is an ADHD drug that is also prescribed for binge eating. It won’t make him work less, but it may make him more efficient at work. It won’t curb all the excess eating, but it may take the edge off.

Yes, this is clearly the answer for him. Or maybe goods old fashioned Ritalin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The body positivity movement has flipped the script so much that not wanting to be fat is a bad thing now.

That, blm, dei misguidedness are all over.

There will be less fat and obese people now. Hurray!

No, I am sorry, but you are incorrect.

First let’s get the terminology correct; we are discussing sizeism, ableism, and fat-phobia.

Next, recognize these are all forms of discrimination leading to oppression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The body positivity movement has flipped the script so much that not wanting to be fat is a bad thing now.

That, blm, dei misguidedness are all over.

There will be less fat and obese people now. Hurray!

No, I am sorry, but you are incorrect.

First let’s get the terminology correct; we are discussing sizeism, ableism, and fat-phobia.

Next, recognize these are all forms of discrimination leading to oppression.

[Anonymous]

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No, I am sorry, but you are incorrect.

First let’s get the terminology correct; we are discussing sizeism, ableism, and fat-phobia.

Next, recognize these are all forms of discrimination leading to oppression.

you sound fun at parties

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The body positivity movement has flipped the script so much that not wanting to be fat is a bad thing now.

That, blm, dei misguidedness are all over.

There will be less fat and obese people now. Hurray!

No, I am sorry, but you are incorrect.

First let’s get the terminology correct; we are discussing sizeism, ableism, and fat-phobia.

Next, recognize these are all forms of discrimination leading to oppression.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was very much like your husband. I no longer eat nearly as much as I used to because my appetite just isn't there. My cravings have also changed. I've Lost 63 lb since January.

for real? 3+lbs a week? how overweight were you?

NP, but clearly not your business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I started Wegovy (that's Ozempic, but branded for weight loss) two weeks ago. I didn't want it, but my BMI is 34 and my glucose and A1C are flirting with pre-diabetes and my doctor talked me into it. I've been fortunate, insurance is covering it (BCBS fep).

I'm on the starting dose, and it's hard to say how it is going as far as whether I feel hungry or not. Maybe a little less hungry? Less "food noise"? I can tell you that I have side effects -- after I eat a meal I have an hour or two and then I don't know how else to describe it but I can feel the peristalsis start up. It hurts, and then I have to go to the bathroom. It was bad enough one night that I had dreams about needing to go to the bathroom. It's unpleasant, but really not that big of a deal. Not sure if it will get worse when I go up in dose, though.

I have ADD like your DH -- I didn't really know that it could cause impulse eating? Or overeating? I don't think that has ever been the case for me (I was quite skinny most of my life, and I've had ADD since I was a kid -- my weight gain is psych med related and only began when I was 34 and older). Can't say the Wegovy has any effect on my ADD.

I would ask your doctor about switching to Zepbound. My husband and I started on that and it was amazing. Cravings were gone and the food noise was dead. Zepbound became hard to find and we switched to Wegovy for a month and we both hated it. We've had zero side effects on Zepbound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the chronic snoring stop too?!?

Actually Zepbound is being studied as a drug for sleep apnea, so possibly yes.