Semaglutide is seriously a miracle

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

I think it's been decided by medicine that it should be resisted and fought and pounds should be dropped. We do get the message it's not normal, despite it being so common.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

Yeah doctors hate it apparently and chide women, but won't prescribe. Women can't win.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

How so?

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

I gained 30 lbs during peri and through menipause (a lot in bust size much to my chagrin). I eat healthy, exercise regularly, have good muscle mass, and my actual weight is not in the overweight category. My blood tests are all perfectly within normal range, I wear a size 8. What is the problem?

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

I gained 30 lbs during peri and through menipause (a lot in bust size much to my chagrin). I eat healthy, exercise regularly, have good muscle mass, and my actual weight is not in the overweight category. My blood tests are all perfectly within normal range, I wear a size 8. What is the problem?

None. Maybe you are very tall? I'd have had to weigh 100lbs for me to gain 30lbs and have it not put me in overweight category.

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Made me so sick. I was house ridden for days with diarrhea and stomach pains. Not a miracle drug for all.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

How so?

For me, with some weight gain in menopause, my cholesterol shot high. On wegovy, I lost the weight and don't need cholesterol meds anymore.

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I just love the freedom to not think about food. I eat at meal times and just don't crave food. I'm no longer losing weight since I'm at my goal.

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It allowed me to get rid of the menopause weight that would not budge no matter what I did. My doctor was sort of judging the weight gain, told me I wasn’t exercising enough, etc. so I didn’t feel everything she said for a year and came back 8 pounds heavier. She gave me her blessing to go on it but didn’t prescribe it herself since my labs were ok.

The other thing besides food noise is that it completely quieted the alcohol noise. In my case that might actually be the culprit and I was struggling to control it. Turned it off like a light switch, and that’s worth the price. I am not a slave to the glass of wine anymore. Went to a big party the other night and I opted for a mocktail and it was great. I’m staying it on it in a maintenance dose for this reason alone.

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+1 on how fantastic it is that it has completely turned off my interest in alcohol. Trying to figure out how to convince my DH to take it for that reason as well.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

I gained 30 lbs during peri and through menipause (a lot in bust size much to my chagrin). I eat healthy, exercise regularly, have good muscle mass, and my actual weight is not in the overweight category. My blood tests are all perfectly within normal range, I wear a size 8. What is the problem?

Well, good for you. I mean that. But for many women it's not good to gain 30 pounds in menopause. I gained only 20 and it took me out of the healthy BMI category (barely) and I developed pre-diabetes from all the abdominal fat.

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Anonymous wrote:It allowed me to get rid of the menopause weight that would not budge no matter what I did. My doctor was sort of judging the weight gain, told me I wasn’t exercising enough, etc. so I didn’t feel everything she said for a year and came back 8 pounds heavier. She gave me her blessing to go on it but didn’t prescribe it herself since my labs were ok.

The other thing besides food noise is that it completely quieted the alcohol noise. In my case that might actually be the culprit and I was struggling to control it. Turned it off like a light switch, and that’s worth the price. I am not a slave to the glass of wine anymore. Went to a big party the other night and I opted for a mocktail and it was great. I’m staying it on it in a maintenance dose for this reason alone.

What is your maintenance dose?

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Anonymous wrote:All these people at 140 weren’t even fat. SMH.

140 is overweight for me at 5’1. 130 is the upper limit of my bmi.

You were barely overweight. If you'd lost 8 pounds you'd have been in the normal range. You couldn't lose 8 pounds through your own efforts?

NP- I am roughly this poster and it's very hard losing weight as a short, middle aged woman. GLP-1s make it finally seem fair: exercise and good nutrition actually pay off in real ways combined with the medication. I was active and ate well before, and every pound took a month and tremendous mental effort. It was discouraging to the point of being depressing.

I was thin my whole life and have gained 30 pounds in the last 5 years even though I increased my walking and decreased my carbs. I lost about 10 pounds last year through 8 months of really intense dieting but then had a month where I had a lot of work meetings and had to eat more like a normal person and gained it all back in one month of not dieting. So I haven’t really tried again. I am wondering if a small dose would help me. I am 5’4” and up to 155 now. I’m already on HRT and that doesn’t seem to help.

Are we now deciding that gaining 30 lbs in menopause (wiht no health problems) is not normal? This has been normal since time began for majority of women.

Might be typical but it isn’t a good thing

Weight gain is both typical and a good thing in menopause. There’s a reason it happens.

But 30 pounds on a 54 frame is probably too much.

I think that GLP one would help this person. It helps with blood sugar, it helps with inflammation, it helps with lots of things.