What’s stopping you from trying a GLP / meds?

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There is SO MUCH MISINFORMATION ON THIS THREAD. "I heard," "my friend," etc etc......

As someone who has been on a GLP successfully for several years with the full support of my doctors, I think I understand it pretty well. Nausea every once in a while but that's true of many life saving drugs - nothing extreme.

Reading this thread reminds me of going down the rabbit hole on a political conspiracy theory. And what is WILD to me is a lot of these people here probably casually bash RFK Jr. but then feel perfectly comfortable making up information based on heresay and preconceived notions (fat people should be shamed, obesity is a moral failure, etc.) and plopping it here on a message board. It's no different than MAHA, which is largely internet driven and heresay and feelings based on no science at all. (And goes against what the majority of doctors say.)

What makes me so sad is that someone who is thinking about taking the drugs (someone who really needs them and could be really helped by them) will look at this thread and start to believe false information because of all of the BS here posted by people who by their own admission DO NOT TAKE THE DRUG.

(Clearly what is also happening is a lot of the skinny people who have bashed the "fat drug" are now starting to want to take it and are twisting themselves into knots over why they would or would not. I have to agree that no one who just needs to lose 10 lbs should be on this medication.)

The voice of sanity!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Ozempic face, ozempic breath, sulphur burps, constipation, hair loss, vomiting, etc, etc...

Ive been on them for 4 months and none of this has been a problem for me or any of my friends. This is tiktoc drama.

No one is going to tell you your breath smells like satan's a$$hole. There's no tactful way to do it.

Look, sweetie, we get that you just want to find things wrong with people taking this medication, but you need to stop making things up or believing everything you see on "medical influencer" TikToks/Reels. Those people are putting out "shocking" things to get more views. You're just buying in to it. Recommend reading up a little more on how social media works.

I've smelled it. The breath has notes of sulphur and ass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I enjoy working on myself and facing the consequences of my poor choices. This extra 10 pounds I'm carrying isn't because I'm 54 yo -that is a cop out. I gained 10+ pounds because I consistently overate for 2 years and became accustomed to eating amounts of foods meant for a larger person.

Fine, keep a food log and eat less

Sounds like YOU are able to isolate a variable that you can control.

But what if you already dropped the calories and carbs and keep slowly gaining weight? Whilst doing Pilates 3x a week.

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The good ones are incredibly expensive. I don't want to have to take it forever, and I would have to to keep the weight off.

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It’s too costly.

My BMI is not 30 obese but it’s also not great. I’m back at a pregnancy weight!

I already don’t overeat. So may try.

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Ozempic face and hair are so ugly. Not worth the thin (usually untoned) body that is the result.

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Natural is always best, and that’s what I also tell my kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Ozempic face, ozempic breath, sulphur burps, constipation, hair loss, vomiting, etc, etc...

Ive been on them for 4 months and none of this has been a problem for me or any of my friends. This is tiktoc drama.

No one is going to tell you your breath smells like satan's a$$hole. There's no tactful way to do it.

Look, sweetie, we get that you just want to find things wrong with people taking this medication, but you need to stop making things up or believing everything you see on "medical influencer" TikToks/Reels. Those people are putting out "shocking" things to get more views. You're just buying in to it. Recommend reading up a little more on how social media works.

I've smelled it. The breath has notes of sulphur and ass.

So a few things could be going on- is the med giving them reflux? When I have reflux , my breath was super bad. I knew it was. I couldn’t stop burping bile when I would lean over. Anyways I’m on zepbound and don’t have reflux but I think it’s a pretty common side effect? Some Tums or whatever would probably solve the issue for anyone if they’re having a problem with their breath.

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Should be $10 per month for tablets

Food and snack industry must be scared.

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Anonymous wrote:Should be $10 per month for tablets

Food and snack industry must be scared.

I have noticed something and I've seen it discussed on Reddit too so don't think it's just me: now that I eat less and think about food less, I am more into other senses, including smells. I LOVE smelling new things, body wash, perfumes...and I am noticing insanely large amounts of new offerings when it comes to that field, with endless new scent collections, higher price point niche perfumes. It's like people are replacing an "addiction" with a new one.

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Anonymous wrote:These posts are so dumb. So much hand wringing about how other women choose to lose weight. Why do you even care? It's like the same as those women who crow about how other women shouldn't have abortions. Like why do they even care? You're against abortion? Then don't have one. You're against GLP1s? Then don't take them. Who gives a flying F if someone else does? At least the abortion crazies have the whole "you're killing a baby" argument. What do the GLP1 crazies have?

You're calling the people who are recommending caution "the GLP crazies"? I think you have it backwards. There is constant proselytizing, really, like they are new converts to a religion.

It has gotten to the point where people are almost being shamed for avoiding unnecessary medical intervention. The converts cannot possibly imagine the idea that medical interventions such as GLP1 medications actually have trade offs and potential downsides. Why control your weight on your own, actually build muscle mass, eat real food, and increase your cardio vascular health when you can just short cut the whole system to “look good”?

It's more complicated than that, and you're not helping by portraying GLP users as lazy, gluttonous cheaters. I used to believe that anyone could control their weight on their own with diet and exercise. It always worked perfectly for me, until I was put on medications that cause weight gain and insulin resistance. A lot of people are in a similar boat. GLPs have their place when used responsibly and under the supervision of a real doctor.

I won't disagree with any of that. I will disagree with the original premise of this thread to use these medications for vanity weight.

The population that falls into this category for obesity is very small: I was put on medications that cause weight gain and insulin resistance.
The population that are using these medications to mask our food system and lifestyle culture and their own unwillingness to spend the time and effort to navigate around it is huge.

PP here. To be fair, food/overeating addiction is also a problem for a lot of people. Obesity is a huge health issue, and if the GLPs are the most effective way for people to reach and maintain a healthy weight, then so be it.

It's tough to have a productive conversation about GLPs, since a large chunk of the population seems to feel that users are cheating and don't deserve to be at a normal, healthy weight.

Society needs to change its values and also hold food producers accountable. Retreat from all the convenience foods and highly processed things that make life "easier." Farm to table lunches and breakfasts in our schools. Telling people they should eat x, y, z while at the same time promoting and using a,b,c is not going to change things (ie, government dietary guidelines while serving absolute junk to our kids in schools).
It's a multi-faceted problem that requires multi-faceted solutions - not just band-aids.

[Anonymous]

Agree. Soda and sugary fruit juices have got to go. Same for addictive salty snacks, people just eat and eat and get zero nutrition nor sense of being full.

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I think it’s used irresponsibly by many for vanity pounds. It shouldn’t be for 10-15 lbs. there are risks to every medication, and I don’t see the risks outweighing the benefits just so someone can become a size 2 or 4. I know a lot of women who use it for this reason, and I do judge them and fear for their long term health.

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Anonymous wrote:Should be $10 per month for tablets

Food and snack industry must be scared.

With my insurance, the Wegovy tablets are over $200 a month.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s used irresponsibly by many for vanity pounds. It shouldn’t be for 10-15 lbs. there are risks to every medication, and I don’t see the risks outweighing the benefits just so someone can become a size 2 or 4. I know a lot of women who use it for this reason, and I do judge them and fear for their long term health.

I don’t. All menopausal women should go on it and get to their age 40 size!