Vanity weight loss
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Anonymous
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6 months ago I was 155lbs and gaining (am 5'2). Nothing worked and I was already active, don't drink at all and eat well, no junk and plant-based.
It's been a miracle for me. I have the same habits as before, but lost 20lbs and still losing with fewer efforts than it had taken me to lose 2 lbs. I feel like a new person and like my outside finally reflects how I take care of myself rather than looking like a couch potato I was not. I plan to stay on it forever at a low dose (have never done a very high dose anyway) |
Anonymous
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Lots of posters have responded that they did this, but not as many have specifically answered OP’s question as to where did you get it prescribed if you only needed it to help lose 10ish pounds of vanity weight (and I’ll add the question of “did you need to fudge your starting weight”).
-NP, 5’4” 135 lbs who already eats a noom-inspired diet |
Anonymous
I gained weight from grief and stress- a cortisol belly. Didn't eat. But also didn't sleep. |
Anonymous
I used HIMS. I wasn't overweight and I didn't lie about my weight, but I also was closer to it than your are. I don't know what their cutoff is or if anything has changed with recent FDA rules. |
Anonymous
| I just started and used Noom. They will do microdosing for a BMI of 21 or more. For me, ever since my mid 40s the weight has been creeping up despite healthy diet, exercise, sleep, water, limited alcohol, you name it… It was very frustrating. But I think the hardest part for me—and the reason I decided to try it—has been the constant food noise. It’s as if my body always wanted to eat more, so I was either giving in or fighting it constantly, and this was no matter how much I ate. Addiction runs in my family so I often wonder if this is how it manifests: like a constant obsession that just doesn’t go away until you do the thing. I’m only on week two of an incredibly low dose but that noise is gone. It’s amazing. When I’m hungry, I eat, and then I’m good and just don’t want to eat anymore. I don’t care if I don’t even lose a pound. For that alone, it’s worth it for me. |
Anonymous
| I have. It works. I already have a healthy lifestyle/exercise routine. This was just the finishing polish. |
Anonymous
| Most of the people I know are on it for vanity weight. Not any medical reason. I have elevated A1C but debating it because I don’t want to be on it forever and don’t want thinning hair. |
Anonymous
Can you say more about the price, what meds it is, and the dosage? |
Anonymous
Here's the thing.. will you be on the GLP for life? If not you will just gain it all back when your appetite returns. If you are not capable of eating less to lose weight you will not be capable of eating less to keep the weight off. Now I am not at all against GLP1s I think they are amazing and I felt great on it, but the reality is, it is nearly impossible to keep the weight off when you go off. Yes, there are some who do, but they are the exception, not the norm and are probably the ones who could have lost the weight without medication. |
Anonymous
People's bodies "want to stay overweight" because that is what fits into their lifestyle. Their life is build around eating and often drinking a certain way and that keeps them at their current weight. I can guarantee that all the "nothing works" people would absolutely lose weight if I put them in a controlled environment where they were giving a set calorie diet every single day for a month. I can guarantee no one is coming out of there weighing more or "unable to lose weight." No I get that we don't live in controlled environments and that makes eating less really hard, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible. |
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| If you’re not technically overweight, it might be harder to get a prescription through a traditional provider. It’s probably best to discuss your goals with your primary care doctor and see what they recommend |
Anonymous
Doesn’t work if you are already “normal”. OP said she wants to lose vanity weight, aka she wants to be abnormal. |
Anonymous
Vanity or not, you can’t lose it by doing some exercise and eating healthy. If you train with performance coach, fast, do a bunch of supplement, sure, who has 25hr/week for gym? |
Anonymous
What do you see as the problem with people being on this medication for life? Both of my parents have taken blood pressure medication and statins since their 40s and and are now close to 80. Is that problematic. to you too? Or is it only that you don't think weight loss is as worthy of a medical issue? |
Anonymous
I exercise 7-8 hrs/week, I know in order to lose my vanity weight, I need to add another strength session and 3-4 hour long walks. I already eat low calorie diet. But it’s the extra 5 hours that I don’t have. |