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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yep. It’s a load of something that Rebel and Monday just ate healthy and lost so much weight. Definitely using the drug. I am about to start on it and I’ve told my family and friends. I KNOW I don’t eat so much more than everyone else and yet I am the fatty. So I am thrilled that there is a drug that will take dieting out of the “self control” column and put it into the “biology” column. I also have high cholesterol and have my entire life (when I was thin too) — and so does my extremely thin daughter. It’s genetic and no on bats an eye at putting me on a cholesterol medication. So why is everyone so stealth about going on semaglutides. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life but that’s ok because so many other obesity related risk factors won’t be a constant source of worry. Staying fat is bad. Happy to have this tool![/quote]

Here's the thing, the drug suppresses appetite (from what I understand). So you eat less and lose.  If you are already not eating much, how does it work? It may optimize blood sugar like metformin but otherwise I dont see that it somehow increases your metabolic rate. [/quote]

It goes much deeper than just suppressing appetite. It slows gastric emptying (my bowels have changed while on it. I always had loose stools, never had constipation even while pregnant. No longer an issues). And helps the following ways: 
It increases insulin production, but only when your blood sugar is rising—which makes the risk of low blood sugar minimal.
It decreases your liver’s production of sugar.
It slows down the speed at which your stomach empties food into your intestine. This helps manage your blood sugars after eating while also leaving you feeling full longer.

It has also shows to decrease body fat, weight, triglycerides, LDL and increased HDL. In theory, the more weight you gain, the more insulin resistant you become. Its a really crappy feedback loop because insulin resistance makes it harder to lose weight and your body sends signals that it is hungry constantly because glucose isnt getting into the cells. When your cells dont get adequate glucose, exercise and every ADLs can become exhaustive.

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