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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New study:

Key Findings
Two-thirds of patients are able to maintain weight loss achieved while on semaglutide or liraglutide even a year after discontinuing the medication.

However, a portion of patients who stop taking either medication experience weight regain, with 18.7% of liraglutide users and 17.7% of semaglutide users regaining all the weight 
they had lost or more.

https://epicresearch.org/articles/many-patients-maintain-weight-loss-a-year-after-stopping-semaglutide-and-liraglutide[/quote]

Ok so they keep it off for a year. Article above stated "She said available data suggests [b]most individuals will recover most of their weight within five years of stopping an obesity drug[/b], and roughly [b]50% of their weight after two to three years[/b]. Some individuals may actually gain more weight after stopping an obesity drug than they initially lost, Conde-Knape added. Studies have similarly shown weight rebound in people who stop taking Ozempic.'[/quote]

Great. So what's your solution when 2/3 of Americans are overweight or obese? Should we do nothing?  I really want to hear from all the naysayers what exactly they think works to keep weight off for life. In the meanwhile, I am very happy with my Wegovy weight loss and the fact that I am off my bp meds after years. [/quote]

I am not saying I am against these medications, just that they only work while people are on them. If they want to keep the weight off for life they either need to stay on them longer/for life or make some serious dietary and lifestyle changes. Using them as a quick fix to lose weight is not a real solution to the obesity problem. [b]I also think people need to admit the reasons they are obese in the first place.[/b] [/quote]

Who is saying that these medications are a "quick fix"? It took me a year to lose 40 lbs on Wegovy. And it's been a lot of hard work. It certainly wasn't a "quick fix." As to "admitting" the reasons they are obese, I can assure you that fat people know why they are fat. The reason Wegovy has been a game-changer for me, a lifelong dieter, is that it makes the process easier (decreases hunger pangs, quiets food noise, reduces the desire to drink alcohol) WHILE I'm doing the hard work of making lifelong changes to my diet and maintaining a regular exercise habit. It is an aide to weight loss, not an end in itself. If people take semaglutides and continue eating whatever crap they were eating before--but just less of it--of course the weight is eventually going to come back (that's what happened to a relative who did WL surgery).[/quote]

I am not arguing with you. Sounds like you are doin git right, using it as a tool while also doing that hard work.

I am not against these medications. I have just been answering OP original question on regain after going off medication and disagreeing with those who say maintaining is easy. When the research shows that is not the case. Anyone who does on these meds thinking they will lose the weight and easily maintain it once they go off need to rethink their plan. [/quote]

No one said maintaining is easy, [b]just that it’s easier than losing. Because, arguably, it is. [/b]

You obviously haven’t taken these drugs and therefore have no idea how “easy” it is, so you hopping on every semaglutide thread to lecture people about how they’re going to gain all the weight back is nothing but trolling.

Fat people know why they’re fat. They don’t need you to tell them.[/quote]

I am sorry the truth hurts. But you are wrong. Losing and maintaining are both hard and research, not just opinions, shows that maintaining is very difficult and most people gain the weight back. That is not bashing these medications, just pointing out the truth. Everyone thinks "oh if i just lose the weight it will be smooth sailing." but that is simply not true. If keeping the weight off was so easy places like WW would be out of business. But it's not easy and most regain, hence, the people go join and rejoin over and over again. Most chromic dieters have in fact lost weight plenty of times, yet they are still chronic dieters. Why you ask? because they gain the weight back, and repeat. 
[/quote]

The problem is, you have celebrities lying about their use of Ozempic--claiming, "oh, I just used it to cut out the food noise so I could reset. Then I really did the hard work." Making it sound as if, you could take it for a short while, get a quick weight drop, get a handle on your "food noise," and no harm no foul. If those who kept losing and/or kept the weight off would tell the truth, people would take this more seriously.[/quote]

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