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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want to lose 10-15. Have been trying for years and can't do it. Can't resist sweets and binging. I just want to take the weight off quickly and stop the food noise. Can anyone share their experience with taking medication for weight loss when you don't have that much to lose? I'm currently 5'7 145 lbs. How would I even get medication? Online and fudge numbers? [/quote]

Dear lord start working out and stop overeating. People
Like you give us a BAD name!!! I had to go on it bc my A1C was prediabetic and I was in obese range!! I only had to lose 30 lbs but my doctor ok’d it bc of obese BMI and the high A1C. I lost the 30 lbs and am at my best weight! I am tapering off the meds after 5 months. I work out like a beast and eat very healthy st a calorie deficit. You can do this without the medication! 
Sounds like you are flabby and. Red to tone; your BMI is fine. Please stop the delegitimization of this lifesaving medication!!![/quote]

Okay…but you couldn’t do it without the prescription so why are you shaming the OP? Why didn’t YOU just workout harder and eat healthier do you could lose the 30 pounds? Or is it just okay for you but not others?[/quote]

It’s not shaming. I have serious insulin resistance and spike in glucose levels so it was this or another medication!! I was working out for months before starting and eating a very radically restricted diet. The tirzepatide steadies your blood glucose so you don’t get spikes. My BMI was in the obese range and my A1C was pre diabetic and cholesterol high. I met all the criteria for the medication!!! OP does NOT. Plus this medication stopped me from becoming diabetic, a win win. You’re the one shaming. 30 lbs is no joke and obese BMI to healthy BMI is a big deal. [/quote]

Not op but many women like me are short and 20 extra lbs means getting close to obese. So why wait until you are actually obese?[b] I don’t get the gatekeeping at a specific bmi when peri weight gain on top of overweight likely means obese down the line[/b].[/quote]

It is an anti-obesity medication. I don't get how you don't understand that. [/quote]

And it can be used off-label for weight loss in non-obese individuals[/quote]

Yes if you like Russian roulette [/quote]

Plenty of prescriptions are for off label uses. Once generic versions of Ozempic are approved, everyone will use that for weight loss instead of paying hundreds of dollars for name brand wegovy.

Having said that, I would not take compounded meds for 15 pounds. That’s too risky for me. [/quote]

Very reasonable stance. Doctors should explain (and quantify) the risks and let you choose whether you want to take or not. [/quote]

No, all doctors don't need to write prescriptions for off-label uses they don't support.  In any event, it sounds like you will have trouble finding someone more flexible in her approach.[/quote]

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