Anonymous wrote:Why does it take medication to learn new eating habits and working out?

Because the evidence is emerging that for some people, there is a biological component to why just behavioral changes don’t work for long. The medications address the biology so that new behaviors have a chance to be learned and to get results.

Why does it take medication to learn new eating habits and working out?

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Anonymous wrote:Add Megan Markle to this list. She's skeletal and claims it's stress 🙄

Hasn't she always been thin?

Nope. She gained a ton of weight after her pregnancies and was having publicly visible trouble losing it until now suddenly she’s skin and bones.

Her youngest kids are 16, she was pregnant forever ago! Post a picture of an overweight Angelina Jolie from the past 5 years.

PP was talking about Megan Markle

D’oh!

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Anonymous wrote:Add Megan Markle to this list. She's skeletal and claims it's stress 🙄

Hasn't she always been thin?

Nope. She gained a ton of weight after her pregnancies and was having publicly visible trouble losing it until now suddenly she’s skin and bones.

Her youngest kids are 16, she was pregnant forever ago! Post a picture of an overweight Angelina Jolie from the past 5 years.

PP was talking about Megan Markle

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Anonymous wrote:Add Megan Markle to this list. She's skeletal and claims it's stress 🙄

Hasn't she always been thin?

Nope. She gained a ton of weight after her pregnancies and was having publicly visible trouble losing it until now suddenly she’s skin and bones.

Not true at all. She’s always had chicken thin arms and legs.

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Anonymous wrote:Add Megan Markle to this list. She's skeletal and claims it's stress 🙄

Hasn't she always been thin?

Nope. She gained a ton of weight after her pregnancies and was having publicly visible trouble losing it until now suddenly she’s skin and bones.

Her youngest kids are 16, she was pregnant forever ago! Post a picture of an overweight Angelina Jolie from the past 5 years.

Anonymous wrote:Lily Allen is definitely smaller but not quite dangerous level, IMO. The first photo is scary, but then if you take into account some shadowing on her upper arms, it's a little bit better. She still could stand to put on some weight.

Second photo is scary, too. Looks like my friend’s wife, who is chronically anorexic and now in and out of the hospital at age 50 with massive health issues. Ugh.

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Anonymous wrote:I just assume everyone who lost drastic weight quickly is paying $550 /month for wegbound and telling them elegies they’ll start lifting weights soon…. And stop overeating once off the injectables…

It's only $299 monthly, and I lost the 20 lbs I wanted to lose in 2.5 months. While losing weight, I continued lifting weights and eating a high-protein diet. I tried so hard for so long to lose the weight without assistance, but after my last baby, it wouldn't budge. I've always exercised five days a week and eaten a healthy diet and taking semaglutide didn't change it.

So you lost 20 lbs but now what? You have to be on meds for your lifetime to maintain it? What happens when you go off them?

I’m working with a dietician and NP in a medical weight loss practice on Wegovy. They have told me that I need to stay at goal weight for a year, then gradually reduce the dose. Meanwhile, I’m working on healthy eating and exercise. The goal is to allow your body time to adapt to the new weight and develop good habits, so eventually you can go off the drug, or just take a low dose intermittently.

It’s all paid for by my insurance. (And I am not diabetic). Also my goal weight is not super skinny — the NP helped me set it at a reasonable weight within my normal BMI.

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Zepbound, fully covered by insurance. Same advice/long term plan from the bariatric specialist MD I’m seeing locally.

I’m down 20 lbs in 9 months with 5 more lbs to go. Lost the first 10 through changing my diet and exercise, second 10 by maintaining that plus adding Zepbound (first month with a half dose, second month with full dose because that’s what insurance requires 🙄 but adding more time between injections).

I feel great - no side effects. Will take maintenance a month at a time after losing the last bit. In the meantime, I’m
being omdful of (and enjoying) my new approach to food and my simple exercise routine.

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Anonymous wrote:I just assume everyone who lost drastic weight quickly is paying $550 /month for wegbound and telling them elegies they’ll start lifting weights soon…. And stop overeating once off the injectables…

It's only $299 monthly, and I lost the 20 lbs I wanted to lose in 2.5 months. While losing weight, I continued lifting weights and eating a high-protein diet. I tried so hard for so long to lose the weight without assistance, but after my last baby, it wouldn't budge. I've always exercised five days a week and eaten a healthy diet and taking semaglutide didn't change it.

What is 299 per month???? Wegovy at costco without insurance is like 1400 per month.

Compounded tirzepatide is $350 for me from my doctor every 2 months!

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Anonymous wrote:Add Megan Markle to this list. She's skeletal and claims it's stress 🙄

Hasn't she always been thin?

Nope. She gained a ton of weight after her pregnancies and was having publicly visible trouble losing it until now suddenly she’s skin and bones.

Anonymous wrote:Angelina Jolie. She is a humanitarian. She is smart and worldly. She is a great mom. She is stunning. She is excellent at many things, including making movies and flying planes.

She has always been rail thin. No change in her weight over the years. Not on Ozempic.

Angelina Jolie. She is a humanitarian. She is smart and worldly. She is a great mom. She is stunning. She is excellent at many things, including making movies and flying planes.

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Anonymous wrote:I just assume everyone who lost drastic weight quickly is paying $550 /month for wegbound and telling them elegies they’ll start lifting weights soon…. And stop overeating once off the injectables…

It's only $299 monthly, and I lost the 20 lbs I wanted to lose in 2.5 months. While losing weight, I continued lifting weights and eating a high-protein diet. I tried so hard for so long to lose the weight without assistance, but after my last baby, it wouldn't budge. I've always exercised five days a week and eaten a healthy diet and taking semaglutide didn't change it.

So you lost 20 lbs but now what? You have to be on meds for your lifetime to maintain it? What happens when you go off them?

Oh wow. Even for someone like pp who was just trying to lose those last 20 pounds? That can't be maintained?

It's possible to maintain it or even lose any weight you gain after stop the medication. People just find it incredibly hard to manage their appetites coming back in full force.

After paying $550/ month for 6 mos and buying all new clothes I’d sure try not to stuff my face every meal!

You can’t fight genetics. Fat people will always be fat - even after the weight loss. They never look like true thin people.

This makes no sense.

Adding a new one - Bobby Flay made "surprisingly few" changes 😄

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Anonymous wrote:I just assume everyone who lost drastic weight quickly is paying $550 /month for wegbound and telling them elegies they’ll start lifting weights soon…. And stop overeating once off the injectables…

It's only $299 monthly, and I lost the 20 lbs I wanted to lose in 2.5 months. While losing weight, I continued lifting weights and eating a high-protein diet. I tried so hard for so long to lose the weight without assistance, but after my last baby, it wouldn't budge. I've always exercised five days a week and eaten a healthy diet and taking semaglutide didn't change it.

So you lost 20 lbs but now what? You have to be on meds for your lifetime to maintain it? What happens when you go off them?

Oh wow. Even for someone like pp who was just trying to lose those last 20 pounds? That can't be maintained?

It's possible to maintain it or even lose any weight you gain after stop the medication. People just find it incredibly hard to manage their appetites coming back in full force.

After paying $550/ month for 6 mos and buying all new clothes I’d sure try not to stuff my face every meal!

You can’t fight genetics. Fat people will always be fat - even after the weight loss. They never look like true thin people.