Anonymous wrote:I just wish we knew how we got here. Maybe these drugs can drastically improve the health of more well to do Americans but they were not needed 50 years ago. What did we do to our food and lifestyle that drug companies get this boon?

Most of what most of us are eating isn't food. It's ultra processed crap and it causes us to overeat and take in way too many calories than we burn. Stop eating crap and start eating real food as much as possible. Do not snack. Stick to 2-3 meals per day.

Anonymous wrote:I just wish we knew how we got here. Maybe these drugs can drastically improve the health of more well to do Americans but they were not needed 50 years ago. What did we do to our food and lifestyle that drug companies get this boon?

There is obesity and extreme weight due to overconsumption of junk, our horrible food supply, and the use of glp to really help counterbalance all this.

But I think the middle aged women who are 15lbs overweight now were 15lbs overweight in the 50s too, in the 19th century…we just don’t have pics in fashion mags showing us these women, but i certainly have these pics of the women in my family, as many others do: women who worked hard and ate simple foods but were not thin and gained weight in peri. So is the solution to try and conform to the new standards thanks to glp, try with great effort to lose weight other ways, or just accept some weight gain while not neglecting general health? I’m struggling with that myself. So much of it is society and misogyny at play and it’s both hard to ignore and shitty on some level to cater to.

I just wish we knew how we got here. Maybe these drugs can drastically improve the health of more well to do Americans but they were not needed 50 years ago. What did we do to our food and lifestyle that drug companies get this boon?

So these drugs curb your appetite? How?

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Anonymous wrote:DH was at first mortified when I took it to lose 15 lbs (ended up losing 25, now at my high school weight and feel great), so after going off on me he got if for himself and lost 20. Both micro dosing indefinitely now. It feels so nice to no longer be consumed by thoughts of food, and to run fast without carrying extra weight. I do kinda think people who need to lose weight and are judging instead of trying it are kinda suckers.

At this point, if I have sit next to a fat person in an airplane and that person is taking a seat and half, I’m going to be angry. There is no excuse to be fat anymore. Take the GLP and stop inflicting your fatness on others.

Fat person here. I’m trying to get a prescription and thinking about switching doctors. Mine quoted me $1200 per month since he said obesity wasn’t enough and my labs didn’t show a reason. How are all of you getting this for less? I can’t afford that.

You need to research. Search on Reddit. I’m getting mine from Brello. $500 for three months, any dose.

Is that compounded?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:DH was at first mortified when I took it to lose 15 lbs (ended up losing 25, now at my high school weight and feel great), so after going off on me he got if for himself and lost 20. Both micro dosing indefinitely now. It feels so nice to no longer be consumed by thoughts of food, and to run fast without carrying extra weight. I do kinda think people who need to lose weight and are judging instead of trying it are kinda suckers.

At this point, if I have sit next to a fat person in an airplane and that person is taking a seat and half, I’m going to be angry. There is no excuse to be fat anymore. Take the GLP and stop inflicting your fatness on others.

Fat person here. I’m trying to get a prescription and thinking about switching doctors. Mine quoted me $1200 per month since he said obesity wasn’t enough and my labs didn’t show a reason. How are all of you getting this for less? I can’t afford that.

+1. That is a very entitled POV to think most people can afford $500 a month out of pocket. Maybe you should fly first class if you have such a problem with fat people taking half your seat.

Anonymous wrote:After you lose the weight, do you stop the medication? If do, don’t you gain the weight back.

Some do stop completely but many go on a maintenance dose. That is why you need medical supervision.

Anonymous wrote:The fact that anybody questioning the use of these drugs for vanity is being shouted down is telling. It’s a discussion forum - you know, for discussion.

And no, people that disagree with you are not trolls. People here constantly use that word without understanding what it means.

It can be for vanity. Most are doing it because they want to look and feel better.

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Anonymous wrote:DH was at first mortified when I took it to lose 15 lbs (ended up losing 25, now at my high school weight and feel great), so after going off on me he got if for himself and lost 20. Both micro dosing indefinitely now. It feels so nice to no longer be consumed by thoughts of food, and to run fast without carrying extra weight. I do kinda think people who need to lose weight and are judging instead of trying it are kinda suckers.

At this point, if I have sit next to a fat person in an airplane and that person is taking a seat and half, I’m going to be angry. There is no excuse to be fat anymore. Take the GLP and stop inflicting your fatness on others.

Fat person here. I’m trying to get a prescription and thinking about switching doctors. Mine quoted me $1200 per month since he said obesity wasn’t enough and my labs didn’t show a reason. How are all of you getting this for less? I can’t afford that.

You need to research. Search on Reddit. I’m getting mine from Brello. $500 for three months, any dose.

Is that compounded?

After you lose the weight, do you stop the medication? If do, don’t you gain the weight back.

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Anonymous wrote:DH was at first mortified when I took it to lose 15 lbs (ended up losing 25, now at my high school weight and feel great), so after going off on me he got if for himself and lost 20. Both micro dosing indefinitely now. It feels so nice to no longer be consumed by thoughts of food, and to run fast without carrying extra weight. I do kinda think people who need to lose weight and are judging instead of trying it are kinda suckers.

At this point, if I have sit next to a fat person in an airplane and that person is taking a seat and half, I’m going to be angry. There is no excuse to be fat anymore. Take the GLP and stop inflicting your fatness on others.

Fat person here. I’m trying to get a prescription and thinking about switching doctors. Mine quoted me $1200 per month since he said obesity wasn’t enough and my labs didn’t show a reason. How are all of you getting this for less? I can’t afford that.

You need to research. Search on Reddit. I’m getting mine from Brello. $500 for three months, any dose.

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Anonymous wrote:DH was at first mortified when I took it to lose 15 lbs (ended up losing 25, now at my high school weight and feel great), so after going off on me he got if for himself and lost 20. Both micro dosing indefinitely now. It feels so nice to no longer be consumed by thoughts of food, and to run fast without carrying extra weight. I do kinda think people who need to lose weight and are judging instead of trying it are kinda suckers.

At this point, if I have sit next to a fat person in an airplane and that person is taking a seat and half, I’m going to be angry. There is no excuse to be fat anymore. Take the GLP and stop inflicting your fatness on others.

Fat person here. I’m trying to get a prescription and thinking about switching doctors. Mine quoted me $1200 per month since he said obesity wasn’t enough and my labs didn’t show a reason. How are all of you getting this for less? I can’t afford that.

Lilly direct for Zepbound - $350 month starting dose ($500 month for bigger doses)

This. Go to Lilly Direct and they have telehealth to get prescription. They will also help with your insurance. Prices above are if you can't get insurance coverage. You got this!

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Anonymous wrote:I just reconnected with a group of college friends and we met up for dinner. Every single one looks fantastic - maybe even better in their mid 40s than their 20s. I came to find out that 3 of the 4 women are on GLPs which helped them lose 10-20 lbs (none were overweight) and now they are just micro dosing to maintain. They all said they feel better then they have in years, didn’t have bad side effects, and focus on eating protein so they don’t lose muscle.

Anyway, here I am struggling to lose 10-15 lbs like always - restricting my calories, working out a ton, etc, and barely seeing the scale move. Every time I do lose it it ends up coming back again.

Just wondering why I don’t take the easier route like so many others. I would need to find a doctor to prescribe it since my PCP won’t (despite telling me my BMI is too high and I need to focus on losing 10-15 lbs).

This is why no one talks to you about it. You are a judgey friend. No one needs that in their life.

Agree. You want the results of friends - but are hating on how they lost the weight

Work on that ..

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that anybody questioning the use of these drugs for vanity is being shouted down is telling. It’s a discussion forum - you know, for discussion.

And no, people that disagree with you are not trolls. People here constantly use that word without understanding what it means.

Can you actually post any legitimate studies that say we should not be using them? Or are you just one of those annoying people constantly "wondering" and "asking questions" because you have formed an uninformed opinion for whatever reason?

You can’t even handle some amount of grey. Instead you default to “should not be using them.” It’s pathetic.

Here are a small handful I found in 30 seconds:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40181228/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40320499/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10832506/

Maybe you should send these researchers an email shouting them down for asking questions.

Maybe you should not post research that does not support your message.

Virtually every obese person who loses weight rapidly by any means loses muscle mass. Not just by GLPs.

If you have a good doctor, as I did, they tell you this before you start and encourage you to up your protein intake and do weight training to combat it.

I believe you to be a dishonest interlocutor, and that is being nice.

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Anonymous wrote:DH was at first mortified when I took it to lose 15 lbs (ended up losing 25, now at my high school weight and feel great), so after going off on me he got if for himself and lost 20. Both micro dosing indefinitely now. It feels so nice to no longer be consumed by thoughts of food, and to run fast without carrying extra weight. I do kinda think people who need to lose weight and are judging instead of trying it are kinda suckers.

At this point, if I have sit next to a fat person in an airplane and that person is taking a seat and half, I’m going to be angry. There is no excuse to be fat anymore. Take the GLP and stop inflicting your fatness on others.

Fat person here. I’m trying to get a prescription and thinking about switching doctors. Mine quoted me $1200 per month since he said obesity wasn’t enough and my labs didn’t show a reason. How are all of you getting this for less? I can’t afford that.

Lilly direct for Zepbound - $350 month starting dose ($500 month for bigger doses)