Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 12:21     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Why are you so awful?
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 12:20     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
My SIL is on it and working with a nutritionist. She’s lost about 50lbs and is just a much nicer and happier person in general. It did wonders for her confidence.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:54     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
I was very much like your husband. I no longer eat nearly as much as I used to because my appetite just isn't there. My cravings have also changed. I've Lost 63 lb since January.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:51     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:Spouse had a recent work lunch with guy who lost a ton of weight on ozempic the last 12 mos.

My spouse over eats, over drinks, over snacks, over works and doesn’t exercise- unless it’s his one of his 1-2 hyper focuses like in grad school. Some overeating and impulse eating is due to his untreated ADHD.

Now he’s hellbent on paying $1k a month to “get in shape” forever.

Worse, I had him cover an urgimed visit for sick kid two days ago with my doctor, and he asked about. That doc loved it for diabetics and said it makes you digest slowly, always feel full, it’s great, come back!

Now DH is telling everyone we see he’s going to do it. He doesn’t read news so hasn’t read about it the last couple years. Can’t believe it took one lunch with a work industry colleague for him to jump on the bandleader.

Pros? Cons? Does it help ADHD and (eating) stims?


I'm morbidly obese and using metformin. It does the same thing - slows down digestion, regulates insulin much better. I don't have stabbing hunger all day and I don't have the shakes from low blood sugar. It gives me more self control to regulate what I eat.

With both, you still must watch what you eat and exercise. Perhaps metform, which is an off label use if you don't have diabetes, might be a good starting point. And an appointment with a dietitian, or medically supervised with something like Noom Med. It's not magic. But it's a tool.

Metformin is super cheap and there are no shortages.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:51     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Exh is on it. Insurance pays. However, he is also extremely active (walks 15,000 to 20,000 steps a day) even before Wegovy. It has made some difference with weight but not that much. I think his activity level helps.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:30     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:How’s your weight and if you have any kids how’s their weight?

My husband who previously couldn’t stop chomping on anything not nailed to the walls got the meds and lost lots of weight. He is still eating crap and got into a habit of fat shaming our tween daughter. Tries to go after me too (my BMI is at the upper range of normal, and has been so since I was a teen), but I remind him that his weight loss is covered by my insurance.

So, given your description, you might just exchange one set of troubles for another.


Not okay.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:29     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:Does the chronic snoring stop too?!?


If you lose enough weight, it certainly can.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:27     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t have to cost $1000 a month. Insurance can cover it or he can get if for max $225 a month from a compounding pharmacy. I’d bet you’d spend at least $225 a month less on food per month if he went on it. Don’t be a snob OP, it sounds like it could really benefit your husband.



My doctor insisted that I not do this, citing safety concerns.


The place I get it from sends it out to an independent lab for testing prior to dispensing. I’m down 19 pounds so far so it works.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:24     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
How’s your weight and if you have any kids how’s their weight?

My husband who previously couldn’t stop chomping on anything not nailed to the walls got the meds and lost lots of weight. He is still eating crap and got into a habit of fat shaming our tween daughter. Tries to go after me too (my BMI is at the upper range of normal, and has been so since I was a teen), but I remind him that his weight loss is covered by my insurance.

So, given your description, you might just exchange one set of troubles for another.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:22     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Does the chronic snoring stop too?!?
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:21     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Sounds like the actual in shape people who exercise are going to have to step it up! Here comes the former obese medical world wonders!
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:20     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t have to cost $1000 a month. Insurance can cover it or he can get if for max $225 a month from a compounding pharmacy. I’d bet you’d spend at least $225 a month less on food per month if he went on it. Don’t be a snob OP, it sounds like it could really benefit your husband.



My doctor insisted that I not do this, citing safety concerns.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:19     Subject: Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you afraid he’s going to lose weight and go running after young women?


I would be!

Seen it before too, but mainly married men on the GLP-1s. They get overconfident feeling they have gamed the system (eat unhealthy foods, drink too much coffee and alcohol, never exercise yet lost 50#) and game themselves right into an affair, acting like a prick and a divorce.


Exactly what happened to me. I'm not saying it’s common, but it does happen.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:18     Subject: Re:Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It will change his/your life. If he’s medically obese or overweight w/ a comorbidity he may be able to get Wegovy covered by insurance. Otherwise, he can find a pharmacy that will compound the medication at a couple hundred $. It requires a lifestyle change and I’d take him up on it.


What lifestyle change? Pretending they're cardiovascularly fit and self-disciplined eating healthy foods in the right portions?

Does it also create muscle tone, heart health, and well oxygenated blood?

Seems like an increasingly pricey shortcut to eventually looking skinny fat or normal weights.


DP. But I very much want to exercise but literally can't do certain things (Hot Yoga for one, which I love) because my large body can't do it. People have to take a first step. Stop begrudging that.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 11:16     Subject: Re:Ozempic husband midlife crises
Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you do not like your DH very much.

In any case, I encourage you to be supportive. I am trying Ozempic myself at the moment, and it does help you lose weight and feel better. At a minimum, it could give him the boost he needs to get started on weight loss, if he is not otherwise very disciplined.


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