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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

I am happy for you, but I just want to flag this - it's OK to eat a whole salmon bowl with quinoa, that is a healthy dinner. And you probably felt good because you were normally hungry and eating a healthy meal. It sounds like you may have some issues with food when you hated yourself so much only 15 lbs overweight and were sad and angry with yourself for just eating a healthy meal.

Again I'm happy for people who are finding success with these drugs but it's a fine line-

And OP asking if they have to take it forever - people who would take it forever are those who struggle with obesity as a disease and have their whole lives. It doesn't sound like that is you - you just have a few pounds to lose. That is my take anyway.

Different poster, and you’re right that a salmon bowl is healthy, but some of us just eat beyond our limits because we can’t stop even when full. That is 100% my issue. I got a healthyish bowl from chipotle for lunch today and was completely full after eating half but of course I kept going and polished it off. I was genuinely full but my brain told me to keep going until I had the feeling over overdoing it.

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

I am happy for you, but I just want to flag this - it's OK to eat a whole salmon bowl with quinoa, that is a healthy dinner. And you probably felt good because you were normally hungry and eating a healthy meal. It sounds like you may have some issues with food when you hated yourself so much only 15 lbs overweight and were sad and angry with yourself for just eating a healthy meal.

Again I'm happy for people who are finding success with these drugs but it's a fine line-

And OP asking if they have to take it forever - people who would take it forever are those who struggle with obesity as a disease and have their whole lives. It doesn't sound like that is you - you just have a few pounds to lose. That is my take anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Go for it, OP! I am 48 and also 5'7, currently at 125 thanks to my GLP-1 and I feel amazing and haven't looked this good in years. I went to a med spa for my prescription. I don't know if a real doctor would have approved me or not, as I started at 145 lbs and a normal BMI. But the med spa was supportive and wonderful - not the cheapest - and after I got comfortable, I switched to an online pharmacy and it's extremely cheap.

To answer your question - yes, you can go online and get it yourself. Many online pharmacies will support you - Ro, Hers, JoinFridays, Fifty410, Willow just to name a few. Good luck! This was one of the best things I ever did for myself. Zero regrets except I should've done it sooner.

OP here - do you think you will have to be on it for the rest of your life? Do you have zero food chatter now?

I go through phases where I will eat too much/snack on my kids food and then times when I don't eat at all because I am busy.

I had 3 very large babies and it has been a struggle to lose the last of the baby weight after gaining 60+ pounds each time.

I do weight lift and work out consistently - I am probably the strongest I have ever been. I can easily carry my 60 pound child around when needed. I just hate that I weigh so much.

My plan when I started was to lose 15 pounds and then stop. I dropped the 15 very fast. And I kept tapering down my dose until I stopped losing weight, ending up with a total weight loss of 20 lbs. I am not sure I will ever stop the med (I take less than 1/2 of the starting dose now) because I feel so amazing on it. Zero food chatter. I am devastated over all the years I wasted obsessing about food. That is gone now. I no longer have to fight with myself over what I eat, no longer count calories, no longer feel deprived. It feels like a miracle. I just never want to go back to the way I used to be, constantly plagued by hunger and fighting against it. I also have three kids, I work full time, I was thin for most of my life (as a result of constant vigilance and effort) but after Covid and the third baby I was so darn tired of fighting and that's when my weight crept up. I felt terrible about myself but hopeless about losing the weight. I, too, weight lift and work out consistently and I always have. It is a revolutionary feeling now to work out to be strong and healthy rather than think about it as a punishment for what I've eaten or as a way to work off what I've eaten. It's just so amazing to order anything I want at a restaurant and know I'm not going to overdo it. On this med, I really cannot, even if my mind wanted to - my stomach, after I've eaten, say, half of my salmon quinoa bowl, just says, nope, no more, I am totally full. Wrap it up and have it for dinner. Like, what? This was never me. The old me would have polished off the salmon bowl and started to feel SAD as I got to the bottom of it because I loved eating so much and the more food the better I felt.

If I were your friend, I would tell you to stop hating yourself. Life is too short. Give this a try, take the pressure off yourself, and feel happy again with what you see in the mirror. I do. It is such a joy to be able to slip into my size 4 jeans again. To get out of the shower and feel rather delighted at how I look. My tummy's not totally flat after 3 kids but it looks pretty darn nice. When I'm working out and I catch myself in the mirror I think oh my gosh I feel so nice. I no longer am thinking God I hate my fat thighs. And the best part is, it is not a fight and an exhausting struggle to be this way. The GLP-1 truly makes it effortless. I know I sound like an evangelist but I'm so over the moon about the impact it's had on my life that I cannot help but share my experience and encouragement when I see a post like yours. Good luck to you!

Anonymous wrote:I’ve taken a glp-1 for nearly a year for vanity purposes, although I started at 155 and am 5’6. I’m now 125 and have been holding there for 6 months, while increasing the time between doses. I love it.
And, I have none of the side effects fear mongerers try to tell you about.

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the over the counter pill. Down from 115 to 105. But I'm only 5'1.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.

If someone has a BMI of 24 and thinks that they’re obese, then it’s at least suggestive for body dysmorphia. If you want to lie to your MD, spouse, and children to get a drug to lose weight, then that’s a problem. I think GLP1 drugs are amazing for people whose health is at risk from excess weight. They also pose a real risk in enabling anorexia in people with normal or even low weights. I’ve got a college aged daughter and I’ve seen too many of her friends deal with eating disorders to be sanguine about the risks of anorexia.

I read somewhere that glps are injectable anorexia and I can't get that impression out of my mind. Especially with the vanity injectors.

I just got prescribed Wegovy online recently and I was shocked that there was no Zoom call with a provider or anything. Just fill out the info and they review it and give you the prescription a few hours later

Do you nitpick every single other medication that people are using incorrectly? If used correctly, GLPs should help with anorexia, since obtaining them ought to involve seeing your doctor and being monitored by that doctor. Someone at a normal, healthy weight seeking a GLP should be a red flag to a doctor that their patient needs help.

The real problem is not that "GLPs are injectable anorexia." It's that shady online practices will apparently dispense anything to anyone. It shouldn't even be possible to obtain GLPs by lying about your height and weight, since they should be measured by one's doctor.

Anonymous wrote:I doubt you really "look" overweight at 155 and 5'7. You just don't look like a skinny 20-year-old anymore. It's natural to be very skinny in your 20s and on the higher end of normal as you approach middle age. It may even be healthy. At your age, I would focus more on gaining strength and bone health than losing weight.

A lot of the advice on this website is from women who have eating disorders or borderline disordered eating.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.

If someone has a BMI of 24 and thinks that they’re obese, then it’s at least suggestive for body dysmorphia. If you want to lie to your MD, spouse, and children to get a drug to lose weight, then that’s a problem. I think GLP1 drugs are amazing for people whose health is at risk from excess weight. They also pose a real risk in enabling anorexia in people with normal or even low weights. I’ve got a college aged daughter and I’ve seen too many of her friends deal with eating disorders to be sanguine about the risks of anorexia.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.

If someone has a BMI of 24 and thinks that they’re obese, then it’s at least suggestive for body dysmorphia. If you want to lie to your MD, spouse, and children to get a drug to lose weight, then that’s a problem. I think GLP1 drugs are amazing for people whose health is at risk from excess weight. They also pose a real risk in enabling anorexia in people with normal or even low weights. I’ve got a college aged daughter and I’ve seen too many of her friends deal with eating disorders to be sanguine about the risks of anorexia.

I read somewhere that glps are injectable anorexia and I can't get that impression out of my mind. Especially with the vanity injectors.

As someone who uses them, I totally see that. I am obese (for real, lol) so I am the target audience and it works extremely well, but it does fuel a part of my brain that wants to play games with how little I can eat and still get through the day. I think it could be really dangerous for someone who already has issues with that.

OP sounds more like a classic mom with some extra peri weight than someone with anorexia. I'm not even sure why that's been brought up here. She was a normal weight adult and still is.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.

If someone has a BMI of 24 and thinks that they’re obese, then it’s at least suggestive for body dysmorphia. If you want to lie to your MD, spouse, and children to get a drug to lose weight, then that’s a problem. I think GLP1 drugs are amazing for people whose health is at risk from excess weight. They also pose a real risk in enabling anorexia in people with normal or even low weights. I’ve got a college aged daughter and I’ve seen too many of her friends deal with eating disorders to be sanguine about the risks of anorexia.

I read somewhere that glps are injectable anorexia and I can't get that impression out of my mind. Especially with the vanity injectors.

As someone who uses them, I totally see that. I am obese (for real, lol) so I am the target audience and it works extremely well, but it does fuel a part of my brain that wants to play games with how little I can eat and still get through the day. I think it could be really dangerous for someone who already has issues with that.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.

If someone has a BMI of 24 and thinks that they’re obese, then it’s at least suggestive for body dysmorphia. If you want to lie to your MD, spouse, and children to get a drug to lose weight, then that’s a problem. I think GLP1 drugs are amazing for people whose health is at risk from excess weight. They also pose a real risk in enabling anorexia in people with normal or even low weights. I’ve got a college aged daughter and I’ve seen too many of her friends deal with eating disorders to be sanguine about the risks of anorexia.

I read somewhere that glps are injectable anorexia and I can't get that impression out of my mind. Especially with the vanity injectors.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.

If someone has a BMI of 24 and thinks that they’re obese, then it’s at least suggestive for body dysmorphia. If you want to lie to your MD, spouse, and children to get a drug to lose weight, then that’s a problem. I think GLP1 drugs are amazing for people whose health is at risk from excess weight. They also pose a real risk in enabling anorexia in people with normal or even low weights. I’ve got a college aged daughter and I’ve seen too many of her friends deal with eating disorders to be sanguine about the risks of anorexia.

I read somewhere that glps are injectable anorexia and I can't get that impression out of my mind. Especially with the vanity injectors.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.

If someone has a BMI of 24 and thinks that they’re obese, then it’s at least suggestive for body dysmorphia. If you want to lie to your MD, spouse, and children to get a drug to lose weight, then that’s a problem. I think GLP1 drugs are amazing for people whose health is at risk from excess weight. They also pose a real risk in enabling anorexia in people with normal or even low weights. I’ve got a college aged daughter and I’ve seen too many of her friends deal with eating disorders to be sanguine about the risks of anorexia.

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Anonymous wrote:There is such a spectrum when it comes to "normal" weight and it can mean very different things for different people, depends a lot on body shape as well. You could be normal weight with a big stomach, or a slim waist.

And just because someone is at a normal weight does not mean it's their preferred weight. It's ok to want to lose 10 or 15lbs or even 20 especially if the weight gain is recent and due to peri. OP would not even be on the low end of BMI if she did that.

There’s also a lot of women with eating disorders and body dysmorphia.

Yes, they come in all shapes and sizes. Someone being 24 BMI or 21 BMI tells you nothing about either of those. Neither does whether someone wants to lose weight and go from one to the other. It's not some unreasonable, weird goal.