Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 17:43     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:I got surgery. Five years ago. Lost 70 pounds. Have kept it off. Look great, feel great, no regrets.


Np, and same. I am approaching my five year anniversary at the end of the month, and it remains as one of the best decisions I have made. I started at 214, 5'6, and I am currently holding steady at 137. I was 40 when I got the surgery and feel like I gained so much of my life back. I went to Mexico as I didn't feel like dealing with the red tape of my insurance company.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 17:14     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Op has requested non meds advice.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 16:34     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Try Wegovy! (Same drug as ozempic, but the dosing regimen for weight loss). I’m in a similar situation (5’8”, 200 pounds, 38 years) and losing while on it has gone smoothly so far. My insurance covers it with prior auth (BCBS federal employee program, basic plan). If you have private insurance other than Medicaid/Medicare/Tricare there’s a good chance it’ll be covered with prior auth paperwork.


Just keep an open mind on the dosing because I think I might actually die on the dose approved for weight loss based on how bad my side effects were at only .5mg. But on a lower dose I am chugging along.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 15:35     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Like, I think you're saying I made losing 100 pounds harder than it had to be? Because your male friend lost 100 pounds really easily so it should be that way for everyone, just go to the bathroom and voila! It doesn't sound like you've ever lost 100 pounds but you seem to have a bunch of experience watching people around you lose weight so from your observations of that losing significant amounts seems pretty easy to you and you're not afraid to say so!


Not PP

But you can lose weight without starving yourself. And the attention you get from losing weight is pretty miserable. It is a hard mental adjustment. And I am one of the previous posters who said actually losing it is pretty easy.

Plenty of people who lost 100 pounds managed to go out to lunch with coworkers, order a cup of vegetable soup and a side salad, and not make life more difficult than it had to be. And that I know from sitting next to a coworker at that exact kind of lunch as she lost 100 pounds in about 18 months and keeps it off to this day.


It sounds like you know people who work hard not to attract your attention. I wonder why. (DP)
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 14:17     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Try Wegovy! (Same drug as ozempic, but the dosing regimen for weight loss). I’m in a similar situation (5’8”, 200 pounds, 38 years) and losing while on it has gone smoothly so far. My insurance covers it with prior auth (BCBS federal employee program, basic plan). If you have private insurance other than Medicaid/Medicare/Tricare there’s a good chance it’ll be covered with prior auth paperwork.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 13:41     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
I’m down 55 pounds in 7 months with Mounjaro. No plans to quit!
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 13:11     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Ozempic or Wegovy
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 13:08     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Ozempic. I’m type 2 diabetes and have lost slow with zero side effects. 18 pounds in 14 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 12:56     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Yeah you have to stay on The Biggest Loser for life too.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 12:54     Subject: Re:for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:OP, what are you doing now in terms of eating and exercise?


If she were actually going to tell you, she would have done so by now.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 12:01     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’1 and 170, but my health care provider won’t Rx Ozempic, which I get, but hearing the success stories, especially PP where they were overweight for a long time, makes me want to find an alternate provider. I feel like my HCP will be disappointed in me if I do, though.


It’s up to you. They’ve been on the market a long time which is enough for me to feel good about their safety. I would ask your HCP more about their objections and then make a decision. My GP didn’t hesitate, but I’m prediabetic with a family history and have been really struggling to get control since kids.


I'm 5'7 and 185 and my pcp referred me to a weight loss clinic to get a semaglutide (the family practice I go to does not prescribe weight loss drugs). I want to lose about 35 pounds. You could try a different provider or possibly just go to a weight loss clinic directly.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 11:27     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Just turned 40 year old woman
5'11
240 pounds

I hate myself. Please help. I want more from life.


Write down everything you eat. Throw out all the tempations..and don't buy them..chips, cookies etc. If you eat watching TV eat something healthy. Start walking. Do 150 minutes exercise per week. Make realistic changes...an action plan to walk 3x per week rather than 7 days for a hour. Treat yourself once in a while but order half of what you would get.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 11:23     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Someone actually said “oh please we watch the Biggest Loser and it’s easy to lose weight “
I mean has there ever been a nastier or less self aware poster on dcum?????
And we got some really nuts right wingers here, but this is just too much.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 11:07     Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
What about Ideal Protein or EMP 180? I have a friend who did one of those and lost a ton of weight.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2023 09:50     Subject: Re:for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
OP, what are you doing now in terms of eating and exercise?