I noticed a difference once I got to 1.25 to 1.5 mg dose. Significantly reduced my food cravings especially for carbs and sugar. Lost 15 lbs in about six months.

Anonymous wrote:I know nothing about any of these drugs. Does it make you lose your appetite for junk food or all food?

What exactly does it do to you? Make you not eat much? Make you nauseous? I really am curious.

You just don’t care about food. You (should) eat a healthy, nutrient and protein dense diet that put you at a calorie deficit because eating is necessary to live, not because you are all that hungry or craving it. And fried, processed and sweet foods in particular just seem gross. It feels like a reset from living to eat to eating to live. No real cravings, so it’s easier to make healthy choices.

Anonymous wrote:What happens if you eat sweets

I don’t really want sweets. If we go out for dinner, I might have 3-4 bites of DH’s desserts. They always taste very rich and very sweet. And more than 3 or so bites and I start to feel sick and don’t want any more. So, built in portion control.

I will hit one year on Wegovy and then Zepbound next week. Down 85 pounds. And the “easy way out” folks have no idea what they are talking about. The medication bariatric surgery level weight loss possible. It does not make it easy— especially since I am almost 50 and have managed to have less than 10% of my weight loss be muscle. 1200 calories a day, 100+ grams of protein. 60 minutes of exercise 5 days a week, 2 of those doing strength training with a personal trainer, plus yoga, Pilates and starting tail chi to get in a sixth day of movement. Working with a dietician, a trainer, a therapist, a bariatric PA…

I’m really unclear who starts to benefit from my not losing this weight. There are serious health consequences to being that obese. Unless some people like me fat so than can feel superior behind my back. And to be clear, I’ve put a lot of efforts into previous attempts and not gotten very far.

I know nothing about any of these drugs. Does it make you lose your appetite for junk food or all food?

What exactly does it do to you? Make you not eat much? Make you nauseous? I really am curious.

Anonymous wrote:There’s a thread every other day on this site about it, try searching

I don't understand comments like yours. Is it really that tasking to just ignore this thread?

Anonymous wrote:What happens if you eat sweets

For me, it makes sweets taste bad.

One thing that is strange about the drug is you don’t really feel skinnier or that you might be losing weight when you are on it. Week after week, I don’t really feel that hungry nor do I feel like I could be losing weight, but week after week I am. It’s just a steady decline, 4-7 lbs a month. It’s a strange sensation. I’m not complaining - it’s absolutely fabulous.

First day I took it (oral, compounded). I find myself able to make much better choices, to feel full, and not crave sugar like it’s keeping me alive. I have more energy to move and my thinking is clearer. Granted I have only been on it a few days but the effects - again, for oral semaglutide - are noticeable.

I have been on it for 6 weeks, and have lost 13 pounds. I also increased my exercise from 3 days a week to 4 or 5.

Just now after 2 months I am seeing a difference. Had an event and took a pic and for the first time in years my face didn't have a bloated balloon look. It felt amazing to not hate a picture of myself.

I started ozempic at 180 pounds, did not lose a single pound as I was tapering up the doses, so for about 3 month, and I was pretty disheartened. As soon as I started the 2.4 mg dose something clicked, and I started losing steadily at 1 - 1.5 pounds per week. Currently at 150 pounds and still losing. Concurrently with starting the 2.4 mg dose, I also gave up alcohol and all desserts (not all sugar or all carb, just desserts like chocolate, cake etc) so don't know if that made a difference.

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Anonymous wrote:What happens if you eat sweets

Everyone’s different, but I have no problems with sweets. I don’t want them as much as before (major sweet tooth here), but when I do I have some. Just a little is all I ever want now.

+1
I still try to avoid them, as I am now thin, and want to stay that way.
It is so much easier to just say no to unhealthy foods all together now.

Anonymous wrote:What happens if you eat sweets

Everyone’s different, but I have no problems with sweets. I don’t want them as much as before (major sweet tooth here), but when I do I have some. Just a little is all I ever want now.

What happens if you eat sweets

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Anonymous wrote:Let's talk about the 'ridiculous' poster as though s/he isn't here.

I'm betting they are a fitness instructor or nutritionist or other sort of 'wellness' professional that sees the prospect of their business dying with weight loss drugs.

Or, maybe they are a person who lost significant weight and now has made that their identity (not incompatible with option 1).

My guess is someone who has endured a lot of psychological pain internalizing messages about hardcore calorie restrictions. Lots of dieting, food scales, and self-loathing. If the medicine works safely, all of that pain was meaningless. Therefore the medicine must be immoral and/or dangerous.

Yeah but I went through a lot of psychological pain internalizing messages and dieting, and I think the medication is a gd miracle. It’s one of the great joys of my life right now to think that if my young child struggles with weight and blood sugar the way I have, there may be an alternative to the constant diet cycle and self-loathing.

I can see it work both ways! For example, take how people get wrapped up in the value of spanking children. Most people have come to understand that hitting kids isn't a good educational or behavioral correction tool. The costs of spanking outweigh benefits (if any). There are other tools and approaches that are more effective and less damaging. Even if these people were spanked themselves as children, they don't hit their own kids.

But some people just can't bear the thought that their parents, even the ones who meant well, hit them for no good reason. So they project value onto the spankings to avoid the cognitive dissonance they feel about their parents harming them unnecessarily.