Anyone using injectible weight loss meds ? (Ozempic, etc.)

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pmigirlrt
pmigirlrt Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Recently started using Ozempic, primarily for health reasons but of course weight is underlying factor.
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  • wk46mmknjk
    wk46mmknjk Posts: 4 Member
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    I just started a few days ago. It’s primarily for weight loss but with being obese it’s also for health reasons.
  • Summersigh2015
    Summersigh2015 Posts: 10 Member
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    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    You can shoot up all you want but until you change your lifestyle you're just kidding yourself that you’ll be successful long term.

    Losing the fat isn’t job done its job starting.
    I completely agree. Success can only be achieved with a complete overhaul of self-sabotaging habits. Consistent daily exercise and healthy nutrition will get you there. Glossing over these simple lifestyle changes is just yet more avoidant behavior. Changing your health requires hard word and discipline.


  • MargaretYakoda
    MargaretYakoda Posts: 2,690 Member
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    CrazyMermaid1 wrote: »
    Some of the comments here are in the same realm as the “pull yourself up by the bootstraps like the rest of us do” world of people with severe mental illness (like me). Different brains work differently. Sometimes it’s all-encompassing physical hunger brought on by medication or stress. If a drug can take that focus on food away and help someone think normally about food, then I’m all for it. I don’t understand the logic of thinking it’s cheating.

    The original point of the phrase “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” was that it’s impossible to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. It was originally a sarcastic comment meant to highlight that there are some things a person can’t do without help.

  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
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    I just started Mounjaro. T2D and CKD. Changed my eating habits and got to "high normal" on the blood work. Doc wants me lower. She thinks this med is more kidney friendly than my old meds. If I lose a bit of weight, all to the good.
  • watanabelynne
    watanabelynne Posts: 3 Member
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    I’ve been on semiglutide for several weeks and I’m taking it from JumpStart MD, a nutrition and hormone therapy program to help get into better health.
  • asmokegars1
    asmokegars1 Posts: 3 Member
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    Doing Mounjaro/Zepbound. Down 50 lbs from that. Just recently changed to a low sodium, low saturated fat diet focusing on whole foods. Down another 9 lbs in 2 weeks. Mild stomach irritation is the only side effect for me.
  • snowflakesav
    snowflakesav Posts: 646 Member
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    I started compounded semiglutide (ozembic) .3 mg weekly, the fully loaded dose is 1 to 2.5mg. I lost 11 pounds total since April 27 but my scale indicates I put on 3 pounds of muscle so there is a lot going on. I started at 185 pounds. I fully intend to continue on it until I drop my weight then continue microdosing. I do need to manage my portions and definitely stay active but the medication even at a small dose really helps me unlock the key to when I'm satisfied and stop before I get full.
  • Lunasash
    Lunasash Posts: 35 Member
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    Started Zepbound 4 weeks ago. Had a huge interaction with my metformin and caused gastroparesis. Threw up a few days worth of metformin at once and realized the problem. Emailed with my GI and Endo. Stopped the metformin and doing much better now. Down 26 lbs total (from before and after starting zep) and get my follow up labs in 2 weeks to see if this is making any difference at all.
  • Lunasash
    Lunasash Posts: 35 Member
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    CrazyMermaid1 wrote: »
    Some of the comments here are in the same realm as the “pull yourself up by the bootstraps like the rest of us do” world of people with severe mental illness (like me). Different brains work differently. Sometimes it’s all-encompassing physical hunger brought on by medication or stress. If a drug can take that focus on food away and help someone think normally about food, then I’m all for it. I don’t understand the logic of thinking it’s cheating.

    My husband tells me all the time that I am cheating. He says it semi-jokingly...

    Oh well, I finally weigh less than him. First time in 13 years! He was always 1 to 20 lbs less than me.
  • mjsburcham2001
    mjsburcham2001 Posts: 69 Member
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    I tried. It didn’t work for me unfortunately. 😫
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,982 Member
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    CrazyMermaid1 wrote: »
    Some of the comments here are in the same realm as the “pull yourself up by the bootstraps like the rest of us do” world of people with severe mental illness (like me). Different brains work differently. Sometimes it’s all-encompassing physical hunger brought on by medication or stress. If a drug can take that focus on food away and help someone think normally about food, then I’m all for it. I don’t understand the logic of thinking it’s cheating.

    I don't see the "you'll need to change your habits" comments on this thread as the same as “pull yourself up by the bootstraps like the rest of us do.” I've heard from many people, including on this thread, that semaglutides takes away the “food noise.” This usually leads to different habits and thus weight loss.

    This "no food noise > eat less > lose weight" pattern happened to me when I was on Phen/Fen. However, I didn't retain those habits when Fenfluramine was taken off the market, and gained most of the weight back.

    I'm a lot more mindful now, no to mention older and wiser, and would hopefully retain those habits if I went off it.

    I'm with the VA and right now can't get a Rx because of the nationwide shortage and I'm not diabetic. (To my fellow veterans - in my VISN anyway, you have to complete the 16 week MOVE program before you can get in to see the weight loss doctor.)

    Because of my whole Phen/Fen experience and because I'm not sure that I could inject myself, I have mixed feelings about pursuing this, plus I'm worried about the nausea side effect.

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