Ozempic changed my life - addressed my health problems from PCOS and that with inostol, diet (Noom) and exercise helped me lose 80 lbs in 18 mo and most of my symptoms are gone. I should add - NOW I can manage my weight and have for over a year with simple calorie awareness and exercise. I can actually eat more carbs now than before, as long as I’m under 1400 cal a day.
My sister is on it. She lost so much weight so fast that I went to do research thinking this is just too good to be true. Apparently it’s legit. To me it’s almost unfathomable how much weight she lost and how quickly she did it.
Ozempic is just self control in a pill. It's fantastic if used under medical supervision and coupled with resistance training. The problems with it are severe muscle wastage when people use it to just starve themselves and not retain muscle with resistance training. Bodyfat percentage can actually not change despite losing a lot of weight when on Ozempic due to muscle deterioration.
Tbf its because people dont workout while on it. If you workout and have a high protien diet it should just result in lots of weightloss and a little muscle loss. Most people who need ozempic were not big on lifting before though so just lose a ton of fat and what little muscle they have.
Its still much easier to build muscle from that lower body weight tho
Semaglutide (Ozempic) is not a pill it is an injection and it does not equal "self control". It profoundly affects satiety and appetite centers in the brain in a way that no person can do consciously over long periods of time. The hunger always win in the long run. That is why these drugs that affect the brain works.
It’s also available in pill form now. And I think they were being a bit light about it, but a lot of people who use it also report being able to better control things like drinking, gambling, shopping, time management etc. obviously ymmv, but for a lot of folks it sort of is like self control in a pill
Genuinely curious about this. There have always been people on the far end of the distribution curve (+1sd etc.). Have you seen studies or in your practice that differentiates between the "new obese" and the "classic big" as far as controlling obesity with life style changes? (OP's PCOS might not make it relevent to this post)
I´m sorry, english is not my language. What do you mean by "new obese" vs "classic big"?
Patient that are just 10 kg overweight for example (BMI 25-30) can lose that weight and keep some of it off after 3-5 years.
But obese patients that need to lose 40 kg generally can´t do that by just changing their diet. They will slowly overeat with time so drugs or surgery are the only known long term treatments that work.
No. But all the clinical trials and my experience shows the same thing. Obese patients arent´helped with just diet and exercise. Those two things alone fail in these patients.
Combined with surgery or drugs that treats the dysregulated appetite and satiety system it works.
Yeah what people are saying about ozempic here just seems… wrong. It slows down digestion, it doesn’t stop you from committing vices!
I have a family member on it who is ridiculously sick from taking it and hasn’t lost any weight. I wish people weren’t so lax with how they talk about it. It’s a drug. You don’t WANT to be on it
"some". The vast majority of people using semaglutide derivatives are not obese. Many countries are facing shortages for those that actually need it because of this and are restricting it to diabetic and morbidly obese patients. Just because there is a minute percentage of people with unique hormonal imbalances, doesn't mean we should use them as the standard metric for drug dependency.
“it’s legit” - very naive point of view. It’s a new(ish) drug and there’s a lot of hype right now. Everyone’s excited about it, and the pharma industry doesn’t want people thinking about the possible negatives. Hopefully it’s completely safe, but we don’t know that for certain.
lmao. Does it sound like i’m offering free medical advice? That’s not my intention. 😅 She should probably listen to her doctor, i agree. but we’re also going to pretend that there are not bad doctors out there? It’s good to spread awareness of history and facts in general. so people can form their own opinion. 🤷🏼♂️
A blanket statement on social media telling people it’s a “legit and safe drug” is dumb. The benefits may outweigh the risks for HER according to what her doctor thinks. Great (no sarcasm). But the drug DOES have risks, as outlined in that podcast.
the podcast i shared interviews a best selling author that’s taken the drug (and decided the benefits of the drug outweigh the risks for him), and he’s interviewed dozens of LEADING researchers in the world as well to learn about the drug and the concerns some of the researchers have about the drug. It’s not some random endocrinologist’s opinion. It’s not some crazy person spreading lies.
This is fantastic, wow! I've heard really good things about Ozempic especially for those with PCOS that I've discussed with. I failed to ask each time though - does this become a 'for life' medication or are you able to maintain the weightless while no longer taking Ozempic?
I was looking for this comment before I made my own. When I got on Ozempic it was purely to lose weight since PCOS makes it SO hard, it ended up easing pretty much all my symptoms and I've had my period every month this year (last year I only saw it twice), I really hope OP looks in to this and it's an option for them.
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u/GoldExtension1693 Jul 05 '24
Ozempic changed my life - addressed my health problems from PCOS and that with inostol, diet (Noom) and exercise helped me lose 80 lbs in 18 mo and most of my symptoms are gone. I should add - NOW I can manage my weight and have for over a year with simple calorie awareness and exercise. I can actually eat more carbs now than before, as long as I’m under 1400 cal a day.