Semaglutide for weight loss

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I'm not "fat" per se, but I'm carrying about 20 pounds over. Lack of exercise isn't the issue. And I don't really eat that bad of a diet. I'm considering oral Semaglutide (which I can buy off the shelf) to help cut down the weight. Does anyone have any experience with it? Cautions? Does it work?
 
You’ll lose weight, but you may also get…. Cross eyed, bad breath, babies born naked, a new left toe, anal itching, transmission leaks, the urge to watch Hallmark movies, and fear of clowns.
 
Know someone who's been on a clinical trial on such a drug. Had lost 80 pounds in ten months.

Yes, there have been side effects. Upset stomach, digestive upsets, etc.

But eighty pounds that they've carried for 30 years. Legs, knees, and hips are a LOT happier. Feeling a lot better about their appearance.

Be advised, too, how these work. They're not enablers for gluttony. Massive kill of appetite, full up very quickly. Buying six ounce steaks instead of twelve ounce, and STILL bringing leftovers home. Perception of taste skewed as well, actually dislikes sweets.

When I retired seven years ago, I went on a traditional diet. Lost 65 pounds. Despite twice-weekly workouts, 30 pounds of that were muscle (as measured by my trainer). So it's little different from the new drugs.

Ron Wanttaja
 
They say that if you take it, you will lose weight.
And most of that weight will be muscle weight, meaning you will need to double up on your weight-bearing exercises.
But when you stop taking it, you will gain that weight back.
Sounds like a scam to me to get you to keep sending them money for the rest of your life.

Wrapping a double cheeseburger with bacon in lettuce is the epitome of putting lipstick on a pig.
 
From what I know about those sorts of drugs is that they do not address the underlying cause, and so you'll regain the weight when it's over... Except maybe not the muscle mass that comes from losing weight too fast.

My wife is on a GLP-1 antagonist now, and has lost weight. It's a good thing. I'm just concerned that she'll gain it back. I was addicted to carbs, but she takes it to another level!

Personally I was on a drug called Contrave three different times. Not as effective I think, as the GLP agonists but similar results all around. This after many many years of trying to eat salads, move more...all the standard stuff.... weight would go down and back up, but I never really lost enough on it.

finally I went no carb and I feel like I discovered the root underlying cause....addiction to carbs. I Cut the carbs and the weight will fall off, easier than anything else...and it has stayed off this time, going on two years. Lots of other things improved with it too! I just wish that I would have taken up weight training at the same time, and tried to throttle the loss rate a little better.
 
I have a guy who went from 256 to 278 to 299 to 317. He needed it. He already had sleep apnea and a bout of A Fib and a big fat SI. Was I going to wait until he actually had diabetes, in addition....while he's on YOUR fight deck?

So it has uses.....
 
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