To be considering buying Ozempic

Are there any you don't have to inject?

Following as I would like to start it also bit unsure how to source etc

There are lots of threads about ozempic, wegovy, orlistat, saxenda etc on the weight loss board

North west England.
Bodyline

@OhSmitty thanks

What is NW? 🙈

I'd recommend bodyline clinic if you are in the NW. They medically supervise all WL medications. I chose the WL daily pills are they are cheaper rather than the weekly wegovy/ mounjaro jabs. I've lost 2st in 4months.

It's been an absolute godsend, I'm eating better and have established a great training routine.

PS - Vinted will be your friend for smaller clothes 😁

I'm another one who has found it life changing. I've been on it nearly a year (ozempic then wegovy) and have lost over 5 stone, BMI down from 35 to 24. I have also been trying to consistently work hard at the gym. I believe that there is evidence that if you lose weight quickly without exercising then you lose muscle as well as fat (pretty obvious really) and can end up with frailty issues so it is important to also try to exercise to some degree. I think a recent panorama programme about it was saying this. I have found side effects very tolerable. I have got gallstones, which could be linked, but then I was a sitting duck for gallstones anyway as a fat, fair, forty year old female. It is absolutely something to be taken very seriously and important to research it will. But I'm so delighted with the effects. Very determined to keep up my exercise and continue managing my diet and maintain my weight when I come off it soon. I'm now getting it from Boots. I would echo the recommendation to check out the ozempic/wegovy/mountjaro threads on the weight loss board. And good luck, whatever you decide!

You will get a lot of negative comments ('lose more muscle than fat' - wtf?) however I have nothing but positive things to say about it has been absolutely life changing for me.

Started last April and am now 7st down and feel great (BMI from 37.8 to 24). I am now weaning off of it but maintaining my weight loss.

It has changed my eating habits massively. I feel great. I have had some nausea (but haven't been sick) and some headaches. That's it.

For those that rush to say there are some real negative side effects (source?) there are some really negative side effects to being obese too!

Also it is easier to maintain my normal weight once I got here. It is too abstract to have enough staying power to stick to a diet when in reality you are so far from being a 'normal' weight not having that extra bit of food today is too far removed from being a normal weight in a years time iyswim?

Kate Moss said 'nothing tastes as good as being slim feels' - this means fuck all when you are obese. I had been overweight/obese for 20 odd years. I had no idea what being slim felt like! Now I do know it feels great and I will skip that extra bit of food to stay like this.

Absolutely life changing (also expensive - buying smaller clothes! And I love buying clothes now.)

Can you use it if you're not massively overweight? I need to lose two stone but thanks to PMDD I can't. I'd love to take it to lose that two stone.

I posted a similar question few weeks ago and I got mixed replies. I am considering this because I am already hypertensive (brought on by pregnancy and childbirth) and on medication for if for the past 8years + & I am gaining more weight with work from home 5 days a week and I go no where at all so more or less housebound 🙈 & no motivation to exercise (sort of dealing with a lot personally as well).

I have been thinking of creating the time to research how to get Ozempic over the counter etc to go on it because I am at risk of heart problems if I do not control this weight although my last hear screening was perfect but then I am worried as I am getting older and the wait for the screening result few weeks ago was exhausting because I was very worried as I know that my diet and weight is gone worse and sudden love for food knows no bound.

Pls OP, can you put the link of where you signed up to get Ozempic otc here please.

I bought Ozempic or similar weight loss injections from Boots, through their online pharmacy system

Fine, but

1. All the World and his wife wanted it and it was in short supply
2. Boots didn't take the sharps bins back

This meant lengthy waits for it to come back into stock after my initial order and then trailing around my town trying to find someone who'd take the bins

Even the Drug User Needle Exchanges didn't want to know

My partner is on the drug for his diabetes but called something different, he doesnt have 6 monthly tests, its yearly. He is type 2

However a person can ask their GP for tests but also arrange them privately if they are worried.

Come and chat to us on the Mounjato thread. It’s not long released in the U.K. It is liquid willpower.

Go for it. It didn't work for me but saxenda did and I'm now on Mounjaro looking forward to the results

These drugs help you to loose muscle more than fat

You're going to need to provide a source for that ridiculous claim. You don't seem to understand how hormones work.

I'm type 2 diabetic, and am taking medication for it. Every 6 months, I see my diabetic specialist nurse and have a full set of bloods that include liver and kidney function and overall blood glucose levels.

If you take buy this drug online and take it without medical supervision, you're risking long term damage to your organs. Not a risk I'd take for a quick fix. Losing weight is hard - I've lost 4 stone very very slowly but it's staying off.

I was 17 Stone this time last year. I am now just under 14 stone.

I have never had any side effects so it suits me quite well. There have been times when it has worked less well where I ate more and my weight fluctuated. I am now on the 1.7mg dose.

I am considering trying Mounjaro soon.

I buy it and am lucky to be able to afford it (just about!)

Whats your evidence for your first line?

They work by enabling someone to eat less, just like on any weight loss plan, whether that be WW, SW, surgery, lifestyle change whatever name you want to put to a calorie deficit

People do lose muscle when they lose weight, they lose muscle and fat, the proportions of that differ from person to person and are affecgted by genetics, starting weight, body composition, type of intake, exercise type

Weight loss tools are as quick a fix as you choose them to be. OP might lose 1lb a week on it. she might join a weight loss club and lose 2lb a week but Im sure the moral judgement of SW or WW would be less

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that people who lose lots of weight quickly (if that did happen to OP) are motivated to carry on and sustain that more than the slower loser, who gives up because they lose motivation

I'm 43 later this year, also 5'8" and I was 16st 5lbs when I started. I needed to lose weight after being told I was pre-diabetic. I believe that it can be done without medication. It's about massive lifestyle change.

I calorie count using My Fitness Pal to stay in deficit. Got a personal trainer and go to the gym or run 6 days a week. I'm down to 12st 7lbs. I have never felt better. My goal is 11st later this year.

It's been hard work but I know I can maintain this as this has to be forever. I'm comfortably in a size 14 and think I'll be a 12 by the end.

It's been hard and I've wanted to give up but for me the effort has absolutely been worth it. It's changed my mindset completely.

Personally I wouldn't take the medication route but you have to do what's right for you. Good luck whatever you decide.

So are the side effects of obesity.

Everyone I know who had orlistat literally shit themselves. I'm not even joking. It's the way the fat passes through you. Don't ever fart haha

What about something like Orlistat? I'm about to start on that. I will ask the gp about wegovy etc instead though based on some of these responses.

There is no way that I could afford this but if it ever came down to a price that was within my budget I would. It seems like a huge amount of money, there are so many things that I would do with £200/£300 before using that.