Why are many severely overweight people not using GLP-1 treatments?

[Donteatmychips]

Just a pondering when I was on a day out yesterday. I know of course that there is an economic cost to GLP1s, but is there really really any excuse to such widespread obesity these days? I was walking around a seaside town and a National Trust property, and I would say a good half of those around were still large. I understand they are not that easily prescribed on the NHS, but I believe you can shop around and find deals from various online pharmacies. Is it just more that people don’t want to?

For full disclosure, I am on a GLP1 that I acquired elsewhere by walking into a pharmacy and just asking for it. Yes, it cost a lot of money and I know I am lucky to be in a position to have done that. I fought being on one for a long time and it’s not a magic bullet, but it does help and I’m grateful for that.

I know that modern versions of obesity are skewed, but I am talking really about people maybe 250lbs or over now, not just a stone to lose.

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But staying morbidly obese is safe?

I agree with you on this. There were no longer term studies for antidepressants, and lots of people stay on them for years. Now of course, doctors are saying that they aren't as safe or necessary medication as once recommended. Perhaps some might say that about WLI one day too.😞😵‍💫

Presumably money, and also the fact that no-one knows yet what the long term effects will be.

Jeez give it a rest with the judgement. There was a thread in weightloss a day or so ago from someone on GLP’s judging how much food others ate. Do these injections give some folk a good dose of arseholitis as well as curb their appetites? Is this a newly thin syndrome or something? I can’t be doing with sanctimonious people, especially ones who judge others bodies when they were once obese themselves.

I’ve been slim my entire life and not once have I judged someone’s weight or questioned why they haven’t been on a diet because frankly it’s none of my business.

I genuinely don't understand it. These examples aren't about being a particular clothes size or looking a certain way; these are people whose health is demonstrably adversely affected by their weight. I don't know if 'morbidly obese' is still a term that's used, but that's the category my relative was in. Almost housebound. Depressed. In pain. Unable to work, and showers once a week. But won't be seen to be jumping on the weight loss bandwagon.

I’d assume it’s the cost or contraindications.

I'm in England so what is 250lb in stones?

Yes, it cost a lot of money and I know I am lucky to be in a position to have done that

@Donteatmychips Surely you've just answered your own question?

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It gives people a reality check and they realise just how fat everyone is and when there is a medication out there they find it hard to understand why someone wouldn't sort themselves out instead of staying in the state they are.

Becau

14lbs in a stone.
Divide 250 by 14.

Wrinkles aren’t going to kill you

Re the gym being expensive, if someone wants to start an exercise program but cannot afford a gym membership, there are ways (gyms are my idea of hell).

YouTube has loads of fitness videos you can follow along with that need no equipment, plus walking is widely thought to be the most effective cardio/calorie-burning exercise you can do.

The weights and treadmill I use now I bought, but when I started out, I used Facebook Marketplace to find free/cheap things. My first treadmill cost me £40 and lasted about 3 years.

Running clubs are usually free and most welcome people of all shapes and fitness levels. Ours has a beginners group once a week where 1 or 2 of volunteer to take turns running at the pace of the slowest member, even if that pace is walking slowly.

No judgment if you hate exercise/just don't want to, but if finances are holding you back, there are ways.

Though not so disadvantaged that they can still stuff themselves with more food than their body requires to survive.

Why does it bother you that other people are large?

Because we can’t afford to? Wary of potential side effects? Wary of long term effects?

This kind of post is why we need fat liberation.

Bet the poster things anyone different should change themselves to meet her standards.

Maybe they should have scales and bmi calculators at the admissions gate of NT properties?
Just in case staff cant tell by looking (like OP) how much someone weighs...
It must have been quite a boring trip if your main take-away (excuse the pun) was how many fat people you saw

It absolutely is on the current prescribing guidelines. It’s why there’s challenges in people accessing maintenance dosing.

Yes, in the wider medication picture there are plenty that are long term / life long but that’s not currently the widely approved recommended use. It’s an off licence use in many countries. Than understandably makes some wary.

You can buy a 1500 kcal frozen pizza from Iceland for £1. Cheap food is usually high in fat, salt, calories, and UPFs.

Ok, for those saying this is a goady post - it isn’t, but this may be. Money, I get it. But the upfront cost could also be seen as a reflection of a lower food bill as a result. So maybe they even out

Isn't this just a variation on the theme "ugh why are fatties fat" YAWN

@Donteatmychips "Why are you using weight loss drugs? Never heard of will power and exercise? " Is something I would never say IRL or on a thread I thought was in good faith and non-baity

Personally I am too scared of the long term side effects. And also the short term ones to be honest. A friend of mine was on Wegovy. She lost a stone and a half and ended up in A&E with a blocked bowel and was very poorly. I’ll keep on with trying to fix myself with diet and exercise. Some weeks are better than others. But I still try! Shame other people are so judgy…. Makes me sad to think I could be enjoying a nice day out and other people are secretly condemning me!