beginning to panic

[ashamedtramp]

ive used the injections very successfully for just over a year now, and am really happy with the results, but at christmas it was time to stop. my BMI was at 27, i was looking great and feeling great.

so i stopped.. and although i have not piled masses of weight back on, probs a couple of poounds, i'm panicing because my eating is now totally out of control and i don't want to be back there again.

i've now ordered another pen! i had to send photos in this time round, must be a new thing since i did them last year.

and now i wait for the answer.. what do i do if i can't have another prescription? am i destined to just get fat again? how do i curb these ridiculous binge eating sessions?

i really wish now, believe it or not, that i hadn't started the things in the first place, because i have been given happiness for the first time in years about my weight, and to attain it, im stuck (if i can get them) these injections.

anyone come off them successfully?

I think I’ve realized it’s simply chemical for me. All it took was injecting 2.5mg of this drug to turn me overnight into someone who didn’t want to eat too much and didn’t like high calorie foods. Just hormonal difference. My brain chemistry directs me to calories. MJ tweaks it to where it should be, now that humans are long-lived and have ready access to a reliable food supply. I hope to take it or equivalent on a low dose forever.

If you are still exercising and burning calories and eating on a calorie deficit, the couple of pounds is more likely muscle mass than fat gain.

Have you been taking body measurements throughout? The scales and therefore BMI conversion when you say you are leaner and fitter than other PPs won't be the same so why is it causing you panic?

Snacking isn't causing the weight gain if you are in a calorie deficit. Getting nasty with people who reply because of your disordered eating isn't going to help either.
If you have no willpower not to eat snacks don't buy them.

Obesity is NOT a biological disease ffs.

You might want to tell the World Health Organisation that they've got it all wrong then @thesoundofmucas

Pesky scientists messing about with their definitions and empirical evidence, they should just ask you 🙄

can you give your scientific and medical credentials please to validate you’re not just some random making stuff up? Clearly the medical bodies like the who do give their credentials and happy to back it up. I’m assuming you are willing to do the same.

could you also substantiate with your findings on why things like insulin resistance, metabolic disease are not real. That they do not cause weight gain and it’s just people are greedy and eat too much.

also whilst you’re there, what are you views on the world is flat and elvis being alive and working down your local chip shop? We would love to hear them.

I think some folks don’t know what a disease is. They think it’s catching or something. Like a sti.

when the definition is

a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that has a known cause and a distinctive group of symptoms, signs, or anatomical changes.

and obesity falls into this category.

Like it's not possible to snack on food that is otherwise not designated 'snack food' 😆🙄

Are you weighing out your food? If you are training 3/4 times a week and PT you potentially could not be eating enough calories. And gym weight could be muscle. When I stopped I put on a bit too but maintained my food habits which sounds like you are. Could just be a wee bit of post Christmas indulgence too. Don't be too hard on yourself. Youve clearly changed your mindset as you are still really active x

Snacking on carrot sticks is not going to cause anyone to gain several pounds where eating multiple bags of crisps and chocolate bars will.

OP complains she has no willpower not to eat so don't have the stuff causing the problem in the house.

Also possible to snack on healthy low calorie food. You think that's what OP is doing?

Also WLI prescribers ask specifically if you have a history of ED. Binge eating is an ED. So she should never have been prescribed them.

Binge eating is not an eating disorder. Binge eating disorder is an eating disorder. Not all people who binge have BED.

Also WLI prescribers ask specifically if you have a history of ED. Binge eating is an ED. So she should never have been prescribed them.

Just because they ask the question doesn't necessarily mean they won't prescribe if the answer is yes. There have been studies showing no change, or even improvements in eating habits in patients with BED on GLP1s. It's not necessarily a bad combo.

I know someone who is on the diabetic version of this drug.

Gradually over the years the cravings came back. I would consider his eating to now be unhealthy.

About 2/3 of the weight came back but his face remains slim.

I’m not sure if this is individual to him or to diabetics but it is worth considering because if the law of diminishing returns applies then it’s going to be disappointing for a lot of people.

There is no diabetic version.

It's better for your diabetic acquaintance to have lost the weight for a period of time and to have not regained all of it, over the years. It's totally irrelevant whether his face is slim or not. I don't know what that comment is meant to suggest to us.

Semaglutide
Medication

Semaglutide is an anti-diabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and an anti-obesity medication used for long-term weight management. It is a peptide similar to the hormone

Also known as Ozempic.

I thought the observation might be of interest.

There’s no need to be frosty.

@graceinspace999 not frosty, simply genuinely puzzled as to what that snippet was intended for.

thank you.. your comment was very helpful

to be very honest, i've got on the scales today, and i'm actually back to goal?? i think i just began to panic and worry i was going to regain the 4.5 stone i've lost back overnight!

i am still counting calories, still exercising and using my PT instructor, but i have noticed i am less disciplined when evening comes around and i'm definiately 'snacky'.

i do lack will power. but i seem to have pulled it back again so manybe it was just a blip and i just started overthinking too soon.

i really don't want to go back to where i was is all.. and i didn't want to throw away all that effort.

I can’t see what is puzzling as it’s written in bog-standard English.

Perhaps you meant to say you didn’t like the comment.

Or, maybe you derived a meaning that was not intended.

Nope just wondered what the point was of mentioning what your diabetic acquaintance's face looked like! You've said it was for "interest" whatever that is meant to mean.

Semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) and Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) are two different drugs. OP is on Mounjaro from her responses.

They are both used to treat Type 2 diabetes. That's their primary use.

What exactly is your problem with this? It’s well know that a lot of people find their face becomes very slim or even gaunt on weight loss drugs.

I am saying that this didn’t change for him despite the weight gain elsewhere.

You refer to yourself as ‘us’ and your comment is quite frosty.

Who gave you the right to decide on the relevance of a comment?

I added my observation to a debate whereas you just commented on a comment.

OP is on wegovy...