I had my first injection of Ozempic this morning

As you increase every week you might get diarrhea, which happened to me. I did lose 35 lbs.

It kills your appetite, just give it time. Good luck!

What dosage are you on?

I've lost 56 lbs...started Feb 2nd.

I haven't gotten diarrhea with increased dosage...if anything, I have to be wary about not going more than 3 days without a bowel movement.

Good luck, OP. Also, don't think "I should eat breakfast" (or insert any meal here)...just go with it when you don't feel like eating. Believe me, you're not going to waste away to nothing.

How old are you? Honestly I can’t see doing this unless you work to get muscle and firm because the wasting sagging skin, chin, cheeks, is not attractive.

Once a week 12.5 whatever its called lol. I had to use the magnifying glass but i got it right.

I work out R4. I'll take my chances. But thanks! I'm wary of that.

R4. You do realize that's an argument against losing weight in general, right?

OP Ozempic oyezempic you'll always be this inside...

Doo doos galore! The runs, the runs, the runs! I had the runs constantly.

It can also induce super constipation.

Unfortunately, OP, you’ll need also to divorce L’il Debbie to make that thing work for ya. 😥

I have no idea where people get the idea that EVERYONE who takes Ozempic gets diarrhea. For myself and two other people that have taken it, that's not been the case - it's usually the opposite where you don't go everyday.

You *can* have some stomach upset with things you may have been able to eat with no issues BEFORE Ozempic...it's simply the body reacting to something that it doesn't agree with, and most people figure it out (Okay, not going to eat THAT again while on this medication).

Yes I understand R7. It’s just the losing weight rapidly seems to be the main appeal. Which may not look that great. And I think that appearance is the main appeal of this stuff. I mean, there is a wasting look apparent on someone like Rosie among others . If you want to kil your appetite there’s Adderall.

I get diarrhea eating ice cream.

I took Ozempic for three months earlier this year and dropped 30 pounds. I am 50, so I increased the gym routine to gain some extra muscle and did not get any loose skin that a bit of decent moisturiser did not take care of. No gauntness around the face either.

I got constipation badly, basically like trying to shit a brick which Lactulose and some extra vegetables in the diet took care of fairly easily.

I am currently taking Mounjaro, which has not been as powerful for me for losing weight; it curbs appetite somewhat and has some extra anti-inflammatory benefits which Ozempic does not have (such as for the brain and joints), but I have not been able to shed very many pounds on it.

One side effect I loved about Ozempic is it restored my love of drinking coffee; after cutting back to just a single tiny shot in the mornings, was then able to chug down the stuff gleefully nearly all day without getting any jitters.

Ozempic works the best and fastest if you inject it into your eye. But be sure to alternate eyes with each shot.

Diarrhea? I have the opposite problem.

Why is it left to me to point out what you others are missing?

". . . . . so I can wear my nice clothes again for a trip to London".

OP, how many years ago were you 40 pounds lighter? Fashions, like your waistline, have changed since then. Do yourself a favor and take whatever money you save by not eating and buy some nice high-end jeans, a nice pair of slacks, and a good wool blazer. Have the blazer and slacks tailored to your new frame, whatever it's shape or size. Throw in a couple of nice collared shirts and polos and that's all you need for London. Or anywhere else.

Just stop eating sugar, rice, bread and pasta and you’ll lose weight.

R13 Why shouldn’t they take it for reasons other than health? It’s uncomfortable to be even slightly overweight, and there are health benefits from losing weight in general.

What’s with the comment about Adderal? It seems like the issue of weight causes you to say weird and indefensible things for some reason. You may want to look into that.

[quote]It's been 12 hours and I'm still fat.

The Datalounge is in awe of your commitment!

Download Cronometer and track your macros, OP, and eat enough animal-based protein.

You don’t want to diet your way into losing heart muscle and having a heart attack like Laird Cregar.

OP, come back to us when stuff starts running off both sides.

Are you able to shit, OP?

I started it in March of last year, but I did a modified version - waiting more time between injections to see if I could wean myself off of the medicine while maintaining the weight and not re-ballooning back to 215 pounds where I started. I finally stopped after I got to 190 pounds and I stayed in a band between 190 and 195 pounds from about September through April of this year.

I started it again, and my goal is to get down to 175 pounds. I never used higher doses before but I am now. It's murder on the appetite and I take a zofran to deal with the nausea'ish feeling that I get on the 2d and 3d day after a shot.

How are people getting the runs on these drugs? Like other folks have described, it seems to shut down your bowels. I guess if the little food you eat is junk, then, yeah, you're gonna shit junk.

But I force myself to eat a couple pieces of fruit (I hate fruit) and some vegetables every day just to make sure that the little fuel my body is getting is more helpful than the Doritos I would rather eat.

Over the last 8 years, I gained a lot of weight, and could not figure out why. I exercised, really watched my calorie intake, but I kept gaining weight and I felt like crap. Two months ago, I was hospitalized with what they suspected was heart failure. Turns out, my thyroid was the problem. No heart problem. They prescribed a thyroid medication and I’ve lost 35 pounds

“I can’t help that I’m fat, I have a glandular condition!”

I have a friend at work who's gotten noticeably fatter over the last couple of years. He told me he suffers from sleep apnea now and needs a CPAP machine, and his doctor just prescribed him a new medication that's supposed to help with his sleep apnea and that works like Ozempic. He's so excited to be on it because he's hoping to lose 50 pounds. Seems like there are more and more drugs these days that have Ozempic-like effects.

I lost 40 pounds by lowering my calories and exercising more. Strange huh?

Not strange, R29. That works too.

R29 Exercise and calorie counting is so 2023.

I lost about 30 lbs and plateaued. I haven’t increased my dosage. It’s been two years. It’s helped my A1C, which wasn’t high to begin with, and it’s lowered my cholesterol, which also wasn’t high to begin with. It also somewhat helps regulate my IBS. It’s no longer helping with weight loss outside of still helping with cravings, but it’s had so many other positive benefits. I’m stuck in a place where I don’t know if I should stop taking it.

That's the thing about Ozempic and similar drugs - you eventually plateau, and if you stop taking them but don't change your eating and exercise habits, that weight's gonna come right back...and then some.

I prefer a drug-free form of weight loss, but good luck to you OP.

Good Luck!

R35 But doesn't Ex-Lax count as a drug, Miss Carpenter?

[quote] That's the thing about Ozempic and similar drugs - you eventually plateau, and if you stop taking them but don't change your eating and exercise habits, that weight's gonna come right back...and then some.

I think pretty much everyone taking them realises that.

And how is that different from dieting without medication? The failure rate of that approach is nearly 100 percent if you have been long-term overweight. That’s why I find these supposedly inspiring stories of extreme weight loss so depressing. You know it’s going to come back. That’s why I’m relieved when I learn the extreme weight loss is from ozempic. Then I have some confidence ut hasn’t all been a massive waste of time.

[quote] I lost 40 pounds by lowering my calories and exercising more. Strange huh?

Come back to us with a status update in two years. Thanks much!

Google AI: “ A significant portion of individuals regain weight after discontinuing Ozempic (or similar GLP-1 medications like Wegovy), with some studies indicating that nearly 20% may regain all the weight they lost, and another 26% regaining more than a quarter of their original weight, according to Axios and the New York Post. A 2021 clinical trial of semaglutide showed that nearly 14% of participants didn't lose even 5% of their body weight. However, some individuals can maintain their weight loss after stopping the medication, particularly if they make lifestyle changes like adopting a healthy diet and exercise routine”

The people most against these drugs are fattos who want to stay fat and want company in the fat group.

GET MOVING!

The faces of Ozempic.

You plateau but the half-life of Semaglutide is one week. After five to eight weeks, it's completely washed out of your system, and you can start again at the lower dose.

That's why people commonly switch between the two peptides, Monjuro and Ozempic. Have a break, and your sensitivity returns.

"I'd kill for diarrhea!"

[R42], can you explain to me like in 5 what half-life means when we are talking about drugs?

When half the dosage you took has cleared your body, R44

I did my weekly Zepbound shot on Friday night. Just now I took my supplements with a bottle of water and got heartburn. I don't give a fuck, the weight's coming off like I wanted it to.