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I would imagine that you can mitigate the issues with adequate lifestyle changes.
That's what the company behind Ozempic tells people.
In reality it's more like telling people "just stop taking coke/meth/heroin".
I know people that bariatric treatment like a miracle drug and refuse to adjust, consciously or subconsciously, and I know people that have changed their whole lifestyle and have subsequently enjoyed the lasting success it has brung. No one is saying anything is easy, but you absolutely have to try. Opportunities are there to be taken.
Oh, the Novo Nordisk marketing department arrived.
I'm curious, are you on the weight loss drugs, have a family member on the weight loss drugs are just trying to be a sanctimonious edgy poster?
No, you just sound like their marketing department.
So why are you here? It's a topic that doesn't even remotely affect you.
My diabetes doc thought about prescribing it, so I checked the medical journals (not Facebook or such shit), and what i learned scared the hell out of me. As way more people listen to internet shitheads than medical journals, I'm just relaying the message.
Key point is, there is no easy way out of Ozempic and friends, despite Novo Nordisk influencers trying to sell that it "just takes some discipline". Just like it takes just a bit of discipline to get off crack...
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Iβve had several friends and family members take the jabs. Theyβve all kept the weight off after coming off the jabs but they all had to make lifestyle changes.
Which isnβt a surprise. Their lifestyle before the jabs was the reason they needed the jabs. Carry on as you were before and the weight is guaranteed to come back.
Which is why I find comments like
Perplexing. Weight loss jobs are supposed to aid you, not carry you. Even in the article, one of the women said she came off the jabs and started binge eating again and I'm like, "WTF, why are you coming off the drug then?" Society keeps stoking up fear regarding these drugs instead of accepting them as a societal win. I liked what the article said about providing support, but I also think effort needs to go into, rather than just stopping, step people down and ween them off so the change feels seamless.
If these people found lifestyle changes easy, they wouldn't be on the weight loss meds.
They sound like a gastric band you subscribe to. The capitalist solution to being fat.
Oh fuck off. So now we're gonna gatekeep health and fitness, because you think it's too easy. Absolutely fuck off!