Ozempic & Wegovy in Singapore

[bluerhino]

Used to use ozempic for few months, lost few kg and hit plateau. Experienced vomitting in public few times due to eating a bit more. It’s not sustainable.

practicing calorie deficit and strength training is more sustainable and have better result, which I’m doing now for more than 1 year. Lose much more fat compared to using ozempic.

calorie deficit here can be achieved with intermittent fasting and take replacement meal with whey protein shake only on one of the meals per day. It works.

I agree with you on the calorie deficient part. I also tried intermittent fasting before. Usually can last 1-2 months and lose a few kg. The moment encounter any holiday period or family celebrations like CNY, Xmas all the old habits come back and weight bounce back super quickly. That’s why I feel I don’t have the mental strength to keep it up.

 

[kensk76]

Was prescribed ozempic about 2 years ago. It was a few hundred dollars for about 4 weeks supply. Not cheap at all.
It did curb my appetite and lost some wt at first.
The injection to my belly also caused some skin issues like patches, etc. ..maybe didn't insert properly.
Chose not to continue, as I couldn't afford it and I find it cheaper to just do more exercise ( not walking!) to help control appetite.
After some strenuous workout, you won't feel like eating junk after that as you'll feel all the "suffering" will be wasted.

 

[Charles_Chi4]

I agree with you on the calorie deficient part. I also tried intermittent fasting before. Usually can last 1-2 months and lose a few kg. The moment encounter any holiday period or family celebrations like CNY, Xmas all the old habits come back and weight bounce back super quickly. That’s why I feel I don’t have the mental strength to keep it up.

Intermittent fasting is about habit. Once u’ve done it for more than 2 weeks, u are used to it already. It’s ok to eat more during festive seasons, i believe not everyday right? U can resume to IF during normal day.

For meal replacement, u can do it this way. Do it only on normal working days. During weekend when u need to go out having dinner with friends or family, u can still enjoy good food. And resume again meal replacement the day after.

It’s all about habit and dun feel pressured while doing it. U still can enjoy normal food occasionally to make sure u enjoy the whole process with no burden.

 

[DragonFire]

Injurious cold turkey from food?

Humans weren't meant to be fed 24/7 and natural hunger is a survival mechanism as it encourages our bodies to burn our own stored fats as energy

We won't die if we don't eat for a day else we would have been extinct a long time ago

With these drugs it is possible to go more days without food than you should since the hunger drive is gone.

 

[MrAwesomeX]

Starting this thread to find information and for edmw bbfa to share experience. I was inspired by the viagra thread where there were a lot of very useful and non trolling responses for anyone too shy to go see a dr.

For a bb like me I have been reading up on these 2 drugs with interest. The oral version seems easier for me to take. Question to anyone who is on the drug

- How to get it? Does any GP doctor have it? Will they prescribe based on your bmi? I am bmi 30 so does that qualify.
- How much does it cost? Will polyclinic have it?
- Also whats your experience taking it? Any side effects? Lose how much weight in what period?

There's a Viagra thread meh?

Tot Edmw mods very sensitive to sexual related topics .

 

[testerjp]

Someone once came up with the theory that all of us have a homeostatic weight that our bodies decide is "best" for us, and not "ideal" weight that we want

Hence, it may be hard to lose weight below that level without seriously compromising our health

Anyway, metabolism can be "maintained" through strength training and HIIT workouts

It's true.

If want to one meal a day, better do some exercise to allow your blood to run. I do need to lift things 1/3 my weight sometimes.

Never dizzy or lack of energy in that 4 years.

My BP from 13x to 10x.

Problem was my ldl shot up.

 

[MrAwesomeX]

Intermittent fasting is about habit. Once u’ve done it for more than 2 weeks, u are used to it already. It’s ok to eat more during festive seasons, i believe not everyday right? U can resume to IF during normal day.

For meal replacement, u can do it this way. Do it only on normal working days. During weekend when u need to go out having dinner with friends or family, u can still enjoy good food. And resume again meal replacement the day after.

It’s all about habit and dun feel pressured while doing it. U still can enjoy normal food occasionally to make sure u enjoy the whole process with no burden.

Moi tried 16 8 Intermittent fasting for ard a mth .

Initially feels more energetic but gradually your body adapts .
It's use to hone your discipline/schedule I suppose. Doesn't do that much for health nor weight tbh .

 

[testerjp]

With these drugs it is possible to go more days without food than you should since the hunger drive is gone.

I can don't eat for days.

It's a habitual thing to eat. Not because that I'm really hungry.

And everyone been saying that must 3 meals diet. Actually in most times, humans hardly had enough for even two meals.

But it does makes your metabolism drop and lead you to be depressed. Physically, there no issue.

I'm more disgusted of eating too much than worrying of eating too little.

 

[testerjp]

Moi tried 16 8 Intermittent fasting for ard a mth .

Initially feels more energetic but gradually your body adapts .
It's use to hone your discipline/schedule I suppose. Doesn't do that much for health nor weight tbh .

I 16 8 all my life. I don't eat breakfast.

If you skip one meal, it's easy to achieve that but it won't cut your weight as fast.

Fasting can renew your cells which is a big plus but that may only happen if you fast for a number of days, even one meal a day is not enough. But I remember there's refeeding syndrome which could be fatal.

 

[NintendoSwitch]

Injurious cold turkey from food?

Humans weren't meant to be fed 24/7 and natural hunger is a survival mechanism as it encourages our bodies to burn our own stored fats as energy

We won't die if we don't eat for a day else we would have been extinct a long time ago

Fed 24/7 sounds like farming foie gras.

 

[bluerhino]

There's a Viagra thread meh?

Tot Edmw mods very sensitive to sexual related topics .

Got more than 1 somemore. You go search.

 

[tauntme]

got ozempic so good, those slimming centres can close down already??

 

[Charles_Chi4]

Moi tried 16 8 Intermittent fasting for ard a mth .

Initially feels more energetic but gradually your body adapts .
It's use to hone your discipline/schedule I suppose. Doesn't do that much for health nor weight tbh .

Actually it helps tricking our body to limit the intake per day, works for me. But i also heard some people getting worse because of binge eating during that short eating period which break the purpose.

But i think it’s a good alternative compared to taking ozempic. Ozempic has so many drawbacks for me, one of them is possibility of having thyroid cancer.

In my opinion, IF, meal replacement, ozempic, etc are all about calorie deficit, to take less calorie a day. And that’s not enough. Any effort to lower fat, will lower muscle mass as well. Weight training is a must to maintain or even gain more muscle.

 

[carey]

With these drugs it is possible to go more days without food than you should since the hunger drive is gone.

If anyone who have tried water fasting for 72 hours or longer, hunger seems to go away after 48 hours or so, and the urge to eat diminishes almost to nothing - our bodies are probably enjoying the cleaner burn from ketones as a fuel source

Many who have tried, said they explained better mental clarity, increased energy and even higher libido

I have personally fasted over 120 hours a couple of times already - nothing to it

Anyway, I tend to listen to my body these days - eat when I am hungry and don't if I am not; no need to observe traditional meal times

 

[carey]

Fed 24/7 sounds like farming foie gras.

Feeding livestock

 

[carey]

It's true.

If want to one meal a day, better do some exercise to allow your blood to run. I do need to lift things 1/3 my weight sometimes.

Never dizzy or lack of energy in that 4 years.

My BP from 13x to 10x.

Problem was my ldl shot up.

LDL isn't the issue

No studies have conclusively shown that higher LDL causes strokes or heart events

Instead, many found that higher cholesterol, even LDL, is protective as we age

I think of cholesterol as a means to repair our bodies - as we age, we would need more repairs

LDL carries cholesterol to the damaged sites; HDL brings back the cholesterol to our livers for recycling

If cholesterol isn't important, why would our bodies even attempt to recycle it?

Won't it be passed out as waste if it's really bad for us?

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j....nTJnap48x_aem_WAMdds3ic7C9HAbooMPrtw&sfnsn=wa

 

[carey]

Moi tried 16 8 Intermittent fasting for ard a mth .

Initially feels more energetic but gradually your body adapts .
It's use to hone your discipline/schedule I suppose. Doesn't do that much for health nor weight tbh .

What we eat is also important

If we do 16/8 without cleaning up our diet, it won't do much good

Imagine doing intermittent fasting and then breaking the fast with junk food, super sweet stuff and other unhealth food - it may make things worse

We need to understand why we are doing what we are doing first

As always, we need to feed our minds first, then our bodies

 

[halocast]

Lose weight is not rocket science.

Diet, exercise, sleep and mindset

 

[Ultima Online]

On a related note, doctors are also prescribing glp 1 agonists (eg. Ozempic) for kidney disease, as it protects the kidneys by slowing down (or potentially stopping) CKD progression.

But there are risks and side effects you should be careful about.

 

[ceestudent]

If anyone who have tried water fasting for 72 hours or longer, hunger seems to go away after 48 hours or so, and the urge to eat diminishes almost to nothing - our bodies are probably enjoying the cleaner burn from ketones as a fuel source

Many who have tried, said they explained better mental clarity, increased energy and even higher libido

I have personally fasted over 120 hours a couple of times already - nothing to it

Anyway, I tend to listen to my body these days - eat when I am hungry and don't if I am not; no need to observe traditional meal times

I think you are misunderstand with what he/she meant. He/she is saying about the person who consume ozempic. This medicine is tweaking the brain to control the hunger.
Hence, you cannot compare with normal human who doesn't take the medicine..