Weight loss jabs: What happens when you stop taking them

Post by thefz » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 6:37 AM UTC

AaronAPU wrote: post #33

jmward01 wrote: post #8

Other medications become lifelong medications but without this level of scrutiny. I am 100% in favor of finding a more permanent treatment, but switching blood pressure meds, and cholesterol meds, and other daily meds for a single once a week med is a massive improvement, especially since the all source mortality data keeps rolling in showing the efficacy here is orders of magnitude better than all the other medicati…

But it is factually true that it’s a matter of willpower, no amount of reframing it is going to change that. It’s not like others like myself, currently on a cut cycle, don’t experience hunger. The idea that we are just “lucky” ignores all the willpower and discipline we fight through to do it ourselves. I’ve eaten about 800 calories today and it is 4pm. Just finished 90 minutes on the indoor bike. My stomach feels h…

Post by sergiosgc » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:40 AM UTC

thefz wrote: post #64

paulpauper wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A constant issue here is that we keep calling this a 'weight loss drug' and society views being fat as a moral failing ant that you 'just don't have the will power' to overcome. We need to stop. If this is a lifelong drug it is worth it compared to the relatively ineffective, and just as lifelong, alternatives out there. I have noticed much less moralizing over the issue now compared to 2-3 years ago. I think more pe…

The article explains they they are not safe nor effective

Post by Fire-Dragon-DoL » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 10:43 AM UTC

lr4444lr wrote: post #81

Question for people who have trouble losing fat (this was never my problem): have you ever tried instead of dieting to just force yourself to eat more fruits, vegetables, and protein daily while also allowing yourself free range in the remaining appetite room to have whatever? The human mind/brain/whatever doesn't do well with deprivation of a high dopamine reward, but what would happen if you started to shift your t…

Post by xorcist » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 1:50 PM UTC

jmward01 wrote: post #8

Other medications become lifelong medications but without this level of scrutiny. I am 100% in favor of finding a more permanent treatment, but switching blood pressure meds, and cholesterol meds, and other daily meds for a single once a week med is a massive improvement, especially since the all source mortality data keeps rolling in showing the efficacy here is orders of magnitude better than all the other medicati…

Post by shadowpho » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 5:17 PM UTC

paulpauper wrote: post #71

iwanttocomment wrote: post #35

We need to start looking at obesity as a hunger disorder, and not as the result of an addiction, a lack of knowledge about nutrition, or a lack of self control. When an obese person regulates their eating and loses weight, the hunger often doesn't go away - and often increases. This is physical, not psychological hunger. When the obese person almost inevitably returns to eating to fullness, they regain weight. When a…

In many obese people, the hunger is present even when they eat a nutritious meal at the appropriate number of calories to maintain their weight. Common advice is to say "this mix of macros or foods makes me satisfied!" and, well, that's great for you but not universal. Yup..the high failure rate of dieting is true regardless of the type of food or the macros. Lecturing to 'just eat healthy' as the default mode of adv…