Launch HN: Fella (YC W20) – Tackling men's obesity using medication and coaching

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Post by throwawayboise » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 5:13 PM UTC

civilized wrote: post #25

robomartin wrote: post #20

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Congrats on having a relatively easy time losing weight, but you're not the only person in the world, and not everyone's body works the same as yours. Your scolding of a clinically proven weight loss approach for not being what you did is solipsistic and ignorant. Your approach is, like the others, one among many that will work for some people.

Post by wxnx » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 5:26 PM UTC

rich-cartwright wrote: post #16

wxnx wrote: post #10

This is really interesting as someone who works as part of a group who takes products similar to this to market! Thank you for sharing. You mentioned the medication is as effective in women as it is in men. While I understand men are underserved in this space and so I respect the decision to focus on that population on that basis, I'm curious if there are business elements to that decision as well? Would you ever exp…

Sweet what's the group you're part of? Sounds interesting. It's obviously a great question about the focus on men, and something we think a lot about. My take: the whole industry is focused on women, and there are already cool companies taking a medication approach with branding clearly focused on women: https://www.joincalibrate.com/ , https://joinfound.com/ , https://www.formhealth.co/ I'm a fan of what these folks…

Post by lharries » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 5:39 PM UTC

thegypsyking wrote: post #56

What visa are you guys on in the us? I work at big corp on l1 and would love to be a founder but waiting for green card…

Post by jimmaswell » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 5:48 PM UTC

speeder wrote: post #46

jimmaswell wrote: post #37

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> basically the body fights hard against you as you try to lose weight by dieting. I used to weigh 310lbs, now I'm 215lbs. All I did was count calories to maintain a deficit and the results were essentially the same as predicted by the math. I was a bit hungry sometimes at first as I adjusted to it but that's really it. Prioritizing protein and fat over carbs helps with that. What ways does the body tend to fight aga…

I will use myself as an example: I have Hashimoto disease, and even treated my metabolism can get so slow that I need to eat so little that I start to have nutrient deficits, for example one of the past dieting attempts resulted in hair loss, brittle nails, cracking skin, because I needed so little calories that when I consumed exactly what I needed, I ended with a protein deficit. Only solution I found that worked w…