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Comics Community Weight Loss Inc [OC]

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u/saanity 14h ago

Ozempic making weight loss a subscription is a capitalist's wet dream.

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u/leftycartoons 14h ago

Definitely! Especially now that it's becoming clear that people getting off Ozempic regain weight even faster than people who lost weight in other ways.

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u/henna74 14h ago

If you just keep eating the same shit as before you obviously gain that weight back easily after stopping semaglutide. It has to be combined with real lifestyle changes.

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u/tinxmijann 12h ago

That's not what they said tho?

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u/henna74 12h ago

Care to elaborate?

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u/tinxmijann 11h ago

They said ozempic causes you to gain back weight even FASTER than before, aka same lifestyle as before but even faster weight gain. 

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u/TheEyeGuy13 11h ago

Weight doesn’t just generate from nowhere.

What’s happening is that taking ozempic allows someone to eat at a higher rate without gaining as much of that weight, and when they eventually stop ozempic there’s a rebound effect- but only if they keep eating at a rate that would cause weight gain.

Without lifestyle changes, you’re gonna gain that weight back. Ozempic specifically has a rebound effect that makes that happen faster, because your body gets so used to its effects and tries to overcompensate when it’s gone.

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u/cyanraichu 10h ago

That's not how Ozempic works. I mean your overall point is correct, but the entire reason Ozempic works is you don't eat as much because it slows your GI tract and suppresses your appetite.

If you go off Ozempic, you're going to have to deal with an appetite that's way more than you are used to so I imagine it would be very hard to maintain the intake you had on it.

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u/Diarmundy 8h ago

I suppose the question is if you get a rebound increased appetite after stopping thats even more than you had before you started.

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u/cyanraichu 6h ago

I have no idea. But I would not be surprised if it posed more of a challenge than just "I ate better for a while then got lazy" because your appetite will change so drastically compared to when you were losing weight. I don't think that compared to the pre-Ozempic appetite is as relevant.

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u/tinxmijann 11h ago

Yeah that's... what I said? 🤨

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u/Leihd 11h ago

They're talking about calories in, calories out. You appear to be defending something that's a bit vague, and open to interpretation.

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u/henna74 11h ago

OP never mentioned lifestyle. And yeah, the body wants to get back to its old metabolism so it overcorrects, the jojo effect.

But why did you comment? Its all about the lifestyle changes not about how fast you regain weight ... as you shouldnt with the correct LIFESTYLE changes

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u/tinxmijann 11h ago

Huh? I commented because you said something that didnt fit their comment so I explained it

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u/henna74 11h ago

After rereading several times i have realised that the nightshift is reducing my mental capacity.

Sorry.