Ozempic has now definitely become a trend in big city gay communities too

[quote] the right

[quote] why do gays have to adopt these crazy trends that some straight women get on?

Not sure why you should care. I know I don't.

Fascinating, Faith Popcorn. What are the other trends in the Big City Gay Community Zeitgeist?

I'd say,

Enjoy the thyroid cancer and whatever other side effects are yet to be determined!

R2 because the US has at least 40% obesity rate. Many of them have diabetes. This drug, if used correctly, could save millions of lives. Unfortunately it's VERY expensive now for 2 reasons: 1) it's only been on the market for a few years and 2) short on supply due to people like my friend taking it for the wrong reasons. My friend, his husband and their other gay couple friends all have the money and connections to get ozempic. Most people who actually need it do not. It's selfish what they're doing.

and shame on the doctors prescribing it/giving access to the wrong people instead of those who need it.

How about eating less?

Shallow and dumb is no way to go through life.

R5 it's not expensive because of short supply. It's expensive because there's money to be made off desperate people. It costs a fraction in the EU and there is no shortage. And OP, of course doctors prescribe it for weight loss. "The right way" to lose weight is what almost never works either. If you have never been fat, you can't know how it feels to feel permanently hungry as if you were starving. "Just eat less" is dumb, despite being true. It's like telling an alcoholic "just don't drink."

Those big city gays in Orlando ruin everything ...

[Quote] "Just eat less" is dumb, despite being true. It's like telling an alcoholic "just don't drink”

It’s not dumb. America is just stuck on “do the easiest thing,” and don’t change your habits. Taking a pill will fix it; an injection will fix it. No need to change anything else about your lifestyle.

Doctors having 10 minutes to see each patient to maximize profits doesn’t help

R11 medicine can be a blessing though. It's not about the easiest solution but the only one that works after people have tried for years to sustainably loose weight. It's a tool, not more. It works by making you eat a lot less. That part is trivial.

[quote]Shallow and dumb is no way to go through life.

It is if you have a big dick, a lot of money or access to really good party drugs.

Ozempic works while you're taking it. You will be losing weight.

When you stop taking it? The weight all comes back.

To summarize: spend lots of money to get the med off-label (if you're not diabetic or obese) from the ethically-challenged doctor who writes the scrip, kick people to the curb who are diabetic and need it to get ahead of them in line, and unless you plan to take it for a lifetime, one that may be shorter if you're taking the med for a long period of time thanks to as yet unknown potential side-effects, it will have been useless in terms of keeping the weight off in the long run.

[Quote] It's not about the easiest solution but the only one that works after people have tried for years to sustainably loose weight.

People are left to their own efforts to try to lose weight and that’s why most fail. How about prescribing a weight loss coach or nutrition expert? Why do we only get a doctor’s supervision when there is a pill involved?

When my cholesterol was going up, all my doctor said was “eat better and exercise.” I thought I was already doing that.

He truly had no clue how to get the cholesterol down without pills.

After reading The China Study, I became vegan, I lost 70 cholesterol points. My doctor was flabbergasted and asked how I did it. He had no idea that food could bring the numbers down

Just got back from my doctor this morning, he prescribed it to me (along with a cholesterol and bp med).

Waiting for Walgreens to call but they are saying there is a delay with my insurance. The cost (without insurance) is $1073.99!!!

Soon we’ll hear about all the massive rebound weight gain once people are off Ozempic

R17: Save money with GoodRx! It's only $854.95 through them for 30 days of the 1 mg dose PLUS you get a $5 bonus off your first Rx purchase through them.

Deal!

R19 has a wicked sense of humor.

R14 The weight comes back after absolutely every diet too. I would love to see side-by-side studies of people who lost weight with the aid of O and without. I would bet real money that the curves are very similar.

Those old gays are going to destroy their faces, too.

This long-term trend: I want it all and I want it now.

Just stop stuffing your face.

Before we generalize about “it always comes back,” it helps to look at the National Weight Control Registry, which is a long-term study of people who lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for at least one year.

What about gaunt ozempic face??

Obesity starts with childhood habits. If your parents fill the fridge with sodas and koolaid, and eat chain restaurant food all the time, their kids will grow up to be fat. My granny taught me about calories and nutrition labels when I was a gayling. I’m forever grateful.

I think the strategy of most who take Ozempic is to stop once they hit their target weight and see if they can then keep it off on their own. We know a lot of people don't though

Is it harder to lose weight or to maintain that lower weight?

The problem with taking a medicine to lose weight is the eating habits don’t change

What will they do about the loose flapping skin, Mama June?

Another problem is it fucks up your metabolism. When it comes to your weight, metabolism is everything.

Ozempic slows the metabolism much more than regular dieting because people are skipping entire meals because they’re never hungry.

It’s like when everyone was taking Optifast and the like, where whole meals were replaced with shakes. Sure, people lost a ton of weight, but when they attempted to eat normally, they ballooned up because their bodies were holding onto the calories, unsure when it would be fed again.

O-O-O-OZEMPIC

You know OP, it's fucking rude to not include us on your list of cities where local gays kill themselves for the sake of beauty.

It doesn't just happen in glamorous, cosmopolitan places like the incomparably chic Orlando.

Sheesh. Get out of your Elite City bubble!

Body dysmorphia is more common among gay men than sluttiness. Double that for urban gays. You can have 15 extra pounds and feel like Chrissy Metz.

The nurse at my dermatologist's office offered it to me. Crazy!

I'm doing intermittent fasting. Much safer.

OP? You’re not only fat, you’re boring.

R11, you missed the point of their comment. We have obese people with eating disorders. Telling them to merely stop eating isn’t going to work. They’re addicts.

Doctors in Manhattan are giving free samples. Not only prescribing it, but offering it. To patients who have ten pounds they want to (not need to) lose. Fact.

Just recently I saw a woman acquaintance who has gotten VERY thin since I saw her a month ago. She was also very tan. I told her she looked fantastic, but she also looked drawn and older, with vertical lines around her mouth and the sinews in her neck were pronounced.

It just dawned on me that she’s probably using Ozempic. No spin or barre class does THAT.

Is that the medicine that can cause rips in your taint?

This is why my father, who needs it for diabetes, can’t get a hold of it. It’s constantly out of stock.

R38 I bet it's more prevalent than even the reporting indicates

and now that rich, big city Americans are doing it (following the lead of Hollywood and politicians-I think Pompeo might have done this too), look for Ozempic to start being gobbled up by rich people in foreign cities. There are plenty of rich people with access around the world who want to do this too

I was on Ozempic and came off of it because of the side effects. One word of caution…the food cravings after I was off it were overwhelming. When your appetite returns it’s in overdrive.

R42 what sort of side effects did you personally experience?

Mainly gastrointestinal, r43. Let’s just say shitting a brick became literal and infrequent. I did have some nausea too.

I'm all for this. The risk of thyroid cancer is worth it for a smaller waist.

Fuck you. We can't get our Ozempic prescriptions filled, because pharmacies are filling those paying cash for their "diets."

Mine was covered by insurance, r46.

Remember Fen-Phen???

In the UK I have it prescribed privately by a doctor who properly monitors and insists on dietary change and exercise alongside it. Big increase in people here getting it from online pharmacies and then left in the wind with no support.

People need to stop viewing it as a complete ‘weight loss’ medication - it’s just a small piece in the puzzle, and allows space for you to develop healthy dietary and exercise habits. It can help break the food addiction cycle. If you don’t, you will rebound when you come off it. For a lot of people including myself, obesity is life threatening rather than cosmetic, so it’s frustrating to see it get a rep as a purely fashionable drug. Bit like diuretics, laxatives and anabolic steroids - medical drugs which are misused

She’s a fat girl with tits to compete with a bonafide frau and god damn it she just wants to live a bit longer

Thyroid cancer is nothing to dismiss.

My aunt died of it. It kept coming back and coming back and coming back for years. She couldn't breathe at the end. She had a stroke at the end and couldn't speak. It was an agonizing death.

Wtf are u peddling bitch

Im not overweight, but I’m conserving taking it to get ripped. I want to have six pack by May

R48, and Olestra? Good times.

Ozempic is no fun. Bring back Black beauties.

Update:

it's been 5 weeks and my friend has lost 20 lbs. He said it was roughly 4 lbs each week. He's quite happy with the results. Starting on Sunday he's going to take an increased dose recommended by the doctor supervising him. He was told that after a period of time your body gets used to whatever dose you had so for it to continue being effective they increase it.

I find this a bit weird. I mean it makes sense your body gets used to the dose but upping the dose I wonder if that can cause worse side effects or not

He has showed me before and current pics. I can see a difference