Weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as a revolution. Yet the high cost and lack of insurance coverage make them largely unattainable.
Are there already studies on the long-term effect on people’s weight? I lost (and gained) weight quite often in my life and I would say without changing habits and the structure of your life, it’s impossible to achieve a permanent effect.
If weight loss is iduced with medication only, I would expect the effect to stop as soon as you stop taking the substance.
Or is such a prescription typically coupled with sport programs and health counseling?
I know two people who have been on it. It seems to be a momentum builder, you require significantly less food to feel full and you feel full longer. So a reasonable portion of chicken and a salad does feel like a full meal, so a calorie restricted diet is easier to stick to. The weight DOES start coming off and you see progress and build good habits.
If you go off it you’ll regain 70% of the weight in a year based on early studies.
But it’s unclear how long the users had been on it to begin with. It can take years for your body to actually get rid of the fat cells that you emptied while losing weight, for example.
I’ve not seen anything that says fat cells ever go away, could you provide a source for this? I’ve always been under the impression that once they are there you can only remove them via liposuction or surgery. Thanks
Are there already studies on the long-term effect on people’s weight? I lost (and gained) weight quite often in my life and I would say without changing habits and the structure of your life, it’s impossible to achieve a permanent effect.
If weight loss is iduced with medication only, I would expect the effect to stop as soon as you stop taking the substance.
Or is such a prescription typically coupled with sport programs and health counseling?
I know two people who have been on it. It seems to be a momentum builder, you require significantly less food to feel full and you feel full longer. So a reasonable portion of chicken and a salad does feel like a full meal, so a calorie restricted diet is easier to stick to. The weight DOES start coming off and you see progress and build good habits.
If you go off it you’ll regain 70% of the weight in a year based on early studies.
But it’s unclear how long the users had been on it to begin with.
It can take years for your body to actually get rid of the fat cells that you emptied while losing weight, for example.I’ve not seen anything that says fat cells ever go away, could you provide a source for this? I’ve always been under the impression that once they are there you can only remove them via liposuction or surgery. Thanks
You know: I thought I had a link for this but I don’t.
Striking through that part of the comment.
I know you have a turnover rate of 10% of your fat cells per year and can find corroboration.
Humans cannot lose fat cells without medical intervention. They shrink to a smaller size, but never go away.
https://news.yale.edu/2015/03/02/study-new-fat-cells-are-created-quickly-dieting-cant-eliminate-them#:~:text=Once fat cells form%2C they,new fat cells are created.&text=March 2%2C 2015-,Once fat cells form%2C they might shrink during weight loss,has derailed many a diet.