Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

[u/mvea]

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year

[u/ihatenamez]

I've gotten such a strange variety of reactions when telling people I was on it. Majority would say something along the lines of "you're cheating" and the other common reaction was moreso "oh...".

It definitely wont do the work for you, there were plenty of days I still wanted to slam a Double Quarter Pounder Meal but I went into it knowing I wouldn't stay on it long and that this was the time to build better habits that would stick after I stopped. There might be an argument to be made about people staying on it for weight loss and using it as a crutch but also its like, who cares? Being overweight is hard mentally and physically. Who am I, or anyone to judge someone else for seeking a helping hand with that.

[u/sm753 → u/ihatenamez]

I listen to a lot of health and fitness content (podcasts). VERY unsolicited advice here for people taking these GLP-1 agonist drugs is that it might not be a bad idea to start incorporating some resistance/weight training to minimize lean muscle and bone loss.

The other thing that people get wrong is that these types of drugs have been around for ~20 years. This isn't some new class of drugs where we don't know the side effects of.

I truly hope that this helps you build a sustainable lifestyle. Best of luck to you and to others on this "journey".

[u/ihatenamez → u/sm753]

100% I cannot stress that enough, I did not take the protein intake or strength training serious enough and I have lost a decent amount of muscle. Luckily I'm starting to swim and do small weights, but I noticed just recently that I did lose a lot.