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I'm on Zepbound (more effective than Ozempic for pure weight loss), and I'm the most active that I've been in 15+ years. Losing the weight gave me so much more

I'm on Zepbound (more effective than Ozempic for pure weight loss), and I'm the most active that I've been in 15+ years. Losing the weight gave me so much more energy, and made is significantly easier to work out properly. I lift weights three times a week and go on walks that are twice as long as when I started. There are also a ton of positive mental side effects. It's hard to describe the kind of hope I have after trying and failing for so long to keep my weight in check. Everything is just easier, which is not something I anticipated when I started.

snapcaster 1y ago
Great to hear!
pmarreck 1y ago
See my potential warning here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43919011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43919011
- bb88 1y ago
  Here's a stark warning about diet and exercise: "90% of people who lose weight will likely regain it back." https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/weighing-facts-tough-truth-about-weight-loss https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/weighing-facts-t... Weight loss is easier than keeping it off. There is only so much will power people have against food noise.
arp242 1y ago
I've never had any problems with my weight until the last year or so; guess I'm getting old? Currently ~106kg at about 2m, which puts my BMI just in the "overweight" category (imperfect measure, but still). Basically, I have what you'd call a "beer belly", which is very new for me. I don't like it. Reading between the lines, I have the impression that you were fairly strongly overweight ("obese") and struggled with more serous weight issues throughout your life? I share the concern of the previous poster not so much for people like you, where "lose weight to a manageable level ASAP" is generally a good thing, but for people like me who are "a bit fatter than they'd like" but not necessarily "obese". If you'd meet me, you wouldn't necessarily call me "fat". Previously I would just eat whatever (not super unhealthy, but also not really healthy) and not really exercise beyond my stubborn insistence on walking or cycling everywhere. I don't see weight loss rugs as a net positive for me. I made some positive changes to fix this, and if I were to take Ozempic I'd just revert back to my lazy git self, and not get all the benefits that a better diet and exercise give me.
- itake 1y ago
  > if I were to take Ozempic I'd just revert back to my lazy git self, and not get all the benefits that a better diet and exercise give me. I don't think taking Ozempic is mutually exclusive with improving your diet and exercise.
  - aziaziazi 1y ago
    Owning a car isn’t mutually exclusive to commuting by bike though but it’s way easier to choose the bicycle when there isn’t that option of confortable and warm couch moving you anywhere.
  - s1artibartfast 1y ago
    it isn't mutually exclusive, but it is redundant and perhaps counterproductive.
- nradov 1y ago
  It's not a matter of getting old. Age by itself doesn't cause weight gain.
  - arp242 1y ago
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190909193211.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190909193211.h... https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-waistlines-middle-age-aging-stem.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-waistlines-middle-age... https://www.tuftsmedicine.org/about-us/news/aging-weight-gain https://www.tuftsmedicine.org/about-us/news/aging-weight-gai...

snapcaster 1y ago

Great to hear!

pmarreck 1y ago

See my potential warning here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43919011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43919011

bb88 1y ago
Here's a stark warning about diet and exercise: "90% of people who lose weight will likely regain it back." https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/weighing-facts-tough-truth-about-weight-loss https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/weighing-facts-t... Weight loss is easier than keeping it off. There is only so much will power people have against food noise.

arp242 1y ago

I've never had any problems with my weight until the last year or so; guess I'm getting old? Currently ~106kg at about 2m, which puts my BMI just in the "overweight" category (imperfect measure, but still). Basically, I have what you'd call a "beer belly", which is very new for me. I don't like it. Reading between the lines, I have the impression that you were fairly strongly overweight ("obese") and struggled with more serous weight issues throughout your life? I share the concern of the previous poster not so much for people like you, where "lose weight to a manageable level ASAP" is generally a good thing, but for people like me who are "a bit fatter than they'd like" but not necessarily "obese". If you'd meet me, you wouldn't necessarily call me "fat". Previously I would just eat whatever (not super unhealthy, but also not really healthy) and not really exercise beyond my stubborn insistence on walking or cycling everywhere. I don't see weight loss rugs as a net positive for me. I made some positive changes to fix this, and if I were to take Ozempic I'd just revert back to my lazy git self, and not get all the benefits that a better diet and exercise give me.

itake 1y ago
> if I were to take Ozempic I'd just revert back to my lazy git self, and not get all the benefits that a better diet and exercise give me. I don't think taking Ozempic is mutually exclusive with improving your diet and exercise.
- aziaziazi 1y ago
  Owning a car isn’t mutually exclusive to commuting by bike though but it’s way easier to choose the bicycle when there isn’t that option of confortable and warm couch moving you anywhere.
- s1artibartfast 1y ago
  it isn't mutually exclusive, but it is redundant and perhaps counterproductive.
nradov 1y ago
It's not a matter of getting old. Age by itself doesn't cause weight gain.
- arp242 1y ago
  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190909193211.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190909193211.h... https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-waistlines-middle-age-aging-stem.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-waistlines-middle-age... https://www.tuftsmedicine.org/about-us/news/aging-weight-gain https://www.tuftsmedicine.org/about-us/news/aging-weight-gai...