Hi de Hi. I was talking to a friend the other day. Nice warm afternoon so we sat in the garden. Her hubby went in to make the coffee. Very nice it was too. His friend turned up. I have met this friend briefly before. The two men talked together for a while, then the conversation got around to the friends dramatic weight loss. He was a big chap as I remember, not so big now. He has lost one and a half stone in a matter of a few weeks.
He was pleased with that. We wondered how he had done it. What diet has he been on. Only a tweak he said, cutting out the carbs. Then came the truth, he has been giving himself injections of some kind of weight loss drug. Didn't mention the name but I believe there are several available. This is the first time I have come across anyone who has taken these measures to lose weight. Seems a bit drastic to me.
I thought it was dangerous to lose weight quickly. The photo's of Sharon Osbourne show how different she is now. She doesn't look good.
Well lo and behold, I think the algorithms were spying on me that day, I had my little Nokia in my pocket. When I put the computer on later this video popped up. Dr Suneel is talking about that very subject. He warns about the effects of losing too much weight too soon, using these drugs. They have lots of side effect apparently.
The friend mentioned that he is having problems with constipation, can't poo. He now needs to take another drug to help him 'go'. He is going to stay on the injections because he wants to lose more weight before Christmas. I suppose then he will be able to spend the day eating a turkey dinner with all the trimmings.
Now I am going for a walk.
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip. ilona
I don't know anything about these drugs but they seem like a quick fix and absolve the individual of making a real effort to lose weight. Eating the right foods, portion control and exercise are what's needed. Constipation is probably a side effect of the medication and as you say another medication is now needed. I'd imagine the weight gain starts once the injections stop.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the injections are a long term solution to losing weight. The doctor said in the video that when you stop the treatment you pile on the pounds. Will power is the answer. I am very careful not to eat too much rubbish.
DeleteIt was great to see Rachel post. I miss her blog. She always told it like it was and when her blog went down it was as if I lost a piece of my life. Let’s hope you starts to comment regularly on here - though I know she would be respectful of not hijacking your blog….I must admit I wonder whether she ever hooked up with her “date”…I do hope so. Also is her trip to Thailand on?
ReplyDeleteI’d better sign off or I will be hijacking.
Rachel is welcome to comment here. She has emailed me today. It would be good if she started blogging again. She might do when the time is right.
DeleteI also miss Rachel
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I miss her too 🥲
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Ilona on these weight loss injections. Anything you put into your body will have a side effect, at the end of the day it is not natural. It boggles my mind that people are so willing to inject themselves with God only knows what, and will complain later when they develop all sorts of illnesses as a result. Then as you say, they will later put the weight back on and not only be big again, but also sicker. But then I guess there is not that much forethought put into it to begin with - similar to other injections!
ReplyDeleteFrom working in healthcare I can tell lots of people end up with health issues after taking such drugs. One issue is it stalls the emptying of the stomach. So basically food just sits there and rots. This process in turn causes other issues such as pancreatitis. I think weight is definitely controlled by genetics. I also feel weight loss and control is in the mind. These people are skipping the mental aspect and sometimes pay the price with health issues. Just my 2 cents from someone who has struggled my entire adult life. But I will continue to put up a good fight.
ReplyDeleteI have a background in biology/nursing research, and I can say most anything you post about science or pharmaceutical industry I roll my eyes at and move on. I felt obliged to comment here: These weight loss drugs are good for short term results to get the weight down so that another condition can be addressed. Sometimes the obesity itself is the medical condition which needs to addressed quickly, while the patient then tries to incorporate lifestyle changes. Often the weight itself prevents these changes. So please don’t discount these drugs. That said, they are not intended for long term use, nor for vanity! I don’t know if you in the UK remember Phen phen? It was a mid 1990’s weight loss drug. Weight loss centers and “diet doctors” were popping up all over in certain states, where people, mostly women, would go in weekly to meetings so they could get their weekly “meds.” Well, those “meds” had long term adverse cardiac conditions! But hey, the patients hit their target weight! (And people got rich.) With that in mind, you won’t catch me rushing for, say, Ozempic, for vanity’s sake!
ReplyDeleteI don’t know the answer to the obesity issue. Thankfully I am not obese. My attitude is that you have to eat so you may as well enjoy it, and enjoying it to me means making meals a pleasant experience, both in the food offered and the atmosphere. I also think that the U.S. could do a better job of physical education in schools. PE classes, (gym classes) are almost punitive with a hazing aspect. In our area, kids dread the middle school “two mile run” long before they are even in 6th grade. Perhaps teaching them how to find a physical activity they like so they can incorporate it in their lifestyle would be more effective on overall health. Four minutes on a miserable, punishing run, or 12 minutes walking while you chat with a friend and admire the view, a mile is still a mile. And you’re more apt to repeat the latter by choice! But what do I know?