Ozempic: The Good & The Bad

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Let’s look at this weeks discussion ⬇️

When it comes to the latest addition to the weight loss market, Ozempic and Mounjaro are the two that come to mind.

Let’s cut to the chase - they work.

That is they do what they were designed to do- which is lower blood sugar. The knock on effect being that appetite is lowered immensely then leading to an initial 10-20% drop in weight for those in the primary studies.

People have also reported it’s lowered consumption on other fronts too, gambling, smoking and drinking were all listed as habits that were much easier to curb once on the drugs.

For those in desperate need of change and who can’t afford other means of intervention- it is a lifesaver (in some cases literally!)

10 years ago it may have been unprecedented to see this type of effect on the weight loss industry, and the effects of it have hammered home- with Weight Watchers going into administration this year.

It’s almost like we are entering into the fantasy land seen on futuristic TV programs where the characters cure a disease by just taking a simple pill.

There are drawbacks to these drugs- as there are with any drug.

It’s firstly a deeply problematic and psychologically frail situation to think that you can solve weight loss problems (or indeed any problems) simply by taking a jab.

It removes the ‘problem solving’ aspect from the dilemma, which is something that has advanced humanity largely to the point it is at now. But I think the most crucial aspect of it is that it ‘does the work’ for you’.

You don’t have to discipline yourself.

You don’t have to build up the mental resolve to be conscious of what you are eating/drinking.

You don’t have to worry about the physical or psychological down sides…while you are taking them.

That all ends of course, once you stop taking the drug.

The best possible analogy I can think of is that you are breaking a very,

Very,

Large Dam.

All of the suppressed hormones and positive effects will disappear in a flash.

Potentially bringing you back to square one- or even beyond that.

Am I saying you shouldn’t take them? No- not for me to give out that kind of advice.

But what I think is important is to know what you’re setting yourself up for if you haven’t set the phycological expectations before hand.