Hi guys!! Just wanted to jump in say that people’s comments about using Ozempic as medication and for health reasons are completely and totally valid!! This piece is specifically about celebrities who are taking it only for the purpose of weight loss and extremely thin aesthetics, and not as actual treatments (and therefore it making it harder for people who genuinely need it to get access to it.) I also wanted to highlight that it’s so easy to go in circles debating what’s ethical or not, and how I think the best way to get out of this endless loop is to keep things really simple and make sure you’re making decisions for your own wellbeing and not for how other people will perceive you. Thank you all sm for reading!! 💚
I dropped 60 pounds on semaglutide - it worked after nothing else did. And sure, I wanted to look better, but more importantly I did it to be healthier. Stop shaming people for taking advantage of something that leads to all kinds of health benefits. I’ve been able to come off my blood pressure medication and a statin. I don’t believe in using it if you’re at a healthy weight — but for many, many people it is truly lifesaving.
i’m not the poster, but the issue they’re referring to seems more about the early 2000s of it all. not people trying to get healthy! think more - celebrities who boast “body positivity” but as soon as they get their hands on a weight loss medication, they get as small as they possibly can. glp1s can be a great tool! it can just also be very disheartening to watch as all the “progress” we made with body positivity in society seem to vanish with the increasing popularity of glp1 use.
If you enjoyed the Shrek aspect of this post, Caroline O’Donoghue’s Sentimental Garbage podcast has recently done a Shrek episode which explores some of those “embrace the (societally deemed) ugly” themes but not necessarily the ozempic chat!
Wow heaps of backlash here in the comments! I loved the piece and writing style and there’s a caveat right at the top regarding taking this for health issues which seems to be the general complaint here.
There’s a lot wrong with this but I think the key you’re missing is that tons, if not the majority, of people taking Ozempic are taking it to help with legitimate health struggles, not aiming for some unrealistic Hollywood beauty standard. Food noise is real, binge eating is real, and this drug helps people that have struggled their whole life with that. Additionally, there are thousands of anecdotal reports coming out about these drugs helping with joint pain and inflammation - I truly believe more research will come out in support of this because I’m one of the ones that is finally not in daily pain from my Lupus after 15 years. This drug isn’t about being skinny, it’s about being healthy and like most things it’s a tool. When used properly, it can truly be life changing for some of us.
I have lupus too - about to hit half my life with it (started when I was 18) and this is the first I've heard about these drugs being used for inflammation pain. Is it ozempic specifically that has helped you? I'm going to try find some info and chat to my specialist when I see him next month. I've just done another round of rituximab which helps me a lot and stops me from heading to renal failure, but still have issues with my joints, especially as the ritux wears off.
Sorry for the long response! Just always hopeful for a treatment that will let me live my life unencumbered.
Not quite related but still thought you'd appreciate - Shrek translated to Māori is on TVNZ on demand atm, the translations are actually gold hahahah. When Donkey thinks Shrek farted, Shrek sniffs and in the original he goes 'brimstone' but in the Te reo version Shrek says 'Rotorua' 😂😂 comedy gold ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was.. nope for me. Even if the author was writing solely about the people who take semaglutide who aren’t necessarily morbidly obese or even obese, it doesn’t come across that way.
Please for the love of god if you’re going to write about the “dangers of ozempic” specify that you are not talking about the people who take it for necessary health reasons.
Plus, it seems like the author is somehow calling fat people “fugly”? Or comparing them to shrek ? Wtf?
And to top it all off, the author is not fat herself. How ironic.
I have mixed feelings about this piece. There is nuance to be had in whether or not glp-1s are a good thing for society or not. If you're reading this article and want so actual lived experience about Mounjaro, which is a glp-1 like Ozempic, you might find my page useful as I have been writing about my experience as I've been on it for 15 months.
Hi guys!! Just wanted to jump in say that people’s comments about using Ozempic as medication and for health reasons are completely and totally valid!! This piece is specifically about celebrities who are taking it only for the purpose of weight loss and extremely thin aesthetics, and not as actual treatments (and therefore it making it harder for people who genuinely need it to get access to it.) I also wanted to highlight that it’s so easy to go in circles debating what’s ethical or not, and how I think the best way to get out of this endless loop is to keep things really simple and make sure you’re making decisions for your own wellbeing and not for how other people will perceive you. Thank you all sm for reading!! 💚
I dropped 60 pounds on semaglutide - it worked after nothing else did. And sure, I wanted to look better, but more importantly I did it to be healthier. Stop shaming people for taking advantage of something that leads to all kinds of health benefits. I’ve been able to come off my blood pressure medication and a statin. I don’t believe in using it if you’re at a healthy weight — but for many, many people it is truly lifesaving.
i’m not the poster, but the issue they’re referring to seems more about the early 2000s of it all. not people trying to get healthy! think more - celebrities who boast “body positivity” but as soon as they get their hands on a weight loss medication, they get as small as they possibly can. glp1s can be a great tool! it can just also be very disheartening to watch as all the “progress” we made with body positivity in society seem to vanish with the increasing popularity of glp1 use.
If you enjoyed the Shrek aspect of this post, Caroline O’Donoghue’s Sentimental Garbage podcast has recently done a Shrek episode which explores some of those “embrace the (societally deemed) ugly” themes but not necessarily the ozempic chat!
Wow heaps of backlash here in the comments! I loved the piece and writing style and there’s a caveat right at the top regarding taking this for health issues which seems to be the general complaint here.
There’s a lot wrong with this but I think the key you’re missing is that tons, if not the majority, of people taking Ozempic are taking it to help with legitimate health struggles, not aiming for some unrealistic Hollywood beauty standard. Food noise is real, binge eating is real, and this drug helps people that have struggled their whole life with that. Additionally, there are thousands of anecdotal reports coming out about these drugs helping with joint pain and inflammation - I truly believe more research will come out in support of this because I’m one of the ones that is finally not in daily pain from my Lupus after 15 years. This drug isn’t about being skinny, it’s about being healthy and like most things it’s a tool. When used properly, it can truly be life changing for some of us.
I have lupus too - about to hit half my life with it (started when I was 18) and this is the first I've heard about these drugs being used for inflammation pain. Is it ozempic specifically that has helped you? I'm going to try find some info and chat to my specialist when I see him next month. I've just done another round of rituximab which helps me a lot and stops me from heading to renal failure, but still have issues with my joints, especially as the ritux wears off.
Sorry for the long response! Just always hopeful for a treatment that will let me live my life unencumbered.
Not quite related but still thought you'd appreciate - Shrek translated to Māori is on TVNZ on demand atm, the translations are actually gold hahahah. When Donkey thinks Shrek farted, Shrek sniffs and in the original he goes 'brimstone' but in the Te reo version Shrek says 'Rotorua' 😂😂 comedy gold ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“That’ll do donkey, that’ll do” 🩷🩷🩷 YES!!!
This was.. nope for me. Even if the author was writing solely about the people who take semaglutide who aren’t necessarily morbidly obese or even obese, it doesn’t come across that way.
Please for the love of god if you’re going to write about the “dangers of ozempic” specify that you are not talking about the people who take it for necessary health reasons.
Plus, it seems like the author is somehow calling fat people “fugly”? Or comparing them to shrek ? Wtf?
And to top it all off, the author is not fat herself. How ironic.
I have mixed feelings about this piece. There is nuance to be had in whether or not glp-1s are a good thing for society or not. If you're reading this article and want so actual lived experience about Mounjaro, which is a glp-1 like Ozempic, you might find my page useful as I have been writing about my experience as I've been on it for 15 months.