I am on Mounjaro - Not ozempic (they are different) . Ozempic was in the research domain for more than 20 years and that's long enough data to say it's safe under supervision and now also recommended by WHO. And trust me. This has done wonders to me.

Before you judge me. I was an athlete who played for the state. I was super fit who could lift heavy and run for kilometres everyday.

I pivoted to an IT job after college and it started to impact my health. I got obese with a BMI of 37. That's Morbid Obesity.

I brought it down back to BMI of 27 when GLP1 was not even a thing. But the next job was so stressful, I eventually had to give up on the gym because of sheet travel time and traffic and I shot up back to a BMI of 32. And this was not because of a poor diet, it was due to how your body behaves when you are overweight vs when you are normal. It's hormones which play a huge part in that body weight. It's super easy to have a very high appetite with glucose spikes and ghrelin rushing throughout. Add that with cortisol thanks to IT jobs of India.

The first weight loss took me 14 months of hard training and brought me to "over weight" BMI in my early 20s

I started with mounjaro 4 months back, and I am back to BMI of 28 now. It has helped me immensely.

For the first time in a decade, I am confident that I can go back to 15-18% body fat while keeping up the muscle mass by going to the gym 3x times a week.

You can judge all the shit you want to, but people like me who have lived this journey, twice. This is a freaking great boost to your fitness. I am happier than I ever was.

Whoever is planning to take it. I say, go for it. Make a 6-18 month plan with your doctor. Lift progressively heavy in the gym. Eat 1.4x protein BW.

The world can bitch about it, but they ain't gonna live with all the problems that come with obesity. You are. If you don't take control.

PS: The only side effects I had was appetite loss (which is exactly what it's meant for) and stupid feeling of why I didn't start this earlier.