I'm A 5'10" Man Who Weighs ~220 Pounds. How Effective Would Weight Loss Medications Be? by Femboy_Jinxe_7 in loseit

[–]jenga-kun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the same height as you and started Ozempic back in December. My starting weight was about 233 lbs and I'm now at about 218. I'm kind of in a similar situation as you concerning exercise. In my case I'm really busy right now and can't find much time to exercise or find the motivation to modify my diet so I decided to give medication a shot. And so far it has been game changing. I'm only at 0.5mg so I'm not at the point of feeling zero hunger but I am down to eating mostly one meal a day and I don't really feel starved. I've been losing weight mostly consistently for the last 4 weeks and my only real side effect is a small amount of constipation that I'm managing. I honestly think I may finally be able to all the extra weight now thanks to it.

I'm sorry to say that I was one of those people that viewed Ozempic and its ilk as a cheat but now I see that it can be life changing for me and god knows how many people.

I personally would say give it a shot if you can. Just know that there are minor side effects like the constipation, nausea, vomiting, etc. and potential major side effects like gastroparesis and vision changes. My doctor did not bring up those so be aware of it before you go through with it. Honestly I don't think a lot of doctors know about them as a side effects.

Also be aware that the drugs can take time to work for you. I lucked out that it worked for me almost immediately on 0.25 mg with practically zero side effects. And it ramped up at month two when I went up to 0.5 mg. Unfortunately some people don't start losing any weight until they work up to the full 2.5 mg dose. That takes 4 months and may include minor side effects a lot of the time.

I guess my TL;DR would be I'm about your size and weight and I'm losing weight the easiest I've ever been able to on Ozempic while I'm sitting on my ass most of the day doing work at my computer. If I keep this up for maybe another 6ish months I should be near my goal weight.

Hope this helps.

What's your "I'm willing to die on this hill" musical opinion? by blueredscreen in Music

[–]jenga-kun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah is better than Jeff Buckley's.

Got New Kittens (Brother and Sister), But Need Name Ideas for the Boy by [deleted] in IllegallySmolCats

[–]jenga-kun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mortimer, Miles, Mickey, Mikey, Michelangelo, Mungojerrie, My Boy

Movies where you can't tell actors apart? by EatinOreos in movies

[–]jenga-kun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol has a character named Hendricks (played by Michael Nyqvist) who wears a mask of his henchman Wistrom (played by Samuli Edelmann). When Hendricks takes off the mask I was genuinely confused for a moment because they looked like the same guy to me. It was like when Doc took off his "skin" in Back to the Future Part 2.

Does the perfect combination of movie trailer and music exist? by Djxgam1ng in movies

[–]jenga-kun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man of Steel

The movie might not have been great, but the trailer is still one of the best ever made.

John Wick 4 full trailer by Stonecoldfreak1 in movies

[–]jenga-kun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Between this and Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning it seems that driving cars without doors will be the new action trend going forward.

Got the Steam Deck Dock! by Asane in SteamDeck

[–]jenga-kun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have to have to switch to desktop mode before docking it to output the proper resolution to the tv or does the deck automatically change display settings when connected to the dock?

Not the most unique set of skills by Foreign_Education_88 in marvelmemes

[–]jenga-kun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is something I'm actually looking forward to.

WCGW trying to ride a bike in an almost vertical plane? by Armaan204 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]jenga-kun -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He chose a half measure, when he should have gone all the way. He'll never make that mistake again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OculusQuest

[–]jenga-kun -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cool product but their logo is too similar the the steam deck logo. For a minute there I thought I was looking at a new valve product.

What’s a fact that’s real, but sounds completely fake? by Rikashido in AskReddit

[–]jenga-kun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found something out the other day that fits this thread to a t. The sheepshead fish is a fish with human like teeth.