INTRO Finally stopped lurking and joined 😭 Waving hi from Japan

Konichiwarts

For quite a while now I’ve been quietly reading posts here without saying anything, and as of today I’ve made the decision to stop doing that and become a member. The reason I’m here comes down to chasing the body I’ve always wanted, plus I’ve reached the point where being unhappy about my current state is no longer something I want to put up with. Right at this moment I’m seated here, and my belly rolls are stacked on one another, which pretty much sums it up — something has got to change

There are short periods when motivation hits hard and I’m at the gym four or five times a week, but then life gets in the way. Working as a Japanese wage slave is currently draining the absolute life out of me, so staying consistent has been a struggle.

GLP-1s are still something I’m learning about, and I’m working out what this journey will look like in my case. The reason I signed up is that I want to talk with others facing the same or a comparable situation, pick up things from what everyone has been through, and at some point post my own updates as well.

So, I’m ready to dive in and start learning! Nice to meet you all

Welcome! It's really neat having someone from Japan here. I've been curious about how GLP culture looks in Asia. Do Japanese people bring up GLPs often, or would you say they're pretty widespread there?

Worthy88 said:

Welcome! It's really neat having someone from Japan here. I've been curious about how GLP culture looks in Asia. Do Japanese people bring up GLPs often, or would you say they're pretty widespread there?

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Here it gets pushed the way you'd push candy — they even run those odd manga-panel ads pretty regularly.

You can walk into nearly any beauty clinic and get it, and they're just as open about promoting other slimming options too.

Hi everyone, I'm cheesybeanies, writing from Japan.

For the longest time I only read posts without ever posting anything myself, and now I've finally taken that step and properly joined this community

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Welcome! Your words really hit home for me. For 15 years, the fact that I've been powerless over my weight has been maddening. There have been stretches where I dropped as much as 30 kg, but keeping it off long-term has never worked out. It isn't a discipline problem. In every other part of my life, I'm disciplined. Even giving up cigarettes was easy by comparison. Oddly, the bulk of my weight gain came right after I stopped smoking. That said, I was already carrying extra weight before then.

Here's to a brighter future with these little helpers.

Glad to have you here! I'm still just reading along without posting ;-) Wishing you the very best as you go along your path.

Guccipoppi said:

Worthy88 said:

Welcome! It's really neat having someone from Japan here. I've been curious about how GLP culture looks in Asia. Do Japanese people bring up GLPs often, or would you say they're pretty widespread there?

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Here it gets pushed the way you'd push candy — they even run those odd manga-panel ads pretty regularly.

You can walk into nearly any beauty clinic and get it, and they're just as open about promoting other slimming options too.

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Wait, you can get it without a prescription and without having to "go grey"? And that's true for other peps too?

ladypeppers said:

Wait, you can get it without a prescription and without having to "go grey"? And that's true for other peps too?

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As for the other peps, I can't really say for certain, but based on adverts I've come across and what close friends using GLP-1s have told me, batches are an option instead of going the prescription route

Guccipoppi said:

As for the other peps, I can't really say for certain, but based on adverts I've come across and what close friends using GLP-1s have told me, batches are an option instead of going the prescription route

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Yes! I’m based in tokyo and my prescription is for 4x Mounjaro pens. They have a consultation step where you can raise any questions, and if you don’t have any, they’ll ship it out to you … the catch is the cost, so i’m going back to grey and looking into whether shipping into Japan is possible without running into legal trouble

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Yes! I’m based in tokyo and my prescription is for 4x Mounjaro pens. They have a consultation step where you can raise any questions, and if you don’t have any, they’ll ship it out to you … the catch is the cost, so i’m going back to grey and looking into whether shipping into Japan is possible without running into legal trouble

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Yeah, once I saw what the pens cost by themselves, I was like nah

Glad to have you here! Japanese culture is something I really enjoy. I spent a few years living on Shikoku.

Glad to have you here! Japan is a place I travel to frequently - I was taken aback by how simple it is to get GLP1s over there.