Excuse for weight loss?

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For anyone keeping peptide use private, how do you explain away the weight loss?

A few of my close friends have started worrying, and I don't really know how to ease their concern 😔
 
Your answer really hinges on the relationship you have with them and how much you want to keep to yourself.

For the majority of folks, family included, I simply said "Ozempic." That tended to be the easiest way to explain things without opening up a long conversation. You hear about it on the news all the time, so nobody really presses for details.

There were also people who decided to inform me that dropping that much weight was bad for me, and with them I went with a single word: cancer. Should they keep pestering me after that, I hit them with a cold glare and say it's not something I'm willing to discuss, and they need to drop it.
 
I don’t get why GLP1 medications for weight loss carry so much stigma. Dropping pounds delivers genuine health gains that go past looks. Taking them isn’t much different from using blood pressure meds to bring blood pressure down and cut the chance of a stroke or heart attack later on.
 
fuchufuchu said:

For anyone keeping peptide use private, how do you explain away the weight loss?

A few of my close friends have started worrying, and I don't really know how to ease their concern 😔
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Initially I kept quiet about it. Later on, I began sharing that a GLP-1 was part of my routine, and up to now everyone has only responded positively.
 
Peptidedudez said:

I don’t get why GLP1 medications for weight loss carry so much stigma. Dropping pounds delivers genuine health gains that go past looks. Taking them isn’t much different from using blood pressure meds to bring blood pressure down and cut the chance of a stroke or heart attack later on.
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Our society carries a stigma that treats excess weight as a moral shortcoming instead of a medical issue. Because body size is on display — unlike diabetes or high cholesterol — a lot of people see glp-1 as cheating or as the lazy route.

I'd rather not discuss my glp-1 use at all, so I answer honestly and firmly. My response goes along the lines of: I've increased my exercise, I'm concentrating on my diet, I see a nutritionist for better food choices, I log what I eat, and I see a therapist to dig into what drives my unhealthy relationship with food. That ends the conversation immediately. In my view, the shame attached to therapy packs just as much punch 😂😂😂😂. The part I omit is the glp-1, since I genuinely am doing all of those other things, and they're the reason the weight came off. Tirzepatide made it far more achievable, yet the changes were still mine — not the drug's.
 
I mimic injecting my stomach with my hand, telling folks I'm taking the shot, and the usual reaction is just "oh" with nothing more. From that, I've come to think nearly everyone is familiar with it at this point.
 
Simply tell them you're dieting. When I began using reta, I stayed quiet about it since I felt somewhat ashamed. These days, though, I consider it the greatest invention ever and share it with everyone. I've turned into a drug pusher—whenever someone mentions my weight, I attempt to convince them to try the miracle drugs.
 
I've been telling people I'm doing a cut, and that I have to get down to an underweight point so the subcutaneous fat I want gone comes off, before I bulk back up with muscle.
 
When it comes to GLP1, I don't hide it. Gray and other peptides, though? That's something I only bring up with people I trust. A few folks in my circle either don't mind or are somewhat curious. Then there are those who'd be totally horrified.😂
 
Those friends of mine who asked, I told them. Some others figured it out on their own and were right. Not 1 of them has done the same. 2 of them claimed to be doing it "naturally," yet they remain overweight.
 
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