smoothie_roaster87
Member
Two years and 100 pounds down is genuinely impressive. Good energy to send forward.
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GLP-1s: Worth it for smaller weight loss?
- Thread starter HawkClean
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tried to dive into this thread but saw people pointing to some telegram group and a pen section. pens are wild for markup though — same as peptides, honestly. bac water and needles pretty steady price but pens and auto-injectors are price-gouged to hell. if you can't find them, insulin needles are cheap and work fine.
gym-rat-now
Well-known member
35 pounds is enough to meaningfully change metabolic markers and how you move through the day - the threshold for 'worth it' has nothing to do with total pounds lost.
raisin_backatit
Member
Agreeing on cagrilintide as the right add despite differing on the broader philosophy is a useful disagreement - the outcome-focused frame can survive methodological differences. The OP's question about whether it's worth it for smaller loss goals is actually easier to answer than the big-loss question: the metabolic benefits on A1C, cardiovascular markers, and appetite normalization don't stop mattering at 20 or 30 lbs. The target weight is just context.
onpath_here62
Member
The response variability point is key - not responding to one doesn't mean not responding to another. 80 lbs is the milestone that gets highlighted but 30 lbs on the right GLP-1 for someone who hasn't responded to anything else is just as significant a result. The medication working at all is the win.
slowlygreens
Member
20 percent, roughly the average loss reported across the clinical studies. So there's no rush on my end to shed the rest immediately. This medication got me 20% down, solid and pretty amazing honestly, just still technically obese lol. Holding steady around a 31 BMI though. Weight's always been a fight for me, feels like my baseline, probably something biological going on underneath it. Maybe sema or whatever comes next helps clear the rest eventually.
crispy_ramen
New member
Five months on one medication and only dropped 6 pounds starting from 190. Switched to a different one and lost 23 more over the following five months.