“The drug works by paralyzing the stomach, preventing proper digestion. This mechanism causes severe gastrointestinal problems in many patients. Nearly 3,000 lawsuits have been consolidated in the Pennsylvania federal court alleging gastroparesis, intestinal blockages, and ileus. The FDA has updated Ozempic’s warning label multiple times since 2023—adding warnings for ileus in September 2023, severe gastrointestinal reactions in January 2025, and pulmonary aspiration during anesthesia in November 2024.“
Please tell me that photo of Kelly Ripa is doctored. It’s horrifying.
Back when I used to watch the idiot box (what my mother called the TV) I always wondered if Kelly had an eating disorder. If she looked that skeletal on TV, how did she look in person???!!!
Once again, Hollywood et al leading the way… what glorious role models they are! My own niece ended up in the hospital because of this drug and now that she’s recovered and off the stuff, has not just regained the weight, plus more, but continues to have gastrointestinal issues.
I looked up the KR pic…she really is that skinny. But her face does NOT look like that. Either the shot was doctored or it’s really bad lighting. But her frame is, well, shocking.
Oh there have been a few shocking photos of her--and some she posted HERSELF (so you know a) it's not some weird attack job and b) she obviously thinks she looks GOOD):
It's obvious she has anorexia. Maybe now it's ozempicrexia. Whatever the case, it's a mental disorder. Body dysmorphia. It's about control. It's obviously an extreme example as is Ariana Grande. Very disturbing.
But I can’t imagine in whose mind that kind of stick thinness is attractive. Both KR and the wicked chick look like they are just this close to death. Don’t people remember the Twiggy years when so many young girls ended up in the hospital when they decided throwing up their lunch was a viable alternative? Instead of misery on steroids, now we have misery on Ozempic. It’s scary and so unnecessary. What does AI have to say about it? That could give us a clue.
It’s terrible. Anorexics always think they look “fat.” Their brain chemistry gets all messed up. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what’s happening here…
I just read the Yoho piece on Ozempic (kinda neat that it was published today) and there's a whole laundry list of side effects: loss of vision strikes me as one I would not want to acquire. I just don't get it; how do you manage to overlook some very serious side effects in order to look really ugly? About Kelly Ripa: didn't they used to say that tv made people look heavier than they really are? So if she looked thin on tv before Ozempic, she must look truly awful now.
oh haven't you seen the 'activists' demanding that medicaid pay for obese kids to get these drugs? cuz their obesity is genetic, don't ya know. no amount of preventions will work! anything less would be 'racist'. (yes a lady being interviewed on corporate media, oh about 6-8 months ago, actually said that BS!!)
I was diagnosed with gastroparesis 16 years ago. I’m not diabetic nor bulimic. Idiopathic. Doctors don’t know why. My digestion is super slow but fortunately I’m not as sick as most people with Gastroparesis. But occasionally the nausea and vomiting kick in with no warning. I would never take these drugs. This disorder is nothing to mess around with.
A friend is on Ozympic for diabetes and had a hard time getting it because it became so “popular.” Was it the Kreepy Kardashians that started this stupidity? I vaguely remember something about them and this drug.
no they don’t paralyze the stomach. gastroparesis is a possible side effect. but i’d say this quote is incorrect. many people use these drugs without side effects or very minimal side effects. this guy’s an alarmist. i’m not saying GLPs are without concern but many people use them with only positive effects.
I just read that with obesity continuing to climb and that Ozempic is used chronically that "big pharma" could make trillions. Kinda puts the "vaxx" shots profits to shame.
What we do know is that big pharma is MASSIVELY corrupt and has been fined billions of dollars over the years for what can only be referred to as crimes against humanity.
I smell a "mind-set" in here... "I pay this-much-a-month for cable, and my car lease, and... NOW, my gym membership cancellation goes towards my 'body-maintenance drugs.'
Just Part of the Cost of Doing Second-Millennium American."
They needed something new, after all the dermal filler injections were leaving their faces lumpy af.
Another revolutionary product brought to you by Big Pharma, where downstream side effects and possible threats to the health of the "patient" are just par for the course.
Nurse friend works in a cancer diagnostic clinic. They're seeing a lot of dramatic unexplained weightloss patients, anorexic level. Turns out they're on or have been on Ozempic or the other diabetic drug Mouranga (sp?) Stomach function shut down totally and irreversible. There's one end path to this. Another population reduction system?
That was my thought. Very thin/anorexic women are often infertile. Also, extreme thinness is a turn-off to most men. It’s a two pronged approach to population reduction. Just another example of the global effort to decrease birth rates.
Also removes medically costly diabetics. Plus celebrities, plus a certain mentality of person from the population. And yes, don't these folk have friends to tell them NO?
"Fashion cycles. Trends repeat. But biology and psychology don’t reset as easily. And when a culture once again starts rewarding women for shrinking—literally and figuratively—it’s worth asking whether we learned anything the last time around."
Best wrap up ever! Hollywood sure creates some interesting human beings. My goodness, this is so disturbing on so many levels. It's not surprising though, considering that these folks are the same ones with trendy tranny kids. Hopefully the younger generations can see these skeletons for what they are: unhealthy and needing help.
Twiggy and that whole time triggered my ED. When I was 19 and newly married. It was off and on until I was 31. Then had to heal myself. There was no help around then. Healing myself took several years to get my head where it should be after I stopped the behavior. God gave me the final push to get out from under the whole thing. Glamour magazine in 1981, I think, had an article identifying what I was doing. It shocked me because it described me and my behavior and my mindset perfectly. This was the hardest thing I have ever done. An ED colors and tamps down your entire life and is physically dangerous. Ozempic will be the death of many. Children are next.
I was very much naturally Twiggy-ish in college when she made it big. Lucky for me style wise, but not many considered me attractive. I’m from the South where we consider sweet tea, cheese grits, cornbread and banana pudding a balanced meal—and the men like their women a bit round.
Woman’s bodies are beautiful, and one reason is because there is so much variation. I hate that our bodies are seen as a fashion trend. They do so much, can we not just love them and take care of them and appreciate whatever form they come in?
This trend is so disheartening, maybe even more than the last social contagion of young women thinking they were transmen. At least with the trans trend, one could wake up, realize that that’s not actually a thing you can do, and go back to what they were born as (hopefully with breasts still attached). Anorexia, whether the old fashioned kind or the ozempic kind, can kill. I wonder how many will find that out too late. Ariana grande and kelly ripa are shocking, absolutely shocking.
And hey! Did you know that ozempic mostly makes one lose muscle weight so when you go off of and regain it’s all fat? Just another little gift that keeps on giving.
For the screenshot that started “As someone who overcame an ED…” and then mentioned Ariana Grande, considering what she looks like now, I just read it as Erectile Disfunction.
Thought I misread too w/ female author---just being able to eat in a healthy manner for yourself is a very basic skill and all of the scapegoating is just more slop in this modern hellscape passing as civilization.
It’s more what you eat. I gained weight on 1000 calories because extreme dieting or nonsense like Keto, too much fasting, carnivore, OMAD eventually turn into just ultra low calorie diets and ruin your metabolism and you end up insulin resistant and gaining weight because of that. Your body sees starving and acts accordingly. Oh, and your thyroid tanks. Ask me how I know. I was exercising a lot. The calorie in calorie out garbage is a myth. Only Exercising pounds away is a myth also. For a woman too much or over exercising is a double edge sword with hormone and skeletal damage.as with under eating. Do long distance runners look healthy OR happy? Lol. Men have no idea.
You're onto something here Janet. I was worried about my A1C that had crossed slightly into pre-diabetes range so I dramatically altered my diet, cutting out all carbs. It wrecked my digestive tract, I didn't lose any weight and my A1C remained unchanged. I'm just now getting back to normal, exercising more and eating everything in moderation. It will be interesting when I again have blood work, but I feel 100% better.
I’m working on this too. My naturopath said numbers rise in older women. And you do know that about 10 years ago they lowered the ranges. Sell more pharma? Betcha!
I’m taking some supplements and fiber, PGX granules by Natural Factors. Happy to share more.
Thanks! I really need to see a naturopath. And yes, a friend who is a respiratory therapist told me his doctor stated honestly that the upper limit of FBS is actually 120, not 100.
It is not always calories in calories out. Something happens to your body and you simply can not lose weight. It is a metabolic disorder of some nature. I tried Ozempic for several months. Gained five pounds. Doctor apologized to me because it didn’t work. No miracle weight loss here. Thankfully, I really do like myself just the way I am!! lol!
My doctor asked me if I would like to try it. I asked him, "Have you looked at the possible side effects of that crap? No way would I try that! I have enough issues now!"
Jenna, you have my appreciative thanks for The Goddess images shown above! I will take that any day compared to the skeletal figures shown. And God willing the HHS under RFK Jr.’s watch will 1) not promote these drugs that benefit (ka-ching $$$) Big Pharma and 2) not force everyone who carries more weight than is considered “acceptable” to take them.
I second this! I was so happy to see these images.
I was just joking with a friend that perimenopause is triggering my "venus of willendorf" era - i keep reminding myself there's a reason that female icons from so many earlier civilizations especially are more voluptuous - because they are REAL. female bodies change esp after childbirth and menopause. hopefully those of us getting hit with this won't be tempted to run to ozempic. yikes. but i looked at these sculptures and was like HELL YEAH BABY
The other day I was surprised and pleased the other day to realize that when I looked in the mirror, for the first time I thought, you know, maybe a little extra isn't bad. I'm gonna lean into the fact that those sculptures exist for a reason :) (I would never ozempic anyway)
Fat fills out the wrinkles!! We cut up a home grown beef the other day and I actually rendered some fat yesterday. I have 9 more lbs to render down and use in place of toxic oil. I use real tallow on my face. Good stuff.
I've been using tallow for a few years! I just switched it up and added some more expensive, mostly natural but slightly-less-so products too but I LOVE tallow!! And omg you sound awesome
I bought a brand and my granddaughter told me I smelled like French Fries. Took it back. But would definitely recommend for a woman who is looking for a man.
Omg, that is my nightmare! With this venom on the market creating the perception that there is no longer any "excuse" to be fat, I'm terrified they will try to mandate it on people they deem overweight or obese. I actually had one dipstick trying to sell me on Ozempic because once it makes me thin and therefore healthy, I will be able to climb stairs! I may be 300 lb but I have no trouble with stairs, and recently giddily bought an at-home stairclimber that was both affordable and weight-rated to my size! (Previously, all I could find for people at my weight were 2000 dollar gym level stuff I have neither funds nor room for). You know nothing about any person based solely on their weight, dude! Lol!
From what is being uncovered so far Ozempic may make one thinner but the “healthier” part is questionable given people are going blind, getting pancreatitis/gastric ileus, and intestinal malabsorption if they take it.
It gets competitive with some women, as in who can get thinner. I believe it actually has a name - competitive anorexia. Horrifying, isn’t it? And they do think they look great.
I have known several people over my life who have had an ED and the ramifications can be lifelong. And we aren’t even that old, I’m in my 50s. I hate to see what their bones are like as we get into our 60s and 70s.
They are lifelong. My ED ended around when I was 31. But at 77 there are still urges and body hate that still surfaces at times. Some of the urges never go away. Yes, I’ve had two surgeries in my 70s for broken bones in falls. Plus I had tooth damage (bulimia) requiring lots of money to repair. My sister also had bulimia as a young woman, but she never stopped it. She died at 73 from cancer complicated by her first Covid shot. Always painfully thin.
I ask that same question when i see a man with ear hair. And if he has a wife AND ear hair? It tells me she really doesn't like him. Spouses don't let spouses go out in public with hair in places it shouldn't be.
Ugliest and stupidest fashion trend ever. My personal mission is to never be a victim of Big Pharma...doing everything I can to avoid ever needing any prescription or fall for the lie that health and well-being comes from a pill or injection. We are what we consume. I want to be sunshine. So I consume locally raised veggies and meat pasture raised. I drink raw milk and happy pasture raised chickens and their eggs. And I take long walks outside for the sun and it's vitamin D. Celebs mock what it is to be human...but I embrace human so called imperfections as natural and life affirming.
The pendulum swings…we went from body positivity (which just really meant it’s okay that I’m obese and unhealthy and HOW DARE YOU CALL ME OUT FOR IT!) to monetized and medicalized anorexia. Not eating is ALSO terrifyingly unhealthy. I did the whole Ozembic thing in 2023 to shed a few for my daughter’s wedding. Killed my appetite for food and booze. After I stopped, appetite returned, and so did the weight. Not cool.
Starving yourself is not good…short or long term. Kelly Rippa, who was once ripped and beautiful, now really does look like something out of a Tim Burton movie. Scary stuff!
Wanna lose weight? Track calories. Build muscle. Eat clean. I’ve lost 30 pounds since April. No Ozembic this time. No loss of appetite. And I don’t look like something out of a horror movie.
I feel for these women…I hope they get a grip and stop. The long term effects of this drug are just as frightening as the skeletal effects…
Many people who have used Ozempic have died from it. This info comes from a nurse who has seen friends/patients die from that stuff. It 100% obliterates your appetite. My husband was prescribed Ozempic by his nurse, it was to lower his blood sugar (he has diabetes). He was on it for about 3 months and after about 6 weeks, he didn't want to eat any food - NONE at all. He was literally starving to death. This happened this past summer and he's 80 y.o. with Parkinson's disease - needless to say he was very weak and lost a lot of muscle. It was very scary and horrifying watching all this but thankfully his Home Health Care nurse told us how to get him off of it and how to recover. She's the one who told us she personally has known of patients/friends who have died from Ozempic starving them to death, literally. This stuff needs to be taken off the market and never used by anyone IMO. There are much better ways to lose weight.
Yes, we have a WONDERFUL nurse, she's very knowledgeable and a real sweetheart. She always advocates using natural remedies such as herbs/supplements instead of big pharma, which I agree with. Have been an herbalist/supplement user for 50 yrs, those things work better than drugs, with no side effects.
We are performing plastic surgery on more & more Ozempic patients (men & women) who’ve lost massive amounts of weight.
The cost for all of the procedures; facelift, breasts, arms, legs & torso is enough to buy 2 luxury cars.
They assume plastic surgery will make them look 18 again. The skin is so stretched from years of expansion that it now lacks elasticity. The hanging skin has been removed, but what remains is still loose & non-pliable. The supple bodies of youth have a base of muscle that supports youthful skin. Ozempic starves the muscle of nutrition resulting in less support & firmness.
The muscles loss is obvious in parts of the body that can’t be covered unless you wear a hijab. Pulling & excising the facial skin leaves a boney face which now requires replacing lost volume. Injections with fillers works well, but must be done routinely.
In spite of the complications and expense, most have an almost panicky fear of gaining weight. They like their heroin-chic frames, resulting in life-long Ozempic users.
The moral for me, and should be for most people is, do not overeat. You must want to be slim & healthy more than you want to overeat.
It takes practice & will power. But, it’s easier than spending $100K+ and undergoing painful surgery again & again.
PREACH!!! It's all just insane. Nobody wants to think or talk about the side effects and consequences. It's just GET THIN QUICK and hopefully I'll be one of the lucky ones. So sad.
Read what Dr. Yoho says about Ozempic:
“The drug works by paralyzing the stomach, preventing proper digestion. This mechanism causes severe gastrointestinal problems in many patients. Nearly 3,000 lawsuits have been consolidated in the Pennsylvania federal court alleging gastroparesis, intestinal blockages, and ileus. The FDA has updated Ozempic’s warning label multiple times since 2023—adding warnings for ileus in September 2023, severe gastrointestinal reactions in January 2025, and pulmonary aspiration during anesthesia in November 2024.“
https://robertyoho.substack.com/p/396-ozempics-depravaties-make-the
Please tell me that photo of Kelly Ripa is doctored. It’s horrifying.
Back when I used to watch the idiot box (what my mother called the TV) I always wondered if Kelly had an eating disorder. If she looked that skeletal on TV, how did she look in person???!!!
Once again, Hollywood et al leading the way… what glorious role models they are! My own niece ended up in the hospital because of this drug and now that she’s recovered and off the stuff, has not just regained the weight, plus more, but continues to have gastrointestinal issues.
That's so heartbreakingly wrong. :(
I’m so sorry Judy 😢
I looked up the KR pic…she really is that skinny. But her face does NOT look like that. Either the shot was doctored or it’s really bad lighting. But her frame is, well, shocking.
Oh there have been a few shocking photos of her--and some she posted HERSELF (so you know a) it's not some weird attack job and b) she obviously thinks she looks GOOD):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1151392639184645/posts/1514332982890607/
Wow, concentration camp chic, never thought I’d see the day.
🥲
She looks sooooo bad…but her face in that photo is mortifying! I’m glad she doesn’t actually look like that. (The photo I found is here: https://media.gettyimages.com/id/2202926284/fr/photo/hollywood-california-kelly-ripa-attends-the-97th-annual-oscars-at-dolby-theatre-on-march-02.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=hQyJ9AzV_VPC0ZvolYAGjaBrqrlkQBZvvxkCjGAD2qw=)
But her legs are like twigs…and the rest of her? It’s like she’s disappeared. Heartbreaking. I wasn’t knocking on you…I promise ☺️.
Oh, no offense taken! ;)
OMG I just looked at that FB page. Wow she looks horrible. She looks sick and ill. I wonder of she’s layered Ozempic on over the C*V*D Jabs?
It's obvious she has anorexia. Maybe now it's ozempicrexia. Whatever the case, it's a mental disorder. Body dysmorphia. It's about control. It's obviously an extreme example as is Ariana Grande. Very disturbing.
OMG! My Eyes! My Eyes! 🤮
But I can’t imagine in whose mind that kind of stick thinness is attractive. Both KR and the wicked chick look like they are just this close to death. Don’t people remember the Twiggy years when so many young girls ended up in the hospital when they decided throwing up their lunch was a viable alternative? Instead of misery on steroids, now we have misery on Ozempic. It’s scary and so unnecessary. What does AI have to say about it? That could give us a clue.
It’s terrible. Anorexics always think they look “fat.” Their brain chemistry gets all messed up. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what’s happening here…
Does this mean we’re allowed to say “fat” now?
Mary Ann, yes, we may say "fat" now, in a nostalgic kind of way, as in "Ah, I remember when people used to be 'fat' (and not 'dead')."
😂 David, you crack me up.
Those legs: “Death camp chic.”
I just read the Yoho piece on Ozempic (kinda neat that it was published today) and there's a whole laundry list of side effects: loss of vision strikes me as one I would not want to acquire. I just don't get it; how do you manage to overlook some very serious side effects in order to look really ugly? About Kelly Ripa: didn't they used to say that tv made people look heavier than they really are? So if she looked thin on tv before Ozempic, she must look truly awful now.
Yes, the camera adds 10 pounds. Kelly doesn’t have 10 to spare!
I was thinking she probably weighs less than 10 pounds.
What is it, could blow her over with a feather? Not sure it applies to skinny but you never know. 🤷♀️🤣
😂
Laura- thanks so much for including Dr. Yoho's article!! I just read it the other day and wanted to mention it here. Good job.
Yes. I put a link up here on his post. I have several relatives on this stuff. Very scary, as I’m sure children are next in line. 😱😱😱
oh haven't you seen the 'activists' demanding that medicaid pay for obese kids to get these drugs? cuz their obesity is genetic, don't ya know. no amount of preventions will work! anything less would be 'racist'. (yes a lady being interviewed on corporate media, oh about 6-8 months ago, actually said that BS!!)
I was diagnosed with gastroparesis 16 years ago. I’m not diabetic nor bulimic. Idiopathic. Doctors don’t know why. My digestion is super slow but fortunately I’m not as sick as most people with Gastroparesis. But occasionally the nausea and vomiting kick in with no warning. I would never take these drugs. This disorder is nothing to mess around with.
Baga - my heart goes out to you. 😢
Another slow kill IMO
Laura, you wrote "the FDA has updated Ozempic’s warning label multiple times since 2023."
Another way of expressing this is "the FDA approved Ozempic in 2023 for its current use without anywhere near enough testing."
David - that was part of the verbiage from Yoho’s post.
But you are correct. Let’s just make another drug to fix the side effects from Ozempic. And on and on and……
A friend is on Ozympic for diabetes and had a hard time getting it because it became so “popular.” Was it the Kreepy Kardashians that started this stupidity? I vaguely remember something about them and this drug.
Ditto!
no they don’t paralyze the stomach. gastroparesis is a possible side effect. but i’d say this quote is incorrect. many people use these drugs without side effects or very minimal side effects. this guy’s an alarmist. i’m not saying GLPs are without concern but many people use them with only positive effects.
Big Pharma has found another way to keep humans chronically ill and make billions.
I just read that with obesity continuing to climb and that Ozempic is used chronically that "big pharma" could make trillions. Kinda puts the "vaxx" shots profits to shame.
What we do know is that big pharma is MASSIVELY corrupt and has been fined billions of dollars over the years for what can only be referred to as crimes against humanity.
$500 a month or around there - yikes!
I smell a "mind-set" in here... "I pay this-much-a-month for cable, and my car lease, and... NOW, my gym membership cancellation goes towards my 'body-maintenance drugs.'
Just Part of the Cost of Doing Second-Millennium American."
And yet we let them advertise on television
It's the newest social contagion. The fallout will be ugly.
They needed something new, after all the dermal filler injections were leaving their faces lumpy af.
Another revolutionary product brought to you by Big Pharma, where downstream side effects and possible threats to the health of the "patient" are just par for the course.
These silly woman are making ugly great again I guess.
Not just women
Nurse friend works in a cancer diagnostic clinic. They're seeing a lot of dramatic unexplained weightloss patients, anorexic level. Turns out they're on or have been on Ozempic or the other diabetic drug Mouranga (sp?) Stomach function shut down totally and irreversible. There's one end path to this. Another population reduction system?
That was my thought. Very thin/anorexic women are often infertile. Also, extreme thinness is a turn-off to most men. It’s a two pronged approach to population reduction. Just another example of the global effort to decrease birth rates.
It may have been Theo Vonn who stated that making out with a too-skinny girl is like making love to a bag full of deer antlers. 🫎😄
🤣
Ha. That skinny skeletal look reminds me of the dead bodies in Gross Anatomy class where we did dissections!
😝😝😝🦌🦌🦌
Also removes medically costly diabetics. Plus celebrities, plus a certain mentality of person from the population. And yes, don't these folk have friends to tell them NO?
"Fashion cycles. Trends repeat. But biology and psychology don’t reset as easily. And when a culture once again starts rewarding women for shrinking—literally and figuratively—it’s worth asking whether we learned anything the last time around."
Best wrap up ever! Hollywood sure creates some interesting human beings. My goodness, this is so disturbing on so many levels. It's not surprising though, considering that these folks are the same ones with trendy tranny kids. Hopefully the younger generations can see these skeletons for what they are: unhealthy and needing help.
My knowledge of popular culture these days is practically nil. On purpose.
Great choice.
Twiggy and that whole time triggered my ED. When I was 19 and newly married. It was off and on until I was 31. Then had to heal myself. There was no help around then. Healing myself took several years to get my head where it should be after I stopped the behavior. God gave me the final push to get out from under the whole thing. Glamour magazine in 1981, I think, had an article identifying what I was doing. It shocked me because it described me and my behavior and my mindset perfectly. This was the hardest thing I have ever done. An ED colors and tamps down your entire life and is physically dangerous. Ozempic will be the death of many. Children are next.
wow, I can't believe you managed to get out of that on your own. amazing strength!!! <3
God is good. He's the only real answer.
I was very much naturally Twiggy-ish in college when she made it big. Lucky for me style wise, but not many considered me attractive. I’m from the South where we consider sweet tea, cheese grits, cornbread and banana pudding a balanced meal—and the men like their women a bit round.
Woman’s bodies are beautiful, and one reason is because there is so much variation. I hate that our bodies are seen as a fashion trend. They do so much, can we not just love them and take care of them and appreciate whatever form they come in?
This trend is so disheartening, maybe even more than the last social contagion of young women thinking they were transmen. At least with the trans trend, one could wake up, realize that that’s not actually a thing you can do, and go back to what they were born as (hopefully with breasts still attached). Anorexia, whether the old fashioned kind or the ozempic kind, can kill. I wonder how many will find that out too late. Ariana grande and kelly ripa are shocking, absolutely shocking.
And hey! Did you know that ozempic mostly makes one lose muscle weight so when you go off of and regain it’s all fat? Just another little gift that keeps on giving.
{sigh} Humans are weird.
haha. perfect comment
Yes they are!😂😂😂
People obsessed with themselves are.
For the screenshot that started “As someone who overcame an ED…” and then mentioned Ariana Grande, considering what she looks like now, I just read it as Erectile Disfunction.
ME TOOOO. Just like with BLM and the riots. I am like "why is the Bureau of Land Management rioting???"
Thought I misread too w/ female author---just being able to eat in a healthy manner for yourself is a very basic skill and all of the scapegoating is just more slop in this modern hellscape passing as civilization.
It is all about the amount of calories you throw down your pie hole and not marrying your couch.
It’s more what you eat. I gained weight on 1000 calories because extreme dieting or nonsense like Keto, too much fasting, carnivore, OMAD eventually turn into just ultra low calorie diets and ruin your metabolism and you end up insulin resistant and gaining weight because of that. Your body sees starving and acts accordingly. Oh, and your thyroid tanks. Ask me how I know. I was exercising a lot. The calorie in calorie out garbage is a myth. Only Exercising pounds away is a myth also. For a woman too much or over exercising is a double edge sword with hormone and skeletal damage.as with under eating. Do long distance runners look healthy OR happy? Lol. Men have no idea.
You're onto something here Janet. I was worried about my A1C that had crossed slightly into pre-diabetes range so I dramatically altered my diet, cutting out all carbs. It wrecked my digestive tract, I didn't lose any weight and my A1C remained unchanged. I'm just now getting back to normal, exercising more and eating everything in moderation. It will be interesting when I again have blood work, but I feel 100% better.
I’m working on this too. My naturopath said numbers rise in older women. And you do know that about 10 years ago they lowered the ranges. Sell more pharma? Betcha!
I’m taking some supplements and fiber, PGX granules by Natural Factors. Happy to share more.
I’ve lost 13lbs.
Thanks! I really need to see a naturopath. And yes, a friend who is a respiratory therapist told me his doctor stated honestly that the upper limit of FBS is actually 120, not 100.
Is that the blood glucose level?
Mine is 120 but A1C is 58-61 🤷♀️
Yes, fasting blood sugar.
It is not always calories in calories out. Something happens to your body and you simply can not lose weight. It is a metabolic disorder of some nature. I tried Ozempic for several months. Gained five pounds. Doctor apologized to me because it didn’t work. No miracle weight loss here. Thankfully, I really do like myself just the way I am!! lol!
My doctor asked me if I would like to try it. I asked him, "Have you looked at the possible side effects of that crap? No way would I try that! I have enough issues now!"
Agree.
But my couch is sooooo sexy….
I tried marrying my couch but that filth under the cushions was a deal breaker.
My couch had loose change in it. Does that make me a gold digger? 😁
🤣 basically.
We talk about self control a lot in my family and what that looks like!
My couch doesn’t appeal much to me. But I do love my big ol’ chocolate colored LaZBoy recliner.
Jenna, you have my appreciative thanks for The Goddess images shown above! I will take that any day compared to the skeletal figures shown. And God willing the HHS under RFK Jr.’s watch will 1) not promote these drugs that benefit (ka-ching $$$) Big Pharma and 2) not force everyone who carries more weight than is considered “acceptable” to take them.
I second this! I was so happy to see these images.
I was just joking with a friend that perimenopause is triggering my "venus of willendorf" era - i keep reminding myself there's a reason that female icons from so many earlier civilizations especially are more voluptuous - because they are REAL. female bodies change esp after childbirth and menopause. hopefully those of us getting hit with this won't be tempted to run to ozempic. yikes. but i looked at these sculptures and was like HELL YEAH BABY
Amen. I am with you!! I eat so clean you can mop the floor with me and I am still fluffy. But, whatever. God made this. Who am I to argue?
<3 relate on eating habits!
The other day I was surprised and pleased the other day to realize that when I looked in the mirror, for the first time I thought, you know, maybe a little extra isn't bad. I'm gonna lean into the fact that those sculptures exist for a reason :) (I would never ozempic anyway)
Fat fills out the wrinkles!! We cut up a home grown beef the other day and I actually rendered some fat yesterday. I have 9 more lbs to render down and use in place of toxic oil. I use real tallow on my face. Good stuff.
I've been using tallow for a few years! I just switched it up and added some more expensive, mostly natural but slightly-less-so products too but I LOVE tallow!! And omg you sound awesome
I bought a brand and my granddaughter told me I smelled like French Fries. Took it back. But would definitely recommend for a woman who is looking for a man.
Have you tried whipped tallow with manuka honey? It's awesome for all over!
Yes! I love that. It is the only one that has been ordered twice!
Omg, that is my nightmare! With this venom on the market creating the perception that there is no longer any "excuse" to be fat, I'm terrified they will try to mandate it on people they deem overweight or obese. I actually had one dipstick trying to sell me on Ozempic because once it makes me thin and therefore healthy, I will be able to climb stairs! I may be 300 lb but I have no trouble with stairs, and recently giddily bought an at-home stairclimber that was both affordable and weight-rated to my size! (Previously, all I could find for people at my weight were 2000 dollar gym level stuff I have neither funds nor room for). You know nothing about any person based solely on their weight, dude! Lol!
From what is being uncovered so far Ozempic may make one thinner but the “healthier” part is questionable given people are going blind, getting pancreatitis/gastric ileus, and intestinal malabsorption if they take it.
It is hard for me to believe that anyone willingly would do this to themselves. Don't they have a mirror?
It gets competitive with some women, as in who can get thinner. I believe it actually has a name - competitive anorexia. Horrifying, isn’t it? And they do think they look great.
It is horrifying. They look like concentration camp survivors. It can't be good for your health.
I have known several people over my life who have had an ED and the ramifications can be lifelong. And we aren’t even that old, I’m in my 50s. I hate to see what their bones are like as we get into our 60s and 70s.
They are lifelong. My ED ended around when I was 31. But at 77 there are still urges and body hate that still surfaces at times. Some of the urges never go away. Yes, I’ve had two surgeries in my 70s for broken bones in falls. Plus I had tooth damage (bulimia) requiring lots of money to repair. My sister also had bulimia as a young woman, but she never stopped it. She died at 73 from cancer complicated by her first Covid shot. Always painfully thin.
That makes me so sad. I think I have friends that will have similar issues.
A lot of you may be too young to remember Karen Carpenter (singer from the 70s/80s). She died young of anorexia. Her organs just gave out.
It's body dysmorphia. And some bizarre need to show off.
A really bad combination.
I pray for the young girls/women in our society. It's like everything impedes developing a strong sense of self and womanhood.
I have not heard of competitive anorecia but my goodness this is just awful! People spend wayyyyyyyy too much time on themselves
I ask that same question when i see a man with ear hair. And if he has a wife AND ear hair? It tells me she really doesn't like him. Spouses don't let spouses go out in public with hair in places it shouldn't be.
This is all just horrifying and very sad.
The same goes with nose hair! Just yuck!
Lmao
Ugliest and stupidest fashion trend ever. My personal mission is to never be a victim of Big Pharma...doing everything I can to avoid ever needing any prescription or fall for the lie that health and well-being comes from a pill or injection. We are what we consume. I want to be sunshine. So I consume locally raised veggies and meat pasture raised. I drink raw milk and happy pasture raised chickens and their eggs. And I take long walks outside for the sun and it's vitamin D. Celebs mock what it is to be human...but I embrace human so called imperfections as natural and life affirming.
Great decision. Avoid these butchers at all costs.
The pendulum swings…we went from body positivity (which just really meant it’s okay that I’m obese and unhealthy and HOW DARE YOU CALL ME OUT FOR IT!) to monetized and medicalized anorexia. Not eating is ALSO terrifyingly unhealthy. I did the whole Ozembic thing in 2023 to shed a few for my daughter’s wedding. Killed my appetite for food and booze. After I stopped, appetite returned, and so did the weight. Not cool.
Starving yourself is not good…short or long term. Kelly Rippa, who was once ripped and beautiful, now really does look like something out of a Tim Burton movie. Scary stuff!
Wanna lose weight? Track calories. Build muscle. Eat clean. I’ve lost 30 pounds since April. No Ozembic this time. No loss of appetite. And I don’t look like something out of a horror movie.
I feel for these women…I hope they get a grip and stop. The long term effects of this drug are just as frightening as the skeletal effects…
Not as much money in expanding the Plus Size section at Target and moving it front and center as telling women they are fat and selling them this BS.
Many people who have used Ozempic have died from it. This info comes from a nurse who has seen friends/patients die from that stuff. It 100% obliterates your appetite. My husband was prescribed Ozempic by his nurse, it was to lower his blood sugar (he has diabetes). He was on it for about 3 months and after about 6 weeks, he didn't want to eat any food - NONE at all. He was literally starving to death. This happened this past summer and he's 80 y.o. with Parkinson's disease - needless to say he was very weak and lost a lot of muscle. It was very scary and horrifying watching all this but thankfully his Home Health Care nurse told us how to get him off of it and how to recover. She's the one who told us she personally has known of patients/friends who have died from Ozempic starving them to death, literally. This stuff needs to be taken off the market and never used by anyone IMO. There are much better ways to lose weight.
That is so awful and heartbreaking--and I'm SO glad you had an educated nurse!!!
Yes, we have a WONDERFUL nurse, she's very knowledgeable and a real sweetheart. She always advocates using natural remedies such as herbs/supplements instead of big pharma, which I agree with. Have been an herbalist/supplement user for 50 yrs, those things work better than drugs, with no side effects.
We are performing plastic surgery on more & more Ozempic patients (men & women) who’ve lost massive amounts of weight.
The cost for all of the procedures; facelift, breasts, arms, legs & torso is enough to buy 2 luxury cars.
They assume plastic surgery will make them look 18 again. The skin is so stretched from years of expansion that it now lacks elasticity. The hanging skin has been removed, but what remains is still loose & non-pliable. The supple bodies of youth have a base of muscle that supports youthful skin. Ozempic starves the muscle of nutrition resulting in less support & firmness.
The muscles loss is obvious in parts of the body that can’t be covered unless you wear a hijab. Pulling & excising the facial skin leaves a boney face which now requires replacing lost volume. Injections with fillers works well, but must be done routinely.
In spite of the complications and expense, most have an almost panicky fear of gaining weight. They like their heroin-chic frames, resulting in life-long Ozempic users.
The moral for me, and should be for most people is, do not overeat. You must want to be slim & healthy more than you want to overeat.
It takes practice & will power. But, it’s easier than spending $100K+ and undergoing painful surgery again & again.
PREACH!!! It's all just insane. Nobody wants to think or talk about the side effects and consequences. It's just GET THIN QUICK and hopefully I'll be one of the lucky ones. So sad.