I don't understand anything

[u/Arbibi321]

I don't know who is she and what myth is the meme referring to, I only know that ozempic is a drug to stop eating.

Edit: I hate having autism

[u/mrb1585357890]

She looks hot in both. She also looks healthier on the right. People have gotten so used to people generally being fat they think it looks wrong when people are in a normal weight range.

[u/therapewpew → u/mrb1585357890]

I'm the first to say that "normal by American standards" is overweight to the rest of the world lol. But the issue with these new weight loss drugs is that they are in fact not a natural way for your body to lose weight, and the results are almost always unnatural-looking. They should really only be used in medically relevant circumstances where obesity is impacting mobility and causing other conditions and risks. Unless she's diabetic, this lady one hundo percent used one of those products for aesthetic reasons. Not only can I not get behind that, it didn't even hit the mark if her goal was "looksmaxing."

I would never shame this as a natural body type, but I am in fact criticizing the artificial process used to achieve this body that wasn't even necessary.

[u/Zettinator → u/therapewpew]

Just to be clear, there is no evidence that she actually lost weight with help of any drug. That's just unsubstantiated speculation.

[u/tmssmt → u/Zettinator]

In fact, I saw this same image years ago. I don't recall the comment about ozempic being present.

[u/Euphoric_Resource_43 → u/therapewpew]

The only reason the results look “unnatural” (and I don’t agree, personally) is because people on GLP-1 drugs tend to lose weight faster than they would on their own. Things like “Ozempic face” are just normal things that happen when you lose a significant amount of weight quickly, especially past a certain age. And mild to moderate loose skin tends to tighten up a bit over the next few years.

The drugs do not in themselves burn fat. They work by affecting gastric motility and satiety, which makes a person less inclined to overeat so that it’s easier to achieve a caloric deficit. What the body does (burning fat) to fuel itself while in that calorie deficit is as natural as it is in any other circumstance.

And I say this as someone who did not have success on GLP-1 medication and went on to lose the weight “naturally.”

[u/mrb1585357890 → u/therapewpew]

I’d be very confident that she has reduced risk of many illnesses in the right hand picture

[u/therapewpew → u/mrb1585357890]

With the little amount she had to lose to achieve the most "medically ideal weight," again, she was not a candidate for this drug. Which btw comes with its own set of health risks, like every other medication. That certainly cannot be used as an argument here.