Are You on the “Skinny Jab” Bandwagon?

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“What do you think about Ozempic?”

I’ve been asked this question more than once over the last year or so, and I usually just give “the look” 🙄 and move on. But I was asked again last week by a client who said, “Everyone in the community is doing it,” and I decided to respond.

Now let’s remember that Ozempic is not FDA-approved for weight loss. It’s a diabetes medication. And, keep in mind, that a “boxed warning” is the most serious warning from the FDA, and Ozempic has a boxed warning about possible risk of thyroid cancer.

Let’s also remember that even if, at some point in time, it is approved by the FDA for weight loss:

1️⃣ This is the same FDA that over the years has recalled MANY once-approved drugs because they turned out to be not-so-safe as they initially thought. (You can do a Google search on your own.)

2️⃣ Weight loss would be a possible side effect, and not the purpose of the drug.

3️⃣ This is a drug that doesn’t change your brain, your thinking, or your habits.

4️⃣ The only people who will benefit from it are the pharmaceutical companies and perhaps any prescription-happy physicians, especially those who are obese themselves.

Many of the folks taking Ozempic for weight loss are the same folks who would not, under any circumstances, take the Covid vaccination (and I am one of them); and their misgivings about that did indeed turn out to be well-founded, as the world now knows.

So, they’re unwilling to be Covid vaxxed, but they are willing to pump themselves with a diabetes medication, even though they don’t have diabetes, because “everyone is doing it.”

Frankly, how stupid is that?

And if they do lose weight with Ozempic, they most likely will need to keep taking the drugs forever to keep the weight off because once the drug is stopped or loses its effectiveness the same issues that got folks fat in the first place will still be there, and the weight will come right back on. Quickly. And it’s important to note that if you start taking Ozempic for weight loss, your body may get used to it, establishing a new normal. This can cause your weight to plateau.

Let’s acknowledge another fact about these folks: These are the same folks who have been “trying” forever, perpetually quick-fixing and fad-dieting for many, many years – in some cases, their whole lives. Always putting their faith in a “product,” a pill, a potion, a powder, or a delivery service. They never, ever go through the hard work of change. There are NO weight-control “products” that address the real issues of lifestyle change and, as a result, produce only temporary results at best.

There is no such thing as a magic pill or injection to simplify the process of healthy and sustainable weight loss. The words “simplify” and “sustainable change” don’t belong in the same sentence, and magic” bullets ALWAYS keep you dependent and helpless.

So, back to the question posed to me, “What do you think . . .?”

✅ I think these people are OK with being weak.

✅ I think they are comfortable being lazy.

✅ I think they have extremely low standards for their well-being and self-care.

✅ I think they lack self-esteem and self-confidence.

✅ I think they are followers, not leaders.

✅ I think they set extremely poor examples for their children.

But most of all, I think they should be injecting themselves with a weekly session of psychotherapy.

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Watch and listen to Dr. Mikhail Varshavki, D.O.: The Many Lies About the Ozempic Weight Loss Craze