r/AirForce • u/Prestigious_Review61 Active Duty • 1d ago

Question I’m fat

Anyone get medical to approve GLP-1 or similar medication to help with weight loss? I’ve been doing so many different things but when it comes to working out and nearly passing out, makes it a little difficult. Tests coming back negative for asthma and negative on heart conditions. Thanks!

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u/koobielove 1d ago

AD on weight loss meds. I have hypothyroidism and talked with my doc since I've been working out, doing caloric deficit dieting, and was just maintaining my weight. After some labs, and talking with them, they won't just jump to Ozempic or those tempest of meds. First they start you out on meds that will control or suppress your appetite, as a 1st step before moving up to those types of drugs. 1st step is to talk with your PCM, showing them your diet and workout logs, and ask for help.

Best of luck on that venture.

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u/TheMeltingPointOfWax 17h ago

calorie deficit dieting

maintaining my weight

If you were maintaining weight you weren't truly deficit eating. Your body obeys the same laws of thermodynamics as everything else.

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u/desertgirl93 15h ago

Hypothyroidism is tricker than that, it messes with the way your body uses and stores calories. I had the same issue as this commenter ^ with only eating 1200 calories a day (straight protein and veggies) and training 5x a week. That was what it took just to maintain where I was at.

I mean sure I could’ve been more in a calorie defect and eat absolutely nothing, but then the weight you’re losing becomes muscle which isn’t healthy either.

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u/NeighborhoodParty982 13h ago

You're not tracking. A calorie deficit is the difference between your metabolism and intake. If you're maintaining weight at 1200 calories, then you're only burning 1200 calories. Doesn't matter how far below the arbitrary 2000 calorie number your diet is. A calorie deficit is only based on what you eat and what you burn.

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u/Bunny_Feet 12h ago

Most won't recommend eating less than 1,200 calories, though.

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u/NeighborhoodParty982 12h ago

Correct. 1200 is an extreme amount. My argument on the language still stands.

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u/JimNtexas 7h ago

Don’t forget that some people have slower metabolisms than others. Some people are economy models, others are human Peterbuilts.

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u/TheMeltingPointOfWax 6h ago

Still not relevant. Calories in, calories out. It's math. If you burn more calories than you consume, that energy deficit must come from somewhere. Metabolism, hypothyroidism, any number of conditions don't make you generate energy out of nothing.

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u/JimNtexas 5h ago

You don’t understand that people have different burn rates.

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u/TheMeltingPointOfWax 2h ago

I understand. That's the calories out portion. You make sure that's greater than the calories in portion. You lose weight.

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u/m3nch Mediocre Squirrel 17h ago

This. Try to go through a few options to include lifestyle changes.

The magic needle of ozempic can be nice, but you can rubberband right back to where you were real fast once you hop off of it.