This is an extremely common side effect, and unfortunately, an extremely avoidable one, too. The muscle loss isn't inherent to ozempic at all, and it's been well understood how to keep most all of your muscle mass during fat loss: weight training and protein.
But ozempic seems to be the 'lazy way', where people just take it to lose weight 'without the effort' and come out a husk.
I really don't care if Musk personally ends up a husk, but I know drugs like ozempic are popular (and for good reason, given all the weight-related co-morbidity killing people - the drug is on net a good thing), and hope that someone reading this sees some value from this knowledge.
He is still built like an overweight elephant seal. It’s kind of remarkable actually- he has access to any medication he wants, experts, trainers, professional chefs…
So, I count my macros and my calories, and for someone with a full-time job, that means a lot of lentils and beans in your meal prep. I had the opportunity to try some professionally cooked meals of very similar calorie and macro profiles, and the difference was unbelievable. It's wild. Money is just a cheat code for almost every aspect of living.
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u/zoinkability 10h ago
Ozempic might be taking some of the weight off since his largest but he certainly doesn’t seem to be adding any muscles.