Weight Regained Four Times Faster After Obesity Shots Stop: Gyeong-seo's Cycle of Crash Diets and Illness

Weight regained after stopping an obesity injection comes back four times faster than after managing weight through exercise or diet, according to a video that also followed Gyeong-seo, who developed osteoporosis after repeated extreme dieting. The footage was shared by TV CHOSUN LIFE.

Daily blood sugar checks and a fragile skeleton

Gyeong-seo has tried to manage weight with a salad-based diet, but health remains precarious. Every day before eating, Gyeong-seo has to take out a glucose meter and check fasting blood sugar. The reading shown in the video was 137, above the normal range. As weight rose, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and high blood pressure followed.

The bigger problem is the side effect of starving for weight loss. Muscle declined along with fat, and osteoporosis set in. Gyeong-seo's joints have weakened to the point of needing a brace to prevent fractures, and the video showed even housework and walking were a struggle. Looking back on a fixation with the number on the scale, even at the cost of health, Gyeong-seo said, "What I regret most is being so obsessed with numbers."

From a 52kg low to repeated yo-yo dieting

Gyeong-seo once kept an average build, with a low of 52kg, before eating habits collapsed and weight climbed sharply. The cause was a routine from the days of running a shop: bingeing around 2 a.m. after closing and going straight to sleep. Herbal-medicine diets, medication-based diets and a stay at a fasting center were all tried, but the repeated yo-yo effect ended in a changed body shape and worsening health.

Why dieting keeps getting harder

The video named "carbohydrate addiction" as a medical reason dieting becomes ever harder. Eating refined carbohydrates or sugary foods makes blood sugar rise quickly, which in turn creates a vicious circle of seeking stimulating foods. This can change the nervous system in the brain and trigger cravings similar to drug addiction.

Recently used obesity injections were also described as a double-edged sword. They suppress appetite and help reduce weight, but the moment the drug is stopped, appetite surges and weight rises rapidly. After stopping obesity drugs, weight returned as much as four times faster than when weight was managed through exercise or diet. The drugs can also cause headaches, fatigue, vomiting, constipation and other digestive problems and side effects from excessive nerve stimulation, a point that ties in with the cycle of obesity Gyeong-seo is experiencing.

The video showed how a past choice to lose weight by force came back like a boomerang, with sudden weight gain and the chronic illnesses that followed.

Source: TVCHOSUN JOY (YouTube)