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> patients who lose weight this way still needs this drug to keep it off. Purely anecdotal N=1 but I was also 285 at one point in my life and went through an i
by damascus 4y ago
> patients who lose weight this way still needs this drug to keep it off.
Purely anecdotal N=1 but I was also 285 at one point in my life and went through an intensive weight loss program through my work and lost about 60 lbs in 3 months. That was about 15 years ago. Since then I've done several 3 day fasts and many weeks of One Meal A Day. I think that program showed me experientially what its like to go without as much food as I thought I needed.. so even when the program ended I had a totally different concept of food. Maybe this drug can do something similar. I think so much of overeating for a lot of people is just purely habitual or a misconception that 'my body needs food every 3 hours' when really it doesn't at all, that's just how you've currently conditioned it.
- pknomad 4y agoYou're totally right! Just to add on for the overeating - I think it's easier to overeat in the states due to just larger portions and prevalence of processed foods which often contain sugar and fat, thus leading to higher calorie intake. Food was very much a comfort thing so I would stress-eat during exams, stressful jobs and so forth. The other thing I noticed is that I got less hungry(!?) when I ate less after like fasting for 2 weeks. It seems to me that eating less after getting over the initial hump was key for my weight loss.