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So. Two things I don't like about this. 1. The analogy in your first paragraph isn't right, it wouldn't be like someone giving you money, it would be like some

So. Two things I don't like about this. 1. The analogy in your first paragraph isn't right, it wouldn't be like someone giving you money, it would be like someone intercepting your pay, doing all your payments, and then giving you only a small fraction to spend with for the month. 2. I dislike this "it's a cheat" thing. It makes it sound like it's easy on semaglutide. Which as someone who's been on it for a year or so... I can tell you. It's not easy. So when people say it's easy or a cheat or whatever. It diminishes the reasons why people are on it. It also makes the assumption that the people who are on it, didn't do anything else first. They just jumped straight onto the meds, diminishing their struggles before it. I had tremendous problems losing weight, I'm a runner, I put in about 50km running each week, I would fight myself to not eat. I refused to drink, because that would lead to eating. I lived a miserable life. But more importantly my knees were getting damaged by the weight. So in the last year I lost the weight, because the one thing I couldn't fight with just willpower alone (eating), was suddenly far easier to fight. That full feeling. That's one thing it does (which diminishes over time btw). The other thing it does is it totally removes the constant "what am I going to eat" thoughts in my head. Imagine waking up, and you're already planning lunch, you skip breakfast to eat less calories. So when lunch comes, and something gets in the way of you eating.. you get furious. Same with dinner.. the whole day is consumed by thoughts of eating. That's now gone.

Auracle 3y ago
I mean, that last point is - again - normal for everyone. There's a reason "hangry" is a term. I had that same experience on semaglutide where I had to actually remember to eat...and drink water too, though I don't know if that's normal. That was novel to me. None of us can live in eachother's bodies so we'll never know how everyone else experiences things. I have tried that medication though, and what it does to you isn't just putting you in line with my normal lived experience, nor my (skinny) wife's from what she tells me about how she feels about food. Again, by all means, take it. If I were in your shoes I probably would too, and I wouldn't feel all that bad about it. Just don't think it's that easy for most of us normal-weight people to not eat. It's not, and it takes work every day. I will say though, once I got a standing desk + treadmill it became a lot easier. They say you can't outexercise what you eat, but it's a lot easier when you're burning 1,000 calories a day walking. If you have that opportunity I'd recommend it.

Auracle 3y ago

I mean, that last point is - again - normal for everyone. There's a reason "hangry" is a term. I had that same experience on semaglutide where I had to actually remember to eat...and drink water too, though I don't know if that's normal. That was novel to me. None of us can live in eachother's bodies so we'll never know how everyone else experiences things. I have tried that medication though, and what it does to you isn't just putting you in line with my normal lived experience, nor my (skinny) wife's from what she tells me about how she feels about food. Again, by all means, take it. If I were in your shoes I probably would too, and I wouldn't feel all that bad about it. Just don't think it's that easy for most of us normal-weight people to not eat. It's not, and it takes work every day. I will say though, once I got a standing desk + treadmill it became a lot easier. They say you can't outexercise what you eat, but it's a lot easier when you're burning 1,000 calories a day walking. If you have that opportunity I'd recommend it.