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Does it alter you mind more than just your appetite for healthy food like you said? Is there a buzz or general mood lift as well?

cj 5mo ago
If there's any mental effect, it's most likely from eating less food (and most likely healthier food) and feeling better because of that. It doesn't increase your appetite for healthy food. It will punish you for eating bad food. "Don't eat that steak, you're going to have crazy stomach pain tomorrow if you do!"
- stavros 5mo ago
  That's not my experience with tirzepatide. When it worked for me (which was a brief period, admittedly), it kind of turned me off fatty foods, and I wouldn't want to have pizza, for example, but I'd crave a chicken breast and boiled potato, or salad. When it didn't work, one of the failure modes was that I still craved fatty/fried food, but I got terrible stomach pain from it, which is the worst of both worlds. If I'm still going to be unable to resist food, I don't want to be punished for it any more than I already am by being overweight!
  - cj 5mo ago
    > When it didn't work, one of the failure modes was that I still craved fatty/fried food, but I got terrible stomach pain from it I saw this was a feature, not a bug.
    - stavros 5mo ago
      For me, it was definitely a bug, because my issue is I can't restrain myself. I don't lose weight, I just get pains. If I could restrain myself, why do I need the medication?
- taejavu 5mo ago
  What’s wrong with eating steak? Biologically I mean, not ethically.
  - fintech_eng 5mo ago
    Absolutely nothing, if you only eat a few ounces. But a lot of places will server you a 12 oz ribeye steak which has 900 calories all by itself. Add on a side of french fries and a sugary beverage and you get a days worth of calories in a single sitting. When you are on a GLP medication, commonly your digestion slows and will make you really prone to constipation and acid reflux. I've learned to eat just 3-6 ozs when I do steak, and generally opt for the veggies instead of the potatoes now. Feel much better in the morning.
    - tptacek 5mo ago
      A 12oz ribeye is a pretty generous serving; it's not something that sneaks up on you. The surprising thing for me, having settled into a ~1400kcal budget, is how tricky it is to hit protein goals. You go into this thinking it'll be like going low-carb, you'll just eat a lot of beef, but the fun cuts are not efficient protein delivery vehicles. Hitting the kcal budget is effortless; getting the protein in, not so much.
      - fintech_eng 5mo ago
        Same! Keeping a small stock of these has helped me a lot with that: https://fairlife.com/core-power/chocolate-protein-shake-42g/ https://fairlife.com/core-power/chocolate-protein-shake-42g/
    - taejavu 5mo ago
      Yeah I think the fries and sugary beverage would be contributing to the “crazy stomach pain” a lot more than the steak. But the person I’m replying to made no mention of those things..
      - fintech_eng 5mo ago

cj 5mo ago

If there's any mental effect, it's most likely from eating less food (and most likely healthier food) and feeling better because of that. It doesn't increase your appetite for healthy food. It will punish you for eating bad food. "Don't eat that steak, you're going to have crazy stomach pain tomorrow if you do!"

stavros 5mo ago
That's not my experience with tirzepatide. When it worked for me (which was a brief period, admittedly), it kind of turned me off fatty foods, and I wouldn't want to have pizza, for example, but I'd crave a chicken breast and boiled potato, or salad. When it didn't work, one of the failure modes was that I still craved fatty/fried food, but I got terrible stomach pain from it, which is the worst of both worlds. If I'm still going to be unable to resist food, I don't want to be punished for it any more than I already am by being overweight!
- cj 5mo ago
  > When it didn't work, one of the failure modes was that I still craved fatty/fried food, but I got terrible stomach pain from it I saw this was a feature, not a bug.
  - stavros 5mo ago
    For me, it was definitely a bug, because my issue is I can't restrain myself. I don't lose weight, I just get pains. If I could restrain myself, why do I need the medication?
taejavu 5mo ago
What’s wrong with eating steak? Biologically I mean, not ethically.
- fintech_eng 5mo ago
  Absolutely nothing, if you only eat a few ounces. But a lot of places will server you a 12 oz ribeye steak which has 900 calories all by itself. Add on a side of french fries and a sugary beverage and you get a days worth of calories in a single sitting. When you are on a GLP medication, commonly your digestion slows and will make you really prone to constipation and acid reflux. I've learned to eat just 3-6 ozs when I do steak, and generally opt for the veggies instead of the potatoes now. Feel much better in the morning.
  - tptacek 5mo ago
    A 12oz ribeye is a pretty generous serving; it's not something that sneaks up on you. The surprising thing for me, having settled into a ~1400kcal budget, is how tricky it is to hit protein goals. You go into this thinking it'll be like going low-carb, you'll just eat a lot of beef, but the fun cuts are not efficient protein delivery vehicles. Hitting the kcal budget is effortless; getting the protein in, not so much.
    - fintech_eng 5mo ago
      Same! Keeping a small stock of these has helped me a lot with that: https://fairlife.com/core-power/chocolate-protein-shake-42g/ https://fairlife.com/core-power/chocolate-protein-shake-42g/
  - taejavu 5mo ago
    Yeah I think the fries and sugary beverage would be contributing to the “crazy stomach pain” a lot more than the steak. But the person I’m replying to made no mention of those things..
    - fintech_eng 5mo ago