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GLP-1s feel like a super power
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Anonymous
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I went out for Mexican today with my naturally skinny friend. I ordered a burrito bowl. It was delicious: brown rice, black beans and corn, guac, pico and grilled chicken. It's my favorite thing to order. I thoroughly enjoyed every bite, but was completely and comfortably full after eating half the bowl. I didn't have any desire for the tortilla that came with it. I boxed up the rest and will eat it for lunch tomorrow. It's 7:30 pm now and I'm still not starving for dinner.
My friend also took half of her meal home, but she's always done that. Me? I'm a lick-your-plate kind of gal - someone who actually feels mournful when I finish a meal because I love eating so much and I hate when my food is gone. I'm down 23 lbs and back into my skinny jeans. I feel wonderful. I have read that GLP-1s trigger something in your brain that tells you you're full. That's certainly what it feels like for me. It's a freaking miracle. I can eat everything I love to eat; I just want so much less of it. It was nearly effortless to lose this weight. I went to a sporting event this weekend that ended at around 3 pm, and heavy apps were served: mini hot dogs, fried mac and cheese, meat balls. I normally would've filled a plate and stuffed my face. But I had eaten my lunch at noon and had no hunger at 3 pm, and just no desire to eat that unhealthy food - one, because I've made so much progress with my weight and don't want to undo it, and two, because I knew if I ate it, I wouldn't be hungry AT ALL for our dinner reservation that night at 6:30. I could never make those kind of healthy and rational decisions before. I would always fight against my cravings and unhealthy desires and nearly always lose the fight. GLP-1s have made such a positive difference in my life. I never want to stop taking this. |
Anonymous
| Awesome news. I also love food. I’m starting Zep tomorrow and I’m really excited. |
Anonymous
Thanks for the supportive comment. That's what I'm on (tirzepatide compounded, which is the generic of Zep). I've always looked at people who've been able to eat the way I'm eating on this drug and think they had absolute supreme willpower, and wonder how the heck they could do it so consistently. Now I am that person. It really does feel like magic. I am excited for you and wish you the best! |
Anonymous
| Meanwhile, I am chewing on dry chicken breast and oatmeal 🫨 |
Anonymous
| Yeah because it's artificially taking away your appetite, lol. It's nothing to do with your own self control or anything, just a drug that allows you to have some will power for once. |
Anonymous
If someone said "hey my antidepressant is working, I feel great and more like myself again," would your response be "Yeah because chemicals are artificially boosting serotonin in your brain, lol. It's nothing to do with taking responsibility for your own problems, just a drug that allows you to not be a piece of shit for once." ? It's the same thing. Your body makes the hormone that helps you feel full. Hers doesn't. It's NOT ABOUT WILLPOWER. |
Anonymous
I know. Menopause is the worst. I was naturally thin, never overate and now I just eat even less. |
Anonymous
Well said. This medication gives people the hormonal cues and slower gastric emptying that people who don’t struggle with weight have. |
Anonymous
Within your same insult you admit that the concept of appetite exists while saying it's about self control and will power. You place so much value on your seemingly superhuman ability to starve yourself that you just can't grasp that for some people like myself and OP, our bodies biologically do not produce the same satiating signals as perhaps your does. If all of our bodies and brains functioned the same way, we'd be robots, not humans. |
Anonymous
Thank you for saying this. Not for me, but for family members and friends who have been diagnosed with physical and/or mental health issues that absolutely impact their weight loss. So many people who don’t have these issues truly think these people have never tried altering diet and exercise. They cannot believe that for some people it is so much more than that. |
Anonymous
You make that sound like that a bad thing…. |
Anonymous
| It’s good that you never want to stop taking it, because you will have to take it forever if you don’t want to gain back the weight. |
Anonymous
| I wish I could go on them. |
Anonymous
Ok, same would be for insulin if I was diabetic or a statin if I had high cholesterol |
Anonymous
| I had a third baby at 43 and I just can’t get back. I was always thin and deprived myself easily before and after this I just can’t. I’m hoping to stay on 2.5 of triz - I have 20 pounds to lose. I lost 3 the first 2 weeks but I’m not really noticing much. I’m hoping to increase to just 3. So happy for you OP!!!! This is what I need. I just need a kick start to get back and then I can maintain. For those of you raining on someone else’s happiness - why? It’s not some moral superiority thing. My body has literally wildly changed due to hormones and late pregnancy. I’m pretty sure you’d be fat too. Why do you insist that I be stuck there so you can feel better? People are so weird. |