Semaglutides: do you still enjoy food/wine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the first month or so, no, I did not "enjoy" food and wine in that sense. I did not think about what meals I wanted to eat that day, I did not get excited about checking out new menus. It actually was super helpful because I would eat solely for fuel and I'd choose much healthier, nutrient packed meals because it was difficult to eat sufficient calories (I struggled to get to 1000 calories a day and would end up drinking a glass of milk at bedtime to get myself there).

As my body got used to the medication I absolutely started enjoying food again (wine less so, but I enjoy having a few sips and then just no desire to drink any more), I just eat way less. I think my lack of desire for alcohol is a huge bonus. But again- I enjoy tasting it and feeling a mild fuzzy feeling, but I just don't want any more. I don't miss it at all.

I'm on tirzepatide not semaglutide, but my experience was very similar to this poster. For the first few months I would have answered no to OP's question. I could hardly eat at all so eating rich restaurant food didn't feel good at all.

But now, a year later, the answer is yes absolutely. The beauty is I can eat a nice restaurant meal, feel content and satiated and not feel like I need more "bad" food because I've already blown my so-called diet with the restaurant meal. The other beauty is that even when I have something like a vacation week when I eat out a lot, I don't gain weight. I was not an obese person before, yet every time in my adult life before this med if I went on vacation or to visit family, my pants were tighter on the way home. Now, it's like magic and just doesn't cause that.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I still love food, eating and drinking. It’s just less of everything.

As PPs noted the first couple months were rough. But then something flipped and now I can eat whatever I want, I just eat less.

FWIW, I am still on the lowest dose 18 weeks in, so that may be helping with my appetite.

[Anonymous]

You shouldn’t be taking up a table! Sit at the bar!


weird take. only people who overeat are allowed the privilege of a chair with a back, at a low top table?

I didn't post this, but I do feel bad for the service staff who waits on table for two who are barely eating enough for one (splitting two appetizers?) and not drinking. Wait staff depends on tips.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely! I just make better choices - so instead of the really fatty foods, I choose meals that are high protein or have lots of vegetables. I will have a glass of wine or a cocktail, but not multiple glasses.

[Anonymous]

I hope OP realizes that a lot of restaurants have also changed their menu to account for people on GLP-1s. I see a lot more salads and grain bowls and sides that are steamed and not buttered, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I still enjoy it, but portions have changed dramatically. My husband and I are both on GLP-1s, and we still go out to eat like we did before, but a restaurant portion meal is just too much food for me (and to a lesser extent him) now.

Before we would share an appetizer and then each get an entree.
Now we either a) get two appetizers to share and not order any entree, or b) get one entree to share, or c) get an appetizer and one entree to share and often still have doggy bag to bring home from that.

I don't think this is any different than old people, for example. Both my parents and my in-laws eat far less food than they used to and none of them are on GLP-1s, they're just older and have smaller appetites.

[Anonymous]

I don't drink, and didn't before I took Wegovy so can't comment on that.

But I do still enjoy food and restaurants; I just eat a very small amount when there. I don't really finish anything. And if I order an app or salad, I tend to only take a few bites of my entree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I still enjoy it, but portions have changed dramatically. My husband and I are both on GLP-1s, and we still go out to eat like we did before, but a restaurant portion meal is just too much food for me (and to a lesser extent him) now.

Before we would share an appetizer and then each get an entree.
Now we either a) get two appetizers to share and not order any entree, or b) get one entree to share, or c) get an appetizer and one entree to share and often still have doggy bag to bring home from that.

You shouldn’t be taking up a table! Sit at the bar!

What? No.

[Anonymous]

I'm on tirzepatide and yes, but not the same way as before: I never drank so not a factor for me, but I don't have as much of a sweet tooth and if I do have dessert it can be a bite or two. I feel much better physically when I eat well so tend to just stick to eggs, fish, vegetables, fruit, yogurt. If I have something a little heavier like pasta or a bagel, I have a small portion and have no desire for seconds. It's been amazing for me and makes me just eat very well with so little effort or need to feel deprivation.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I still enjoy food (never a wine drinker, but still enjoy an occasional beer though I don't always finish it.)

And I still have a sweet tooth - though I can take 2-3 bites and be done vs the entire portion.

I still eat burgers/fries but only eat half burger and a handful of fries. I stopped going to fast food because it doesn't taste as good as it used to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You shouldn’t be taking up a table! Sit at the bar!


weird take. only people who overeat are allowed the privilege of a chair with a back, at a low top table?

I didn't post this, but I do feel bad for the service staff who waits on table for two who are barely eating enough for one (splitting two appetizers?) and not drinking. Wait staff depends on tips.

This is just more of the huge theme of blaming consumers (who can't afford it) for not consuming.
"Millennials are dining out less" "Gen Z is drinking less"
It is not our responsibility to eat and drink more off of our already meagre paychecks and on top of declining health and outrageous health care costs to support someone else's meager paycheck so that the rich get richer.

[Anonymous]

Nope. I have a real aversion to most food and all alcohol now. If I have a special event coming up, I have to skip my dose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope OP realizes that a lot of restaurants have also changed their menu to account for people on GLP-1s. I see a lot more salads and grain bowls and sides that are steamed and not buttered, for example.

All restaurants need to do is shrink the portion sizes. Burgers and fries should be the size of a McDonald’s hamburger and small fries. Instead the burgers are huge and you get half a dinner plate of fries. No one should be eating that much.

[Anonymous]

Food, absolutely. I have no taste for alcohol though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. I have a real aversion to most food and all alcohol now. If I have a special event coming up, I have to skip my dose.

Unfortunately, this is me now. It has gotten better after 6 months and I can eat more now but smaller portions. There are still many things I can’t eat at all. I don’t get any enjoyment out of eating and do not want to drink any alcohol. It didn’t affect my desire for coffee though! This is Zepbound. I prefer to not go to any restaurants. I don’t know if the food will make me sick.

My husband is also on it and it affected him differently. He doesnt have any food aversions at all and just wants to eat smaller portions. He can still drink alcohol and have an occasional drink here and there.

You have no idea how this will affect you.