How much would you pay to be normal weight?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just eat less, and move more. Now give me $1 million dollars for this advice.

If it were this easy everyone would be thin.

They can do it. They just have to tolerate the feeling of being hungry.

IMO intermittent fasting is a great option for this. You just have to decide to not eat at all during that period of time (maybe 7pm until noon the next day.)

It's not just about physical hunger. I have a tendency to binge when stressed and in that time no rational thought stops me. It has resulted in painful yoyo dieting and self hatred because I can't do it for the long run, hate myself, deprive, stress, binge, and repeat.

Honest question: have you sought treatment for the mental health condition underlying this behavior?

DP - honest question - are you like this in real life?

Having experienced how Mounjaro improved/eliminated my food compulsions, I wonder if, in the future, these medications might be prescribed for people experiencing periods of significant and prolonged stress to prevent stress eating. Studies have suggested that chronic stress triggers changes in the body that not only increase appetite for unhealthy foods but may also cause increased weight gain when compared to non-stressed people eating the same diet. So yes, managing stress, eating healthfully, and moving are all parts of the equation, but chronic stress makes it infinitely more difficult to keep everything in balance.

Do you tell your depressed or anxious friends that they should stop taking prescribed medications and use a therapy-only approach to manage these issues?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Assuming you are obese or overweight, what is the most money you would pay to be normal weight? For me, I am 160 pounds and I would pay $20,000 to be 130.

How about instead of paying, you just remove body parts until you get to 130? Like if you cut off both legs, you'll weigh less. If weight means so much to you, why not do that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just eat less, and move more. Now give me $1 million dollars for this advice.

If it were this easy everyone would be thin.

They can do it. They just have to tolerate the feeling of being hungry.

IMO intermittent fasting is a great option for this. You just have to decide to not eat at all during that period of time (maybe 7pm until noon the next day.)

It's not just about physical hunger. I have a tendency to binge when stressed and in that time no rational thought stops me. It has resulted in painful yoyo dieting and self hatred because I can't do it for the long run, hate myself, deprive, stress, binge, and repeat.

Honest question: have you sought treatment for the mental health condition underlying this behavior?

DP - honest question - are you like this in real life?

Having experienced how Mounjaro improved/eliminated my food compulsions, I wonder if, in the future, these medications might be prescribed for people experiencing periods of significant and prolonged stress to prevent stress eating. Studies have suggested that chronic stress triggers changes in the body that not only increase appetite for unhealthy foods but may also cause increased weight gain when compared to non-stressed people eating the same diet. So yes, managing stress, eating healthfully, and moving are all parts of the equation, but chronic stress makes it infinitely more difficult to keep everything in balance.

Do you tell your depressed or anxious friends that they should stop taking prescribed medications and use a therapy-only approach to manage these issues?

PP didn't tell the person to stop taking prescribed medications? They just asked whether the poster is seeking therapy for what sounds like a true mental health condition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just eat less, and move more. Now give me $1 million dollars for this advice.

If it were this easy everyone would be thin.

They can do it. They just have to tolerate the feeling of being hungry.

IMO intermittent fasting is a great option for this. You just have to decide to not eat at all during that period of time (maybe 7pm until noon the next day.)

It's not just about physical hunger. I have a tendency to binge when stressed and in that time no rational thought stops me. It has resulted in painful yoyo dieting and self hatred because I can't do it for the long run, hate myself, deprive, stress, binge, and repeat.

Honest question: have you sought treatment for the mental health condition underlying this behavior?

DP - honest question - are you like this in real life?

Having experienced how Mounjaro improved/eliminated my food compulsions, I wonder if, in the future, these medications might be prescribed for people experiencing periods of significant and prolonged stress to prevent stress eating. Studies have suggested that chronic stress triggers changes in the body that not only increase appetite for unhealthy foods but may also cause increased weight gain when compared to non-stressed people eating the same diet. So yes, managing stress, eating healthfully, and moving are all parts of the equation, but chronic stress makes it infinitely more difficult to keep everything in balance.

Do you tell your depressed or anxious friends that they should stop taking prescribed medications and use a therapy-only approach to manage these issues?

PP didn't tell the person to stop taking prescribed medications? They just asked whether the poster is seeking therapy for what sounds like a true mental health condition.

+1. PP shouldn't feel guilty for asking if someone was in therapy. binge eating and yo-yo dieting are mental health related issues and can be addressed with therapy. No one said anything about medications in that exchange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just eat less, and move more. Now give me $1 million dollars for this advice.

This advice isn't worth 2 cents.

[Anonymous]

I weigh 225. What would I pay to be normal weight? Like a magic bullet that would put me permanently at a normal bmi? A lot. I’d pay a lot. 100k?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just eat less, and move more. Now give me $1 million dollars for this advice.

If it were this easy everyone would be thin.

They can do it. They just have to tolerate the feeling of being hungry.

IMO intermittent fasting is a great option for this. You just have to decide to not eat at all during that period of time (maybe 7pm until noon the next day.)

It's not just about physical hunger. I have a tendency to binge when stressed and in that time no rational thought stops me. It has resulted in painful yoyo dieting and self hatred because I can't do it for the long run, hate myself, deprive, stress, binge, and repeat.

Honest question: have you sought treatment for the mental health condition underlying this behavior?

DP - honest question - are you like this in real life?

Having experienced how Mounjaro improved/eliminated my food compulsions, I wonder if, in the future, these medications might be prescribed for people experiencing periods of significant and prolonged stress to prevent stress eating. Studies have suggested that chronic stress triggers changes in the body that not only increase appetite for unhealthy foods but may also cause increased weight gain when compared to non-stressed people eating the same diet. So yes, managing stress, eating healthfully, and moving are all parts of the equation, but chronic stress makes it infinitely more difficult to keep everything in balance.

Do you tell your depressed or anxious friends that they should stop taking prescribed medications and use a therapy-only approach to manage these issues?

PP didn't tell the person to stop taking prescribed medications? They just asked whether the poster is seeking therapy for what sounds like a true mental health condition.

+1. PP shouldn't feel guilty for asking if someone was in therapy. binge eating and yo-yo dieting are mental health related issues and can be addressed with therapy. No one said anything about medications in that exchange.

Often a lot of these behaviors are related to hormonal imbalance (leptin, gherlin, cortisol, estrogen, etc.). A therapist isn't going to fix that.

[Anonymous]

I'd pay whatever it costs to eat healthy foods. I'd probably save money not buying junk like chips and sweets. 153 wants to be 134.

[Anonymous]

I have spent a lot of money on my health since 2020. I’ve never added it up. But between fitness equipment, gym memberships, thousands on all the bikes I bought and put thousands of miles on every year, race entry fees, running shoes, other gear, travel, more food (I eat a lot now; fresh Whole Foods), a new SUV because my 12 year old one died, physical therapy, an ER visit, and the financial impact of not working anywhere near as much as I unused to, it’s a huge amount of money.

But entirely worth it in the end. I’ve taken my life back, and completely changed my entire existence in a positive way. I’m down ~100 lbs and even at a very low amount of body fat I’m barely in normal and almost “overweight” by BMI standards. So I’m not sure “normal” is the best goal anyways.

In the end, the goal should be satisfaction for where you are at and that your bloodwork and other numbers look good at middle age. That’s the why I view it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have spent a lot of money on my health since 2020. I’ve never added it up. But between fitness equipment, gym memberships, thousands on all the bikes I bought and put thousands of miles on every year, race entry fees, running shoes, other gear, travel, more food (I eat a lot now; fresh Whole Foods), a new SUV because my 12 year old one died, physical therapy, an ER visit, and the financial impact of not working anywhere near as much as I unused to, it’s a huge amount of money.

But entirely worth it in the end. I’ve taken my life back, and completely changed my entire existence in a positive way. I’m down ~100 lbs and even at a very low amount of body fat I’m barely in normal and almost “overweight” by BMI standards. So I’m not sure “normal” is the best goal anyways.

In the end, the goal should be satisfaction for where you are at and that your bloodwork and other numbers look good at middle age. That’s the why I view it.

Wow, good for you!! Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

I'm paying $500 a month out of pocket for one of the injectables. I'm on month 2. The difference in my appetite and mental focus on food (diminished, in both cases) is incredible. I imagine it could take a year to get the results I want. $6K seems worth it to me. I've spent lots on other things that did not give me as much satisfaction so I don't mind paying this.

[Anonymous]

It costs nothing to eat less food overall and pass on take out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m about 40 pounds overweight.

I’d pay 50k tomorrow to get to a healthy weight and stay there for life.

+1

[Anonymous]

I am about 146-147 now and look my best around 135-136. With discipline and working out I can get myself down to that weight, its just keeping it off thats the hard part. I'll do well for a while but then I'll go through a period where I'm traveling a lot for work, have a lot of social events, family vacations, holidays etc and the lbs just start to creep back. Then I'll bust my ass for a 3-4 months and lose it all again. And then the cycle just repeats.

I would pay $10K to be able to be 135 for the rest of my life.

[Anonymous]

Right now I’m paying about 500 calories a day and literally logging everything I eat. I’m not eating much in the way of carbs for dinner and doing a post dinner workout so that my body can’t store the carbs as fat at night. I’ve got about 8lbs to go to hit my goal. I’m really happy with the way I look at my goal weight - like I actually enjoy seeing myself in the mirror.