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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend who is on it (with great success) says that it is really messing with her mind, because she has always beaten herself up for "lack of willpower" with food but on Wegovy, she doesn't even think about food much and has to remind herself to eat. She started going to therapy because she has realized that the years she spent beating herself up for essentially moral failings were based on a false premise, and she was faulting herself for something that was actually physiological. She is processing that realization. As she says, no amount of "willpower" replaces simply not wanting food.

I do wonder if these drugs are going to change how we think about weight. (I hope so; I think the "willpower" framework is wildly out of date.)[/quote]

This is exactly the way I feel, except I'm already in therapy, but it's definitely something we discuss and it was a little difficult coming to terms with the years of self-abuse and self-loathing over something that I had very little control over.

The thing is, I have eating disorders, and this was actually recommended to me by my medical team, which includes my psych and my dietitian (PA). I gained a lot of weight during my recovering and the pandemic, and this is the best way for me to lose weight safely without putting my mental health in jeopardy. The fact that I just eat less and have no real cravings makes all of the difference in the world. No calorie counting, no carb counting, etc.

My doctor wasn't too concerned about the side effects, as I have no family history of thyroid disorders or anything like that. [/quote]

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