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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, some people are furious at the discovery that they aren’t thin because of their moral superiority. It is a blow to their sense of self. [/quote]

They still haven’t truly accepted this. The drugs work by reducing disproportionate hunger that thinner people do not have. But they really believe it’s doing something else as some sort of cheat code. [/quote]

It’s not that thinner people aren’t hungry, they just resist the hunger. I have nothing against people using Ozempic and don’t judge them for it, but doesn’t this just prove that it IS about willpower? There’s all this justification that has been used that obesity is due to genetics or hormones or some type of disorder, but a drug that is able to reduce hunger has basically cured all these issues. The problem all along, it seems, is that some people can’t resist the urge to eat. I do think a lot has to do with the American diet (e.g., eating a lot of simple carbs and not enough protein causes insulin crashes that makes people eat more, not enough protein and fiber to suppress hunger), but ultimately it’s all within a person’s control. [/quote]

You are definitively a person who cant understand the spectrum of human behavior and physiology.

Taking Mounjaro since end of October. Down 40lbs. Heres what I don't experience anymore: 24/7 hunger or thirst, headaches/migraines, inability to sustain exercise, depression and brain fog, no more diarrhea/loose stools (fiber was >30g per day), sleep >10 hours per day and/or daily napping, etc.

NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MUCH OR WHAT TYPE OF FOOD I EAT.  I would stop myself from eating. I weighed my food. I tracked my calories. I did Peloton classes and strength training. I tracked fiber. I took mood disorder medications.

I have PCOS and hypothyroid. There is something metabolically wrong with my body. With Mounjaro, I am able to sustain exercise. It was never a cardio capacity issue, it was literally feeling like my muscles were dead/done/depleted. Everything was exhausting. I was a nationally-ranked athlete in my teens and early 20s.

I walk 45 min at night now plus daily walks on my treadmill. I lift weights 3-5 per week. I have energy to play with my kid and walk the dog and swim in the pool. I don't have to limit myself to one activity per day because everything is a struggle, like wading through waist deep water.
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