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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just wish we knew how we got here. Maybe these drugs can drastically improve the health of more well to do Americans but they were not needed 50 years ago. What did we do to our food and lifestyle that drug companies get this boon?[/quote]

There is obesity and extreme weight due to overconsumption of junk, our horrible food supply, and the use of glp to really help counterbalance all this.

But I think the middle aged women who are 15lbs overweight now were 15lbs overweight in the 50s too, in the 19th century…we just don’t have pics in fashion mags showing us these women, but i certainly have these pics of the women in my family, as many others do: women who worked hard and ate simple foods but were not thin and gained weight in peri. So is the solution to try and conform to the new standards thanks to glp, try with great effort to lose weight other ways, or just accept some weight gain while not neglecting general health? I’m struggling with that myself. So much of it is society and misogyny at play and it’s both hard to ignore and shitty on some level to cater to.[/quote]

I agree with this. I think this highlights the hormonal nature of this weight gain and how the glps are helpful with that. I only started a few weeks ago and I am tracking my eating now as I have done for years - I am eating literally exactly the same as I was before (very healthily and in the 1200-1500 range) and now I am dropping a couple of pounds a week. My body was just holding onto it all before and now it is not. I am excited that I am finally on the road to losing these extra 20lb! And for me, no side effects at all.[/quote]

Isn’t that an unusual response, though? For most people it curbs appetite and thus reduces overall calorie intake?[/quote]

DP - Those two things are not mutually exclusive.  And no, it is not unusual, my experience was also quite similar.  Insulin resistance is a real thing.[/quote]

I’m not following. The first PP said she is eating literally exactly the same. How is that not mutually exclusive with reducing calories? [/quote]

Calories were already reduced. Most women I know restrict their intake as a matter of habit. Never seen a woman take a second helping of dessert. [/quote]

What a naive post.[/quote]

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