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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m probably hijacking this thread but for ppl who are prescribed these drugs, is there “food noise” “louder” than everyone else’s?

I’ve maintained my weight through years of regular exercise (6 times a week and even on vacation) and calorie counting and essentially just becoming incredibly familiar with reading labels and understanding macros, etc. Depending on the time of the month and the year, my “food noise” makes it very hard to stick with my food regimen, thus my weight fluctuates abt 10 pounds throughout the year. My weight “only” fluctuates 10 pounds bc I’m incredibly disciplined and get back on track quickly.

All this is to say I believe I work hard everyday to maintain my healthy weight. And honestly, if I can get my hands on those drugs, I would because maintaining this exercise and food regimen wears on you and it’s exhausting on top of work and kids, etc.

Anyway, is it my understanding that for those who are obese, the “food noise” is unsurmountable? Does that mean it’s like an addiction that can’t be controlled? Does it mean that their psychological capacity to be incredibly disciplined about exercise and their food regimen is lower than everyone else’s maybe bc of genetics or a disease?
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I'm a person with a serious "food noise" issue, but I also lost 40 lbs the normal way when I was younger. I don't think it's just one factor: for example, I do think my childhood diet messed up something fundamental, and I do have a lot of obese or addicted relatives, but also I'm 43 now and my hormones are a mess so losing weight is harder anyway.

What I'll say about food noise and discipline is this: when I lost that 40 lbs, diet and fitness were my whole life. I didn't have kids or hobbies. Spouse and I worked out together and meal prepped together.  I constantly thought about food then, too, I just spent literally all of my time dealing with it. At the time I was very proud to keep the weight off but looking back that was not a healthy way to live. [/quote]

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