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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's my theory: many overweight and obese people eat to soothe their emotional pain. Take away or diminish appetite and there's no mode of self soothing. Without that comfort, the pain emerges and the suicide ideation begins or they find something else to soothe the pain. See also: gastric surgery patients who become alcoholics.[/quote]

Oh for Pete’s sake. Honestly sometimes I wonder if the people who hate these drugs so much suffer from brain function loss due to caloric deprivation. [/quote]

It’s a valid theory. Just weight loss on its own can cause depression, regardless of the method. Rapid weight loss can change hormones so quickly that it causes mental changes. And it is a thing that people think losing weight is going to solve all of their problems, and when it doesn’t they feel depressed.

That might not be everyone’s experience, obviously, but just because people point out possible problems with the medication doesn’t mean they hate it.[/quote]

NP, and it's a valid theory, and could be concerning. The most successful people I know regarding weightloss and maintenance, are people who've developed a regular exercise regimen - precisely because they've redirected emotional eating with a healthier emotional outlet.

[b]People are obese for only a few reasons. 1) They grew up in families with poor eating habits and don't know better, 2) they're eating to fulfill an emotional need (often unaware). Very, very, very few people are obese because they have a true metabolic disorder. [/b]

If you take a drug for weightloss and don't deal with the mental/emotional stuff (or redirect it with a healthy outlet), it doesn't go away.

And yes, I've personally been on all sides of this coin.
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I feel really bad for you. People who pretend to have all the answers are usually sitting on a throne of hot air. [/quote]

It's not a throne of hot air - it's the truth, and I've been obese most of my life.

Why else would someone be obese? I'm not talking an extra 15lbs.

If they really gain weight eating 1500 calories/day, or if they're physically hungry all day long eating that much, then they need to submit their bodies to scientific research, because those are truly incredible human anomalies. 
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Hate to tell you, but I've regularly consumed 1600 calories a day +/- and have gained weight every year since I was 18, I'm in my 40s now. I do not have a big appetite and drink 80-100 oz of water today and do light exercise. That should be enough to at least not gain weight. Only 2 things have worked for me to lose weight: HCG (years ago) and weight loss drugs - Mounjaro and now to a lesser extent, Ozempic (unfortunately had to switch). Even then, I lose slowly compared to some. I've been on weight loss drugs for about 9 months and have lost 40 lbs. I'd like to lose another 80 lbs.

I don't think my situation is as unique as many people assume. [/quote]

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