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I use GLP-1 to control my weight, which was obese according to the BMI before taking it. I don't really care about the other benefits that may or may not be true or relevant to me, but I am deeply convinced that controlling my weight is massively beneficial for my long-term health and completely overweighs all my concerns about side effects.

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I agree. On the list of good choices I have made in my lifetime, tirzepatide is pretty high up there.

Same, I've been on the Wegovy pill since January and it's been actually life changing.

I'm starting to consider it. It's quite a bit of money tho, but my family would be much worse off without my income.

IDK how to hide it from my partner tho. She'll be pissed to find out I spend so much on synthetic drugs.

I can't say about the price (it is actually relatively affordable in China even without insurance), but my personal experience is: if your daily cost involves a significant amount of food and beverages, taking GLP-1 can offset some of that. I no longer have the constant craving for comfort food. Contrary to some other GLP-1 users, I still like my drinks, but it wasn't excessive to begin with.

Many people go from obese to normal weight without any GLPs using a sustainable deficit and gradually building an active lifestyle. Their lean mass also increases due to a better macro-distributed, balanced diet, lifting, and a higher activity level (good for boosting TDEE).

I know, and I tried, but I just couldn't. I have every respect for those who can lose weight on their own through exercise and calorie control. It is just really hard for me. I was on a diet for half a year or so before quitting, and I actually lost probably 7-8% of my weight, but it had a detrimental effect on my mental health: every afternoon I was craving food so much that I couldn't focus on anything else. Knowing that this has to be long-term, it was simply not going to work.

When people say, "Dieting doesn't work," they almost never describe their dieting approach. How can all dieting be the same? In the majority of cases, people crash diet; they run an 800–1,000 kcal deficit, lose some weight early on, experience hair shedding and anxiety, weakness etc..., become irritable and miserable, and give up after a few weeks or a month or two. Then they blame dieting.

They don't say, "My dieting approach failed," but "Dieting doesn't work." It's like scoring 10/100 on a math exam and saying, "Math doesn't work." Brother what? Everyday math is being by people with lot of success. Dieting is being used by MMA pros for weight cuts, natural bodybuillders, actors, models, 100s of thousands of ordinary people on fitness subs like r/caloriedefict r/naturalbodybuilding r/CICO

Very few people accept that maybe there is a flaw in their dieting. There are experienced people who study this stuff for years; how can I, as a newbie, learn all this in a short period of time, fail, and claim that dieting doesn't work?

That's not what I said.

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