I've struggled with weight loss my entire life. It's gotten to the point where I'm on multiple blood pressure medications, and the dosages are creeping up. And yet I still find myself thinking about eating constantly. Then I took Zepbound. It was revelatory. It was like a curse was lifted, and my hunger was silenced. I'm down 45 lbs in 4 months.

Perhaps if I didn't have responsibilities or trauma or stress or a thousand other things I could put all my energy into self control. Unfortunately, I only get so many years on this planet, so I'm going to keep taking the drug and spend my mental energy on other persuits.

As with everything I'm sure there is a spectrum. There are surely folks who have food addictions, there are surely folks who are not taking accountability for their habits, and there are possibly folks for whom this could be the best or safest option.

You really shouldn't generalise.

I've been running distance most my life. I stopped when my wife had our first kid to concentrate on working hard and give her as much time off from the kid as I could, then after 6 years I had enough and started running. Two years ago, I hadn't been losing any weight, and I was put on these drugs to help me.

I lost more weight.

I run, walk, and move more than you imagine. It didn't work, but these drugs worked.

Not everything is black and white or fits into your preconceived notions.

> Like..you can't bother to take a walk, eat healthier, so you shell thousands on drugs..

For many of us in the United States (and elsewhere, I'm sure), our built environment makes driving the only feasible mode of transportation. Sure, we can walk for recreation, but at some phases of life carving out that time is extremely difficult.

Regarding food: there are brilliant people devoting their careers to coopting our natural processes to buy their products—and many of those products are unhealthy foods. Fruits and veggies don't have that kind of marketing.

Late stage capitalism is what got us in this place.

Add sugar to everything, advertise anything and everything to kids so they are hooked up early, make healthy food expensive so the poor have no choice but to eat unhealthy and so on. Profit!

Now they'll profit once again at the other end "fixing" the issues they caused in the first place. Genius. There's no limit on human ingenuity when it comes to exploiting others.

How is that specifically late stage capitalism