alt Hacker NewsI'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.
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Nice story, but I stick to my opinion.
Drugs and excuses are merely replacing natural selection.
I've struggled with weight too, and both alcoholic and abusive parents, traumas and stress, and I stuck on discipline and won it.
You should absolutely do what makes you live better, but you aren't solving the root causes, just making excuses.
That's the biggest issue I have, these drugs are just gonna make the world unhealthier and unhappier.
> 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.
This is so relatable. Right before Covid, I was working really hard at counting calories and was looking at going below 200 lbs for the first time in my adult life. Then Covid hit, my life was upended, and I prioritized other things; I'm up about 40 lbs from then.
I can only devote so much energy to this kind of intensive lifestyle change, and other things have been taking precedence (including, recently, working out—that's been a huge lifestyle improvement [other than Wednesday being leg day and my legs still yelling at me], but hasn't led to weight loss).