Have you taken this drug? Because they don't reduce my enjoyment of food. Quite the opposite; I enjoy it more...its just that I get full feeling much quicker, and am less likely to go graze in the kitchen. But enjoy? No, I enjoy my food quite a bit.

It doesn't take away joy. It does cause me to be slapped in the face with the "full" feeling while I am in the middle of eating, which is like 15 minutes earlier than I used to get it. I don't overeat anymore because I would be literally miserable if I did. It would be like force-feeding myself. But before I get that full feeling, food is excellent.

> that will take that away from me

They don’t stop eating, just overeating. Getting joy from food is different from self medicating with overconsumption. (For the record, I love food. I also don’t have an issue maintaining a healthy weight and physique.)

I’m on the max dosage of Zepbound and ate an entire six course meal at a Michelin star restaurant last year. It was an incredible experience. I just don’t eat an entire frozen pizza by myself, or box of zebra cakes where I’d then wake up with horrifying heartburn at three in the morning anymore. My life is so much better and my relationship with food is still totally fine. Sure I’ll have a treat sometime, but I’m not finding myself hungry at 11pm driving to the store to buy a box of them because I feel like I’m starving. I was well on the path to becoming diabetic and it felt like something I could barely control. When I’d try to diet I’d wake up shaking from night time blood sugar drops. All that hell is gone now.

Maybe there's something that you can take to simulate IBS...

I'm pretty sure when food goes right through me that I'm not getting any of those calories. Otoh, I have some idea of what types of foods (and how much) will trigger and the foreknowledge of that certainly reduces the joy of eating some foods I otherwise enjoy.

I still have trouble with calorie balance, but although I enjoy many kinds of ice cream, I have no problem going into an ice cream shop with friends and not ordering anything, even if I'm hungry. A 'single' scoop is way beyond my limit, and if I order a scoop, I won't order a scoop, take two bites and toss the rest, I'll eat the whole thing, so it's not worth it.

When I was doing bike commuting with real hills, I could eat anything, but now I work from home and can't convince myself to put that much time in the saddle just to eat whatever.

> For many people food is one of the few things in life that gives them some form of joy.

This is the problem to be addressed, not hoping for a miracle drug that will let you chuck down 5,000 calories a day and be healthy, imho.

I dunno. It’s not universal, but I have a newfound joy when it comes to food after being on a GLP-1 and losing about 100lbs.

Sure, I don’t get the instant giant dopamine spikes from binge eating $30 worth of Taco Bell or a couple large pizzas. Once in a while I do miss that, but I can still do it now that I’m a few years into the weight staying off. It’s just not worth how shit I feel the next couple days afterward.

But healthy Whole Foods? What was once kind of meh for me is now something I look forward to and explore. Both going out to foodie type spots, and cooking at home. Both gourmet and basic. Just tasting the nuances and everything in some well prepared veggies or whatnot is great and not something I used to appreciate.

I also don’t constantly feel like crap with stomach issues either. I suppose there is less “addictive” type vice enjoyment in my life in some way, but the tradeoff has been life changing. I certainly still get plenty of joy from many of my meals when I feel the need!