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Thoughts on Wegovy (Semaglutide, Ozempic) for weight loss? (CW eating disorders) (hexbear.net)

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I understand it’s being misused by people who don’t need it, particularly in the entertainment industry. But I’m almost 400 lbs and my eating is worse than it’s ever been and I’m just in desperate need to rid myself of this obsession with always eating more no matter what. Does anyone here have any experience with it? I’ve heard it just works by making you nauseous but I’ve read elsewhere that that’s just a common side effect. At this point I’m nauseous most of the time anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Feeling hungry all the time has a lot to do with diet, I've found. You can feel more satiated with better diet choices like eating healthy fats and proteins which give a full feeling for longer than carbohydrates.

Diet and lifestyle changes are the ONLY sustainable way to keep the weight you lost off. Saying these aren't more "sustainable" than other "interventions" is wrong. Like, dead wrong. You are throwing out buzzwords here to qualify your wrong assertion in way to make it sound more right but it's still wrong. GLP-1 is an intervention. Diet and lifestyle changes are not. They are what you are doing long term. It's a different step or element to the weight loss and healthy living journey.

I'm not against GLP-1. I think it's it's great to get yourself on the path. Kick start it. I'm saying that once you stop taking it you'd better have changed some things about your relationship to exercise and food. If you go back to the way things were before, you'll gain it back. It's how you got it in the first place.