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Originally Posted by bkloots
I see that this is an older thread popping up again. The insane focus on "losing weight without changing your life" is forever marketable. And where there's a gob of money to be made? Well, marketers march in.
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Since I know at least a couple of people who are using the semaglutide drugs, I can assure you that they believe they ARE changing their life - primarily by losing weight though.
It still hasn't truly caught up with their mindsets that it's possible to circumvent losing weight while on the drug (the one gained several pounds over Christmas by eating "irresistible" cookies and candy - although this result was blamed on not increasing the dosage during December). There's also complete denial that without the drug they no longer have control of their eating and WILL regain the weight - as happened with the diabetic who discontinued the ozempic for a few weeks due to an odd rash that may or may not have been a side effect of the drug.
There's a mental disconnect between how the $1,000+/month drug alters their appetite and thoughts about food, and the lifetime diet mindset of being expected to exercise self control to lose weight.
Essentially, while they believe that the drug causes them to lose interest in food, what I'm seeing is that in reality they're actually more obsessed with food than ever before. They're constantly sharing new recipes all the time for more tasty, tempting, and "exotic" flavor combinations, speculating on what the pasta shape in this recipe tastes like (it tastes like pasta - the only difference is the shape), and could they maybe substitute another shape of pasta since it's hard to find the pasta shape specified in the recipe. Or oooh, what an exotic sounding spice the recipe calls for, I wonder what it tastes like? (and google shows that it's just combination of common spices - you don't need to spend $12 for a small bottle of that specific spice combo - just mix it up from what you already have on hand)
If it doesn't really matter at all to them what they eat while the drug is controlling their appetite (due to drug induced loss of interest in eating), why are they so obsessed with new recipes, and new flavor combinations? Why would they want to get used to eating foods that are even more tempting to them than the recipes they usually make? At least if you're eating your old standby recipes, maybe you'll (theoretically) get used to eating smaller portions of those.
And the big question I always have: once you stop the drug because you've either reached your goal weight, or the insurance company decides you're not losing enough weight to warrant such an expensive diet drug, or you develop a side effect that requires you to stop using the drug - what happens then?
Assuming that the drug hasn't caused irreversible damage, nothing will change in their lives after stopping the drug - except that their appetite and weight will come roaring back.
I feel like I'm watching a slow motion train wreck. (Just like when so many did Kimkins, and HCG)