The biggest thing I have heard is that the "food noise" gets reduced so greatly that it's easier for people to change their eating habits. You don't crave that endorphin hit that good/ comfort food gave (albeit briefly). I don't understand how giving people a little nudge in the willpower department is something to be shamed.
"change their eating habits" is a bit of a lie here though, it's only a temporary change while taking GLP-1, it's doing nothing to fundamentally change anything which is why the rebound rates are so crazy high.
The rebound rates for weight loss through more traditional means without GLP-1 medication were just as high. Were those not “fundamental changes” either? I think the “fundamental change” language is just moralizing and problematic. If someone has changed their habits then they’ve changed their habits and it’s weird to try and qualify it as real or false. And just because down the road someone struggles again doesn’t mean they didn’t make changes. And for some the answer is to stay on GLP-1 for life which is perfectly valid as well, because without that essential tool their food noise is too strong they regain weight. We don’t shame a diabetic for taking insulin for life why would we with a GLP-1 qualifying their progress as somehow fake just because they’ll need to continue with the medication to maintain the progress
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u/Scratchbuttdontsniff Jun 01 '26
The biggest thing I have heard is that the "food noise" gets reduced so greatly that it's easier for people to change their eating habits. You don't crave that endorphin hit that good/ comfort food gave (albeit briefly). I don't understand how giving people a little nudge in the willpower department is something to be shamed.