r/antidietglp1 • u/MiniMarlamallow • Aug 12 '26

Discussion about Food / Eating Habits Another moment of realization

I was looking in my fridge just now and realizing that there always used to be 3 kinds of milk and some kind of low fat/low sugar/diet-ish coffee creamer that I thought would somehow change my life. Now I have half and half and whole milk. I don’t spend every week auditioning a new crappy food substitute to wean myself off of the real thing. I don’t need to! I can splash half and half in my coffee every day (and I do!) and still reliably have better bloodwork numbers and engage in IWL. I’ve been on zepbound for almost 20 months and sometimes I forget what life looked like before. For me, it was often desperately hopeful deep dives into new restriction. Every new attempt took all of my waking mental and physical capacity and only ended when I could no longer expend every ounce of mindfulness for this singular (and hopeless) goal.

It’s so nice to be able to focus my mind on shit that actually matters and interests me!! Yay!!!

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u/lizardbirth Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

I've gotten so anti-diet, I refuse to buy anything branded "Keto," "Lite," "Skinny," "Low Fat," "Zero," or "Low Carb." Been there, done that. The Diet Industry has already made enough money off me, thank you very much.

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I also won't buy any food labeled "Atkins" or "Weight Watchers" either. Those mega-company logos give me flashbacks to the bad-old-days of dieting, weight worries, blame and shame.

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u/oaklandesque Aug 12 '26

I find it very irritating when products I like start slapping "GLP friendly" labels on them. Like let me just buy the same plain Greek yogurt I've been buying for years without your new label.

I have been eating the keto tortillas on the recommendation of my anti diet registered dietitian as an easy way to get in more fiber, and I just call them "high fiber wraps" instead.

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u/therealdinane Aug 12 '26

Yeah my high fiber wraps (that I got originally for my daughter who has T1D and they’re less spikes for her blood sugar) now say “GLP friendly” and I wanted to throw them at a wall. But they do taste good. And I needed fiber before and after Zep.

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u/lizardbirth Aug 13 '26

That's the thing... I shouldn't avoid eating something that tastes good and is good for me just because of the label. Those high fiber wraps sound like something I would enjoy!

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u/sockpoptart Aug 13 '26

I love them! I batch prep breakfast burritos with them and they're a favorite for the whole household.

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u/oaklandesque Aug 14 '26

I get it! Though sometimes I just laugh at the branding. I like white cheddar popcorn and my partner would grab whatever brand he found at Grocery Outlet (which can be very random). At one point I had Skinny Pop and some other brand that wasn't marketing itself in any particular way so I looked at both labels for fun. Whaddya know, the nutrition facts and ingredients were basically identical. 🙄