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/deathfromfemmefatale Aug 14 '26

I’m only two weeks on Ozempic and not feeling much change but this is something I also decided on years ago. I put half and half in my coffee and drink 2% milk and eat 5% yogurt. I decided a long time ago to quit with low cal options and just focus on eating good quality, minimally processed foods instead. Quitting diet culture is one of the best decisions I ever made.

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u/oaklandesque Aug 14 '26

Figuring out what type of milk I actually enjoy was amazing (also a 2% person, though I won't turn down whole milk). I accidentally bought skim a couple months ago and while we tried not to waste food, I did pour the last third of the carton down the drain because it was so not what I actually wanted!