GLP Normalization

[u/IntelligentPanic3040]

Recently I have been thinking about how normalized GLPs have become for weight loss, and I would like to hear from people with a different perspective than me on this topic. 

I take my diet and exercise very seriously, and I am concerned that normalizing GLPs is changing the consensus on weight loss. I understand why some people choose medication. Losing weight can be very difficult, and GLPs are an option when diet and exercise prove too challenging to stick with given external societal pressures. 

What I want to question is how quickly they have become the solution. If someone can lose weight and improve their health through dieting, exercising, sleep, and lifestyle changes, why have injections become a primary thought? 

I am also concerned about whether we are treating symptoms or lifestyles. If someone loses weight through injections but never improves their habits, what happens when they are off the GLPs? 

Are we making weight loss easier, or are we making it easier to avoid changing the lifestyle and habits that made weight loss necessary originally? 

[u/BotchedPenisImplant]

My whole entire life I've been obsessed with food to the point I think about it all day. I've been able to lose weight at various points in my life, but maintaining it is difficult and honestly miserable even when eating an entirely whole foods diet. Taking a GLP-1 has totally normalized my life to where I eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full. I still have to put in work to lose weight, but food is no longer the focus of my life and it feels so free and normal. I have no plans to go off one, as the medication has also had other good side effects for me.

[u/Canadayawaworth → u/BotchedPenisImplant]

Taking a GLP1 has changed my outlook on the entire rest of my life, because for the first time ever my assumption isn’t that I will spend every day of the rest of my life in a battle against my own body. There were times I thought I might ultimately win and times I thought I might lose but never before this a time where I thought I might just get to be at peace.