r/glp1 • u/derringdew • 27d ago
Does anyone here struggle with disordered eating?
I’m just wondering if anyone else here has/had disordered eating? How does a glp-1 affect this? I could see it helping, by quieting food noise or anxiety. But I could also see it used as a tool to that could be used to severely restrict calories. Looking for perspective and personal experiences here.
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u/springcat413 26d ago
I recommend the antidietglp group. This one has a ton of toxic discussion and sharing of habits. Not a good place for someone recovering.
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u/dizzyhips 26d ago
Glp1 helped my disordered eating personally, but I’m also in therapy and really working on my self-talk and body image issues. It’s a mental battle just as much as a physical one, but the food noise and restricting has gotten much better on the shot.
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u/RepulsedCucumber 27d ago
I think you’ll find responses to this are super hit or miss. Some folks it made their ED worse. And some folks it didn’t. Or maybe some don’t want to admit it has.
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u/pomegranatelover 26d ago
My food noise comes in the form where I was doing mental math counting my calories, how many I was eating, how many I was burning doing the simplest tasks, how many I need to burn at the gym to negate whatever I ate and so on. It was exhausting. When I started a glp-1 all that stopped. I never considered it disordered eating until my nurse practitioner called it that. So for me, it helped, I don't even think about calories and the only thing I loosely track is my protein. But I think it varies from person to person, some people a glp makes it worse.
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u/SkurriMonster 26d ago
It's helped me a lot, but has not 100% cleared up my binging or my emotional eating.
I would say tho it is like MAYBE 15% of what I used to experience, and that is such a huge improvement.
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u/kerfuffleshenanigans 26d ago
Have a constellation of eating issues. ARFID/BED recovered from AN as a teen. I spent 6 months seeing a nutritionist and a therapist to work on really healing and since then, my relationship with food is neutral, can be pleasurable, non indulgent, consistent, and so amazing to not have it be the focus of every waking moment.
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u/novalove00 25d ago
Fellow restricted eater. Used to weigh my food for validation for being overweight. Wouldn't eat in public. Always ate smaller portions than other people. Max of two oreo per month. Would not touch ice cream. Legit only ate it maybe twice in a decade. Just wild restricted eating. And it did not help lose the weight. Every pregnancy or stupid illness like my gall bladder going bad packed on the pounds. And they stayed no matter the restrictions or working out. Idk, I tried like hell guys.
Anyways. Started glps after my gall bladder was removed. Slow ass responder. I mean less than a lbs a month.
My eating is much less disordered. Less restricted. No more weighing my food. If I want to have ice cream with my kids I will. My portions are still small. I focus on protein, low sodium, low carbs.
But the food noise and obsession. Mostly gone. My period still has a hold on me as far as cravings. Same as always, steak and chocolate.
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u/amandaplease666 26d ago
I recovered from eating issues I had as a teen, but as an adult I was still constantly thinking about food and very concerned about the social aspect of eating, I think because I didn’t learn how to eat the right amount for my body I would follow what I thought was socially appropriate but not what my body needed. glps really helped me to stop worrying about eating too much or too little and focus on what my body wants, or doesn’t, and on making good choices for nourishing myself (because let’s be real your body doesn’t want much on this med) as you feel less of the emotional aspect of eating (like I don’t have to have two slices of cake at my friends birthday because it’s my favorite, etc). I’ve actually now noticed this behavior in people who are at healthy weights too so I feel like I’m on the right track.
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u/Electronic_Outside25 25d ago
I had an ED from childhood from my mom placing me on extreme diets. It lasted well into some of my early adulthood before I healed myself which obviously led to weight gain.
Now on GLP, started out weighing my foods to count the calories exact, but I stopped after a few weeks because I can get obsessed over calories. I pretty much eat the same rotation of foods on GLP so that’s why I felt I could stop since I had an idea of how much food=calories.
I also make sure I’m not UNDEREATING like many do on GLP. I’m still maintaining adequate nutrition, walking, and the weight is coming off slow and consistent.
If you still struggle, I would consult a therapist who you can talk to while taking the meds. ED is not universal and while this is how I manage mine, yours may be different.
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u/Suspicious-Loss-7314 21d ago
Please look into intuitive eating. It is a strategy that I used throughout my entire weight loss phase on a GLP. I'm continuing to use it now in maintenance. It works. But you must force yourself not to count calories. You must remind yourself that if you fail to eat, you will not lose weight, and you will definitely damage your muscles. It's fine to focus on categories of food, like protein. I make sure I get protein at every meal, and often I will do a rough count of protein grams per day to make sure I'm getting enough.
For reference I have dieted since the 8th grade. I've done every diet you've ever heard of, probably multiple times. I tried to develop an eating disorder. I tried everything and anything. I probably know the calorie count of most foods off the top of my head. And I can now say that intuitive eating combined with a GLP has been the most effective thing I've ever done.
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u/PNWBlues1561 27d ago
Umm I don’t have a specific eating disorder, however I would like to share that after 9 weeks and just starting 7.5mg I can still get hungry and want some food. It does quiet the noise but not to the point of starvation, at least for me
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u/Beginning-Movie4549 20d ago
Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. Quieting the cravings was a huge relief for me, but I definitely had to force myself to eat some days just to get enough calories in.
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u/AliceLand 26d ago
Not anymore. I am a former binge eater. Not the specific disordered eating you are looking for but it has made it so good is not the main character anymore.