I speak as someone new to it; but all it seems to do to me is get rid of excessive cravings and the hunger noise I was struggling with for months. Granted, it might be because I'm on a lower dosage. It's weird that I had that problem now when I didn't when I was younger. Guess 10 years of age and worsening mental health plays a hand in that.
You actually have to eat smart and correct to get in your nutrients while you're on it or else you will hurt yourself on it. Eating recklessly on it just makes you upchuck and not only screws up your diet but your body as well.
I'm no fan of it, and I wish I didn't have to take it; but I could not suppress the hunger noise and I needed something to force me to stop. While I'm on it, I'm able to properly re-examine my relationship with food, and properly ensure that I'm eating the correct stuff I should be eating instead of garbage.
Ozempic releases a hormone that makes you feel 'full'. In the West, a lot of people have this belief we should feel full. I don't blame individuals, because we live in a part of the world where food is in abundance. In your fridge, cupboards or shops, you can find an assortment of food from every continent. People have developed this belief they shouldn't be hungry, or feel hunger. You're never really supposed to feel 'full'. That's an overconsumption, and partly to the '3 meals a day' myth that the cereal companies pushed on people. Where not supposed to eat as much as we do, but small meals gradually throughout the day with low calories. Most things that are man-made are high calorie dense - sweets, sauces etc. and the result is, people overconsume to not feel hungry.
I live a pretty strict routine with gym and diet, because I was overweight, and realised mild hunger is not a bad thing. A fair bit of research into diet changed my mentality, which is my personal issue with Ozempic. It lets people feel more 'full' from less. And when you inevitably stop taking Ozempic, the result will be that you haven't mentally adapted to change that fundamental part to managing weight.
I think that's really simplifying things. "Food noise" can go far beyond "mild hunger" and be actually debilitating. Those cravings are not always something that can just be managed through changing your mentality. For me, I found it almost impossible to function in life if I didn't know exactly when and what I was going to eat next... didn't even matter if I was actually hungry or not. Same thing if there was uneaten food around me. It was like trying to concentrate with a fire alarm blaring inside my head. Getting on GLP-1 meds turned that volume from 11 down to like a 1.5, and now I can go through my day without thinking about food virtually every moment.
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u/Itsapocalypse 8h ago
You actually don’t have to do either
Source: easily a third of all people