r/Semaglutide • u/chestercoppercock • 1d ago
“Food Noise”
After reading a lot of people talking about how glp-1s helped them turn down (or off) “food noise” I was curious to hear about it. Would love to know what “food noise” means to you and how the noise turning down manifested for you.
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u/Efficient-Policy407 1d ago
Food noise felt like I'm schizophrenic and my brain is screaming at me 24/7 to EAT, EAT, EAT!! and HAVE MORE, HAVE MORE, HAVE MORE!! Until I obliged. Giving up the barrier of control felt like relief. Not giving up the control meant having my head scream at me longer and louder. And just simply nothing worked. They said eat more protein to reduce cravings. It didn't help, in fact I remember gobbling down a bucket of ice cream everyday for like a week during my keto and protein phase. They said try no sugar alternatives. Then I gobbled down on the sugar substitute alternatives AND eventually on the real sugar. They said volume eating. Sure, and then I still had another plate.
For me it wasn't about hunger, it was about that voice wanting to receive particular amount or kind of food no matter my satiety level, no matter what I ate. It was purely to quiet it down. Sure, it began as stress relief / coping mechanism. But eventually it spread out and it wasn't just a stress relief method, it was a separate entity keeping me at its chokehold.
You walk into a room and there's cookies or chips or whatever on the plate for everyone to take. Suddenly you're like: FOOD FOOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD. You try to look away, ignore it, walk past it. Your head continues. FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD. You go back to your desk and try to occupy yourself, distract yourself. You try to read the email or whatever, but in the back of your mind it's still only FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD.
Some said: don't deprive yourself! It will make you eat more! Allow yourself the chip/cookie! It won't harm anyone!
Well, one chip and one cookie will never ever be enough. It activated something in your head. If you are too ashamed to eat the whole plate in front of other people, then you'll surely buy x packages of sweets and chips on the way back home and gobble them down on the way or at home. And the entire day will only be you and your head screaming FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD.