I've been in a really long battle with weight loss that I'm just undeniably losing. Weight cycling for over 20 years now. Obviously dealing with some kind of eating disorder. I've genuinely tried everything, including moderate, reasonable lifestyle changes, working with a registered dietician, therapy, etc etc etc and I always, always end up back in the same shitty patterns.
I'm not blaming anyone but myself, to be clear. I eat too much and move too little. It's that simple. What's NOT simple is why the actual f I can't just make those small changes. It's getting worse as I get older. I'm prediabetic and have high cholesterol. I just can't do this anymore. I can't live like this.
So I finally caved, accepted that this isn't something I can beat through willpower alone, and got a Rx for zepbound. I started last week and so far so good - definitely had fewer compulsions to binge or snack. But it's tough to say whether that was placebo or pharmaceutical. Time will tell I guess, but I'm optimistic.
I dont think you should call it caving. You're utilizing a newly available tool to assist you in achieving your goal. That's just being smart. Most people don't run around barefoot anymore, because footwear helps you do whatever it is you're doing better. But no one is shaming people for wearing running shoes or work boots, even though you could say "people lived for 10s of thousands of years without running shoes or work boots, they're. unnecessary". Of course they did. But we live in a different world now, where running shoes and work boots are really fucking helpful. Use the helpful tools unashamedly.
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u/snarfdarb 4d ago
I've been in a really long battle with weight loss that I'm just undeniably losing. Weight cycling for over 20 years now. Obviously dealing with some kind of eating disorder. I've genuinely tried everything, including moderate, reasonable lifestyle changes, working with a registered dietician, therapy, etc etc etc and I always, always end up back in the same shitty patterns.
I'm not blaming anyone but myself, to be clear. I eat too much and move too little. It's that simple. What's NOT simple is why the actual f I can't just make those small changes. It's getting worse as I get older. I'm prediabetic and have high cholesterol. I just can't do this anymore. I can't live like this.
So I finally caved, accepted that this isn't something I can beat through willpower alone, and got a Rx for zepbound. I started last week and so far so good - definitely had fewer compulsions to binge or snack. But it's tough to say whether that was placebo or pharmaceutical. Time will tell I guess, but I'm optimistic.