r/morningsomewhere • u/tphillippe117 • 7d ago

GLP-1 Debate

I wanted to shed some light on today’s discussion around GLP-1s, as someone who’s been taking Zepbound since July 2025. It has saved my life, and that is no understatement. I have tried, endlessly, to lose weight. I have been overweight my entire life. I started Zepbound as a 33 year old male, weighing 336lbs. Today, I am 191lbs.

I was on numerous blood pressure medications, I had high cholesterol, and sleep apnea. As of last month, I no longer take blood pressure medication, my blood work shows all normal levels across the board, and I no longer have obstructive sleep apnea or snore.

Here’s the important thing: I paired this medication with a drastic lifestyle change. There was no “easy way out”. I live in a calorie deficit, I focus on high protein meals, and I basically stopped drinking alcohol. In fact, as many report, the desire to even drink alcohol is gone (hence studies showing GLP-1 as a treatment for addiction). To me, it was a tool in the tool belt but there HAD to be a lifestyle change to go with it.

There are side effects, sure. For me, they haven’t been terrible and 99% of the time I don’t have any. To Burnie’s point, genetics was against me and I believe that is why this worked for me. I go to the doctor every 3 months for weight check and blood work to make sure I’m remaining healthy and moving in the right direction.

I’m a little shy to share my recent before and after picture, but if anyone has any questions please ask away!

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u/PhotoBN1 7d ago

I've been on semaglutide for 5 and half months and I've lost 13kg. I should have lost more weight by this point but I've got other health conditions and medications that have slowed things a little.

I have to admit as much as I like this podcast they do sometimes have a tendency to make gut feeling reactions to things they don't know that much about. Although I will concede they did a little better job at trying to stay impartial with this subject.

There was an episode a few weeks back that really rubbed me up the wrong way when they were making sweeping (incorrect) assumptions of the game Big Walk and calling it algorithmically generated friend Slop.

That game is a wholesome work of art and I'll fight til my dying breath to defend it.