Re:Ozempic could change the economy as we know it
by WirelessGigabit on Saturday December 02, 2023 @01:59PM
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Time and changing my eating habits. Time is easy. The habits require more willpower. What worked for me was to reduce the carbs (potatoes, rice, bread) & replace them with vegetables. So I just eat a meal salad with a piece of meat now.
Re:Ozempic could change the economy as we know it
by maxglute on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:34PM
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>The habits require more willpower
Intuition tells me effective diet pills are excellent crutches at not building habits. Seems like recipe for yoyo pilling, which to be fair isn't unlike seasonal dietting except pills make the dietting part predictable. Gut feeling is still massively accessible diet pills is net good in terms of public health if it reduces all the conditions associated to being overweight.
Re:Ozempic could change the economy as we know it
by WirelessGigabit on Sunday December 03, 2023 @07:38PM
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I don't agree. Nicotine patches help against the want for a cigarette, i.e. the craving, but not the habit of pulling out a cigarette while having a beer.
>There were major weight related health complications I was having at 34 BMI and they're not happening now.
I also experience a lot of health complications past certain weight, but I find it's more correlated to my bodyfat than BMI. Reflux and other issues I use to experience at 27 BMI @ 30%bodyfat, I start feeling at 32 BMI @20% bodyfat after building a lot of muscle. Difference between 27BMI @ 170lbs and 32BMI @200lb for me is ~30lbs. And the caloric difference between 170lb sedentary life style where my body starts acting up and 200lb 1-3x per week exercise life style where I don't is over 600 calories, which opens up a lot of dietary flexiblity in my life. Looking better is plus. But also just eating more than what I was during my obesse days and have good energy all the time. That said if I get to 205lbs all those symptoms come rushing back. I can see myself and others going on ozempic route if it's a means to nudge baseline weight below health complication effects. But hard to imagine phases of being on such big deficits.