[JumpCrisscross]

> that will take that away from me

They don’t stop eating, just overeating. Getting joy from food is different from self medicating with overconsumption. (For the record, I love food. I also don’t have an issue maintaining a healthy weight and physique.)

[cflewis]

This is it.

I am on GLP-1 (Zepbound). I have done Weight Watchers multiple times. I'd lose the weight for a little bit, then it would come back. The reason was _I was hungry all the time_. It's not sustainable. As someone else in WW told me: "The easy bit is losing the weight. The hard part is continuing to eat that way your whole life."

It's simply a faulty hunger sensor in my body. It was not what I was eating, simply how much.

GLP-1s fix the sensor. It's really simple. Nothing else to it.

I still enjoy food (although my palette has turned away from anything greasy, which is for the better anyway), but I can finally understand why someone would eat half a plate of something and say "I'm good" and actually mean it rather than trying to diet/starve themselves.

[JumpCrisscross]

My friends who have been on it can genuinely enjoy food more now. There is no guilt. The portions make restaurant budgets more manageable. And they’re trying more of the menu. They liked food before. I think they can genuinely love it now, and that’s really great to experience with them, even aside from the massive lifestyle benefits losing weight brings.

[cflewis]

Yes!

I was able to drink an Italian soda this week and not feel like "oh God I'm drinking my calories I'm going to be punished for this on the scales later".

[SubiculumCode]

So many misconceptions in these threads; your take is spot on and accurate.