Weight Loss Medication Appetite Changes Mindset and Diet Necessity

In long-distance hiking circles the common reminder is to hike your own hike. You run into plenty of people insisting your gear or approach is wrong, but the point is you're the one out there doing it.

If it's okay to ask, do you get sick when you eat too much or have a decent amount of something unhealthy?

Sorry if that came across sideways. Sharing a coworker's eating habits with strangers online isn't meant to help the coworker and doesn't help.

Most users don't put much effort into peptides. Big lifestyle overhauls interest me less than small steady changes that can last. Big shifts work for short goals but need constant discipline. I lost 80 pounds unsustainably years ago through diet and exercise then gained most back. Now I'm 15 pounds lighter with habits I can keep going forever and the numbers that matter haven't worsened. Instead of tying success to visible effort I focus on what works for me long term, which includes not beating myself up and balancing enjoyment with responsibility. Hedonistic eating holds less appeal now but salads still aren't happening. I do take supplements I never did before. Once I hit my goal I may

I did weights and running as a teen and in college. Senior year the library added pounds. Later I got into indoor climbing and stayed away from weights for a while. The point is there are enjoyable ways to do resistance work besides lifting. Maybe one will click for you. I'm back to lifting now to protect elbows and shoulders from climbing.

Thanks for the reply. I tend to judge based on my own experience, which is very different from others. Appreciate the different angle.

Exactly.

The only reply needed is correct.

Telling internet strangers about a colleague's food choices doesn't help him. That wasn't the goal of the thread either. Go ahead anyway.

Thanks, I wasn't trying to call him wrong.

Everyone varies but many just tune out advice. US drug ads for GLP-1s all mention combining with diet and exercise. Of the telehealth places I used only one required a real visit and she stressed diet plus exercise for best results. The others were online only but their paperwork also pushed diet and exercise. Some people let it go in one ear and out the other anyway, like ignoring that coffee is hot until lids warn about burns. The sentiment is good. I try to think whether I'd want advice delivered the same way to me, since I've heard plenty of body comments as a woman. You're probably not being harsh, just trying to help, but sensitivity matters.

Good point, plenty of movement options exist besides weights. Walking burns the same as running but takes longer and feels better to me. My job is somewhat active and with TRT my lean mass has stayed steady through 50 pounds lost over six months. Fifth DEXA scan is coming up soon and I expect some lean loss since the last one.

Thanks for the comment. Women get judged on silly stuff constantly and I'm sorry that happened to you. You're right that people can be sensitive. I figure this guy might be touchy about his weight too. That's why I started by trying to understand whether people on trizeptide get sick from eating that way. The thread shows some can handle it on tirz without issues, which is useful to know before talking to him again. I'll probably open with something like maybe I should switch to trizeptide because on reta I can't cheat at all, not even my wife's brownies, and then I won't feel bad offering him a small one.

Nothing wrong with pizza and cake once in a while after losing that much. Did it make you sick? A friend on reta had three slices of pizza and ended up in the hospital from constipation.

Glad you liked it. Being a woman has upsides but the random body comments I could do without. You seem genuinely interested in the full picture, which is good. The strongest message is just living well. When he sees your results he'll probably ask you himself.

No side effects from tirz at all.

Appreciate it.

I've only overeaten a couple times on reta and didn't feel any different than before the meds. No nausea from bad choices. Probiotics probably help. Greasy food sometimes leaves me bloated the next day. Sometimes something sounds good until I start eating it and then I lose interest. Eggs used to cause bad sulfur gas so I avoid them now even though acidophilus fixed it, just from remembering the feeling.

All food is good food is quite a claim. Thanks for sharing.

I ran distance in middle and high school, liked winning but hated the running itself. Now walking feels better. Tried running again last summer and quit because it wasn't fun. This summer I'm doing 30 to 45 minutes of fasted walking each morning instead.

Simple and solid idea.

Not always the case. This coworker is only six weeks in, likely around 5 mg. Not everyone responds dramatically right away with big losses on low doses. Early on with lower amounts I noticed some appetite drop and food staying longer in the stomach, but the drive to eat didn't fully disappear except sometimes. I could start eating while still feeling full from before and keep going without the fullness increasing. Side effects slowed my dose increases, I tried semaglutide which was worse, switched to splitting doses, then made bigger changes to break a sugar habit and went back to tirz. It took six months to reach 7.5 mg, the first level that really cut the urge to eat and where overeating would likely feel bad.

Thanks for telling me about what happened with you.

Last night on a forest trail with my dogs an older man jogged past. He stood about six feet and looked around 275 to 300 pounds. It seemed painful and unhealthy. My dogs and I walk an hour daily and that works fine for us.

That is one of my usual lines too. I may need to reconsider things now.

The situation changes everything. My husband uses the phrase and it leads to good results. When younger I liked respectful compliments from men such as calling me queen. I offer compliments to strangers but keep them to neutral things like clothing or hair. I avoid body comments unless I know the person extremely well and know they would welcome it. Even remarks about getting thinner can be risky if the cause is illness.

I knew someone who did exactly that with slim fast at every meal and once mentioned adding one between meals. I tried to explain the idea when we were both young. It is unclear if ego or the way I said it kept him from hearing. You cannot know what you have not learned and without curiosity life becomes difficult.

That made me laugh out loud, exactly how I behaved on my last vacation.

You are right, he approached me. We met again today for the first time since the earlier talk. He noticed my weight loss and I answered that the medication makes eating properly simpler, then asked how his own progress was going. That led to a long useful discussion. He became curious when I mentioned how affordable the medication can be. We covered food, diet, exercise, these drugs, hunger versus cravings, calorie intake, blood pressure, other health topics, this forum and thread. He did most of the talking and did not seem to remember his doctor advising habit changes. He showed interest because of ongoing stomach issues, took notes, and received a link to this forum. He plans to try the same approach to eating. Everyone's shared experiences helped me enter the conversation without fixed assumptions.

That is great to hear. Helping him like that shows real thoughtfulness and lack of judgment, which probably let him open up comfortably.