Guilty Pleasures on GLP-1 Meds

Being Irish I expected booze to come up. My own background includes a strong drinking culture, and when I visit Dublin I enjoy the social side, music and atmosphere more than heavy drinking. Alcohol became my own guilty pleasure on these meds. For the first six to eight months the taste was gone, but it has come back enough that I can have a glass or two of wine or some whiskey on the rocks or with water to avoid extra calories. It still offers no nutritional benefit that I know of.

I still have pizza most Saturdays when my grandsons visit. The change is that I can now manage only one slice instead of more. A weekly treat like that does not seem likely to cause problems.

I wish I had seen your post before posting mine because the feelings are the same for me.

Keto never removed my cravings the way others claimed it would, and fasting never took away hunger either. The food noise stayed very strong. Once I started the medication I dropped keto because reports suggested it works better with carbs. I used to be strict to stay in ketosis, but now if a craving appears I simply eat the item and usually find I no longer have strong cravings anyway. Hunger appears mainly at night, which matches my natural pattern, and I have lost nearly ninety pounds by following what feels right rather than fighting it. The medication has reduced overeating and the pull toward high-calorie foods.

Baked goods used to be a lifelong problem. I still have a cookie or slice of cake occasionally but it is no longer an issue because it stays at one serving instead of six cookies or a large part of a cake.