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> I don’t know if it’s rooted in jealousy over access the drug (either via insurance or having a provider willing to prescribe) or whether it’s because people see those who take it for weight loss as “cheating”.

No, it's because you can get the same result, plus other ancillary benefits, by simply stopping the behavior causing the issue.

Imagine smokers rambling they can't stop smoking because bad tobacco put addicting chemicals in their cigs. Just put that shit out already, right? Same for food. Eating for survival =/= the american diet.

Processed food is bad, and everywhere. Ok. What are you going to do, take semaglutide and then eat the same shit, but a bit less? Or are you going to switch to healthier food? Then why don't you switch now and skip taking a medicine for the rest of your days?

GLP1 is a drug to heal the lack of willpower, not to heal the body.

> by simply stopping the behavior causing the issue.

Must be nice to have a metabolic system that works correctly. A lot of us don't.

For too long obesity as a mental fitness issue without considering underlying causes. Too often overeating is considered the cause not the symptom.

For many, our bodies lie, telling us we need to eat because our blood sugar is low, when in fact it's already normal-high but other process is getting in the way of energy production.

> No, it's because you can get the same result, plus other ancillary benefits, by simply stopping the behavior causing the issue.

And people who are 5'7" can dunk basketball if they "simply" jump higher.

>GLP1 is a drug to heal the lack of willpower, not to heal the body.

Ok, and so what? If some people lack the willpower of others, and this drug helps them gain that willpower, isn't that great?

You sound like someone telling a clinically depressed person "just stop being sad".

A clinically depressed person usually did not self inflict the depression.

Sorry but this is a hopelessly naive view of what is widely understood to be A Bit More Complicated Than That.

Like what, your body magically extracting more calories from food than other people do?

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