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Just curious, does your appetite come back whence you cut off the meds?

The only reason I want to lose weight is to eat more freely, won't be useful if I lose my appetite too.

You don't lose taste, you lose your appetite, which means you can resist the temptation to eat easily, and you feel full very quickly. That doesn't prevent you from eating what you like, but it does help you to not eat too much of it, which I hope is not what you mean by "more freely".

The appetite comes back when you cut the meds, but it's an appetite based on your new weight. But if you then go on a some suggar rampage, you will regain weight and your appetite will grow too.

Those drugs are merely a guard rail to complete a diet successfully, but if people do not change their eating habbits, the same causes will produce the same effects after they cut the meds.

Thanks, that's good enough. I have been going to weight loss for over 6 months but I'm stuck between 79 and 80kg. It's a bit difficult to add more weight lifting because I tended to hurt myself, so eat less is better.

Add walking for 2h per day is the recommended I’ve seen.

Thanks, 2h is a bit too much for me, so what I do is about 3-4 10-12 mins walk-sprint walk reps. Basically half walk (3.5m/h) and half sprint-walk (4.4m/h). I wish I could do more but my joints are not really good.

Just walking is better. You get a steady burn. If you do high intensity you burn calories for a good while afterwards. Mild intensity doesnt do much.

    > It's a bit difficult to add more weight lifting because I tended to hurt myself

Did you try slightly lower weight and higher reps? It is worth trying as an experiment. Current scientific literature says that 5-30 reps is the ideal range for gaining muscle mass. And, as you said, the relative heaviness of weights to the person makes a big difference for injury risk.

What I’ve found is foods I could usually binge on like pizza I’m quite full on GLP-1 inhibitors and can quite happily stop at half or 2/3 of a pizza. Usually I’d have eaten the whole thing (12” think napoleon style pizza Americans) and want more, refined carbs I never feel full from.

I saw someone mention that they craved heroin less on ozympic.

Experiences vary but I worried I’d, like, not enjoy food on it.

Nope, not a problem. I just get full much faster and am even more prone to simply not eating when I’m busy, than I already was. Not as food-focused when idle, but I still snack a little or whatever.

Appetite comes back yes

It does.

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