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I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm very tempted to try and hop on the semaglutide train. It seems like folks here have had decent results. I have a few hesitations:
First, morally, I feel like I should be able to lose weight myself. With enough physical activity (playing soccer etc) I at one point was able to have an incredible body with awful eating habits. I've improved my eating habits dramatically but I know for sure that I still have unhealthy tendencies. I should be eating less and differently. I can cycle an imperial century and it's almost trivial, but actual weight loss has remained elusive.
Second, I feel like this gold rush will end in tears a la COVID vax. I'm ashamed I hopped on that train so early though I didn't have any side effects and rarely encounter any through medication anyway. What are the chances this all ends up being a huge mistake and I shave 5 years off of my life in exchange for losing a beer belly?
I'm also tempted sometimes, but at the same time, if semaglutide only helps you be less hungry, I don't see the point for using it on myself. I'm pretty capable of simply denying my urges (for 6 out of 7 days, anyway) and avoiding eating much that way. Unless semaglutide also helps your metabolism or has effects other than making you less hungry, then I don't think I need it, I can just mostly do it on my own.
the idea is it makes it easier than having to force yourself to not eat . you simply lose the desire to want to eat as much
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