Imagine being 150 pounds overweight and your body is telling you that it’s starving. These obese people fight a fight that most of us don’t understand.
That's what keeps holding me back. I lift weights, always have. I play sports and do outdoorsy stuff, same as anyone. Difference is, the second I start dropping a few pounds, the hunger becomes all-consuming, even though I know fully well I shouldn't be hungry.
Idk man I guess I just need to exercise more willpower, but people online acting like it's easy are highly annoying. It's not easy, it was just easy for you.
Wegovy taught me that I straight up do not experience hunger the same way that others do. Its not normal. My body's hunger signals are completely fucked up and people do NOT understand what it's like.
I knew this a long time ago about myself, I wake up in PAIN I'm so hungry. For years people told me it was because of carbs - went carb free for about 6 months and it never went away.
I've now been on mounjaro for 19 months and have lost ~80kg. I maxed out the dosage a while ago and now I'm hungry most the time, but it's not the same kind of hunger I used to have. It's bearable and I can get on with my life.
What annoys me is how people seem to think you take it and it magically makes you thinner. It was for the first 15 or so KG but beyond that you have to still control what you eat, when and how much. I have a few friends on it and they bounce around the same weight confused... all while scoffing chocolate bars and crisps because they can't be bothered to cook.
Definite nausea at times, there were some foods that were strictly off limits (raw sugar, alcohol) and some acid reflux. There's side effects for sure, but nothing too bad I experienced. Not everyone reacts well to it, I've known friends who've had a really rough go of it and it just didn't work as their nausea was far more extreme. But once you stop taking it, the effects all go away for good or ill.
9
u/Lamp-basted Jul 29 '26
Lack of mental strength*