r/antidietglp1

I've been on Zepbound for almost four months mostly for IWL and after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting it's been a pretty slow start but it is definitely working and I'm just feeling a lot of anger toward diet culture in general. I'm eating so, SO much less than before (spot tracking to make sure I'm still getting a healthy floor of calories), when I was already eating what felt like the absolute minimum amount I needed to not be starving all the time, and I'm still losing less than .5% of my starting weight per week. Which is all fine, it's just thinking about the idea that diet culture was expecting me to eat this little without medication is making me so mad. The idea that I was eating more than this because I couldn't control myself or I didn't realize how much I was eating and not because I was FUCKING HUNGRY. I've even realized that "feeling hungry" does not mean the same thing for everyone and that is also making me mad. My partner only knows he has to eat when he feels tired and dizzy and realizes it's been a day since his last meal, he had no idea what I was talking about when I described what has been my experience of hunger my whole life until Zepbound (gnawing, aching, growling stomach pains every few hours that cannot be ignored). The idea that I was supposed to count up to my daily calorie allowance and then just feel like that and do nothing about it and live my life like that. The idea that there are other people on this very medication who think I should be able to stop the med and keep eating this way because I'll have "learned good habits".

Sorry this is a straight up barely coherent rant but yeah, just feeling a lot of anger.

I am mostly posting journal-style to get my thoughts out and get support, I think. Anything that is about health due to my weight just takes a big emotional toll on me. Too many years of it being pushed so.hard I wanted to hurt myself.

I was really grateful my doctor right away respected when I told him I could not do the wegovy pill because it made me feel sick. He immediately offered me zepbound instead. It was actually a surprisingly positive visit, since any appointments about my weight have been hit or miss with him.

I now have NAFLD and am prediabetic, which is a large part of why I am less resistant to him pushing the medication. I also need to call my insurance tomorrow and see if they cover it.

I am just feeling emotional about it, I guess. It feels like an act of self-hate to inject, even though I know that isn't true and that I am actually trying to take care of myself. I wish I could just engage in my weight normally instead of it being such an emotional thing.

I appreciate you letting me post here, even if not one reads it. I just needed to get it off my chest, and historically I spiral in journals and just thinking someone might read and engage wifh my thoughts keeps them more grounded, lol.

Hi! Looking for recommendations for electrolyte powders and proteins! Please share your favorites!

I like LMNT and Ultima, but hate liquid IV. I am considering Javvy for their clear protein refreshers and protein coffee. Any experience with these?

I don’t like owyn or just ingredients or clean simple eats. They taste chalky and have a weird after taste. I like Fairlife and nurri is pretty good, but not a favorite.

Any suggestions?

Hello everyone! Just curious on if I should discuss decreasing back down with my doctor. I increased my zep to 10mg 6 weeks ago I am 42 weeks into taking this medication but on week 5 of the dose increase I started having some pretty intense GI symptoms diarrhea and just general stomach discomfort, I thought initially it was just timing on something I ate the day before because been there done that. And I know this happens for the first couple days after injection day especially when you first start an increase but 5 weeks in? It hit me this week too on my 6th week which I am at this point like dreading eating which is an awful feeling. I mean this is not a normal side effect right? Not 5-6 weeks into a dose increase? I have an appointment set up with my PCP but curious on thoughts. I only had something similar happen when increasing to 7.5 4 weeks in and similar issues but I also caught norovirus that same week so my PCP said it was more than likely that. But I have had no illness this time around. Thanks for any input!

EDIT: Thank you so much for all your level headed responses. I lost my mind for a bit, but you've all helped me get back on track mentally.

The last 3 weeks I have gained weight. I can handle a little weight gain, but the rate is TERRIFYING. Like overnight the last two mornings the scale has gone up the amount that is the most someone should lose per week. And my entire weight loss from the month before, which was from the scale finally moving at an encouraging rate after months of stall, is almost completely gone in two weeks.

I'm on 9.5 tirzepatide, but this weeks shot (only 3 days ago) was only a half dose and I'm waiting to have the money to order my meds. Should be able to on Tuesday.

I'm honestly so shaken and scared. How far is this going to go? And also, this feels so incredibly fragile! I was so uncomfortable and miserable with my weight before. I'm so scared it's all about to rapidly be erased. Plus the humiliation of regaining if it keeps going.

I am 57 and have been on tirzepetide for 10 months. I have gone slowly up in dosage. Most of this 10 months, I have just enjoyed the freedom of being able to eat normally. I have lost some weight. I decided before I started that this will be lifelong for me, because I already know that I can go up and down and up and down, and I was sick of the yo-yo and I never want to yo-yo again. Sometimes I think that I should be more intentional and try to lose weight, but I was so sick of the fight against gaining weight for so many years that I am not really able to be intentional for long at all. I have gotten to where my body is no longer in pain, and moving is easier, and I am so happy with that. I have almost no side effects. I stopped drinking seltzer because of burping, but that is the only thing that had to change. So I guess I am just enjoying this. I like that I can have ice cream and not finish the container. I like that I can eat more than chicken and vegetables at dinner. I’m having carbs in my meals, like rice and whole grain bread.

I guess I am just writing to remind myself that this is a lifelong journey, and not a race, and it is okay that I am choosing to enjoy it. I did watch the evolution of these drugs for years before starting. I do trust that medication will get lower in cost over time and that the evolution of these medications will continue, so I trust that, even if I stop losing, there will be other medications. (I guess that is a fear - I am going too slow and will stop losing because my body will accommodate to the medication and then I will have lost my chance. So I guess that is why I needed to write this.)

Hello! I’m on zepbound and recently decided to go vegetarian again for environmental reasons. However, I am stumped on what to eat on my shot day and the couple days following when my stomach is the most sensitive. Unfortunately, I can’t eat lentils on a glp1, I tried and had the worst GI experience of my life that lasted two days, I’m scarred for life. I’m looking for some high protein and easy to digest meals. Thank you!

Also, I barely found this group today and am so happy it exists!

Hi all,

Through the transition from university to post grad full time work, coupled with going on birth control and lexapro, I ended up gaining quite a bit of weight, to the point where I had gone through multiple pant sizes and just felt overall uncomfortable in my body. I had come to accept this new being through body positivity and neutrality, however it had come to the point where I have developed some health issues (including what I strongly suspect as sleep apnea) as a result. No amount of self love was compensating for the physical and mental health issues this was causing.

I was able to qualify for a prescription for generic or name brand ozempic, and I am feeling all sorts of emotions. Part of me is very excited for this new health journey - I plan on getting into weight lifting, back into Pilates and walks, and sharing clothes again with my partner who is a bit smaller than me. We used to share clothes all the time until about 2023/2024 (having a girlfriend is the best).

But at the same time, I feel almost…guilty? Up until recently, I was fairly against GLP1s for people who were not severely overweight. If you told me a year ago I’d be going on ozempic I would NEVER believe it! I also don’t plan on telling anyone other than my best friend and partner, so it feels weird keeping something so big from them when I am a very open book.

Has anyone else experienced similar? Did you eventually make peace with it?

Hi, all. I’m mid 20s, nine months into taking Zepbound and have lost a considerable amount. I started originally due to specific health concerns, and now I’m at a healthy BMI for the first time since I was 14 when I developed a series of disordered eating habits (of which my doctor was aware of when she approved me for medication) that caused me to become medically obese in high school. I find that those habits have actually been helped by the medication, as well as OCD thought spirals/compulsions. I am happy with the way I physically feel and have a vastly improved relationship with food and nutrition.

The changes in my body have led me to feel socially isolated, however. The groups I run in are progressive and body positive; hence, there’s been a lot of anti-GLP1 talk in them well before I was prescribed one, and such talk has persisted. I am not at all open about my GLP-1 use; the only people who know are my immediate family, my partner, and one friend, and nine months in I just feel like liar. The changes in my body are extremely visible. I have lost the feeling of fat solidarity with friends who have similar bodies to the one I used to have; they do not talk to me in the same way anymore, and I feel (even unintentionally) excluded from certain conversations despite the fact I spent a decade in a fat body. I also feel unable to discuss the uncomfortableness of realizing how much better people treat me now that I have more “social capital” with any of my friends. My partner has been supportive in my journey, but there is a certain understanding gap due to the sheer differences in our life experiences. My extended family and older friends who don’t know about the GLP-1s have given me reactions from anywhere to “you look great!” and “thank god, we were getting worried.”

I don’t know if I was wrong to hide my GLP-1 usage from the outset, but I also don’t think my medical life is anyone’s business. I feel like I’ve betrayed some of my friends in a way based on the way they talk about the current societal trend towards extreme thinness, and I think the only kind of person who could ever really understand would be another GLP-1 user, and the few others I know are extremely body-negative. I don’t think I can ever be open about how I lost weight with anyone because of the reaction from both “camps.”

Is anyone else feeling similarly isolated?

Likely starting ozempic soon but still a bit nervous and hesitant. Suspected sleep apnea and lipadema coupled with a significant weight gain from being on birth control for endo and lexapro. I have pretty bad food noise coupled with the hormonal medication I’m on which makes the typical CICO method difficult.

I want to consistently start going to the gym, not just for weight loss but also for strength and the myriad of health benefits. I love Pilates but also want to work on my cardio and strength/ weight lifting. However, I struggle so bad with energy and motivation.

When on ozempic/glp1s, do you have any tips for ensuring I have enough energy/ strength to consistently workout? I worry if I’m eating less I will have even less energy to workout.

It’s off label but my psychiatrist recommended it for alcohol use disorder.

It’s only been 2 weeks but I don’t have any desire to drink at all.

Like no inkling whatsoever.

Completely repulsed by the idea.

I had tried celebrate recovery, AA, and Naltroxene but none worked. In fact they made me drink more!

As far as white knuckling it goes, the longest I could go without booze was 2 weeks.

But something would always cause me to drink again.

But I think I’m finally done with this ugly chapter in my life.

I am 30F, and I have been on Ozempic 1.0mg for the past two and a half months. I have absolutely no idea what is happening to me. I had an intense panic attack a week and a half ago and I started spiraling because I can no longer feel connection to myself and others around me (most likely depersonalization). I have suffered in the past with anxiety and depression but these thoughts are nearly unbearable and I'm on the course of becoming suicidal. I feel like I'm in an alien or robot's body, like I don't have "control" over my actions and my limbs somehow feel like they're not mine? Everytime I do something I'm like "what's the purpose of me doing this? How am I able to do this automatically when I'm suffering like this?" I have never had this happen to me before and I am absolutely terrified. I think it's the GLP-1 medication but I'm unsure. Has anyone had this happen? I am in so much turmoil and I don't know how much more I can take.

i've been on zepbound (5 mg) for 2 months and had 3 periods in that time. i have PCOS but my periods have always been very consistent and regular, just extremely heavy and painful. since starting zepbound, my first period (shortly after my first shot) was the most painful period i have had so far in my life and involved a lot of projectile vomiting when that had never been a symptom for me before, it was also nearly a week early and lasted for 8 days which is unusual for me (mine are usually 5). i then had a second mini period 2 weeks later that was 2 days long, and then my most recent one was again 8 days long and very painful, more so than usual. i have also had lots of spotting between these periods which has never happened to me before.

after the first period, i brought it up to my doctor who said that this isn't supposed to be a side effect of zepbound and he started talking about taking me off the medication, which is when i panicked a bit and said it wasn't that bad and that i'd rather deal with it than not be able to be on zepbound (which is true, the relief i've gotten from zepbound is worth the terrible periods). i haven't brought it up since out of fear that they'll take me off of the medication :( i just wanted to know if this has been an experience anyone else here has had? and if it's really that big of a deal?

Hi community. About to take my 7th dose of tirzepitide, third at 5mg.

When I started, the satiety cues were definite. It was a big change from my usual.

I dropped inflammation weight in the first week and the number was surprising. The weight loss continued over the four weeks at 2.5mg in a more reasonable way. My PCP and I decided to titrate to 5mg.

Since then my scale number has bounced around the same number +/- a couple lbs. I haven’t had any shifts in pain response, and I’m feeling inflammation creeping back.

I also don’t have the same satiety cue - I continue to eat a smaller portion than pre-meds, but I find myself getting snack attacks again, especially in the evening when I’m watching tv.

I absolutely don’t want to “diet”, and find myself rebelling against “eating healthy” (to be clear, I tend to cook a lot and eat a balanced nutrition mix).

At the same time, I’m feeling some failure that I am on a higher dose and numbers aren’t moving.

Pain prevents me from traditional working out (really hoping for some pain relief as I continue).

I know that I need to be patient and let my body adjust to the meds. I know this is a long road. But I’m feeling shitty.

Hi!

Started 5mg Tuesday night. Wed was ok, full feeling.

Today, Cheerio burps and pressure in chest/throat. Diarrhea (tho that could be from Calm Magnesium) and I threw up. A lot.

It’s bedtime. I have an empty stomach. What do I do?

Thank you for any support. I’m reading through this group and am appreciating the level-minded info.

I feel like this will be understood in this group. I find it so hurtful when I share hitting a weight loss goal or a big improvement in my blood work and all the responses are “keep it up” “just stay consistent and you’ll get there” “good job, just keep going” I even find it discouraging on other people’s accomplishment posts. Like damn… it sounds like you’re responding to someone who stalled and asked for encouragement. Just tell them you’re happy for them or that they did a great job. They are either at their final goal or they are going to continue. It’s so backhanded and “mean girl” coded. You’re literally telling them that they are taking the right actions, but it’s not enough. Can we be kind and celebrate each other?

Nice to find this group! I've been on glp1 for about seven months and it's been almost entirely a positive experience. I have hypothyroidism so it's very, very difficult for me to lose weight. I've lost a moderate amount of weight, not the rapid weight loss some people report. Some passing nausea a few times.

The thing that weirds me out about it is that certain foods, when I'm actually hungry and eat them, it's like it's so good, I'm having a spiritual experience! I still stop sooner, when I get full and all, but it's funny to me how much I enjoy them. Things like fresh pineapple or this salad I make sometimes. And sometimes a glass of Fairlife milk.

And I used to love cake, but I just don't enjoy it anymore.

2 weeks in GHK-CU but it still stings hours after the administration even though I let it room temp for an hour. Is that normal?

I’m doing a whole food, high protein, high fiber diet without any specific tracking that is going very well. I’m staying hydrated and I’m consistently lifting weights four days a week. I also added Tirzeptide in April.

All this has caused me to feel so much stronger and start seeing muscle definition. Also my bloodwork had several good improvements from Jan 2025 to June 2026. My A1C went from 6.0 to 5.6. Fasting glucose went from 130 to 85. Triglycerides went from 257 to 117. HDL went from 35 to 39. Total cholesterol from 205 to 192. LDL is still 130 though. ALT went from 25 to 13. Everything else is in normal range! From March to now I also lost 24% of my goal in regard to weight!

Started a glp1 yesterday and after breakfast this morning I feel so full. It’s wild. But also a bit of a mindf*ck. Because I also genuinely like eating. And I was hesitant about going on a GLP1 for body positivity/weight neutral healthcare/HAES reasons but also knowing it impacts your appetite really was worrisome for me. So I mean I know it’s just an adjustment to figure out what does work for me, and I also had/have anxiety of “what if it doesn’t work for me?” and so now feeling the effects almost right away… wow. Just interesting to feel. And trying to go into without feeling like I HAVE to eat “healthier” necessarily but I guess just seeing what it’s like as I keep going….