re: Weight loss drug prices slashed

Maybe more people are finding out that they aren't harmless drugs...

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Once they finally learned how to get the actual caloric intake down to the proper target, it only took 30minutes of walking every day to start shedding about 2lbs per week.

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The walking had almost nothing to do with that. The caloric deficit did.

Walking for 30 minutes isn't long enough to burn fat (it takes at least an hour of walking to START burning fat) and walking itself isn't intense enough to cause a rise in HGH or glucagon or to reduce cortisol, etc.

Walking CAN meaningfully contribute to fat loss, but it takes probably a minimum of a couple of hours a day to do so. Which most people don't have to devote to it.

That's the thing. Exercise CAN contribute a significant component to weight loss, but it's got to be a hefty amount of it. 30 minutes on the treadmill or ellipse machine isn't moving the needle. An hour (minimum) of high intensity exercise might be enough for some people who are in the sweet spot of being healthy and fit enough to do high intensity exercise, but not fit enough for the body to have gotten used to it yet.

But most people are on one side or the other of that dividing line.

Exercise is much more useful for maintaining weight.

Diet is pretty much the only meaningful game in town for losing weight for probably 90%+ of the people attemptng it.

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Nothing says a healthy society better than slashing costs to cheat to cut weight instead of exercise.

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The shot doesn’t burn fat. It makes you not want to eat as much. You can’t take the shot and still eat the same and lose weight.

Yes, if you’re eating fewer calories, you can lose weight. Yes, if you’re eating fewer calories AND burning more (exercising), you can lose more weight.

Why are you figs against the shot? You hate fat people and bitch about them but when a medicine comes out that helps fat people not want to eat as much, yall shite on them for not burning fat by running marathons.

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It's not that simple. Some people cannot exercise.

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lazy democrats

Over 40% of American adults are obese and 80% are overweight. When the percentage is that high, it's clear it's a societal problem.

I hate that we have to resort to drugs to combat the problem, but the only other real option is to ban unhealthy foods full stop. And that ain't gonna happen. So instead of yelling at fat people, giving them cheap and highly effective weight loss drugs is the best option.

Of course, there's always the worry about side effects down the road. But we already know the side effects and complications of obesity are awful and a huge drain on the system. Handing out GLP-1s to everyone who wants them at affordable prices is the least bad realistic option for tackling the obesity crisis.

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9% of people can exercise.

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I don’t care if people use it but don’t expect everyone to be all fascinated in your weight loss journey lol.

You don’t earn it.

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limited her grocery spending and cut out Starbucks.

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She could have just did this.

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Nothing says a healthy society better than slashing costs to cheat to cut weight instead of exercise.

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This is so 2025 trash talk

Louisiana has an obesity rate of 39%, 3rd worst in USA.

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they played 2A football in 1997

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1986

Losing weight for many post-menopausal women is extremely difficult. Add a few outside factors like sleep apnea and it's damn near impossible.

Not every woman gets fat from eating, especially women in their 50s and above.