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Seek the guidance of a doctor that specializes in obesity and has a good track record in treating the disease. PCPs tend to have very broad knowledge bases. They are not specialized though. If you were diagnosed with heart disease, would you seek the guidance of a cardiologist? Of course. Would you start taking heart medicine and say “I plan to stop taking the heart meds once they prove to be effective?” Of course not. This isn’t that different.

The answer is to do all of the things. Healthy diet(not fad diets, starving yourself, etc). Nutrient rich balanced diet is THE optimal approach. Exercise regularly. Get help from a specialist.

This thread is so full of stupid it’s hard to read.

Long term side effects is NOT an unknown. We know. GLP-1s have been used for around 25 years to treat diabetes. The exact same medicine many of you are acting like just came out. The. Exact. Same. Medicine. We know that it’s generally extremely safe. In fact, we now know it has several extremely beneficial side effects.

Remember a few years ago everyone was clamoring that GLP-1s are causing heart issues? Wrong. Now proven to improve cardiovascular health(aside from and in addition to the indirect weight loss benefits on cardiovascular health). Also helps break addiction cycles by affecting the conditioning feedback loop in the reward center of the brain(including with alcoholism, nicotine, nail biting, gambling, etc). New versions of the medicine have been developed, sure. But acting like there are huge unknowns is rage bait fear mongering bullsh!t. And completely asinine. The medicine is extremely safe, especially when weighed against inaction. The disease of obesity, however, is not safe. Just like cardiovascular disease, liver disease, and so on. It’s not different just because society has conditioned your brains to think it is.

I get such a kick out of ignorant people holding such emotionally charged opinions about weight loss medicine. Let’s all start attacking people with heart disease for taking heart medicine? How dare they! They should just “will power a cure” like everyone with obesity should do. Amirite? It’s not as different as you think. Social stigma and conditioning are the ONLY reasons many of you think the way you do about this. Medicine has far surpassed the archaic “it’s a will power issue” argument. It’s beyond dumb to still maintain that old mindset. Do some people possess enough willpower to overcome the disease of obesity without any surgical or medicinal intervention? Sure. Is it fair to act like everyone can and should “will power” through a medical illness that is biological and genetic? Of course not. Why do so many people attack people with obesity and not people with other diseases like cancer or heart disease?

It is also hilarious how many people bash “fatties” for taking GLP-1s and in the same breath talk about how they should take peptides instead because peptides work great for them. The level of ignorance is truly astounding in so many loudmouths on this subject. The same ignorant people can’t take the time to learn what GLP-1 even stands for. Hint, the P is for Peptide.

To be clear, my position is firmly that the vast majority of people are absolutely ignorant on this subject but choose to act like they know what they are talking about. But they don’t. At all. However, that doesn’t mean I do not support and advise healthy living habits like regular exercise, balanced diet, avoidance of unnatural preservatives and processed foods, etc. Those are also extremely important. As important as treating the disease of obesity with all tools, including weight loss medicine.

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Longines new Hydroconquest model is on a whole new level. May be the best overall value in watches on the market today. Many new options and all are total bangers. I bought one already and will buy at least one more. Most have been sold out since right after launch. My next one will be either “Cookie Monster” or the the gray bezel.

Go check them out for sure.

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No matter what, I would surely not like this article if I’m Back. There are a lot of awful people, capable of horrific things, that would take possession of both him and loved ones to work on pain receptors and psyche in order to make an attempt at obtaining even a small fraction of what those coins are worth. Even if the belief is that it was only a 1% chance he’s the guy. Odds are far higher than 1% that Back is Satoshi.

It’s doable and looks amazing. Bigger pavers are absolutely the way to go. Maybe do 30x30. Unlikely to regret this imho

Richard Dickey MD LSU Urology. Google it.

Dick Dickey. This reality is better than any fiction posted.

For legit rec, would need more discovery to answer. May not be the same MD for any and all things “Urology.”

There’s nothing to agree or disagree with. It’s factual. Not really up for debate. Oil is subsidized. Taxes pay for all of it. The argument I think Billj is making is that what’s fair for oil should be fair for renewables. Why is it ok for tax dollars to subsidize oil and not renewables?

I’ll add this. If our species’ rate of energy consumption exceeds the earth’s rate of producing fossil fuels, won’t we have to address that? Why not now? Renewables has the math in favor of long terms solutions. Fossil fuels does not.

Agreements and disagreements can be had about how and when. But the why isn’t pretty well cemented at this point.

Very few disagree that pedos should be found and prosecuted.

Spiraling out with assumptions and conspiracy theories is when it gets dangerous. By all means, press hard to have Epstein files released. All for that.

But for the love of god, please stop treating big assumptions as if they are facts. It’s very dangerous to fall off that cliff. The message gets lost and loses credibility when it’s shrouded in conspiracy and huge leaps of assumption.

Push for what matters. Release the files. Prosecute. But stick to facts and stop floating off into conspiracy world that is almost certainly not true.

Let’s just be clear.

If someone makes an accusation, and you can’t disprove that accusation, we are to take that to mean the accusation is true?

The entire argument for this is based on a premise that is nothing more than an accusation. There is zero evidence to support the claim being made. There is also zero evidence to disprove it. This doesn’t mean it is true.

We now live in a country that largely doesn’t value truth any more. Pretending to value truth while screaming about conspiracy theories that have zero evidentiary support is where we are. And it’s dangerous. We are intellectually devolving as a people at the same time AI is starting to seep into our daily lives.

The future generations won’t understand the concept of truth like those that came before us did. And that’s incredibly sad for our species.

The boogie man continues to reign king in many of your lives, and the multiple forms of the boogie man are robbing you of your free thinking, time you should be enjoying your families, and worse.