This is a really interesting piece, and these points are ones I notice a lot in the discourse around GLP-1 drugs: much of the antipathy to them is in & of itself fatphobia, anger or anxiety that takers are “cheating” their way out of the fat = lazy, slim = hard work paradigm.
yeah I think critics just have to be honest with themselves, right? I spent a while wondering why I had Serious Concerns About Ozempic then searched my soul and realised that I was just peeved *I* had to work out a lot and change my diet entirely to lose weight, and now people wouldn't have to
and that's obviously not an actual reason to dislike something lol - I guess I do think that going through that myself did teach me an amount of discipline I wouldn't have got otherwise but also if people prefer the easy way out.....I couldn't possibly begrudge them for that
And on the drugs you still have to have discipline - they make it easier to make healthy choices, but you still have to actually make them or you won’t lose weight. I think many people also find exercise easier, more pleasant & even less humiliating when they’re not carrying a lot of extra weight.
There’s some evidence that you don’t *really* need the discipline. Proper control group stuff. I think that’s what *really* scares the scolds. It could well be that it really is a chemical / hormonal issue and the hated fatties are not morally failing *at all*.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Ozempic Killed Diet and Exercise
Doctors might be slow to admit it, but Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs are making dieting and exercise obsolete.
Imagine them not being able to blame others moral failings cos for some it really is a physical process not working well enough & for “less in that out” / “Feel the burn!” stuff to be as nonsensical as “Have you tried not being depressed?” Some people’s entire personalities would just fall apart.
I've watched people in my life do everything right and still fail to lose weight. There are a lot of factors in being overweight, and for many, they're not eating cake every meal and heaping big spoonfuls of sugar into their mouths.
