GLP-1s 'cheating' OR a TOOL

[professorpeppy]

Hi all!

I am having an interesting spiral of thoughts right now.. I see so many people online saying GLP1s are 'cheating'.

But lets be real. How is it cheating if it isn't a game? This is life. This is my health and my journey in taking back my body and being able to live the healthy life I should have been living all along.

GLP-s aren't cheating. You can only see it as cheating if you see weight loss as a competition. And that is an issue you need to look into yourself for, I understand you did it the 'traditional' way, but then why don't we view other medications for life changing disorders as cheating?

Be real. You are jealous that now you are losing the 'game' that you have created in your head, because there is now a tool for others to reach the health they need. Lets uplift each other, this is an amazing journey, and the first step is knowing that you need to lose weight to take back your health.

Thank you for coming to my TEDTALK 😆

 

[Tbagger]

People like that treat their own suffering as a form of social currency. It's as if them being able to raw-dog their own misery is some kind of character trait that should be envied.

 

[mraajr]

"If ya ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'."

The "cheating" argument is rather stupid in my opinion, and I used to kind of be one of those people, so I can see it from both sides. Are vaccines cheating? Are other life-saving or prolonging medications cheating? Of course not. Like you said, people look at being healthy and looking good as a "game." We can thank society's pushing of the narrative that everyone needs to be "sexy" for that. So naturally, they would look at anything that makes those two things easier as cheating.

I am not doing what I am doing with GLP-1s and other peptides for the approval of anyone else. I am doing it simply for my overall health and well-being. "Looking good" just happens to be a side effect of that and is highly subjective anyway.

 

[Jfrick11]

Hi all!

I am having an interesting spiral of thoughts right now.. I see so many people online saying GLP1s are 'cheating'.

But lets be real. How is it cheating if it isn't a game? This is life. This is my health and my journey in taking back my body and being able to live the healthy life I should have been living all along.

GLP-s aren't cheating. You can only see it as cheating if you see weight loss as a competition. And that is an issue you need to look into yourself for, I understand you did it the 'traditional' way, but then why don't we view other medications for life changing disorders as cheating?

Be real. You are jealous that now you are losing the 'game' that you have created in your head, because there is now a tool for others to reach the health they need. Lets uplift each other, this is an amazing journey, and the first step is knowing that you need to lose weight to take back your health.

Thank you for coming to my TEDTALK 😆

Outside of responding to the absurdity of the statement itself, this advice applies on so many levels.

Why would anyone let someone else’s opinion dictate their choices or perception of themselves? That’s a total control move — a manipulation tactic — and not worth even a second of your energy, attention, or self-care.

You just keep doing what’s best for you and your health — and walk right past all that silly noise.😉

 

[randompersonrandom]

I make no mental space for someone who says with their whole face that people should need to suffer unnecessarily in order to achieve health. I won't listen to "you must be punished for having the compulsive urge to overeat with the suffering of not being able to do it while wanting to do it, constantly." Absolutely not, they can get right off my internet.