A couple months ago, I started using a GLP-1 for weight loss: Zepbound, specifically. One of the Temu Ozempics. I’ve fought my weight my entire life. As I get older, the fight gets harder. It’s hard on my joints, it’s hard on my endocrine system (borderline diabetic for like a decade now). So, sure, why not. A shot a week, let’s see what happens. It’s working. I’m down about twenty pounds since I started, and now the loss is slowing down. But it’s not working the way I thought it would. And it’s ruining my gaming life. GLP-1s and Impulse Control I had no idea how GLP-1s work when I started. All I knew was what anyone knows: celebrities take it and turn skeletal. Before my first dose, my doctor explained that this drug class does three things: stimulates insulin release, slows down the stomach emptying so you feel fuller longer, and acts on brain receptors to reduce “food noise.” Cravings, emotional eating, boredom, all the stuff that leads you to eat bad shit, or too much. Well it…
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