American obesity is on the decline

Mik

Good news. I'm doing my part.

https://www.tfah.org/report-details/state-of-obesity-report-2025/?utm_source=join1440?utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Horace

GLP-1 drugs are only just starting to make a dent, but they will be a bigger part of the picture going forward. Personally I'm doing it the old fashioned way, even though I am convinced that the drugs are safe.

jon-nyc

The next generation of drugs will make an even bigger dent. A pill will be more popular than injections.

Mik

I've had no side effects whatsoever and the injections are no big deal. I'm on a medium dose and my appetite is quite suppressed. I think also my body has gotten used to 1500 calories a day, so when I decide to go off the Zepbound I won't have a big rebound. The drugs help but making sure the way you live is compatible is key.

Mik

@jon-nyc said in American obesity is on the decline:

The next generation of drugs will make an even bigger dent. A pill will be more popular than injections.

Especially on cost.

Doctor Phibes

Those robotic shoes will surely undermine these advances.

Horace

@Mik said in American obesity is on the decline:

I've had no side effects whatsoever and the injections are no big deal. I'm on a medium dose and my appetite is quite suppressed. I think also my body has gotten used to 1500 calories a day, so when I decide to go off the Zepbound I won't have a big rebound. The drugs help but making sure the way you live is compatible is key.

That weight lifting schedule on 1500 calories a day is quite something. I hope you're getting lots of protein.

Mik

I eat a good amount of protein. My cereals in the morning all have 10 grams or so, I drink bone broth daily for the collagen, and dinner usually has one lean protein at least. I'm looking in to how to get more non-meat protein as meat causes inflammation and is hard on kidneys.

My calorie count is due to my entirely too efficient metabolism. 10,000 years ago I'd be king, but in today's plenty it's a disadvantage. I read somewhere I should be eating like 3,000 a day just to maintain. I'd gain a couple pounds a week like that.

Horace

I think it would be impossible to fit a problematic amount of lean meat into a 1500 calorie diet. Unless there is an individual health concern.

I’ve been brining chicken breasts and sous videing them at 142 degrees. Quite the moist delicious delicacy. I didn’t know chicken breast could be that good.

Mik

Yes, if you start with good quality chicken and brine them they can be quite tasty. I like to get air chilled birds.

jon-nyc

I only tried chicken that way once and was bothered by the texture. It seemed undercooked even though I knew it was safe.

Horace

@jon-nyc you eat pizza with a fork. It checks out that you need your chicken cooked to 170.

Doctor Phibes

Sous Vide sounds so much more sophisticated than 'Boil in the bag'.

Then again, the Italians eat their pizza with a knife and fork, and they're so cool that they can say 'ciao' without being a complete twat.

LuFins Dad

I don’t really think the obesity epidemic could have actually gotten worse. There was really only one direction to go…

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American obesity is on the decline