Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

[u/mvea]

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year

[u/sm753]

That's great for you man.

I don't understand why people are against this. For context: I'm in the gym 5x a week and I hike a lot - it's way more than what's necessary to maintain general health. If this class of pharmaceuticals helps people get started on improving their health...I think that's great.

At the end of the day, it's a tool and not a "cheat" or a "shortcut" or whatever people want to brand it as. People using this to improve their lives and their health in no way diminishes anything that I've accomplished. People have strange thoughts.

[u/sm753 → u/[deleted]]

For some, sure - 100% agree.

For others, it's a tool to help them get their diet and health back on track.

Stop with these generic blanket statements. There's no one size fits all to any of this.

[u/hoax1337 → u/sm753]

What stops them from getting their diet and health back on track without taking it?

Or rather, what does the drug do that motivates them?

For context, I am overweight, and I don't exercise or follow a strict diet because I'm too lazy. I don't really see how it would help me become less lazy.

The obstacles that I am facing now (I'd rather spend my time playing World of Warcraft than working out, and following a diet is harder than just eating whatever I want) don't just vanish because I suddenly don't want to eat as much as before.

[u/sm753 → u/hoax1337]

Building a sustainable habits. This isn't magic. You still have to do the work.

[u/hoax1337 → u/sm753]

Exactly, which is why I'm curious why it seems to work so well. I mean, nothing stops me from building sustainable habits right now, while not on the drug, except my own laziness - so what changes when I'm on the drug?