The most real and honest review. Being able to silence The ‘food voice’ in your head, as an emotional eater and be disinterested in food for the first time as far as I can remember, is one of the most liberating feelings I have ever experienced.
Be very careful when taking drugs, it isn't magic with no consequences... e.g. studies have found that for every 10lbs of weight loss only 6lbs is fat, the other 4lbs is coming from non-fat sources like potentially muscle and bone! (Muscle and bone mass may never come back!) It slows your gut processing food, food can hang around in your intestines for 24-36hrs! You crave either carbs or fat and carbs, not fat or protein! Studies have shown carb cravings coming back over time even if the drug is maintained) ua-cam.com/video/SNgrS8yJ_ec/v-deo.html
This is why I eat lowcarb, it does a similar thing, the food cravings go away after a bit and you feel the peace of not caring that much about food anymore. The one thing I'd suggest for these pills is keep an eye on long term outcomes. There's indication that they stimulate growth of new smaller fat cells along with existing ones in many people and long term, that could cause problems and might be why there are a lot of long term fails. Lewis is making an assumption about why people fail but he doesn't actually know. These pills do not fix the actual cause of excessive cravings and long term, it's abilty to combat those may wane, at which point you may now have even more fat cells and and even worse problem than you started with.
Have you ever tried fasting? I do them regularly, often up to ten days. You soon learn to turn off the need for food. Please do not go this artificial route when you can do it naturally & get an added health benefit from the state of autophagy. I have exercised regularly most of my life, had four children & take no medication. I have maintained the same weight for 30 years. I am 60yo.
Fantastic video Mark 🎉. I beat you to Mounjaro by a couple of months and, alongside getting married and having two kids, it stands as one of my best life changing decisions. Everything you said perfectly describes my experience - for the first time in my life I just didn't want to stuff my face 24/7. I genuinely pity those unable to put themselves in the shoes of someone that struggles to not overindulge. Congratulations, your brain is normal. Now let the rest of us live well too. Bravo Mark, love all your videos but this one is the best by far.
One of the benefits people dont mention is how this doesn't only work with food cravings, I started using it to loose weight, most of my fat was down to the fact i am a functioning alcoholic, and when i drank, i ate, a lot.. since starting, the daily craving to have a drink after a hard day, or a good day, or simply a tuesday, has gone, and if i do, its maybe just 1 to be sociable, its changed the way i eat, and my relationship with craving completely.. 6 weeks in and im down in weight, back at the gym but most surprisingly, is my relationship with alcohol has completely changed for the better..
Awesome! I did read about this effect. Sounds brilliant. Good for you! I gave up drinking totally because I could not regulate. 20 years ago now, God I'm old. I've had to nail down other compulsive destructive behaviours over the years, but I got there. I'm glad people now maybe have a decent option to at least get them on the track and to feel how life can be without those behaviours.
Dude I have beer in the fridge that has been sitting there for weeks, maybe months. I pretty much gave up on it after starting semaglutide because alcohol just SITS there in my stomach and doesn't do a damn thing about getting me buzzed.
"I never advise you do what I do. I simply do what I like because I'm a grown up." Has got to be one of the funniest and most real things I have heard from a fitness youtuber ever. Never change who you are Mark.
yeah, let's hope people watching him are also grown ups. like he said at the beginning, he is not a doctor or anybody in a position to give advice on this issue. is he seriously comparing ibuprofen with ozempic or with other drug? who is justifying taking steroids?
Can I also say this is probably one of the best videos about binge eating I have ever seen online. I loved exercise since I was 16, doing various different martial arts. I was in the military (RAF) for 7 years doing fitness tests and having access to a free gym alongside an hour and a half for lunch to go to the gym plus training after work. I ended up having orthorexia, I weighed out lettuce and would not eat anything unhealthy but I ate for training so I was fueling myself. During that period all I thought about was food. I caved one night and ate 2 150 calorie bags of doritos and then went out at 9pm and ran off the 300 calories I just ate. I then ended up moving into a job I hated with the military and that led me to be extreamly unhappy, they would not move me job roles and I ended up using food to numb the unhappiness I felt (they require a years notice for my old military job so there was not really a quick way out). I stopped training and ballooned in weight, completely losing all my identity. Again all I thought about was food. Its taken me 7 years coming out of the military, I have spent a LOT of money on a wonderful home gym which I love using and am in a job I love, but still all I do all day is think about food. I eat well during the day and then just sit and shove about 4 or 5 portions of pasta down. I then am stuffed but I sit there thinking about food still even though I am full. My first thought in the morning is wanting food and once I have eaten I am pretty much counting down the hours until I can eat again. My normal non-binge diet is around 1800 cals so I am not starving myself. I work from home in IT so I am sat on my butt for 7.5 hours daily but I do walk about 12 miles min a day and weight train. I say all this because, I have done a Level 3 PT course. I walk my dogs for 5 miles every morning and do 2 miles on my curved treadmill on my lunch then do some form of exercise in my gym at night. I have total, free access to an extreamly decent gym and I listen to fitness and nutrition podcasts on my dog walk. I do all that and know all that AND I still struggle with my weight. So anyone that says 'just dont eat' or 'calories in vs out' - thats all well and good, but when you cannot stop your brain from wanting food (which for me is my form of comfort) - its really not that easy! Thank you Mark for explaining this so well because some people just dont understand (and I am one of the lucky ones that actually is educated and has access to a gym and no physical injuries)! I have just ordered a months supply of Mounjaro just to try it out, the worse that can happen is I feel a bit sick. I have been wanting to try it for awhile but did not know it was accessable to me. Ill see if they approve my order. Since I do exercise anyway and I like eating healthy its not like I will need to change my habits. I just need to see if this shuts off the silly food 'voices' in my brain.
I hope this will help you in the way you want it to. Just wanted to say that I've finally realized that I've had an eating disorder (obsession) for most of my life. I was never able to quiet it, no matter what I tried. Calorie counting, daily training at the gym. The only way of eating that finally made the 'food voice' shut off in my head was getting into ketosis. And specifically ketosis on a carnivore / primal diet. So I eat about half raw meat and half lightly cooked meat, mostly beef but also lamb, plus as many eggs as I want, butter and importantly raw grass-fed beef fat. When our bodies aren't sufficiently nourished, food obsession thrives, because we aren't getting what we need to sustain life on a basic level. That's why many vegetarians and vegans are food obsessed but also constantly hungry. I learned most of what I know from listening to a guy called Goatis (or Sv3rige) for many years. Absolutely changed the course of my life. I found this video of his particularly meaningful: ua-cam.com/video/2F2WpDvDUfI/v-deo.html I wish you luck in whichever path you choose!
I’m a 35-year-old mom from Kentucky who has almost nothing in common with you. I found your channel a while back when searching for other’s experience with binge eating, looking for hope, as I’ve relapsed after several years of almost no bingeing. Your videos have helped give me words I need to explain my struggle, as well as made me feel less alone. This video was no different. I’m not obese (nowhere even close, because of “permanently resisting the desire to eat”) so these drugs aren’t within the possibility of being offered to me. But I’m hoping that over the coming years it might become an option for treatment for BED. The mental effort required to try and function while being constantly bombarded by food noise is hard to put into words, although you’ve done it well here. Trying to explain the food vortex I often fall into where, regardless of my physical level of fullness, I am cognitively stuck in an obsessive pull to eat with abandon (and I’m talking full party-sized packages of Oreos, Halloween-sized bags of Reese’s pumpkins, multiple boxes of oatmeal cream pies, and any other sweet and fatty carbohydrates within driving distance of me) makes people look at me sideways. It’s been hard to find much support because it. So thank you for sharing your experience. I’m thrilled you’ve had a positive experience, and I’m hopeful the trajectory of how food obsession is viewed and treated will shift over the coming decades as we learn more from valid research as well personal experiences like your own. Removing the stigma is huge. So thank you again for sharing.
I can tell you, you are not alone. I have tried everything to avoid relapsing on occasion, from eating nothing all day (because eating can trigger overeating) to having regular meals spread throughout the day. Nothing works. The only thing keeping me from being overweight or obese is that I relapse less frequently than I succeed, for now. But it’s strange. I can be fine one moment, and then suddenly crave EVERYTHING the next. I don't stop eating until 1) everything in the house is gone or 2) I feel very sick. Without hesitation, I can eat 3000-5000 kcal in one sitting and still want more (though I feel sick, obviously). Triggers for me are: Eating something bad (my mind tricks me it's all been for nothing), being home all day (the bad stuff is there) and the weekend in general. 90% of the time the Monday - Fridays are fine because I work and busy with sport. The weekend I relapse about 50/50 of the time now, and getting better at it.
Im 5 weeks in and 31lbs down. Its life changing. I no longer think about food every 3 minutes. If this is how normal people live, no wonder i was failing before.
I'm not sure why but for some reason this video convinced this 42 year old man who is close to 140kg to go running for the first time in years well run/walk/run/walk.....you get the idea. I can't afford the jab but I can afford to do something else that's good for me. So thanks for whatever you did, even if I'm not sure what it is.
... eat clean, and lot's of it (to prevent binge eating)! and whatever you eat, focus on getting in somwhere around 200grams of protein (from fresh food!!! no shakes) per day in the first step. you want to keep your muscles under your fatsuit, they are the ones burning the fat! Protein-rich food will keep you satiated and your body burns more calories by digesting proteins.... win win win. All the best !!!!
I'd rather spend money on excercise equipment than a jab, especially given the process these drugs work with (assuming they all use a similar mechanism but maybe they are different). At least one of them reportedly heavily stimulates hyperplasia of the fat cells meaning the cells split forming more fatcells. This is very bad because the end result is the people taking this stuff ends up with more fat cells even though they are closer to "empty" rather than full. We've all heard the phrase "correlation does not equal causation" but generally the more fatcells you have the easier it is to store fat in the future. When this is coupled with the loss of musclemass and bonemass these drugs cause it is a triple whammy of bad shit for the future almost ensuring their clients reliance on them the next time they get too heavy.
You are the first person to have ever been able to articulate accurately what is going on in my head. It was nothing short of amazing. I have tried everything. Literally everything. But then, stress. And I'm back before square one - I got Iron Man fit and down to 13.5 stone. Then went up to 20st5. My brother sent me your video and said "this is you". And he was right. I ordered Mounjaro and took the first dose on Friday. I've had a few side effects - the most amusing of which has been nearly passing out due to low blood sugar from forgetting to eat. I have never, in the history of ever forgotten to eat. Forgotten to stop eating, maybe. Anyway, thank you for making the video, I'm hoping my decision will change my life and the lives of those around me for the better.
The thing I liked most about this video is your description of your food addiction. You perfectly depict the voice that I have in my head. I don’t know why, but that meant something to me.
Over the years I tried it all, some success, then thanks to Covid lock down and work changing to work from home I ballooned to 27.5 stone, I sat there depressed for 4 years, I don’t think people understand what being 27.5 stone does to your body and your mind. It almost disables you, you stop doing anything, and the thought of going to the gym, you can’t even put your socks on let alone go to the gym. I was in a bad place and was booked in for barriatric surgery, but that scared me due to change to ,Iife and the surgery aspect. Then after several gout , yes I suffer from gout and it was untreated, so add on being 11 stone over weight and I was house bound on occasions for 5-6 weeks. Then I read up on mounjaro. I bit the bullet, started it, aided by the drug I could totally change my diet, dumped the 6 domino’s a week, dumped alcohol , now 4 months in i’m down 5 stone 7lb ( 35kg) sure I still have a lot to go, but I can walk again, I can control my diet, I do still enjoy food but I don’t crave the rubbish, my whole taste has changed, sugar really makes me feel veRY meh and a little sick. I plan to be on it as long as I need, I have been building up exercise as well, I don’t feel one bit of guilt about the drug, I just wish I had started earlier. I have a wellman test in January , I want to see the progress, it won’t work for all but it worked for me. And that’s all I care about, I don’t want to die early, I want to have the full ride and this drug lets me do that. Obesity for some is a disease, or more likely the addiction to food is. Every night gorging without enjoyment to the point you feel sick or are sick is not pleasure, it’s self harm that only addicts will understand, like booze and drugs , food addiction is a massive spiral, but so many think it’s not real. I know it is as I have been there. I know how those 600lb people get there, as once you get to 350lb plus you are simply an injury or life event away from getting there quickly. I was close to that, but mounjaro helped save me. I’m still a way off, but I will get there and I don’t care what people think . To judge people who were morbidly obese for using a drug to help is like laughing at cancer patients taking chemo medication to prolong their life. One day I hope they do the same for drug and alcohol addiction, it will happen.
Great video. I’m not your mum. 😀 All joking aside been wondering about using that as a jumpstart for a while. Been fighting the cookies at 4 am for a while… Good luck with the move.
I am on tirzepitide. Yes, it has helped me lose weight, and reduced that "food noise". But it has also made me completely stop caring about alcohol AND has been the most helpful thing for my ADHD symptoms over any ADHD medication I have tried. It also stopped the "diet noise" where I was constantly concerned with every calorie eaten and every calorie burned.
@@fiona3821 I think it is reducing the dopamine response and that's how it is helping my ADHD. I have been able to stop doing something I am hyper focused and do something else. It doesn't help with all my aspects of ADHD, like forgetfulness for example. No, I'm still taking it.
Literally clapping from the treadmill in Canada! I’ve been on GLP 1’s for a year, losing at a very slow rate and couldn’t be happier. Have not seen a more relatable experience. Preach sir!!!!
This guy talks so much sense. I’m currently 4 weeks into Mounjaro. All the things said about moving to a healthy, guilt free relationship with food is so true. As is as the ‘if I hadn’t lost weight, it’d still be a win’. The feeling of not being obsessed by food is euphoric. Listen to this guy
I'm a very average, post menopausal woman, not an athlete. Two months after starting on Mounjaro and the lack of food noise still blows me away. Is this how naturally slim people feel all the time? I only want to 'clean' foods. Nothing else appeals. My portion sizes are tiny. Or are they now normal? **mind blown** Also, it knocked wine o'clock on the head. That alone is worth rubies, IMO, let alone the fact that I'm closer to a healthy weight than I have been for the last thirty years of endless diet clubs and knackering my knees in spin classes. These medications are going to save and extend SO many lives. Great video. Thanks for addressing the stigma.
Same here The food noise switch off is astounding. I didnt even know it was there ....until it wasn't! 3 months in 2 stone off so far. I'm also hypothyroid which wasn't helping. My GPs more than happy & checking thyroid levels next month as I may need to reduce dose as I get smaller. My problems from my 70s childhood. Good home cooking no fast food but food was used as a reward.
It’s really refreshing to hear someone talk about binge eating, who’s also in the fitness world. I’m a pretty skinny, “healthy weight” guy, however my addiction struggles with binge eating are always there. I do plenty of exercise and eat fairly well, but that lack of self control to not eat 3 family size dairy milks and 4 share bags of kettle chips, is a real struggle. Because I’m skinny and weight doesn’t go on easy, people just assume I’m healthy, but I assure you the poor food choices I consume to exercise quantities, would show otherwise. Binge eating is a real problem, whatever weight you are. It that sense that you have no self control and complete guilt that comes after consuming. The same feeling I’m sure that comes with any drug or alcohol addiction, it’s just a different substance. Addiction isn’t fun and isn’t only reserved to drugs and alcohol and shouldn’t have a blind eye turned to it. It can be a real struggle. So hats off mark for trialing something, that might actually make your life easier to manage. It’s the same as anyone taking anti depressants or meds for their adhd, we all need a bit of help and that’s okay.
I only binge eat if I buy stuff I'm crazy about. So I'm careful what I buy. Love milk, so if I buy a half gallon it's gone within the hr. I also love yogurt so if I buy a tub, within the hr it's gone. If I buy a chocolate bar or Häagen-Dasz within 15 mins it's gone. If I buy a pound of tomatoes, carrots and lettuce, within an hour, it's still in the fridge, within a day 95% of its still there, within a week I still have over half of it left.
One thing I've really noticed is that craving for crisps/chips definitely comes from my brain associating them with salt intake, just getting enough salt in and a couple of days of willpower has completely removed that craving. Unfortunately ice cream is my definite go-to stress food, and so I really need to find some better ways to deal with stress. Quark mixed with bananas help the ice cream craving a bit.
Mark, your social commentary and moral compass is always so on point. Like it or not, you're an influencer, but you're influencing us to think right rather than look right, and be more understanding of others along the way.
Ive currently just finished my 2nd month on ozempic and you are pretty much the reason Mark. After watching your TRT videos the symptoms sounded earily familiar to me. A visit to the doctor for blood tests flagged testosterone was pretty much half of what it should be but also flagged up Type 2 diabetes that wasnt there 18 months earlier. Long story short, two months later, energy levels are slowly returning and weight is dropping ... I for one cant thank you enough for putting youself out there and making these videos
I lied to get mounjaro for weightloss but it cured my INTRAVENOUS drug addiction as well as my eating disorders, self harm, bipolar and borderline.. so it seems for now anyway. I am filming blogs but scared to put them up as I know im gonna get hate for it. But really undecided bc it could help people and I'm still yet to see anyone else take it for severe drug addiction (daily usage of multiple intravenous drugs... don't think you can get much worse than that) and yes it's made me very sick.. but my life is so much better now I don't have any drug cravings and my veins are finally healing up, no more *meth face* or meth psychosis from being awake for weeks at a time. I'm 29. I have so much I want to live for. And honestly if I have to come off this drug I think il be dead within months. Thankyou for your video. Liked and subscribed, best of luck on your journey x
I’m so happy you’ve solved your addiction! I know that GLP1s are currently going through medical trials to assess their impact on addiction as addiction loss has already been observed in those taking it for other reasons . I’ve been on Mounjaro for nearly 6 months and as well as losing weight I don’t drink anymore. Nothing. I don’t even think about booze and I’ve heard a lot of others report the same. Please consider uploading your blogs (if this would not be too high a risk/ cost to you). I think you could help a lot of fellow sufferers. Again, just incredibly well done to you ❤
@cerencura since waking up on day 2 I've had not a single physical or mental craving for drugs, alcohol, food or sex or people, or self harm or anorexia and bulimia too... which id ALWAYS be i dulging in by now if id stayed off drugs to deal with my 7 severe mental health conditions . I've messed up twice and both times Injected less than a fifth of what I'd usually take, first week fuck up was a meth and heroin shot and second week was cocaine.. both times I didn't feel anything even though people around me were using same drugs and very high. No dopamine hit, just instant pain and raised heart rate. But aswel as no high there was no self hatred after messing up. So it was much easier to get back on track. And now I physically can not get high, there is no point in drugs... or bulimia, or anorexia... I just feel satisfied. So it numbs your dopamine levels but at a level high enough that as long as I stay clean, I feel like I'm perminantly coming up on an extacy pill like that level of happiness and relief, because my satiety is perminantly heightened so j feel like the reason i dont need anything is vecause ive already had pleanty today.. I'm video diarying my journey just haven't been well enough to post yet. But 100 percent it's cured my addictive personality. Like an overdose without the high. The only reason I've not stopped smoking is because of boredom when I can't eat because I am so sick the first 4 days of every week after I take mounjaro , however I have pre existing stomach conditions which worsen easily compared to others and obvs I've damaged my body and repair systems especially the past 2 years or so on Intravenous daily drug usage. Sometimes I'd inject crack, heroin, ketamine and crystal meth in the same syringe multiple times a day. I usually feel a high and low usually off so many things including people and how they treat me, notnjust drugs. But for the first time in my entire life, I woke up day 2 on mounjaro with zero cravings for food, drugs, sex, people, alcohpl, cigaeettes... just gone. I still felt the phsical withdrawal but sincs thats eben gone j feel amazing. Sorry for the long message back lol xx
@@cerencurait lessens the “reward” hormone dopamine so that when you eat or drink or whatever it no longer gives you that “hit” and you essentially stop dopamine searching because your brain isn’t crying out for it. Or something like that but I’m not too sure on the actual medical workings of it.
eh what, you could have just done some psychedelics instead,... most of the time, the trips the psychedelics induce cure people from addiction to alcohol, cigarettes and bigpharma pills... but whatever, just putting it out there. \o/
I have just had this pop up on my for you page as I’m researching mounjaro after my GP (UK) said it would probably be the way for me to go. This is the best, straightforward, honest, grown up video I have seen over the last 2 full weeks research. No overhyped nonsense and no “look at my amazing body” crap, just well thought out personal analysis. Thank you.
Are you on mounjaro as I know there are different variations and products? Also, when you stop I'm assuming you can get back to normal? I am reluctant to start it so close to Christmas when I enjoy drinking and eating.
i feel like the "eat less, move more" crowd are mostly people with normal or low appetite genetics that simply cant comprehend it actually being difficult for some people. yes learning is easier without ADHD, yes running is easier when youre short, YES eating less is easier when you dont have much of an appetite!!!!!
@@kierdo3 You should work in global diplomacy. You're a natural problem solver. Get over to the middle east, tell them to "stop fighting and make up" Nobel prize in the bag.
I like how you put into words this feeling of "food noise" as well as addressing the "willpower" issue: I agree that some people fight bigger battles than others and restricting oneself to eating one biscuit instead of the whole pack doesn't recognise that we might already be restricting ourselves from eating three packs. Personally, I find that the real problem and also the easiest solution is not to have that first biscuit to start with because it instantly opens the floodgates to wanting more. The difficulty is having to deal with other people who argue with me that I should have that first biscuit because I am "not fun" and this isn't a way to "have a balanced life" (amongst other things...). The easiest way to reset my brain and for me to grow desinterested in junk food is to fast and to avoid wheat. Fasting, for me, means that I'll only drink water from the moment I get up and not have b'fast until midday at the earliest: often I don't fancy any food until 4 or 6 pm. The funny thing is that when I do want to eat, I am not looking for biscuits but vegetables, fruits and clean protein and fats: clean food suddenly develops these amazing flavours and my body craves them on a molecular level. It is a bit like when being extremely thirsty you are desperate for water rather than alcohol. Also, once I start, I'll eat whatever I fancy and without restriction until I'm done, which often happens in a 5 hour window. My second problem is wheat: I tried to reduce its consumption but I find that there is no safe level for me. As soon as I have a bite of anything containing wheat, it does something to my stomach and makes me more hungry than ever before. I actually have this problem with all grains, but wheat is by far my main issue (I am ok with black rice). By the way, this isn't a "carbs" issue as I do eat sweets and they don't trigger the same hunger as wheat does. Lastly, I feel that all foods that are easy to gobble up are problematic: our bodies need to chew on something a bit tough, so introducing toasted seeds, black rice and tougher cuts of meat forces you to keep food in your mouth until it is soft enough to swallow and this process should be a little tiring. This is just my personal experience.
Thank you! I have BED and have struggled with the tyranny of food noise for my entire 52 years, and have literally tried everything to lose weight (except bariatric surgery, which was the next step) with temporary success, but always returned to bingeing. When I hit 25 stone I knew I had to try the jabs as my life was in danger, literally. It has been amazing. The food noise switch in my brain has been turned off, it’s completely liberating. Two months in, nearly three stone down - but the lack of the food demon whispering in my ear has been far more remarkable than the weight loss. People who dismiss the jabs as a lazy solution just have no idea how soul destroying being controlled by food is. It’s not as simple as turning down a couple of biscuits and doing more cardio - if you’ve spent nearly every waking hour obsessing about when you can next stuff large amounts of food into yourself, you’ll know this all too well. So thank you for this video - hopefully it can help people understand just how revolutionary these drugs are, and that people who take it aren’t just ‘lazy fatties’.
Mark our stories are remarkably similar, out of shape in my 30s and 40s, found my fitness in my 50s, still have ups and downs (and married to a younger woman 😂). I hear those good voices and totally get the struggle. Thanks so much for this. You seriously have been so much help for me and I appreciate your no BS yet evidence based style. Finish Stronger brutha!
I will admit I was definitely on the "weightloss drugs are bad" side going into watching this video, but you made some interesting points that have me questioning why that was my stance in the first place. Thank you for the transparency and interesting content.
Also remember to look at general impulse control and how gpl-1 drugs are looking very promising (anecdotally and in studies) in terms of curbing addictive behavior and consumption, including shopping, gaming, heroin, or everyone's favorite, overlooked substance: alcohol. The general contribution to peace of mind and overall healthiness seems so weirdly comprehensive, you'd think there is a shoe waiting to drop... but this has been researched over a period of decades and, even with all the talk about side effects (heavy confirmation bias btw. - if you don't have them, you won't talk nearly as much about them), it's looking to be a perfectly sustainable thing to manage the unbelievably huge mental overhead of just having this tiny goblin in your skull scream at you for not snacking and drinking enough. In so many different roundabout ways, most drugs we prescribe ultimately have some impact on weight. If we accept that humans are flawed and our brains and bodies as frail and weak as they can be strong, there is basically no way around accepting that substance-guided weight loss isn't just a wonderful, but to be welcomed with open arms by just about everyone. As he put it: when you're laughing at fat people crying themselves straight into the nearest ambulance, all you're doing is laugh at the buckling health system, the one you hoped you wouldn't have to rely on, ever.
I thought they were a good option for the right people, but Mark talking about his food obsession was eye opening to me. I'm 59 weight gradually goes up year on year , weight myself oh , put on 10Kg ( weight is spread around no pot belly ) , so Ok lose some weight , so knock of the first 7K or 8Kg reasonably quickly easy , then can't be bothered , then 5 years later oh 10kg overweight. Had a slightly high LDL last year , but great HDL ( ist such bloods ever ) , so decided to do it properly after 10 months now probably down to 15% body fat , close to seeing abs and decided now to keep am eye on it going forward . Yes it takes some effort. But only a fraction of the effort Mark would need . I have never woken up to eat. Only polished off a Hagen Daz pint when much younger super fit say hiking in Rockies for 5 days 20 plus KMs a day . Not a big sugar fan, maybe when younger working in London on my OE eat 2 to 4 hobnobs max . was a chubby kid or awhile eating ice-cream and cake - but had to lose weight to make a representative primary school rugby team for my province , so that was fortuitous At moment only really miss hot chips , will still eat them with others, but that is not so often , Also if there was a super strong dark chocolate ice-cream with lowest amount sugar viable ( hate sweeteners ) , would probably buy that , still only eat a small portion , so would last a month
Actually a really really great video. Your description about your relationship with binge eating... couldn't have put it better myself. Thank you mate!
I often extend my gym session with a 50 minute walk through London before taking the bus home from a station further out. Almost the whole route to the bus stop smells of frying fat or sticky waffle sugar drenched sweetness. The roads are lined with corner shops selling 100s of varieties of chocolate bars and fizzy drinks, and fast food restaurants or open food stalls selling deep fried and fatty stuff. If I don't bring my own pre-prepared food to fight the post-workout cravings, I am very likely to ruin everything I've done in the gym on that walk home, and then some. THAT is the thing people should criticize, not the people having to face that temptation every day of their lives. We are living in a culture that is hellbent on making us sick and fat, and then we blame ourselves for not being able to resist.
Hi Mark, I literally stumbled upon this video. Your articulation of the challenge and the throught process really resonated. Being a overweight guy this has helped me position this type of medical intervention. For years I had anxiety, panic attacks. I am a fully functioning adult holding down a good job. I eventually "gave in" to a small dose of sertraline - Your description of the powerful voice is exactly the same - i no longer hear the negative voice as loudly and feel "Human" for the first time in years. The reason I raise this is that the guilt of relying on a drug is real. I did the same as you, I would rather feel better and screw the nay sayers. Your video is the most balanced I have watched to date and If this supports me to get the obesity sorted...... again I resonate with the points you make re exercise and various diets which have all brought short term relief for me and then that voice wins again.... Sorry for the waffle but to say you have outlined "the adult" approach to addressing an issue that if left will result in worse outcomes. Thank you for helping me at least think a bit more on thsi topic.
This is such an import topic. We can't _see_ mindset and cravings. It'd be lazy to say ah Mark just do what you did last year to get back in superb shape, just work for it. Possible for you, but not for many. Fitness isn't weight control, strength isn't cardio, nutrition is its own thing. Just "work for it" is a limited strategy that doesn't target what I'm learning is a real and irrepressible always-hungry, starvation drive that some people have. Just "work for it" cannot work for some people. This class of medication is an honestly new option. Your revelation about what's happening internally with and without the drug is enlightening.
I am a 45 year old man, that went from 137 kg in January of this year to my current 91 kg by turning my life around. I started to pay more attention to what (and even more, how much) i was eating and I started to work out. It was very difficult to keep doing it, especially in the beginning. But i managed to do it on willpower. And you were an example to me. Almost the same age, same weight issues, same difficulties with the food cravings, etc. I could relate. Not everybody is as lucky as me that they can manage to keep it up to a level where it really makes a difference, but it is guys like you (with a large public) and me (although i might just inspire my neighbor if i'm lucky) to keep reminding people that it ís possible. People need role models like you. With respect: if an 'average Joe in his forties' can do it, so can I! And it was you overcoming all your eating/weight issues and what you were willing and able to do to reach the point where you are today that made you above average. Of course i understand that this product could help people turning their lives around. It has proven to work (albeit just a side effect). I just don't think these meds should be presented or even be considered as the solution to (all) obese problems. Not saying that you are, but many are. I think (not hindered by any medical knowledge by the way) that taking drugs for the rest of your life (as it is being said that the effect vanishes if meds are not used anymore) isn't the healthy way to go. I just can't see it other than: 'the easy way out'. I still have those food cravings as well and every now and than, i cannot resist to take the three packs of cookies either, but i would not want any drug/medicine to help me with that. These cravings are also what keep me going and keep reminding me that the way that i live my life today is just way healthier. But as you always say: it is what works for mé, so not saying that people should need to copy this, but trying to inspire them to do it in a way that fits them (without meds that is) is the least i can do. And trust me, I know very well that telling people to "just start eating healthy food and start exercising more" isn't going to help. People have been telling me the same for about 10 years, until i finally realized something had to change as i couldn't tie my own shoelaces in a normal way. But actually shówing people that it works, as you do in your videos, might just be the push that they need.
One more addition: after i have read some comments here: i do believe (and maybe hope for those who are less fortunate then me in their efforts) that study of the working substance in these meds can lead to an actual medicine for people to temporarily help them in their struggle to get their BED under control, much like the working of a nicotine patch for example.
@@davidr1431 No, these kind of meds were originally intended for people with diabetes to lower their blood-sugar levels by increasing insulin production. The fact that it also makes cravings go away, is just a side-effect and not the main aspect. And that is exactly why i would not want to use it only for the purpose of losing weight or getting ones cravings under control. No studies have yet shown what long term use or over-usage can cause when solely used for this purpose. I am not saying that someone else should not do it, after all: it is ones own life and decision and if someone is willing to take (perhaps just very minor) risks, then that is fine. I understand it, as i'll explain below, so I am not judging. I'm just trying to say that I don't want to, and that i think that it should not be presented as the wonder-cure for obesity we all have been waiting for. And again, i'm not saying mr. Lewis is, because he is adding comments about healthy food, exersising and general healthy lifestyle as well. But many influencers are making it seem as: "you don't have to do anything else, just take this medicine", and that worries me a bit. I came from a long way (near depression) from where i was, and besides searching the world wide web (when i found this UA-cam channel) i also consulted my general practitioner to explore all kinds of ways to lose weight, including thoughts of using medication and even operating. So I know there are some meds like Saxenda and Mysimba that are subscribed and (very carefully) monitored by doctors to people that are obese. Downside is, if you stop taking the medicine and you have not changed your lifestyle, you will almost certainly gain weight again. So with the help of my doctor and dietician I came to the conclusion that i would want to try on my own. And i just want to point out that mr. Lewis' video's also helped me with that decision. Now, as mr. Lewis always says: that is just what worked for me, so I don't expect it to work for everybody. But i do want to take the opportunity when i can to remind people that it just might be possible for them also.
I have been following you for several years now and have always enjoyed your channel. This is by far your best bit of work, you talk so much sense thank you. You speak in a way we all understand with a dab of humour keep it up.
I used Mounjaro for a bit over a year. I lost over 100 lbs. and was in remission from t2 diabetes. I was in a pretty bad wreck and couldn't really walk good or lift weights as I tore both rotator cuff and crushed right ankle, and I was just so depressed I just ate I got over 365 lbs. before my blood sugar was almost 300 when I woke in the morning. I had a surgery on my right ankle rod screws after I was on orders of no weight on that foot for 6 months and this is where I kept eating like normal and didn't realize how much weight I had gained. after I could walk, they put me on the fat jab and started walking little at a time till I got up to 10 miles per day and was using an apple watch ultra to track, I started feeling great, I was looking forward to walking it made me feel awesome sure the pain meds helped some, but the point this shot plus walking 10 miles a day I was dropping 10 to 15 lbs. a week but you have to eat right you can't eat what you want if you want to lose the weight. when I ate right by right I mean just don't overeat and don't eat after 5 pm and I actually lost weight but when I ate wrong the numbers went to plus not minus. long story short I lost down from 370 lbs. at my worst back down to my high school weight of 210lbs I am wonderful. I have learned how to eat, and I am keeping it off and I am no longer diabetic period t2 is reversable!
And this is probably the biggest selling point for Monjaro - getting obese people to the point where they can move more without pain/injuring their joints. Well done on your journey.
@ I’m am off now, and yes you will learn how to eat or you will not loose the weight the shot helps you but you still have to change the lifestyle or it dose not work
Really good video on this. Professionally completely agree with GLP-1’s being fantastic if combined with supporting people with knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their lifestyle. The turning the TV off but still having to study is a great analogy. Hit a new subscriber 👌🏼
Probably one of the funniest and most informative videos I have watched on UA-cam in a long time. Bravo Sir… Also I am not overweight nor am I considering taking this drug so to keep me watching for 20 minutes is a credit to just how good a job you’re doing. Subscribed and now watching more of your stuff!! Keep up the excellent work 💪💪
You should be a spokesperson for the government on this - no bull and explaining complicated things in a way people can understand. Love what you do. Keep it up.
I've just been approved by the online doctors to start this jab. I'm nervous and excited. My husband has always been very negative about weight loss injections. "I'm just not exercising enough and eating too much". But after he watched Mark's video, who explained the food noise better than i have been able to do. He paid for my first month supply. Thank you for your video. Wish me luck, i will be starting it next week.
I've just done 4 months of Mounjaro. I'm 44 year old man, I was 126kg to start with and despite 2 exercise related injuries meaning I was pretty immobile for a number of weeks I am currently now 108.2kg A long way to go yet but I've made a decent start , but expense has made me stop for a while. I had minimal nausea during the 2.5-5mg stage and twice during the 10mg I had absolutely horrendous constipation that meant I didn't poo for 3-4 days. But it genuinely is a miracle drug , so much so that my wife is now using it and has lost around 15kg herself. Am happy to answer questions.
@@MarkLewisfitness thank you Mark, it's amazing despite a huge loss that my mind is just saying "imagine if you didn't get injured what could you have lost?"..... But it's a long term goal, it can't be a quick fix.
This has to be some of your best content yet. So well written, entertaining, educational and holistic. This one’s something to be proud of. Amazing work, mate.
Hey chap, I just wanted to drop a quick message to thank you for doing this video. You’ll genuinely never realise how much I needed to stumble across this today! My first wegovy pen dropped through the door today and I plan to start my wegovy journey Monday following about 6 years of a sedentary life caused by several open heart surgeries and then the subsequent finding of uber eats that led to the discovery that when I can’t lift weights to work through my emotions, I actually am the type that just frickin eats them! I’d bodybuilt through my twenties into my 30s so my propensity to eat alot was already well established when the gym activity stopped and it wasn’t long before I went from a pretty cut 90kg up to the decidedly just fat 120kg diabetic wreck that I am now. I still can’t tolerate exercise; anything more than a gentle walk puts me on my arse, so my expectations aren’t massive and I do feel a bit ashamed, like a cheat for trying a bottled solution so it was good to hear someone else saying what I had to spend 3 months telling myself before I got up the courage to talk to the doctor about it.
Your description of your propensity to just eat, knowing full well that you don't need to, shouldn't, or even don't want to, really hit home. It's a real thing, folks. It's not the 265 lbs that is THE problem (although it is a problem), it's the 3 lbs of grey matter between my ears that is the problem.
I know this is neither here nor there, but wingsuit flyers tend to use pretty standard recreational parachutes, which have both a main and a reserve ;)
This has been a breath of fresh air to watch. Thank you. I was diagnosed this year, at 60, with T2 diabetes, most likely as a result of lifelong obesity. I am"that"fat person that knows what I should and should'nt do or eat, I'm not stupid, but the way you describe food noise exactly depicts me. Yes, I've lost weight many times over the years, the most being 8 stone in 8 months, when I was 40. It was a literal mean replacement plan, and it worked... Until I stopped. Slimming World (how skewed is that), fasting etc etc have all led to a terrible relationship with food. Along came mounjaro, which I'm buying because, the GP prefers to pump me with Metformin and spout diet and exercise, over offering a drug that COMBINED with relearning how to actually eat normally, could actually help me. The food noise is gone, the quiet in my head in so peaceful. I eat when I'm genuinely hungry, and prefer simple foods like vegetables, and home made meals. I make my own bread now, delicious wholewheat without any additives like sugar, no nibbling biscuits, snacks, lumps of cheese before bed..... It's great. Except, despite the calorie deficit which most definitely is there, I am barely losing weight. I could(and have) cry, bitter tears, of self pity and shame, that I needed my body up so much, that nothing will work for me. I'm paying for a drug that helps my head switch off the noise, but doesn't help me lose weight. This is my dilemma. Do I continue? Do I go up another dose, currently on 5mg, and contemplating 7.5mg which costs more? It's really not a case of simply being fat and greedy, fat and lazy any more. I KNOW it's head stuff but is it justified? I've not told anyone except close family in using this, because there will be brickbats thrown, especially when they don't see the weight falling off. Let this be a little be of info for anyone considering this medication. It's not a magic pill, it might help lose weight but it might not. It probably will take away the head stuff though. Sorry for such a long comment. I hope someone out there in my computer will understand.
Sarah, I've recently been diagnosed as having high blood sugar and being pre diabetic. My GP has basically said I need to lose weight, basically calories in, calories out and exercise, which I'm not able to do. I've researched high blood sugar and found out that this is what has caused me to put on weight, become pre diabetic, and basically without going into details have a number of health conditions that the GP hasn't even linked to the high blood sugar, which astounds me (though getting an appointment to talk to a qualified GP these days is all but impossible). I have implemented a number of things in my diet and it has cleared up my cravings and I'm astounded I've not been told this by my GP. Firstly I suggest going and looking up high blood sugar, because excess sugar in the blood gets stored as fast, which I think in most people is why they overweight without even knowing why this is happening, even when they cut back on calories and try to eat more healthy. In YT channels like Glucose Revolution there are some simple "hacks" that I have implemented, savory breakfast, veggie starter before meeting meals, apple cider vinegar, that have caused me to lose 5kg in a matter of weeks. It's worth trying as I it could help you too. I didn't need (or was even aware of) these jabs and I've cleared up my food cravings without them. I'm shocked at how either uncommunicative or ignorant our doctors are when it comes to diet and its effect on weight gain and development of conditions they must be seeing all the time these days. I feel big pharma is promising politicians they will solve all the problems, doctors only aware of pharmaceutical products and have no other tools, will mean a lot of unnecessary spending on these jabs, which I'm sure do have benefits and will be needed by some, to treat everyone with certain symptoms when they might not be needed.
Your story suggests that you have a very high density of glp/gip receptors, and have yet to reach the necessary saturation of receptor site agonism needed for significant weight loss. With Tirzepatide the dosages needed for significant weight loss depend entirely on the density of your glp/gip receptors. Some people start to shed weight quite fast at the starting dose of 2.5mg, others might need 10mg before weight loss really begins to kick in. Keep titrating up by 2.5mg every 4 weeks, and if needed take the full dose of 15mg eventually. Guaranteed after a year at most you will have shed at least 20% of your starting weight. Make sure you get enough protein, and do some resistance training 2x-3x a week to keep catabolism of muscle tissue to a minimum. Make sure you get enough fiber as well. Keep going with Tirzepatide, and you absolutely will lose weight. Adding small doses of Cagrilinitide can allow you to use lower amounts of Tirzepatide while maintaining weight loss.
"I was diagnosed this year, at 60, with T2 diabetes, most likely as a result of lifelong obesity." Type 2 diabetes is genetic. Your obesity was a symptom, not the cause of your insulin resistance, then diabetes. There are 400lb and 500lb people that NEVER get diabetes because they don't have the genetics for it. They even have A1Cs around 4.6. Yeah, with a low-carb diet and exercise, maybe you could've forestalled the genetics. No one knows, so don't beat yourself up over it. Try walking 30 minutes everyday.
Brother, you are the perfect mix of honest, trustworthy opinions, with absolute hilarity!! I was laughing hysterically while learning! Thank you for this video! Your line about feeling like a weirdo trying to get onto a kids ride......omg.....GOLD!
Thank you, Mark for this video. Exactly what I needed. I’m one of those people who know a lot and have tried slot but struggle with weight. What sold me to check these meds out was your commentary they helped you stop thinking about food. And if that could happen for me, well that is worth it!
Also on it, despite being a regular gym goer and runner I have struggled for YEARS with the food noise, and Mounjaro has quietened that right down. To explain it to my friends I say it's like a smoker suddenly not interested in cigarettes whereas before they would crave them. I will admit to some people not enjoying the fact I "use drugs" to help my weight, but in the end it's up to me and my supplier keeps in regular contact with my GP about it.
Wow this comment has made me want to consider it. I'm not obese, but I'm consistently 10-15 lbs higher than I want to be because I'm ALWAYS thinking about food unless I'm full and it's a constant struggle. If this drug quells the "food noise" as you put it, then I might actually see if I can be prescribed to try it out.
"Turning off food noise" - until I watched your video, I hadn't realised how much noise I was experiencing. I had already decided to try Mounjaro, but this extra benefit of "silence" made me actually excited to try it. Now, within a few days of taking mounjaro, the silence is such a relief! Being able to walk through the kitchen without having to say to myself "Stop looking at the fridge!!" is a life-changer.
I had the exact same experience. Have been on both Ozempic then Mounjaro now for about 1.5 years. Food "noise" is completely under control these days. You and I have the same eating issues, so it's nice to hear of your success. I think they should put it in the water. And some of the negative comments from people are just dumb. Food noise is a thing, and this controls that...who cares why scientifically, but it is a big help! If there was a shot that alcoholics could take to stop the need to drink, I think 99% of the alcoholics would take it. Why shouldn't eating be taken the same way. Kudos to you!
Interesting you mention that...many new trials using these same drugs to attempt to curb "appetites" for other things like drugs/alcohol/nicotine/sex/etc. Excited to see where it might go
I can share my story, just because you didn’t ask for it. 😉☺️ I’m a former 10 hour Ironman, 1:19 half maraton and been in shape, trained more than 20 years. I had for some years issues with my lungs after COVID. In that time of two years, I gained 27 kilos and hotter 100,5 kilos and 174 cm low. In Marts this year I was given the possibility to get Wegovy! It’s this best I ever done for myself. Calm in my brain, never stressed about food and my mind, body and everything is better and I’m now on pace back in shape, lost 24 kilos and saved tons of money, even with the high cost of the medication. My lungs got better in the beginning of the year so now I’m training my ass off. And yes, this drug will only help you a little without training! But MASSIVE with training. And a big fat FU to the food industry! I hope the side effects of calm brain, will be enough to let people have this in the future. I had the idea of stopping when I hit my target, but decided that I will keep using it on the lowest dose for the rest of my life. 🙏🙏
I've been overweight pretty much most of my life, I can't tell you how healing it is to hear people who have been fit and a healthy weight talk about their struggles with weight. So thank you. I'm finally starting to get a handle on things, I had some success in recent years but then back slid not realising I was in peri menopause, on HRT since earlier this year and I have the energy and brain power to invest in myself. Not in a position to afford these solutions, but I'll keep at diet and exercise for now. Good on you.
@@leelaa219 Thank you very much. No it will not and it will not give you a fit body without training. I started on the lowest doses and then build it up to the 1,0 and now I'm back on the lowest and are maintaining with one short every 14 days and not each week. This have worked fantastic and the craving for food have not returned after lowering the dose. Because I'm now in a state where I don't have to loose weight, but just have to maintain the lifestyle and focus around training and food. Like I use to do before I gained all the Kilos. I'm not a doctor, but this has been supervised with my doctor. And I will not recommend this for anyone, without the supervision from your doctor. But for me it's working.
I'm with you on this, Mark. Managed to get my body right over the last few years. It took discipline, sacrifice, sweat and tears to defeat my old habits and establish new ones. I still battle the urge to binge eat every day, but ensure I have healthier options to fill myself up on when the cravings strike. However, I appreciate that not everyone can find the time, energy or mental willpower and commitment to develop and stick to a plan. No issues with people using these new drugs to help on the way to weight loss, but we must ensure that patients are well-educated and understand the effects, whilst also attempting to complement the injections with some sort of activity and a balanced diet.
I've watched so many YT videos as part of my knowledge building. Very refreshing to find a relatable male specific and a Brit on YT talking about this so thanks! There are so few men giving their lived experience with this so props to you. Only 4 days in but I'm already feeling a significant change in my relationship with food, hope it continues 🦘
This was - in my opinion - by a land mile, your best video in a long while. That's not a criticism of your videos in general. This one was just that good. Now we - the Zwift people - will eagerly await your arrival in Cat A, as you drop weight, but still have the strength of your former size. Please never change you fuzzy eater. :)
Another great video Mark. “Food noise” is now going to be a trending term on the internet. I’ve been following you from the early days and was able to initially lose 52kg through diet, exercise and “willpower”. But due to injury I put back on 35kg. And I’ve struggled to move the needle. But I’m now into month 2 of Wegovy (like the UK, in Australia it’s somewhat affordable). And the needle is moving. Not like magic, but it helps. Hopefully your video will help more people. Even if only to stop them jumping off a mountain dressed in a fancy moomoo.
As a user of these glp injections for some time now,this is the best most balanced view I've come across,my own experiences are almost identical to yours,my whole health situation is tenfold better these days as a result,longterm we will see,great content Mark,bravo 👌👌
Amazing video Mark, first video of yours i have watched and must say im impressed with the honest opinion and the slight hint at comedy works well! As someone who has used Wegovy (didn't work for me) and now using Mounjaro the information you are giving to people is really helpfull to know what to expect. you've gained a subscriber!
I was shocked when I read the title of this video, but your thought provoking commentary has made me reappraise my own cynicism of pharmaceuticals. Obesity is destroying humanity and we need a complex strategy to deal with it. Nice one, Mark.
Manduro is really good. I can't comment on the others, but it's stopped my wife binge eating. She's lost weight, which has allowed her to exercise more and have more confidence.
Obesity is not destroying people...people are destroying people. They are suicidal. Suicide and drug-related deaths are thru the roof. If people don't kill themselves with obesity they will do it with recreational drugs, alcohol or something else. If you're too lazy and fat to live a meaningful life, you know what to do, and so does everyone else.
Mark ... you describe my relationship with food perfectly. I used to be a long-distance cyclist. I used to eat what I liked. I used to be in good shape. ..... I stopped cycling .. You fill in the rest. The NHS really needs to consider this as a "cure" because obesity is killing the NHS along with its patients.
Such a refreshingly rational take Mark. I am lucky that I have never had to consider this sort of intervention to regulate my body mass. However, I will not understand those that demonise others for using it. I think the psychological/compulsion factor is completely overlooked by those criticising its use. I have an hereditary defect that means I suffer from semi-regular severe migraines, some bouts lasting days. And if someone told me taking meds to aid that was the ‘easy way out’ I could tell immediately that they have never been close to being in that same position.
I was prescribed Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes, and your experience was pretty much the exact same as mine. Fast forward a little more than a year later, and I'm down nearly 120 pounds (54.4 kg) from where I was when I started.
I was first put on Ozempic 2 years ago because I was pre-diabetic. Being overweight as well, I was told it should help with that, too, but that wasn't the focus. I never felt ill, nor any other of the listed side effects other than diarrhoea when I ate too many carbs or sugar (which I had to avoid as a pre-diabetic anyway). If I ate properly, there was no detrimental side effects at all. I stopped thinking about food. Missing a meal was nothing, I was hardly hungry at all, and I didn't want much when I ate. After 3 months, I had lost 15kg ( 33lbs). Then the Ozempic hysteria started, and it became increasingly difficult to get my prescription filled because they couldn't make it quickly enough. In the next year I only had it for 4 non-consecutive months. I regained 5kg (10lbs). I have had it for almost a whole year since then, and my weight hasn't changed. Although I am no longer pre-diabetic, my GP wants me to continue with it. While I still suffer if I eat too many carbs or sugar, I have not felt the benefits I did when I first took Ozempic- my appetite returned, and I lost no more weight. It was like that original bubble was popped when I had to stop taking it. As a weight loss drug, it isn't the golden ticket some hope it is- it still takes self control and effort, and even then might not do what you want it to do. As a drug to help pre-diabetics, it is wonderful.
@@josephbarker6608 It's really just the common sense approach we should all have for food. A little of something sweet is OK, some carbs are ok, just don't have too much and you'll be fine, but then we shouldn't be having too much anyway.
This video has made me think. I've been on a weight loss/fitness journey for 3 years now and have lost around 80kg. The past 4 months the brain willpower you mention so well is taking over like a rampant teenager and I've been up and down fighting it constantly. Thinking these jabs might help in at least quietening that bit of the brain for a few months. Particularly with Xmas approaching and I'll happily destroy 3 tins of celebrations..
I never knew what “food noise” was and just thought everyone struggled with it. Since taking tirzepatide (generic version of Monjauro) I feel “normal”. My blood sugar was up and down due to long term steroid use and is now completely normal. It is a miracle drug in my opinion and will save lives and a lot of money.
Amen mister. I managed going from obese level 3 to obese level 1 (30 kilos) without external aid but it is a struggle just like you described. My sister couldn't handle the struggle and got a gastric sleeve done, lost the same amount of weight in 3 months that took me 2 years to achieve but she is Happy maybe for the first time in her life. I don't care if people think it's a short-cut. She found a solution that worked for her and thankfully surgery went great. Mentally she is ways to go but so am I with my daily struggle. Different people, different solutions. If the end game is to stay on this side of the dirt without hurting others in the process, it's a win.
I found that when I ate a very low carb/primarily meat based diet and stopped eating breakfast the "food noise" for me calmed down dramatically. Then autumn happened, and I now crave cozy nights in drinking cider and eating chocolate. The "food noise" is constant now and I'm struggling to get back to where I was. But I know it can be done!
Spot on. Yo yo’d for the last 50 years. Unable to understand why I had the relationship with food I had. I’m 7 months on Mounjaro. Lost 87lbs. I now know how ‘normal’ people see and deal with food. I now eat to live not live to eat. And now I’ve lost the weight I can exercise more and am loving it. It’s such a relief no longer thinking about food. Great video.
Fantastic review and honesty as always Mark. The very simple version is that once you stop the effect stops. You go back to precisely the place you were when you started. No better no worse. There are no long term impacts on behaviour. The one big difference is that it's possibly a little bit easier to start managing weight when you're feeling good about yourself than when you're not...
I've been cycling 6-9h/wk the whole year and haven't lost a gram. So I counted my calories for ten days (hated it so much) but learnt a lot. I can eat 3300 cal in a day thinking I barely had any food. In the last few weeks I've lost a kilo or two, maybe 3, I'm at my lightest in at least two years, I'd say. Protein and vegetables. Marinated chicken breast with any veggies, including carrots, bell peppers (ie the sexy/ sweet ones, rather than just broccoli). If you eat a lot of that, you leave a lot less room for carbs and higher caloric density food. And so, it does work. Obviously, mix it up a bit, but I can attest that marinating 1kg of chicken breasts at a time and eating 2 or 3 times per day takes very little prep, tastes quite nice, and helps lose weight. At least it's working for me. I'm stating the obvious, but it really does work :) and it's not a jab!
That is great if it works for you. However, I compare food noise to alcoholism. I can’t understand why someone drinks when it clearly is destroying their life and yet….it is no different with food noise and disordered eating. Monjauro affects the chemicals in the brain that has to do with being hungry (or not) and that to me is the miracle that will help people with disordered eating get healthier and live a long healthy life.
I have had a weight battle all my life - I have had periods of being very fit and lean. Chronic stress is my nemesis- I to eat cookies whilst feeling bad about eating cookies. I know what I need to do to loose weight and be healthy - and yet the harder I try the worse it gets. I like this content - am giving it a try, if nothing more than to loose weight, so I am no so exhausted, so I can improve my lifestyle and reset. If this helps do that then I am happy.
You totally nailed it. My sister and I are on 0,25 Wegovy (month 3) and the sense of balance, the lack of "food noise" and the feeling of clear-headed wellbeing is amazing. We are also staying on minumum dosage until we feel like going "up a notch". Coincidentally had a zoom meeting with my doctor today who said my blood test after three months showing amazing improvement. Good luck to you. Enjoy the change.
Do you envisage staying on it long term? Or would there be a point where you'd stop once you felt that you'd reached a goal weight or made sufficient lifestyle changes? Im considering it but primarily as a way to get started without all the food noise I experience on a day to day basis.
@@jonh1958 Both my sister and I would like to do about 12 months. We both have no side-effects. I read on a few websites, that most people do between a year and two years. I only have 6 KG to go to my goal weight.... so it could be shorter if I feel like it. The calming psychological effect is great. Wishing you every success.
The "eat less, move more" is the fitness industry's equivalent of stop buying coffee and avocado toast to save for a house. Our food system is broken. The rise and normalisation of upf and lack of healthy but cheap food, especially when eating out, has brought us to this point. If this works until governments do something to ensure a healthier food system, it seems like a good option.
I agree. However, on a corporate level there's no incentive to sort this out. Processed food companies are happy making money from obese people and pharmaceutical companies are happy making money from these drugs. If we sorted out the actual food system both would lose money as people naturally become healthier. And these are the companies that lobby governments and fund nutrition "science" studies.
Food has never been cheaper, or more abundant. Healthy food is everywhere and education and information about food has never been more ubiquitous. Same with exercise. It's the same with saving money, there are no short cuts or quick fixes....or maybe there is now. We'll see.
@@FoobsTon it's not about money or education for most people, although having neither obviously wouldn't help. Processed food is abundant and addictive. When you add in issues such as poor mental health that drive addictive behaviour combined with cheap processed food that's addictive anyway and designed to not trigger your natural GLP hormones that's a recipe for disaster. Processed food is simply the "drug" of choice closely followed by alcohol. This quick fix might help weight and weight related illness but it's not going to fix why people had a food addiction in the first place and, imo, people using it long term without fixing their underlying issues are likely to find another addiction to fill that void instead.
@FoobsTon yes food has never been cheaper or more abundant but it's garbage food. I believe Americans and British get 60% of their calories from upf. You go into a supermarket and it's an ocean of crap. Want to eat out for lunch, Greggs, McDonald's, chippies, subway etc occupy the streets. There are hardly any places that sell fresh healthy food and if they do you're probably saying goodbye to £10 whereas a tesco meal deal is £3.40. And information is ubiquitous but it's contradictory. Rubbish like the carnivore diet has gained massive popularity the last few years. Basically the only way to eat truly healthy is to cook from scratch which for the majority is impossible on a regular basis. Same with financial matters. Just because there is easier access to information doesn't negate ridiculous house prices, criminal energy costs and food inflation. Your comment comes across as, "well I've managed it so other people just have to put in the work" but that isn't how society and people work. You give people the option of driving their cars as fast or as slow as they want and they'll probably go as fast as possible and cause a lot of accidents or you enforce speed limits, reduce accidents/fatalities, reduce noise pollution etc. If cities are made safer and nicer for pedestrians/cyclists then more people do that. Our societies do not encourage good habits when it comes to food. We have to actively go against it in order to be healthy.
As someone with AFRID/ constant no food noise, and oops forgot dinner or did I?, it was really educational to hear the opposite mental struggle. These drugs are life changing in a mental health way. I wish you the best in your new mindset. New subscriber, for the strength training and good jokes.
So happy to hear this has worked for you! I’ve heard a lot about it reducing food noise and as someone who hasn’t experienced that it sounds beyond overwhelming. I hope this continues to be studied as a treatment option for those struggling with BED
Good question Mark. My biggest issue is the education behind why people are getting fat in the first place. If you just give people a magic solution without understanding how your body works it means people will just have to constantly take this stuff
@@martinshields7122 agree for many people they should be getting this alongside education and gym membership. But they aren’t even receptive to those options until the food noises turned off.
@@MarkLewisfitness My issue with this line of argument is that you had that education and gym membership before this and you still struggled to find a sustainably healthy relationship with food. This drug removes the food noise which gives you that healthy relationship, but is that sustainable? Do you take this low dose forever? Or when you stop taking it does the noise just come back.
@@5kribbleswife has a doctor who just put himself on it. Yes in theory you gotta take it forever. They is likely preferable to obesity, if one decides those are the only two options. Having a healthy relationship with food is *very* difficult in our world, as I also believe the majority of us are naturally prone, biologically, to be overweight. I can only control mine through tricks and denial of gratification; I am simply not able to maintain a healthy weight without quite often feeling hungry.
I think there are certainly people who don't have a lot of education about food or are lacking common sense. But let's be honest, overweight people who do care about it and want to change that, often educate themself, at the latest when diet number 4 or 5 are failing. I know a lot about food, I still went to a studied nutritionist and there is not a lot to do for them. We are working on incorporating more calcium in my meals at the moment but I don't eat "bad" and nothing in my diet needs to change. I even eat intiinflammatory and without getting spikes in bloodsugar that could lead to hunger later on. And while knowing all of this, knowing my calories, doing sports and actually wanting to lose weight and willing to put in the work. It's not happening because the food noise. I have phases without food noise and I behave completely different. It's soooo nice and then it's hard for me to understand myself why I've ever struggled because it's so easy. But then it comes back full force. But no psycho therapist, no nutritionist and no physician can tell me why or what to do about it. There is still so much more to obesity we don't understand at this point in time. We just know that semaglutide reduces food noise but not why. And that "why" seems to be the important part to figure out for the future and maybe there is a better, easier or less risky solution to keep that in check.
@@MarkLewisfitnessthing is you have the education yet still struggle with the cravings. Like you said, what good is willpower when the same brain demands indulgence? Education means nothing if at the end of the day we are just meat puppets subject to the feel-good sparky-sparks that shoot off in our brains when we do what it tells us to.
Love this video... I started Mounjaro Feb 28th and I'm now 61lbs down, with 10ish more to go. I have a demanding job, where I travel across europe a lot. I have weight trained for years. I had a coach - I had a lot of body recomp, but the weight would not drop & I had to be so strict with food. As soon as a travel trip happened I was up 3-4lbs for 2-3weeks (1 step fwd, 2 back). This has been the ONLY thing that has helped me control my hunger, reduce my cravings, and stop eating when I'm full. Food is not even a thought! After losing and gaining the same 30lbs for 2 decades (WW, SW, Keto, Fasting), I had to get out of my own way, say F the notion it's cheating and give it a go! It's great to see videos like yours and James' removing the stigma 🎉
@@delcinayoung7245you were a lazy one. At least admit it. You can have a coach and do all sorts of diets but with no discipline you'll binge after a few days.
Excellent video Mark. I'm personally still in the won't touch the stuff camp but I am glad it worked for you. A follow up video when you stop taking the jab would be very interesting to see if the mindset shift sticks or if you just gain all the weight back. I am glad the drug is available at a reasonable price for those who want to take it. Cheers!
It truly is a game changer along with choosing healthy foods and still exercising regularly. I was gestational diabetic with both of my pregnancies, prediabetic for the last 30 years even doing keto and carnivore. Been obese for 30 years despite giving it my all literally...The relief from food noise was astonishing and just so so freaking amazing. I'm in the US and had to switch from Mounjaro to a compound Tirzepatide because I can't afford the name brand. This is my 2nd week on it and I'm not sure if its working as good as actual Mounjaro but taking it for now praying things will change here in the US eventually. Thanks for this video. Great analogies and so true!
Very interesting and honest. I've been on the low dose for a month to help reduce my weight and improve my type 2 diabetes. I'm astounded by how much it has reduced my cravings for chocolate and food in general. I actually put on 5 lbs the 1st 2 weeks which it seems was fluid retention but from day one my daily glucose readings have dropped by approx a third and I feel so much better. Your summary was really accurate about the lack of negative side effects too. Well done for discussing a tricky subject but one that needs to be highlighted.
I struggle with the same thing. During the day I have almost no problem of containing myself to eat normally. But as soon as my wife goes to bed my mind switches to daemon mode, and I HAVE to eat for some reason. Even if I'm not hungry at all. I've already lost 70kg by stopping eating and getting fit again. I'm still fit (I cycle 10-12 hrs a week for about 300-350km), but the urge to eat means that whenever I don't cycle (when I get the flu or whatever), I gain weight like crazy. When I do cycle it's just enough to keep somewhat stable, but at the intensity and amount I train I really should be losing weight when on a normal eating pattern. The only thing that so far has stopped me from going to my GP to ask about this stuff is that I'm reading things that it will also affect the lean muscle mass, and losing muscle mass is just the thing I don't really want to lose. I wonder how your experience is with taking Mounjaro and your weight lifting or just muscle endurance when cycling or running.
you'll loose muscle mass along with fat doing usual calorie deficit diet, it's exactly the same. Training will help in both instances, don't worry about it, there's plenty of bodybuilders using it for shredding
Great video! My college age daughter gained 50 pounds at college, within about 6 months. Everyone gave her a hard time and told her to stop pigging out. It took months of me making her go to doctor after doctor, chasing it down in an ineffective medical system (yes, USA), to discover she has PCOS, a metabolic disorder. (It actually has nothing to do with ovaries btw, don’t get me started on that misnomer!) So no, it wasn’t beer and pizza, it was a chronic disease. Wegovy is literally made for her disorder, and yet she’s afraid to take it, not because of possible side effects, but because “what will people think?” She’s seen 2 girls at school have people snicker behind their backs for losing weight so fast so they must be “cheating with Ozempic.” I would love if people would wake up and realize these drugs are not just for diabetes. They are for METABOLIC DISORDERS. God forbid we let these millions of people have a very standard level of pharmaceutical help without gallons of shame.
I don't feel like people are shaming those taking these drugs if they have a medical condition that warrants it. The fact is that a huge amount of the people taking it are lazy people who just want to be "skinny".
My opinion on these drugs has completely changed since watching this video, I guess I'd never really thought about it and just believed what I'd seen. Thanks for being so open and honest, and all the best!
The real issue is turning off hunger is a bit tricky - if you eat an unbalanced meal, you'll be full, but not have the vitamins and minerals you need to live. So this is a great drug, but if anything you need to be more MINDFUL about what you eat to be sure you're loosing weight, but not getting scurvy.... thanks for the vid Mark, insightful as always.
@@davidr1431 unless you only eat chicken when carnivore, or only eat bread when "omnivore" / vegan, you aren't very likely to get it. I do agree with @Dom-De though, if you eat less, you need to be more mindful that you are eating nutrition dense foods like ruminant meats or eggs
@@MarkLewisfitness There's not just one answer to that question. That would be too easy right? :) I was well overweight at the age of 16 and lost 20kg doing sports, changing my eating habits and most importantly (for me) taking care of the real problem. My mindset. Taking care of only one of these aspects did not work for me. Finding the trigger of bad eating habits is key. Like any addiction it might be psychological, physical, dietary,, etc
The most real and honest review. Being able to silence The ‘food voice’ in your head, as an emotional eater and be disinterested in food for the first time as far as I can remember, is one of the most liberating feelings I have ever experienced.
you can reach this with self-hypnosis too
Be very careful when taking drugs, it isn't magic with no consequences... e.g. studies have found that for every 10lbs of weight loss only 6lbs is fat, the other 4lbs is coming from non-fat sources like potentially muscle and bone! (Muscle and bone mass may never come back!) It slows your gut processing food, food can hang around in your intestines for 24-36hrs! You crave either carbs or fat and carbs, not fat or protein! Studies have shown carb cravings coming back over time even if the drug is maintained) ua-cam.com/video/SNgrS8yJ_ec/v-deo.html
This is why I eat lowcarb, it does a similar thing, the food cravings go away after a bit and you feel the peace of not caring that much about food anymore. The one thing I'd suggest for these pills is keep an eye on long term outcomes. There's indication that they stimulate growth of new smaller fat cells along with existing ones in many people and long term, that could cause problems and might be why there are a lot of long term fails. Lewis is making an assumption about why people fail but he doesn't actually know. These pills do not fix the actual cause of excessive cravings and long term, it's abilty to combat those may wane, at which point you may now have even more fat cells and and even worse problem than you started with.
I’m exactly the same. Couldn’t agree more.
Have you ever tried fasting? I do them regularly, often up to ten days. You soon learn to turn off the need for food. Please do not go this artificial route when you can do it naturally & get an added health benefit from the state of autophagy. I have exercised regularly most of my life, had four children & take no medication. I have maintained the same weight for 30 years. I am 60yo.
Fantastic video Mark 🎉. I beat you to Mounjaro by a couple of months and, alongside getting married and having two kids, it stands as one of my best life changing decisions. Everything you said perfectly describes my experience - for the first time in my life I just didn't want to stuff my face 24/7. I genuinely pity those unable to put themselves in the shoes of someone that struggles to not overindulge. Congratulations, your brain is normal. Now let the rest of us live well too. Bravo Mark, love all your videos but this one is the best by far.
One of the benefits people dont mention is how this doesn't only work with food cravings, I started using it to loose weight, most of my fat was down to the fact i am a functioning alcoholic, and when i drank, i ate, a lot.. since starting, the daily craving to have a drink after a hard day, or a good day, or simply a tuesday, has gone, and if i do, its maybe just 1 to be sociable, its changed the way i eat, and my relationship with craving completely.. 6 weeks in and im down in weight, back at the gym but most surprisingly, is my relationship with alcohol has completely changed for the better..
Great point 🤩thanks for sharing 👏
Awesome! I did read about this effect. Sounds brilliant. Good for you!
I gave up drinking totally because I could not regulate. 20 years ago now, God I'm old. I've had to nail down other compulsive destructive behaviours over the years, but I got there.
I'm glad people now maybe have a decent option to at least get them on the track and to feel how life can be without those behaviours.
I had a similar experience but my vice is Coke Zero, since trying it only drink water 99% of the time
Interesting, sounds like we've found an all-purpose treatment for addictive behavior. Which is...somewhat alarming to think about
Dude I have beer in the fridge that has been sitting there for weeks, maybe months. I pretty much gave up on it after starting semaglutide because alcohol just SITS there in my stomach and doesn't do a damn thing about getting me buzzed.
"I never advise you do what I do. I simply do what I like because I'm a grown up." Has got to be one of the funniest and most real things I have heard from a fitness youtuber ever. Never change who you are Mark.
yeah, let's hope people watching him are also grown ups. like he said at the beginning, he is not a doctor or anybody in a position to give advice on this issue. is he seriously comparing ibuprofen with ozempic or with other drug? who is justifying taking steroids?
Can I also say this is probably one of the best videos about binge eating I have ever seen online. I loved exercise since I was 16, doing various different martial arts. I was in the military (RAF) for 7 years doing fitness tests and having access to a free gym alongside an hour and a half for lunch to go to the gym plus training after work. I ended up having orthorexia, I weighed out lettuce and would not eat anything unhealthy but I ate for training so I was fueling myself. During that period all I thought about was food. I caved one night and ate 2 150 calorie bags of doritos and then went out at 9pm and ran off the 300 calories I just ate.
I then ended up moving into a job I hated with the military and that led me to be extreamly unhappy, they would not move me job roles and I ended up using food to numb the unhappiness I felt (they require a years notice for my old military job so there was not really a quick way out). I stopped training and ballooned in weight, completely losing all my identity. Again all I thought about was food.
Its taken me 7 years coming out of the military, I have spent a LOT of money on a wonderful home gym which I love using and am in a job I love, but still all I do all day is think about food. I eat well during the day and then just sit and shove about 4 or 5 portions of pasta down. I then am stuffed but I sit there thinking about food still even though I am full. My first thought in the morning is wanting food and once I have eaten I am pretty much counting down the hours until I can eat again. My normal non-binge diet is around 1800 cals so I am not starving myself. I work from home in IT so I am sat on my butt for 7.5 hours daily but I do walk about 12 miles min a day and weight train.
I say all this because, I have done a Level 3 PT course. I walk my dogs for 5 miles every morning and do 2 miles on my curved treadmill on my lunch then do some form of exercise in my gym at night. I have total, free access to an extreamly decent gym and I listen to fitness and nutrition podcasts on my dog walk. I do all that and know all that AND I still struggle with my weight.
So anyone that says 'just dont eat' or 'calories in vs out' - thats all well and good, but when you cannot stop your brain from wanting food (which for me is my form of comfort) - its really not that easy!
Thank you Mark for explaining this so well because some people just dont understand (and I am one of the lucky ones that actually is educated and has access to a gym and no physical injuries)!
I have just ordered a months supply of Mounjaro just to try it out, the worse that can happen is I feel a bit sick. I have been wanting to try it for awhile but did not know it was accessable to me. Ill see if they approve my order. Since I do exercise anyway and I like eating healthy its not like I will need to change my habits. I just need to see if this shuts off the silly food 'voices' in my brain.
I hope this will help you in the way you want it to.
Just wanted to say that I've finally realized that I've had an eating disorder (obsession) for most of my life. I was never able to quiet it, no matter what I tried. Calorie counting, daily training at the gym.
The only way of eating that finally made the 'food voice' shut off in my head was getting into ketosis. And specifically ketosis on a carnivore / primal diet. So I eat about half raw meat and half lightly cooked meat, mostly beef but also lamb, plus as many eggs as I want, butter and importantly raw grass-fed beef fat.
When our bodies aren't sufficiently nourished, food obsession thrives, because we aren't getting what we need to sustain life on a basic level. That's why many vegetarians and vegans are food obsessed but also constantly hungry. I learned most of what I know from listening to a guy called Goatis (or Sv3rige) for many years. Absolutely changed the course of my life. I found this video of his particularly meaningful:
ua-cam.com/video/2F2WpDvDUfI/v-deo.html
I wish you luck in whichever path you choose!
I’m a 35-year-old mom from Kentucky who has almost nothing in common with you. I found your channel a while back when searching for other’s experience with binge eating, looking for hope, as I’ve relapsed after several years of almost no bingeing. Your videos have helped give me words I need to explain my struggle, as well as made me feel less alone. This video was no different.
I’m not obese (nowhere even close, because of “permanently resisting the desire to eat”) so these drugs aren’t within the possibility of being offered to me. But I’m hoping that over the coming years it might become an option for treatment for BED. The mental effort required to try and function while being constantly bombarded by food noise is hard to put into words, although you’ve done it well here. Trying to explain the food vortex I often fall into where, regardless of my physical level of fullness, I am cognitively stuck in an obsessive pull to eat with abandon (and I’m talking full party-sized packages of Oreos, Halloween-sized bags of Reese’s pumpkins, multiple boxes of oatmeal cream pies, and any other sweet and fatty carbohydrates within driving distance of me) makes people look at me sideways. It’s been hard to find much support because it.
So thank you for sharing your experience. I’m thrilled you’ve had a positive experience, and I’m hopeful the trajectory of how food obsession is viewed and treated will shift over the coming decades as we learn more from valid research as well personal experiences like your own. Removing the stigma is huge. So thank you again for sharing.
Never thought I’d find myself browsing UA-cam comments and end up craving an oatmeal cream pie…
Glad you enjoyed it, and that sort of feedback just inspires me to keep doing what I’m doing 🙏
I can tell you, you are not alone. I have tried everything to avoid relapsing on occasion, from eating nothing all day (because eating can trigger overeating) to having regular meals spread throughout the day. Nothing works. The only thing keeping me from being overweight or obese is that I relapse less frequently than I succeed, for now.
But it’s strange. I can be fine one moment, and then suddenly crave EVERYTHING the next. I don't stop eating until 1) everything in the house is gone or 2) I feel very sick. Without hesitation, I can eat 3000-5000 kcal in one sitting and still want more (though I feel sick, obviously).
Triggers for me are: Eating something bad (my mind tricks me it's all been for nothing), being home all day (the bad stuff is there) and the weekend in general. 90% of the time the Monday - Fridays are fine because I work and busy with sport. The weekend I relapse about 50/50 of the time now, and getting better at it.
I feel the exact same way. Thank you for sharing
@@MarkLewisfitnessplease keep doing what you’re doing. Your videos are inspirational. Thank you.
Im 5 weeks in and 31lbs down. Its life changing. I no longer think about food every 3 minutes. If this is how normal people live, no wonder i was failing before.
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Good to hear
@@TheCrapOnYourStrapOnthese clowns are trying to say they're unlucky and other people have a lower appetite
and what are you gonna do when you stop taking your little cheater drug and you start eating once again?.
I’ve lost 15 lbs in 4 weeks too! It’s so crazy how different food feels!
I'm not sure why but for some reason this video convinced this 42 year old man who is close to 140kg to go running for the first time in years well run/walk/run/walk.....you get the idea. I can't afford the jab but I can afford to do something else that's good for me. So thanks for whatever you did, even if I'm not sure what it is.
... eat clean, and lot's of it (to prevent binge eating)! and whatever you eat, focus on getting in somwhere around 200grams of protein (from fresh food!!! no shakes) per day in the first step. you want to keep your muscles under your fatsuit, they are the ones burning the fat! Protein-rich food will keep you satiated and your body burns more calories by digesting proteins.... win win win. All the best !!!!
Bro, you got this. 45yo here, lost 35kg in 12 months by monitoring my calorie intake and exercising in ways that were fun. You can do it!
A great start towards something better!
I'd rather spend money on excercise equipment than a jab, especially given the process these drugs work with (assuming they all use a similar mechanism but maybe they are different). At least one of them reportedly heavily stimulates hyperplasia of the fat cells meaning the cells split forming more fatcells. This is very bad because the end result is the people taking this stuff ends up with more fat cells even though they are closer to "empty" rather than full. We've all heard the phrase "correlation does not equal causation" but generally the more fatcells you have the easier it is to store fat in the future. When this is coupled with the loss of musclemass and bonemass these drugs cause it is a triple whammy of bad shit for the future almost ensuring their clients reliance on them the next time they get too heavy.
Nice! Good work mate
You are the first person to have ever been able to articulate accurately what is going on in my head. It was nothing short of amazing. I have tried everything. Literally everything. But then, stress. And I'm back before square one - I got Iron Man fit and down to 13.5 stone. Then went up to 20st5. My brother sent me your video and said "this is you". And he was right.
I ordered Mounjaro and took the first dose on Friday. I've had a few side effects - the most amusing of which has been nearly passing out due to low blood sugar from forgetting to eat. I have never, in the history of ever forgotten to eat. Forgotten to stop eating, maybe.
Anyway, thank you for making the video, I'm hoping my decision will change my life and the lives of those around me for the better.
The thing I liked most about this video is your description of your food addiction. You perfectly depict the voice that I have in my head. I don’t know why, but that meant something to me.
Thats me 😂😂
You created a monster 😂 thank you 🙏🏾
hey James - Just trying to help boost your profile so you can get a few more followers. Your IG is lagging behind.....The Rock's 😂
@@MarkLewisfitness Now it has turned into some weird 1970s sci fi experiment where two people are watching each other react to each other.
@@MarkLewisfitness mate great video - well needed from fitness people
Over the years I tried it all, some success, then thanks to Covid lock down and work changing to work from home I ballooned to 27.5 stone, I sat there depressed for 4 years, I don’t think people understand what being 27.5 stone does to your body and your mind. It almost disables you, you stop doing anything, and the thought of going to the gym, you can’t even put your socks on let alone go to the gym. I was in a bad place and was booked in for barriatric surgery, but that scared me due to change to ,Iife and the surgery aspect. Then after several gout , yes I suffer from gout and it was untreated, so add on being 11 stone over weight and I was house bound on occasions for 5-6 weeks. Then I read up on mounjaro. I bit the bullet, started it, aided by the drug I could totally change my diet, dumped the 6 domino’s a week, dumped alcohol , now 4 months in i’m down 5 stone 7lb ( 35kg) sure I still have a lot to go, but I can walk again, I can control my diet, I do still enjoy food but I don’t crave the rubbish, my whole taste has changed, sugar really makes me feel veRY meh and a little sick. I plan to be on it as long as I need, I have been building up exercise as well, I don’t feel one bit of guilt about the drug, I just wish I had started earlier. I have a wellman test in January
, I want to see the progress, it won’t work for all but it worked for me. And that’s all I care about, I don’t want to die early, I want to have the full ride and this drug lets me do that. Obesity for some is a disease, or more likely the addiction to food is. Every night gorging without enjoyment to the point you feel sick or are sick is not pleasure, it’s self harm that only addicts will understand, like booze and drugs , food addiction is a massive spiral, but so many think it’s not real. I know it is as I have been there. I know how those 600lb people get there, as once you get to 350lb plus you are simply an injury or life event away from getting there quickly. I was close to that, but mounjaro helped save me. I’m still a way off, but I will get there and I don’t care what people think . To judge people who were morbidly obese for using a drug to help is like laughing at cancer patients taking chemo medication to prolong their life. One day I hope they do the same for drug and alcohol addiction, it will happen.
Mark, I continue to be blown away by your writing. Funny, insightful, entertaining. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks! It's my fav bit! If UA-cam was audio only I could sell the bloody camera and stop worrying about my hair 😂
@@MarkLewisfitness I have no hair and still worry about my hair
A f😅ace for radio ❤
@@MarkLewisfitness Hair loss!! That's your next subject.... I'll be listening to that one for personal reasons....
Great video. I’m not your mum. 😀 All joking aside been wondering about using that as a jumpstart for a while. Been fighting the cookies at 4 am for a while… Good luck with the move.
I am on tirzepitide. Yes, it has helped me lose weight, and reduced that "food noise". But it has also made me completely stop caring about alcohol AND has been the most helpful thing for my ADHD symptoms over any ADHD medication I have tried. It also stopped the "diet noise" where I was constantly concerned with every calorie eaten and every calorie burned.
Wow how did it work for your ADHD .. did you have to stop taking the medication
@@fiona3821 I think it is reducing the dopamine response and that's how it is helping my ADHD. I have been able to stop doing something I am hyper focused and do something else. It doesn't help with all my aspects of ADHD, like forgetfulness for example. No, I'm still taking it.
Literally clapping from the treadmill in Canada! I’ve been on GLP 1’s for a year, losing at a very slow rate and couldn’t be happier. Have not seen a more relatable experience. Preach sir!!!!
This guy talks so much sense. I’m currently 4 weeks into Mounjaro. All the things said about moving to a healthy, guilt free relationship with food is so true. As is as the ‘if I hadn’t lost weight, it’d still be a win’. The feeling of not being obsessed by food is euphoric. Listen to this guy
This is the second best video you've posted (first being the recent thank you to your wife).
I'm a very average, post menopausal woman, not an athlete. Two months after starting on Mounjaro and the lack of food noise still blows me away. Is this how naturally slim people feel all the time? I only want to 'clean' foods. Nothing else appeals. My portion sizes are tiny. Or are they now normal? **mind blown** Also, it knocked wine o'clock on the head. That alone is worth rubies, IMO, let alone the fact that I'm closer to a healthy weight than I have been for the last thirty years of endless diet clubs and knackering my knees in spin classes. These medications are going to save and extend SO many lives. Great video. Thanks for addressing the stigma.
Same here The food noise switch off is astounding. I didnt even know it was there ....until it wasn't! 3 months in 2 stone off so far. I'm also hypothyroid which wasn't helping. My GPs more than happy & checking thyroid levels next month as I may need to reduce dose as I get smaller. My problems from my 70s childhood. Good home cooking no fast food but food was used as a reward.
It’s really refreshing to hear someone talk about binge eating, who’s also in the fitness world.
I’m a pretty skinny, “healthy weight” guy, however my addiction struggles with binge eating are always there. I do plenty of exercise and eat fairly well, but that lack of self control to not eat 3 family size dairy milks and 4 share bags of kettle chips, is a real struggle.
Because I’m skinny and weight doesn’t go on easy, people just assume I’m healthy, but I assure you the poor food choices I consume to exercise quantities, would show otherwise.
Binge eating is a real problem, whatever weight you are. It that sense that you have no self control and complete guilt that comes after consuming. The same feeling I’m sure that comes with any drug or alcohol addiction, it’s just a different substance. Addiction isn’t fun and isn’t only reserved to drugs and alcohol and shouldn’t have a blind eye turned to it. It can be a real struggle.
So hats off mark for trialing something, that might actually make your life easier to manage. It’s the same as anyone taking anti depressants or meds for their adhd, we all need a bit of help and that’s okay.
it means your nutrition is off, hence the binge eating, probably not enough protein and fats
I only binge eat if I buy stuff I'm crazy about. So I'm careful what I buy. Love milk, so if I buy a half gallon it's gone within the hr. I also love yogurt so if I buy a tub, within the hr it's gone. If I buy a chocolate bar or Häagen-Dasz within 15 mins it's gone. If I buy a pound of tomatoes, carrots and lettuce, within an hour, it's still in the fridge, within a day 95% of its still there, within a week I still have over half of it left.
One thing I've really noticed is that craving for crisps/chips definitely comes from my brain associating them with salt intake, just getting enough salt in and a couple of days of willpower has completely removed that craving. Unfortunately ice cream is my definite go-to stress food, and so I really need to find some better ways to deal with stress. Quark mixed with bananas help the ice cream craving a bit.
Thank for this grown up glow up response. Really appreciate your candor and do whats right for "you". 🎉
This might end up being the most important video you've made so far Mark. Great work, and especially, good luck on the rest of this journey.
Feed sharks ozempic first, then maybe they will be less likely to eat you
Now THAT'S a video 😂
Not volunteering to be the bait
NO!!! Leaner faster sharks are not the answer.
@@joemacleod-iredale2888lol that is much scarier
Sharks ain't interested in eating humans. Too bony.
Mark, your social commentary and moral compass is always so on point. Like it or not, you're an influencer, but you're influencing us to think right rather than look right, and be more understanding of others along the way.
Ive currently just finished my 2nd month on ozempic and you are pretty much the reason Mark. After watching your TRT videos the symptoms sounded earily familiar to me. A visit to the doctor for blood tests flagged testosterone was pretty much half of what it should be but also flagged up Type 2 diabetes that wasnt there 18 months earlier.
Long story short, two months later, energy levels are slowly returning and weight is dropping ... I for one cant thank you enough for putting youself out there and making these videos
I lied to get mounjaro for weightloss but it cured my INTRAVENOUS drug addiction as well as my eating disorders, self harm, bipolar and borderline.. so it seems for now anyway. I am filming blogs but scared to put them up as I know im gonna get hate for it. But really undecided bc it could help people and I'm still yet to see anyone else take it for severe drug addiction (daily usage of multiple intravenous drugs... don't think you can get much worse than that) and yes it's made me very sick.. but my life is so much better now I don't have any drug cravings and my veins are finally healing up, no more *meth face* or meth psychosis from being awake for weeks at a time.
I'm 29. I have so much I want to live for. And honestly if I have to come off this drug I think il be dead within months.
Thankyou for your video. Liked and subscribed, best of luck on your journey x
I’m so happy you’ve solved your addiction! I know that GLP1s are currently going through medical trials to assess their impact on addiction as addiction loss has already been observed in those taking it for other reasons .
I’ve been on Mounjaro for nearly 6 months and as well as losing weight I don’t drink anymore. Nothing. I don’t even think about booze and I’ve heard a lot of others report the same.
Please consider uploading your blogs (if this would not be too high a risk/ cost to you). I think you could help a lot of fellow sufferers.
Again, just incredibly well done to you ❤
Are you saying this medicine stops cravings of drug and cigarettes as well? That will be game changer!
@cerencura since waking up on day 2 I've had not a single physical or mental craving for drugs, alcohol, food or sex or people, or self harm or anorexia and bulimia too... which id ALWAYS be i dulging in by now if id stayed off drugs to deal with my 7 severe mental health conditions . I've messed up twice and both times Injected less than a fifth of what I'd usually take, first week fuck up was a meth and heroin shot and second week was cocaine.. both times I didn't feel anything even though people around me were using same drugs and very high. No dopamine hit, just instant pain and raised heart rate. But aswel as no high there was no self hatred after messing up. So it was much easier to get back on track. And now I physically can not get high, there is no point in drugs... or bulimia, or anorexia... I just feel satisfied. So it numbs your dopamine levels but at a level high enough that as long as I stay clean, I feel like I'm perminantly coming up on an extacy pill like that level of happiness and relief, because my satiety is perminantly heightened so j feel like the reason i dont need anything is vecause ive already had pleanty today.. I'm video diarying my journey just haven't been well enough to post yet. But 100 percent it's cured my addictive personality.
Like an overdose without the high. The only reason I've not stopped smoking is because of boredom when I can't eat because I am so sick the first 4 days of every week after I take mounjaro , however I have pre existing stomach conditions which worsen easily compared to others and obvs I've damaged my body and repair systems especially the past 2 years or so on Intravenous daily drug usage. Sometimes I'd inject crack, heroin, ketamine and crystal meth in the same syringe multiple times a day. I usually feel a high and low usually off so many things including people and how they treat me, notnjust drugs. But for the first time in my entire life, I woke up day 2 on mounjaro with zero cravings for food, drugs, sex, people, alcohpl, cigaeettes... just gone. I still felt the phsical withdrawal but sincs thats eben gone j feel amazing.
Sorry for the long message back lol xx
@@cerencurait lessens the “reward” hormone dopamine so that when you eat or drink or whatever it no longer gives you that “hit” and you essentially stop dopamine searching because your brain isn’t crying out for it. Or something like that but I’m not too sure on the actual medical workings of it.
eh what, you could have just done some psychedelics instead,... most of the time, the trips the psychedelics induce cure people from addiction to alcohol, cigarettes and bigpharma pills... but whatever, just putting it out there. \o/
I have just had this pop up on my for you page as I’m researching mounjaro after my GP (UK) said it would probably be the way for me to go. This is the best, straightforward, honest, grown up video I have seen over the last 2 full weeks research. No overhyped nonsense and no “look at my amazing body” crap, just well thought out personal analysis. Thank you.
On it and it’s working. Been running and lifting again. Not ashamed I needed help as a 45 year or man with a crazy job and little kids.👍
Eating right, running, lifting....hard to say it's not a great thing.
Are you on mounjaro as I know there are different variations and products? Also, when you stop I'm assuming you can get back to normal? I am reluctant to start it so close to Christmas when I enjoy drinking and eating.
Obesity is killing millions. Is it time to open our minds to something beyond yelling "eat less, move more" ???
If only someone could make a video to help answer this very question...
OH NO WAIT! You already have.
Great video as always, Mark. Thank you.
@@mikehooley6398 😂
i feel like the "eat less, move more" crowd are mostly people with normal or low appetite genetics that simply cant comprehend it actually being difficult for some people. yes learning is easier without ADHD, yes running is easier when youre short, YES eating less is easier when you dont have much of an appetite!!!!!
Absolutely not. It’s time for fats to start taking the advice and stop cutting corners.
@@kierdo3 You should work in global diplomacy. You're a natural problem solver. Get over to the middle east, tell them to "stop fighting and make up" Nobel prize in the bag.
I like how you put into words this feeling of "food noise" as well as addressing the "willpower" issue: I agree that some people fight bigger battles than others and restricting oneself to eating one biscuit instead of the whole pack doesn't recognise that we might already be restricting ourselves from eating three packs.
Personally, I find that the real problem and also the easiest solution is not to have that first biscuit to start with because it instantly opens the floodgates to wanting more.
The difficulty is having to deal with other people who argue with me that I should have that first biscuit because I am "not fun" and this isn't a way to "have a balanced life" (amongst other things...).
The easiest way to reset my brain and for me to grow desinterested in junk food is to fast and to avoid wheat.
Fasting, for me, means that I'll only drink water from the moment I get up and not have b'fast until midday at the earliest: often I don't fancy any food until 4 or 6 pm. The funny thing is that when I do want to eat, I am not looking for biscuits but vegetables, fruits and clean protein and fats: clean food suddenly develops these amazing flavours and my body craves them on a molecular level.
It is a bit like when being extremely thirsty you are desperate for water rather than alcohol.
Also, once I start, I'll eat whatever I fancy and without restriction until I'm done, which often happens in a 5 hour window.
My second problem is wheat: I tried to reduce its consumption but I find that there is no safe level for me. As soon as I have a bite of anything containing wheat, it does something to my stomach and makes me more hungry than ever before.
I actually have this problem with all grains, but wheat is by far my main issue (I am ok with black rice).
By the way, this isn't a "carbs" issue as I do eat sweets and they don't trigger the same hunger as wheat does.
Lastly, I feel that all foods that are easy to gobble up are problematic: our bodies need to chew on something a bit tough, so introducing toasted seeds, black rice and tougher cuts of meat forces you to keep food in your mouth until it is soft enough to swallow and this process should be a little tiring.
This is just my personal experience.
Thank you! I have BED and have struggled with the tyranny of food noise for my entire 52 years, and have literally tried everything to lose weight (except bariatric surgery, which was the next step) with temporary success, but always returned to bingeing. When I hit 25 stone I knew I had to try the jabs as my life was in danger, literally. It has been amazing. The food noise switch in my brain has been turned off, it’s completely liberating. Two months in, nearly three stone down - but the lack of the food demon whispering in my ear has been far more remarkable than the weight loss. People who dismiss the jabs as a lazy solution just have no idea how soul destroying being controlled by food is. It’s not as simple as turning down a couple of biscuits and doing more cardio - if you’ve spent nearly every waking hour obsessing about when you can next stuff large amounts of food into yourself, you’ll know this all too well. So thank you for this video - hopefully it can help people understand just how revolutionary these drugs are, and that people who take it aren’t just ‘lazy fatties’.
Mark our stories are remarkably similar, out of shape in my 30s and 40s, found my fitness in my 50s, still have ups and downs (and married to a younger woman 😂). I hear those good voices and totally get the struggle. Thanks so much for this. You seriously have been so much help for me and I appreciate your no BS yet evidence based style. Finish Stronger brutha!
I will admit I was definitely on the "weightloss drugs are bad" side going into watching this video, but you made some interesting points that have me questioning why that was my stance in the first place. Thank you for the transparency and interesting content.
Also remember to look at general impulse control and how gpl-1 drugs are looking very promising (anecdotally and in studies) in terms of curbing addictive behavior and consumption, including shopping, gaming, heroin, or everyone's favorite, overlooked substance: alcohol. The general contribution to peace of mind and overall healthiness seems so weirdly comprehensive, you'd think there is a shoe waiting to drop... but this has been researched over a period of decades and, even with all the talk about side effects (heavy confirmation bias btw. - if you don't have them, you won't talk nearly as much about them), it's looking to be a perfectly sustainable thing to manage the unbelievably huge mental overhead of just having this tiny goblin in your skull scream at you for not snacking and drinking enough.
In so many different roundabout ways, most drugs we prescribe ultimately have some impact on weight. If we accept that humans are flawed and our brains and bodies as frail and weak as they can be strong, there is basically no way around accepting that substance-guided weight loss isn't just a wonderful, but to be welcomed with open arms by just about everyone. As he put it: when you're laughing at fat people crying themselves straight into the nearest ambulance, all you're doing is laugh at the buckling health system, the one you hoped you wouldn't have to rely on, ever.
I thought they were a good option for the right people, but Mark talking about his food obsession was eye opening to me. I'm 59 weight gradually goes up year on year , weight myself oh , put on 10Kg ( weight is spread around no pot belly ) , so Ok lose some weight , so knock of the first 7K or 8Kg reasonably quickly easy , then can't be bothered , then 5 years later oh 10kg overweight. Had a slightly high LDL last year , but great HDL ( ist such bloods ever ) , so decided to do it properly after 10 months now probably down to 15% body fat , close to seeing abs and decided now to keep am eye on it going forward . Yes it takes some effort. But only a fraction of the effort Mark would need . I have never woken up to eat. Only polished off a Hagen Daz pint when much younger super fit say hiking in Rockies for 5 days 20 plus KMs a day . Not a big sugar fan, maybe when younger working in London on my OE eat 2 to 4 hobnobs max . was a chubby kid or awhile eating ice-cream and cake - but had to lose weight to make a representative primary school rugby team for my province , so that was fortuitous
At moment only really miss hot chips , will still eat them with others, but that is not so often , Also if there was a super strong dark chocolate ice-cream with lowest amount sugar viable ( hate sweeteners ) , would probably buy that , still only eat a small portion , so would last a month
@@minhuang8848
Or just accept the fact that society has given up their agency to drugs.
Thanks for being open-minded.
@@davidr1431 Always happy to adjust my thoughts when I am presented with new information.
Actually a really really great video. Your description about your relationship with binge eating... couldn't have put it better myself. Thank you mate!
I often extend my gym session with a 50 minute walk through London before taking the bus home from a station further out. Almost the whole route to the bus stop smells of frying fat or sticky waffle sugar drenched sweetness. The roads are lined with corner shops selling 100s of varieties of chocolate bars and fizzy drinks, and fast food restaurants or open food stalls selling deep fried and fatty stuff. If I don't bring my own pre-prepared food to fight the post-workout cravings, I am very likely to ruin everything I've done in the gym on that walk home, and then some.
THAT is the thing people should criticize, not the people having to face that temptation every day of their lives. We are living in a culture that is hellbent on making us sick and fat, and then we blame ourselves for not being able to resist.
100% we have an obesogenic society. There should be water fountains everywhere, not these profit making facilities.
@@swaaagquan3540 What are you, a communist? /s
@@efa0tzno, he has common sense and humanity's best interest at heart, not just himself.
100%
Hi Mark, I literally stumbled upon this video. Your articulation of the challenge and the throught process really resonated. Being a overweight guy this has helped me position this type of medical intervention. For years I had anxiety, panic attacks. I am a fully functioning adult holding down a good job. I eventually "gave in" to a small dose of sertraline - Your description of the powerful voice is exactly the same - i no longer hear the negative voice as loudly and feel "Human" for the first time in years. The reason I raise this is that the guilt of relying on a drug is real. I did the same as you, I would rather feel better and screw the nay sayers. Your video is the most balanced I have watched to date and If this supports me to get the obesity sorted...... again I resonate with the points you make re exercise and various diets which have all brought short term relief for me and then that voice wins again.... Sorry for the waffle but to say you have outlined "the adult" approach to addressing an issue that if left will result in worse outcomes. Thank you for helping me at least think a bit more on thsi topic.
This is such an import topic. We can't _see_ mindset and cravings. It'd be lazy to say ah Mark just do what you did last year to get back in superb shape, just work for it. Possible for you, but not for many. Fitness isn't weight control, strength isn't cardio, nutrition is its own thing. Just "work for it" is a limited strategy that doesn't target what I'm learning is a real and irrepressible always-hungry, starvation drive that some people have. Just "work for it" cannot work for some people. This class of medication is an honestly new option. Your revelation about what's happening internally with and without the drug is enlightening.
I am a 45 year old man, that went from 137 kg in January of this year to my current 91 kg by turning my life around. I started to pay more attention to what (and even more, how much) i was eating and I started to work out. It was very difficult to keep doing it, especially in the beginning. But i managed to do it on willpower. And you were an example to me. Almost the same age, same weight issues, same difficulties with the food cravings, etc. I could relate. Not everybody is as lucky as me that they can manage to keep it up to a level where it really makes a difference, but it is guys like you (with a large public) and me (although i might just inspire my neighbor if i'm lucky) to keep reminding people that it ís possible. People need role models like you. With respect: if an 'average Joe in his forties' can do it, so can I! And it was you overcoming all your eating/weight issues and what you were willing and able to do to reach the point where you are today that made you above average.
Of course i understand that this product could help people turning their lives around. It has proven to work (albeit just a side effect). I just don't think these meds should be presented or even be considered as the solution to (all) obese problems. Not saying that you are, but many are. I think (not hindered by any medical knowledge by the way) that taking drugs for the rest of your life (as it is being said that the effect vanishes if meds are not used anymore) isn't the healthy way to go. I just can't see it other than: 'the easy way out'.
I still have those food cravings as well and every now and than, i cannot resist to take the three packs of cookies either, but i would not want any drug/medicine to help me with that. These cravings are also what keep me going and keep reminding me that the way that i live my life today is just way healthier. But as you always say: it is what works for mé, so not saying that people should need to copy this, but trying to inspire them to do it in a way that fits them (without meds that is) is the least i can do.
And trust me, I know very well that telling people to "just start eating healthy food and start exercising more" isn't going to help. People have been telling me the same for about 10 years, until i finally realized something had to change as i couldn't tie my own shoelaces in a normal way. But actually shówing people that it works, as you do in your videos, might just be the push that they need.
congratulations on the weight loss, keep up the good work buddy
One more addition: after i have read some comments here: i do believe (and maybe hope for those who are less fortunate then me in their efforts) that study of the working substance in these meds can lead to an actual medicine for people to temporarily help them in their struggle to get their BED under control, much like the working of a nicotine patch for example.
@@Bezherkdo you not think that this is already the actual medicine you mentioned?
@@davidr1431 No, these kind of meds were originally intended for people with diabetes to lower their blood-sugar levels by increasing insulin production. The fact that it also makes cravings go away, is just a side-effect and not the main aspect. And that is exactly why i would not want to use it only for the purpose of losing weight or getting ones cravings under control. No studies have yet shown what long term use or over-usage can cause when solely used for this purpose. I am not saying that someone else should not do it, after all: it is ones own life and decision and if someone is willing to take (perhaps just very minor) risks, then that is fine. I understand it, as i'll explain below, so I am not judging. I'm just trying to say that I don't want to, and that i think that it should not be presented as the wonder-cure for obesity we all have been waiting for. And again, i'm not saying mr. Lewis is, because he is adding comments about healthy food, exersising and general healthy lifestyle as well. But many influencers are making it seem as: "you don't have to do anything else, just take this medicine", and that worries me a bit.
I came from a long way (near depression) from where i was, and besides searching the world wide web (when i found this UA-cam channel) i also consulted my general practitioner to explore all kinds of ways to lose weight, including thoughts of using medication and even operating. So I know there are some meds like Saxenda and Mysimba that are subscribed and (very carefully) monitored by doctors to people that are obese. Downside is, if you stop taking the medicine and you have not changed your lifestyle, you will almost certainly gain weight again. So with the help of my doctor and dietician I came to the conclusion that i would want to try on my own. And i just want to point out that mr. Lewis' video's also helped me with that decision.
Now, as mr. Lewis always says: that is just what worked for me, so I don't expect it to work for everybody. But i do want to take the opportunity when i can to remind people that it just might be possible for them also.
I have been following you for several years now and have always enjoyed your channel. This is by far your best bit of work, you talk so much sense thank you. You speak in a way we all understand with a dab of humour keep it up.
I used Mounjaro for a bit over a year. I lost over 100 lbs. and was in remission from t2 diabetes. I was in a pretty bad wreck and couldn't really walk good or lift weights as I tore both rotator cuff and crushed right ankle, and I was just so depressed I just ate I got over 365 lbs. before my blood sugar was almost 300 when I woke in the morning. I had a surgery on my right ankle rod screws after I was on orders of no weight on that foot for 6 months and this is where I kept eating like normal and didn't realize how much weight I had gained. after I could walk, they put me on the fat jab and started walking little at a time till I got up to 10 miles per day and was using an apple watch ultra to track, I started feeling great, I was looking forward to walking it made me feel awesome sure the pain meds helped some, but the point this shot plus walking 10 miles a day I was dropping 10 to 15 lbs. a week but you have to eat right you can't eat what you want if you want to lose the weight. when I ate right by right I mean just don't overeat and don't eat after 5 pm and I actually lost weight but when I ate wrong the numbers went to plus not minus. long story short I lost down from 370 lbs. at my worst back down to my high school weight of 210lbs I am wonderful. I have learned how to eat, and I am keeping it off and I am no longer diabetic period t2 is reversable!
And this is probably the biggest selling point for Monjaro - getting obese people to the point where they can move more without pain/injuring their joints.
Well done on your journey.
@@andrewmcalister3462 tyvm it was and still is hard
Congrats on the weight loss. My question is are you on it forever or have you stopped taking and adopting a different lifestyle with food?
@ I’m am off now, and yes you will learn how to eat or you will not loose the weight the shot helps you but you still have to change the lifestyle or it dose not work
Really good video on this. Professionally completely agree with GLP-1’s being fantastic if combined with supporting people with knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their lifestyle. The turning the TV off but still having to study is a great analogy. Hit a new subscriber 👌🏼
Probably one of the funniest and most informative videos I have watched on UA-cam in a long time. Bravo Sir… Also I am not overweight nor am I considering taking this drug so to keep me watching for 20 minutes is a credit to just how good a job you’re doing. Subscribed and now watching more of your stuff!! Keep up the excellent work 💪💪
You should be a spokesperson for the government on this - no bull and explaining complicated things in a way people can understand. Love what you do. Keep it up.
What has the goverment to do with this?
I've just been approved by the online doctors to start this jab. I'm nervous and excited. My husband has always been very negative about weight loss injections. "I'm just not exercising enough and eating too much". But after he watched Mark's video, who explained the food noise better than i have been able to do. He paid for my first month supply.
Thank you for your video. Wish me luck, i will be starting it next week.
It is literally life enhancing. All the very best😊
I've just done 4 months of Mounjaro. I'm 44 year old man, I was 126kg to start with and despite 2 exercise related injuries meaning I was pretty immobile for a number of weeks I am currently now 108.2kg
A long way to go yet but I've made a decent start , but expense has made me stop for a while.
I had minimal nausea during the 2.5-5mg stage and twice during the 10mg I had absolutely horrendous constipation that meant I didn't poo for 3-4 days.
But it genuinely is a miracle drug , so much so that my wife is now using it and has lost around 15kg herself.
Am happy to answer questions.
Almost 20kg drop is HUGE. Congrats.
@@MarkLewisfitness thank you Mark, it's amazing despite a huge loss that my mind is just saying "imagine if you didn't get injured what could you have lost?"..... But it's a long term goal, it can't be a quick fix.
Not been taking the injections but I started at 119.8kg in Jan and weighed in a few days ago as 84.35kg. We’ve got this 💪🏻
@@indiging8330Bloody hell thats amazing
Brilliant and well done.. I wish you well continuing with your weight loss
This has to be some of your best content yet. So well written, entertaining, educational and holistic. This one’s something to be proud of. Amazing work, mate.
Hey chap, I just wanted to drop a quick message to thank you for doing this video. You’ll genuinely never realise how much I needed to stumble across this today! My first wegovy pen dropped through the door today and I plan to start my wegovy journey Monday following about 6 years of a sedentary life caused by several open heart surgeries and then the subsequent finding of uber eats that led to the discovery that when I can’t lift weights to work through my emotions, I actually am the type that just frickin eats them!
I’d bodybuilt through my twenties into my 30s so my propensity to eat alot was already well established when the gym activity stopped and it wasn’t long before I went from a pretty cut 90kg up to the decidedly just fat 120kg diabetic wreck that I am now.
I still can’t tolerate exercise; anything more than a gentle walk puts me on my arse, so my expectations aren’t massive and I do feel a bit ashamed, like a cheat for trying a bottled solution so it was good to hear someone else saying what I had to spend 3 months telling myself before I got up the courage to talk to the doctor about it.
Your description of your propensity to just eat, knowing full well that you don't need to, shouldn't, or even don't want to, really hit home. It's a real thing, folks. It's not the 265 lbs that is THE problem (although it is a problem), it's the 3 lbs of grey matter between my ears that is the problem.
I know this is neither here nor there, but wingsuit flyers tend to use pretty standard recreational parachutes, which have both a main and a reserve ;)
Cowards 😂
This has been a breath of fresh air to watch. Thank you. I was diagnosed this year, at 60, with T2 diabetes, most likely as a result of lifelong obesity. I am"that"fat person that knows what I should and should'nt do or eat, I'm not stupid, but the way you describe food noise exactly depicts me. Yes, I've lost weight many times over the years, the most being 8 stone in 8 months, when I was 40. It was a literal mean replacement plan, and it worked... Until I stopped. Slimming World (how skewed is that), fasting etc etc have all led to a terrible relationship with food.
Along came mounjaro, which I'm buying because, the GP prefers to pump me with Metformin and spout diet and exercise, over offering a drug that COMBINED with relearning how to actually eat normally, could actually help me.
The food noise is gone, the quiet in my head in so peaceful. I eat when I'm genuinely hungry, and prefer simple foods like vegetables, and home made meals. I make my own bread now, delicious wholewheat without any additives like sugar, no nibbling biscuits, snacks, lumps of cheese before bed..... It's great.
Except, despite the calorie deficit which most definitely is there, I am barely losing weight. I could(and have) cry, bitter tears, of self pity and shame, that I needed my body up so much, that nothing will work for me.
I'm paying for a drug that helps my head switch off the noise, but doesn't help me lose weight. This is my dilemma. Do I continue? Do I go up another dose, currently on 5mg, and contemplating 7.5mg which costs more?
It's really not a case of simply being fat and greedy, fat and lazy any more. I KNOW it's head stuff but is it justified?
I've not told anyone except close family in using this, because there will be brickbats thrown, especially when they don't see the weight falling off.
Let this be a little be of info for anyone considering this medication. It's not a magic pill, it might help lose weight but it might not. It probably will take away the head stuff though.
Sorry for such a long comment. I hope someone out there in my computer will understand.
Sarah, I've recently been diagnosed as having high blood sugar and being pre diabetic. My GP has basically said I need to lose weight, basically calories in, calories out and exercise, which I'm not able to do. I've researched high blood sugar and found out that this is what has caused me to put on weight, become pre diabetic, and basically without going into details have a number of health conditions that the GP hasn't even linked to the high blood sugar, which astounds me (though getting an appointment to talk to a qualified GP these days is all but impossible).
I have implemented a number of things in my diet and it has cleared up my cravings and I'm astounded I've not been told this by my GP. Firstly I suggest going and looking up high blood sugar, because excess sugar in the blood gets stored as fast, which I think in most people is why they overweight without even knowing why this is happening, even when they cut back on calories and try to eat more healthy. In YT channels like Glucose Revolution there are some simple "hacks" that I have implemented, savory breakfast, veggie starter before meeting meals, apple cider vinegar, that have caused me to lose 5kg in a matter of weeks. It's worth trying as I it could help you too.
I didn't need (or was even aware of) these jabs and I've cleared up my food cravings without them. I'm shocked at how either uncommunicative or ignorant our doctors are when it comes to diet and its effect on weight gain and development of conditions they must be seeing all the time these days. I feel big pharma is promising politicians they will solve all the problems, doctors only aware of pharmaceutical products and have no other tools, will mean a lot of unnecessary spending on these jabs, which I'm sure do have benefits and will be needed by some, to treat everyone with certain symptoms when they might not be needed.
Your story suggests that you have a very high density of glp/gip receptors, and have yet to reach the necessary saturation of receptor site agonism needed for significant weight loss. With Tirzepatide the dosages needed for significant weight loss depend entirely on the density of your glp/gip receptors. Some people start to shed weight quite fast at the starting dose of 2.5mg, others might need 10mg before weight loss really begins to kick in. Keep titrating up by 2.5mg every 4 weeks, and if needed take the full dose of 15mg eventually. Guaranteed after a year at most you will have shed at least 20% of your starting weight. Make sure you get enough protein, and do some resistance training 2x-3x a week to keep catabolism of muscle tissue to a minimum. Make sure you get enough fiber as well. Keep going with Tirzepatide, and you absolutely will lose weight. Adding small doses of Cagrilinitide can allow you to use lower amounts of Tirzepatide while maintaining weight loss.
"I was
diagnosed this year, at 60, with T2 diabetes, most likely as a result of lifelong obesity."
Type 2 diabetes is genetic. Your obesity was a symptom, not the cause of your insulin resistance, then diabetes. There are 400lb and 500lb people that NEVER get diabetes because they don't have the genetics for it. They even have A1Cs around 4.6.
Yeah, with a low-carb diet and exercise, maybe you could've forestalled the genetics. No one knows, so don't beat yourself up over it. Try walking 30 minutes everyday.
Brother, you are the perfect mix of honest, trustworthy opinions, with absolute hilarity!! I was laughing hysterically while learning! Thank you for this video! Your line about feeling like a weirdo trying to get onto a kids ride......omg.....GOLD!
I seriously love your delivery Mark - one of the few channels I wholeheartedly trust for advice.
Thank you - and to your continued success 👍🏼
“Food noise” is such a good way to describe what many people experience.
Thank you, Mark for this video. Exactly what I needed. I’m one of those people who know a lot and have tried slot but struggle with weight. What sold me to check these meds out was your commentary they helped you stop thinking about food. And if that could happen for me, well that is worth it!
Also on it, despite being a regular gym goer and runner I have struggled for YEARS with the food noise, and Mounjaro has quietened that right down. To explain it to my friends I say it's like a smoker suddenly not interested in cigarettes whereas before they would crave them. I will admit to some people not enjoying the fact I "use drugs" to help my weight, but in the end it's up to me and my supplier keeps in regular contact with my GP about it.
Wow this comment has made me want to consider it. I'm not obese, but I'm consistently 10-15 lbs higher than I want to be because I'm ALWAYS thinking about food unless I'm full and it's a constant struggle. If this drug quells the "food noise" as you put it, then I might actually see if I can be prescribed to try it out.
The humor is spot on! Thanks for the entertainment, Mark.
"Turning off food noise" - until I watched your video, I hadn't realised how much noise I was experiencing. I had already decided to try Mounjaro, but this extra benefit of "silence" made me actually excited to try it. Now, within a few days of taking mounjaro, the silence is such a relief! Being able to walk through the kitchen without having to say to myself "Stop looking at the fridge!!" is a life-changer.
this is one of your best videos to date coming from a long fan, wow!
I had the exact same experience. Have been on both Ozempic then Mounjaro now for about 1.5 years. Food "noise" is completely under control these days. You and I have the same eating issues, so it's nice to hear of your success. I think they should put it in the water. And some of the negative comments from people are just dumb. Food noise is a thing, and this controls that...who cares why scientifically, but it is a big help! If there was a shot that alcoholics could take to stop the need to drink, I think 99% of the alcoholics would take it. Why shouldn't eating be taken the same way. Kudos to you!
I thought I read that semaglutide also puts a dent in drinking habits?
I'm not a drinker so not sure about this one.
Interesting you mention that...many new trials using these same drugs to attempt to curb "appetites" for other things like drugs/alcohol/nicotine/sex/etc. Excited to see where it might go
They should put it in the water lol. Because fluoride is not tasty enough.
I can share my story, just because you didn’t ask for it. 😉☺️
I’m a former 10 hour Ironman, 1:19 half maraton and been in shape, trained more than 20 years.
I had for some years issues with my lungs after COVID.
In that time of two years, I gained 27 kilos and hotter 100,5 kilos and 174 cm low.
In Marts this year I was given the possibility to get Wegovy! It’s this best I ever done for myself. Calm in my brain, never stressed about food and my mind, body and everything is better and I’m now on pace back in shape, lost 24 kilos and saved tons of money, even with the high cost of the medication. My lungs got better in the beginning of the year so now I’m training my ass off.
And yes, this drug will only help you a little without training! But MASSIVE with training.
And a big fat FU to the food industry! I hope the side effects of calm brain, will be enough to let people have this in the future.
I had the idea of stopping when I hit my target, but decided that I will keep using it on the lowest dose for the rest of my life. 🙏🙏
2 time Ironman here too and on Semaglutide. I could not lose a pound and gained training. This stuff helped me lose 41 lbs. and I feel great.
Congratulations, that sounds amazing! It might not work on the lowest dose forever, unfortunately
So its turned you into a drug addict.
I've been overweight pretty much most of my life, I can't tell you how healing it is to hear people who have been fit and a healthy weight talk about their struggles with weight. So thank you.
I'm finally starting to get a handle on things, I had some success in recent years but then back slid not realising I was in peri menopause, on HRT since earlier this year and I have the energy and brain power to invest in myself. Not in a position to afford these solutions, but I'll keep at diet and exercise for now. Good on you.
@@leelaa219 Thank you very much. No it will not and it will not give you a fit body without training.
I started on the lowest doses and then build it up to the 1,0 and now I'm back on the lowest and are maintaining with one short every 14 days and not each week.
This have worked fantastic and the craving for food have not returned after lowering the dose. Because I'm now in a state where I don't have to loose weight, but just have to maintain the lifestyle and focus around training and food. Like I use to do before I gained all the Kilos.
I'm not a doctor, but this has been supervised with my doctor. And I will not recommend this for anyone, without the supervision from your doctor. But for me it's working.
I'm with you on this, Mark. Managed to get my body right over the last few years. It took discipline, sacrifice, sweat and tears to defeat my old habits and establish new ones. I still battle the urge to binge eat every day, but ensure I have healthier options to fill myself up on when the cravings strike. However, I appreciate that not everyone can find the time, energy or mental willpower and commitment to develop and stick to a plan. No issues with people using these new drugs to help on the way to weight loss, but we must ensure that patients are well-educated and understand the effects, whilst also attempting to complement the injections with some sort of activity and a balanced diet.
I've watched so many YT videos as part of my knowledge building. Very refreshing to find a relatable male specific and a Brit on YT talking about this so thanks! There are so few men giving their lived experience with this so props to you. Only 4 days in but I'm already feeling a significant change in my relationship with food, hope it continues 🦘
UA-cam inserted an Ozempic ad while watching this. Touché UA-cam Touché.
This was - in my opinion - by a land mile, your best video in a long while. That's not a criticism of your videos in general. This one was just that good. Now we - the Zwift people - will eagerly await your arrival in Cat A, as you drop weight, but still have the strength of your former size.
Please never change you fuzzy eater. :)
Another great video Mark. “Food noise” is now going to be a trending term on the internet. I’ve been following you from the early days and was able to initially lose 52kg through diet, exercise and “willpower”. But due to injury I put back on 35kg. And I’ve struggled to move the needle. But I’m now into month 2 of Wegovy (like the UK, in Australia it’s somewhat affordable). And the needle is moving. Not like magic, but it helps. Hopefully your video will help more people. Even if only to stop them jumping off a mountain dressed in a fancy moomoo.
As a user of these glp injections for some time now,this is the best most balanced view I've come across,my own experiences are almost identical to yours,my whole health situation is tenfold better these days as a result,longterm we will see,great content Mark,bravo 👌👌
Amazing video Mark, first video of yours i have watched and must say im impressed with the honest opinion and the slight hint at comedy works well! As someone who has used Wegovy (didn't work for me) and now using Mounjaro the information you are giving to people is really helpfull to know what to expect. you've gained a subscriber!
I was shocked when I read the title of this video, but your thought provoking commentary has made me reappraise my own cynicism of pharmaceuticals. Obesity is destroying humanity and we need a complex strategy to deal with it. Nice one, Mark.
Manduro is really good. I can't comment on the others, but it's stopped my wife binge eating. She's lost weight, which has allowed her to exercise more and have more confidence.
Obesity is only destroying The First World, people are still malnourished where I'm from.
Obesity is not destroying people...people are destroying people. They are suicidal. Suicide and drug-related deaths are thru the roof. If people don't kill themselves with obesity they will do it with recreational drugs, alcohol or something else. If you're too lazy and fat to live a meaningful life, you know what to do, and so does everyone else.
Effective? Yes. Safe? TBD
@@Ozzy1984_ she will be on it for life for obvious reasons. That's bad news mate.
I really enjoyed this video mate.
You’re very good at what you do 👏
Mark ... you describe my relationship with food perfectly. I used to be a long-distance cyclist. I used to eat what I liked. I used to be in good shape. ..... I stopped cycling .. You fill in the rest.
The NHS really needs to consider this as a "cure" because obesity is killing the NHS along with its patients.
Such a refreshingly rational take Mark. I am lucky that I have never had to consider this sort of intervention to regulate my body mass. However, I will not understand those that demonise others for using it. I think the psychological/compulsion factor is completely overlooked by those criticising its use. I have an hereditary defect that means I suffer from semi-regular severe migraines, some bouts lasting days. And if someone told me taking meds to aid that was the ‘easy way out’ I could tell immediately that they have never been close to being in that same position.
I was prescribed Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes, and your experience was pretty much the exact same as mine. Fast forward a little more than a year later, and I'm down nearly 120 pounds (54.4 kg) from where I was when I started.
"Food noise" is the perfect description - great video.
I was first put on Ozempic 2 years ago because I was pre-diabetic. Being overweight as well, I was told it should help with that, too, but that wasn't the focus. I never felt ill, nor any other of the listed side effects other than diarrhoea when I ate too many carbs or sugar (which I had to avoid as a pre-diabetic anyway). If I ate properly, there was no detrimental side effects at all.
I stopped thinking about food. Missing a meal was nothing, I was hardly hungry at all, and I didn't want much when I ate. After 3 months, I had lost 15kg ( 33lbs).
Then the Ozempic hysteria started, and it became increasingly difficult to get my prescription filled because they couldn't make it quickly enough. In the next year I only had it for 4 non-consecutive months. I regained 5kg (10lbs). I have had it for almost a whole year since then, and my weight hasn't changed. Although I am no longer pre-diabetic, my GP wants me to continue with it.
While I still suffer if I eat too many carbs or sugar, I have not felt the benefits I did when I first took Ozempic- my appetite returned, and I lost no more weight. It was like that original bubble was popped when I had to stop taking it. As a weight loss drug, it isn't the golden ticket some hope it is- it still takes self control and effort, and even then might not do what you want it to do. As a drug to help pre-diabetics, it is wonderful.
Yea, you build tolerance to it. I found that if I did a few fasting periods while on it really helps restart the process.
That sounds terrible so every time you eat the things you crave you get the shits I find that very worrying
@@josephbarker6608 It's really just the common sense approach we should all have for food. A little of something sweet is OK, some carbs are ok, just don't have too much and you'll be fine, but then we shouldn't be having too much anyway.
This video has made me think. I've been on a weight loss/fitness journey for 3 years now and have lost around 80kg. The past 4 months the brain willpower you mention so well is taking over like a rampant teenager and I've been up and down fighting it constantly. Thinking these jabs might help in at least quietening that bit of the brain for a few months. Particularly with Xmas approaching and I'll happily destroy 3 tins of celebrations..
I have never has a Xmas in all my years where I did not go nuts on food at some point (and hated doing so) .... be interesting this year.
I never knew what “food noise” was and just thought everyone struggled with it. Since taking tirzepatide (generic version of Monjauro) I feel “normal”. My blood sugar was up and down due to long term steroid use and is now completely normal. It is a miracle drug in my opinion and will save lives and a lot of money.
Amen mister. I managed going from obese level 3 to obese level 1 (30 kilos) without external aid but it is a struggle just like you described. My sister couldn't handle the struggle and got a gastric sleeve done, lost the same amount of weight in 3 months that took me 2 years to achieve but she is Happy maybe for the first time in her life. I don't care if people think it's a short-cut. She found a solution that worked for her and thankfully surgery went great. Mentally she is ways to go but so am I with my daily struggle. Different people, different solutions. If the end game is to stay on this side of the dirt without hurting others in the process, it's a win.
Gastric sleeves aren't a golden ticket either.
I found that when I ate a very low carb/primarily meat based diet and stopped eating breakfast the "food noise" for me calmed down dramatically. Then autumn happened, and I now crave cozy nights in drinking cider and eating chocolate. The "food noise" is constant now and I'm struggling to get back to where I was. But I know it can be done!
Spot on. Yo yo’d for the last 50 years. Unable to understand why I had the relationship with food I had. I’m 7 months on Mounjaro. Lost 87lbs. I now know how ‘normal’ people see and deal with food. I now eat to live not live to eat. And now I’ve lost the weight I can exercise more and am loving it. It’s such a relief no longer thinking about food. Great video.
Fantastic review and honesty as always Mark. The very simple version is that once you stop the effect stops. You go back to precisely the place you were when you started. No better no worse. There are no long term impacts on behaviour. The one big difference is that it's possibly a little bit easier to start managing weight when you're feeling good about yourself than when you're not...
Kudos for a UA-camr that says "screw for public opinion", and means it. Have fun with all morons and trolls that are headed your way
I’m 50 years old, I gave up worrying about trolls when I was 10 😂.
"Feeling smug will not deal with your concussion" brilliant.
I've been cycling 6-9h/wk the whole year and haven't lost a gram. So I counted my calories for ten days (hated it so much) but learnt a lot. I can eat 3300 cal in a day thinking I barely had any food. In the last few weeks I've lost a kilo or two, maybe 3, I'm at my lightest in at least two years, I'd say. Protein and vegetables. Marinated chicken breast with any veggies, including carrots, bell peppers (ie the sexy/ sweet ones, rather than just broccoli). If you eat a lot of that, you leave a lot less room for carbs and higher caloric density food. And so, it does work. Obviously, mix it up a bit, but I can attest that marinating 1kg of chicken breasts at a time and eating 2 or 3 times per day takes very little prep, tastes quite nice, and helps lose weight. At least it's working for me. I'm stating the obvious, but it really does work :) and it's not a jab!
That is great if it works for you. However, I compare food noise to alcoholism. I can’t understand why someone drinks when it clearly is destroying their life and yet….it is no different with food noise and disordered eating. Monjauro affects the chemicals in the brain that has to do with being hungry (or not) and that to me is the miracle that will help people with disordered eating get healthier and live a long healthy life.
I have had a weight battle all my life - I have had periods of being very fit and lean. Chronic stress is my nemesis- I to eat cookies whilst feeling bad about eating cookies. I know what I need to do to loose weight and be healthy - and yet the harder I try the worse it gets. I like this content - am giving it a try, if nothing more than to loose weight, so I am no so exhausted, so I can improve my lifestyle and reset. If this helps do that then I am happy.
Never seen one of your videos before and genuinely burst out laughing on a few occasionas at your dry sense of humour. Brilliant
You totally nailed it. My sister and I are on 0,25 Wegovy (month 3) and the sense of balance, the lack of "food noise" and the feeling of clear-headed wellbeing is amazing. We are also staying on minumum dosage until we feel like going "up a notch". Coincidentally had a zoom meeting with my doctor today who said my blood test after three months showing amazing improvement. Good luck to you. Enjoy the change.
Do you envisage staying on it long term? Or would there be a point where you'd stop once you felt that you'd reached a goal weight or made sufficient lifestyle changes? Im considering it but primarily as a way to get started without all the food noise I experience on a day to day basis.
@@jonh1958 Both my sister and I would like to do about 12 months. We both have no side-effects. I read on a few websites, that most people do between a year and two years. I only have 6 KG to go to my goal weight.... so it could be shorter if I feel like it. The calming psychological effect is great. Wishing you every success.
@@1968Christiaan how much have you lost over the 3 months at 0.25mg?
The "eat less, move more" is the fitness industry's equivalent of stop buying coffee and avocado toast to save for a house. Our food system is broken. The rise and normalisation of upf and lack of healthy but cheap food, especially when eating out, has brought us to this point. If this works until governments do something to ensure a healthier food system, it seems like a good option.
I agree. However, on a corporate level there's no incentive to sort this out. Processed food companies are happy making money from obese people and pharmaceutical companies are happy making money from these drugs. If we sorted out the actual food system both would lose money as people naturally become healthier. And these are the companies that lobby governments and fund nutrition "science" studies.
Food has never been cheaper, or more abundant. Healthy food is everywhere and education and information about food has never been more ubiquitous. Same with exercise. It's the same with saving money, there are no short cuts or quick fixes....or maybe there is now. We'll see.
@@FoobsTon it's not about money or education for most people, although having neither obviously wouldn't help. Processed food is abundant and addictive. When you add in issues such as poor mental health that drive addictive behaviour combined with cheap processed food that's addictive anyway and designed to not trigger your natural GLP hormones that's a recipe for disaster. Processed food is simply the "drug" of choice closely followed by alcohol.
This quick fix might help weight and weight related illness but it's not going to fix why people had a food addiction in the first place and, imo, people using it long term without fixing their underlying issues are likely to find another addiction to fill that void instead.
@FoobsTon yes food has never been cheaper or more abundant but it's garbage food. I believe Americans and British get 60% of their calories from upf. You go into a supermarket and it's an ocean of crap. Want to eat out for lunch, Greggs, McDonald's, chippies, subway etc occupy the streets. There are hardly any places that sell fresh healthy food and if they do you're probably saying goodbye to £10 whereas a tesco meal deal is £3.40. And information is ubiquitous but it's contradictory. Rubbish like the carnivore diet has gained massive popularity the last few years. Basically the only way to eat truly healthy is to cook from scratch which for the majority is impossible on a regular basis.
Same with financial matters. Just because there is easier access to information doesn't negate ridiculous house prices, criminal energy costs and food inflation.
Your comment comes across as, "well I've managed it so other people just have to put in the work" but that isn't how society and people work. You give people the option of driving their cars as fast or as slow as they want and they'll probably go as fast as possible and cause a lot of accidents or you enforce speed limits, reduce accidents/fatalities, reduce noise pollution etc. If cities are made safer and nicer for pedestrians/cyclists then more people do that. Our societies do not encourage good habits when it comes to food. We have to actively go against it in order to be healthy.
13:20 wtf you didn't play the crossfit clip? the hell am I even subscribed for 😂
I like to keep people guessing 😂
I mean… the regulars saw it in their heads anyway 😂
@@toastmctoastexactly!
As someone with AFRID/ constant no food noise, and oops forgot dinner or did I?, it was really educational to hear the opposite mental struggle. These drugs are life changing in a mental health way. I wish you the best in your new mindset.
New subscriber, for the strength training and good jokes.
So happy to hear this has worked for you! I’ve heard a lot about it reducing food noise and as someone who hasn’t experienced that it sounds beyond overwhelming. I hope this continues to be studied as a treatment option for those struggling with BED
Good question Mark. My biggest issue is the education behind why people are getting fat in the first place. If you just give people a magic solution without understanding how your body works it means people will just have to constantly take this stuff
@@martinshields7122 agree for many people they should be getting this alongside education and gym membership. But they aren’t even receptive to those options until the food noises turned off.
@@MarkLewisfitness My issue with this line of argument is that you had that education and gym membership before this and you still struggled to find a sustainably healthy relationship with food. This drug removes the food noise which gives you that healthy relationship, but is that sustainable? Do you take this low dose forever? Or when you stop taking it does the noise just come back.
@@5kribbleswife has a doctor who just put himself on it. Yes in theory you gotta take it forever. They is likely preferable to obesity, if one decides those are the only two options.
Having a healthy relationship with food is *very* difficult in our world, as I also believe the majority of us are naturally prone, biologically, to be overweight. I can only control mine through tricks and denial of gratification; I am simply not able to maintain a healthy weight without quite often feeling hungry.
I think there are certainly people who don't have a lot of education about food or are lacking common sense. But let's be honest, overweight people who do care about it and want to change that, often educate themself, at the latest when diet number 4 or 5 are failing.
I know a lot about food, I still went to a studied nutritionist and there is not a lot to do for them. We are working on incorporating more calcium in my meals at the moment but I don't eat "bad" and nothing in my diet needs to change. I even eat intiinflammatory and without getting spikes in bloodsugar that could lead to hunger later on.
And while knowing all of this, knowing my calories, doing sports and actually wanting to lose weight and willing to put in the work. It's not happening because the food noise. I have phases without food noise and I behave completely different. It's soooo nice and then it's hard for me to understand myself why I've ever struggled because it's so easy. But then it comes back full force.
But no psycho therapist, no nutritionist and no physician can tell me why or what to do about it. There is still so much more to obesity we don't understand at this point in time.
We just know that semaglutide reduces food noise but not why. And that "why" seems to be the important part to figure out for the future and maybe there is a better, easier or less risky solution to keep that in check.
@@MarkLewisfitnessthing is you have the education yet still struggle with the cravings. Like you said, what good is willpower when the same brain demands indulgence? Education means nothing if at the end of the day we are just meat puppets subject to the feel-good sparky-sparks that shoot off in our brains when we do what it tells us to.
Love this video... I started Mounjaro Feb 28th and I'm now 61lbs down, with 10ish more to go.
I have a demanding job, where I travel across europe a lot. I have weight trained for years. I had a coach - I had a lot of body recomp, but the weight would not drop & I had to be so strict with food. As soon as a travel trip happened I was up 3-4lbs for 2-3weeks (1 step fwd, 2 back).
This has been the ONLY thing that has helped me control my hunger, reduce my cravings, and stop eating when I'm full. Food is not even a thought!
After losing and gaining the same 30lbs for 2 decades (WW, SW, Keto, Fasting), I had to get out of my own way, say F the notion it's cheating and give it a go!
It's great to see videos like yours and James' removing the stigma 🎉
You were overweight when you started to take it ? Because I want to lose 10lbs but I am worried to take it
@@onaraider2007 yes I was. I am 5"6 and was 223lbs - technically obese, so qualified for the medication. I had a lot to lose!
@@delcinayoung7245 do you think it is safe for people who are not obese !
@@delcinayoung7245you were a lazy one. At least admit it. You can have a coach and do all sorts of diets but with no discipline you'll binge after a few days.
Started in April. Perfect BMI, skipping about in my skinny jeans, so much energy at 65. 😂🎉
Excellent video Mark. I'm personally still in the won't touch the stuff camp but I am glad it worked for you. A follow up video when you stop taking the jab would be very interesting to see if the mindset shift sticks or if you just gain all the weight back. I am glad the drug is available at a reasonable price for those who want to take it. Cheers!
It truly is a game changer along with choosing healthy foods and still exercising regularly. I was gestational diabetic with both of my pregnancies, prediabetic for the last 30 years even doing keto and carnivore. Been obese for 30 years despite giving it my all literally...The relief from food noise was astonishing and just so so freaking amazing. I'm in the US and had to switch from Mounjaro to a compound Tirzepatide because I can't afford the name brand. This is my 2nd week on it and I'm not sure if its working as good as actual Mounjaro but taking it for now praying things will change here in the US eventually. Thanks for this video. Great analogies and so true!
Very interesting and honest. I've been on the low dose for a month to help reduce my weight and improve my type 2 diabetes.
I'm astounded by how much it has reduced my cravings for chocolate and food in general. I actually put on 5 lbs the 1st 2 weeks which it seems was fluid retention but from day one my daily glucose readings have dropped by approx a third and I feel so much better. Your summary was really accurate about the lack of negative side effects too. Well done for discussing a tricky subject but one that needs to be highlighted.
I struggle with the same thing. During the day I have almost no problem of containing myself to eat normally. But as soon as my wife goes to bed my mind switches to daemon mode, and I HAVE to eat for some reason. Even if I'm not hungry at all. I've already lost 70kg by stopping eating and getting fit again. I'm still fit (I cycle 10-12 hrs a week for about 300-350km), but the urge to eat means that whenever I don't cycle (when I get the flu or whatever), I gain weight like crazy. When I do cycle it's just enough to keep somewhat stable, but at the intensity and amount I train I really should be losing weight when on a normal eating pattern.
The only thing that so far has stopped me from going to my GP to ask about this stuff is that I'm reading things that it will also affect the lean muscle mass, and losing muscle mass is just the thing I don't really want to lose. I wonder how your experience is with taking Mounjaro and your weight lifting or just muscle endurance when cycling or running.
you'll loose muscle mass along with fat doing usual calorie deficit diet, it's exactly the same. Training will help in both instances, don't worry about it, there's plenty of bodybuilders using it for shredding
Do you eat enough fatty meats and salts?
Great video! My college age daughter gained 50 pounds at college, within about 6 months. Everyone gave her a hard time and told her to stop pigging out. It took months of me making her go to doctor after doctor, chasing it down in an ineffective medical system (yes, USA), to discover she has PCOS, a metabolic disorder. (It actually has nothing to do with ovaries btw, don’t get me started on that misnomer!) So no, it wasn’t beer and pizza, it was a chronic disease. Wegovy is literally made for her disorder, and yet she’s afraid to take it, not because of possible side effects, but because “what will people think?” She’s seen 2 girls at school have people snicker behind their backs for losing weight so fast so they must be “cheating with Ozempic.” I would love if people would wake up and realize these drugs are not just for diabetes. They are for METABOLIC DISORDERS. God forbid we let these millions of people have a very standard level of pharmaceutical help without gallons of shame.
I don't feel like people are shaming those taking these drugs if they have a medical condition that warrants it. The fact is that a huge amount of the people taking it are lazy people who just want to be "skinny".
I lost weight by googling what US grocery products are illegal in Europe, it was 20% of the stores products but 80% of the items I would purchase.
Holy crap. This is an amazing video. Especially You knowing how loud the 'food noises' can get, especially on a long diet. Praises to You!
My opinion on these drugs has completely changed since watching this video, I guess I'd never really thought about it and just believed what I'd seen. Thanks for being so open and honest, and all the best!
Typically I feel like you are speaking to me directly through the lens. But to actually name-drop me "Chubby Bob" is just a step too far.
The real issue is turning off hunger is a bit tricky - if you eat an unbalanced meal, you'll be full, but not have the vitamins and minerals you need to live. So this is a great drug, but if anything you need to be more MINDFUL about what you eat to be sure you're loosing weight, but not getting scurvy.... thanks for the vid Mark, insightful as always.
What is the prevalence of scurvy in modern western society? I’ve never heard or seen any report of it.
@@davidr1431 unless you only eat chicken when carnivore, or only eat bread when "omnivore" / vegan, you aren't very likely to get it. I do agree with @Dom-De though, if you eat less, you need to be more mindful that you are eating nutrition dense foods like ruminant meats or eggs
Isn’t it amazing that the food industry makes us become addicted to to eating 💩 and that the pharmaceutical industry has a “solution”???
Indeed - but what's the choice? The food industry won't change.
@@MarkLewisfitness people's choice.. Eat healthy
@@nickolassnielsen right, but they aren’t and it is costing billions. So what is your actual solution that has a genuine chance of success?
No, it's not amazing
@@MarkLewisfitness There's not just one answer to that question. That would be too easy right? :) I was well overweight at the age of 16 and lost 20kg doing sports, changing my eating habits and most importantly (for me) taking care of the real problem. My mindset. Taking care of only one of these aspects did not work for me.
Finding the trigger of bad eating habits is key. Like any addiction it might be psychological, physical, dietary,, etc