Jun 15, 2026 · 29 min · 11 segments
GLP-1s are often talked about as appetite suppressants. But I think that's only part of the story. Because for some people, these medications aren't suppressing an appetite at all—they're helping…
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Now, there are different words that you can use to describe that, and I think part of it is gonna be what is the lived experience of the human who is taking that med, because it is different, because GLP-1s do not impact everyone the same.
I, as we all do, know many people on GLP-1s, and I have had very in-depth conversations with them between clients, family, and friends, and what they talk about being their personal experience is drastically different between each other, so it is not universal.
It reduces my appetite." Um, but I think what's interesting here is the concept between regulating your appetite and suppressing your appetite And what a GLP-1 is doing for you, what you want it to do for you, and how you are responding to what you're experiencing, right? So here's what I mean.
For people, and again, I, I talked about this in last week's episode, but these drugs, the ones that are approved for weight loss, were developed for people who have obesity, right? They have not been researched.
They were not developed for people who are wanting to lose five, 10, 15 pounds.
That is a statement of scientific fact, okay? You might not like that, but that is, that is true.
And so the idea is that people who struggle with obesity often have an appetite that feels insatiable, that feels uncontrollable, that no matter how much they eat, it's never enough, right? There is a biological mechanism that is driving that, right? There are hunger h- there are hormones that trigger hunger.
Now, there are different words that you can use to describe that, and I think part of it is gonna be what is the lived experience of the human who is taking that med, because it is different, because GLP-1s do not impact everyone the same.
I, as we all do, know many people on GLP-1s, and I have had very in-depth conversations with them between clients, family, and friends, and what they talk about being their personal experience is drastically different between each other, so it is not universal.
It reduces my appetite." Um, but I think what's interesting here is the concept between regulating your appetite and suppressing your appetite And what a GLP-1 is doing for you, what you want it to do for you, and how you are responding to what you're experiencing, right? So here's what I mean.
For people, and again, I, I talked about this in last week's episode, but these drugs, the ones that are approved for weight loss, were developed for people who have obesity, right? They have not been researched.
They were not developed for people who are wanting to lose five, 10, 15 pounds.
That is a statement of scientific fact, okay? You might not like that, but that is, that is true.
And so the idea is that people who struggle with obesity often have an appetite that feels insatiable, that feels uncontrollable, that no matter how much they eat, it's never enough, right? There is a biological mechanism that is driving that, right? There are hunger h- there are hormones that trigger hunger.
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