I've been on Zepbound for 5 weeks now and it's basically a miracle drug as far as I'm concerned. Food still tastes good, but the urge is gone. It's like going from being a sex addict to someone with very low sex drive.<p>It's not just the lack of hunger, but I don't get hangry, which was an even bigger problem than resisting the food. I'd get legitimately obsessive about the stupidest little things, to where I'd jeopardize my job and every relationship in my life if I kept going that way.<p>I knew things were different when I ate two pieces of pizza and then the box sat there in front of me for hours w/o me even thinking about it. Normally as soon as I knew everyone else had their fill, I would have finished the two pieces left in the box. If I tried to resist, the pizza would be calling me from inside the box every 5 seconds. It would be like a crack addict sitting there looking at a loaded crack pipe for 2 hours and not taking a hit.<p>Another moment was when I got the "I'm full, I don't want to finish this" message from my stomach while eating a small cakepop. I've gotten that feeling before from eating too much meat, like at a Brazilian steakhouse, but <i>never</i> from anything sweet and carby. Just knowing this is how some people live has been a huge eye-opener for me. I totally get the whole ectomorph/endomorph thing now.<p>So far I've lost 10 lbs. I make sure to get plenty of protein and have to force myself to eat sometimes. I try to eat more early in the week when I do my hardest workouts. I'm still lifting the same amount. I haven't gone up, but I haven't gone down, which is great.<p>I workout 4x a week and also walk/hike 20-30 miles/week. I'm 6'1, 240 lbs, large frame. I've been on a diet basically my whole adult life, except for when I start a new job, in which I always gain weight because I don't want to be hangry and I put the job first. Then I spend the rest of the tenure at that job trying to lose it.<p>For years, I've had zero unhealthy food in the house, and my biggest cheat has been an occasional breakfast burrito, or a medium sandwich and some ice cream after a long walk. That's been enough to not gain weight, but not enough to lose any more than 5-10 lbs, which I gain back over the holidays every year.<p>Anyway that's just my story. I suspect I'm a pretty big outlier in the amount of exercise I get and the habits I already had. I have enough in my HSA to afford about a year. I'm hoping to lose a bunch, snap back the usual 10 lbs or so, then stabilize.