70 lbs Down on Weight Loss Drug!!!! Dietitian Reviews Samantha Jo’s Zepbound Diet
okay why is nobody talking about this super common
side effect from weight loss hey everyone I'm Abby sharp welcome back to aby's Kitchen today we're
going to be looking at influencer Samantha Joe's experience with losing 70 lbs on the weight loss
drug zap bound and we're going to be doing a deep dive into the reality of weight loss The Good
the Bad and the Ugly but before we get started don't forget to check out my description for my
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we will be discussing weight loss drugs side effects and weight stigma so please let's keep
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background here so Samantha has talked a lot about her struggles with binge eating and weight cycling
and before losing the weight on Zep bound she was hovering around 300 lb now I have shared my take
on weight loss drugs like Zep bound and the more popular OIC and monjaro in this video but to
briefly recap Zep bound works by lowering blood sugars and mimicking naturally occurring hormones
that help make you feel full and of course since you feel less hungry you eat less and you lose
weight and in Samantha's case it actually can be quite a lot of weight so as you guys know I don't
push weight loss drugs like OIC or Zep bound and I am very concerned about their misuse but I'm
also not against them for two very important reasons one I don't believe in censoring science
and there is a lot of research to show that weight loss for some people can help to improve a number
of Health markers so things like lipid profiles insulin sensitivity inflammatory markers and
endothelial function all of which can decrease your long-term risk of chronic disease and second
I believe in body autonomy and in meeting people where they are and for some people weight loss is
both desired for whatever reason that is not our business and or very likely to improve their
quality of life these choices are ultimately between the individual and their healthc care
team it's really not for us to lay judgment on and for Sam for example the the decision to
start Weight Loss drugs might have stemmed from experiences like this felt like I was suffocating
in my body I don't know how to explain to you how uncomfortable I was every day I had no energy I
was being so mean to myself because of how I was treating my body I am not in a place where if I
wanted to start a family I could I've never been delusional about the fact that I could quite
literally die because I'm obese but I've never lied to myself about that and I think people think
it's a touchy subject and for some people maybe is but for me it's not what I'm hearing here is
physical discomfort fear of not having a full life which in Sam's case includes motherhood and
a fear of death like I don't care how invested you may be in like the body positivity movement
you cannot argue that those are absolutely valid reasons for somebody wanting to change their body
but that wasn't all of Sam's hopes for starting on these drugs another very valid and common reason
for trialing a gp1 Agonist like this versus just going on another diet is to reduce what we've
basically collectively called food noise now there's no consensus definition for food noise
but what Samantha describes is really on par with the experiences of many others who have found
success on glp agonists including my friend and colleague Ginger take a listen my entire
adult life and maybe a chunk of my teen years my world has revolved around food but I woke up
thought about food as I was thinking about my breakfast I was thinking about my lunch and my
dinner and every moment of the day was taken up by food so food noise is generally regarded as the
constant thoughts or reoccurring ruminations about food that ultimately can contribute to overeating
and obesity obviously thinking about eating when you're hungry is important and normal but when it
displaces other important thoughts as we are often seeing specifically in folks with obesity who have
not had success on diets in the past it obviously severely impacts quality of life research in
this area is still mounting but we do know that the brain reward pathways are neurologically
stronger and Amplified in some larger-bodied folks it's also thought that excessive food
noise may be related to a disconnect in the communication between the brain gut access so this
might be due to differences in the gut microbiome as we discussed in this video but things like
excess stress and poor sleep metabolic syndrome and PCOS genetics and certain medications like
anti-depressants and anti-yo may also contribute to the imbalance now I'm not Samantha's therapist
obviously but in this video she does describe experiencing childhood trauma which not only is
a severe form of stress but has also been shown to increase the risk of disordered eating we as
humans are just innately designed to seek comfort from triggering experiences and from the early
days of like a babe on the boob food is really one of our earliest forms of comfort so eating
for comfort is absolutely normal I don't want people to think that it's not but when it
becomes the only tool in the toolbox it can quickly escalate to that incessant food noise
so one of the unexpected potential benefits of weight loss drugs like these is in quieting
that food noise largely by improving satiety making people feel less enamored by food and by
affecting dopamine Pathways that make food feel rewarding and this isn't just about the weight
loss quieting food noise may open up space in your life and your brain to focus on other acts
of self-care like healing from trauma I'm really focusing on healing my relationship with food and
just healing my brain and my mind and that's been so much easier since not having the food noise I
had no idea how quiet your mind could be without the food noise that's one of the biggest things
this medicine has fixed for me and has freed me from is food noise this is all great like this is
huge and in many ways so much more important than the immediate weight loss because when your mental
health is in a better place your weight is just more likely to be able to fall into its happiest
healthiest place but here's the big question can you practice intutive eating while on weight loss
medications well buckle up because this could be controversial this medicine is helping me learn
how to intuitively eat cuz I've always known that I'm not going to be someone who can follow a diet
for the rest of my life like that isn't realistic I want to get to a point where I want to make
healthier choices but I don't feel guilty wanting Pizza like I don't feel guilty eating in quotes
bad foods because I'm eating them in moderation that's not my diet 24/7 I love this goal like
ultimately intuitive eating as it was originally intended is not a weight loss diet in fact it's
more accurately described as anti-diet culture so can taking weight loss meds coincide with the
principles of intuitive eating if you ask me I would say that the answer is not black and white
like on the one hand we know these weight loss medications can improve the long-term physical
and clearly mental health of many individuals when used appropriately but we've also seen rumors
of already slim celebrities abusing OIC to help them lose weight fast perpetuating dangerous body
image ideals and feeding into diet culture I do think that correcting that food noise may be a
very important first step for a lot of people in starting to kind of experience more normal hunger
and fullness signals while also approaching food without judgment or shame so while a drug like
this does run the risk of co-opting the original intuitive eating framework I do believe that
we can take from the 10 principles of intuitive eating what works for us at different times in
our lives ultimately whether or not OIC can fit into one's intuitive eating or perhaps more
accurately food Freedom Journey comes down to intention and outcome on quality of life and that
is really only something that each individual can determine but from what we've seen here the
results that have nothing to do with weight loss have been nothing short of amazing overall I
just have way more energy I don't crash before I would get headaches every time I would eat I would
crash severely which being pre-diabetic that was probably my blood sugar for the most part I have
way more stable energy throughout the day now this is amazing to hear and it totally makes sense
since the active ingredient in Zep bound tier zepeti is a gp1 and Gip Agonist which increases
insulin secretion this then lowers our blood sugar levels improves insulin resistance and
stabilizes blood sugar and energy levels over time my periods have become much much much more
regular almost to the date which I have not had since high school but one of the main reasons
I wanted to to lose weight was because of my PCOS if I see myself starting a family in the
next couple years well in a couple of years I want my body to be in a place that it can have a
baby okay so this is super interesting stuff and it really deserves a whole other video but there
has been a lot of recent talk about weight loss drugs and improved fertility it is possible
that there are some potential interactions of these drugs with oral contraception due to the
effect that it has on like hormone absorption in your Je eye tract but the more likely player
in Samantha situation is how PCOS symptoms are affected by weight loss and better blood sugar
management I got a whole video coming up about PCOS and weight loss so definitely stay tuned for
that but in short weight gain and PCOS symptoms are a bit of like a chicken the egg situation
basically PCOS increases Androgen hormones like testosterone which can then increase insulin
resistance and insulin resistance can increase fat storage and make weight loss a lot more difficult
but then on the flip side Having excess body fat especially that visceral belly fat can interfere
with insulin signaling which then worsens insulin resistance it is a vicious cycle that needs to
be nipped in the bud and a drug like OIC or Zep bound may help do just that since research does
suggest that fat loss may help to improve ovul a likely by reducing inflammation and androgen
hormones and improving insulin sensitivity and the reproductive hormone singling so if Zep bound
helps improve ovulation and cycle regularity it may also increase the chances of pregnancy
in the future for somebody like Sam and as an infertility Mom myself I feel like this
would be a major perk of the drug but also as somebody with thin privilege there are just so
many other experiences that I take for granted that Sam's weight loss may make possible for
her another little thing that has just brought my mind so much piece for some reason is a lot
of weight limits for things like Paras sailing skydiving I wouldn't do either of those is 250
lbs just knowing that there were certain things I couldn't do because my weight just is not a
great feeling now that I'm under 250 lbs like I know the number does not matter I want to keep
reiterating but now that I'm under that I have so much more peace knowing that if someone were
to invite me to do something I could say yes you know the world is obviously built for thin
people right from seat bels and airplane seats to skydiving and like amusement parks there are
so many activities that are restricted for folks in larger bodies and obviously this is a social
problem this is not an individual problem and we do need to be better at building more size
inclusive experience experiences but obviously that's not an overnight fix and for now I just
imagine that it must feel like the whole world has opened up to Sam now that she's at a lower
body weight including a world that is a hell of a lot more kind people are starting to be nicer
to me I'm getting treated different I don't think we should be treating people differently based on
their weight and to start to see the difference in the way people talk about me leave comments
about me Al get way less hate comments from men my engagement on Instagram has skyrocketed I
think it just shows that Society favors thin people when you lose weight one unfortunate
reality is that people are just generally going to treat you better like healthcare is a big
example here where one study showed that doctors generally labeled overweight or obese patients
as a bigger waste of time compared to their thin patients didto for the workplace and basically
everyone else in your life and at first this might seem like a perk to someone who's just lost
a lot of weight but recalling your past treatment under the social assumption that you know you're
lazy or incompetent or non-compliant I can just imagine the fear and anxiety that one would have
over what would happen if you were to gain that weight back like respect work opportunities
Rel relationships all of that could be taken away just as easily as they were granted like it's
crippling not to mention research has shown that the stress associated with weight stigma often
decreases the likelihood of long-term weight loss while it increases the risk of depression
disordered eating and other mental health issues If people really cared about fat People's Health
they would be kind and empathe atic regardless of their size knowing that perpetuating the
stigma would actually make things worse you know I have never lived in a larger body and
therefore I really can't identify with any of the hardships that Sam has just described outside
of the infertility and the painful desire to want to be a mom and not know if that was going to
happen but I hear stories like Sam's all the time and while a lot of people particularly already
thin people are very quick to judge others for using a weight loss drug as like an easy way out
this attitude just reinforces a cycle of Shame and an assumption that no matter what they try or
do they will not be enough so here's just another quick reminder please please be kind guys in the
comments for sure but also in the real world you don't know someone's story and you also don't
know the potential harm a seemingly innocent comment can do and on that note definitely make
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and I will see you next time on Abby's kitchen bye
