After years of not getting a physical (out of laziness and the fear “they will just tell me to lose weight and eat broccoli”), I finally got a physical last October.
I knew I had gained a lot of weight but seeing “373lbs” on the scale gave me a profound shock. I had fastidiously avoided weighing myself for years… in that moment I decided something had to change. My doctor (actually a great NP) gave me the usual speech “you should lose some weight” but to her credit she also suggested that a GLP-1 agonist could help.
Being an engineer I started reading everything I could and looking for tools to help me that day. I started counting calories and living at a 500-1000 calorie deficit the next day. I almost immediately started losing weight. Getting the Zepbound subscription took a few more weeks.
For me the calorie deficit and focus on getting lots of protein is the trick. This obviously requires some willpower but that is where Zepbound came in and took away a lot of “food noise”.
It’s really not *that* hard, decide you will stick to what the tracking app tells you (I use MacroFactor), weigh yourself every day and track with a tool like Happy Scale.
For me this has been spectacularly successful but of course the trick will be to keep the weight off.
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About Gunnar
Gunnar is 53. He lost about 170 pounds, trains in a garage gym, and writes DadStrengthDaily from personal experience, citing primary sources where he can. He also moderates r/ProactiveHealth. He is not a doctor, and nothing here is medical advice. Talk to your own doctor before acting on anything, especially GLP-1s, TRT, blood pressure, sleep apnea, and cancer screening.