Comment by phil21

Unfortunately it didn’t. Seems to have actually emboldened the “CICO isn’t a thing” crowd even more.

The amount of woo-woo “science” in laymen communities on the subject is utterly astounding considering the evidence directly in front of them. Check out the various subreddits for a casual glimpse - anyone saying stuff like “the primary method of action is eating less” is downvoted and the woo woo “metabolism” or “hormones” stuff is upvoted and celebrated.

In the end I think there is a lot of weird guilt around overeating I never really understood existed before. I lost 100lbs using Mounjaro but never once thought it was anything other than me eating too much and moving too little while I was obese. It’s just a lot of damn work and willpower for me to change that. Tirzepatide was simply a performance enhancing drug for my diet that finally put me over escape velocity to make lifestyle changes that so far have stuck for a couple years now.