Ive been on Zepbound for 13 months and literally within 5 hours of my 1st dose the food noise was gone. Like many, I had no idea it was there until it was gone. I really just thought thin people had more willpower. Im 126lbs down and still going and the mental peace is worth more than anything!!
This makes total sense to me. It’s quieted the food noise so much for me that it’s hard for me to cook dinner or find the want to grocery shop etc. I used to never be able to not buy candy. I’ve been on Zepbound now for almost 10 months and I’ve lost 67 pds. And I can count on one hand the times I’ve eaten apiece of candy. Less than 5 times. But I can also tell you as soon as I’m on my sixth day and on the 7th day to my next dose my candy thoughts are already coming back. Kind of scary knowing I’m approaching my goal weight and that noise is still there in background ready to come back when Zepbound wears off.
This part Michelle, agree 100%. I haven't noticed increased cravings when it's close to my next dose time. I'll pay more attention. I sure don't want to go back to white knuckling through food cravings. The peace in my brain around food is worth staying on the meds.
I started on Semaglutide, March 2023 and then Tirzepatide once it was approved for weight loss. Back then all I was told is that it would help me feel fuller longer helping to lose weight. I had been morbidly obese my entire adult life (38 years), but had decided not to do gastric bypass because I knew that my cravings were not in my digestive system, but rather in my head and surgery wouldn't cure that. I don't remember the exact moment when I realised I no longer thought constantly about food, however it was early on. At a point I told my husband who's never had a weight issue, "Is this what you feel like all the time?" It wasn't just that the medicine was making me feel fuller longer, the food noise was gone. I had not heard that term before, I just knew that those voices in my head continually telling me I was hungry when I knew I wasn't, were no longer there. I told people who questioned what I was doing that there was an obvious chemical imbalance in the brain if a medication could take you from constant chatter to quiet when nothing else worked. I'm glad science is finally validating what I knew all along, I would never have lost 110 lbs. without this medication.
I used to try to explain to my son how I felt like my on/off switch was broken and stuck in the On position. I had never heard the term' food noise' until I started listening to your content while researching GLP-1s in September 2024. And still didn't fully understand it until I took my first dose of tirzepatide. I felt, for the first time in my life, that I had a clear head; it was as if all the clutter in my brain was suddenly organized, and I experienced a calmness that I had never felt before. I was on ADHD meds for years to help keep my brain uncluttered and focused, and now I don't even take any ADHD meds anymore. I'll be 52 in 19 weeks, and I'm in the best physical and mental health shape I've been in for as far back as I can remember.
I hadn't had a burger or pizza in awhile. After I hit my recent goal I decided to treat myself or so I thought, I wasn't that satisfied but later in the day I ate some salmon, broccoli and rice. It tasted like Life. Ive been craving healthy whole foods almost since the beginning. Used to have an ice cream addiction and I rarely touch the stuff anymore.
I am experiencing relief from ADHD as well. This drug is so critical to my mental health it’s a quality of life issue, even beyond the weight loss (which is of course also critical).
I’ve been on Zepbound for just over 6 months. My food noise quieted with the first dose and increased.
While I was reading your article, I was reminded of how I feel while grocery shopping. Pre-GLP-1, would be drawn to all kinds of foods that were not the best for me and debate and ponder and consider should I buy, or not, or yes, or no…yackety yack yack…now I see the food and I don’t get that reaction. I’m able to just glance and move along.
It’s quite profound how much peace I have while shopping making the choices for more optimal foods much easier!
This absolutely lines up. Been on compounded tirzepatide since early December 2024. High fat and high sugar processed foods no longer excite or call to me. My husband has a Costco sized container of M&Ms on the kitchen counter and it's simply another object sitting there. Potato chips used to be a food that would light up my brain. Now with these weekly doses of tirz I can make conscious choices for higher quality food selections. I feed myself and move on instead of having a head full of foraging raccoons. Sometimes I have to set a reminder to eat and hydrate. It's wild compared to what was going on before this medicine.
I always thought it was just me - crazy - always hungry even when I was mid-meal, constantly thinking and planning/plotting how, where, when I could eat. I didn’t know it had a name until I started researching gulp-1’s. I started on liraglutide (for 2 months) before starting tirzepatide 2 weeks ago. The noise is much quieter, but not gone. I am hopeful that tirzepatide will be more effective as time goes on. This study gives me hope. Thanks so much for sharing it!
There are days when the medicine is wearing off the food noise is horrible! Like a constant wanting to eat even if I’m full! It’s ridiculous! I certainly notice it more now that I have been able to experience how it is without food
I noticed a decrease in food noise almost immediately with my first dose of Zepbound. Now on 7.5mg, it's even better. I feel like I can take a pause before reaching for food and ask myself if I'm really hungry or is this something different. It's given me the time and tools to make better choices.
I’ve been on compounded tirzepatide/ glycine for 4 months now, 22 lb down. I have experienced food noise silencing in the past, when recovering from a bout with a stomach bug—I wasn’t actively nauseated but I could see a pizza ad on TV without wanting pizza. That was freeing. Tirzepatide has indeed silenced that desire for food and alcohol without having to deal with nausea. But I’ve also had to go without tirzepatide briefly when I was unable to get my meds for 2 to 3 weeks, and I was so hungry I could eat drywall. The hunger came back with a vengeance. I can’t afford $350 a month forever, so I’m not sure how this ends. But other than that, I’m super happy with this drug.
Same. The only pain point is affordability. I will keep seeking options. My telehealth is $279 monthly for compounded Tirz. It's doable but having the Rx covered would be ideal.
This is so cool using MRIs to measure the food noise. I've always been overweight much of my 54 years outside of elementary school and have always had the food noise but it was a lot worse as an adult. It was ALWAYS there, I couldn't ever remember not thinking about food until trizepatide. I started with Triz last April and immediately the food noise was gone. I'm 12 lbs from my goal weight and 14 months in now but will "never" be without Tirzepatide. I'll stay on for maintenance and life because I don't ever want to be overweight again plus have almost every thought be of food. It's all consuming and don't "EVER" want that again!! I am so very grateful for this medicine and how it's changing lives 🙌
I’m 64 years old and have struggled with yo-yo dieting with cycles of starvation/deprivation only to then binge eat and gain all (usually plus some) back, continuing the cycle and feeling terrible about myself.
Tirzepitide is the first thing EVER to remove that cycle and stop the food noise. It has been a miracle for me!
Down 58 lbs in a year without suffering and eating healthier than ever before.
Ive been on Zepbound for 13 months and literally within 5 hours of my 1st dose the food noise was gone. Like many, I had no idea it was there until it was gone. I really just thought thin people had more willpower. Im 126lbs down and still going and the mental peace is worth more than anything!!
I never knew what food noise was until it was gone.
I’d love to know what the brain looks like when you stop taking a trizepitide when you’ve been on it for at least a year. Love your work!
This makes total sense to me. It’s quieted the food noise so much for me that it’s hard for me to cook dinner or find the want to grocery shop etc. I used to never be able to not buy candy. I’ve been on Zepbound now for almost 10 months and I’ve lost 67 pds. And I can count on one hand the times I’ve eaten apiece of candy. Less than 5 times. But I can also tell you as soon as I’m on my sixth day and on the 7th day to my next dose my candy thoughts are already coming back. Kind of scary knowing I’m approaching my goal weight and that noise is still there in background ready to come back when Zepbound wears off.
I agree!
This part Michelle, agree 100%. I haven't noticed increased cravings when it's close to my next dose time. I'll pay more attention. I sure don't want to go back to white knuckling through food cravings. The peace in my brain around food is worth staying on the meds.
I started on Semaglutide, March 2023 and then Tirzepatide once it was approved for weight loss. Back then all I was told is that it would help me feel fuller longer helping to lose weight. I had been morbidly obese my entire adult life (38 years), but had decided not to do gastric bypass because I knew that my cravings were not in my digestive system, but rather in my head and surgery wouldn't cure that. I don't remember the exact moment when I realised I no longer thought constantly about food, however it was early on. At a point I told my husband who's never had a weight issue, "Is this what you feel like all the time?" It wasn't just that the medicine was making me feel fuller longer, the food noise was gone. I had not heard that term before, I just knew that those voices in my head continually telling me I was hungry when I knew I wasn't, were no longer there. I told people who questioned what I was doing that there was an obvious chemical imbalance in the brain if a medication could take you from constant chatter to quiet when nothing else worked. I'm glad science is finally validating what I knew all along, I would never have lost 110 lbs. without this medication.
I used to try to explain to my son how I felt like my on/off switch was broken and stuck in the On position. I had never heard the term' food noise' until I started listening to your content while researching GLP-1s in September 2024. And still didn't fully understand it until I took my first dose of tirzepatide. I felt, for the first time in my life, that I had a clear head; it was as if all the clutter in my brain was suddenly organized, and I experienced a calmness that I had never felt before. I was on ADHD meds for years to help keep my brain uncluttered and focused, and now I don't even take any ADHD meds anymore. I'll be 52 in 19 weeks, and I'm in the best physical and mental health shape I've been in for as far back as I can remember.
I hadn't had a burger or pizza in awhile. After I hit my recent goal I decided to treat myself or so I thought, I wasn't that satisfied but later in the day I ate some salmon, broccoli and rice. It tasted like Life. Ive been craving healthy whole foods almost since the beginning. Used to have an ice cream addiction and I rarely touch the stuff anymore.
I am experiencing relief from ADHD as well. This drug is so critical to my mental health it’s a quality of life issue, even beyond the weight loss (which is of course also critical).
I crave the "cleaner" simple foods too. Well said, "it tasted like life".
I’ve been on Zepbound for just over 6 months. My food noise quieted with the first dose and increased.
While I was reading your article, I was reminded of how I feel while grocery shopping. Pre-GLP-1, would be drawn to all kinds of foods that were not the best for me and debate and ponder and consider should I buy, or not, or yes, or no…yackety yack yack…now I see the food and I don’t get that reaction. I’m able to just glance and move along.
It’s quite profound how much peace I have while shopping making the choices for more optimal foods much easier!
Thanks for all you do Dave!
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This absolutely lines up. Been on compounded tirzepatide since early December 2024. High fat and high sugar processed foods no longer excite or call to me. My husband has a Costco sized container of M&Ms on the kitchen counter and it's simply another object sitting there. Potato chips used to be a food that would light up my brain. Now with these weekly doses of tirz I can make conscious choices for higher quality food selections. I feed myself and move on instead of having a head full of foraging raccoons. Sometimes I have to set a reminder to eat and hydrate. It's wild compared to what was going on before this medicine.
"having a head full of foraging raccoons" hahahahahaha!!! great visual!
I always thought it was just me - crazy - always hungry even when I was mid-meal, constantly thinking and planning/plotting how, where, when I could eat. I didn’t know it had a name until I started researching gulp-1’s. I started on liraglutide (for 2 months) before starting tirzepatide 2 weeks ago. The noise is much quieter, but not gone. I am hopeful that tirzepatide will be more effective as time goes on. This study gives me hope. Thanks so much for sharing it!
I love Tirzeptide it has taken My food Noises away 100% and I couldn't be happier. Thank You Dave for this video 🙏🩷💜
There are days when the medicine is wearing off the food noise is horrible! Like a constant wanting to eat even if I’m full! It’s ridiculous! I certainly notice it more now that I have been able to experience how it is without food
noise!
I noticed a decrease in food noise almost immediately with my first dose of Zepbound. Now on 7.5mg, it's even better. I feel like I can take a pause before reaching for food and ask myself if I'm really hungry or is this something different. It's given me the time and tools to make better choices.
I’ve been on compounded tirzepatide/ glycine for 4 months now, 22 lb down. I have experienced food noise silencing in the past, when recovering from a bout with a stomach bug—I wasn’t actively nauseated but I could see a pizza ad on TV without wanting pizza. That was freeing. Tirzepatide has indeed silenced that desire for food and alcohol without having to deal with nausea. But I’ve also had to go without tirzepatide briefly when I was unable to get my meds for 2 to 3 weeks, and I was so hungry I could eat drywall. The hunger came back with a vengeance. I can’t afford $350 a month forever, so I’m not sure how this ends. But other than that, I’m super happy with this drug.
Same. The only pain point is affordability. I will keep seeking options. My telehealth is $279 monthly for compounded Tirz. It's doable but having the Rx covered would be ideal.
Interesting info Dave-thanks for providing it
This is so cool using MRIs to measure the food noise. I've always been overweight much of my 54 years outside of elementary school and have always had the food noise but it was a lot worse as an adult. It was ALWAYS there, I couldn't ever remember not thinking about food until trizepatide. I started with Triz last April and immediately the food noise was gone. I'm 12 lbs from my goal weight and 14 months in now but will "never" be without Tirzepatide. I'll stay on for maintenance and life because I don't ever want to be overweight again plus have almost every thought be of food. It's all consuming and don't "EVER" want that again!! I am so very grateful for this medicine and how it's changing lives 🙌
I’m 64 years old and have struggled with yo-yo dieting with cycles of starvation/deprivation only to then binge eat and gain all (usually plus some) back, continuing the cycle and feeling terrible about myself.
Tirzepitide is the first thing EVER to remove that cycle and stop the food noise. It has been a miracle for me!
Down 58 lbs in a year without suffering and eating healthier than ever before.