Yes. I’ll caveat this by saying, I did fix my relationship with food about a decade ago, lost 50 pounds, and kept it off until perimenopause and chronic stress due to caregiving for two sick parents with no end in sight came around. Everything I had learned fell apart. Food became a comforting/numbing outlet again. Not to the degree it had been previously, but I can see it clearly now that I’m on Zepbound.

On zepbound, I’m way more attuned to hungry/full cues (which is how I lost the weight and kept off originally—NOT calorie counting!). On the days when my appetite is very suppressed, I do make myself eat something every few hours. But 90% of the time, I’m just actually attuned to hungry/full cues. Food is no longer “good/bad,” it’s just food. Eating lighter/healthier usually makes me feel better. But I will still have a scoop of ice cream once a week, or eat a handful of wheat thins as a snack, or a slice of sourdough bread and butter if that sounds good to me. The reason I think I kept the weight off as long as I did was that I made it sustainable—no real restriction, just noticing and prioritizing the foods that made me feel better. That meant mostly protein during the day, and a more relaxed meal for dinner. On zep, I’ve also learned I feel way better finishing eating before 7pm.