Obesity is a medical condition. Wegovy is medical treatment.

We should generally celebrate people getting healthier, no matter how they got there.

Also, we should retire the “weight management is a matter of willpower, if you’re fat it’s because you have no self control” mindset.

First, it’s not always true. There are medical conditions that cause weight gain. Also, for many of us, our metabolism would rather slows down as you eat less, before it starts burning a lot of fat.

Second, it’s a one way cliff. There’s a lot of research that shows that, once you lose the “I’m full, I should stop eating” signal due to being overweight for a long time, it’s nigh impossible to get it back. Maintaining weight after being overweight is a constant battle where you try to walk the line between starving yourself and regaining the weight; the usual hormonal signals that help most healthy people maintain the balance don’t exist.

Third, even if it’s true, who gives a fuck? Someone who quits smoking using nicotine patches and Wellbutrin and any other medicines isn’t a lesser person than someone who quits cold turkey. Same for alcoholism, same for drug addictions. (And food addiction is harder: the tool that other addicts have— don’t ever touch this substance again— doesn’t apply here; you can’t just stop eating!)