GLP-1 users eating MORE chocolate?

Chipotle's become my go-to because I can load up on protein without the carbs - double chicken, skip the rice.

You could try eating smaller meals earlier in the day so more time passes between dinner and bed.

True. Bad as anything else. I smoke a lot more. Have Chantix from my doc but didn't want to start yet. Know that quitting messes with eating so was waiting.

been on 2.5 for 5 weeks and i'm so happy. finally feel in control after fighting weight for 40 years. plus now i have type 2 diabetes but for the first time i'm not spiraling. lost about 15 pounds so far doing low carb mostly.

Used to do low carb and keto for weight. Since Mounjaro started feeling sick if I don't eat carbs. The med bumps insulin sensitivity so I can finally do a balanced diet.

Same pattern here on Wegovy. I've started rationing — only chocolate after 7 PM, and only the dark stuff (75%+). Two squares is enough now where it used to take a whole bar to feel anything. I think the timing trick works better than trying to cut it out entirely.

Yeah, oddly enough week two hit me with sweet cravings too, but I understood why since I'd read and watched a ton about these medications before starting. Swapping snacks for better options helps a lot. Some dark chocolate options in the 70 to 80 percent cacao range, plus others sweetened with monk fruit, make for a much better choice. Also some zero-sugar versions of popular candy brands out there, though eating too many of those comes with its own consequences, ha. Seriously though, steering clear of artificial stuff just makes sense health-wise. Keep a bar in my desk and break off a square once a week.

Used to genuinely look forward to a small treat of chocolate every night after dinner, now barely think about it. That said, alcohol cravings are still very much alive for me, actually my main carb source these days, ha.

Cravings mostly disappeared on GLP1s, and they make it easy to put my fork down mid-meal, yet chocolate is off limits for me, I'm a chocaholic as well. A large Tony's bar, cheaper per ounce, was supposed to last a week and vanished in under 10 minutes. Chocolate and I just can't coexist.

Sounds plausible to me that chocolate sales are up. The open secret is that plenty of women hide a chocolate stash somewhere. Few would deny it. Dieting boosts the chocolate cravings, so some skip a meal for more chocolate, which barely dents the diet. It's hormonal, not a matter of self control. A medical TV show mentioned it once.

This is real, one of the odder findings in the field. GLP-1 receptors sit in the brain as well as the gut, including the mesolimbic reward circuit, where the VTA and nucleus accumbens handle wanting and reward-seeking in general, not only food. Stimulating them seems to turn down that whole system, not just hunger. Alcohol has the best evidence: numerous observational studies plus more and more trials find lower intake and less craving, and researchers now study it as an alcohol use disorder treatment on its own. Nicotine looks similar. For gambling, compulsive shopping or impulsive risk-taking evidence is weaker and self-reported, yet the mechanism is shared, so it's plausible. Two caveats: mostly observational, and hard to separate the drug from what big weight loss does.