Sweets cravings on sema?

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Would a chocolate protein shake help take the edge off that craving? If located in the US, there's a particular brownie-flavored protein shake brand worth trying, pretty rich tasting and doesn't upset the stomach.
 
Definitely sugar for me. Struggle to find diet or zero-sugar options I actually enjoy since my palate's pretty particular. Open to any recommendations though.
 
They started me on metformin, and the only real effect was these odd nighttime sugar cravings. Strange side effect. Didn't touch my food noise or weight at all otherwise. Semaglutide though, that actually worked, and worked well.
 
Really just relying on my diet here, and while I've lost weight, I suspect that's more from the diet itself than anything else. Still feel like eating pretty much constantly. What's the deal? I'm on semaglutide, heading into week seven at a 0.5mg dose. Fifteen pounds down so far, but again it feels driven mostly by what I'm eating rather than the medication. Does the craving eventually let up?
 
My guess is a fair number of us are walking around with insulin resistance that's never been diagnosed, so wanting less coffee might just come down to this medication finally letting your body pull the energy it needs from whatever you're already eating.
 
Something I picked up from pop-science YouTube channels, going by published research: semaglutide doesn't switch off pleasure across the board, it dulls the highest peak of pleasure from eating, alcohol and some drugs. Through my own experience, that's exactly what separates a satisfying dinner from a binge high.
 
Pre-meds, I adored smores and ate several each night. Stopping at two was hard, sometimes I binged up to 6 :( Once semaglutide began, they vanished from my thoughts. Wild. Recently I craved one, and after two bites I felt satisfied and binned the remainder. This has driven home that obesity is a genuine disease, no moral failing.
 
I dont eat sweets but I also craved chocolate for my first 2 weeks. I began with 1mg, and about a month in the hunger began easing. I still get hungry, which is fine with me since getting my daily protein in is hard enough.
 
Same. My problem was too little protein, which stalled my loss and fed sugar cravings. ADHD here, and I used candy for energy, finishing a whole bag before I noticed. Now I suck on hard candy to get my sugar hit more steadily. Since those changes I have lost 4 lbs.
 
Honestly wish food mattered less to me overall. Recently added cag into my routine to help with that. Been craving a peanut butter cookie, homemade style, for weeks straight and it won't let up lol. Mostly I just tell myself protein comes first, that's pretty much my whole plan for staying full.
 
ive kept my sema dosage minimal ever since my little one hit three months old. shes seven months now and thriving, and im only six pounds off my pre-pregnancy weight with zero leftover fatigue or nausea. staying at this lower amount keeps everything in check, learned that the hard way after bumping up a couple times and realizing lower really was better for me. i aim for about 100g protein daily and dont bother counting calories otherwise. i do love sweets and ive definitely overdone it with them more than a few times. worth keeping in mind that the actual studies only tested up to certain doses, so going above that territory is less charted, especially with nursing, though a babys own system would presumably handle whatever tiny amount made it through anyway.
 
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