Dr. Spencer Nadolsky
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However, there were people that weren't losing weight, any weight. They didn't feel like any appetite suppression, but they were feeling tired. And so it's kind of like, okay, if they're not losing weight, they're not in a calorie deficit, they don't even feel the appetite suppression, but they're feeling tired, it's probably something beyond the calorie deficit that's making people feel tired.
And when you talk to them, is it like, do you just want to go to sleep tired? For some people it is, but what I'm seeing is just kind of like a lack of motivation. So before... They were going to the gym, they're trying to be healthy, doing all the physical activity stuff. And now all of a sudden they're just kind of like, oh, I don't feel like eating.
And when you talk to them, is it like, do you just want to go to sleep tired? For some people it is, but what I'm seeing is just kind of like a lack of motivation. So before... They were going to the gym, they're trying to be healthy, doing all the physical activity stuff. And now all of a sudden they're just kind of like, oh, I don't feel like eating.
And when you talk to them, is it like, do you just want to go to sleep tired? For some people it is, but what I'm seeing is just kind of like a lack of motivation. So before... They were going to the gym, they're trying to be healthy, doing all the physical activity stuff. And now all of a sudden they're just kind of like, oh, I don't feel like eating.
But I also don't feel like working out anymore. And that defeats the whole purpose. We're trying to get people healthier. So despite their adipose tissue or whatever, physical activity has many... I mean, I know you've talked about this all the time.
But I also don't feel like working out anymore. And that defeats the whole purpose. We're trying to get people healthier. So despite their adipose tissue or whatever, physical activity has many... I mean, I know you've talked about this all the time.
But I also don't feel like working out anymore. And that defeats the whole purpose. We're trying to get people healthier. So despite their adipose tissue or whatever, physical activity has many... I mean, I know you've talked about this all the time.
Yeah, physical activity is super important regardless of the number on the scale. So that's like, okay, that started... I saw it so many times. And then I made a video recently about it. And then all of a sudden I got tons of messages from patients because they didn't report it. They didn't even know it was a thing.
Yeah, physical activity is super important regardless of the number on the scale. So that's like, okay, that started... I saw it so many times. And then I made a video recently about it. And then all of a sudden I got tons of messages from patients because they didn't report it. They didn't even know it was a thing.
Yeah, physical activity is super important regardless of the number on the scale. So that's like, okay, that started... I saw it so many times. And then I made a video recently about it. And then all of a sudden I got tons of messages from patients because they didn't report it. They didn't even know it was a thing.
But some other people did when they come from other places and their doctors or nurse practitioners or whoever was saying like, oh, I think you just have seasonal affective disorder. I think you just need to go see a therapist. And they're like, what are you talking about? I never have seasonal affective disorder. I usually love the winter. This doesn't make any sense.
But some other people did when they come from other places and their doctors or nurse practitioners or whoever was saying like, oh, I think you just have seasonal affective disorder. I think you just need to go see a therapist. And they're like, what are you talking about? I never have seasonal affective disorder. I usually love the winter. This doesn't make any sense.
But some other people did when they come from other places and their doctors or nurse practitioners or whoever was saying like, oh, I think you just have seasonal affective disorder. I think you just need to go see a therapist. And they're like, what are you talking about? I never have seasonal affective disorder. I usually love the winter. This doesn't make any sense.
And I'm like, no, this is the medicine. You're on a high dose and then you pull them back and they go, oh, now I still have the suppression and appetite, but now I've I'm going back to the gym and now all of a sudden a bunch of them are starting to break past their plateaus despite being on a lower dose. So a lot of that type of stuff that I see.
And I'm like, no, this is the medicine. You're on a high dose and then you pull them back and they go, oh, now I still have the suppression and appetite, but now I've I'm going back to the gym and now all of a sudden a bunch of them are starting to break past their plateaus despite being on a lower dose. So a lot of that type of stuff that I see.
And I'm like, no, this is the medicine. You're on a high dose and then you pull them back and they go, oh, now I still have the suppression and appetite, but now I've I'm going back to the gym and now all of a sudden a bunch of them are starting to break past their plateaus despite being on a lower dose. So a lot of that type of stuff that I see.
Yeah. That, that, yeah. If you're not enjoying life anymore, what's the point?
Yeah. That, that, yeah. If you're not enjoying life anymore, what's the point?
Yeah. That, that, yeah. If you're not enjoying life anymore, what's the point?
That's right. I see that not infrequently. I've actually surveyed on my Instagram and other places, you know, thousands of people taking the survey. And it was like... Some people noticed increases, but around like, I don't know if it was like a third to a half of people said, I know I noticed a decrease despite losing a lot of weight and wanting to have, they want to have that desire.