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Dave's Weight Loss Journey Part 1: Reflections on the First Week (Patreon)

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2026-08-24 04:48:34
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NOTE: I was hoping I'd be able to publish a mailbag episode today but we had to postpone it due to scheduling reasons. That episode should be out in the next few days (and you should feel free to leave any questions you might have in the comments!). In the meantime, here's a follow-up to my conversation with my friend Scott about my first week on Zepbound.

Listen to the previous parts of this series: Part 1 and Part 2 of Scott's Weight Loss Journey.

In this episode, David and his friend Scott discuss David's first week taking Zepbound. They discuss:

The overall impact

How it's changing the way David looks at food

Side effects

What David should expect moving forward

This will NOT be a consistent podcast on this Patreon but I will probably do 1-2 more bonus episodes on this subject in the months to come. Your feedback, as always, is welcome.

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Danny C

You know, I discovered the Filmcast many many years ago because of my love of film. I stayed listening, I’m sure like most, because of my affection for you — and your co-hosts. I say that because, if you are comfortable making this a semi-regular topic I’m sure many of us are willing to listen and offer support. Cheers and continued good luck.

David Chen

Thanks! It's because of people's supportiveness that I've felt comfortable sharing this much. I don't anticipate this will be a regular segment but during these first few weeks I just had so many observations that I wanted to get them down on tape to share them. Thanks for your support and encouragement!

Derek Cheng

Hi Dave. I’m curious as to if you told your parents. I feel like Chinese immigrant parents and family members equate so much of their love with food, not eating or eating less can sometimes be a real challenge. I’m wrestling right now about taking a GLP1 because I too have that “eat more=good life” programming I have to decode (pun intended).

David Chen

I haven't told them and don't plan to tell them. I did tell them that I'm on a special diet, so they have a sense of why my eating has changed.

Doczeuhl

Thanks to you and Scott for sharing your experiences. I'm more on the "just winging it" side of things and always grateful to hear about tips on what worked or helped. I'm on week 4 of 2.5mg zepbound and the effects are very subtle for me. No side effects but also minimal suppression of appetite. I'm hoping the increase to 5mg will be more effective. I would love to see your vlogs on this topic. Hope you decide to publish them. Keep up the great job!

Iain Clarke

Just listened to the first few minutes - I am very curious how your journey will parallel mine. (Listening more tomorrow, but life gets in the way as DLC filled up my daily walk that complements my glp1) But.... I think you missed a massive opportunity to optimistically call this intermittent series.... "The ex-fat files"!

David Chen

I will say that I definitely still enjoy food. But I also have to eat a LOT less of it. Whether that's compatible with your household will be up to you. I'd say planning for a 50-60% reduction in food intake is safe, if you want to roughly gauge what it will feel like (Caveats: Everyone's different, these are extremely rough estimates, etc.)

Brad Sucks

This was great, thanks to you and Scott for sharing. I find these medications and people’s differing reactions so fascinating. Hunger is so strange.