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"Dieting is waste of time when Steroids offer more gains and GLPs like Ozempic far greater and easier weight loss"

That's a claim a newbie may make, so let's dissect it.

Is learning to diet a waste of time?

Steroids offer more gains without good knowledge of dieting.

GLPs create far greater and easier weight loss. So why waste your time trying to learn dieting?

If you are very fat, you follow a 500 kcal deficit and measured everything correctly within reason, and you tried that for weeks, then reduce the deficit to 200–300 kcal and again try it for weeks. Switch to whole foods, vegetables, and avoid processed food, junk food, packaged foods, etc boost activity level as in some people high activity level suppresses hunger while in others it may increase hunger. If you still keep failing, then maybe GLP drugs are for you, in which case see a doctor.

But these people are going to be rare people who actually need GLPs. And GLPs alone aren't enough, so a GLP user has to still make lifestyle changes:

  1. Use GLPs
  2. Learn to properly diet and train

if insane hunger pangs on a slight deficit were your issue, GLPs make it very easy to follow a sustainable fitness diet.

So as a GLP user, you'll need knowledge of dieting anyway, regardless of whether you choose to use GLPs or not.

Without proper dietary management, GLP users may face a higher risk of developing gallstones.

Don't just believe me, look at what GLP users say: https://www.reddit.com/r/tirzepatidecompound/comments/1omfgxd/everyone_should_read_this_guide_on_losing_fat/

Most newbies, even when they go on steroids, do not get much out of it. Why?

  1. Most of them don't eat enough. If you were underweight or skinny to begin with, your eating habits limit your growth.
  2. Most of them run tiny dosages because they are far too afraid. Steroid gains are dose dependent and scale linearly with dosage until a certain point, after which returns begin to drop.
  3. Many gym trainers sell fake steroids to newbies to avoid getting in trouble.

So a guy who learns to cut and bulk effectively for 1–2 years can get more gains out of the same steroid dosages than complete newbies. Side effects increase with dose, so getting more out of less dose is better risk-reward ratio.