WTF Is This Diet Logic? Eat More Pills, Not Food

💊 Slim by Swallowing: The Wild Logic Behind Diet Pills

We’ve entered a new era of weight loss — one where you don’t need to move more, eat less, or even understand nutrition. You just pop a pill.

Or jab it in your leg, depending on how committed you are.

Yes, the latest magic trick in the world of dieting is eating something that supposedly helps you not eat other things. Welcome to the great irony of weight loss in 2025: taking more to do less.

Eat Too Much? Just… Eat More Stuff

Ozempic, Wegovy, and similar appetite-suppressing medications were developed to support people with diabetes — not for folks who just want to feel full enough to skip breakfast and “reward” themselves with wine later.

The logic? Eat a tablet (or get an injection) that tricks your body into thinking it’s full.
So, yes — the strategy is to eat… in order to not eat. If your eyebrows just raised, good. That’s the correct response.

It’s no longer enough to change how we eat — now, we change how we feel about eating by chemically muting hunger. That’s not discipline. That’s just outsourcing responsibility.

Diet Culture’s New Mascot: “It's Not All About Calories”

That phrase — “It’s not all about calories” — gets tossed around a lot, usually right before someone justifies their third takeaway this week. And sure, calories aren’t everything. You need the right mix of micronutrients, hydration, protein, fibre, movement… all the usual suspects.

But let’s not pretend calories don’t matter.
They’re the whole currency of food.
It’s like saying “it’s not all about money” while shopping for a car.

Let’s Talk About That 2,000 Calorie “Average”

Here’s the kicker: most of the public’s nutritional decisions are based on a number printed on food packaging — 2,000 calories a day.

That’s the RDA based on a completely hypothetical man:

• Average height

• Average weight

• 30 minutes of exercise daily

• Zero stress

• A consistent metabolism

• Probably drinks green tea and goes hiking on weekends

Sound like you? Probably not.

Yet people use this number as a benchmark, as if it's universally accurate — or worse, as a goal to hit regardless of their own size, needs, or lifestyle. It’s a relic. A soft, bureaucratic average in a world where the extremes are growing louder, faster, and more commercially marketed than ever.

We Deserve Better Than the Shortcut

Look — the pressure to lose weight is real. The advertising, the filters, the algorithm-fueled body trends — it’s exhausting. But medicating our way out of overeating by eating medication isn’t the solution. It’s just a shortcut with a postcode that leads nowhere new.

The long-term fix still looks a lot like education, balance, movement, and a realistic understanding of how bodies work. It’s slower. It’s less shiny. But it’s also something a pill can’t replace.

Because weight loss shouldn’t come in a branded box with a side of nausea — it should come from knowing better, not just swallowing faster.