I get so upset and frustrated: What dating is like on a GLP-1

GLP-1s are inescapable online , as Mashable reported, including extensive discussions about them.

The latest topic of conversation to hit your FYPs may be about being single and dating while taking the drug.

"Dating after weight loss sucks," said Katherine Lipovsky on social media, where she posts videos about life after losing 300 pounds with the help of a GLP-1.

In this particular video posted in Aug., she went on to say she was insanely jealous of people who've had partners who have loved them in all sizes, because she'll never know if her future partner would've stood by her.

SEE ALSO: A 'gray market' of GLP-1 drugs is growing on TikTok, new analysis alleges Lipovsky, who's 41 and has been on a GLP-1 for several years, expressed similar emotions to Mashable.

"Until last summer, it was impossible for me to find a man who didn't want to keep me a secret," she said in a phone interview.

That's the biggest difference that she's seen since losing weight.

It wasn't that men didn't desire her, or weren't physically or emotionally attracted to her.

"It was that they didn't want to be seen with me," she said.

"It's literally that they were embarrassed to like me, and that was just really made me feel like shit." Now, she's navigating the mindfield of post-weight-loss dating and wondering whether her dates would've accepted her before.

Societal bias against fat people is well-documented.

Weight discrimination is linked to poorer physical and mental health, worse healthcare, and being turned down for jobs.

The bias persists in the dating world.

A 2022 article in the journal Stigma and Health on dating and hiring preferences found that there was a stronger weight bias amongst heterosexual participants and gay men, but less so in lesbians and bisexual women.