Dd wants to get fat loss injection

I think it goes to show how beneficial these drugs are as there are a lot of people on here saying they wish these drugs were available when they were younger etc.

I think now this is available young people with weight issues have the options to use these drugs and get their weight issues under control. Along with losing weight these drugs truly help you change your health and eating habits and hopefully done correctly can instill life long healthy habits.

I think the issue is that the DD thinks it's a miracle cure with no effort involved. If she won't exercise or follow a calorie controlled diet I can see why op is concerned tbh

If she's tried everything else and has failed, it might be worth exploring. It could potentially save her from a long life of being overweight and miserable. She needs to know that despite what SM shows, it is not a quick fix and you do need to make lifestyle changes as well. She will still need to address her eating habits and doing some exercise will also be of benefit.

I’ve been on Ozempic for 4 months with good results but I would hesitate with this. Is she able to pay for it herself and to inject herself? And remember when to do it? If the answer to any of these is no then don’t go there. If she is able to take on this responsibility including cost and administering the injections then she may also be responsible enough to reform her eating habits and take up exercise. If not you’re both wasting your time and subjecting her to health risks and she will go back to eating afterwards with increased enthusiasm. You’d be better cutting out junk food and any snacks at home and going for a family walk once a day. The injections are hard work with nasty side effects and if she does not stick to a proper diet while on them she will struggle with nausea and diarrhea/constipation. It’s not much fun and not an easy fix.

@ObsidianTree yes but medication for weight loss has been around a lot longer. I've always been told that you have to do it the "right" way

Unless Boots are very expensive, I think you mean £200 a month nota week.

My Medexpress prescription was 150 for a month

In the UK they've only been out for a short time. Mounjaro since February this year. Wegovy /ozempic I'm not sure. Ozempic maybe a year, ozempic since late last year ish. So really only recently we've had access to them.

I've spent the last 4 years losing 4-5 stone and then stopped for six months. I really wish I'd been told about this 3 years ago

Thyroid cancer was found in mice but not in any humans so far. There is a risk, but so far not been proven to cause thyroid cancer in adults. These drugs have been available in the US for a few years now, ozempic longer and nothing reported there so far.

I wish I'd been able to use Mounjaro to get a grip on my weight when I was 20. Instead, I spent 15 years slowly gaining more and more and losing all my self-esteem and ability to enjoy life without constantly feeling embarrassed.

I'm now facing at least a year until even Mounjaro has helped me get back to the weight I was when I was 20, never mind a healthy BMI.

If you don't want to fund it, that's fine. Although I absolutely would if I could for my child in future if they have inherited my tendency towards obesity. But if she's paying for it herself, you should keep your opinions to yourself and help ensure she's getting it from legitimate sources.

@VoyOySaveloy Mounjaro has taught me to reach for higher calorie, more nutrient dense snacks like nuts and seeds rather than quick fixes like chocolate bars, crisps and biscuits. It’s taught me to listen to my hunger cues and not just boredom or emotional eating. It’s helped regulate my hormones and lower my blood sugar also.

I’m very aware that many people pile the weight back on when stopping MJ, but at the heart of it, my cravings for UPF’s have stopped and I’m now genuinely really fancying higher fibre, higher protein snacks. It’s teaching me to listen to my hunger and not fill up on pasta and carbs (SW), calling chocolate ‘syns’ (SW) or calling food ‘points’ (WW). I will probably continue on a low MJ dose for as long as possible.

I would support her but make sure she realises that unless she lifts weights alongside the medication around 50% of the weight loss will be muscle and then when she stops the drug her TDEE will have decreased and she will put the weight back on and end up with a higher fat % than what she started with.

With these drugs it is vital that lifestyle changes happen alongside.

Might be controversial but if my kids struggled with their weight when adults, I'd be happy for them to take the injections. I wish this was available when I was in my 20s and struggling with my weight instead of now when I'm in my 40s and have spent my whole life battling my weight.

If your daughter is likely to go through her whole adult life struggling to lose weight, these injections will improve her quality of life so much. I'd support her for sure. Maybe do your own research into them. Mounjaro is the best one available.

Edit to add... As long as she gets it prescribed and doesn't buy it from beauticians etc. Asda, boots, superdrugs to name a few that prescribe it. There are other places too, but the ones I've mentioned you will recognise.

What does mounjaro teach you of real value once you stop taking it?

Do you really think the injection manufacturers aren't a business first and foremost too? Only it's a lot more expensive than a slimming club

Can she afford them? They are fantastic, changed my life.

I'm interested. What are the side effects?

@VoyOySaveloy I have tried both SW and WW and both diets left me with incredibly disordered eating and toxic mindsets. They’re awful and don’t teach anything of real value once you’ve stopped following the plan. They exist to make money, they’re a business first and foremost and rely on people repeatedly coming back, and back, and back.

I’m all for weight loss injections for younger women if they’re deemed necessary!

Boots are charging you £200 a week?
Which one are you using? That seems very expensive.
I saw Mounjaro at £189 from Asda pharmacy online. That was for an injection of 4 doses which lasted a month.

Lol. I mean most of us know all those things and yet so many people are still overweight.

That will not work. And its very patronising.

@letsjustdothis you’re talking complete rubbish. Obesity carries a far higher risk for cancer than any medication. Do you question people who take antidepressants? Or pain medication? Or contraceptives? Those meds carry risks, yet no one seems to bang on about their safety. Yet when it comes to mounjaro etc, everyone wants to chime in with incorrect facts.

In animal studies there was a tiiiiiiny risk of cancer in the thyroid. No confirmed cases in human trials. Stop spreading misinformation.

Also there is no way I would be putting a healthy 19 year old on it as a first line way of losing weight. When I signed up with Voy, I was asked all the other ways I had tried to lose weight and had to send in a picture of myself to be checked by a doctor.

I think it's a useful medication for older women who have tried everything but haven't ever managed to maintain weight loss (even though it didn't work for me). It's not a first line weight loss tool for a healthy young woman. She should try slimming world or something first.

I've lost 44lb on Morunjaro. Wish it existed years ago!

I'd encourage her to use a proper online pharmacy rather than buy it via a dodgy mate or tik tok.

If she is only just into obese category she may not qualify for mounjaro.

I am one of the people it didn't work for. Gave me horrific constant waves of anxiety and a pounding heart. Unfortunately I couldn't live with it.

I lost 30kg over a year. Only mistake i made was not exercising enough so im not as toned as id like to be, but going to the gym regularly now will hopefully help.

@tobee I am using other methods to loose weight.