To consider mounjaro?

Because those celebrities that are apparently using Mounjaro in the UK are obtaining it illegally through deception, because no reputable regulated prescriber would prescribe to them. Or they are purchasing vials of goodness knows what from dodgy "beauticians", or they are US based which has a completely different prescribing model where if you can pay and find a doctor willing to prescribe then you can get what you want. As Matthew Perry, Michael Jackson and so many others found out much to their cost.

So in a nutshell, the risks of this medication are too high if you are not obese. It has not been tested on people who were already at a healthy weight or only slightly overweight. Obtaining it fraudulently means you have no ability to seek advice if you experience issues. I mean, it's obviously a dangerous and unthinking idea.

Because the medication comes with potential health risks. One issue is that if people with lower body fat are using it to reduce their appetite and therefore take in a very low amount of calories they are likely to burn muscle as well as fat and damage their body in multiple ways. It's also linked to an elevated risk of thyroid cancer. Obesity is also linked to elevated risk of various cancers so it's worth the risk of the medication to reduce the risks associated with being obese. It's not worth the risk if you aren't obese and don't have elevated risk related to weight. It's not a benign drug with no side effects or risk!

It’s interesting, there’s a lot of strong feelings around this. Celebrities and the like are using it to slim down from healthy weights to very skinny, so setting aside the jealousy etc, if someone is struggling to achieve their desired figure, why shouldn’t they? And I’m not talking about nhs funded treatment, I can understand that I shouldn’t have to fund your non life improving treatment, but if you are self funding? Why not?

I understand why you're feeling the way you are, but honestly, you're not that overweight and long-term, the mental and physical health benefits of exercise and eating well will pay off far more than Mounjaro (presuming you did manage to fraudulently whangle a prescription).

Couch to 5k, plus weights, plus healthy eating, would be the way to go and would also help with your PCOS symptoms. Various studies have found running is one of the very best things you can do for PCOS. But it's obviously not a quick fix.

https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a38200654/how-pcos-can-affect-your-running/

The medication isn't prescribed to make people happy it's to make people healthy. You don't have weight related health risks so why would you use a medication that comes with health risks to treat a problem of being 'slightly unhappy with your looks'??

@Speccytwit she'll get the same responses. She's not even slightly near the BMI criteria, it's not like she's got a BMI of 29.9 and is right on the edge of qualifying. Her BMI is 25.5!

I voted YABU - but only for posting your question in AIBU

If you asked this question in the Weight Loss area you'd get some quite different responses.

FWIW I feel the same as you. I'm overweight, post menopause and hate my body shape at the moment. No amount of personal training, keeping up the steps and calorie counting is working for me and I am miserable.

If I were to take any injectable I'd have to lie as am only just into the overweight category. Plus I know DH would not approve (I don't NEED approval, but would prefer it).

Post on Weight Loss Medications (or whatever it's called)

Hi op! I know exactly what you mean I use to be in the middle of the healthy range BMI and since COVID Im at the top of the healthy BMI range and around my period tip into overweight, seems unfair healthier people can't use it to lose that ten lbs that would stop them tipping into that zone and ultimately make them happier. Once you have a prescription I don't think they stop if once you are in that BMI range so why shouldn't we have access to it. I don't have pcos but I'm only 5ft so to lose I need to eat hardly anything. Good luck and I'd check out fasting and weight training

It won't actually help you loose weight. Ultimately it is to aid you in eating less. So it won't miraculously do anything that following a calorie controlled diet will or won't do for you. If you already monitor calories and are not losing them Mounjaro won't miraculously change that.

How would you procure it with your BMI. Clearly celebs seem to be using it though they don't have much to lose. For us mere mortals, don't think it works that way.

No one will say YANBU but the reality is that many people are doing exactly this. I predict that in the near-ish future the BMI requirement will be revised (everyone complains that BMI is inaccurate unless replying to these kinds of threads!!). "Size 10" is meaningless.

I doubt you get it prescribed as you don't have a high bmi. Even a private company would not prescribe it. What about a personal trainer with a dietary program? Accountability with advice and someone to motivate you then.

You can consider it, but no one legitimate will prescribe it to you. You don't meet the qualifying criteria as everyone else has said, and the idea of only taking it for a month shows you don't have an understanding of how it works. It's a long term treatment for people who are obese.

Yes you’re being unreasonable. You've got in reality 4lbs to lose. Ive got 7 stone. You just want the skinny look

Also it’s been linked to thyroid cancers, not worth the risk imo.

I'd second this. Absolutely.

To be fair, a size 10 is irrelevant as shops vanity size now.

You wouldn't get prescribed at that bmi.
Also "try it for a month"...2.5 is a loading dose and roughly 50% of people lose weight the first month. A lot of people don't start losing weight until 5 or 7.5. So what happens at the end of the month if you haven't lost anything?

Have you researched it at all or just seen that other (obese/overweight) people have seen success with it?

My first month on it I lost 4lb. £130 to lose 4lb. I'm now almost 5 months in and 3 stone down but the difference is I have another 8 stone to go.

No and you're being ridiculous but I expect you knew exactly that when you posted.

Of course YABU but I think you know that.

If you just want to lose a stone you'd be better off doing some kind of VLCD.

You can't just use Mounjaro for a month. It takes several months to reach a therapeutic dose. It's a 6 month commitment to treatment and is not licenced for people at your weight so you'd have to lie to obtain it.

YABU. It seems a bit of a drastic step. You only need to lose 4lb to not even be overweight!

GP wont prescribe it, and if you can afford to buy it then it would be much healthier to get a meal delivery service to keep to a calorie limit and get the nutrition you need.

YABU to ask on aibu unless...