To consider weight loss jabs?

This thread is from May 🧟‍♀️

Try intermittent fasting, I’ve lost my menopause weight and it’s been really easy to do it. I’ve lost the stone I put on and feel so much better for it. The first two weeks were difficult, mainly tummy rumbles, but now it’s a doddle. I’m finding I’m eating so much less, the weight came off slowly, I’ve not lost energy and it hasn’t cost me anything, unlike the weight loss jabs.

All this easy option stuff is really annoying. Do people think smokers using patches or gum are using the easy option? Or just trying to reduce cravings? <nods>

You are still doing it yourself on the jabs. It helps regulate blood sugar and suppresses appetite but you still have to make the right choices and do the right things.

I've used them to drop a significant amount of weight and am now maintaining at bmi 22/23.

Sounds like you need to do what I am doing. Continue to count calories and if I gain 1 week, I reign it in the following week.

Review what you are eating and be very honest.

Calorie creep is very easy!

Me too. I'm down 4 stone, over a longer time than most but am happy with that.

An allergic reaction can happen at any time with any substance. You were just unlucky.

OK, you are annoyed that your friends are losing weight at a different rate to you using a different diet method? Really? You can't see how unreasonable that is?

Seriously?

You don’t need it but I can see why it feels like the easy option.

I have lost weight without WLI’s but when I started my BMI was very slightly below 30. There are times I wish I had just lied and gone down the same route so many people I know have of WLI’S but I decided to spend the money on a David LLoyd membership instead.

I’m more than a stone and a half lighter with another half a stone to go and I am fitter and stronger so good choice for me. It’s slow progress but I am getting there and the changes in eating habits I’ve made will be long term.

And this is why the industry as a whole have massively tightened the regulations and rules around prescribing.

I got it with just putting my (incorrect!) Weight into a website last year. I was 26 BMI. Dropped 10 lbs in a month, felt a bit sick, but no significant side affects. That was in August and I've only put on 2 lbs since. From my side people are mega dramatic about the risks and side affects. Dieting is absolutely miserable but it was a breeze on mounjaro. Personally I'd order some, take a week and week how you feel.

You categorically dont need it and no one responsible would prescribe it to you at that height and weight

No idea why the underlining!

If you aren’t obese you won’t be able to get it. At least not from a legitimate source. Those of us who are taking it don’t just hand over our money and get it automatically. We have had to prove we are obese and send in regular photos. Please don’t spoil things for us by taking the piss. This is truely a miracle for some of us who have tried everything else for years.

So you read my post and recommend people take these dangerous medications ?
sheMed is the strictist provider you have to have blood tests first video check ins doing weighins and seeing your ID these are far better than the others

This isn’t true for all suppliers- I’ve been taken it for months and never had to do a video call.

I havent heard of Shemed but sorry they didnt seem very helpful.

I love the jabs, they were life changing for me and I didnt really have any side effects.

I used MedExpress rather than a subscription service in case they made me feel bad but luckily I was okay. From your post I would recommend others to try one month first rather than one of the subscription ones

You won’t get it BMI has to be one 30’ams proven by video call

They're buying it from dodgy, often downright dangerous sources. Rip off Britain recently carried a story of a woman who bought it online, injected herself and went into a coma - it was insulin.

PLEASE DONT
I researched these a lot for 3 months educated myself and I took mine on Friday
instantly I had awful bitter taste in my mouth then my throat felt swollen inside and I could barley swallow. Then heart palpitations rest of the day. Drank 3-4 litres water still was so thirsty. I contacted a shemed the supplier said a doctor will ring me - no they didn’t !!!!

Saturday woke up my neck shoulders throat were agony. Then my lymph node was swollen under my chin throat area it was agony. I have eaten 1400 calories in 3 days a makes me feel really sick if I eat.

Side effects affects are very very very very common bad side effects
server allergies are common to not advertised .
i cancelled my membership plan and have 3 doses going in the bin.

youll get many say it’s fab but once you inject you cant stop a allergic reaction- I have no allergies to anything so there we are.

My BMI is 30. So I could get the injections but trying to do it myself. Gym every other day, cutting down on carbs and alcohol.

Dropping carbs tends to work best for those of us with BMI in the normal range who want to drop pounds over time.

5ft 10 and 11 stone, I think it goes off BMI. not sure what yours is. There are numerous online suppliers, you have to go through their assessment. I've changed suppliers as one didn't accept my cholecystectomy as a factor I no longer have gallbladder issues. The different suppliers have different criteria.

Not to negate your struggle like others.

Are a lot (some) people who aren't eligible getting them elsewhere? Would not recommend this at all obviously but I'm sure I've read cases of people with low ish BMIs taking it to 'lose a few pounds'...

As others have said you won't be approved as not obese. The lowest bmi considered is 27 with health problems related to weight.

The jabs are not a quick fix