to think my colleague should just admit she is on weight loss injections?

She could be on it for diabetes, and they still should be kept in the fridge once opened - why would she carry around a very expensive thing that she only needs to use once a week?

Do you go around lecturing others about how they need to adopt your habits and lose weight too?

I've lost nearly 5 stone since November by changing my diet.

No jabs.

No exercise (due to ill health)

Maybe that's what your colleague did???? But no matter how she it, it's good news.

I am on WLIs and I cannot tell a WLI pen from another drug that uses the same kind of pens without getting very close and having a read of the drug label, possibly rotating the pen so that the drug info is at the top

Was your whole nose inside her bag?

It's not something I could identify at a mere glace, and I'm on em!

If you were that close, what dose was she on out of interest?

Well quite! A pen, a needle, an alcohol wipe and a sharps bin seems quite onerous to carry round with her.

Not rtft but you are not a girls girl. Leave this poor woman alone and have some bloody compassion.

I have no idea what you’re jealous of, or indeed if you are jealous. I wasn’t the one who said it.

Except everyone on a forum. How unpleasant.

Oh please don't mistake me, we are not friends but unfortunately for both of us are obligated to stay loosely in touch. If my friends were on WLIs they'd just say it, not go about pretending that they'd suddenly and miraculously reformed their characters. But then they don't subscribe to the notion that overweight is a personality flaw to begin with so there would not need to be any shame in it.

They’re jealous of how you got your shit together and made a change.

Who gives a toss what they think. What you’ve done is AMAZING and no fucker should be pulling you down.

It sounds like this woman is really tedious to be honest. It's fine and pretty normal to talk about weight loss at work and indeed to share tips with people if they express an interest. It isn't fine or normal to make unsolicited critical comments about other people's eating habits or to go on and on about the topic to the point of obsession. So in a way it doesn't matter whether she's on a weight loss drug or not - she sounds pretty insuffersble so we are just quibbling about whether she does or does not have a layer of dishonesty to add to her annoyingness!

But as for whether she is taking anything... I agree with others that it doesn't sound likely that you saw what you think you saw based on the information given, and that even if you did, it would be cruel to comment. It's something with a lot of secrecy and shame surrounding it for many people. It also doesn't guarantee weight loss so will power and effort still have their role to play if she is taking something.

If you want to be more assertive with her and explain your boundaries to her, saying something like 'I appreciate weight loss matters to you and I'm happy for you, but it's really not a topic I want to hear about personally and I'd appreciate your not commenting on my food again' would be a better road.

You're going to find her irritating whether she's on weight loss medication or not. Maybe address what's actually annoying you with her and ask her to stop commenting on your food

Perhaps that’s something you need to resolve in a therapeutic environment with a skilled professional

This. You only inject once a week so why is on the top of her bag?

Does she carry it around out the fridge to go off because she is also utterly loaded? Or is she injecting daily. Or just goady BS?

Your colleague sounds a diet bore.

Having said that - I lost 9st last year without injections/pills/surgery and so many people accused me to my face of being on jabs. It was extremely disheartening.

Our family had a big trauma around Xmas time and I regained 21lb and struggled to stay on track. A family member then offered to pay for WLI to help me back on track and I ended up deciding that since everyone had made their mind up that im on WL injections anyway that I may as well just do it. Ive now lost what I had regained plus another stone so I'm at 10st lost and I've got 6 more to go.

I do wish people would just mind their own bloody business though. I worked so flipping hard to lose that weight. I'm still working hard on the injections but I don't have to concentrate quite as much and i don't have to make weight loss the sole focus of my life any more.

It sounds unlikely that the injection you saw was a WLI, as most people keep them in the fridge and it is only once per week so there would be no need for it to be in her bag at work.

Its not supposed to go above 30 degrees tho so I don't know anyone who is taking about in their handbags in summer

In an average working day your colleague reminds you she’s on a diet once every 1.25 hours? Nah.

I’m on MJ, I inject once a week and the pen can be stored in a cupboard or a fridge. There’s no reason why your colleague would bring this into the office and then on top of it, leave it on full display after bragging (once every 1.25 hours apparently) about her willpower.

I think you need to learn how injections are stored and used… they ain’t shooting up multiple times a day fyi