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

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betnet · 11/08/2025 17:31

At work we have all noticed Sally has lost a lot of weight in the past few months. She is always talking about diets and what she eats and does not eat anymore and makes a big deal about avoiding the biscuit tin in the kitchen. She keeps saying it is just willpower and cutting out snacks.

Last week I walked past her desk, her bag was open, and there was one of those weight loss injection pens in plain sight.

Now I cannot unsee it and every time she goes on about her self control it feels performative.

I am not saying she has to announce it to the whole office, but when she is preaching about anyone can do it if they just try it feels a bit dishonest.

AIBU to think she should either be upfront or just stop making a song and dance about how she has done it all naturally?

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betnet · 11/08/2025 19:23

Rosscameasdoody · 11/08/2025 19:22

So why do you think she would be carrying the injection pen around in her handbag when Mounjaro and Wegovy - the two most common weight loss drugs - are only injected once a week ?

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I haven't asked her and neither have I any theories about it

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Rosscameasdoody · 11/08/2025 19:23

Seasonofthesticks · 11/08/2025 19:15

She wouldn’t bring it to work if it was mounjaro. It needs to be kept in a fridge and it doesn’t have a needle attached, you attach the needle at home. Also you take it once a week so if she’s trying to hide it there’s no chance she would bring it to work to inject when she could just do it in the privacy of her home.

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Agree with most of this but Mounjaro doesnt need to be kept in the fridge after the first use.

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betnet · 11/08/2025 19:23

SkylarFalls · 11/08/2025 19:10

Dunno, you're very invested tho ain't you?

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You seem to be too the number of times you have posted on this thread 😂

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Rosscameasdoody · 11/08/2025 19:22

betnet · 11/08/2025 19:20

Many people have already commented about the fridge issue. Go and have a look.

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So why do you think she would be carrying the injection pen around in her handbag when Mounjaro and Wegovy - the two most common weight loss drugs - are only injected once a week ?

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betnet · 11/08/2025 19:22

YouWillFindMeInTheGarden · 11/08/2025 19:14

It’s only a ‘song and a dance’ in your head

just normal interactions and general conversation to most others

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Is it normal to bring up dieting, food and exercise 5 days a week several times a day?

Maybe that is normal to you. It is not to me. I don't want to be told I should not be having a snack. Again this is normal for you?

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PinkArt · 11/08/2025 19:20

Seasonofthesticks · 11/08/2025 19:15

She wouldn’t bring it to work if it was mounjaro. It needs to be kept in a fridge and it doesn’t have a needle attached, you attach the needle at home. Also you take it once a week so if she’s trying to hide it there’s no chance she would bring it to work to inject when she could just do it in the privacy of her home.

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She obviously chucked her sharps bin in her bag too!

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betnet · 11/08/2025 19:20

Seasonofthesticks · 11/08/2025 19:15

She wouldn’t bring it to work if it was mounjaro. It needs to be kept in a fridge and it doesn’t have a needle attached, you attach the needle at home. Also you take it once a week so if she’s trying to hide it there’s no chance she would bring it to work to inject when she could just do it in the privacy of her home.

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Many people have already commented about the fridge issue. Go and have a look.

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LittleCarrot12 · 11/08/2025 19:20

I can see how annoying it is if she banging on about willpower but has a helping hand. I agree it’s none of your business, but the point is she’s making it your business by going on about it.

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betnet · 11/08/2025 19:19

SkylarFalls · 11/08/2025 19:09

Not the most interesting of topics

But I'd rather listen to her chatter about her meal preps than listen to you bitter bitches if I worked at your workplace

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Misogyny at its finest.

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TheGoodOnesAreAllGone · 11/08/2025 19:17

SkylarFalls · 11/08/2025 18:33

Yeah, if you do a degree whilst on ADHD meds or antidepressants, the pills get up at night time and write your dissertation for you like a scene from Cinderella!

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🤣🤣

ToKittyornottoKitty · 11/08/2025 19:17

betnet · 11/08/2025 19:05

That would be completely understandable. But why keep making a song and dance about all the dieting, food, exercise 5 days a week?

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You do realise this could also be true right? The fact that she’s got some help doesn’t take away from any good habits she’s formed.

Seasonofthesticks · 11/08/2025 19:15

betnet · 11/08/2025 17:31

At work we have all noticed Sally has lost a lot of weight in the past few months. She is always talking about diets and what she eats and does not eat anymore and makes a big deal about avoiding the biscuit tin in the kitchen. She keeps saying it is just willpower and cutting out snacks.

Last week I walked past her desk, her bag was open, and there was one of those weight loss injection pens in plain sight.

Now I cannot unsee it and every time she goes on about her self control it feels performative.

I am not saying she has to announce it to the whole office, but when she is preaching about anyone can do it if they just try it feels a bit dishonest.

AIBU to think she should either be upfront or just stop making a song and dance about how she has done it all naturally?

She wouldn’t bring it to work if it was mounjaro. It needs to be kept in a fridge and it doesn’t have a needle attached, you attach the needle at home. Also you take it once a week so if she’s trying to hide it there’s no chance she would bring it to work to inject when she could just do it in the privacy of her home.

bpirockin · 11/08/2025 19:15

I would find the hypocrisy irritating myself.

Not your business generally, I agree, but wtf gives her the right to comment on other people's choices?

I'd probably try and hold my tongue but be waiting to pounce next time she commented on my habits, quietly and away from others if I could hold it that long! It's nothing short of a lie, and I can't stand when people think you're dumb enough to fall for their BS. So many people are using them now anyway, it's hardly a shameful secret.

TheGoodOnesAreAllGone · 11/08/2025 19:14

🤣🤣

YouWillFindMeInTheGarden · 11/08/2025 19:14

betnet · 11/08/2025 19:05

That would be completely understandable. But why keep making a song and dance about all the dieting, food, exercise 5 days a week?

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It’s only a ‘song and a dance’ in your head

just normal interactions and general conversation to most others

FridayFeelingmidweek · 11/08/2025 19:14

The lady possibly feels some stigma/shame around the infection use, so just be nice and let her say it's willpower. It'll do noone any good to mention it. Bottom line is it's great she's found a way to help her lose weight if she was overweight. Good for her. Good for her work. Good for the NHS.

amillionandone · 11/08/2025 19:14

She shouldn't feel obligated to tell people about her medical history or which medications she's taking, but I can see why you're annoyed if she's clearly taking weight loss injections while frequently implying that she's losing weight through sheer willpower.

Regardless of the rest of it, she shouldn't be going on about dieting simply because it is an incredibly boring subject to force on your colleagues day in, day out.

BrickRaven · 11/08/2025 19:13

betnet · 11/08/2025 19:05

That would be completely understandable. But why keep making a song and dance about all the dieting, food, exercise 5 days a week?

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But she might very well be dieting and exercising and eating better. I have been on MJ since Jan and it’s not a magic potion. I still have to watch what I eat and make sure I do a certain amount of exercise every week. Leave her alone.

SkylarFalls · 11/08/2025 19:13

PinkArt · 11/08/2025 19:09

Ozempic eyes?! What on earth do you think WLI users eyes look like? Or is it just that their faces change as they lose weight, the same as they do for anyone who loses a decent amount of weight.

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Oh I know what ozempic eyes are

They're what you think people on ozempic look like because all of your friends and family who just use it to get to and maintain a healthy midsize, think you're the kind of person who would be a bitch about it, so they don't tell you they used them too! So you only see the tabloid "ozempic face" when you think of WLI users!

CaramelGhost · 11/08/2025 19:12

Mind your business. The injections don't fix anything anyway, you still have choices to make. People lose weight when they eat less than they burn. It isn't rocket science.

SkylarFalls · 11/08/2025 19:10

betnet · 11/08/2025 19:03

That is what I am supposedly jealous of?

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Dunno, you're very invested tho ain't you?

PinkArt · 11/08/2025 19:09

Oscarsmom71 · 11/08/2025 18:59

I think it’s her business not yours.
why does it bother you so much.
Ive noticed lots of women in our office losing weight and getting the Ozempic eyes look. Obviously on weight loss jabs. They don’t admit to it but I don’t care it’s their business and they can tell/not tell who they like.

Ozempic eyes?! What on earth do you think WLI users eyes look like? Or is it just that their faces change as they lose weight, the same as they do for anyone who loses a decent amount of weight.

SkylarFalls · 11/08/2025 19:09

betnet · 11/08/2025 19:05

That would be completely understandable. But why keep making a song and dance about all the dieting, food, exercise 5 days a week?

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Not the most interesting of topics

But I'd rather listen to her chatter about her meal preps than listen to you bitter bitches if I worked at your workplace

Rewis · 11/08/2025 19:08

Yeah, she shiuld either admit to the injection or stop banging on about willpower and diets. I'm on mysimba and I keep my mouth shut about dieting and about meds. I mean, yoh do have to diet and exercise wven eith the meds but going on about it every day?

However, there is shame attached to the weightloss meds so it is likely that it is a deflection. So everytime she goes on just think to yourself that it is bs and how you're the one who knows the truth and keep it to yourself.

SkylarFalls · 11/08/2025 19:07

Dinosaursare · 11/08/2025 19:04

My mother in law is on them and keeps telling people she is reformed- does my head in as why lie 😂 but also none of my business!

What is the lie she is telling?

Is that not exactly what WLIs are for? To take away barriers to reforming your diet and lifestyle?

What lie? Exactly? If it's worked and she has used them to reform her lifestyle?

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