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ShawnaMacallister · 08/01/2026 06:19

Cluckycluck · 08/01/2026 06:13

I've not used them but know people who have and the weight goes straight back on.

The problem is rarely do people use weightloss injections as part of a life overhaul. People aren't increasing exercise or implementing a healthy diet so as soon as the injections are stopped they go back to the same lifestyle that led them to gain weight in the first place.

Long term weightloss only happens with a commitment to changing lifestyle. Injections are a quick fix and without actual dietary change or exercise the weight will always go back on.

Where is your evidence that people don't use the medication to change their diet and exercise habits?

Toddlerteaplease · 08/01/2026 06:16

I will think of the money I’ve spent and it will give me the incentive to keep it off!

olympicsrock · 08/01/2026 06:16

Sadly it’s true . I am an educated person who took MJ for 8 months losing 3 3/4 stone. I thought I had made good habits. After a year of stopping I have regained 2 stone as all the habits have restarted - compulsive snacking etc. I have had to restart MJ this week.

Factshows · 08/01/2026 06:16

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Zanatdy · 08/01/2026 06:14

Same as any diet really. I guess even more so for weight loss injections as I see people eat very little on it as not hungry. That’s a lot to manage when you’re off them and the hunger returns. You’ll need a lot of willpower to resist over eating when hunger is back. I’m sure some manage it but like other dieting methods, once you stop actually dieting, often re-gain. I lost 2 stone during covid, regained. Now trying to lose it again (no WLI as have a pancreas disease).

Cluckycluck · 08/01/2026 06:13

I've not used them but know people who have and the weight goes straight back on.

The problem is rarely do people use weightloss injections as part of a life overhaul. People aren't increasing exercise or implementing a healthy diet so as soon as the injections are stopped they go back to the same lifestyle that led them to gain weight in the first place.

Long term weightloss only happens with a commitment to changing lifestyle. Injections are a quick fix and without actual dietary change or exercise the weight will always go back on.

Shoxfordian · 08/01/2026 06:11

I'm on wegovy, switched from mounjaro when the prices went crazy, lost almost 5 stone since July last year.

I'm aware you have to manage on your own once you've lost the weight and not go back to bad habits, seen a few success stories keeping the weight off after so I think its possible