Just seen my neighbours…. They must have shed 50% of their body weight!!

I can assure you, they would look considerably worse lying in their coffins, dead from heart disease/Type 2 Diabetes/stroke etc.

Years ago I lost 7 stone - no one even noticed until I’d lost the first 3!
If they are only neighbours im guessing they were already trying to lose weight before September by whatever method
I’m back at SW and also on low dose WLI so far lost 2 stone 10 and no one has noticed - want to lose another 4.5/5 stone

Approx 2 and a half to the weight loss market and a little longer for diabetes, no where near enough for long term data to be available.

As an example it took 5 years between Thalidomide being marketed and heavily dispensed for links to ill effects to be made.

Um in case you hadn’t noticed the op is nonsense, no one loses half their body weight in three months, lol. Usual weight loss is 1-2lbs a week, so you can stand down with all your worry about 70 year olds 😂

Yawn!! Who gives one if her hair is lacklustre 🙄🙄

I’m hoping mine goes down also. Thank you

No and what you’ll see with most people is that they lose the recommended average of 1-2 lbs a week, the big difference is that it’s consistently 1-2lbs a week as opposed to the usual rhythm of a diet where you lose for a few weeks then have a bad week and gain a bit, then stay the same for a while, then gain for a bit, then get back on track and lose some…..

With Mounjaro it’s easier to stick to the diet and just have a run of steady small losses and eating a healthy diet without breaking and eating a load of rubbish. The temptation/craving and satisfaction of eating crisps/chocolate/cake etc is just not there as much.

I have been on it for 18 months, I eat around 1400 calories a day now it was closer to 1800 when I started and I make sure it’s a good balance of fat, fibre, protein, carbs (low on carbs due to diabetes).

There will always be outliers and some people use WLIs alongside an eating disorder mentality to eat the minimum number of calories humanly possible to lose weight as fast as possible. Most people don’t take that approach.

Mounjaro has been around for years, Years. How much long term data do you need?

Anyone over 40 losing a huge amount of weight quickly are likely to look unwell because your skin looks loose which can make you look older and unwell

it’s not fast, in my experience. 1 to 2 lbs a week. How much less should I lose? I don’t know anyone else who uses WLI who is systematically losing more. Would you prefer I remain fat? Can I win or do you just want to find fault?

What an unpleasant OP

It was like magic for my blood sugars. I was on insulin and metformin and had cut all carbs except green veg and dairy and my sugars were still above normal range consistently. Started taking Mounjaro and within 6 weeks I’d completely stopped the insulin and was down to minimum dose of metformin, 6 weeks after that the metformin went too. Went from a Hba1c of 11.7% to 5.2%

Let’s cut to the chase here. On the off chance the OP is a real person and this is a real situation, then it’s clear OP thinks she’s superior to her neighbours. She probably based her perception of that superiority on the fact they were fat. In her mind, that equal ill disciplined, lazy, weak, failures.

They’ve now lost weight, so she can base it on that any longer, so she’s going for criticising their post-weight loss appearance and throwing shade at how they lost the weight.

If it wasn’t that, it’d be something else. Because some people are just arseholes.

Trust me, I don’t look unwell. I look like a normal women in my 40s.

i just started yesterday for my diabetes. My A1C has been high and my will power too low. Losing weight would be nice but the blood sugars need to be lower.

Your heart and other vital organs don’t appreciate carrying extra weight either. ‘People’ don’t seem to be ‘genuinely worried’ about obese people who are at far greater risk from ailments - just disgusted they’ve got that way from what I observe.

I always find it quite incredible that when someone's done something that's undoubtedly great for them there will always be someone like you who'll still find something to be bitchy about.

No it’s not. Educated users take it slowly and focus on retaining/ building muscle whilst losing fat.

I don’t think that’s the case. I think people are genuinely worried about people’s health. Anyone over 40 losing a huge amount of weight quickly are likely to look unwell because your skin looks loose which can make you look older and unwell. I know people in here seem to think weight loss injections are amazing but is it really healthy to lose weight that quickly? Your skin obviously doesn’t think so 😬.

Is it absolutely necessary that the WLI loss is so fast? I understand in terms of morbid obesity then there's an urgency, but why otherwise? Is it because you can't be on them for too long?

Fast weigh loss causes loss of muscle mass, often you see that around the neck which is a muscle contributing to the gaunt look.

The only reason I care is it is catastrophic for later life to have less muscle mass.

I am very worried about frail 70 year olds, but as always its profit (WLI companies) first.

If I walked out my house and thought my neighbour looked ill or different the very, very last thing I’d do would be start a thread on MN about it.

For some reason, there are a significant amount of very insecure people who seem to hate other people losing weight. It's baffling.

As someone with a very round face who’s managing to finally drop some weight, I’m loving the more ‘gaunt’ look on my face. It gets really plump when I put on extra weight. A perfect circle. Love some definition that is showing up now that fat is leaving it. Fuck it if it makes me look older, it certainly makes me look better.

They aren’t really concerned they are just trying to find a way to be negative. It’s pure jealousy. If the global health authorities are comfortable so am I,

no one likes being fat and it’s v difficult that many can’t afford them, but being negative doesn’t hide it. Or of course we have the ones who think they are superior as they can control their weight and are now pissed so can others without the effort. In their eyes. They need to put in.

there is almost daily threads on here with women furious about these injections.

They’ve been in use for around 20 years, how many years of data are needed before we can call it long-term?

Yes - it’s weird, I always said I’d be OK once I got to 11’7 but Mounjaro has altered my whole perception. I still feel pretty big to be honest even though I’m skinner than I’ve been in nearly two decades!