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

I'm fascinated by how interested people who aren't taking this specific medication are about how safe it is. If I hear about an advancement in say dementia meds or laser eye surgery my though is just wow that's great news. But medication that's actually helping people with obesity, which we know is impacting on people's health and is a huge concern in most developed countries, is met with such odd responses. But what about the side effects/ long term data/ looking like Sharon Osbourne/ potentially gaining weight if you come off the medication...

About 15 years ago, the couple living
next door to us did just this. I hadn’t happened to see them (to get a good look at, anyway) for a couple of months or so and goodness! They had both shrunk so much. They looked great. Turned out that they were getting married soon and had been to WW together to look trim for the occasion.

This being 15 ish years ago, WLI was not an available conclusion for me to jump to. People do lose weight without them, you know.

I understand that, but what is the effect of drugs with no long term safety data?

Go you!
Are you planning to keep going?
Im same height and struggling to get under 11st 7.

I've lost 9 stones in a year through diet and exercise, spent money on a nutritionist and personal coach. I've been told I look gaunt, I'm too thin, asked if there's something medically wrong, told that I've gone too far.

I'm currently 5ft 10 and about 15 stones.

So true. Only the Always Skinny seem to count for some folk.

Yeah but as long as they’ve shiny hair it’s all good..

Im surprised the OP still recognised them. Ive lost tons of weight and at least 2 of my neighbours think Im actually a different person!LOL😂

@ThatZippyFinch how have you not seen your neighbours in six months?! That doesn’t sound terribly…. neighbourly ? But from the tone of your posts, I can’t imagine you are the type of neighbour I’d have any interest in keeping in with.

You don’t understand the impacts of obesity and how people’s health improves when they reduce weight?

I actually said that out loud in the exact way Peter did it. Hadn't thought about it in years. Fab comment.

Fat - disgusting, idle, unhealthy, burden on the state, weak, ill disciplined.

Lose weight - too thin, gaunt, look old, unhealthy, lazy weight loss injection cheats.

It almost like people can’t win, or something?

For perspective...I had 10 stone to lose. I've lost 3 in 6 months. Someone told me yesterday that I was looking 'gaunt'. Seriously.

"AIBU to create a thread to criticize weight loss injections under the guise of gossiping about my neighbors?"

How's that work then?

Also anyone else cringing over the ludicrous shed half their body weight in 3 months comment.

at least make it believable op.

Well op. I take my hat off to you, how long did it take you to think of a new way to slag off weight loss injections.

it’s so utterly cringe.

Leave them alone. I've lost over two stone since October as my son is in hospital and I'm so stressed I'm barely eating. Someone asked me if I was on WLI recently. I wish people would mind their own business. You've no idea what people are going through.

Oh bore off

My friend had the balloon. Yes there was hair loss, yes to gauntness. But the hair grew back, the gauntness evened out. It takes around six months apparently.

Iam not on the meds and it is so slow but I guess I will catch up with you eventually. We all get there,don’t we. No matter how long it takes.

I wish my body could lose 2lb a week as I would’ve looking at goal weight in about 6 months as opposed to the year it is going to take.

Congratulations on your weight loss. That is a massive achievement.

I have a relative who can barely walk with her weight. I have tried getting her to walk, eat better and I have told her I pay for anything that would help her lose the weight. We are all concerned for her health and told her that. We do not mind what she looks like as long as she is healthy

Maybe they are unwell or GP has told them that they need to lead a more healthy lifestyle and doing it together the old fashioned way.
When my mum was ill she lost 3 stone in 6 weeks , she was unrecognisable.

Why not say that then, instead of 'It was such a shock. I really see now how these WLI are no golden bullet like sometimes the media would have us believe.'?
You don't even know that either, or both, are using WLI. They may be grieving, or one might be ill and the other lost their appetite through the stress of that. But instead you guessed that they are on medication and made a nasty judgement about the effects of that medication. If you genuinely thought anything positive about their health, you'd presumably have said that instead of wow they look rough.
Hate fat people and fat people using medication to become thinner if you must, but at least own that hatred!

A friend of mine who has 'given up bread' looks like she has been deflated.. it's insane what WLI do....