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

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ThatZippyFinch · 20/01/2026 12:34

I’m guessing WLI
I imagine they’ve massively improved their health and energy levels in so many ways
but…

he looked a little gaunt
and she looked so gaunt it was unreal. Also her hair…. Well her hair had been her crowning glory but it looked so lacklustre

It was such a shock. I really see now how these WLI are no golden bullet like sometimes the media would have us believe.

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ThatZippyFinch · 20/01/2026 12:42

angelos02 · 20/01/2026 12:41

I agree with pp's that it may not be WLI. Also, so many people are overweight now (I think it's 60%) that just being slim/normal weight is considered gaunt. As a side note on this, I have been told by my doctor to lose 10% of my body weight, yet I bought a coat recently and the best fit was a size 8! Size 8 when I was young was teeny tiny. So much wrong with attitudes when it comes to weight.

It’s an astonishing weight loss as I last saw them September (first day of school term, I remember!)

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PurpleFlower1983 · 20/01/2026 12:42

Good on them!

FrothyCothy · 20/01/2026 12:41

ScholesPanda · 20/01/2026 12:40

14 Stone in a day

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ThatZippyFinch · 20/01/2026 12:41

Maaate · 20/01/2026 12:40

Is this the weekly WLI bashing thread?

Huh?

They will have likely exponentially improved their energy levels and health

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angelos02 · 20/01/2026 12:41

I agree with pp's that it may not be WLI. Also, so many people are overweight now (I think it's 60%) that just being slim/normal weight is considered gaunt. As a side note on this, I have been told by my doctor to lose 10% of my body weight, yet I bought a coat recently and the best fit was a size 8! Size 8 when I was young was teeny tiny. So much wrong with attitudes when it comes to weight.

ScholesPanda · 20/01/2026 12:40

14 Stone in a day

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 20/01/2026 12:40

I think I need a diagram

Maaate · 20/01/2026 12:40

Is this the weekly WLI bashing thread?

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Username19893847477374 · 20/01/2026 12:39

Why not a magic bullet? Because you perceive her hair to be lacklustre? Sounds like a small price to pay for tackling their obesity, which comes with so many long term direct and indirect health issues.

In terms of the gauntness, it's often because you are so used to seeing them twice the size. When I lost 20kg (and I'm still technically overweight as BMI is now 25.5), I had so many people tell me to stop losing and I was getting gaunt. I don't think it was jealously, I think it was just I looked so different it wasn't gauntness but it seemed like it.

OoooopsUpsideYourHead · 20/01/2026 12:36

Well it's possible they didn't shed the weight with your judgment on their looks in mind.

Also, they probably don't look gaunt at all to people who never met them as overweight people.

Mum2Fergus · 20/01/2026 12:36

Perhaps they are ill…or going through something different…don’t jump to conclusions.

LalalaLava · 20/01/2026 12:36

But you are just guessing that it's WLI?

They could have been struck with horrendous flu or fallen on hard times and been living off cold baked beans for weeks?

HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 20/01/2026 12:36

They don’t look gaunt, you’re just used to seeing them look obese. Nobody said the injections were a magic bullet with no side effects… they’re a medication for obesity (among other things) and they have reduced your neighbours obesity.

Taweofterror · 20/01/2026 12:35

Perhaps they are happy to forgo luscious locks for 'massive improvement' in their health? Seems a small price to pay to me.

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