Really depressed I didn’t just go on Ozempic - only maintained for a year

Wobbly bits can be toned op. You have done brilliantly. Don’t be so down on yourself!
Get a PT - they are lifechanging 🏋🏻‍♀️

Try strength training to change your body shape. You will need to do more than 2kg weights, that isn’t going to do anything. Either research it properly or better still use the money you would have spent on WLI on a PT and build some good habits.

Sorry, should say ...You could go on Mounjarro now if you wished to- although if you are a healthy weight now you probably would not be able to get it.

Well done on the weight loss.

You have done it the healthy way. I'd be super proud of yourself, stop comparing (I know it's easier said than done) and remember that weight loss and health is a long game, not just for this summer.

I keep hearing so many stories from friends about people they know who are on injections, looking yes, thin, but also really unwell, with terrible brittle hair and more than one having gall bladder issues.We don't know what the long term effects will be. FAR better to do it naturally.

I'd be focusing on weight training, as others have said. Should help you minimise those wobbly bits, especially at your age, AND maybe help you get the last of it off.

If you've been doing the gym for a while, and nothing is (or doesn't seem to be) happening, it would be well worth investing in some personal-trainer sessions - someone who'll listen to what you want to achieve and tailor routines for you to try and get there. Equally, if what you're hoping for isn't achieveable, a PT will be able to talk you through what is/isn't possible. A good PT will also be able to discuss how to eat what, and when, and (importantly) working with one will help you with self-confidence, and perhaps a reframing of how you see yourself.

Big congratulations on what you've achieved by yourself so far.

It's fine to feel upset etc BUT it really doesn't matter in the long run how you lose the weight as long as you maintain the weight loss, which you have done.

You could go on Mounjarro now if you wished to.

I am on Mounjarro for Diabtes and have lost virtually nothing, it doesn't work for everyone.

It's just my opinon but in your shoes I would try and focus on your self, your own achievements, your mental health, feeling good in your own skin.

Sorry just seen your BMI is in the healthy range. Ignore my previous post please. You can't be overweight, surely? I bet you are lovely, stop comparing yourself to others.

The level of judgement and ignorance on here about WLIs is wild 🙄. I’ve been on MJ for a year, I’ve had to make LOADS of lifestyle changes and I’ve only lost 3 1/2 stone so far. It’s not the magic bullet you all think it is. Tiresome.

Huh? Did you mean to quote someone else?

Good for you for losing weight by eating better. I know how hard it is to not use food as a crutch.

However, I have tried to lose weight for 20 years 'the hard way' and I finally reached the end of my tether earlier this year. I started on Mounjaro and I am so much happier. If you can afford it just stop torturing yourself and take it. Good luck with whatever you decide.

A lot to be said for this.

Why would she come off? She may stay on, she can clearly afford them

OP you are young. You are in a healthy bmi. You have met your goal weight. Please don't beat yourself up about what you think you look like. You will never be as young as you are right now.

I promise you, in 10 years time you will look back and realise how gorgeous you were and you will wish you had appreciated it at the time. Wear what you want, enjoying the sunshine, no one is judging you except yourself.

OP if you cook pasta, potatoes, and other starchy foods and let them cool down, then reheat before you eat, it cuts the carb content in half. Works with bread too. Make toast and let it go cold before eating. But I have to say while this works for those needing to watch glucose levels, it won’t necessarily work for weight loss. I’m like you - lost a lot of weight over a twelve month period and it stalled for a while. I kick started metabolism with a bit more exercise and, sorry to say, cutting back on carbs again and the weight loss continues - albeit at a slower rate. You do plateau at a certain point - it’s inevitable.

You’re in the healthy range for a 31 year old having lost 55lbs and maintained for a year. Well done, its a fantastic achievement, no caveats.

Get off Tik Tok, focus on fitness and eating well and enjoy your life in the body you have.

Said from the point of view that the last time I lifted my head up I was 31 - I’m 55 now and that time feels like a minute.

Just a small thing about food though…I eat rice every day and find the ‘resistant starch’ thing has really worked for me, but you need to refrigerate or freeze the rice/pasta/potato/bread for 24 hours or so to convert the starch, not just allow it to cool, which is what I think you said you do.

Sorry to hear you want them but can’t afford them

Doesn’t sound like you’ll ever be happy tbh

Op i cannot stress enough how much swimming will have a MASSIVE affect on toning. Just try it and i promise within 4 weeks you will see a difference and your fitness will improve greatly. Sticking chemicals in your body does not improve fitness.

I think you have done fantastically well and you maintained that weight which is even more impressive and you've been to the gym, your future self will thank you, and in 20 years time as you hit menopause you will be strong and well still. Do Not feel down feel proud.
A little quote from Dr Vonda Wright who is an
Orthopedic Surgeon: Up to 40% of the weight lost on GLP-1s can come from lean muscle mass if you are not intentional. And muscle is not cosmetic. Muscle is metabolic power. It is blood sugar control, bone protection, balance, mobility, resilience, and longevity.
By intentional I believe she means building muscle and bone strength.

Using 2kg weights won’t tone anything up at all. My gym doesn’t even have 2kg dumbbells available. You need to build up the weight slowly using progressive overload to failure. You should be starting at 6kg.

[NB this assumes you don’t have any injuries you might aggravate, and a PT session to show you how to do it properly would be invaluable]

After years of being overweight I lost three stone on Mounjaro. Then I stopped taking it and put two stone back on.

Im Back on it now and will probably be on it long term. It’s not ideal, it’s expensive and doesn’t come without side effects but the hunger that comes when you stop it is something else.

you lost all that weight pub your own, you’ve maintained for an entire year. That’s so much healthier than the way I, our your friend, have done it. Get yourself to the gym and tone up, that sounds like all you need to do.

You will be glad you did it this way when they struggle to come off the injections 💉.

Then maybe it’s time to look at ways of firming those wobbly bits up, in the gym, swimming, Pilates etc.

I think you have lost weight in a really sustainable way, not by using expensive chemicals that tie you into a lifetime of using them . Well done, you should be very proud of yourself.

Exercise and muscle toning is what you need now if you are at a healthy BMI. Possibly the reason you can’t lose that last stone is that you are aiming for a weight that is below optimum for your body.

Bless you, you've achieved amazing results but the mind can take a while to catch h up with the body. Toning /light weights might help firm things up and most importantly get you proud of what your body can achieve (lifting strength etc) also consider some counselling /coaching for self acceptance in your new shape &weight. 😊