Friend very angry that I’m on Mounjaro

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My friend is tall and willowy, never has to watch what she eats. She prides herself on being slim and the ability wear whatever she likes (tight catsuits, very short skirts etc).
Im the opposite. Short and dumpy, size 18. Desperately needing to turn the hunger button off I’ve resorted to ordering Mounjaro after a lot of reading around the subject.
Friend has hit the roof! Says that it’s cheating and a quick fix and it won’t stay off. That I should eat healthier and exercise more and that’s why I’m fat. Yes, it probably is but I don’t have her genetics either. Says she thinks it’s disgusting that people are using this quick fix etc. On and on. I’m a bit shocked and sad to be honest.
I don’t want to think Ill of her but I wonder if she’s actually worried I’ll be slim myself one day so she won’t be the slim one of the two. Anyone else had this? Don’t know what to do going forward!

You can only buy the drug from a registered pharmacy and you have to have a bmi of 30 to do so which is actually classed as obese. Most online pharmacies ask for some sort of ID as well as a short video/photo of scales with said starting weight.

A lot of them have only recently started asking for photos etc

Whatever they tell themselves to make themselves feel less of a judgemental arsehole, most people aren't genuinely concerned about someone's health, they just like judging fat people and feeling superior.

If they were genuinely concerned about their friend's health they'd be delighted that they were getting help to reduce their weight (which is far worse for their health)

In my mind? Really. You’re not actually far wrong with my profession although I’m also guna ‘assume’ you just said that to prove a point of me not being in that field but you assumed wrong. I also have 2 clients who are currently using this as a weight loss aid (not given by me), they have made food changes and have lost an ideal amount of weight for them in the last 6 weeks

Already said it doesn’t concern me so why are you asking again why it bothers me? It’s obviously unintentionally touched a nerve as you are so bothered by what others think

Nonsense

Do you think so ? It's the kind of discussion I would have with my friends.

Am quite interested that people are saying here that it's a 'miracle drug'. Surely there are some side effects? That's what would worry me.

@ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea of course there are reported side effects of these drugs, as with all medicines. It's up to each individual to balance the risk of any possible side effects with the benefits of losing weight. If you are obese then the benefits outweigh the possible risks, clearly. Mounjaro and Wegovy have been approved for weight loss by the MHRA in the UK and have been around for longer as a treatment for diabetes.

I'm still eating far less. It's not an easy instant fix

I'm on 1200 Cals a day max. The difference is I'm not starving all the time or thinking about my next meal. That makes it easier to stick too. But I can't eat huge takeaways or choc or crisps and expect to use. It doesn't burn calories.

That is just enough way of trying to put people off taking the drug.
I am slim, but if I ever became overweight and needed extra help to lose weight, I would take
weight loss injections.

I’m only a doctor but ok what do I know🤷🏼‍♀️. I wouldn’t do it myself

Oh right you're a doctor therefore you have fully evaluated the health risks of both long term obesity and medium term use of injectable weight loss drugs, you've done a wide scale analysis of the evidence and can conclusively state that the risks of these drugs is greater than the risks of long term obesity? Or are you a GP who has as much information on these drugs as the rest of us?
Obesity is a health hazard, a serious one. How TF is a doctor of all people telling people with obesity that using a weight loss drug to become not obese is about vanity??

I’m really concerned that a doctor is saying somebody trying to lose weight when obese is about vanity.

Oh this would spur me on to absolutely smash it and have the body of an (admittedly still well fed) Victoria's Secret model by Crimbo.

I've been on it since early March and had to provide photos etc so that's not right.

Tend to agree, I don't think either of you like each other and are both very appearance focussed.

Are you one of the drs who also thought the covid vaccine was full of poison and made people magnetic. Being a dr isn't the gotcha moment you think it is their are a lot of drs out there that are giving vulnerable people dangerous information based on their personal opinion rather then based on scientific fact. Being obese is incredibly dangerous and anyone wanting to lose weight should be supported in doing that in whatever way works for the individual.

I’m only a doctor but ok what do I know🤷🏼‍♀️. I wouldn’t do it myself

Im also a doctor and not only do I support anyone trying to help themselves lose weight, I'm using it myself.

Being a doctor does not = hive mind

This is so so important.

When I had WSL suggested to me by my GP he was going through all the benefits and why it was superior to other weight loss methods (not perfect, nothing is foolproof and you have to use your tool in the right way) but how the outcomes can be very positive and what long term obesity would mean for my future

I then had a consultation with the surgeon that di the op in the end and he had sent me information about different choices and procedures but also the impacts and life long effects of the surgery and impacts and life long effects of obesity.

It wasnt a hard decision to make!

People/this society really minimise the risks of obesity, its like is just about being 'fat' and not fitting into nice clothes. Its actually dangerous.

Well said and well done on making the decision to improve your health.

I was on it around 4 years ago, from different suppliers (trying to find the best price each time) and needed to supply photos.

The issue is we are fat so therefore stupid/ lazy/ greedy so we must be PUNISHED. The thought that a medication ( which we pay for ourselves) might help us enrages many people.
Plus if too many fat people lose weight then who will they have left to look down on?

Sounds like she enjoys you being the "fat friend". As you lose the weight, I'd fade her out too.

I've been on it since early March and had to provide photos etc so that's not right.

And in that time you've used all of the providers? Or do you mean that just your provider has asked for photos

Clearly you haven't read the threads on here and Reddit where people talk about being on it with Pharmacy2U and others where reordering in July is the first time they've had to submit photos

This.. lose 9 stone right there.