To be very jealous of my friend and husband.

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I’ll admit I’m very jealous of my friend and partner. All 3 off us have been over weight I gained due to having a a baby having been a size 10 all my life before. My bmi was in the overweight range and I started to do something about it. I’ve lost just under a stone since the beginning of summer it’s been so tough with a baby and being chronically unwell. I’m back on plan and have made a real effort to watch what I eat the last week. Both my friend and husband are on injections and lost loads of weight there food noise has gone and they feel full I just feel starving even though I really trying to eat filling food that’s low calories to keep me fuller for longer but it’s not helping much. I’m also struggling with my chronic fatigue and often used to use food to keep me going. My friend is now 8st and was saying on a girls night out how easy shes found it how it’s completely stopped her food noise. My husband is doing really well and his appetite has greatly decreased. I’m so jealous I know it’s probably better in the long run to not be on injections and I should be proud I’ve lost almost a stone. It’s just so hard and depressing feeling like I want to eat more and I can’t. This is more of a ramble than anything just wanted to vent to someone as I’m craving a snack and I’m saving my calories for dinner later.

Well I’ll ask the obvious question, why don’t you go on the jabs? If your DH is on them it can’t be a cost issue…

I can’t I don’t weigh enough I’m just under the bmi they won’t except me I’d have to gain 1.5 stone to be excepted

Why don't you just go on the jabs? I've lost 6 stone with them since January and feel bloody amazing! Best decision I ever made!

@FlowersFawbI can’t I don’t weigh enough I’m just under the bmi they won’t except me I’d have to gain 1.5 stone to be excepted I tried and got declined

Ultimately, it’ll be you who keeps the weight off OP.
those on jabs will be on them for life. My friend came off of them and gained 10lbs in 2 weeks. Shocking.

I think if you are below the threshold for the jabs it is a bit unreasonable to jealous of those you are heavier. Do you wish you were bigger?

Lol...ok then I'm tapering down my dose and will be off thwlem in January. How are you so sure 'those on the jabs' will put weight back on? You sound a bit snippy about it tbh 🤣

Please don’t take offence.
I’ve attached what Google says. But also I’ve seen it, as I said in my friend but there was a thread on here not long ago about someone gaining back the majority of the weight they lost.

Why do you think there is such a thing as a maintenance dose?

Just to clarify, do you think those on jabs will be on them for life but also not be amongst those who keep the weight off? Not sure why you think we'd keep paying for them in that case!

OP, do you actually want to take the jabs? If so, what's your current BMI and have you had your cholesterol and blood pressure taken recently? I assume you're not currently aware of any qualifying condition.

I’m in a similar situation, can’t take it due to thyroid issues and thyroid cancer family history. I’ve told my husband i’m jealous 😂 and initially I was very jealous about it.

I am jealous because it’s taken me a year too lose a stone and I have 11lb more to loose. Husbands weight is falling off with no effort.

I’ve decided to keep telling myself we all have a different path. I’m concentrating on myself, my bones and my health needs. This is the way I gotta go.

I think it’s pretty obvious what I’m saying. You can keep it off, if you stay on the maintenance dose.

I’m not saying that those who lose weight in other ways can keep it off completely, but they’re more likely to because they’re making changes to their bad habits/understanding the way they’re eating and making those changes needed in order to lose weight and successfully.

a doctor will tell you the same!

You’re full of beans.

They will have to stop the jabs eventually and the weight might go back on because they haven’t been through the process of controlling the food noise. You are reeducating yourself to eat better and ignore the food noise. That’s worthwhile in itself and I’m sure it will pay dividends in the long run. Just stick on your course and don’t worry about what others do.

To be fair most people who lose weight put it back on.

Don't be jealous of people with obesity, it's shit
Youre not 'just below ' the BMI if you're 1.5 stone under are you! You aren't very overweight at all.

You don't know much about WLI if you think people on them aren't making changes to what they eat and developing better habits. We are just doing it with a massive helping hand.

What do you mean? A maintenance dose is the dose you take to maintain your weight. Which is very much allowed on WLI.

Well done on your loss OP. It will most likely be you who keeps it off because although your loss will be slower, yours is all you. The injections are great as a quick fix but you’re then either on them forever OR you come off them and gain the weight back. The studies speak for themselves and it’s all research that’s out there to look at, lots of the studies showed that people regained 50-70% of the weight they had lost within 1 year of stopping the medication, one study actually showed that 19% of people regained ALL of the weight they had lost, and the rate you gain it back after stopping the medication is quicker than if you had made behavioural/diet changes.

The injections look like the winner short term but long term making better choices, habits, building a healthier lifestyle for yourself reaps rewards.

I have this at work, I’m in the same office as someone on the WLI and she is dropping loads of weight and hardly eats anything anymore. She used the word ‘easy’ when someone asked how it was going.
I have to be so disciplined with food and exercise to keep my weight where it is. I’m constantly thinking about food 😭 and feeling guilty when I eat junk. Trying to keep picking myself back and giving it another go. It’s not a great existence and I do feel jealous.

It wasn't remotely obvious, no. It's got more so now, as apparently you're labouring under the delusion that people who lose weight via traditional methods are more likely to keep it off than people who take and then stay on WLIs forever? Good luck finding evidence to back that one up!

Anecdotal but the 2 people I know who have used WLIs continued to lose weight after stopping and haven’t regained nearly a year later. They’ve both completely changed their diets and their appetites have massively changed. Don’t be jealous you’re not on them OP, it will get easier eventually especially as your DH is also dieting

Being on WLI’s forever really isn’t the brag you think it is though.

People who lose weight the “old fashioned” way ARE more likely to keep it off long term than those who go on WLI and then come off them. You can have a look at the evidence for that yourself if you’d like, lots of studies have been done about regaining weight after coming off WLI’s.

Staying on WLI’s forever is certainly not something I’d ever see as a good thing.

To be clear, your opinion on whether remaining on WLIs permanently is a good thing is immaterial.

What we're talking about here is whether WLI maintenance dose takers are less likely to keep the weight off than those who lose through traditional methods. That's not the same thing as people who lose on WLIs then come off them. You're the one who brought up people staying on WLIs permanently.

I can't tell whether you're mixing the two groups up accidentally, or because you know there isn't any evidence that people who remain on a maintenance dose of WLI are less likely to keep weight off than people who lose through diet.

Jealousy is a normal feeling and very understandable given that you’re not finding this easy. But the key thing is that you’re persevering and doing well. Celebrate your own achievements. Treat yourself to some low cal treat snacks or a new top or something and embrace your own success. Well done!!

I’m not particularly bothered whether those who take them permanently on a maintenance dose maintain their loss, to be honest.

If I was OP I’d far rather do it the old fashioned way and not be reliant on an injection for the rest of my life, that’s all☺️