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.

I'm possibly no help as I'm.on the injections to. But I lost 10lbs first in a month from stress and missing meals. I fast 9pm - 1pm and the less I eat, the less I want to eat. When stressed out I just forgot yo eat lunch for about two weeks. So no snacks. I only eat at those two meals. Blood sugar is more steady this way

Get your kids to wind you up. Worked for me.

Obese people who lose weight the old fashioned way are just as likely to regain as obese people who lose weight via WLI. Obesity is the problem. WLI are the treatment. I'm not sure why you think someone staying on a medication long term that treats a medical issue is a problem?

I was on MJ and have stopped taking it for a few months and continued to lose weight because I changed my eating habits whilst taking it exactly the same way as someone who’s dieting without it would.

You seem to have an opinion that it’s cheating and no effort is needed which couldn’t be further from the truth. Maybe you should listen to people who are actually taking the jabs before forming an opinion and lumping us all in the same category.

Also not everyone will be reliant upon an injection for the rest of their lives. Lots of sweeping generalisations in your posts.

But that's not all, is it? You decided to bring up who was more or less likely to keep the weight off. If you'd just said what you thought, and not tried to pretend there were any facts involved, that could've simply been ignored.

There are potential health risks to being on WLI long term, as yet the long term safety of weight loss injections is not completely understood. Hope that helps ☺️

Good for you, the stats and studies speak for themselves in terms of % of people regaining all, or part, of the weight lost after stopping WLI’s though. That doesn’t suddenly become false just because it doesn’t apply to you, hope that helps :)

Feel free to look up the stats on the % of those who regain all or part of the weight after stopping WLI’s- speaks for itself :)

What use would that be, when you and I are talking about people who stay on WLIs permanently? I notice you've not cited any stats about them!

I feel your pain my sister is in same boat - its so hard when you don’t qualify !

(not that that has stopped half my colleagues and friends are all knocking off some height inches and layering up on the scales in order to qualify and get it any way)

When people come off the jabs it’s very difficult to not put on all, if not more of the weight than when they first started.

Even those who have half their stomach removed can put weight back on.

If you start at 30stone and even if you put weight back on and manage to overall maintain at 25stone and incorporate exercise etc that is still better than being 30stone.
So for those people it is worth the cost and risk of weight gain again afterwards.

However if you’ve only got a small amount to lose then it’s not worth the risk of going on the jabs.

You’ve not long had a baby.
Carry on doing what you’re doing and you’ll find your results are much easier to maintain.
Stop being so hard on yourself.

That’s a ridiculous comment. Being under the cutoff BMI doesn’t mean you are a happy weight. The friend is now 8 stone. EIGHT. So of course it’s reasonable for people who are very much overweight but not BMI 30 to find it hard going.

If you start on the injections at BMI 30 you could start out 2kg heavier than someone who is under BMI 30 but effectively be the same size. Within a fortnight they will be lighter than you but allowed to now use medication to get to a low BMI whereas you can’t.

This study speaks for itself. According to the data 80% of people will regain all of the weight they lost within five years so I don’t see how you are more likely to put the weight back on after WLI. This study was published in 2018 so before WLI existed. Every weight loss method requires a total change of lifestyle and there’s not a “best way” to lose weight.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5764193/

She’s 1.5 stone under now that she’s lost a stone. She started out just under I think she means.

and 1.5 stone under BMI 30 can indeed mean someone is solidly overweight. Not just a bit

an average 5’5” woman would be 13 stone to have a BMI of 30. That’s big.

at 11stone 7lb a woman at 5’5” would still be very big.

There are actual, known health risks to obesity that for most people outweigh the potential, hypothetical risks of long term WLI use. Hope that helps.

Increase your protein intake. It really helps. I’m 5ft 8 and aim for 120g minimum a day

Pretty sure most people will choose possible unknown risks over very well known and very significant risks if being obese.
HTH ☺️

I’m not talking about those people :)

If only there was another way eh, that wasn’t obesity or WLI, if only there was a third option that has been around since the start…

hope that helps🤣

Hahahahahahaha
bingo!!!

Slow and steady wins the race….

You’ve lost a stone which is amazing. You just need to stick with it. Three meals a day with no snacking works for me. You need a nice balance of food on your plate so include protein, veg, beans, pulses, nuts and seeds. Make sure you get enough fibre and protein. Cut out sugar. Try to eat single ingredients so salmon, green beans, carrots and a few potatoes. If you’re on Instagram, Zoë has good advice.

You definitely shouldn’t be hungry so you need to look at exactly what you’re eating.

Exercise 30 minutes a day in zone 2 which for me is walking at a pace you can still talk, cycle or swim. 20 minutes a week you do zone 5 which walking up a hill at maximum pelt. Do a resistance workout three times a week. Lucy Wyndham Read on YouTube is good for all sorts of workouts which aren’t too complicated or lengthy.

Rangan Chatterjee podcast on Spotify is good if you’ve got access.

I am not an expert, I am overweight & thought the jabs would be heaven. Except I keep reading a load if alarming articles about (potential/apparent) 2nd effects.
Then I think I would rather be overweight.

Keep going, in the end you’ll be the only winner! Your DH and DF will put the weight back on as soon as they stop the injections. You are eating healthy they are eating limited food. You’ll look great and healthy and they’ll look thin and gaunt!

Thin and gaunt from putting all the weight back on?

Obviously I meant in the beginning 🙄 I’m trying to make someone feel better about themselves it doesn’t need the petty police