To wonder how people afford weight loss injections?!

[Karmacharm]

So many people I know are doing Mounjaro or Ozempic. I’ve looked at the price online and even with the discount it’s still hugely expensive in this cost of living crisis.
I would love to do it but there’s no way I can afford it long term.

Have you quoted the wrong post? She means not everyone is struggling financially.

Yes it does a bit. You have to decide what’s more important to you I guess.

After dieting and seeing a trainer for over a year I’ve only managed to maintain a loss of around 5lbs. Five weeks into Mounjaro and I have already lost 1.5 stone which would have taken me forever to lose

Is because you can stick to a diet/eating less with mounjaro?

So many people I know are doing Mounjaro or Ozempic

I don't know anyone taking it - at least no one who has told me.

I thought I was an average person leading an average life.

I also don’t know anyone who is using it. Or who hasn’t told me they’re using it but has lost a lot of weight.

Same here, but I can imagine some people know several people- bit social contagion and that. I have one friend who takes it and eats less but nothing that's fuelling her body or doing her any good, her goal is simply to lose weight rather than to lose weight and nourish her body to be actually healthier. For someone who is genuinely morbidly obese losing the weight alone is good, but her hair is falling out, her skin is terrible, she has no energy as she's not ensuring the fewer calories she's eating are actually giving her what her body needs.

4 weekly average costs:

Bar of choc & pack of crisps a day £56
Bottle of wine a week £32
Takeaway a week £100
(Insert similar snack choices)

Injection £160

My first one cost me £125. I've stopped paying Weight Watchers and if I cut out snacks, excessive alcohol Costa's and takeaways I'm pretty close to that figure.

When I was around a size 16, I had to under eat to lose the weight....if I ate what Google says I should be eating I was maintaining, as expected. Anyway, who cares. It's not what this thread is about.

A takeaway for a family of 4 could cost like £80 these days. A pizza could could be like £40. Drinking costs a bit if you like a drink. Going out to pub, or for a meal can be quite pricey.

Pay for a weight loss jab and no longer feel like takeaways, opting to cook healthy meals. Might go out for a meal but know you wont be able to eat much so just get a starter or share a main. Don't fancy a drink so don't order a bottle of wine... It soon pays for itself to be honest.

I haven't paid £200 yet for a pen and I'm on the highest dose now. My 15mg cost me £177 with Zava. With a discount coupon though. Other suppliers are cheaper if you look around. Starter pens can be under £150.

With codes it’s £150 ish a time and you can get 5 doses out of it. You can’t eat much. If you usually spend on coffees, alcohol, takeaways, meal deals, ‘treats’ food like choc and biscuits you’ll save money.

to clarify i did mean financially struggling,
I have been on We Govy since Jan and lost over 3 stone, i know the money i have spent on the injections has been saved from the food/alcohol i havent been buying over the past 8 months i live alone so its been a lot easier for me to do it this way

I can't afford it. I wish I could because I have stopped losing weight by calorie counting and can't lower my calories any further without making myself ill.

When I was overeating I was overeating on cheap junk food, not takeaways and expensive wines, food probably cost around £5 a day.

I've decided to give low carb a go which I also can't really afford but it is cheaper than Ozempic etc.

I'm about to start this week. I started worrying about my health so I cut down on booze, then I gave up smoking, but noticed I was massively overeating to compensate so the money I've saved in booze and fags is covering it. As others have said, I don't expect to spend as much on food either.

DM is paying for mine. I need surgery and can't have it without losing weight, I can't lose weight because I need surgery. Prior to my health issue I was very slim. Sadly the NHS took me off the waiting list for a over year without me knowing this caused me to gain weight as moving around is difficult. By the time I had realised their error my BMI was too high for the surgery.

Mum just sees it as getting some of my inheritance early as my quality of life is awful due to the NHS messing about. She would rather see me happy and healthier enjoying life.

if you share your code and someone uses it you get a discount yourself and the new person gets a discount too. I am with Voy, if anyone needs a code please message me.
I am also spending less on impulse buys, both food and other random crap. my weight loss is slow but steady and I would be prepared to be on it for life if need be

I suppose I can afford it now because we own our home nd no longer have childcare costs and generally have more disposable income. If it was 5 + years ago I wouldn't have even thought about paying for a weight loss drug as we were saving and had a lot of outgoing costs. Definitely didn't spend money on takeaways, nights out etc.

A lot of people on them do seem to be older. I guess have more disposable income and wanting to focus on their health now. I think people with young children and more financial responsibilities would struggle to find the money for it. I've been there, opting out of pension as couldn't afford to lose the money etc. Back then I definitely wouldn't have decided to spend on weight loss meds. Now in a better financial position so decided to invest in myself after years of prioritising everything else.

I am overweight and it sounds ideal but concerned about side effects.

When people say they're not eating, what would a typical intake a day look like? Surely a body needs fuel to keep going?

@Scammersarescum

The poster obviously meant that not everyone is struggling financially.

Yes, body shape can be inherited to an extent, but if you're fat, apart from a few people with a medical condition, then you will be eating too much. I've seen people who say 'all my family are big', well yes because you all eat a lot and share the same ideas/habits about food. They tell themselves it's inevitable that they're fat and it's just not.

There's a woman on tiktok using weight loss injections after saying she couldn't lose weight, shes just built like her mum and sister, she has a slow metabolism, she hardly eats etc, but she's eating1200 calories a day and has lost almost a stone in a month so clearly her metabolism is working just fine, she was just eating a lot before to maintain her high weight. People underestimate what they're eating.

What is attractive about it is cutting out the thinking about food. I suppose as more of these drugs are developed, there might be a dose/formulation that you could take, not to drastically cut your appetite but just reduce it a bit so food is not front and centre of your mind. The side effects concern me but when I was 2.5 stone heavier last year than I am today, I think I may have tried it. I don’t blame people for giving it a go.

Lots of information on the internet but would this be suitable for someone wanting to lose 2.5 to 3 stones? I am struggling to shift the menopausal weight gain.

which one be best, Mounjaro or Ozempic?

also, do I need referring from my go?

If your biggest concern is the cost and not the organ damage and cancer you'll be dealing with within a decade, your priorities are wrong.

I'm on it and probably eat two takeaways a year, max. No exaggeration.

No need to be so judgemental.

Don’t want to be negative but I think a lot of people will end up anorexic as they already have binge eating disorder and will stop eating all together if their appetite disappears on the injections

Yes, because all the evidence shows that there’s a 100% chance of you having organ damage and cancer in the next 10 years if you use the injections 🙄.
You know what also causes an increased risk of cancers and organ damage? Obesity.