So if your friend lost 5 stone in 6 months .. would you wonder how ?

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Just inquisitive.. my best friend has always been obese. About 22 stone. I have worried about her health silently for a very long time.. she started Mountjaro in April and is now 14 st. I am completely thrilled for her . Her blood pressure is now 'upper' but not ' see your healthcare provider' .. her heart 'murmurs' have ceased.. I am worried that when she come to the end of her treatment she's will just gain it all again. It is without a miraculous drug.. she has struggled to afford...she is incredibly good with money and financially planned every inch of her journey so that her treatment equalled less than her cost of food consumption.. but only in the short term ( she planned 8 months but goal in 6)

My AIBU is ..I see the amazing difference , she is so happy for the first time in a long time after years of weight watchers, slimming world, Cambridge diet.. low carb, NHS gastric band..(15 years ago which helped but only ever got her to 16 stone before piling it back on) .. she has found one of the Mountjaro providers who will prescribe a maintenance dose...

But she can't afford it long term. It will be £189 per month without a discount.. AIBU to say I can pay this for her. She is my very best friend . I love her new found sense of self confidence.. and don't want it to go.. the money is not an issue for me . I am extremely comfortable and struggle to spend. However would love to help someone I love very much.

Just for complete transparency I had crept over into 'unhealthy' zone as also had osteoporosis in knees. Also took Mountjaro for 2 months and know how incredible it is. I have kept it off for 5 months without a maintenance dose .. it just reinforced healthy eating recipes for me . . But I haven't been morbidly obese

If you were my friend and offered this to me I would be extremely grateful, but I can’t know how your friend might react.

That would be amazing and very kind of you.

I’m so confused as your thread title doesn’t match the post at all…?

Anyway, yes- it would be a lovely thing to do for her if you’re able to.

Eh! why the title? You know how she’s lost it, your post is about offering to pay for her maintenance dose.

How did you get Mounjaro if you just crept into the ‘unhealthy’ zone? You need a BMI of 30 to be prescribed it.

I can't figure out the connection between the thread title and the post?

I'm interested to hear about both your experiences.

Many times, people who have lost weight find that they are able to stay at the new weight more easily since bodies are (scientists tell us) designed to maintain a weight, whatever it is (which is one of the reasons why losing is so hard). But your post suggests that you are backsliding (sorry if this is unkind) so needed a 'maintenance' dose ... And that means your friend might be in the same boat but like you might only need it occasionally?

OP, why would you pay for your friends weight loss treatment. I am sure she is now on a healthy eating and exercise path? Focus on you own health journey.

As other posters have remarked your title is inconsistent with what you are asking.

Where is she buying MJ from at that price?! She needs to shop around.

Yeah actually your post title makes it sound like you were going to write a completely different 'story'.

Anyone can buy it online, you just lie about your starting weight.

😂😂

So basically AIBU to be extremely generous to my friend who needs Mounjaro, even though I can manage without it?

But you have to send proof of your weight and your GP is informed. Seems a lot of work for someone who has just crept into the unhealthy bracket and only needed two months supply. Surely a standard diet would have done the job just as well in this instance rather than lying.

@Poppyseed14 where can you get it cheaper?

Everyone who has taken the momentous decision to pay for this healthcare and save the nhs FORTUNES should get this for free once they're in the healthy weight band

End of.

I am doing this. I will not be able to afford this forever. I am insanely weight loss resistant, I am well under 5 foot.

I spent £17000 on a sleeve gastrectomy when I hit menopause. I was starving, I had been restricting for decades to 1300 calories, I have willpower beyond belief. I put up with being hungry every moment of every day. I was 5 stone overweight.

The gastric sleeve took me down to not being hungry on 1000 calories.

I lost 5 stone. I stopped losing. I was still overweight.

Mounjaro has taken me down to 600-800 calories without hunger. I have lost a further 2 stone.

I still need to lose 2 stone to get to 23 bmi, 7 stone. Bang in the middle of acceptable for my height.

I will need this drug forever. Or I will be hungry on 600 calories. I cannot cope with being hungry and putting weight on.

Every member of my family has died with obesity and heart disease, younger than they're supposed to have done. My mother at 61, father 63, grandparents 54, 66.

The nhs will SAVE MONEY OVERALL giving me this drug

This drug means I can walk 10 miles a day, have masses of energy. Run a team in the nhs, work full time

I am worth living without the threat of obesity because I happen to be (normally) hungry when I can only eat 600 calories.

There is a very interesting relationship between money and investment emotionally. If you are paying 200 quid for something, or searching for discounts and spending time and energy, you are massively more likely to put in the work in other ways.

I'd be really interested to see if the losses reduce if the NHS funds this for anyone overweight. Or if you do for your friend. BTW not in a million years would I let my friend pay that kind of money every month for me and I doubt many people would.

I lost almost 3 stone in 3 months without any medication, just dietary changes. 6 in 6 with a very powerful drug doesn’t seem that clever. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don’t think you have any idea how the medication works.

I'm also confused by the thread title, vs thread content!

Don’t be amazed if she’s a bit offended if you offer to pay. It’s lovely of you but she might not take it well (might think it’s patronising/charity). You can definitely ask but don’t insist if she refuses.

Spectacularly missing the point.

I am so sorry .. my post title didn't match the tread at ALL.. !

What I was meaning to say was that if people found out how my friend managed to make her goal weight , would they judge her for being on this drug when it cost so much and anyone who knows her - would know she wouldn't have this kind of disposable income long term... I am so sorry for confusing anyone.

And to those who think I am doing this for the 'glory' .. absolutely not, ! No one will know but her and me.

If it causes her negative consequences at some point then it will be your fault. Stay out of it.