To be jealous of everyone getting slim in weight loss jabs while I get fatter !

[Sundayslump]

Okay - lighthearted ? Maybe.

I’ve been lucky to grow up and be a size 10 . Had a baby at 27. Lost all the weight but my body changed. Baby 2 , again gained 4 stone but I’ve always kept the last stone. I am now 12/14 uk.

I work full time and have two children . I eat healthy for the most part and walk and exercise. When I am super strict which feels so much harder at 40 I am a size 12 but unlike in my 30s it seems so much harder to lose weight now . I feel crap in my clothes and I wish and dream of being a size 10. Call me pathetic !

My brother and his wife , twos sisters and their husbands , work colleagues and a few of my good friends who were never obese but had a few stone to lose are all taking weight loss jabs. They have all lost around 2/3/4 stone and are all now looking fab . All the women are now in size 8 jeans and I am jealous. I sound pathetic . None of these ladies were any bigger than a 14/16 to start with.

I totally understand these jabs are so life changing for so many people who need them but it seems in my life everyone has taken them and gone from a 14/16 to a size 8/6 size Uk and I can’t help but feel like if I just bloody jump on the bandwagon I will feel good, feel happy and be slim.

Now everyone around me is so slim I feel ever more aware of my size .

I want to state I exercise and do eat a healthy diet . I have just found after two babies and getting older unless I basically stick to 1200 calories a day I can’t maintain a size 12.
Ahhhhhh. Sorry for sounding so so so vain.

You didn’t even so much as quickly google it?!

I apologise, no I don't mean that only people eating unhealthy food get side effects. I believe they may be more likely to have them, which of course pushes up the overall number of side effect reports. People react differently and I'm sure it's possible to have side effects also otherwise.

Food noise is when you have a packet of biscuits in the cupboard and you can hear the fuckers calling your name every time you walk past the cupboard and when you are lying in bed at night.

No. I don’t have to. I can easily recognize a complete and utter exaggeration when I see one.

There’s no recommended calorie intake on the jab. Don't sure where you got that information from most sites only say you have to be in a deficit but don't give you an amount

YANBU @Sundayslump to be jealous - it’s a completely natural human emotion when confronted with something someone else has that you want (no different being jealous of someone for their youth, beauty, natural slimness, wealth, or intellect etc).As long as it’s not affecting your relationship with your family and friends it’s no big deal.

Imo if you are overweight and do want to take MJ, but can’t either due to finances or because you are just below the BMI cut off - then it must be difficult if you regularly see people on it who can afford it and/or don’t seem like they need it (but have managed to get it anyway).

I wouldn’t want to take MJ myself, even though I am overweight, but YANBU for your feelings (after all, you can be jealous and still be happy for someone).

Not sure why people keep talking about muscle mass loss like it's something unique to the jab. All weight loss can affect muscle mass. That's not news.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2161831322006810

I can’t believe I keep rising to this, but:
1/ I know, the 1200 is referring to the OP
2/ I know, I am on MJ myself
3/ please RTFT

Thank you for the apology.

A colleague has track marks and has lost a lot of weight very quickly (size 16 to size 6/8).

You have to laugh really at the utter dross people spout on these threads don't you?

Tell me you know nothing about WLI's without telling me you know nothing about them. It's reminding me of the old "you can catch AIDS from toilet seats" BS.

So many of you just clearly know zilch about them and spout utter nonsense.

And another one...

Well, if Stephen Fry said it! I mean, that must be everyone else's experience too!!

Oh God 🤣🤣🤣

@Dollydaydream100 lovd the name, it's what we call the DD.

What shocked me was Ruth Langford on loose women saying she like to try them to lose a few pounds! Jesus, if a seasoned journalist can't be arsed to read up on the drug there's little hope for the naysayers.

And I'm not jealous of anyone who feels the need to have their belly sliced off in an operating theatre and be unable to walk or bend afterwards, put themselves at risk of infection etc.

You do also realise that a tummy tuck doesn't mean the weight won't come back? 🤔

Dear Lord. How do people get through 12 years of formal schooling and still being so ignorant of how the human body works?

Track marks

Is there something you’re actually trying to say there?

Dear Lord. How do people get through 12 years of formal schooling and still be so ignorant of how to do a very simple internet search

Yes, some weight loss injections can cause muscle loss, in addition to fat loss. This includes drugs like Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide).

How much muscle loss can occur?
In one study, participants taking semaglutide lost an average of 39% of their muscle mass.

In another study, participants taking semaglutide lost an average of 15 pounds of lean muscle.

In clinical trials, participants taking tirzepatide lost more fat-free muscle than those taking insulin.

Yes, obesity trials have shown that participants using incretin mimetic agents like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) or tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) lost 10% or more of their muscle mass in 68- to 72-week long clinical studies, which equates to roughly 20 years of muscle loss due aging, according to experts

My sample size of one, since starting them in August.

Ah right you don’t need to check the facts or do any research. You just know. Gotcha 😉

That’s great, glad you are doing well on it.

I expect most studies will look at a sample of people and report the overall trends.

Oh dear Lord. What I meant was that anyone losing weight will lose both fat and muscle mass. This is whether you do Slimming World or WLIs.

And exactly the same with potential 'bone loss'. And this is why my pharmacy advocates some form of weight bearing exercise. My Mother did Weight Watches and Slimming World for decades. Never once was anything ever said to her about risk of muscle loss of bone density?

One thing is for certain is that weighing less puts far less strain on your muscles, joints, heart and lungs. All my middle aged twinges and aches (including a very painful coccyx) have completely disappeared now that I have lost weight.

@kungfoofighting yes, of course they will. But, for example, the study quoted above (Prado et al., 2024) is clear to point out that "This substantial muscle loss can be largely attributed to the magnitude of weight loss, rather than by an independent effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists'.