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.

It does. I have zero desire for alcohol on MJ. Like a switch. Perhaps you can all be jealous of the alcoholics as well as the fatties in future guys!

Given your size and the fact that you presumably don't have any medical issues I wouldn't dream of touching the injections.
I can understand that if you've got lots of health issues the risk of the injections is worth it but I can't help but feel there might be major issues which come to light in a while.

As for weight loss I cannot recommend enough the Human Body Diet.

I'm not overweight but it has crept up since having children and I was a stone above where I wanted to be. I'm 2 weeks in and have lost more in this time than any other attempt at weight loss. Every time I get on the scale the fat seems to have melted away and I struggle to explain it. I'm slimmer than I have been for years without trying and no cravings now.

Yes. Most of the time you will put the weight back on as you will have exactly the same metabolic challenges that you had before.

I take mj and knew when starting a year ago, that I had to pray very hard for a change the rules around prescribing for life time maintenance. I know my body very well after decades of being on a diet, that a 'kick start' or an 'opportunity to develop healthy habits' wasn't going to work for me. It's my body not my brain that's the problem. Possibly not the same for people who have gained weight through pregnancy, pandemic etc but for me, I would not have started on this if there was no possibility of staying on them long term. I think it's very important to bear this in mind when considering starting. I'm older, so the idea of taking them for life isn't as daunting as it may be for someone younger.

They've been absolutely life changing for me. I'm 52, BMI 21, don't deprive myself of anything, eat when I'm hungry and after 15 years of heavy weight lifting, can finally see my muscle! It's the mental freedom from diet culture that is the best part though.

The tiredness is another level also. Which others have said. If you follow the lady on here that has come off them.

I agree I fall asleep at 8.30pm!

It is so difficult to loose weight after 40 and kids and you are right you can’t eat more than 1200 calories or you start putting up weight. I still wouldn’t risk my life for it., do I try to keep a healthy weight naturally.

It depends which dosage you're on.

They must be obese though if they need to lose a few stones.

I have a friend who stated on MJ for weight but has found it’s curbed her binge drinking completely. She still has a couple of drinks here and there but not the 8-10 pints she could previously get through on a Saturday matching the men pint for pint at footy.

The research is showing very positive signs when it comes to addiction more generally so fingers crossed. It would be wonderful.

I think it's a valuable resource for thise with weight-relared health issues. There are now so many people who take it that weren't overweight or obese to start with though. They just buy it online because they were a size 12 and want to be a size 8. It's becoming a bit like having Botox and Fillers to look better. Each to their own I suppose but it's IMO risky for so many people to be using unsupervised medication.

No need to be jealous- Ive heard they work by making you feel sick, it's not nice.

Yesterday I considered ordering some pills. I've gone from 10 to a 12. Not huge amount too loose. But I've a full time job, 3 and 6 yo.
Y 6 yo doesn't go to bed until 9 and my commute is 90 mins. My oh works away a lot. I'm so tired and I rely on snacks to get through. I just can't find the time to exercise and when I can I'd rather sleep. I feel so flabby and revolting. I miss exercise. Im in London and childcare is ripping us. I just would like someone one day a week to take the kids until 7pm so we could have one evening. But that will cost us £200 a month which I don't have. Ultimately, id rather be able to get to the gym 3 times a week but right now its just too hard. I'm literally thinking stuff it. Get my body back and then get fit when the kids are less demanding.

They are still prescribed if bought online.

They still have to diet!

The ignorance around this subject is unbelievable.

Yeah, you'd have to be a verrrrrry tall woman for a few stone not to be the difference between BMI 25 and obese.

The sickness is so bad. I have to take it at weekends.

My weight was affecting my health and daily life massively. I needed to lose 7 stone to get to a BMI of 23. Im now 6 stone down with the help of the jabs - but its not all fun and games. On the lower doses i didnt get any food noise supression, infect even now on higher doses i still dont. i still think about food alot, i just cant face the actual eating of it. I still have to cook for my family, which is no fun at all. I have had awful side effects, mostly nausea and vomiting. Ive had a couple of problems with my blood glucose dropping too low and struggling to raise it becuase i cant keep anything down. But the lower doses didnt work for me, i had to move up. And i kept movingh up based onthe mantra of "thin = happy"

But, the biggest isue is psychological. I look in the mirror and see what i saw before. I work in a huge department with over 300 members of staff, as such, months can pass without seeing someone if shift patterns dont allign. I get comments every time i work how amazing i look, how much weight ive lost, how well i have done etc etc. But i cant see it. i know i have lost weight, my clothes are 5 sizes smaller (well, my work uniform). But i cant see it. I still wear the same clothes at home i did before, because i dont know what to wear anymore. I need to lose another stone to get to BMI23, but i cant see how 1 stone is going to make me happy.

I have been a size 20 minimum since aged 18 when i had my first baby. That baby is now mid 20s and im mid 40s. I have had a size 20+ figure my whole life really. I still see that when i look in the mirror.

My health is better, my knees hurt less, i can do my job, i can walk to the shops, i can breathe easier, i get better sleep. But my body still repulses me, it still looks the same with the rolls of fat and extra skin. As a fat person, i always thought being small would make me happy. It isnt true. I dont know what will make me happy. I dont know if its a socital issue that thin = happy, or just me, but it hasnt happened, atleast not yet.

The jabs are great at fixing a weight issue, but that weight issue runs so much deeper than weight. Weight isnt just a behaviour. Its so complex. Its bological with some people genetically predisposed to being overweight. I, before the jabs, had to be on 800 cals to lose weight, it was unsustainable, without the jabs i wouldnt have lost anything at all. The jabs have made it possible. But weight is also psychological, and causes lasting trauma to the body and the mind. I get the envy from people that it feels like an easy fix, but the reality is anything but easy.

I hear you OP! I don’t know anyone personally on the jabs, I just feel like you do. I’ve been listening to podcasts and experts say that most people gain the weight back once they’ve lost it and stop the jabs. It’s an expensive plan to keep up long term and not the quick fix I think it’s painted to be.
My plan is to focus on myself, exercise, eat as well as I can, knowing I’m not putting drugs in my body I don’t fully understand and may have side effects I don’t like.

I see what u mean but the pills aren't the same as exercise. Sounds like u need an exercise method that doesn't involve the gym. You can make up a routine of push ups etc that works wonders.

Maybe it's a personal thing. Someone I know said he feels awful. But might depend on the dose and individuals constitution.

How will you keep the weight off long term if you’re only taking it for a month?

I feel totally the same way. I have always been so disciplined and rigorous about maintaining my weight. Now having had DC, it is much harder but everyone around me has either been to Turkey for a bypass or is on weight loss jabs. What I tell myself is that I will get to a place I am happy with, in a gradual way and know it is all my own work.

I lost 6 stone and now down to 9 1/2 stone prior to being diagnosed with diabetes, the weight fell off very quickly and I was convinced I had cancer.
A very restricted to stop future damage to my body, several friends have said they are jealous, ffs why?
So called friends dropped, it's a life time disease they would be welcome to it.

I was 5 stone overweight. I'm just taking the jabs. I've never felt so good. I had to buy a new wardrobe. They've changed my life.

@Ilikepianos
Oh definitely. My friend hasn't had a single side effect. Except the tiredness.

I have had no desire to drink alcohol at all for 3 months.
I was a glass several nights a week. Bottle at the weekend. Binge drinker stereotype

Can we be clear OP that you are not eligible for these drugs- you need BMI 30+ or 27 with health conditions.

Your relatives are taking a risk with their health and must be acquiring the drugs illegally if that’s what you want to do, go for it but why discuss it here?

you do realise how whiny you come across? ‘ I was always size 8 now I can’t stay at size 12’. Read the room. UK has an obesity problem. The people taking weight loss drugs for genuine reasons would love to GET TO SIZE 12. And some people have serious health conditions which make it even more challenging to lose weight.

Get thee to a gym do weights, up protein drop carbs. Or be happy in your size 12/14 body.

From someone who was never ever ever size 8 and post menapause/ childbirth expanded to size 18.