to think my colleague should just admit she is on weight loss injections?

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At work we have all noticed Sally has lost a lot of weight in the past few months. She is always talking about diets and what she eats and does not eat anymore and makes a big deal about avoiding the biscuit tin in the kitchen. She keeps saying it is just willpower and cutting out snacks.

Last week I walked past her desk, her bag was open, and there was one of those weight loss injection pens in plain sight.

Now I cannot unsee it and every time she goes on about her self control it feels performative.

I am not saying she has to announce it to the whole office, but when she is preaching about anyone can do it if they just try it feels a bit dishonest.

AIBU to think she should either be upfront or just stop making a song and dance about how she has done it all naturally?

She’d still have to take it home with her when she goes. And surely she’d hide it at the bottom of her bag, not leave it casually on the top for anyone to see.
Nah, not buying it. Any of it,

Just tell her to stop commenting. That’s all it takes. Curious as to why you haven’t so far!

Yeah that would be annoying 😂 I would just start eating cakes at my desk 😂

Leave her alone. I don’t use the jabs personally but she’s not doing you any harm 🤷‍♀️

I agree with you OP. So many people missing the point just so they can stick the boot in you (typical MN).

She sounds like a right hypocritical nightmare and it doesn’t sound like you’re judging her or have an issue with her weight loss per se - just her going on and on and on about it and then judging you for doing something she also does (the snacks). I’d have to tell her to shut the fuck up about anything food/weight wise - there’s nothing more tedious.

You are making this whole thing up OP. Nobody carries a MJ injection around in their handbag. There is no need. It stays in the fridge. You inject with it once a week. As if she is going to do that in the office! She would do it at home. Plus it wouidnt just be the pen in its own because it comes in a bag with needles and antibacterial wipes and people just keep it in the bag or box IN THE FRIDGE.

If you want to lose weight, go on it yourself and stop moaning about the (imaginary) woman on here.

All OP has to say to her coworker is please dont comment on what I am eating, I dont appreciate it. But if that was the point of the OP she would not have mentioned all the other stuff.

Why wouldn’t she? It’s the fact that she’s commenting as well as doing what she’s telling OP not to do that’s also annoying for OP.

Indeed, and that is the bit that makes her sound judgmental and mean.

No, it makes her sound understandably annoyed/fed up at the hypocritical colleague.

She's being a dieting bore and policing what people eat, that's not OK regardless of methods. But that's a different issue than whether she needs to 'admit' anything about her own weight loss. WLI aren't a replacement for healthy eating and exercise, the weight doesn't fall off by magic. Yes they blunt the appetite, but that's not a guarantee of weight loss. And they're not as effective without exercise or long-term dietary change. She shouldn't be preaching, but she doesn't owe anyone personal details about her weight loss methods.

Well you read it the way you read it, and I will read it the way that I do. Although from the thread, more people are seeing what I see.

You're very defensive, OP. I think you know on some level, you're wrong here.

She is doing me harm as I and everybody else gets told off for having snacks (while she has them herself).

You’re being completely unreasonable. Of course she doesn’t owe you any sort of confession! Weight is such a sensitive subject for so many people…

That’s hardly a flex around these parts!

I don't need to lose weight. Do you need to go on it?

"I don't need to lose weight."

Yeah right.

Please for the love of all things holy stop kvetching on about the snacks. It's like listening to a stuck bloody record.

More likely to be an epi pen.

But whatever it is, it's none of your business.

You’re an adult, does it really upset you so much when she tells you not to eat snacks that you consider it to be ‘harmful’ to you? Grow up, and tell her you’ll eat what you like thank you. Then no further harm will be done to you.

I do! Honestly once they are used they don’t need to be in the fridge. Only before first use.

Then how the fuck is this of any interest to you?!