Sick of people on weight loss jabs saying you still have to “put in the work” with wl jabs

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I’ve lost a fair amount of weight naturally this year. It’s been hellish as I’m fairly sure I have some sort of psychological reliance on comfort eating. I asked a couple of people I know if they recommend I go on WL jabs for the last stretch as I have lost momentum and am stagnating but could probably still do with losing another 20 pounds. They always say well “WL jabs still elan you have to put in the work. The fat doesn’t evaporate”. I’m sorry but WHAT. The injections are doing the hard bit for you. Ie stopping you from wanting to shovel large amounts of unhealthy food in your gob. It’s very annoying. I see this comment online all the time too.

I definitely do not have an issue with people on WL jabs. I would use them too but I am saving up for a mummy makeover so have chosen to save my money as a SAHM.

Very defensive comments imo!

It does take work, the issue for me with WLI is actually I do want to eat less but they do not stop me craving sugar. I was speaking to a very senior cardiologist friend of mine who said that they still don’t know fully what Mounjaro does BUT he is convinced the health benefits and it’s action as a drug in my body goes beyond appetite suppression.

side effects are hard to handle -
nausea
constipation
diarrhoea - I ended up in A&E on a drip and told to come off it for a period of time.

im having a better journey this time. I’m drinking and eating more sensibly I’m also starting to exercise next week. I’m also not obsessively checking my weight.

having lost a lot of weight naturally - it’s a bit of a catch 22, I basically cut out sugar completely and the weight fell off. Mounjaro does not cut out the sugar noise for me. J still crave it.

Go to WeightWatchers. It's not so much about 'dieting' but nudging you to healthier eating AND crucially, looking at things like food noise and triggers for overeating /comfort eating and strategies for dealing with this.

You clearly have a moral aversion to assisted weight loss through medication / envy that some people can afford it / that you have it hard - but there's help out there if you want to take it tat doesn't involve medication.

Maybe that would be a compromise between heroically going it alone and 'cheating' with medication to assist weight loss

I don’t use them, but friends do and that’s how they describe it. Takes away food noise, bonus can’t drink alcohol as it makes them feel sick and /or vomit.
One friend has moved to another jab and says it’s not as effective she is hungry again. She has to put in the work of a daily walk and eating healthily as she can’t afford to stay on them for life. Like any drug I imagine it’s a miracle for some, not so for others. People get very defensive about their jabs though.

For years people have felt shame for being greedy/lazy every other thing under the sun for being overweight and failing to do anything about it.Now they are being shamed for doing something about it with people in every direction heckling that they shouldn’t

This exactly. We can't win. It is working for me. Nothing else has. No idea I had food noise until I didn't

WLI made losing weight easy AND I’ve worked harder than in any previous diet.

Previously, I’ve tried to lose weight and exercise to improve my health and given up after a few weeks because I saw no results from my efforts.

This time around, I’ve been able to immediately see and feel the results. Not only have I lost nearly a quarter of my body weight, for the first time in my life I’m exercising five times a week. I have visible biceps when I flex and the beginning of a six pack at over 50!

I’m sure I would have lost the weight without the exercise. I’m also sure I wouldn’t have exercised if I hadn’t lost the weight, so the WLI have definitely played an essential part.

But there is no denying that I’ve worked damned hard to minimise loose skin, maintain muscle mass and prevent bone density loss.

I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved.

We are winning, that’s the issue, people don’t like it. They want to win too. Or they don’t want us to win in a way they see as easy when they struggle to maintain or lose.

its the fact we are winning that is their issue.

People using WLI should be putting in the hard work of eating healthily and exercising though. It’s more strange that your friend didn’t do this from day one than it is that she had to start doing it after changing medication.

Yeah. For a lot of us it’s the difference between losing the weight and not losing the weight. We wouldn’t have done it without WLI - the natural way was never an option for us. So people’s problem seems to be that we have lost weight full stop. Awfully sorry that I have - I promise I will ask for forgiveness next time I pass a confessional.

And yeah the irony of getting this crap from someone who is going to have their entire body surgically altered rather than letting nature take its course…

I have lost several friends - some people simply can not stand it. You become a threat overnight. It’s okay when you are ‘cuddly’ and everyone’s friend. The second you sharpen up, slim down and gain some confidence - and in my case became physically more attractive - it’s game over for some.

Yes this exactly. People in the gym are commenting on my arms (stomach is hidden!) At first I felt like a fruad as the weight loss was enabled by WLI. But then I realised that the arm definition was due to
my hard work!

This is interesting I went for dinner with a group of friends and there was 6 of us, all of them bar 1 were delighted for me. The person who I would say is my Bf or oldest friend said oh that’s going to be weird. I’ll miss who you are, you can’t change I can’t imagine a size 8 Radiator!

If you think of them like crutches or braces, noone would criticise someone’s attempts at rehab/physio etc because they hadn’t ‘done it themselves’ or claim that it wasn’t hard work.

I do agree with you, although I have lost none, but one friend, who I’ve known decades and who does struggle with her weight, I find is becoming distant, and when we are together, I find her staring at me, as in properly examining me, staring intently, my face, hair, body, watches what I eat, what I drink it’s constant.

I just ignore it and pretend it’s not happening but it makes me very very uncomfortable. And she behaves very uncomfortable in her own skin now round me, tugging at her clothes, looking at herself, like looking down at her own body, fairly silent, not joining in, looks pissed off, leaves early, comments on her clothes, wants to change into something different etc,

thing is it’s not about me, it’s about her feelings about herself. And my weight loss has brought that out when she’s with me. And I can’t fix it for her, only she can do that.

conpare that to another friend, also in the same boat, she is nothing but delighted for me , behaves in a happy manner, same as always, doesn’t shy away from it, doesn’t stare, gives compliments etc just behaves totally as a normal friend would. But she’s never ever competed with other women, where as friend one always has.

I lost 7stone over 2024 on mounjaro, I meal planned, did the fast 800 diet and went to the gym 3 times a week.
Ive maintained the Weightloss through 2025 now by continuing the meal planning and gym.
My mum saw how well I was doing so also took MJ and barely lost a stone because she didnt change what she was eating just how much of it. She stopped and gained it all back.

I have tried to loose weight for years and it’s not worked, I obviously knew what I needed to do but without the MJ it just didn’t work.

I would say that I did put the work in

This is SOOoooo tedious! People who don't take the drug pontificating on what they THINK they know about it!
Not all those on the jabs lose weight, and not all lose easily or quickly. Many have underlying health issues that affect the process. The drugs don't just suppress appetitite, they interact in complex ways with a number of hormones. People who lose a lot of weight quickly without 'putting in the work' are probably in the minority, Many are those who went up to the high doses too quickly and have risked losing their hair and their muscle mass (because they don't eat enough and fail to exercise), and are maybe also most at risk of putting the weight back on again eventually. And as someone else said - 'the work' is different for different people. People who take the jabs know all about their own experience, and many have taken the trouble to do a lot of research. I recommend the book 'Weightless' by Dr. Rocio Salas Whalen, for some solid medical information.

@NimbleReader this thread is from 5 months ago. It would be tedious to get it going again.

I have been taking them for 18m. In the beginning I didn’t want junk or alcohol at all and and could only manage smaller meals. Now I have built up a tolerance, I have cravings for junk although am satisfied with one biscuit or square of chocolate which is nothing short of a miracle. Some days are as hard as ever though. Today I have eaten 2 doughnuts and despite not being hungry (and therefore not wanting to cook), I have had burger and chips and am having a glass of red. I am planning to give up alcohol for May as that’s 1500 calories a week I don’t need and can do without. I have fallen off the wagon since going away at Easter. I did similar at Christmas. So while I am not gaining, I am not loosing either and really need to put the work in. The jabs alone won’t do it for me. I have lost 4.5 stones and would love to do another 1 - 1.5 stones.

For some people it's 99% of the issue. For others it's a much larger percentage. I'm in the middle I think. It's done SOMETHING on the psychological / emotional level - I'm increasingly convinced that our guts and our emotions are more closely connected than anyone yet understands - and cut out some of the comfort-eating impulses. But not all. A bad day can still send me back to the sugar. It's fascinating really. I can understand what it's done to make me less physically hungry but I can't really understand what it's done to my brain, even after 18 months. Sometimes I have an odd not-nice feeling that I actually can't identify - I don't know if it's physical or mental. It's a weird drug and it takes different people different ways.