All my historically fat friends have gone thin this year

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Okay maybe not ALL of them, but a few friends/acquaintances who have been very big for years and years, tried everything but could never shift the slightest bit of weight, have all had dramatic transformations and shed many stones over the past year. It’s just becoming expected now whenever I see another formerly large acquaintance or relative pop up on my feed with a super slim selfie.

I (rightly or wrongly) suspect it’s got to be WLIs or similar? Although all are adamant it’s a strict diet only. Just to add there is NOTHING wrong with jabs at all, and I’m aware it’s absolutely none of my business, and I sound mean but I wouldn’t actually discuss this in RL. It just got me thinking that being overweight might be obsolete in a few years?

Anyone else noticing this trend with people they know?

I noticed a lot of much much slimmer mums at the school gate after the summer hols. Good for them! Anything that helps anybody is a good thing IMO. I do have one friend who has been morbidly obese since childhood and is now 60 and has suddenly lost an awful lot of weight seemingly overnight. I am certain it’s jabs because she has such a complicated relationship with food/her body and has never ever been able to lose weight but she is at pains to insist it’s her own work. I don’t believe her but would never say anything. She looks fabulous and really deserves this new body. I don’t know why some people are secretive about it but each to their own. I see nothing but positives.

I do wonder if in 5-10 years we'll all be on them, like statins
Just on a varying dose depending if you need them for weight loss or just as anti inflammation etc

This is nonsense. The NHS have their own contracts with the providers of ozempic and Mounjaro and they pay a lot less than private providers. The NHS have preferential contracts too so if there was a shortage (which there isn't) it would affect private patients before NHS patients.

@Binus - just how many people in the general population can afford it! Over 2 million people are on them and apparently over 90 percent of those are paying privately. Mounjaro is about £300 a month…didn’t think that many would have that spare with all the rising costs of living?

im so glad that you have this to help. I lost 5 stone through diet and exercises when id struggled with my weight all my life due to eating as comfort from unprocessed childhood trauma that I didnt even know that I had. it ws horrible being fat. my best friend has alwasy been super slim and she could not conceive of how awful it was to battle obesity and food cravings and noise everyday. the toll on my mental health was huge. strangely enough I am now on a form of anti anxiety medication that causes a loss of appetite and the food noise has gone which even when I was lighter after the weight loos was alwasy there. I imagine thats on it is on the jabs.

Yes I’ve noticed this a lot in the last year. I do think it’s a good thing though as long as used safely.

I think a healthy and active lifestyle is key here

Oh FFS! This is one step away from "eat less, move more".

People have been saying this for decades. It doesn't work for the majority of people who are significantly overweight. If it did, if people could stick to it long term, there wouldn't have been any need to invent WLIs.

With the injections it's easier because you're just not hungry - so there's not as much will power or discipline required - because there isn't a need for it. You can see why it feels frustrating for people who have lost weight without the extra help - clearly the WLI does make it easier otherwise it wouldn't be having such good results!

. . . like eating less . . .

Yes. Absolutely. And I’m not the least bit apologetic for it. He has type two diabetes because his mobility is severely compromised by physical disability. He watches his calorie intake and does everything the medics have asked of him, and conventional drugs haven’t been successful in controlling his blood glucose because he’s insulin resistant, which has worsened with age. The drug was developed for this type of condition and its availability is compromised by those willing to pay ridiculous prices because they can’t be arsed to exercise self control over their food intake. Stupid question.

It's normal for someone's face to look drawn when they lose several stone in weight but it's healthier than waiting for a stroke or heart attack to happen.
One colleague who was morbidly obese before gastric surgery also looked drawn in the face but she was literally half the size she was before and much more mobile and so much happier in herself.

Some people are prescribed Mounjaro for diabetes these days

Mounjaro was the best thing I’ve ever done. I tell anyone who asks, answer their questions.
I don’t believe in lying and it’s not fair to others to lie.
Would you pretend you hadn’t gone to Weightwatchers? I just don’t get the lying, I can only assume those who lie are somehow ashamed for using injections. Why?! It’s still not easy.

But as a pp pointed out, Mounjaro was developed specifically as a WLI drug. Maybe those people have told you that, but they're wrong and clearly mixing it up with Ozempic.

And the post you replied to of mine was in reply to someone who mentioned affordability. So that's exactly what it's about.

Well I haven't gone suddenly stick thin from the mounjaro. I'm a little slimmer than I was, 2 and a bit stone loss, but I'm certainly nowhere near the 10 or 11 stone other people have go to.

Yes it probably is WLI. I’m on them and was initially going to be very open about being so - but people became very nasty and judgemental so now I lie.

Being overweight probably won’t be obsolete as most overweight people can’t get them. But being obese may be.

It’s actually not. Rapid weight loss brings it’s own problems and I know from experience of a good friend who lost a massive amount of weight on Mounjaro within a short space of time, that the risks are comparable.

Pathetic really

genuinely half the parents on the playground at dd’s school are shrinking! A load of mums and dads that I know are on mounjaro and they all happily talk to each other about it.
I on the other hand have only got wider 😂

Sure but it’s not FOR diabetes, it was created for obesity, so people can hardly be upset that obese people are buying it to treat their obesity.

The real challenge is keeping it off once they stop the drugs. That'll be the real test.

But why are people in other countries a lot slimmer? On a recent trip to Japan hardly anyone was overweight, let alone obese, for example. Also in several African countries there’s hardly any obesity.

So I do think our unhealthy western diet and lack of exercise makes us overweight.

I think unless the prices come down significantly we'll probably see a lot of yoyoing in the short - medium term as some people use it, drop the weight, and then regain. I'm on them and that's a real concern for me as it's a scrape to afford the cost each month, it's not really feasible to be on them for life. I'm doing my best to re-educate myself and eat healthier etc but it's not a perfect science so there will be a failure rate.

But overall, we will start to see fewer overweight (rich) people I suppose. This is a good thing for health, but inevitably we will also see an increase in WLI-related medical issues, whatever they may be.

Pretty sure Ozempic was developed for diabetes and Mounjaro and Wegovy licenced for weight loss. Two separate supply chains I believe. Happy to be proved wrong.

Both obesity and diabetes are terrible medical conditions though - dont think its very helpful to ascribe moral superiority to one over the other.

I had one month back in September I think it was where supply was difficult because the manufacturer had put a hold on them while they increased prices, I just asked the GP to prescribe me 2 x 5mg pens instead of a 10mg pen and took 2 injections a week that month instead. Easily solved and it was back to normal by the next month. There has been no disruption to NHS supply in my area at all other than that little blip.