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?

Parents are both male and female.

I gained weight over Xmas and I'm on a high dose 😂

WLIs just make it easier for me to say no to the high fat food. I still WANT them and I still have to make a conscious choice, sometimes against a fairly strong temptation, not to have them.

Like most people, over Xmas, I decided to loosen the reins a bit. The difference is that, being on MJ, I didn't binge and have found returning to my normal routine very simple.

Yes, but there are different implications for people on WLI who my question is aimed at. I just wonder what would motivate someone to come off the medication for seasonal use. If your appetite is under control by the drugs, where does the urge to overeat come from?

God, I miss the laugh reaction.

Do you not realise that not everyone loses their appetite on WLI?? That people are different? I’ve been on WLI for just over six months. I’ve lost nearly 4 stones and have a couple more to go. It’s been bloody hard. I have a huge appetite still. I do not get full. I can eat and eat. I am having to use a heck of willpower and make good diet and exercise choices. To the extent that I’m going to give up on the WLI when I run out of the pens I stocked up on when the price rose because there doesn’t seem much point in spending the £££ for me. I’m doing exactly what I did last time I lost a few stones. Cutting out refined sugar and processed foods. The reason I thought I’d try WLI this time was because I’d had a lot of tough stuff go on in my life and I wanted a crutch. I was also facing a huge amount of weight to shift and I thought it would help having a kick start. It may have helped at the start, but I think it’s mostly down to me. Especially lately. Now I’m going to treat myself to some personal training sessions and start C25K.

And thankfully I haven’t any loose skin yet, so I won’t be revolting any stuck up gym users! Nor do I have hair loss, a saggy face (dreamed up by the media and swallowed up by the gullible) or any side effects!

I have told a few people, but mostly I tell people that I’m cutting out sugar and processed foods- which is true. And nobody has noticed because I can eat normal amounts of food. I was hypnotised to stop smoking decades ago. I don’t think I told many people that either. Lots of comments on here underline exactly why many people keep it secret! The judgemental are around in their masses!

I’ve lost over 7st and have a saggy stomach. Largely because I’ve carried 4 big babies, apart from being overweight. I can confidently say I’m happy with my naked body. It’s not fantastic but I’m 44 - what percentage of the population is ever truly happy with what they see in the mirror?

I wish had the guts to try the jabs but one negative story and no thanks lol

I'll just try low carb again 🤣

I’m one of them but I had an op 3 years ago in Feb and I’ve lost 14stone 2 Ibs 🥳 I’m so happy going in to 2026 without a New Year’s resolution to lose weight (for the first time in living memory!!)

Ah. Got it. I think. Thank you.

Just for info: I decided not to loosen the reins over Christmas and just ate as I always do. I feel like I'm in the weight loss flow and I didn't want to break that in case I couldn't get back on the wagon after Christmas. Many would have a huge problem with me doing that. You can't win when it comes to weight loss.

Sorry, dont think i made it fully clear. I didn't stop injecting for Christmas but still made thd decision, consciously, to enjoy more foods which objectively I know to be sub-optimal for health.

The drug controls the insatiable need for food. It doesn't control being hungry or fancying a little bit of something nice. Not for me anyway. Just gives me breathing space to make the best choices for me.

I've reported for persistently using the same description. Had enough!

That's a lovely feeling.

Good for you. I think its all down to individuals making the best choice for them 😊

It’s huge, but there’s at least 4 colleagues who are on it. Two look emaciated, 2 look great. One says she’ll take looking good and wearing fab clothes while she can afford to maintain it. I had a bypass 2.5 years ago and the weightloss was quick, 70kg, over 11st gone very quickly.

I lost 9st years ago through blood, sweat and tears, 50 lengths of the pool, riding 3 horses a day, crazy racquet sports, all in the same day and an extreme diet, but then I had a mobility limiting accident, piled it all back on, so the op seemed sensible. I would probably have gone for wli had they been as prevalent 3 years ago. Fair play to anyone doing it, I say. Better than being physically limited and in a wheelchair or diabetic and experiencing issues.

I can imagine how you must feel. Well done on the weight loss

I gained a bit of weight after some health issues and decided it was time to lose it recently. I lost one and a half stone in three months. I did do it the old fashioned way. Only two people have commented and both have asked me if I did it the old fashioned way. It now seems to be the default assumption that if you lose significant weight, you must be on the injections.

Come on, we all know that when we use the words "gossiping" at the school gates what demographic is conventionally being described. And yes, it is misogynistic, although I'm not sure that it was actually meant that way in the post. We've all fired off posts very quickly and then have to suck it up when they don't land as we intended.

This is why I am so jealous!!! I freely admit and own that. Oh my god if I could just lose the food noise I would be ecstatic.

I have done similar to you but the effort and yes feeling hungry has accompanied me all the way. I don’t see it as cheating on WLI, but it is undeniably much easier with its appetite suppressing effects. Otherwise why bother. I can’t afford it and don’t qualify for it on the NHS so I’ve either got to work my arse and mind constantly to keep to my good habits, eat as best possible to reduce evening hunger, or put the weight back on. My choice. But I absolutely don’t have the choice of buying a WLI.

And for those who talk of the reduced food bill covering much of the Mounjaro bill, that is only true if your previous life consisted of lots of takeaways etc. I spend far more on my good protein and whole foods diet which presumably I would also eat on WLI.

I suppose my very slow weight loss - 25 kg so far - has not created any saggy skin, or maybe that’s a positive side of being money poor!

School gates have Mums and Dads there ,not just Mums !

No I gained a couple of pounds because i was eating things I don't usually have - more sugar, more alcohol, the occasional croissant. I'm on a very low dose so not much suppression and I can overeat if I choose to.

But I'm choosing not to, and will eat in a calorie deficit until those couple of pounds are going. Isn't that what 'normal' slim people ? Overindulge a little, then cut back again.

The average person is getting thinner, it's a good thing, jabs or not.
But you are not wrong that some people who take them will lie rather than admit to taking them. My BIL has lost 12 stone and we are not allowed to let on we know he's taking them. Ridiculous, but at least he's lost the weight.

Is age a factor here? I don't want to be ageist but a young person who loses weight is obviously going to look very different when thin to an older person who might actually look older with weight loss because fat irons out the wrinkles.

But now I come to think of it weight loss is so individual. Some older people I know who have lost weight the old fashioned way look fantastic. They exercised a lot which makes a huge difference, I think.

Of course people who are on the jabs also have to work to retrain their habits, but it's undoubtedly the case that the jabs help you do that. Otherwise they would not be popular and successful.

Just mind your own business!

I just wish it was cheaper for everyone so those who need it can afford to change their lives too.