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?

Based on scientific rather than anecdotal evidence it’s unlikely that people experience anything serious.
My skinny neighbour had her gallbladder removed, no jabs involved. She had a shit diet involving lots of fizzy drinks and not much else. It happens.

What do you think a doctor would recommend?!

I’m always offended when someone doesn’t believe me about something, whatever that is, because it means they think I’m a liar.

The magic bit is feeling full when you didn’t before, and having a head clear of food noise.

But I like eating! I want an appetite and ability to enjoy it. I just need to reign in the portions and frequency.

Good point about worry over being judged for finances. I can imagine this might be quite common, as the WLI issue inspires some pretty odd and intrusive comments about money as well as weight.

As an example on this very thread, someone wanted to make the uncontroversial point that lots of obese people won't be able to afford the jabs. For some reason they felt the need to speculate about most prioritising holidays, home size and technology. So much more intrusive than simply saying not everyone can afford WLIs, and it weakened their argument too.

And still the ‘now she looks ill’ comments 🙄
dedpite probably being healthier than she’s been in a long time

I never thought I knew anyone on injections but just this month I have seen three separate people I haven’t seen in a while, each has lost loads of weight, looks terrific, and said it’s due to the jabs

My doctor recommended sleeping pills for insomnia. I respectfully declined them. I find meditation more effective for me. We don’t have to accept every drug the doctor offers. We have a choice.

Yes a few of my friends have and some people at work but all are open about it

@FlowerUser- that does feel very similar.
Even ‘just’ experiencing the mental difference is a massive revelation in itself - for me, it helped hugely in understanding myself for the first time.

I’m glad you found something that worked for you 💕

I've had some wonderful comments over the last couple of weeks around how I will look 'anorexic' if I lose anymore. Bitch, please. I'm 5'2. I have 2.5 stone leeway before I would be underweight and I have no desire to go that far. Stop commenting on my body.

Why would anybody have the right to know someone else’s health information?
The nosey brigade should see themselves as what they are.
Weight management is a private issue. If someone is rude enough to ask if somebody is taking a weight loss injection they deserve to be told mind your own business but because most people are more polite and don’t want conflict they have to resort to a white lie.
Just bugger off!

What a revolting post.
Those of us with the good fortune to be naturally slim are not all sitting here fuming at those who aren't as you suggest. And I definitely do not have some sort of mystical powers or beauty associated with it. I am just not fat, that is all.

Why is it so accepted to be so fucking rude about slim people?

Ok so I’m a friend of yours that I have seen for ages. Your fat friend. I say - and mean - you look fantastic. I say I really want to be able to look great too, and I ask if you have any particular recommendations that I could use. Is that rude? Would you tell me the truth or ignore the WLI bit?

The products are coming off-patent and will become cheaper. Pills will supplement the jabs, and will be cheaper. People will be able to stay on the drugs for life, as they will be cheaper. I am very pleased that there is finally an answer to the widespread obesity problem that modern diets and lifestyles cause. Hopefully governments will also take action on food manufacturers, advertising and support more help on getting people into exercise and cooking nutritious food.

And then the shit of people consuming hugely unhealthy food but in smaller quantities along with drugs that have side effects and issues we are only just starting to see will really start to hit the fan.

@CremeCarmel

Your post is really unpleasant.
’all the women who are thin’…. You are as discriminatory as those you purport to abhor. Being fat or thin doesn’t lump you into a personality group. Whether you’re pleasant or not is individual, not weight related.

You’re mixing in the wrong circles if thin = nasty.

That’s sweet of you but don’t you worry yourself about all these imaginary fat friends. We don’t go round asking as we know what the answer is most of the time now and guess what (this may come as a shock so sit down) do know that eating a healthy balanced diet and exercising leads to weight loss

ffs who demands to know about people’s personal health issues it’s no one else’s business unless it’s let’s face it women when they start to look better

all this fake concern is so transparent

You can absolutely do that though. I have stayed on a very low dose to ensure thats the case. The first few weeks not so much but I didnt mind that as it gave me a great kick start. However if you know you can lose weight easily by having the willpower to reduce portions and frequency then obviously you won't need WLIs anyway. I dont believe anyone in WLI hasnt tried this first.

What makes you think that a) people who were overweight were consuming massively unhealthy food. Is it because if you’re fat, you must be thick and incapable of knowing which foods are healthy and which aren’t? And b) if they were eating unhealthy food, they can’t have changed their diet?

This. I know a couple of people who use Wegovy for weight loss and one had gallstones which they put down to the drug, when in actual fact they were there beforehand, just not causing any symptoms. Genetics are a factor, as well as being female, overweight and over forty. Diabetes also pre disposes you to gallstones, and rapid weight loss is a factor whether or not WLI are involved.

My DH has been on Mounjaro for diabetes for the last few weeks and has learned that if you stick to a healthy low fat diet in smaller amounts it minimises problems with digestion and stomach/bowel side effects such as wind and diarrhoea.

Obesity has links with poor diet and the fact is that many people simply can’t afford to eat healthily because fresh unprocessed food is out of their price range. Nothing to do with intelligence.

I don’t expect the doctor to recommend anything useful. I mean I’d be seeing a doctor to get tests done to find out why I wasn’t losing weight if I was eating in a calorie deficit and exercising.

Yes. But not everybody (by any means) is/was overweight because they ate ‘hugely unhealthy food’.