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?

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What I do not understand is that if people try to lose weight drastically by natural dietary methods and they dramatically cut their food intake, many are told they are starving themselves. The same when we use the keto diet or fasting, intermittent fasting, and so on.

So, that becomes the relentless message they hear from others, that even if they are grossly overweight, they should not severely limit food.

Yet when people have WLI, nobody seems to be saying 'you are starving yourself' and I don't see why injecting something that lessens appetite doesn't meet that same criticism if it induces dramatic and fast losses. Clearly, starvation is happening to many WLI users, especially those in the public eye who have lost facial fat and muscle to an unhealthy level, with much loose, dehydrated skin.

It is also odd if WLI solely aids weight loss by reducing appetite. As an ex medical researcher, I would expect that in 10 to 20 years, some really adverse issues are going to emerge regarding why these worked, revealing that reducing appetite wasn't the key to its dramatic results.

Sadly there’s a small percentage of people it doesn’t work for. I really feel for those people - hopefully some of the newer versions might be more effective.

I don't know why others care, and obviously don't know anything about WLI. I heard from others of terrible nausea, diarrhoea and heart attacks caused by these.
I would be scared. That's all.

Absolutely.

Did she not look ill to you when she was obviously ill because she was overweight? Bizarre comment.

But why lie?

I don't know if that's a fair comparison. Plenty of women discuss in depth the side effects of the pill, and that's not a new medication by any means. Ditto antidepressants. And there's always a discussion when someone is planning to trial a new therapy for something like cancer. There were protests held against puberty blockers just this month.

People do care about this stuff, and some of the pancreatic side effects being reported are worth taking seriously.

I'm taking WLIs and I've lost 5 stone and much much healthier - I gained a LOT taking meds for my mental health. I expect to be on them for life though - all the studies show people put on the weight when they stop. I'm not too concerned about side effects as these are essentially the same class of drugs that people have taken for decades for diabetes so there is a wealth of data about their long term safety.

Lots of people are on them and now look and feel a lot better. The test though is in maintaining after coming off the jabs. Unfortunately the studies do not look promising in this regard. The best thing you can do I think is to get therapeutic help for the underlying binge eating issues before coming off. At least then you’re in with a chance of not putting it all back on again

No she looked lovely. She wasn't that overweight if at all. It was a shock to see her. I can't deny it.

Wondering if 2026 will be the year all the fat-then-thin people become fat again as they can't keep up the expenditure.

Do you randomly discuss your ailments and medications?

The lying does seem strange to me. If they know and you know you're lying your arse off, why bother? I don't get it 🤣

This one is on you if you don't consider being obese as being unwell.

99.9% likely they are on the chubjabs.

Diarrhoea and nausea can be a side effect for some when first starting. Never had it myself, personally. Heart attacks are a new one on me…

I don't know her size but possibly size 12 or 14? Is that obese?

Surely the point is that it's much, much easier to do it with the injections though. It requires less in the way of sheer willpower. Otherwise what is the point of the injections? It's great to do exercise, but it's almost entirely diet which is responsible for weight loss.

Wind ‘em up and watch ‘em go

I suspect people have made that assumption about me as I’ve lost almost 4 stone since June. I actually haven’t used WLI though. I considered it but decided it wasn’t for me so did it the “traditional” way. It won’t stop people gossiping and assuming though no doubt.

I've actually lost a friend this year over her determination that I was using WLI. I've lost 14 stone over the last 5 years. No WLI - I did discuss it with my GP last year but I'm on a cocktail of medication and it was strongly recommended I don't.

She started niggling about it "oh when are you going to admit it.." late last year. Then just got ruder and ruder through the year.

She was historically the thin one of a friendship group of 5. The 4 of us who've lost weight include 3 who are open about using the WLI's and to her that is cheating. I think her determination that I have been as well means she can consider us all to be cheating and settle herself that she's better than all of us (some of her comments have shown she does indeed think she's better than us all).

I find it quite interesting that 3 years ago people were really supportive of me for losing a lot of weight. Now people are very very judgemental. As if how someone loses the weight is critically important, rather than just being happy for the health benefits of people losing weight.

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Why not just tell the truth though? Why lie?

Everyone is going to think it’s jabs anyway - all you are doing is making yourself look dishonest.

I dont understand why people lie so easily.

The only person I know irl , (who is a work colleague) who has had a dramatic weight loss told me straight away it was due to WLI when I told her she looked good.

Obesity being a thing of the past would be a good thing I think, unless we get some other negative thing replacing it.

I think you can tell when it’s WLI; there’s a ‘look’.

I’m tempted to try it but in my case, I’m lazy. I’ve got about a stone and a half to shift into healthy bmi and maybe an half extra to be firmly along.

I have no desire to exercise or diet. it’s probably because I’ve been feeling low. In reality, I will never try it because I’m terrified I will end up with horrible side effects. I just need to make a start on exercising somehow. I’ve fallen into a natural intermittent fasting pattern so hoping that i’ll help.

I don't mind the whole WLI. And have lost lots of weight without it
However I wish the providers had to see people face to face to prescribe the jabs. I know several people who are now a BMI of 15 due to the jabs. This would stop if they had to see you for a height and weight before starting on the jabs ... (These people were a healthy BMI previously and got the jabs via deception).