All my historically fat friends have gone thin this year

[donttellscotty]

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?

All I know is that since I started Mounjaro I am so happy.

If you have a problem with that, it really is your problem.

I did explain why I didn’t need to google - we were given comprehensive information via recommended sites when my DH was prescribed Mounjaro. I was posting on the information they contained, rather than getting my information from AI.

Maybe, just maybe people could try to lose weight without the weight loss injections? It's a bit random and 'out there' I know, but plenty of people do it.

Anyone talking about side effects now are doing so to scare monger people from using them

So the manufacturers of WLI injections listing known adverse effects are just... scaremongering?

Good for you for not being so cagey about it, and pretending (like many people are doing/have done) that you have lost the weight on your own.

I don’t think that people don’t know or suspect. I don’t think it’s any of their business though…

I've lost 4 stone on Mounjaro and have lied about it. I lost 2 stone before I went on WLI by changing my diet drastically, but got to a plateau that went on for months, so that's why I decided to try it. I felt so ashamed, humiliated and embarrassed that I couldn't lose any more on my own, after the 20 billionth attempt, and feel so bloody judged when people ask if I'm using WLI. One of my friends, when I said no, just changed my diet, said "Oh that's really good that you're doing it the right way" - which to me, completely validates my point.

All my closest friends are slim. They're all also all incredibly lovely. But they have no idea of the absolute all-consuming mental torment that comes with being fat, and the mortification that you feel as a lifetime of being the 'fat friend' who always re-gains any weight that's lost. Now, everyone is complimenting me, and they are genuinely happy for me (I think) but whenever they comment, all I feel is that same mortification as I know they are comparing me to how I was before, assessing my body, and judging me, even if it's in a positive way. They keep asking things like, do you feel better now? It's humiliating! And I can't help but feel like, if I was to say yes I took WLI, they would feel a tiny little bit of satisfaction that - on some level - they are still slightly superior to me, because they can stay slim without 'help'.

Also: I am in my 50s with PCOS diagnosed at 19, and have only ever lost about 0.5 to 1lb per week, and for the PP a few pages back who said the 'fast' weight loss that comes with WLI leads to 'disgusting' loose skin, I can tell you it's exactly the same with slow weight loss as well. It's not down to the speed you lose it at (or at least, not solely) - it's things like age, genetics, and how long you've been overweight for. So you can cross that one off your list of why not to use WLI.

You do realise that most people using weight loss injections will have spent their whole lives trying to lose weight naturally? Are people really this ignorant?

I think the point here is that those who don’t qualify for NHS treatment and can’t afford it will be left behind. It just exacerbates the divide between rich and poor, and those on very low incomes are more likely to be reliant on cheap ultra processed foods which means it’s much more difficult to stay in calorie deficit naturally to lose weight.

Well yeah of course it's no-one else's business. It just feels disingenuous, when people lie about taking the weight loss injections. It feels disrespectful to people who do it without. JMO of course. As a pp said, if you're not ashamed of taking them (and as I said, there's no need to be,) then why lie?

@zov

you’re really invested in this topic, given you have absolutely no knowledge of it!!!

do you fancy taking them? Go on, you do, don’t you?!

Agree. This is why I think the NHS guidelines for prescribing WLI need to be relaxed so that more people can access them. The money saved by limiting access will inevitably be spent elsewhere treating obesity related illness.

do you apply that argument to anything some people can afford to do to improve their health (eg gym membership, personal trainer, hello fresh deliveries etc) shouldn’t do it because there are poorer people who can’t do the same or just WLI?

I suggested trying to lose it naturally/without the weight loss injections in response to a poster who said they couldn't afford the injections, but weren't obese enough to qualify on the NHS.

Do keep up, and at least try to see what people are responding to before launching at people! 🙄

And I have battled with my weight all my life too - currently under control without weight loss injections, and at a decent weight. So enough of the 'U so ignorant' comments.

Because medication I use is literally nobody else’s business. I absolutely cannot fathom why you don’t understand that. What medications do you take btw? Can you give me a list?

??? But I thought you were angry about people taking them, as it was depriving people like your husband, who actually needed them?

If you’ve battled with your weight all your life you should know that most overweight people have also spent most of their lives doing the same.

You literally just compared taking WLI to cheating in a race though. So it’s hardly a surprise some people want to keep it quiet.

I think rather than scaremongering, the side effects are publicised to alert patients and their HCP’s that some people are at higher risk of developing side effects than others. According to my DH’s diabetic nurse she hopes that Mounjaro will be made much more widely available as it has a beneficial effect on various conditions. My DH is in chronic heart failure and has kidney function issues linked to his diabetes. Since being prescribed Mounjaro, he’s experiencing significant relief of many of the symptoms and his blood test results are improving.

Weight loss injections are not exactly a 'medication.'. 🙄 People can survive without them, but not without meds in many cases.

Nope. Struggled all my life with my weight, and would NEVER take weight loss injections.

And yes I can afford them.

Anyway

@donttellscotty 7 out of 10 people agree with you. (Nearly 1500 people right now.) So that says it all really.

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