If you are on weight loss injections, what do you make of this article?

[IwishIwasacaterpillar]

If you have come off them, have you gained weight very quickly?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/07/weight-loss-jabs-regain-two-years-health-study

I had a gastric sleeve and used mounjaro after as I naturally plateaud 2st over my goal weight.

Ive started MJ twice as Ive regained a stone.

I have autoimmune issues, underactuve thyroid, hashimotos disease, ADHD and OCD and a compulsion to just snack. I believe I am insulin resistant.

I know it isn't ideal but its keeping me in check and i do generally maintain the majority of my loss (which is 8 stone)

Completely unsurprising.

The weight jabs surpress your desire to eat. You learn nothing about nutrition or willpower.

I have no idea how anybody can be surprised about these findings.

For affordability, treating Obesity and associated secondary issues costs the NHS over £11B per year.

as the medications become cheaper and more flexible (doses/ tablet form/ preventative rather than restorative) the ROI will be substantial for the NHS.

the total positive outcomes of WLIs aren’t currently defined, so this doesn’t include costs associated with other benefits.

I am not surprised by these findings and think for many of us (because I am on mounjaro) its for life. I am on the lowest 2.5 dose and have been for over 6 months so losing around 1 - 1.5lbs a week. I also still go to slimming world so that I can address the behavioural issues as well. all of this helps I think. I fully expect to regain some weight and hope that its not so much that I get anywhere near back to where I was at the start. I still have 4 stone to go and will stay on 2.5 and at sw until i get there. I wish I wasnt like this. i wish I could just diet and lose the weight but I cant.

Do you think that is some kind of gotcha question or something?
why are you so keen for me to answer that? Ok, seeing as you are so keen for my opinion:

Negatives:
At the moment for me, maybe cost. That’s it. I can easily afford it but would obviously prefer it didn’t cost so much - but it’s well worth it.

Pro’s:
well to start -
I’ve lost 4 stone almost effortlessly and am easily keeping it off, don’t even have to think about it.
I don’t think about food any more apart from “mm, this is nice” or “hmm, I think I’ll have that for dinner” I have absolutely no food noise or angst surrounding food any more.
I am fitter, can walk further and run faster. Im
stronger bc I’ve started lifting weights.
I’m more confident and can wear whatever I like, everything looks good.
I have lots of energy.
My skin is clearer and the varicose veins on my leg have improved.
I don’t huff and puff when I walk up the stairs.
I’m not wasting lots of money on clothes and makeup that I don’t need and want in an effort to make myself feel better.
I am happy - I was depressed before and eating too much and not exercising really affected my mental health.
Because I’m happier my relationships with my dh and dc’s have improved as I’m not as miserable.

Is that enough for now? There are more, let me come back to you …

When I get to goal weight I will use the money I spend on MJ to fund ongoing therapy. My reasons for overeating are complex.

However since being on MJ, I eat less overall (much, much less sugar) and I make better choices. I have more energy, so exercising is easier.

It's not been a quick fix, I'm still putting in the work but MJ has done the one thing diets have not done and it's given me the longevity. Usually I'd lose a stone, an event would come up, I'd blow the diet and "give up" (one of the many things around my eating that I need therapy to help me explore and tackle)

I am so fucking sick of the sneering and jeering levelled at people who use WLI's though.

It's becoming another thing in society that is dividing us and turning women against women.

Well no. Research shows people who stop using injections regain four times faster than those who have used conventional diets.

Can I ask why you wouldn’t just take maintenance dose if it’s working for you? I’d think that’s a better use of your money - that’s only my opinion of course.

Well done 😊

@MrsSkylerWhite where did you find that nugget? Can you quote your source please.

Are you being intentionally obtuse?

You know there are more negatives than just the cost.
That is just 1 of them.

When someone is considering whether they should start taking up WLI’s what other negatives would you have them consider?

You get triggered when anyone mentions anything negative about WLI’s and take it as a personal attack (even when someone like myself is pro-WLI’s).
I would never trust any review that is solely positive because nothing is ever perfect.

You seem to not be able to admit that these WLI’s come either downsides and that is not helpful and definitely not a balanced view.

Because for me being overweight is definitely psychological.

So I'm currently treating the symptoms of overeating (being fat) but I'm not dealing with the cause.

I may well need to remain on a maintenance dose as well. I'm open to that but I hold my hands up and say without MJ I know I'll struggle with gaining (at least) some weight back.

Radio Four Today Programme, this morning. It was one of the opening headlines then a report during the programme.

Your use of “nugget” is rude.

I wasn’t directly talking to you! You’re a little bit strange!

@Eyeshadow eating too many carrots has undesirable side effects, drinking too much alcohol has undesirable side effects, taking paracetamol can have undesirable side effects, having an epidural can have undesirable side effects.

EVERYTHING that exists in life can have an undesirable side effects. No one is saying that WLI do not have undesirable side effects - NO ONE! If you want to know what they are, you can google them. Like all medications the side effects are well documented and listed out for you.

I agree.

And it’s common sense that people will easily put weight on from using these but some posters cannot cope with hearing it.

I love hearing success stories of posters who managed to maintain their weight afterwards but hearing from those that didn’t are just as important for those who are on them or thinking about them.

If people want to succeed with keeping weight off, they need to be open to hearing what doesn’t work.

What is rude about the word "nugget"?

The study is based on extrapolations made from other studies, so if the Today Programme said that, they were misquoting or misunderstanding the premise of the study.

Having just listened again to the report, Today’s source was the British Medical Journal.

Hope that helps …..

It suggests didn’t believe me. No extrapolation. Listen to the report.

Yes, the study was published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday.

Indeed. And not claim that doctors and journalists have misunderstood studies because they don’t like the conclusions …..

I agree it is rude

I read something before about your body always trying to get back to it's heaviest weight once you've been obese (as opposed to a stone or two overweight). Apparently you need to maintain a lower level of weight for two years before your body accepts it. So not losing weight, actually maintaining a new baseline. I intend to keep using MJ to maintain a baseline and wean myself off but I am also exercising more, and focusing on my diet to aid this.

I also have a damaged sigmoid colon from the jabs

God, that's awful. I'm so sorry that's happened to you.