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

Yes I know, I was agreeing with you 🫤

I’ve got no skin in the game here or any opinion whatsoever on whether people want/use these jabs or not.

For a variety of reasons, which I won’t go into, I put on a lot of weight in the last two years of my late husband’s life.

‘When he died, my physical self collapsed - the weight fell off of me, because of stress vomiting, and grief, along with my hair falling out. Hair has grown back. 👍

Not good. I virtually just couldn’t eat other than a tiny amount.. And not recommended.

Well, taking in much less food obviously caused weight loss. I wasn’t hungry so food wasn’t an issue.

I lost nearly 8 stone (to half the weight I was at his death) and I still cannot eat much, as my stomach has obviously shrunk.

I’m now a size 8/10 as opposed to a size 20/22. I still cannot eat sugary, high fat foods and I still can’t eat a lot.

I just eat to live now, I still don’t ever feel hungry, so I haven’t gained a pound in over 2 years.

So, if the jabs can shrink your stomach, change how you view food, and reduce the food cravings, then all good. If they don’t, then not so good. 🤷‍♀️

My cholesterol levels have plummeted, there’s now little risk of me getting Diabetes 2, and my liver/kidney levels are good. Physically, the weight loss has been good for me.

And, appearance wise, let’s face it, you always look and feel better if you’re slimmer.

Obesity has also become a real risk factor with health, so whatever people choose to do, then all good.

I don’t know why these threads get so unpleasant. as we all need to do whst we do to improve life. 👍

Depends on height but to be honest you probably would qualify at 16/18, and unless you’re very tall quite possibly at 14. You don’t actually have to be massively overweight to be obese. I am obese at 11 stone 11lbs.

It's not incompatible. People can be, and are, informed that weight loss medication is likely to be a long term option. But obese people shouldn't be told that 'traditional dieting' is more likely to give them sustainable success when there is a wealth of data showing that is not the case.

Someone who has maintained a normal weight their entire life and needs to shift a post-pregnancy stone? Yes, a diet will probably work for them and they aren't a candidate for WLIs. This medication is for people who are obese, which is an entirely different thing.

Absolutely! Informed consent. I actually think more people should be prescribed and have proper, medical supervision. Long term, will greatly benefit the NHS.
A dear friend in London is morbidly obese, has been for a long time. Her practice has outright refused because of funding. So short sighted.

But those who are prescribed must be made fully aware of possible implications, as they are with any other drug, before they commence.

This is it in a nutshell. I have accepted I will need to be on it forever in order to treat the noise in my head and maintain a healthy weight. I'm okay with that in the same way that a person with asthma accepts they need medication for their condition too.

Keep doubling down all you want. You've been reported.

@MrsSkylerWhite how do you think people get these prescription medications? Why did you think that consent is not properly informed?

But no one is arguing with that. No one.

Posters who are more knowledgeable are correcting things that others say that are incorrect. That is all.

Such as “you cannot take them for life” etc. which is nonsense.

Of course people should be knowledgeable and do their own research to decide if WLI’s are right for them.

But these posters cannot spout opinions that are incorrect as fact and expect to not be corrected or have posters reading the links they have posted and explaining why it isn’t conclusive evidence.

I have 2 family members on them, one paying £160 per month one paying £300 and neither has any answers for where it stops so I’m assuming they’ll both be paying for life. One was morbidly obese the other one overweight, from what I’ve seen when I’m with them neither has made much change to their lifestyle or diet other than eating less and slightly smaller portions

ive often wondered what would happen should they no longer be able to afford them? One works part time and the other hardly works at all

Well, they are informed. All the information is on the leaflet. Prescribers provide warnings and advice on side effects and require users to complete ongoing monitoring (questionnaires, photos, video calls). It's no different to other prescribed medication in terms of information provided to the patient.

Exactly!

There are multiple posters who are considering them or are on them and want to eventually come off.

Surely understanding the pros and cons, including research and individuals experiences, can only be a good thing.

When I buy something off Amazon I don’t just read the positive reviews as that would be stupid.

Absolutely. The "change your habits" brigade need educating on how this is not the solution for a lot of us. Oh if only we'd thought of moving more and eating more veg. What an epiphany 🙄

@Eyeshadow how do you think people get these prescription medications? Why do you think that consent is not properly informed?

I know a few people who've come off them & regained weight fast.

My friend is a pt and said you tend to lose weight so quickly that a fair bit of what you lose is muscle mass. Muscle is a big factor in what drives your metabolism, so your metabolism can slow considerably when on them. So you stop & its very easy to gain weight again.

Also the GLP conceals your feelings of hunger and enables you to simply eat far less. Without this, its incredibly hard for human beings to ignore our bodies trying to tell us to regain weight. You can retrain your body to recognise a lower "set point" for your weight but its difficult and slow, it takes years of major lifestyle change.

Its much much easier to stay slim if you've never been bigger, than to lose weight.

neither has made much change to their lifestyle or diet other than eating less and slightly smaller portions

A positive change in the context of weight loss I’d say.

I don't think it is accurate that rarely do people make lifestyle change. Obesity specialists are saying these medications are really helping some people make lifestyle changes. However, lifestyle is only one part of a very complex disease. People can gain weight for many reasons. For me it is due to medication. I still had the same lifestyle of healthy eating and exercise. All interventions I had under the NHS were around lifestyle and when they would look at what I was eating and the exercise I was doing they couldn't find fault with it. A couple of times people suggested my lifestyle was too healthy and I should eat more and stop going to the gym. But I wasn't really happy with that as then there would be a knock on effect on my health and I knew it wouldn't help me lose weight as it was the medication that caused it!

Yes, I often find posters who cannot come up with a cohesive response just report posts they don’t agree with instead.

I repeat - If you are this triggered by discussing WLI’s you shouldn’t be on the weight loss boards.

How so? If they have to come off them at any point nothing will have changed and by all accounts the hunger will return?

Apart from eating less and smaller portions? 😂

But but but….they’re obviously not informed enough.

I expect we will be using tablets by then!

I'm interested in the topic and not at all triggered. You, however, have resorted to aggressively bullying people on a personal level. That's why you've been reported.

Our daughter’s MIL had three stone to lose. She bought them from an online provider and was so desperate to lose weight I doubt that she read the leaflets. Was then basically left to get on with it.
I fortunately, she had unpleasant side effects, pretty bad gastric effects, nausea, vomitting, diarrhoea. Lost the weight but now has the dilemma of whether to stop or not.

Entirely different for my diabetic husband who has had constant NHS support and help with any issues.

I’m concerned that because my morbidly obese friend has been turned down by her practice purely on funding grounds, that she may resort to a similar online provider.