People on WLIs have a lot of experience of dieting, and 'learning to resist'. No one goes straight to expensive injections. People try diets first; I've been trying them for thirty-five years. I've lost weight in every possible way imaginable, over and over again. So many women in our 40s have spent our lives battling to lose weight and keep it off. So many of us have lost a stone, three stone, five stone on the diet-relapse yo-yo cycle time and time and time again.
Speaking for myself, trying and failing at the same thing for 35 years tells me that it isn't going to work long-term. And yes, as well as every diet you've ever heard of, I also tried that magical 'changing your habits', 'it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change!', 'it's just eating less and moving more' just like I've tried all the diet plans and regimes and exercise routines that have ever existed. I haven't yet 'learned to resist', and there are many women who have my exact experience and history. WLIs seem the most promising option for actually breaking that cycle for good, by staying on them long-term. Because nothing else works. It just doesn't. And that's not just my personal experience, that's backed up by every reputable weight loss study that's ever been done. For most people, most of the time, nothing works beyond a year or so. No diet, no lifestyle change, nothing. Not for the vast majority of people.