To be fed up of WLI stories

[Georock]

I’m on week 3 and lost NOTHING! I am eating and drinking the same to be fair so no surprise. I used my credit card to purchase the jabs, I could have gotten from GP as my BMI is high but trying to get an appointment is next to impossible. I keep getting told by people that obviously I need to eat more healthy! But if course I know that! That’s the problem can’t eat healthy and if I could I wouldnt need to take the jabs. Can someone please kindly help me? I’ve had lots of wine today and I thought the jabs were supposed to put you off alcohol.

I have been on the jabs 12 months and lost 7 stone....clearly if they are not supressing your appetite you won't lose weight you need to be in a calorie deficit. But you may need to work up the doses a bit.

I didn’t start losing weight until week 5. The food noise didn’t die down til then either.

I can’t tolerate them. That’s a massive pisser.

I'm fed up of WLI stories being posted on AIBU rather than the WLI board...

The irony of you saying you are fed up, but sharing your own stories.

WLI are not a magic bullet: they help, but self control to eat less is still required.

So scroll on by, title was perfectly clear

Not everybody responds to the starting dose. Your prescriber will probably advise titrating up a dose once your current pen runs out. Speak to your clinician about your worries.

I didn't lose weight or have any appetite change until about month 3 and even now after months of being on them it is slow but working. I had 3 stone to lose and lost only 2 so far. I think they're just slower for some people. Stick with it, when your dose increases you'll see a difference.

It take time for them to start working, keep going and increase the dose at 4/5 week intervals until you start losing. Some people are super responders or the placebo effect kicks in and they lose quickly.

You will need to overhaul your diet and prioritise fibre and protein. You will need to exercise to build and maintain muscle. You will need to work out your triggers and what has got you here. You will need an exit strategy for maintenance.

Ylu don’t want the weight to fall over overnight, it will take all your muscles and give you gallstones. Slow and steady and consistent over the next 18 months sounds likely.

I’d get it if you said your food noise hadn’t gone away after 3 weeks but why couldn’t you at least decide not to have ‘lots of wine’ knowing you’d paid for an expensive medical treatment that you need to work with.

As you don’t seem to know how the jab works - you say you could have got it from the GP as your bmi is high but is that true? At present in my area you need a BMI of over 40 and three co morbidities to even be considered.

You are very unreasonable posting this in AIBU.

They are not a magic wand.

They definitely will not help everyone - they suppress appetite but if you eat through stress or boredom then they will likely not help.

There are different ones and one works better than others for some people.
I believe the NHS says to try it for 6 weeks and if it doesn’t work then to try a different one.

But OP you should not be using your credit card.
To get the benefits from them you’re looking at being on them for a good year or 2.
You’d need to slowly come off them once you’ve reached your goal weight and that could take a year in itself.

Posters hate to hear it but there are a lot of downsides to these and they are not going to work for everyone.

Firstly, the majority of diets can cause weight gain eventually but this is amplified by the WLIs and so people put the weight on faster and struggle to maintain it at all.

Imagine trying to lose or maintain weight with way stronger hunger pangs and food noise - you can’t reduce these and expect these not to massively come back.

Secondly, a lot of people put on weight due to emotional eating or boredom - no amount of WLIs will fix this. They may help in the short term but eventually those bad habits will catch up on them.

People don’t want to hear it but these WLIs like many fad diets are only a temporary fix.

You can get the same results, albeit slower and more difficult, through traditional methods but you’ll also find it easier to maintain.

The amount of people who’ve said they’ve wasted thousands of pounds because they’ve gone and put all the weight back on.

Do not get yourself in debt over something that is a temporary tool.

Instead focus on high volume foods, protein and lower carbs.

Our bodies were designed to eat.
Don’t suppress your appetite or eat too little ( this will mess up your metabolism, make you miserable and make you regain the weight) - eat as much food as you can within a calorie deficit.

Are you actually feeling less hungry yet? I didn't on 2.5mg or 5mg (of Mounjaro). Stick at it - go up once a month and you'll see the change. Same with alcohol - WLI don't put everyone off it, but then in some cases they do but only at higher doses.

The drugs don't exactly make you eat healthy, they make you eat LESS. Your stomach empties slower so you feel full on less. If you're still eating calorie-dense stuff like chocolate it won't help. Once you have that sense of being fuller quicker, eat filling but low-calorie stuff first. Then you'll probably find you don't want the biscuits.

I've found that the injections take away the food noise and hunger so I can eat less. I prioritise a nutritious diet as I don't need a lot of food. You need willpower and to make decisions and track calories until you get a real understanding of what your intake for loss looks like. I only buy healthy foods and will make salad for lunches and chop fruit for breakfast for a few days up in a single session to make it as easy as possible. I still get hungry and fancy wine but it's at a level I can cope with. It's a long process and you have to make changes that mean you will be able to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy way.