Just get mounjaro!

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The more threads I read, the more and more posters seem to respond with “just get mounjaro” for posters wanting to lose as little as 10 lbs to get within a healthy BMI. More traditional methods of weight loss appear to be out of fashion and as though you’d be foolish to do it the perceived hard way when you can just inject a drug.
I was reading a thread where a poster had a BMI of just over 25 who was told to just get WLIs. What happened to them being for those who are obese?
Is this the way things are going now? Gained a few pounds over Christmas or on holiday? Just inject and don’t worry about it!
Anybody going against the grain of weight loss injections is often accused of being jealous. It’s a bit cult like on some threads as though WLI are the only valid way to lose weight and you’d be foolish to try any other way because “diets don’t work” and just adopting a healthier diet and lifestyle is laughable; a fool’s game and you’ll end up fat again. Well, yes, if you go back to your old habits, just like any method of weight loss.

Just a bit of a rant really on this sunny Tuesday!

Actually the study I quoted was a review of over 9,000 studies and the 37 studies they chose to look at more closely had over 9,000 patients.

I'm not trying to achieve anything. What are you trying to achieve in your post.

Aren't you lucky never to have been obese. Would you like a prize?

I didn't quite that study. I quoted a review of 37 studies involving over 9,000 participants.

Its conclusion was:
Conclusions This review found that cessation of WMM is followed by rapid weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on cardiometabolic markers. Regain after WMM was faster than after BWMP. These findings suggest caution in short term use of these drugs without a more comprehensive approach to weight management.

You can read it for yourself here:
https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj-2025-085304

Wow, did I say I wanted a prize? I mentioned it because you seem to think the only people pushing back against you are defensive.

Obviously you are trying to achieve something, or you would not keep posting so incessantly.

Pretty much every study conducted has been short, so short, that the average weight loss achieved was only 8kg, and researchers are clear than more research needs to be conducted.

And even if it is accurate and patients gain back 0.8kg every month, they're still going to be better off because it will take the average obese person years to get back to where they started.

No, you think I have superior intelligence over the average person.

I have no idea why you think that about me, given that you've never met me. But that's on you.

I’m doing nothing of the sort. I was citing my reason for wanting corroboration of your figures. I was under no obligation whatsoever to Google stuff and then faff about trying to guess which study you were referring to.

You’ll notice, though, that said study also concludes ‘These findings suggest caution in short term use of these drugs without a more comprehensive approach to weight management.’ The last 8 words are the most significant in terms of keeping weight off, if my own experiences are anything to go by.

I don't understand your question.You are making massive assumptions about me and my motives.

Perhaps you could ask yourself why the information might be helpful.

For some reason I am getting personally attacked on here merely for stating facts.

It tells me that you don't like the facts so you're taking your feelings out on me. Don't shoot the messenger.

It’s fine, that was just a list of risks for Mountjaro, Mounjaro’s evil twin.

Thank you for reading the study.

And the conclusion is my point. WLIs are part of the solution but not everything.

Has no-one git a sense of humour any more?!

If you think I'm being superior, that is on you. You don't have to like what I say, but don't ascribe me malicious motivation to me where none exists.

Wish we still had the laugh emoji 😂.

It’s a bloody good job you’re on MN telling everyone who’ll listen! It’s like you don’t think others have the same googling ability as yours!!

Maybe you should seek employment as a dietician or something.

Yet you assume people here are defensive, when you have no way of knowing how they feel and what their motives are. Your approach strikes me as risk averse - always a reason not to do or try something. Money, some studies, risks. Why live in fear.

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Well obviously I've hit a nerve!

I'm not going to apologise for the language I use. If using my vocabulary means you feel patronised, that is entirely your issue.

I have better things to do with my time.

Like what?

Voy and Med Express.

Phew!! I was off to message people I know who are using that Mounjaro stuff, like you say I’ll limit it to the none who are taking that Mountjaro one!

It is a risk : benefit ratio. There is a risk with all drugs due to side effects. Diabetes can be a life limiting disease so you can accept a higher level of risk than if you are just a few lbs overweight and want to look good in a dress.

Thank you

So can being obese? So I think that covers the vast majority of users?

It's so funny you never see the concern on other weight loss threads. 'Why are you spending money on Slimming World/ Weightwatchers/ meal plans/ weight loss coaches etc etc, you will just pile it back on when you stop!'

@PracticalPolicy I have read the BMJ article many times, and that’s what I was referring to. This part is relevant:

”Figure 1 displays the rate of weight regain from all studies for all WMMs and for the subgroups of all incretin mimetics and newer and more effective incretin mimetics. On average, weight loss at cessation of treatment was 8.3 kg (7.2 to 9.5), 10.1 kg (8.2 to 11.9), and 14.7 kg (11.1 to 18.4), respectively. The mixed model (model 1) estimated a monthly rate of weight regain of 0.4 kg (95% CI 0.3 to 0.5), 0.5 kg (0.4 to 0.7), and 0.8 kg (0.7 to 0.9) for any WMM (63 intervention arms, 6322 participants), all incretin mimetics (32 intervention arms, 4757 participants), and newer and more effective incretin mimetics (10 intervention arms, 1776 participants), respectively.”

The average weight lost at cessation of treatment for all WMM was 8.3kg, and 14.7kg for the newer and more effective incretin mimetics . The rate of regain was 0.8kg for the newer and more effective incretin mimetics . That’s across all 37 studies included in the meta study.

I am not arguing with the conclusion that you quoted. I am discussing the relevance of this study to real world use of WLI, and discussing the caveats that the study authors themselves discuss in the conclusion.

Thank goodness you have! It felt like you had all the time in the world to just keep
posting on here, with the voice of doom!