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Just get mounjaro!

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Pinklightning · 17/03/2026 08:04

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!

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cupfinalchaos · 19/03/2026 20:44

I had under a stone to lose and did it in a month. If I put it back on it’s on me. I’m not taking the drug away from someone who needs it more. Who am I harming?

MeridaBrave · 19/03/2026 22:01

CbeeGeeBee · 19/03/2026 18:07

Yep. Lots of the size 12-14 mums at school are now size 8-10, all achieved with seemingly very little effort since Xmas. It’s annoying tbh.

My lovely and very honest friend is on them - at least she hasn’t fibbed about it like everyone else. She’s just had one pen so far and lost 3kg. She wasn’t overweight to start with - about 10 stone and 5 foot 6. She said it’s the easiest thing she’s ever done to lose weight by far. She sent a pic of her sister in as they look vaguely alike from5 years ago when her sister was a little overweight (post baby). Apparently the recently tightened up rules asked for a new pic with a piece of paper saying the date so she got another pic of her sister and got a local college student to photoshop in the piece of paper.

you have to admire the ingenuity really…. I was pretty shocked though.

Who even cares who is taking it. Each to their own. Some people spend money on beauty treatments or getting hair done, or nails. I spend it on mounjaro so I don’t need to use my willpower to stay lean.

MyLuckyHelper · 20/03/2026 12:52

CbeeGeeBee · 19/03/2026 18:07

Yep. Lots of the size 12-14 mums at school are now size 8-10, all achieved with seemingly very little effort since Xmas. It’s annoying tbh.

My lovely and very honest friend is on them - at least she hasn’t fibbed about it like everyone else. She’s just had one pen so far and lost 3kg. She wasn’t overweight to start with - about 10 stone and 5 foot 6. She said it’s the easiest thing she’s ever done to lose weight by far. She sent a pic of her sister in as they look vaguely alike from5 years ago when her sister was a little overweight (post baby). Apparently the recently tightened up rules asked for a new pic with a piece of paper saying the date so she got another pic of her sister and got a local college student to photoshop in the piece of paper.

you have to admire the ingenuity really…. I was pretty shocked though.

Annoying is such a weird response. It literally has no effect on you? You're as welcome to take it (or not) as they are. They aren't impacting the way you choose to lose weight, or maintain your weight at all.

I've never smoked, but I don't look at people who quit smoking with Champix and think God that's annoying. I literally couldn't care less how someone else does it.

Also I'm surprised your 'friend' managed to photoshop a photo to post, I highly doubt that's gone unnoticed. I'm always staggered by the number of people on these threads who know so many people obtaining drugs under false pretences.

ThankFuckTheSunIsHere · 31/03/2026 21:44

Reliablesource · 17/03/2026 08:28

What I can’t get my head around is when critics of Mounjaro say it is safe to use for diabetes but maybe not for weight loss. If the drug is safe, it is safe! Your body doesn’t know what you are taking it for.

Also don’t understand the obsession that some people have with WLI who don’t need or plan to take them. What’s it got to do with you whether other people want to use them?

Exactly

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