To wonder if there will be any fall out from skinny jabs?

[TheLemonGuide]

Everyone I know is now suddenly very slim. Okay, im exaggerating slightly, but genuinely, most of my friends who were previously overweight are all now slim thanks to skinny jabs. I am delighted for them! It seems unbelievable to think that a jab can cure this obesity crisis, but I am so pleased my friends and a couple of family members are able to live a healthier life thanks to this.

My only slight concern is, is this something that is going to be too good to be true? Do you think there will be any long term repercussions, or are we right to just celebrate this medication as a cure for something that so many have been battling for so long?

Lots of us want and expect to be able to afford continuing to inject ourselves with this medication forever more. Well, I don't mind switching to tablets when the time comes, but permanent needles would be fine too. This is not an unusal perspective amongst WLI users. And thanks to patent expiry it'll get cheaper over time, for those with financial concerns.

In terms of lasting solutions, did you know that all other weight loss methods have been shown to fail for most obese people? When they/we do lose enough weight to hit a healthy BMI, it usually gets regained.

And yes, you read that first post right - my DS was put on these meds by an endocrinologist at the age of 16 [monitored] because he had gained 6 stone through 4x serious covid, glandular fever and autism [struggled to recognise hunger v anxiety, and satiety]. At 18 he is 6ft3, slim and a total healthy-eating convert, weaning off medication as he approaches university. We’re hoping he may not need to take a maintenance dose at uni as he is young and has completely changed his diet and lifestyle, but keeping an open mind.

My friend works in a GP surgery and has been tempted to start the jabs.
However all the surgery staff from GPs to HCAs have said that they wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole as the long term effects are a complete unknown.
I was tempted too (although would probably have had to exaggerate my starting weight which is another issue altogether) but decided to do it myself so I don’t have to declare it on my annual travel insurance. First world problems 🙄

Do you have the same concern about the very quickly produced Covid immunisations? Do you wonder why they have not developed on that stops transmission?

Odd that these same GPs/HCAs happily prescribe the same drugs for obese diabetes patients without any concern for the long term side effect though? Perhaps they all need to go on a relevant training course.

A woman I used to work with is on them and quite frankly, looks very ill to the point my husband asked if she was terminally ill when he saw her having not seen her in ages. She has lost muscle tone so is always in the gym on the weights and last week she’s gone and got fillers in her lips which doesn’t do anything for her hollowed out face. She has a lot of loose skin and has taken it too far and probably done irreparable damage. On the other hand, a close friend of mine is on them and looks wonderful. She has diabetes and has always struggled to lose weight. She is being checked by a doctor and getting it through her doctor which might be what makes the difference.

People might look slimmer but they also look older due to loss of facial volume wrinkly skin loose skin on the body because its being lost too quickly .. id rather have a curvy body with no lose skin ... as always people just hammer the jabs .. don't change their eating habits still don't exercise .. so eventually will end up back the same way or skinny but wrinkly and loose.

I’ve lost 6stone and look, frankly, bloody marvellous. Look ten years younger. Obviously my face doesn’t have the same fullness (ie flabbiness or layers of fat) because I’ve lost weight all over and my skin clearly stretched a bit. Any diet where there is considerable weight-loss leads to a change in the way people look facially and leave loose skin, especially in older patients.

I’ve simply chosen to mitigate this by stopping weight loss at exactly 24.9 BMI and accepting my bikini days are over (am late 50’s so I am probably doing the world a great service by wearing a one-piece and sarong).

So many people so keen to tell obese people that they’ll still be considered unacceptable and unattractive even if they lose the weight as they’ll look haggard, gaunt, hollow, ill, have loose skin, no hair, wrinkly, aged….

That’s really weird of them. I wonder, are they like this with all new medication?

Sorry, which people? Do you know everyone using WLI? I’ve been using mounjaro for 18 months, look considerably younger than I did before and have a very nice figure, curtesy of my 4x a week weight training sessions. I’ve also literally eaten more healthily over the past 18 months than I have done in my entire life.

As usual, lots of total bollocks being spouted on these threads.

You don't really need "medical training" for 1 injection a week .... diabetics do it a couple of times a day with no ill effects

People might have been thin in the past but that certainly doesn't mean they were healthy or superathletic.

I think there quite a difference between a GP prescribing to someone who is obese with several co-morbidities and an individual buying drugs over the counter without any medical input?

I look older than I did but I don’t look older than I am.

But they aren’t buying them over the counter without medical input? They are going through clinical prescribing protocols with online/in person pharmacies.

I'd also suggest that it sounds like you are doing things really sensibly, prioritising long-term changes which hopefully are sustainable. There are plenty of people who won't be doing this and look really old as a result of rapid weight loss.

I’m sorry, but this is a stupid take.

I’m not even on WLI, but I am currently trying to shift quite a few lbs.

Shall I keep my curves and my bum (which I am quite attached to), but also keep my fat liver, gallstones and pre-diabetes? Turn it into a fatter liver, maybe a bit of cirrhosis and some proper diabetes, incase my skin goes saggy?

I’m not sure about you, but I’m not going to risk my life in case I get wrinkles.

Muddled thinking; Japan is becoming less healthy due to increasing use of poor food, not too much food.

They are prescription only medicines so have to be prescribed by a suitably qualified health care professional (e.g doctor or pharmacist independent prescriber)

I know loads of medics who are taking weight loss drugs. They have been around for about 20 years so hardly a complete unknown.

The only thing a woman can be that’s worse than fat is old, apparently.

You've misread. I didn't say Japan had got less healthy, only that they have an increasing obesity rate and smoke less. Up to you whether you think that makes them less healthy or not, but it will be a different point to the one I made.

They do, but none of the five people I know who are taking them have had an actual medical consultation and two of them have exaggerated their weight considerably to get the jabs. It’s entirely their choice I know but it feels a little risky to me - but then again we all approach risk differently.

I’m not, by any means, an anomaly.