AIBU to be very, very pleased with myself for being Not Overweight for the first time ever?

[Elsvieta]

Well, since very early childhood, anyway. Too early to remember.

Today was the day. Last pound gone that took me to BMI 24.9. Not Overweight. Normal Weight. I keep checking it again on the NHS calculator, just to see it. (Had been about 12.5 stone, BMI 32, from mid teens to now, age 48).

Went about my business at work all day, being Not Fat. Felt like strangers should be noticing, and be impressed. Watched the eclipse, thinking "This is great, and also happening while I am Not Fat". I think for the rest of my days I will associate eclipses with being Not Fat. My first-ever Not-Fat memory.

Does it ever become just normal?

Still look a bit fat, though. Too much stomach, too much upper arm. I think another half a stone and I'll feel OK about how I look.

Life has been on hold, in many ways, since I was about 12. The things I'll do... when I'm Not Fat. I thought I would be more confident. I am, in a way. The ways that relate to looks. But not in much else, really. That's been a bit of a shock.

Your brain changes its idea of what's normal in your body, somehow. I don't feel like I'm a whole 2.5 stone thinner. You just shift to getting pickier about what you're unhappy about. Some of the time. And then you go back to feeling ecstatic.

I wish WLI had been invented about 30 years ago. I could have had a whole other life.

People treat me better. This is very awesome and also very depressing. People should not be treated with more or less respect based on body mass. But I want to be the person people see me as now.

I have actually achieved some stuff in my life. But this feels like the best thing. This is also, if you stop to think about it, depressing. Whilst also making me very happy.

I'm sad that I will never know what it's like to be thin and young at the same time. There was a lot of youth wasted.

I might be able to go to the doctor now, if I need to. For the first time in several years. I might even not refuse (for the first time since age 20 or so) if they want to weigh me. Imagine it - no patronising lecture. (Or do they just find something else?).

It'll need to be Wegovy tablets for maintenance, I think. Does anyone know what dosage to start on, if you're coming off 15mg Mounjaro?

I feel like somebody should be throwing a party. I also do NOT want my body mentioning, by anybody, ever.

It's a weird thing.

Oh I am so so happy for you dear @Elsvieta 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Yes cos don’t you know you have to SUFFER while losing weight and if you don’t then it’s cheating 🙄.

Congratulations!!! That’s a big achievement, and you should feel very proud 😊

I’m similar, my BMI has been overweight since I had my first child - 20 years ago! I’ve been obese for a lot of the intervening years, so quite happy that I’m now only about 10lbs overweight. If I make it back to normal BMI I would definitely be celebrating 😁

Does this analogy work? Surely people who have reversed their Type 2 diabetes don’t continue to take insulin?

Anyone else baffled as to how losing 2.5 stone has changed the OP’s BMI from 32 to 24.5 ?

No not at all. Assume she’s around 5ft ish.

Type 2 diabetics usually take metformin not insulin. My understanding is some people will come to be prescribed this longterm as it has other health benefits. The recommendation is to follow Gp advice not just stop treatment.

compare it with thyroid replacement hormone then, or blood pressure medicatino. My thyriod levels are normal right now, but they would not stay normal for too long if I stopped taking my thyroxine. Nobody has suggested I do that and just try harder.

Well done. That is going to have so many health benefits

A lovely lady in her 30s I chat to at Slimmingworld really shocked me about the type of abuse she gets. Fwiw we live in a ‘nice’ area. She always dresses fashionably and makeup done. She thinks it’s worse since WLI - she’s had a group of lads shouting at her from a van to take the jabs you fat pig 2 weeks ago. Says every night out she get comments. She can’t take the medication as she has a medical condition that prevents WLI being prescribed, she’s discussed at length with her real life gp.

So what do you say when people notice you’ve lost weight? I’m 5ft 1 and was 12 1/2 stone and I’m now 8st 2 and Mounjaro was the medication that helped me. When people notice my weight loss I tell them how I did it. I’m curious as to what you say. Well done on your weight loss. It’s bloody marvellous isn’t it. My husband went from 20 stone to 12st 5. We are huge fans of MJ. We are no longer the tubby parents. Awesome 🤩

Well done 👏

How patronising and passive aggressive! . Please let the Op enjoy and celebrate her achievements without having to listen to your smugness.

Well done op. It’s a fantastic feeling isn’t it. I’ve lost nearly 7 stones using WLI alongside diet changes and exercise and my health physically and mentally has improved significantly. I feel sad that my mum and grandmother didn’t have access to these medications as they struggled their entire adult lives with obesity. Give yourself a huge pat on the back and enjoy the benefits of no longer being overweight or obese.

Well done.

and you deserve every once of pride in yourself that exudes from your OP.

I think contrary to what some people think taking a WLI doesn’t melt weight off and people losing weight steadily and they are visibly dieting/exercising.
It’s up to Op what she shares.

Fabulous news.

Oh that’s interesting. My FIL has Type 2 and I could swear he takes insulin but maybe not.

@StickyProblem My metabolism is best suited for life on a desert island with only berries and the fish you kill for yourself. I can store fat (and muscle) out of anything. Sadly it’s not very aesthetic!

Can the “eat less move more” brigade fuck off please? Go and advise alcoholics to “just stick at the one drink”, that’s how useful your advice is. Be thankful you don’t struggle with your weight and prepare yourselves to no longer feel superior to others based on your genetic luck.

Totally agree with this. We still have a lot to learn about differences in metabolism/ endocrine stuff. Genes are responsible for the shape of my toes and the shape of my nose, so why can’t people accept they affect other aspects of my physiology too?

He may do. First treatment is lifestyle change and metformin tablets. If levels stay high then ultimately yes may need insulin but it’s not first step.
Someone may successfully bring levels down to a pre diabetic level but Dr may still want them to stay on low dose for health reasons.

5 ft 3. 12 stone 9 at my heaviest, 10 stone now. No, I don't know what's baffling either.

I just make vague noises about eating less and they leave it. I think I know very polite people! Only my mum directly asked if it was jabs. Don't think she believes the denial but she knows better than to push me. (She thinks everyone who touches the things will drop dead from pancreatitis, almost certainly. And HRT will inevitably lead to breast cancer, and so on. Best not to worry her).

OK let me be clearer-

This is very obviously yet another tedious post designed to make women feel anxious about their weight and encouraging the idiocy around disordered eating which is so rife on here.

Obesity is an increasing risk factor for the 3 biggest NCDs in the UK - cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It kills.

Congrats op! Your post made me smile too, you enjoy yourself, not being fat! All day, every day, for ever more! Get out there and live your life, all not being fat!

The drugs have been life changing for me. My health conditions like high blood pressure sleep apnea all resolved now. I eat a clean and healthy diet 90 odd percent of the time, work out a lot, and am on a low maintenance dose.

im on it is its critical I don’t regain, but I now no longer have to feel hungry, deprived, stressed about the scales, wondering if I can eat something, eating, it feeling guilty, all the shit associated with it,

now I simply est healthy meals, in recommended portion sizes, no snacking, work out most days and crack on.