Have you told people you are on MJ?

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I'm thinking of ordering but one of biggest concerns is telling my teenage DDs.
I try not to discuss weight with them, they are both slim but I am not the body positive woman I want to be.

I feel a bit weird to hide it but also to tell them I'm doing it.

Also, do you tell friends and family or just say you've changed eating habits?

I've only told my Dp. I sadly think there's still a lot of stigma around weight loss injections and people see it as the 'easy way'. People just think I've been cutting back and being more active, in a way I'm lucky because I haven't had rapid weight loss up until I started 10mg so it's easier to lie.

Only DH knows.

I don't want my family knowing, they will judge. My mum in particular thinks injections are a substitute for will power. My dad refused to inject himself monthly with prescribed medication for a long term medical condition because "anyone who injects themselves with anything is a junkie" so he has to go to the hospital every month for them to do it rather than learn to use an injector pen. So I can only imagine the shit he'd come out with if he knew.

Friends would probably judge too, if I'm honest, because in my professional world we are supposed to be all about body positivity and anti fat shaming etc. Which I am up to a point - but then I got prediabetes, and realised being overweight was affecting my health.

I’ve told one friend - as she was already on it and I asked for advice.
other than that, not a soul.

No. Haven’t told anyone. Absolutely do not discuss weight diet and eating habits with any of my kids, all of whom have a normal relationship with food and very good body confidence. Also haven’t mentioned it to my husband as I feel it is a matter for me.

dh and ds know. They would have seen it in the fridge anyway and we all tend to be open with each other.

My ex-SIL and niece know as we discussed it once when I first started and was worried about jagging myself, but we haven't talked about it since (as it is a pretty boring subject unless you are using it too!) and I've told them to keep it to themselves.

I haven’t told anyone. Personally if I had teenagers I wouldn’t tell them about this, only because I worry if they might take it.

I’ve told my husband (obviously), my 2 sons and 2 close colleagues. I might think twice about telling daughters.

I’m not planning on telling friends or other family. Not sure why. I think I feel ashamed that I was overweight so I don’t want to acknowledge it. I’m quite tall and wasn’t huge, so I sort of hope my weight wasn’t that obvious. All part of the denial…

I saw a friend the other day and she said ‘you’ve lost loads of weight’, but I just mumbled something about my jeans being flattering!

My DH and DD know. I won't tell anyone else.

I don’t ordinarily discuss my weight with anyone, so would be weird to start now whether on Mounjaro or not to be fair.

Family yes.
I want to see how successful I am at keeping weight off. If I am yes I will say to others because I'd regard it as useful. Until then it feels like I'm promoting something which might not be that useful

DH and I agreed we wouldn't let the children know. Body image and weight and food can be very fraught topics in adolescence and I don't want to push any kind of dieting or food restriction in front of them. Just an enjoyment of fresh, healthy food and fun movement. If I hadn't normalised dieting aged nine and tried to change my body while it was still growing, I probably would never have become fat in the first place. I never want my kids to absorb the harmful, self loathing messages I did.

I won't tell anyone else either, my body isn't their business and I have no desire to discuss my size and shape or medications or eating habits with anyone else. As a lifelong yo-yo dieter, everyone has seen me at various weights - I have the same winter coat in three sizes and a rotating wardrobe for my highs and lows. If anyone guesses and asks me outright, I'll tell them I don't want to talk about it.

Oh and I know there is a contradiction in my post because while I might try my best not to talk about harmful diet culture in front of my kids, it's not like they won't notice my weight going up and down. I don't know what I can do about that though except hope- again!! - that maybe this will be the last time??

I haven't told people (apart from two) as I do not want to discuss it with people or hear their opinions, or have to answer questions or share my progress. I just want to get on with it. I discovered this was the best way for weight loss in general for me a while back - no matter whether I'm just dieting or doing injectables.

DH knows and is supportive but I know he definitely won't want to discuss it - I wouldn't tell him how much weight I had lost each week or anything like that. Same with any diet I've been on.

I have a mini fridge under my desk in my study for the pens (so adult/late teen DC don't discover them in the fridge), which is on a little table with other stuff so you can't see it unless you're on the floor.

One friend (we have no mutual friends and we live the opposite end of the country and we're not on social media) knows as we had been discussing needing to lose weight anyway as part of our regular phone chats, and I knew she would be supportive. I told her when I started and a while later she started too. Now she has been on it a couple of weeks she has started to tell me very basic stuff about it and offer me advice (I had been on it a couple of months, and has spent a lot of time researching) which is needing careful navigating. I love her to bits but that has become a little irritating, so I can see me sharing less/guiding the conversation onto other matters. Maybe she thinks I don't know this stuff as I didn't tell her (I knew she would do her own research and if she wanted to ask me a question would - so actively avoiding being the patronising know it all who started first!)...or I don't have google where I live 😁. At the moment I regret telling her but hoping this is just a blip.

I have told one very close friend how was sort rid the catalyst for my weight loss this time around. We were discussing blood pressure and she said that even losing a stone could help so we agreed to support each other to do that.

A month later, I had stalled at 9lbs down (yes, I know it is a good loss but it got to one off, one on etc etc) so I started researching and found MJ.

Took me 8 weeks to tell her and it was more because I couldn't handle her telling me how incredible I was and how amazing my mindset was when I knew that I had a helping hand!!

I also mentioned it to grown up gym fanatic, marathon running DD in passing as in a 'have you heard about these new medications?' and she seemed quite positive. I think they've seem me struggle so much over the years, that they would be supportive but have t said anything yet.

I also kind of feel that I want to tell people as I feel it vindicates my lifelong battle with my weight! I didn't just decide THIS was the time I was going to deal with my weight as if I haven tried before!!

My DP knows, because I was confident he'd be supportive and I felt it important to tell him in case of side effects or emergency situations. I haven't and won't tell my children, in the same way that I don't discuss with them the other medication that I'm on.

I don't intend to tell anyone else, as it's none of anyone else's business. The absolute judgment from some people on other discussion threads on this site has shown me that it's probably not wise to tell anyone!

I haven’t told anyone except DH. You only have to read threads on here to see how much judgement there is about taking weight loss medication… you’re cheating, taking the easy way out etc. Can’t be arsed with that judgement in real life! The funny thing is, we’re judged for being fat too, but taking positive steps to improve our health, at our own considerable expense, still isn’t good enough. We have to suffer for it to be done ‘properly’.

From your pen or other sources?

It is a good opportunity to teach them before they reach adulthood

• about prescription only medications only being used by the people that they have be prescribed to and why.
• about obesity as a disease and serious issue and the risks of obesity vs the risk of serious prescription weight loss drugs
• if you are worried about them taking from other sources about the risks around that and any illegal drugs

Better hearing about the facts of it all from you than other influences such as their peers or tictok, and seeing you model using it responsibly for support to maintain a steady consistent weight loss alongside a healthy eating plan.

I have only told close family. Everyone else no it’s none of their businesses. I have some really judgy friends and I know if I told them they would be gossiping behind my back.

I’ve told my DH, he’s been extremely supportive. None of my other family / friends know and DD is only 2 years old. My parents are quite a bit older and I honestly just don’t think they’ll get it. If my DD was older, I think I would have told her the same way I told my DH - that I’m making changes and investing in my health and wellbeing because I’ve not really prioritized it very much and I want to be healthy and strong and enjoy life and be around for as long as possible. I don’t think anyone who loves you can argue with that or think it’s vain…

I have only told my DP as it is a lot of money and we have joint finances. Plus it has been nice telling someone my loses each week and for him to witness my once instance PCSO cravings disappear.

I think it would be hard for me to hide it from home without constantly telling him littler white lies as my eating pattern has totally changed.

I haven't told anyone else though, I'm all for doing most things quietly.

I've told dp and dd but won't be telling anyone else.
I don't need the judgement from people who have no proper understanding of MJ and the struggles I have had being obese.

No, DH knows and that's it.

No one else's business. If anyone were to comment I will say I've giving up booze and gone back to calorie counting which is true.

That said I've lost 17lbs but I'm still in the same sized clothes, thighs still thundering and belly still looks big though a tad flatter but not much.

I told my husband and he’s been great. Encouraging me and pleased when I say ‘another pound this week. I also told on of my DD but actually regret it. She’s not judgemental but worries about side effects.
Funnily most of my friends haven’t commented on my weight loss but someone I haven’t seen for 3 months noticed immediately and said I was looking good. Is it that some friends are jealous?

Nope.

Not even dh

Tbh my calories are way down so I am sacrificing loads of food and alcohol but it's helping me stay in track.

I'm nearly at goal now and it's funny how people have started noticing but also saying you don't need to loose more etc. In almost on bmi 25. I'd like to get to 23/24 as a buffer But if it gets too hard 25 is fine.

It's not cheating. It's still a massive sacrifice. Choosing the right foods. Not drinking not having pudding etc.

Yesterday I had a piece of homemade Victoria sponge and it was absolutely delicious. But to keep calories down I then had to have no alcohol that night and have a healthy dinner.

I'll have to continue that behaviour to keep the weight off.

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I think some are jealous.

I have friend who has always been the slim one that can run 10k etc she is very competitive in all things. She just can't help herself.

I am 💯 sure she has noticed. Last Time we met I wore a really tight top and even I thought wow. I look really slim for the I first time in years. I wore it on purpose and she still didn't comment.

However I know she has issues around food from her teens as she told me once so I guess it's her own insecurities so I can't be too annoyed about it.