In two minds about telling people

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I've started Mounjaro about 2 weeks ago after being obese for over 20 years. Same story as many I expect, diet after diet and putting all the weight back on plus more.
Anyway, it's working great for me, I hope to lose about 4 stone.
I'm just in two minds to tell people or not. On one hand I've nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about but on the other I feel my weight loss in nobody else's business.
What did you all do, I would love to hear people's thoughts on this.

It appears it is you who it is very emotive to. Your choice of words are very telling. From ashamed, secretive. Unsettling. Bullshit. Blatant lying. Sinister.

you clearly have a back story you’re not revealing. Likely to do with your own weight. Or feelings on it.

but no matter how aggressive you become, how many horrible words you throw out. You are not entitled to other people’s private medical info, and each of us will chose who and if we tell.

good luck to you, I hope you overcome your obstacles and live your best life 😘

@Losingthetimber I'm not sure what's going on here. If you've been subjected to criticism because of your weight or choices regards injections. It makes little sense to me and I think that's pretty shitty. But people are generally arseholes.

In the spirit of honesty, I guess my ' issues ' are regards people not being genuine and authentic. So I must be transferring this here with my post. It really does inform my view far more than someone taking weight loss injections. My view on this is simple; good on you, why the hell not, enjoy it!

If I was overweight and I could access this medication, I would take it. I would answer honestly to any question and wouldn't bullshit on this, because I'd probably feel great and happy I was achieving a long wanted goal. Having been overweight in the past I'd find this exciting and would shut down any critical voices. I'd probably be saying yes, so what.

Regards my own weight issues; not really. I mean if I could take something to add weight I probably would in all honesty. It's quite physically uncomfortable and I do often envy people with curvy shapes! I think they look healthy and feminine. But that's my opinion.

I see my friend who shouts out loud, she looks really good and feels happy. I respect her honesty so much. But I imagine she will probably be facing haters and this is why this subject is so emotive. It clearly is from this thread.

@Tittat50 it's interesting that you don't seem able to recognise your own harsh judgements. You call anyone who would not tell you their personal private medical choices a bullshitter, not genuine and inauthentic.

Yes it’s curious, the poster is revealing more than they wish, and the platitudes don’t hide it.

I wouldn't ask! I really wouldn't. But I imagine plenty of people would. I'm probably thinking about celebrities when I write this. I find it really unsettling when they make false claims. I really do. Or lie when asked. What's different here I feel is people don't tend to ask about your medical 'stuff' quite the same way as when it's related to this.

I just read another person's post here which was incredibly insightful and made sense. There is a lot wrapped up in this subject, it truly is emotive. I guess experiences feed people's feelings on this.

I certainly will go away and ponder because I find this interesting. I'm obviously being quite naive about the realities of this experience.

If someone asked me about my meds, I'd tell them. I wouldn't offer it up though unless it was relevant.

Only my DH knows. I might tell my DD1 when i am at hers for Christmas because she is going to be very confused about how little i am eating!

@Losingthetimber in all honesty what do you feel is my motive? Do you think I have an issue/ problem with people taking these injections? I don't one bit. I think this is a really good thing.

When people are open and honest it makes it less shameful. I don't think this is anything anyone should be ashamed of at all. I really dislike people bullshitting but I am seeing as this thread progresses that people have had bad experiences and there is clearly a reason for this response.

I'm backtracking now based on this tbh. There's a reason for this that I am thinking I actually don't fully understand. If people were reacting positively to this, the thread would not be happening. That's my absolute naiveté!

You're still doing all the hard work so it's not really lying

When people are open and honest it makes it less shameful

what? It isn’t shameful. It was never shameful it doesn’t become less shameful as it was never shameful in the first place.

i don’t know what your problem is. It’s clear you didn’t stumble into this chat as you pretended. You do have a clearly signficant issue. I’ve no idea what it is, I don’t care to be frank

but it is not shameful to take meds to help lose weight, and no one needs to tell anyone they don’t wish their private medical info, much less you

I don't know if you've always been underweight @Tittat50 but I think unless you've been noticeably overweight I don't think you can fully understand why people are cagey about talking about the jabs.
Overweight women especially are judged to fuck and now society seems really cross that there is a solution that is helping make losing weight easier. It ties into the fat people are lazy narrative that we can't even lose weight 'the right way'.
I've only told one person that I'm on Mounjaro so far, but only because I don't really want to announce that I'm trying to lose weight in case that doesn't go to plan. If it carries on working for me as it is so far then I'd be happy to let people know, but I understand why others don't want to.

@Losingthetimber I can't convince you out of whatever you've come to on this. You'll keep going back to medical info all you like. It's clearly significantly more complex than that hence this thread. I now know that reactions to this medication and it's use are probably pretty negative/ critical based on this thread.

@PinkArt thankyou! I've been overweight in the past. I actually preferred it tbh to the current. I looked better and felt better. But it was not significantly overweight so for me it may have been different to someone who is very uncomfortable with their weight. I don't think being skinny is a good thing! It's unattractive and painful in my case.

Ok, I see what you're saying and that makes complete sense. I'm being incredibly naive and focusing on my values of honesty which tbh I see would piss people off if the ' public ' are arseholes over weight loss and how people do it. Funnily, I get uncensored comments all the time about my weight and think f**k you,I don't appreciate it. If I could, I'd take what I could to be at a place I felt comfortable with for me weight wise and would shout it out. But my experience is not yours and I'm being naive!

I think if people ask me how I've lost weight, I will say smaller portions, no snacking, cutting out sugar etc. which is all absolutely true!
If anyone was rude enough to directly ask me if I was taking the jabs, I'd probably just say no.
It's such a shame that I'm finally doing something positive about my body, but I've got this worry in my head. I wish I could just not give a toss about what people think, but I do

I'm not telling anyone (except dh). It's my private medical information and I'm a private person. I also don't want to stay on it forever as it's quite expensive as we all know. I know it'll be one of those things that people never forget and repeatedly bring up!

I told DH in the rare case it caused a serious medical issue. He's starting on glucomannan in the new year, we've both had some success with this in the past and he won't be telling anyone this either.

That’s what I’m doing op,the eat less move more thing,

I think we have seen so much judgement on this sub forum, so many threads with people making awful comments, that it’s hard not to 0lay on your mind, we have even seen it on this thread, the whole shameful sinister thing if you don’t go around telling everyone who asks the complete story on how you’re losing.

if anything this thread has made me realise it’s better not to say. It’s bad enough reading it on line, who wants to have to deal with that level of judgement in real life.

@Losingthetimber I must apologise to pp for offence I have caused. I really did not intend to make anyone feel bad about their choices. I can't appreciate it unless I'm living it.