Evidence needed for prescription

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So I am definitely overweight. I have very fat thighs, look appalling in a swim suit and I am 5 foot 7 and an M&S size 14 in trousers. I am permanently trying not to get fatter and in a constant state of attempting to resist eating unhealthy food and to restrict the amountI eat. On a daily basis a lot of my energy and thoughts go into this. I was at my pilates class yesterday and I just felt uncomfortable and frankly enormous in comparison to the other women there.

The thing is that I am so paranoid about my weight that I don't have any scales. In fact I have not weighed myself for around five years. I keep thinking that I will lose some weight and then weigh myself but I never succeed as I can't stick to a diet for more than a few days.

So anyway I have decided enough is enough and I am going to try these weight loss injections. The problem is I don't know whether I will even qualify or not (no health conditions) and I am also finding it really hard to face up to the thought of weighing myself.

Can I just ask what evidence a companies like Medexpress etc will require me to provide?

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You need to give your weight, I would think most would want an image of you stood on scales with the current date. They will also want photos showing your figure in close fitting clothes.

If you can't weigh yourself it's going to be hard to engage with the weight loss injection process. If you qualify of course.

Just a thought, I found it hard to see my weight in stones and pounds. I changed my scales to kg and find that much less intimidating as the numbers don't hold as much shame as the values in stones/pounds. You could swap units and see if that helps.

It’s weight op. You need to take a pic of yourself on the scales with the date and a pic of yourself in the mirror with the date, full body and you need to give your weight each time you order a pen.

The provider I'm with needed a full length photo.

They did ask for weight and height as well but no actual proof of weight and height was needed.

If you know how much you weighed last time you did weigh yourself and know you are bigger now then there isn't anything to stop you guesstimating what you think your weight is now under that system to get the prescription in the first place.

That was with VOY which is one of the more expensive providers but offer great support and coaching and food logging via their app.

I would say though that having to weigh yourself is inevitable if you go down the WLI route - why not treat yourself to a set of Bluetooth scales so you can watch the numbers zoom down once you start!

Again depends on the provider - VOY is subscription based so they send the next pen regardless and it goes up 2.5mg each month up to 15mg unless you message them to ask to stay the same or go down again.

They prompt you to add updated weights regularly but it's not actually mandatory to receive the next pen and they request a new photo every six months.

I don't know how other providers work - I see others chopping and changing a lot for the best prices though so I wonder if that's why they are having to provide 'proof' more frequently?

If you don't want to buy scales you can weigh in your doctors surgery or some chemists

I had a scales phobia but I bit the bullet and bought cheap ones from Argos that are digital and can change the weight to kg or stones. The initial reading was a shocker but as it goes down it’s actually ok and tbh it is necessary to keep weighing yourself in the long run anyway, a necessity really.

Thank you everyone. I think confronting the fear of the scales is going to be part of the process.

Op I went years without scales, it was a terrible mistake. As in my head I didn’t realise how fat I’d become.

I also bought some cheap ones and just did it, then I upgraded to some good ones in the Black Friday sale, as monitoring my weight loss on this journey is key,

you’re the same height as me, and I could also fit into size 14, where they had stretch and were a little big, and I was 15 stone. So depends on the trousers. You maybe less, much less, you maybe more. So I’d guess maybe between 13-14 stone?

hiding from it doesn’t make you slimmer. It just helps you avoid it. Just get some scales and confront it,

Medexpess need a full length photo but no photo standing on scales. P

You are right. I have been thinking that I will just lose some weight and then buy the scales. Silly really. I actually found out from looking at my medical records that my bmi was 29 a couple of years ago so I will definitely meet the criteria by now as judging by clothes I have gained a bit since then.

I think what has been holding me back is the lack of a plan to do anything about my weight. As a young women I didn't have scales either but if I ate less for a while the weight would drop off but I haven't been able to do that for a long time.

Yes so probably like me and about 15 stone. Honestly just do it. I’m 13 and a half, 8 weeks later.

you can’t do this if you don’t have scales, not properly and you don’t need to tell anyone your weight.