Anyone still keeping it a secret?

[Sleptlikeababy]

I’m 8 weeks in and haven’t told a soul (1.4 stone down). My DH has noticed how much less I’m eating and I’ve just told him I’m on the 5:2 diet, which I did successfully a few years back.

my adult daughter and my GP know and that's it.
i'm noticeably thinner and some people are commenting and i have to style it out saying i am just being more mindful as i eat which is kind of true but not the full picture.
i won't ever fess up unless my hand is forced somehow as people see it as an easy or lazy option which it isn't by any stretch.
it's just different to other weight loss methods.

I really think you need to tell someone incase of a bad reaction. I told my oh, GP dentist and hairdresser. Five stone down I tell anyone who asks. I was so very poorly in the beginning my oh asked me if I had cancer, and I had to come clean.

DH knows but nobody else. I'm not ashamed and I'll say I'm on them if asked but I don't post about my weight loss or diet on social media so there's nobody really to tell.

I'm quite large and like to wear more oversized clothes so to be honest it's going to take about 5-6 stone before anyone really notices a massive change anyway. May as well not talk about it until mentioned.

I've lost 3 stone and been on it for over a year and a half.
I'm a chronic oversharer in general, but this is one thing I have told noone, and I don't ever plan to.

A few friends know, mainly work colleagues as a few are on it too.
DH doesn't know and I bareface lied to my mum when she disapprovingly asked if I was "on those bloody injections".
Some work colleagues have been very vocal about their disapproval, and I can't be arsed trying to convince my mother otherwise too.

I'm just starting in January. I want to push through if I react if possible as I am morbidly obese.

Can you share how you were really il%/how long and how you managed it? Di d it just go away or come back as you went up the doses?

Me too, I suppose. I live alone so it’s more that I haven’t told anyone vs hiding it.

My circumstances are that I am in my 20s, was always slim, then gained weight between 2022-2024. During that time I had a job where I was frequently travelling so wasn’t really seeing loved ones frequently. I started taking MJ in August as soon as I became obese and I am now a healthy weight again.

What I have found is that no one has really noticed that I lost weight, let alone wondered if I’m taking MJ so it has never been a conversation topic. I guess I just broadly look similar to the last time they saw me.

Only my hairdresser has commented! But I was wearing a massive salon gown so she was just saying my face is slimmer.

I've told my husband and kids as I want them to know. I won't mention it in front of the kids again unless they mention it.

Husband I need to be on board as I have a lot to lose and have some health issues anyway.

I dont really know about colleagues. I've got one or two I'd like to tell but then it would be out... Same with family...

I've told no one. DH would blab to everyone. I've lost nearly two stone and said it's just being careful.

I’ve not told anyone.
i don’t live with my bf/DP but if I did I think I would’ve had to tell him as for quite a few weeks I’ve had awful smelly burps for one day a week! I’ve just made it so it’s on a day when I don’t see him.

Haven’t told anyone at all. I’m 5 months in. Lost over 4 stone, everyone has noticed and commented on weight loss but I’m just saying that I’m eating less (which is true).

Not sure if DP has guessed, but if he has he’s not said anything.

I’m perfectly happy keeping it a secret, I can’t be bothered explaining or justifying it to anyone else. I’m doing this for me.

I've got two friends on it who haven't told anyone else (And I've not mentioned to the other that I know others on it).
I'm an oversharer anyway so I've told loads of people I'm on it. I've had positive reactions to be fair and if not I just don't care anyway. It's my choice and if people have an opinion on me maybe I can help change it for others that are more worried about people's reactions.

I've only told my mum, and I'm not planning on telling anyone else.

It's been two years nearly for me - here is a link to the thread I started in March 2023, basically massive hair loss, freezing cold and vomiting everyday for a very long time.

Now I am five stone down it's much better but the first year was rough. We were on Rybelsus back then which is tablet Ozempic I believe, not MJ.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight_loss_chat/4940264-rybelsus-day-01-second-thread

I've only told family and a couple of close friends . People are so judgy and I feel have a very low opinion of the injections therefore I don't want to get into conversation about it . I don't lie I just say I'm cutting down and making better choices which in fact isn't a lie . Also if you feel poorly at any time people will say oh it's them injections your on and I cba with listening to it

Only immediate family know / people I live with. No one else is important enough and I can’t be bothered with the gossip going on behind my back.

I'll go read it. Sick for a year sounds horrific 😬. Any hints how to get through it or avoid it??

I feel it's this or surgery which would mean lots of life changes so I will live with the side effects I just would rather not be sick for a year. I want a new job and so don't feel I'm presenting my best self!

I tried Ozempic last year (2023) and had no reaction on the low level, but when I increase to 1.0, I think it was, I was vomiting and on the toilet every 2-3 hours. I lasted 2 of those doses (technically about 8 days) before I stopped cold-turkey because I started to... the bed at night. I was so weak, I couldn't keep anything down or in. It wasn't worth it. Then I read about how if you ignore those symptoms you can end up with permanent digestive issues (there's articles).

That said, I told one or 2 people but no visible weight loss (imo) so I didn't tell anyone else or get asked.

In October I saw a doctor for a weight loss clinic b/c I have insulin resistance due to PCOS. I clearly need some sort of help. He did some blood work and I have a follow-up tomorrow actually to discuss the results. I believe I need medication because of the insulin resistance, it'll be impossible otherwise. So, my plan is to tell people, if I'm asked, that I saw a doctor about my PCOS and the treatment for that had a weight loss side effect... which will be the truth (hopefully).

I've been using Mounjaro since May and only told my Dp. I hate the judgement that the jabs get, MN is a great example of that, so I've decided not to tell anyone. Obviously my GP knows and it's on my medical notes should anything ever go wrong but apart from Dp and my doctor I don't think it's anyone else's business.

Nearly 6 months so far and only my DP knows. It's not a secret, rather it's no one else's business and I don't share my personal medical details with anyone outside of my DP in any regard.

Only DH, my prescriber and my GP notes know and probably my bank. All my friends know is that I am making careful choices about food, not calorie counting but making a real effort to cut out UPF and to stop snacking between meals. Plus getting lots of exercise.

Friends do not know I am using MJ as a support tool. I did lose 2 stone over a decade ago on a major health kick and this time I am determined to stick with it.

If I shared the information there would be frowns and comments along the line of why can’t you eat less and move more type of thing, particularly from my thin friends. Another would forever complain constantly that’s it’s not fair because she can’t afford it. Another would see it as a competitive challenge to get MJ and to lose more than me at each stage and I would be grilled about each week/dose/loss - it would be painful.

I'm 7 weeks in and have just told one of my best friends, so someone is aware. We are each others support for all things MH and she is happy for me that I'm seeing this as a really positive process.
I don't have a problem with other trusted people knowing but didn't want to make a deal of announcing it at the start, in case it doesn't work out. I would guess I need to lose at least another stone or two before anyone else will notice so that's probably the time for having or not having those conversations.

My husband knows because he took in the first parcel for me.
However he never really gave an opinion on it.

My mother & father know about it and now my mum is on it too 😂

Only my DH and my adult son know. After seeing some of the comments on mn towards people who use mounjaro, I'm not telling anyone.
I've lost more than 5 stone on it so far (about another 3 to go!) but I'm working out 6 days a week now too, so everyone just assumes the weight loss is down to that on its own.

I'm about to start when my first pen turns up tomorrow. If I don't bottle it at the thought of injecting myself!
But i won't be telling anyone.
My GP will know, and that's good enough for me. I don't think it's anyone else's business really!