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Have ordered Mounjaro….to tell, or not to tell…?

97 replies

Glitterkitten24 · 20/04/2025 22:17

I have ordered my very first pen today.

I have told my husband, but am otherwise conflicted about telling people what I am doing. Did you tell people openly? Only if they asked? Did you keep it secret?

i can’t articulate why I feel a bit self conscious about telling people, maybe because it feels like ‘cheating’ even though that isn’t a logical response.
would love to hear what you did!

OP posts:
Titasaducksarse · 21/04/2025 07:52

Told partner, a trusted friend and 1 work colleague as she's on ozempic and we support each other positively.

GiveMeWordGames · 21/04/2025 08:14

I've only told my husband. My mum would just ask endless questions and still never really get it, and it's none of anyone else's business.

akaFrosty · 21/04/2025 08:31

I have only told my dh.
Everyone else just knows that I'm eating healthier and exercising, which is true! I would tell someone if they asked genuinely because they would like some help. Some people, usually women with no weight issues themselves, can be quite nasty and judgemental when others loose weight.
MN is my support network for MJ. The women on here give great support and advice, so join some of the threads on here. Good luck op.

HeavyHeidi · 21/04/2025 08:50

I have a group of friends where a majority is on it, so we have discussed it openly. But we are mainly online friends, so don't share the rest of the friendship group.

IRL I have told husband and 2 close friends who will not share and won't judge. Some people at work have openly asked if I'm on shots, I enthusiastically waffle on about my new fancy AI powered calorie counting app. None of their business what medication I'm on, I am not sharing about my HRT or thyroxine either.

hopeishere · 21/04/2025 08:51

I’ve told no one. My sister definitely suspects though! DH would tell everyone as he’s a total blabbermouth.

meatyryvita · 21/04/2025 08:55

I’ve told DH only. I don’t tell people when I’m on any other meds and so I’m keeping this medical decision private too. I don’t feel any shame or anything like that, I feel wonderful on it! I just don’t owe anyone an explanation.

10storeylovesong · 21/04/2025 09:07

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CloverPyramid · 21/04/2025 09:12

I haven’t told anyone except my husband, because I just don’t think it’s anyone’s business. There’s nothing about them that I am interested in discussing, so it seems pointless. I don’t want to listen to uninformed people who scaremonger and educating other people on how they work is boring even if those people are well intentioned. Maybe if someone I know said they were using them, I’d say “oh me too” and have a brief chat about it, but otherwise no.

No one has asked me directly how I’ve lost so much weight. If someone did, I don’t think I’d lie but I’d also shut down any conversation about it. I think it’s probably obvious to anyone with a brain that I’m using WLI.

Happyfeet234 · 21/04/2025 09:18

I’ve told anyone that’s asked and I must know 30-40 people on them, I live in a tiny village. Eventually everyone will be on them that wants to be and I think it’s brilliant

CoffeeCakeAndALattePlease · 21/04/2025 09:26

I’ve told DH and my Dad…. if others ask I’ll be honest but probably won’t offer up the info. Mostly in case I don’t see results.

Though as I’m morbidly obese, and have been for years, if it is effective I think people will guess.

ExplodingCarrots · 21/04/2025 09:40

I've only told DH. I don't want to keep rehashing my reasons out each time I tell someone because people can have very strong opinions about it . A few people close to me have been having general conversations about weight loss jabs recently and they've been pretty positive about it or saying how people they know have done well but I still didn't want to admit I have . I've only had one school mum continuously prod at me but if I told her I wouldn't hear the end of it and the whole town would know .

WeAllHaveWings · 21/04/2025 09:55

I initially told my dh, adult ds and also my ex-SIL and adult niece who I am really close to. We had a brief chat about them in the beginning, but 9 months in rarely discuss now.

Recently told my hairdresser (only other person to comment on my 6.5st loss), and my ex-boss who lives in another part of the UK and I keep in touch/friends with during a catch up call. They were genuinely complimentary on the loss. They had heard about the injections, seen a couple of headlines, but knew nothing about them. It made me realise how much of a WLI bubble I am in - in the forums and feeds tracking my interests thinking everyone is talking about or interested in them. They really aren't. To them they are just another boring diet fad they've heard mentioned.

I see lots of people on here talking about how they know loads of people in RL using the injections. Maybe it is a regional thing, I know no one else - from my personal or work environments. When I check the UK facebook WLI groups I see <10 people in our town (pop. 50k) in the groups. I have never heard anyone discuss or even mention them in RL. Even when the global company I work for put "GLP-1s" on a list of factors impacting our business/sales - no one asked what they were or discussed why they are having such an impact.

I doubt I will tell anyone else, unless they mention WLI first and show a genuine interest.

clarepetal · 21/04/2025 10:00

It's no ones business so you don't need to tell anyone.
Even if you do, you don't need to be ashamed.

alsohappenedoverhere · 21/04/2025 10:13

I haven’t told anyone. Not even dh. He knows I am on a diet though.

Whyisitsobloodycold · 21/04/2025 10:14

Elfie23 · 20/04/2025 22:31

I started off just telling my mum and sister and best friend.
Then I told another friend and a couple of work friends.
I haven’t told the rest of my group of friends (there’s 6 of us, 2 know and 3 don’t) as two of them I feel would be judgemental. These two being the ones who have never been overweight and have time to go to the gym and walk the dog miles each day and frown upon people who ‘make excuses’ (I’m a single parent up at 5:30am and don’t often sit down till 9pm) so I’ll just wait until they notice. I’ve lost a stone so far and saw one of those who don’t know on Friday but she didn’t say anything x

Yea, their lives are not the same as your life. I know a female coach/PT who laments that “everyone has the same 24 hrs in a day, it’s what you prioritise”

Except that, she has paid childcare & 2 sets of grandparents stepping in to do childcare 5 days a week, school runs, etc. So, between her few exercise classes daily, she actually has multiple hours each day that are child-free, where she can go to the gym.

Everyones home life looks wildly different depending on what support network you have, your working hours, how many children you have, and their specific care needs, your partners working hours, etc etc

It’s not always as simple as just making time to exercise!

Lundier · 21/04/2025 10:27

I am completely unperturbed by this kind of judgmental opinion tbh. In fact, I'm rather judgmental of the opinion!

Because people are different! We all get a hand of cards in life. Yes it matters how we play them, of course, but we can only play the cards we get. My late husband stopped being able to walk. Was I better than him because I could walk all over the place? I was definitely better at walking, but was I a better person? I don't think so. I think I was luckier. I think crowing over him and telling him to try harder would have made me a worse person.

I feel so lucky to have the health and ability that I have, and so glad now to have the chance to improve it further. Anyone crowing over me that they don't need the medication I'm taking, gosh, I think they need to reconsider their values. I really do!

Arglefraster · 21/04/2025 10:52

I told DH who promptly forgot 🙄 we then had a very confusing conversation a couple of months later in front of some of the kids about what was in the fridge with me giving him a Paddington hard stare🤣 (to his credit he shut up!).

I don't discuss my weight at all with anyone barring DH so wouldn't discuss jags with anyone else either.

IsItSnowing · 21/04/2025 14:42

I told DH when I was thinking about starting it, he's been supportive and assumes I know what I'm doing. He's been impressed with how it's working for me.
I told my DIL because she's a non judgemental type of person who also knows someone else on it and was very supportive of them. It came up in conversation. She's not the type to gossip about it.
Nobody else knows. A few people have asked how I've lost so much weight but I tell them the semi-truth - following weight watchers for a bit but now calorie counting. This is absolutely true, just leaves out the jab.
Why? Because it's not really their business and because at the time it came up, I wasn't comfortable telling them. Some of them I know would be judgemental, one or two wouldn't be but at the time I didn't feel like telling them, so I didn't.

Zempy · 21/04/2025 14:50

Oh I told everyone. I am a dreadful over sharer.

Just one friend was judgy about it, but that was fairly predictable tbh. She’s one of those people who is a fucking expert on everything!

I am too old to care what people think. I have lost over 2.5 stone since January and am close to a healthy weight. My cholesterol levels have halved.

Tell whoever you want OP. It’s important you feel comfortable with your decision. Good luck.

BethDuttonYeHaw · 21/04/2025 14:55

I only told my DH.

I’ve never publicly announced dieting in the past so no different with this one.

Riah888 · 21/04/2025 15:02

I have been on and off it since July and only my partner knows about it. I’m quite a private person and I really don’t want other peoples negative judgements. People comment on my weight loss but they just think I’m cutting down and exercising more which I am doing so that’s not a lie! I wouldn’t share out information of any medication that I’ve been prescribed so this isn’t any different.

Overhaul54 · 21/04/2025 15:09

Told everyone who mentioned my weight loss including my ( worried) parents. Not quite sure why it's any different to joining a sliming club really.Most people are intrigued.
I am also hoping I get more referral codes 😁

Reddelilah · 21/04/2025 15:13

I’m surprised how big a deal this seems to so many. I wouldn’t care whether any of my friends used such jabs or not. Their weight is of no importance to me or our friendship.

Pinkapron · 21/04/2025 16:09

HeavyHeidi · 21/04/2025 08:50

I have a group of friends where a majority is on it, so we have discussed it openly. But we are mainly online friends, so don't share the rest of the friendship group.

IRL I have told husband and 2 close friends who will not share and won't judge. Some people at work have openly asked if I'm on shots, I enthusiastically waffle on about my new fancy AI powered calorie counting app. None of their business what medication I'm on, I am not sharing about my HRT or thyroxine either.

Hi Heidi, do you have a fancy AI app that you’d recommend?