How is your face doing on WLJ?

[Nattmatt]

I started in April at BMI 33 now 26 - have been stuck there since August (still on MJ) but my face is doing OK and worried about losing more in case my face drops irreversibly overnight. My sister has lost a lot of weight (not MJ) and is probs BMI 21 and her face has dropped and aged her so much.

@Willowy2 - Wow! 5.5 stones is amazing!!

Thank you so much for replying. I haven't ordered from Oushk because their onboarding process seemed to be too much of a 'faff', but will definitely look into them now.

I think I look older and wrinklier, but everyone else thinks I look much younger, so there’s apparently a bigger effect that I can’t see just by looking at my static face close up in the mirror.

Been on them for 7 months and my face is looking better than ever. Smoother skin, better jawline and my cheekbones have made a return.

I also take collagen and biotin supplements, sleep better, drinks litres of water, have cut down on the booze, and haven’t lost a vast amount of weight too quickly since I started Mounjaro, which all helps improve the quality of my skin.

I think yes there will be more wrinkles, hollowed bits etc but surely that’s always better than a fat face? Fat body? Not living life
I have a friend who is really big and yes her fat stretches her skin out, she does look younger in the face. But she is really unhappy and isn’t enjoying life, hates herself. The best option is obvious

We’re obsessed with looking young. We are all going to age. My bloated, chubby face did not make me look younger than I do now that I’ve managed to lose a few stone. I’ve a turkey neck, which I had long before I ever took a weight loss jab. I put this turkey neck down to years of constant yo-yo dieting since my teens and also genetics.

This “makes you look older” is a stick to beat us with by people that have never needed to lose or worry about their weight, or people that have lost weight “naturally” as they say by other means or by people too scared to try them.

Does looking a wee bit older really mean you must look “worse” than before.

I’m not on WLI’s but I have lost 4 stone 5lb ish and my BMI is currently 19.2. My weight is a bit lower than I would like and I can see it in my face. I think I look gaunt. No double or quadruple chins anymore though!

I’m 51. I’m not trying to lose more and haven’t been for a while but maintenance is harder than I thought!

I hate looking gaunt and I don’t have any work done so my wrinkles are just there, more visible than ever. Shamefully I do the bare minimum skincare wise too.

My face looks miles better with all the extra face!
I keep comparing my pre and post MJ face photos, it’s staggering.
Ive gone from BMI of 35 to 21, 6.5 stone down and I’m 40. My bum has sadly sort of gone flat and fallen down but it’s only me and dh that see that as opposed to my face!
It did look a bit sort of taut until about a month ago and now it’s settled down a bit.
Still on MJ, no plans to stop but I don’t need to lose any more weight, I feel like I’m in a really healthy strong position and comfortable in my skin.
Have a very tiny bit of loose skin on my inner thighs and armpit areas but I do a variety of exercises across each week, if they tighten up then great but I’m not expecting them to and I really really don’t care. I happily wore bikinis every day on holiday and even my crinkled looking belly didn’t bother me. I didn’t look after my body for such a long time and what I’ve been left with is the price I’ve paid for that. All I can do now is look after it better.

I think the issue is no one looks at your face in isolation, only we really do that. People look at the whole thing, the body, face and hair. A fat face wirh double chins will stretch out the wrinkles, but that doesn’t make it youthful, because sadly it’s on top of a fat body, and that is often ageing. The matronly bust, the big belly, the flabby bum and thighs, and the clothes to try to hide it. I genuinely looked much older when I was in that state, much older,

having a slim and fit body, a flat stomach, smaller breasts, even if it’s your bra that makes them look perky, gives an over all much more youthful appearance,

so I don’t really get it when folks go on about ageing, being fat is not youthful.

Well said. And also the fashion we choose when slimmer makes us look better.

Building muscle really helped with my loose skin appearance.

It’s aged me so rapidly. I just think though; had I not been 10 stone overweight this is exactly what my face would look like at this age. It’s just happened fast because it was padded out with fat before

I’ve lost 50lbs in six months (still a long way to go). I’m mid 50s. I think I look younger than before. My face is much slimmer, less chins. I’m starting to see cheekbones and my jawline with one chin! I think collagen and supplements are probably a waste of money. I’m just eating good, healthy food. I had just as many wrinkles when I was fat as I do now. I’m feeling a lot better about myself in general.

My face looks fantastic. Skin is glowing and I get compliments all the time. I only wear make up if its a special occasion.
My arse on the otherhand..... gone.
Hair..... 3/4 gone
But also...
Prediabetes....gone
High cholesterol.... gone
Over 5 stones......gone

Face is fine, ass has disappeared! 😅

Well, I’m nearly 35 and got ID’d in John Lewis today as the man was sure I was under 25 - so there’s that!

Squats squats squats
My arse is flat no more 😆

I need to start doing squats then! 😂 feel weird when tum is rounder than bum!

Honestly just do it while you’re watching tv! I have done 50 a day for months and I barely know I’m doing them now, and arse is definitely more arse-like 😂