I’ve been stuck at an overweight BMI but can’t get a glp 1 - advice pls

[Brewde]

So I have lost 60 pounds naturally this year post baby. But I have plateaued at around 150 pounds. I would love to be at my pre baby weight of 120 pounds. I am really down and depressed due to the weight.

My bmi is just in the overweight category. But I really feel like my weight loss is stalled and plateaued.

Does anyone know what I can do? One online service has denied me already.

I do not have it in me to lose another two stone. I’m at my wits end! I don’t feel like myself anymore

I think it’s really unfair that you can be on weight loss injections to a very low weight from a high starting weight, but can’t when you’re starting af a midway point! Try Voy. I noticed on their FAQs that they ca prescribe at 27 or above BMi without co-morbities after a clinical review. They’re a bit more expensive, but hopefully won’t need it for long. I do have co morbities but have lost a stone in a month and I was just at 27 BMI. https://www.joinvoy.com/blog/bmi-for-weight-loss-injections

And really well done for losing 60lb !!

Thank you so much! Filling it out now.

I think it’s unfair also. You see very very thin people still taking weight loss injections.

Weight loss is hard for everyone. Losing 30 pounds isn’t exactly easy

Try Bolt, they have been great with me

It's not unfair 🙄 because someone who was obese and is now healthy weight due to taking WLI needs support to remain healthy. If you're just a stone over healthy weight you don't need medication to stay that way.

But she is still overweight and struggling to lose more. How is this different from a previously obese person who is now at a low BMI still being able to take it

Because obesity is a disease that causes long term damage to the body that is not 'cured' by just losing weight. The formerly obese body is far more geared to regaining weight and becoming obese again than a never obese body that is just a bit overweight.
The difference is why someone who's never been above 10 stone doesn't suddenly gain 4 stone out of nowhere but a person who was 14 stone and lost 4 stone is very likely to become 14 stone again. Obesity isn't just about 'bad habits' 'lack of knowledge' or whatever other reason most people assume is the cause of weight regain.

I was obese at the beginning of the year! I still have food noise and cravings which I struggle to manage. Plus PCOS.

I need to lose two stone. That is not any feat for anyone. Especially someone who is losing motivation.

Why do people who have a BMI much lower than mine get support?

Ive wanted to eat nothing but honey butter and toast today. It’s all I could think about. I feel like I should be allowed a tool to aid weight loss. Just like everyone else on them.

I regret not going on it initially but I tried to avoid it as I had lost a similar amount with my previous pregnancy

I’ve been obese many times in my life - university, Covid, pregnancies. Both my parents are obese.

The only reason I am not constantly obese is because I have crash dieted when I get depressed by my weight. I literally become a hermit when I am larger.

I am your textbook yo yo dieter

Agree with this. I have gained and lost the same few stone at least. 5 times in my life

I usually manage to keep the weight off for a year or so , but it always goes back on eventually. IMO I still have had an obesity problem all my life, whether my BMi was 21 or 30 at that time.

i really struggled to lose the weight myself this time (perimenopause I assume) but have managed with WLI. I fully intend to stay on them the rest of my life (finances allowing) as I know full well that I will just regain the weight again, as I always have done in the past.

OP was obese, and has done amazingly losing so much weight, but it seems perverse the only way she could get WLI now is to regain the weight, whereas I can stay on them with my BMI of 20.

I may be mistaken but does PCOS not count as a valid co morbidity to start at BMi 27?

As you have PCOS and if your BMI is at least 27, SwiftDr should prescribe to you. As will others.

Thanks for your perspective. I figured out the other day that I must have gained and lost around TWO HUNDRED pounds in my life. I’m only in my early 30s. Weight is a huge issue for me.

I just yo yo constantly. I did manage to keep it off before my baby but only by weighing myself daily and basically fasting. No one can say that was healthy.

She's lost 60lbs and is still overweight, so obviously she was obese. Just getting penalised for doing the first (easiest) but without injections and now is not allowed to get then for the harder bit. It is unfair.

@Brewdeif you can get accepted being honest about your BMI, then do it. It’s changed my life. I don’t see the logic when you were obese the same as someone taking the meds was ! How does it matter how you got to this point and why should using willpower to this point instead of meds prevent you from having help now, but if you had used meds then you could continue? It doesn’t make sense to me. Anyway, I hope you are successful and it makes as much difference to you as it has to me. My situation was the same as yours- started obese and over BMI 30, got down to BMI 27 on my own and then just really really struggled for a year. MJ has changed my life, I’m so much healthier and fitter. I’ve yo yo dieted my whole life. All the best OP.

I’m JUST under 27. 26.7 based on my weight from a few days ago.

I’m sacred cause I feel hopeless. I’ve already eaten more today than I normally would just due to being upset. I can see it all coming back on. I’m so fucking over it. I can’t imagine having the strength to lose THIRTY more pounds

Im honestly close to tears. I’ve eaten nothing but soups and salads all week.

You are a good meal and a few glasses of water away from legitimately meeting the prescribing criteria. If I were you I would reweigh at the end of the day after dinner and a couple of pints of water and apply to a different provider. You should be able to access a prescription.

I second this

Me three! In 2 days you could be started on your weight to better physical and mental health.

Thank you everyone for the support and finding the services which I am (hopefully) eligible for.

I was feeling so bloody low and totally exasperated when I first posted xxx.

I really need an aid to help me sustain this journey.

You sound mentally exhausted by this OP, it’s hard to explain how much of a difference Mounjaro makes to the sheer relentlessness of food noise, your mention of toast,butter honey jumps out at me - that was me - and I haven’t even thought of wanting toast in 8 months. For me it changed all of that within 48 hours and I’ve never looked back.

Try one of the GP led pharmacies - Swift doctor and Pharmulous are always highly rated for how well they consider you as an individual and will review your circumstances carefully. You are right on the cusp, I know it seems unfair as you already lost so much and huge well done on that, but you need to be aware they are bound by the prescribing rules so you need to show BMI greater than 27 now with PCOS. Once you have evidence of that one prescription then you are in - as that opens the door to continuing or restarting as long as you are not below bmi 21ish with many providers.

@Brewdeits also worth double checking your height - we all lose a tiny bit as we age - I thought I was a cm taller than I am now as using my height from early 20s unquestioningly. Also - similar to the meal thing - we are measurably shorter at the end of the day than the start thanks to gravity compressing our spines! Better to do height in cm as you might have been unthinkingly rounding up in inches which may make a difference when as close to the line as you are and it will affect your bmi calculation.

Well done on your loss so far. I'd definitely have a few good meals in the next few days. Try Oushk as well. Good luck!

Prior to August, Simple online pharmacy accepted 26.5 + (they round up) and a comorbidity (such as PCOs). It may be worth speaking to them.

Op,it’s 27 with some health issues , weigh yourself after a big meal and a couple of litres of water at the end of the day and you will be there,