Do you think there is any difference in trying to lose weight if you have always been fat compared to having been slim and then becoming fat?

[GloiredeDijon]

I know five people in real life who are on mounjaro having varying degrees of success so far.

From conversations with them it made me wonder if it is harder to loose weight if you have been very seriously overweight for you whole life, childhood included, than if you were average weight and then gained later in life eg 30 plus.

I wonder if never having known yourself slim is an extra difficulty, or that you have never eaten the amount your body requires to be a lower weight is an issue?

Both a psychological and genetic angle in play.

From the relatively small group I know it seems to me that people who have been very seriously overweight all their life have a harder time losing, even with mounjaro.

I see that.
I blame autism and associated misophonia!
The sounds made by some words just make my skin crawl.

BMI of 40 can be classed as super morbidly obese with associated health conditions. It's not just very overweight. Very overweight is BMI 29. You might not like the word obese but you won't be properly understood by others if you use terms incorrectly.

Would you like me to prostrate myself?
I have already explained and corrected myself twice as seen above.