Lost weight - people asking me if it’s weight loss injections

[Slimmster]

Ok, I don’t know why this is bothering me, but it is.

I’ve recently lost a stone and a half. It took 3 months and I did it by limiting calories and I trained for a half marathon and weight trained. I ran 30 k a week for 3 months. It dropped off me.

3 people in the past week have commented to me that I must’ve been taking weight loss injections. When I said I haven’t they responded “ yeah right”.

I’m not against Weight Loss injections and I think they are good for people with weight related issues, but these comments to me have pissed me off.

My DH said, who cares, why does it matter, and I don’t know why it does.

I feel like I’ve worked really hard and OK I’m going to say it, people think I’ve taken the easy way out. When I say that I don’t think people with serious weight problems have taken the easy way out, they haven’t. I know they’ve work to do on the medication. I’ve read the threads. However for someone like me, fit, a couple of dress sizes above what I’d like, and a stone and a half overweight, WL injections are an easy way out, a cheat.

I’m a bit of a health freak and TBH I’ve seen loads of people with inflammation related nasty side effects from the Covid jab so sticking injections in myself would really be a last resort.

I don’t expect any recognition for losing weight. However these comments have really pissed me off and i found myself explaining my process to them and defending myself.

That sounds annoying OP. I would distance myself from these people TBH. Who speaks to someone else that way?

But you wouldn't have been eligible for the injections unless your BMI was 30 or above

Ouch

People need to keep their thoughts to themselves

It’s because it’s a rapid loss in short time
and lots of folk are doing these jabs

your loss is probably more sustainable.

not something I’d get too worked up about

I've lost a similar amount to you since the summer too.

Weight loss injections wouldn't have been an easy way out they would have been reckless and high risk with only that much to lose.

Instead of explaining yourself, get them to explain themselves. Ask them why they think you would have qualified for weight loss injections? Ask them how overweight they thought you were? Make them squirm.

Well done on your weight loss!

Don't mind them! Flip side is though my sister is definitely on the injections...which is absolutely fine but she's trying to pass it off that it's slimming world and putting false pressure on people. She lost 2.5 stone in 3 months....she lies about absolutely everything though so that's probably why it bothers me more than it should!!
Absolutely her business and I don't have anything against them, actually think they are brilliant, they have been life changing for my DH but maybe those people who asked have similar experience to me. My sister keeps telling/lecturing people on willpower when she has had significant help!!

Weight loss injections wouldn't have been an easy way out they would have been reckless and high risk with only that much to lose.

Yes, that’s how I feel. You put it better. I think I’m going to say that now.

WRT a BMI, yes I was probably about 29 or 30. I wouldn’t have qualified. There are lots of people lying to get them though I believe.

When I started on my diet I did mention it to someone and they said “why are you doing that, just get those injections”.

I can’t put my finger on it, it just irks me. It’s like the new botox and fillers. I feel pressured and like why aren’t you doing it, you are a woman, there’s no excuse for looking less than slim and youthful now.

You would have qualified at 30 as that’s obese. unless you’re incredibly short then it’s not 1.5 stone over weight.

and wli is not the easy way out for anyone.

your post is really Ill informed and confused.

Huh, who is pressurising you to get Botox and fillers.

how very odd.

Are there lots of people lying to get them though? Or is that the sort of misinformation spread about by the idiots who keep asking you about injections?

It depends on the definition of lots. Yes there are fakes out there you can get from hairdressers etc. I doubt many lying to get them from legit sources, it is hard to do that, but sure there will be some.

tnis thread is odd though.

No one is directly pressurising me to get Botox and fillers but when you are the only one in your friendship group who doesn’t do it, and your dentist starts giving you leaflets on his new add ons you do feel the pressure.

A few weeks ago every other thread on MN was about WL injections and included bun fights. I now look down the trending list and hide them. I don’t want it in my face.

I just feel it’s the new stick to beat women with.

I have lost five stone using nutracheck. I have recently tried WLI and they put me in hospital even with a BMI of 31. They don't suit everyone and seem to work really well on binge eaters. My weight issues were caused by my disability and twenty years of steriods. I ate a healthy diet but too much of it.
I've had the same re how have you got so slim, I'm not and still have a way to go.
Enjoy your new body, take no notice of other people. You've put the effort in and it's much easier to keep the weight off if you naturally don't have food noise.

This is a weird post. The tone is very much that you think your weight loss is more worthy than those on injections and you’ve got the moral high ground for not taking the “easy way out”.

I don’t think weight loss injections sound easy from the threads I’ve read on here. Nor is making any long lasting lifestyle change as you are, I don’t know why you’re bothered, just focus on doing the right thing for you,

Have to say, I've never lumped weight loss injections in with Botox and fillers. I see them as a medical intervention for people who's weight is likely to cause them health issues. I've therefore not seen them as a stick to beat women with or something that I feel pressured to use.
At 'only' a stone and a half overweight the risk to your health is fairly minimal and therefore there is little benefit to taking on the risks associated with weight loss jabs.
I would also suggest someone several stones overweight has a much bigger problem with 'food noise' so it makes sense that they may need some extra help to tackle it.

Well bully for you OP. You carry on feeling smug and superior.

I think it's a bit strange to start a thread about weight loss injections, with lots of the usual misapprehensions and prejudices about them when you have been so fed up of those discussions that you have hidden all previous threads about them and "don't want it in your face"!

The people you've encountered who have all responded with "yeah, right" when you have stated that you haven't been using WLI are all weird and socially inept. If they are friends, I'd distance myself from them, if acquaintances or strangers then I'd simply ignore as their opinion is not important.

BTW, at a BMI of 30, you would have qualified for the injections if you had wanted them, so the "someone like me, fit" comments are odd as you were very overweight or obese before your weight loss.

This thread went so left lol

YANBU. It’s as simple as losing weight without help > versus losing weight with help. It’s not something that when applied to other situations wouldn’t be accepted as more impressive. Like achieving an A* without tutoring versus with tutoring. Either way the achievements are very impressive! But to claim you’re being unfair to say achieving an impressive accolade without help isn’t a smidge more impressive is just bizarre.

I lost over 6 stone (from morbidly obese to healthy weight) without assistance 14 years ago. Have kept it off even after 3 kids. That does not take away from anyone’s impressive weight loss accomplishments with injections! But, come on, it’s at least a LITTLE bit more impressive 😆? Let me have this one.

Ok maybe you need to come off social media if threads on mumsnet impact you so much and speak to your dentist and friends and explain you are very sensitive and feel pressure just at the sight or mention of things like injections.

you can’t change others behaviour. Only your reaction to it, maybe counselling could help.

I see it differently. I don't think it's equivalent to getting an a*. I think it's equivalent to one person giving birth without painkillers and one person with. One person managing depression with exercise and counselling, another managing it with medication.
Some people need more help to manage their health than others. Why struggle if help is available? Nobody is going to give you a medal.

It’s not about being given a medal, it’s about requiring less resources/spending/assistance. As resources are generally limited (for example NHS funding, money for tutoring/Teaching assistants, gym or personal trainer fees) it is certainly useful to have individuals free up those resources for those who really need it. Hence a kudos to them.

Your friends sound pretty awful- "yeah right" is a very rude thing to say.

That said, it sounds as if you're quite sensitive if you find threads on MN affect you that much. Just log off if it bothers you to see other people making different choices.

What extra shared resources is a person using weight loss injections taking up that someone losing weight without them is not using? Other than the injections themselves of course. Which are privately paid for in nearly all instances. One person using WLI isn't preventing another person from using them too.