Wegovy Anti-chubster injection-pen things
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lrdisco said:
thebraketester said:
Mr Pointy said:
Don Roque said:
Just eat less and exercise more. You can always push yourself harder and cut the flab.
It perfectly obvious that attitude just doesn't work for most people - Wegovy & the like really are a game changer.I take the monjouro injections. They are a game changer. Your appetite disappears not just for food but also for alcohol in my case.
No more snacks or a cheeks 4 pints on a night. You think about a food then your mind just says no. Amazing stuff.
But to you I’m just lazy. I would love to meet you in real life. You’re a judgey arse. You would not ever call me lazy to my face.
Why did you think you were drinking 4 pints on such a frequent basis it was causing you an issue?
g3org3y said:
gangzoom said:
I'm genuinely suprised demand for GPL1 agnosits in the UK seem to be so low.
Demand is high. Stock is low. This is to the extent patients who need these meds for diabetes were unable to get them.They were given a licence for use on the NHS (2 years, via specialist clinic) however when we ref'd patients to the clinic the answer was basically "sorry mate, no stock, try again in Jan 2024". Jan 2024 we write back again and they said "sorry mate, it's only for people awaiting surgery for organ transplants or cancer".
It is available privately (Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy etc), but is expensive £200-250/month making it prohibitively expensive for many.
g3org3y said:
lrdisco said:
thebraketester said:
Mr Pointy said:
Don Roque said:
Just eat less and exercise more. You can always push yourself harder and cut the flab.
It perfectly obvious that attitude just doesn't work for most people - Wegovy & the like really are a game changer.I take the monjouro injections. They are a game changer. Your appetite disappears not just for food but also for alcohol in my case.
No more snacks or a cheeks 4 pints on a night. You think about a food then your mind just says no. Amazing stuff.
But to you I’m just lazy. I would love to meet you in real life. You’re a judgey arse. You would not ever call me lazy to my face.
Why did you think you were drinking 4 pints on such a frequent basis it was causing you an issue?
It’s a lonely existence working away long term. Fun for a few weeks or if you’re away intermittently.
Those that say move more eat less need to spend 6 months leaving home at 4am Monday and get back at 7pm Friday. Living in a hotel room and eating out of a microwave or a cafe.
I’m a contractor so everything I spend comes from my pocket.
Yes there’s gyms everywhere but if your knees, lungs and shoulder is buggered walking is all that’s left and I do that.
Then weekends I’m a social person. Played rugby, ran, boxed then my knees gave up.
Right shoulder is buggered from rugby.
Was a bricklayer/ builder. Now have lung disease.
All my family and social circle drink too much. It’s just what we do. That’s changed on Mounjaro.
It stops the snacking/eating/drinking urge.
Telling me I am lazy is the most ridiculous thing ever.
Right I’m going to cut the grass before the next rain storm.
lrdisco said:
g3org3y said:
lrdisco said:
thebraketester said:
Mr Pointy said:
Don Roque said:
Just eat less and exercise more. You can always push yourself harder and cut the flab.
It perfectly obvious that attitude just doesn't work for most people - Wegovy & the like really are a game changer.I take the monjouro injections. They are a game changer. Your appetite disappears not just for food but also for alcohol in my case.
No more snacks or a cheeks 4 pints on a night. You think about a food then your mind just says no. Amazing stuff.
But to you I’m just lazy. I would love to meet you in real life. You’re a judgey arse. You would not ever call me lazy to my face.
Why did you think you were drinking 4 pints on such a frequent basis it was causing you an issue?
It’s a lonely existence working away long term. Fun for a few weeks or if you’re away intermittently.
Those that say move more eat less need to spend 6 months leaving home at 4am Monday and get back at 7pm Friday. Living in a hotel room and eating out of a microwave or a cafe.
I’m a contractor so everything I spend comes from my pocket.
Yes there’s gyms everywhere but if your knees, lungs and shoulder is buggered walking is all that’s left and I do that.
Then weekends I’m a social person. Played rugby, ran, boxed then my knees gave up.
Right shoulder is buggered from rugby.
Was a bricklayer/ builder. Now have lung disease.
All my family and social circle drink too much. It’s just what we do. That’s changed on Mounjaro.
It stops the snacking/eating/drinking urge.
Telling me I am lazy is the most ridiculous thing ever.
Right I’m going to cut the grass before the next rain storm.
As per my previous question, what's your plan long term regarding your Mounjaro injections? Do you expect you'll be taking them lifelong? Do you hope that once your work situation improves (if possible?) and that big trigger is gone you'll be able to stop them?
lrdisco said:
g3org3y said:
lrdisco said:
thebraketester said:
Mr Pointy said:
Don Roque said:
Just eat less and exercise more. You can always push yourself harder and cut the flab.
It perfectly obvious that attitude just doesn't work for most people - Wegovy & the like really are a game changer.I take the monjouro injections. They are a game changer. Your appetite disappears not just for food but also for alcohol in my case.
No more snacks or a cheeks 4 pints on a night. You think about a food then your mind just says no. Amazing stuff.
But to you I’m just lazy. I would love to meet you in real life. You’re a judgey arse. You would not ever call me lazy to my face.
Why did you think you were drinking 4 pints on such a frequent basis it was causing you an issue?
It’s a lonely existence working away long term. Fun for a few weeks or if you’re away intermittently.
Those that say move more eat less need to spend 6 months leaving home at 4am Monday and get back at 7pm Friday. Living in a hotel room and eating out of a microwave or a cafe.
I’m a contractor so everything I spend comes from my pocket.
Yes there’s gyms everywhere but if your knees, lungs and shoulder is buggered walking is all that’s left and I do that.
Then weekends I’m a social person. Played rugby, ran, boxed then my knees gave up.
Right shoulder is buggered from rugby.
Was a bricklayer/ builder. Now have lung disease.
All my family and social circle drink too much. It’s just what we do. That’s changed on Mounjaro.
It stops the snacking/eating/drinking urge.
Telling me I am lazy is the most ridiculous thing ever.
Right I’m going to cut the grass before the next rain storm.
nuyorican said:
I wouldn't take it personally irdisco.
It's very easy for people to give simplistic 'one size fit all/works great in theory' answers on the internet.
His post was more likely directed at me, as I did admit I was looking for a cheat code. 'Better living through chemistry' and all that. I'd have to do some kind of army-training march over a mountain carrying a full kit each day to burn off the calories I take in sometimes. And who's got time for that after work?
Likewise, I know quitting the booze would be another sure fire method to lose the weight, but I rarely see friends and family as it is without ostracising myself from remaining social events.
So anything that helps to just 'reduce' my intake of food and booze is worth investigation.
It is expensive, but I hope to cycle it if I can find information that supports the possibility of cycling. And if it reduces the booze intake then it'll pay for itself anyway.
You make a great point about the amount of exercise needed to burn even modest calories.It's very easy for people to give simplistic 'one size fit all/works great in theory' answers on the internet.
His post was more likely directed at me, as I did admit I was looking for a cheat code. 'Better living through chemistry' and all that. I'd have to do some kind of army-training march over a mountain carrying a full kit each day to burn off the calories I take in sometimes. And who's got time for that after work?
Likewise, I know quitting the booze would be another sure fire method to lose the weight, but I rarely see friends and family as it is without ostracising myself from remaining social events.
So anything that helps to just 'reduce' my intake of food and booze is worth investigation.
It is expensive, but I hope to cycle it if I can find information that supports the possibility of cycling. And if it reduces the booze intake then it'll pay for itself anyway.
I’ve found through my own weight loss this past 6 months, averaging a kilo a week or so, that we (a) massively underestimate the calories in all food and (b) massively under estimate the amount of work needed to burn off any calories we do take in or already have stored in our bodies as fat.
It feels as though I’m on less than a third of the food I was before I kicked this off and the types of food I do eat has evolved to non-processed wherever possible (convinced I ate healthily before but I was 30kg over my ideal weight so I’m a bad witness……)
My main learnings are it’s much easier to not put those calories in my body in the first place, the game is stacked against you if you have anything approaching a healthy appetite.
Food (or more accurately anything we put into our mouths) has evolved from being just for survival to encompass advertising / recreation / social situations / habit / addiction / fulfilment / routine etc.
It’s no surprise when you step back (as I needed to) how difficult it is to disengage from just the social aspect of the above of this (out with mates on Thursday and they did a days allowance of my current food calories in beers and crisps in about an hour).
Everyone knows 2+2=4 and eating was up there as one of my main pleasures in life (I still eat!) but the battle for me has been in the 2500-1000=1500 deficit equation over a much longer period than before and it’s worked (for me, this time, didn’t in the past as I obviously didn’t do it right).
I grossly underestimated not how hard the routine would be but just how easy it was to slip off the wagon and hoover food up in the right circumstances. It is hard but for myself, I’ve found the weight loss (and associate benefits around energy and better fitting clothes etc) outweigh the satiation I used to get from certain foods.
I also eat “better” than I did and it is incredible how many people believe they eat “well” but when your with them they are doing 5 or 6 pints or a bottle of wine that night while I’m there sipping council pop.
What great story ever started with “I’d supped about 3 pints of Evian and THEN….”):-)
Thing is, that was me up until Christmas I suppose.
It’s like being an ex smoker I expect, if you want to stop you just stop, but it’s going to be a bit of a journey!
Regarding the point about being away for long periods, I travel a bit for work and used to love visits out to restaurants etc but now use these trips to fast where possible as I can better control the equation when I know exactly what’s in what I’m eating (or go for the healthy option if I have to eat out).
I do give myself passes out where needed but work them into the routine so as not to blow the budget.
One of my concerns was that I’d be missing out to some degree but of the 10 or so events I’ve attended and drank only a fraction of the amount my colleagues have, I can honestly say I’ve not missed out (other than the hangovers the next day that affect me chronically as an overweight middle aged man!!!)
The implication of shifting any weight by excercise is that you may not even have the time to do this based on your lifestyle even if you desperately wanted to whereas I can pretty much guarantee that by doing LESS (of eating / eating the wrong stuff….) can become part of most daily routines and the heavy lifting is done for you via metabolism.
The way I went about dropping 25Kg was to calculate the calories in that weight (I use 8000 calories per kilo so 200K calories I needed to “lose”) then work out how much a day that relates to to make it manageable / sustainable / comfortable.
Going for 1000 calories a day defecit (hard at first then you acclimatise) I reckoned 200 days if I didn’t exercise at all (I have done some work running and do lots of walking but treat this just as extra credit as opposed to true contribution to weight loss).
So I’m around 180 days in and there or thereabouts on the target.
I can definitely see all sides of this as someone who has struggled in the past, but do recommend giving healthy eating / slight calorie defecit a try, it becomes a virtuous circle and you can do it over years if needed / embed it into your lifestyle (versus fad diets etc)…..
I am training to lose weight, its a slow and steady process but I'd take weight loss jabs or the like, 100%. If they are safe and give you a boost, why not? I see nothing wrong with things like this if used properly, but can see the dangers of people cycling on and off and NOT doing the healthy eating/exercise thing alongside, so there clearly is two sides to the discussion.
My long term plan is to take it forever on a maintenance dose.
There are a lot of benefits that are being discovered such as reduced inflammation and improved heart health.
It’s not a new medication it’s been around years.
Like everything in life it’s not all good or bad but for me I pay £150 a month and save double that in food & drink.
I’ve lost 14 kgs in 7 weeks.
It’s funny because I’ve lost a lot of weight previously by different methods but this one does appear to work for me.
There are a lot of benefits that are being discovered such as reduced inflammation and improved heart health.
It’s not a new medication it’s been around years.
Like everything in life it’s not all good or bad but for me I pay £150 a month and save double that in food & drink.
I’ve lost 14 kgs in 7 weeks.
It’s funny because I’ve lost a lot of weight previously by different methods but this one does appear to work for me.
nuyorican said:
Unnatural solutions for an unnatural world
Why? Isn't getting on a metal cage that 'flys' through the air by burning dead dinosaurs 'unnatural'.The average life expectancy of our ancestors was about 40, so I would be considered very 'unnatural' to be still alive. Our civilisation moved away from natural a long time ago, and on the whole that it's been a good thing for most humans.
GP1 agonist work for appetite control, just as SGLT2 reduce all cause mortality. Millions of people take medications for all kinds of reasons all the time. It'll be interesting to see if there are any longterm (20 year+), side effects, if not, 'solving' obesity could lead to one of the biggest increases in overall population health since we understood the importance of blood pressure.
It's very early days for knowing real longterm side effects though, so we should be thankful celebs in the US are essentially paying to experiment on their bodies to help understand if there are any issues
.nuyorican said:
To whoever posted the YouTube podcast - thanks for that, watched half of it last night, most interesting. Will watch the rest tonight.
Dabbled with fasting quite a bit in the past, from the unintentional (raving/clubbing years) to later three day water fasts, it definitely works and is something I try to incorporate when I can.
My problem is I burn the candle at both ends. I work hard and am reasonably fit. Will often cycle forty miles, work out with press-ups, dips etc a few times per week. Often a gym member but end up leaving due to various reasons not related to motivation, more people, parking etc.
But I also overeat, and I can easily drink ten pints or a couple of bottles of red of an evening.
Anything that helps with this half of the equation has my attention. The booze thing goes in cycles. I’ll realise I’ve been drinking too much recently then quit completely for a number of weeks/months. Then an event will start me off again and I’ll be back in the habit of drinking Friday to Sunday nights again, sometimes more.
Deep down I probably know the real answer is to quit the booze properly as my diet is definitely worse when I’m drinking. But not sure I’m ready to make that decision just yet. All of my friends and family drink.
You hit the nail on the head. Cut out it or seriously reduce your alcohol intake. All your exercise and healthy eating won't make a dent on the huge calories from the beer.Dabbled with fasting quite a bit in the past, from the unintentional (raving/clubbing years) to later three day water fasts, it definitely works and is something I try to incorporate when I can.
My problem is I burn the candle at both ends. I work hard and am reasonably fit. Will often cycle forty miles, work out with press-ups, dips etc a few times per week. Often a gym member but end up leaving due to various reasons not related to motivation, more people, parking etc.
But I also overeat, and I can easily drink ten pints or a couple of bottles of red of an evening.
Anything that helps with this half of the equation has my attention. The booze thing goes in cycles. I’ll realise I’ve been drinking too much recently then quit completely for a number of weeks/months. Then an event will start me off again and I’ll be back in the habit of drinking Friday to Sunday nights again, sometimes more.
Deep down I probably know the real answer is to quit the booze properly as my diet is definitely worse when I’m drinking. But not sure I’m ready to make that decision just yet. All of my friends and family drink.
A couple of tips that I found useful.
Have a sneaky 0% beer instead of the normal stuff. It doesn't taste that bad.
If ordering rounds, have bottled beer as it's about 2/3 the volume. Also, if it's a dark bottle then others won't have noticed if you've left some.
Just to start these pens are for the obese and not a quick fix.
I've been a fat arse since I was 8, I've lost a bit of weight once of twice since then but I've always been overweight.
My BMI was 43, Which is quite high if you know. Doing a quick diet might help me lose 5%?
That's fine if you want to go from 25 BMI to 20 BMI its doable. But to drop 20 BMI you would have to be on that diet for years 1lb a week. All those work outs, Eating salad all the time or chicken and broccoli!
Some people will call us lazy, They will probably hate seeing a fat person in the gym. Or when they see them eating a salad will be thinking bet they go home and eat a fry up. They will always think its easy to be skinny, For alot of people its not. In fact evolution has gone wrong, If you eat too much you should just pass those calories instead of making it into fat!
I was looking at the gastric bands as nothing was working for me. Been through the NHS weight programs which is mostly eat less and move more. Again fine if you need to lose a stone. Most humans are happy to work hard for a few months but then when you plateo you loose confidence for 1 week and then you spiral and then its back to normal. Or is it just me?
But I said I would give this medication a try, I've been on it for 3 months now, I'm almost at the top dosage. I've gone down 5.5 BMI now. It's still hard work, I do have to watch what I eat but the food noise is gone, I WFH so every time I got out of the chair and downstairs I would grab a biscuit or something in the cupboard, That just doesn't happen anymore. I eat about half of my dinner and smaller breakfasts, I can barely drink booze. Normally when you have 1 you have another and then you end up 6 pints later getting a kabab. I'll barely have 1 now and that's it I'm happy with my night out.
I had a blood test at the beginning of the year and it was one of those results which the doctor was not happy with, Pre diabetes, Fatty liver, High blood pressure so ding ding ding the alarm bells are ringing.
They want another test soon to see how its going, I expect it will be lower but will have to see.
They have started trials for loads of things for these now from alcoholics, Drug addicts, Fatty liver and heart problems. Some trials on going for a daily pill with not as bad side effects.
For me its working quite well, I will keep on it for the long term if needed. Worth it for my health.
Now bring on the hate.
I've been a fat arse since I was 8, I've lost a bit of weight once of twice since then but I've always been overweight.
My BMI was 43, Which is quite high if you know. Doing a quick diet might help me lose 5%?
That's fine if you want to go from 25 BMI to 20 BMI its doable. But to drop 20 BMI you would have to be on that diet for years 1lb a week. All those work outs, Eating salad all the time or chicken and broccoli!
Some people will call us lazy, They will probably hate seeing a fat person in the gym. Or when they see them eating a salad will be thinking bet they go home and eat a fry up. They will always think its easy to be skinny, For alot of people its not. In fact evolution has gone wrong, If you eat too much you should just pass those calories instead of making it into fat!
I was looking at the gastric bands as nothing was working for me. Been through the NHS weight programs which is mostly eat less and move more. Again fine if you need to lose a stone. Most humans are happy to work hard for a few months but then when you plateo you loose confidence for 1 week and then you spiral and then its back to normal. Or is it just me?
But I said I would give this medication a try, I've been on it for 3 months now, I'm almost at the top dosage. I've gone down 5.5 BMI now. It's still hard work, I do have to watch what I eat but the food noise is gone, I WFH so every time I got out of the chair and downstairs I would grab a biscuit or something in the cupboard, That just doesn't happen anymore. I eat about half of my dinner and smaller breakfasts, I can barely drink booze. Normally when you have 1 you have another and then you end up 6 pints later getting a kabab. I'll barely have 1 now and that's it I'm happy with my night out.
I had a blood test at the beginning of the year and it was one of those results which the doctor was not happy with, Pre diabetes, Fatty liver, High blood pressure so ding ding ding the alarm bells are ringing.
They want another test soon to see how its going, I expect it will be lower but will have to see.
They have started trials for loads of things for these now from alcoholics, Drug addicts, Fatty liver and heart problems. Some trials on going for a daily pill with not as bad side effects.
For me its working quite well, I will keep on it for the long term if needed. Worth it for my health.
Now bring on the hate.
pacenotes said:
Now bring on the hate.
I don't think anything you've posted deserves hate in any way. In fact, I'd say it's a VERY typical story of someone at that level of BMI.I think the evidence is fairly clear that at those BMI ranges, diet/exercise/lifestye is essentially ineffective in terms of long term significant weight loss. The only interventions (prior to GLP1 meds) that demonstrated effective long term wieght loss were bariatric operations (band or bypass).
GLP1s can be a game changer in order to reduce need (and risk) for operations which is great.
pacenotes said:
That's fine if you want to go from 25 BMI to 20 BMI its doable. But to drop 20 BMI you would have to be on that diet for years 1lb a week. All those work outs, Eating salad all the time or chicken and broccoli!
Some people will call us lazy, They will probably hate seeing a fat person in the gym. Or when they see them eating a salad will be thinking bet they go home and eat a fry up. They will always think its easy to be skinny, For alot of people its not. In fact evolution has gone wrong, If you eat too much you should just pass those calories instead of making it into fat!
Some people will call us lazy, They will probably hate seeing a fat person in the gym. Or when they see them eating a salad will be thinking bet they go home and eat a fry up. They will always think its easy to be skinny, For alot of people its not. In fact evolution has gone wrong, If you eat too much you should just pass those calories instead of making it into fat!
pacenotes said:
Most humans are happy to work hard for a few months but then when you plateo you loose confidence for 1 week and then you spiral and then its back to normal. Or is it just me?
If you've gained the weight over many years, to lose it sustainably in a controlled manner would take years as well.Anyone who has done weight loss long term will be familiar with the somewhat inconsistent nature of it. Sometimes plateau, sometimes sudden loss. Sometimes it feels like you're doing all the right things and nothing is happening and other times you are surprised at the loss.
Why would you need to just eat salads all the time? The reason that 'diets' fundamentally faily for the vast vast majority of people is that they introduce very restrictive changes to their eating habits that they cannot maintain in the long term. Of course after a few months eating only chicken breast and broccoli or salad is going to be miserable. Most people put the weight back on after 6-12 months.
As was mentioned by others earlier in the thread, it's about eating 'better' as much as it's about eating less. Intentional changes every day.
pacenotes said:
I WFH so every time I got out of the chair and downstairs I would grab a biscuit or something in the cupboard, That just doesn't happen anymore. I eat about half of my dinner and smaller breakfasts, I can barely drink booze. Normally when you have 1 you have another and then you end up 6 pints later getting a kabab. I'll barely have 1 now and that's it I'm happy with my night out.
WFH is the worst for bad eating habits and snacking. Loads of people eat from a boredom POV and also without thinking. (The only strategy that works for me is, don't buy the biscuits to have in the house in the first place).Again as mentioned, earlier in the thread - alcohol is a big contributing factor, both in terms of the calorie content itself but then the disinhibited eating that occurs along side it. Difficult to stop if you have an active social life where alcohol plays a big part.
pacenotes said:
I had a blood test at the beginning of the year and it was one of those results which the doctor was not happy with, Pre diabetes, Fatty liver, High blood pressure so ding ding ding the alarm bells are ringing.
They want another test soon to see how its going, I expect it will be lower but will have to see.
For me its working quite well, I will keep on it for the long term if needed. Worth it for my health.
I think the weight loss will be great for you in terms of your physical and mental health. Keep it up. They want another test soon to see how its going, I expect it will be lower but will have to see.
For me its working quite well, I will keep on it for the long term if needed. Worth it for my health.
My mrs is on Waygovey.
Has struggled with her weight the last 4-5 years. Went from 10st to 13+. Tried extensive diets, SW etc.
Doctor suspected hormone issue but despite very extensive tests they were inconclusive. All major issues ruled out.
Diet is good, better than mine. She just has to sniff a cake and will put 3lb on. Exercise levels are ok.
In the end she had a private consultation and this drug was suggested. The results have been impressive. She is only on a low dose.
3 months in and lost over 2 stone. Eats much less. Side effects were there from about week 4 to week 8. Calmed down after that.
Now on 1mg.
Impact has been on me too as I am now cooking smaller portions and that means I am eating a bit less too which has helped me get a bit more off. I am still keeping my protein up though.
The only other down side is she has next to no interest in food. I can suggest we go out or get something nice and she just isnt interested. Constantly feels full. I guess thats what its meant to do. Our weekly kebab / pizza is now monthly, if that tbh.
Has struggled with her weight the last 4-5 years. Went from 10st to 13+. Tried extensive diets, SW etc.
Doctor suspected hormone issue but despite very extensive tests they were inconclusive. All major issues ruled out.
Diet is good, better than mine. She just has to sniff a cake and will put 3lb on. Exercise levels are ok.
In the end she had a private consultation and this drug was suggested. The results have been impressive. She is only on a low dose.
3 months in and lost over 2 stone. Eats much less. Side effects were there from about week 4 to week 8. Calmed down after that.
Now on 1mg.
Impact has been on me too as I am now cooking smaller portions and that means I am eating a bit less too which has helped me get a bit more off. I am still keeping my protein up though.
The only other down side is she has next to no interest in food. I can suggest we go out or get something nice and she just isnt interested. Constantly feels full. I guess thats what its meant to do. Our weekly kebab / pizza is now monthly, if that tbh.
Bumping this thread to see how everyone is getting on. I’ve started Mounjaro last week and it has been really enlightening. For the first time in as long as I can remember, my world doesn’t revolve around food. For those people who say it’s just willpower, it isn’t - it really isn’t.
I genuinely think that people who are naturally thin feel the same way as Mounjaro has made me feel. Whereas I’d be focused on snacks and attracted to junk, now the shopping basket is full of fresh, green stuff and I forgot to eat today until about 6pm, when I felt a bit light headed.
I really hope someone finds a way to simulate the food noise that was such a central part of my life, because I think it would really shut up the people who bang on about willpower if they could experience this.
I’m almost at the point of not caring if it affects my weight purely because that all-consuming and insatiable hunger has gone.
For those who do start on about willpower, I’ve done it (from 18st, to 13st 6lb) the hard way. I had to hate myself the whole time and was at risk of divorce because I’d turned into such a miserable t
t. All it took was a knee injury and a dip in mental health and I was back to square one.
If it keeps doing what it’s done to me in the first week, I see it changing many, many lives for the better.
Edit:
Kept this off the weight loss thread as I didn’t want to undermine others who choose to do it the current way, and it wasn’t about losing weight per se.
I genuinely think that people who are naturally thin feel the same way as Mounjaro has made me feel. Whereas I’d be focused on snacks and attracted to junk, now the shopping basket is full of fresh, green stuff and I forgot to eat today until about 6pm, when I felt a bit light headed.
I really hope someone finds a way to simulate the food noise that was such a central part of my life, because I think it would really shut up the people who bang on about willpower if they could experience this.
I’m almost at the point of not caring if it affects my weight purely because that all-consuming and insatiable hunger has gone.
For those who do start on about willpower, I’ve done it (from 18st, to 13st 6lb) the hard way. I had to hate myself the whole time and was at risk of divorce because I’d turned into such a miserable t
t. All it took was a knee injury and a dip in mental health and I was back to square one.If it keeps doing what it’s done to me in the first week, I see it changing many, many lives for the better.
Edit:
Kept this off the weight loss thread as I didn’t want to undermine others who choose to do it the current way, and it wasn’t about losing weight per se.
Edited by LeftmostAardvark on Monday 21st October 20:03
Mandat said:
Can I ask where you get your from?
Is it via your GP or have you gone privately?
Private. Lots of options online, most with a discount code for first dose and then usually an ongoing loyalty discount code. Online doctors do a light touch consultation based around some basic questions, some need a full length photo, then it’s sent in the post.Is it via your GP or have you gone privately?
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