Weight Loss Jabs would you/do you use them?

[Cherie]

Weight-loss jabs on NHS may be rolled out ‘in high streets and shopping centres’

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/weight-loss-jabs-on-nhs-may-be-rolled-out-in-high-streets-and-shopping-centres/ar-AA1HTLo0?ocid=BingNewsSerp

wait for the Poll

Personally I would rather stick pins in my eyes than stick a needle in my stomach but each to their own

[Cherie]

I know quiet few people who use these, one has been prescribed by her GP for managing Type 2 diabetes, my issue here is I don't see any change in her eating habits she just eats less crap, has not increased her exercise and will eventually have to come off it :shrug:

The second one is slimming into a wedding dress and buying it herself, she intends to give it up once the wedding is done and dusted

and the third is just losing weight for the sake of it again buying it herself online so no supervision has lost 4 stone, but now apparently has an issue with loose skin and is considering going to Turkey to have the excess skin sorted :worry:

[Vicky.]

I tried mounjaro but only lost a pound a month so stopped it. Too expensive for such little loss

[Cherie]

I tried mounjaro but only lost a pound a month so stopped it. Too expensive for such little loss

Did you have any side affects Vicky?

[Vicky.]

No side effects no

[Livia]

My friend has lost 3 stone since January on Mounjaro. Her eating habits changed drastically, she doesn't have the appetite she used to have so now chooses really healthy food, although still has chocolate and ice cream, but in moderation. The more weight she loses the more energy she has and her dress size has dropped from a 22 to 16. She's so much happier. Of course, she's paid for it herself, the NHS refused her even though she has a terrifying family history of strokes and heart disease. It's not really a needle, more like an epipen.

[BBXX]

I'm not in a position to need one, so my answer is based on if I was but I guess my outlook might be different if I did need to shift a large amount of weight. My answer was no.

Mainly because I think it would be so easy to take the injection and lose weight and not change the habits that got you there in the first place. Yes it suppressed appetite, but if you have a poor diet and don't exercise and you don't adjust these accordingly because you're losing weight purely by eating less, you'll just pile it back on as soon as you stop.

I think losing weight 'naturally' forces you do make the above changes more and therefore is more sustainable long term and so for that reason, my answer would be no, however that's just because I know my mentality and so everyones will be different - some people (like Cheries friend) will also adjust diet but many don't.

In the extreme cases of someone being morbidly obese, I think therapy around their relationship with food and education on nutrition is a better resource than a jab to put a plaster over the actual issue, which is likely mental.