Weight loss injections

Ebor

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Has anyone tried these? Are there any known side effects or long term health issues

My Mrs is in the process of buying a course, she's just waiting on a medical confirmation. This is from Boots, so not some wacko site

I'm not sure I like the idea, but my brother in law used them for 6 months and has lost about 5 stone, and looks OK tbf
 
Side effects are gastrointestinal and nausea, they definitely make you eat less though as you just don’t feel as hungry when your on them but once you stop the stop working so you have to embed that lifestyle change for it to take hold long term.

I took it for about 4 months for type 2 diabetes before I got took off them as they couldn’t get any stock as online pharmacies were grabbing all of them and selling them off prescription for hundreds of pounds to anyone who was willing to pay for it. Really annoying as they brought my blood sugars right down although didn’t lose loads of weight (not that I was massive anyway). Don’t know if any long term issues, they are fairly new though so probably not been determined yet but would imagine they are safe as long as you stick to the dosages properly.
 
My wife has done it. She's lost the weight. For her it has worked. My thoughts are it if it's for your health and mental wellbeing and you get it from somewhere proper and your GP knows and is ok with it - ours just apologised for not being able to fund it - then go for it.

Make sure the provider links in with your GP.

And know what your target is.

Also, there are physical and mental side effects to watch out for. So be prepared and don't just wash them off.

My wife is on Facebook groups where lots of good things are discussed.
 
Been a few reports of them reducing bone density that could lead to osteoporosis.
 
My missus’ friend took them. She’s got some serious weight problems and other issues related to her weight - which she says are unconnected to her weight. She’s sadly in denial.

They did work but when she did eat, she just seen it as a reason to eat rubbish and take aways etc. and didn’t try to change her lifestyle or diet.

Subsequently, she’s came off them and piled the weight back on + more.

She does have a few girls at work who are on them too but they’ve bought into a change in lifestyle etc. and it’s working every well for them. Just unsure on any side effects.
 
I've watched a few of Mark Lewis' videos on youtube, and in small doses I find him amusing but anyway, having been fat in his late 30's he's now into fitness & ran himself fit via parkrun and now at 51 does Hyrox & challeneges like racing Olympic walkers for lols etc.

However he still struggles with disorderd eating and he recently piled on the pounds and so took Mounjaro and, as a youtuber, he's done a couple of videos about it:
Him trying it
The darkside ... ?
Had bodyscans to track what the weight loss was, musclemass or fat?
 
..... but once you stop the stop working so you have to embed that lifestyle change for it to take hold long term
This - 100% - it has to be taken in combination with lifestyle changes.

I'm involved in a new initiative that will be announced shortly, and it is absolutely not just about injecting - the approach will be that you have to sign up to lifestyle and exercise regimes as well and be monitored on those or the injections will be stopped.
 
Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong but my impression of them was that all they do is suppress your appetite rather than change how your body handles what you eat. If you are the sort of person (like me) who eats unhealthy food because it tastes good and snacks because they like snacks and not because you are hungry then it won't do anything. I.e. they require you to eat less to lose weight which you would do without a jab so they are a substitute for willpower rather than changing the way your body processes what you eat. Coming off the jab is just going back to relying on your own self-control.

Are there any drugs where you can eat KFC and crisps everyday and still lose weight?
 
Brother in law has had them prescribed by the doc, sister says his food bill has halved, he says he can believe what he used to eat. Steady progress, but progress.
 
My wife started doing it 3-mths ago. She had a bad knee injury at the start of last year so struggled with weight gain and exercising and so it seemed the best way to manage her weight as, on top of the knee injury, it was massively effecting her mental health and confidence.

In 3-mths she has lost a stone and a half and you can see the uplift in her self confidence and mood.

She is paying for it through a company called Second Nature. The aim of it as well as losing the weight is to change your behaviour around food and lifestyle so that you can eventually bring yourself off the injections and subsequently keep your weight down. I am sceptical about that bit as it's easy to change your lifestyle and eating habits whilst something is suppressing your appetite. However willing to support her with it as it is currently having massive benefits for her. What I would say is that through this Second Nature company there is a lot of support other than just the injections. There is a lot of dietary support provide, she has a mentor who gets in touch regularly and provides online support and you get put into an online group with other people on the same programme so there is a community to support each other. Hopefully she will eventually be able to come off them and keep the weight down but for the time being it is worth it for the impact on her state of mind as much as anything
 
I had them for a month via private prescription. seemed to work OK (First month is a low dose). when it came to renewal time i got a different online doctor asking me a load of questions then she refused them because i am under the liver team at the hospital.
 
I accidentally lost of a load of weight due to a hernia giving me awful heartburn. Despite that being sorted I've never put the weight back on because I just cannot eat as much as i was.

So in theory, once the weight is off, it should be easier to keep it off.

I also got a dog and take her for walks, which really helps with weight and sciatica.
 
I've watched a few of Mark Lewis' videos on youtube, and in small doses I find him amusing but anyway, having been fat in his late 30's he's now into fitness & ran himself fit via parkrun and now at 51 does Hyrox & challeneges like racing Olympic walkers for lols etc.

However he still struggles with disorderd eating and he recently piled on the pounds and so took Mounjaro and, as a youtuber, he's done a couple of videos about it:
Him trying it
The darkside ... ?
Had bodyscans to track what the weight loss was, musclemass or fat?
He's good and informative, but I know what you mean about small doses.

He's realistic/ normal too, which is what I like about him, puts in the effort etc, but still caves in to doughnuts etc, and loads of people are like that, myself included.

Like he and many others say though, you can't out train a bad diet.

Have a look at James Smith on YouTube too, he's a PT and says similar things. He's a bit of a knob but a clever bloke, and what he says is pretty much fact.
 
Not a dietician etc, but from what I've read Wegovy/ Ozempic/ Semaglutide (Novo Nordisk) and Mounjaro (Eli Lilly) etc all will work (for most) as they suppress appetite. They could both do really big things with helping a lot of people.

But, my main concern is they could end up kind of like a fad diet, so that people will lose pounds and kg, but if you're not getting enough protein and retaining muscle mass then it could be a disaster long term. It's hard to get enough protein in at the best of times, and even harder when you're not hungry or calorie restricted. Losing 1kg of fat and 1kg of muscle is very bad compared to losing 1kg of fat and no muscle. Yet people champion the 2kg lost, over the 1kg lost, it's bad.

Being obese is already a long term disaster though, it causes about 20% of premature deaths in adults, it needs sorting out.

So, whilst these things will work, they seem to be more for emergencies only, as in people who are absolutely nowhere near being in half decent shape.

But, when people are not that far off, and by that I mean maybe a stone or two, then they're probably better off going for the much healthier option, of just controlling diet and having exercise.

Team RH are excellent on giving diet advice which will enable results to last, but it requires a change in mentality for most, which people won't do, especially if they're lazy. I've done this and it really works, but getting in 130-150g of protein is tough.

People really need to change their view on food, and understand what they're eating, or they go back to square 1, or even worse.
 
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