Not particularly. They say that doing anything over 30 days is essentially habit forming. And that seems to be the case here. I'm sure if I started eating a load of sweet stuff and rubbish again, then my stomach would start craving it etc. But I just remember how unhappy I actually was when I was that big. Getting ready to go anywhere was a real struggle. Feeling uncomfortable in your clothes. Constantly adjusting your top incase it's grabbing on your belly or them pesky moobs lol. Eating very little Infront of other people as if that "proved" you weren't fat because you ate like a pig and it wasn't your fault. But it was my fault. I think it was Ricky Gervais who had a "bit" about being fat, that nobody gets fat behind their own back, nobody is sneaking into thin people's houses and injecting their lettuce with a million calories. Half the battle is accepting that you eat too much, and of that "too much", too much is rubbish food to go with it. In short, it frightens me to start troughing like I used to. That's the main change I'd say.
There is an added benefit from the jab in that it slows the body down from digesting the food, which means the Pancreas has time to get the good stuff out the food. Typically if your body digests it took quick it takes all the good stuff first (bad sugars etc) and stores that, where by slowing it down the body ignores it and takes its time to remove the good stuff and store it. I suppose technically you could do this by eating better foods.
There’s significantly more to it than that. All these jabs weren’t designed as weight loss drugs. They were diabetes medication, with the added advantage of being able to reduce weight. They make the pancreas create more insulin, along with suppression of addiction to certain foods and appetite. I take metformin which is a god awful drug, which tries to do the same but not necessarily effectively and it makes you feel ill but at least it stops you from dying I suppose. Because Mounjaro slows down you metabolism, increases insulin, it’s classed as the best possible drug for type 2 but it’s almost impossible to get on the NHS because metformin is the far cheaper alternative. Some of us can’t just diet our way to health. Yes I can eat healthier but I have a stressful job, very little time to prepare food to the extent I would need, throughout the day and do 30000 miles a year up and down the motorway. Some people on this thread have professed to have found themselves in overweight situations, and getting healthy isn’t as easy as it is for 30 somethings who want to lose a few pounds for a summer holiday. I’ve tried to lose weight over the last few years with no traction whatsoever, feel rough everyday and have no motivation to get back on my bike. I’m using this jab to get me back to feeling healthy, break some habits and get back fit again. I would imagine the people on this thread who have taken the leap have done it for the very same reason. It’s not the easy way out, it’s the only one.
I've always wanted to know how many women are on here and posting regularly who we just don't realise are women. I reckon that Jamdrop person might be one
Although it's absolutely no one's business, it would be interesting to understand the gender spread on here. Perhaps an anonymous poll? I'll leave it to you to sort it 'fella'!!
Thanks for typing all that out (except the thirty somethings losing a few pounds for a summer holiday unnecessary little dig), it was interesting to read and good information to know.
Agree with that. It’s unbelievable the amount of people we see that do the school run by car & they live closer to the school than us. I appreciate some will be going to work straight after but the majority are just lazy. Getting out for a walk is far easier than the time it takes to go to the gym or playing football or doing a gym class at a set time too. It’s also a lot less strain on the body. Unless you’re in a really bad state of fitness going for a walk isn’t going to cripple you the following day.
Good Job I'm boarding a flight home at 8 30 . Had to suffer on the sunbed today ,checking the scores. It doesn't sound it was much fun at Oakwell today. Good luck with the Red tonight hic
I’m currently on a weight loss regime. Health reasons. I’m a big lad - and have always been getting bigger. There is certainly an argument that weight is a genetic construct as my family is made up of a fair few larger folk. And few of them are lazy or even massive over eaters. In fact I’ve never seen anybody eat anymore more on a consistent basis than my cousin Amy - and she could do a cracking impression of Olive Oyl from Popeye! She eats more than the bigger folk of the same stock. I have lost weight in significant amounts twice in the past; about four stone in my early twenties; I’d spent the previous year in intensive rehab after a car accident, multiple reconstructive surgeries to my knee (which mostly didn’t work, restricting my ability to exercise), and then re-learning how to stand and walk. I was fat prior to the accident (not as big as I am these days, but still) - and so I certainly was after that process. I’d had to be very strong willed and single minded to get back on my feet. Switching focus to losing weight seemed relatively easy. Cut out carbs and saturated fats pretty much completely. Lived on lean turkey steaks, mushrooms, spinach and carrots. Pretty much exclusively. Turkey rashers and egg for breakfast. Lost weight but I suppose never likely to keep it all off. Then years later I discovered my fitness pal. Used it and lost five, nearly six stone. Being honest, weighing everything. It drags. But it works. The problem being to have enough of a calorie deficit to lose weight, for me at least, I’m often quite hungry. But it is possible. Trouble is, you stop using it, remember the phone number of the Chinese, and two minutes later (well, a few years…) and you’ve put every ounce you lost back on. And another few stone on top of it for good luck once you factor in Covid and working from home a heck of a lot, as I have and do. I’ve had to start again in the last couple of months for health reasons. I have high blood pressure and fatty liver. The start of fibrosis. All weight related. So it’s back on the calorie counting. I’m doing ok. 32 lb off in seven weeks at last weigh in on Tuesday. It’s tougher this time though. I am past forty this time around; I’m consistently averaging about 1800 cals a day - I could eat more but I want to average at least 2lb a week - and it’s challenging. I’m too tight to spend £200 a month on Maunjaro, Wegovy or Ozempic - though if I was offered it on the NHS I’d give it a go.
Thanks for sharing, your not alone. Stupid question, and I'm serous what is your fitness pal. I'm all for any advice I can get, I'm considering the injections but prefer to go down the natural weight loss route. I tried Orlistot tablets from NHS but these didn't work. I can drop weight but struggle to keep it off. I'm currently the heaviest ever and not a good mix at 64 .
MyFitnessPal - it's an app for your phone. It allows you to track your calorie intake by logging your meals each day. You can also track your weight, water intake and exercise. It's been really helpful for me too.
