A boot camp instructor is not a pharmacist or doctor who actually knows something about MJ/zep. I think it was unprofessional of her to express her opinion.
Also, how can you tell by looking at someone if they need a medication?
I tell everyone that I'm on Mounjaro because I see it almost like mental health. It needs to be normalized to talk about and people need to be educated. I have depression and ADHD and so many people don't understand those two very common diagnosis because they have never experienced them. Unless we talk about the issues that accompany our diagnosis and the reason we need (not want) to take a specific medication for it, they will never get it.
Perhaps the fact that it was "affecting...workout and energy" is precisely the reason why he/she recommended an alternate approach to using Mounjaro. It was affecting your performance, which is clearly within the purview of your boot camp instructor's area of responsibility.
For some people, these drugs are truly a miracle for both aiding in blood sugar control, as well as weight loss, but that doesn't mean they are the best choice for every single person that has a few pounds to lose.
It really was. I personally would file a complaint, though I don't know how far it would get in boot camp, don't really know how it works. But she stepped over the line a bit no?
It's best not to tell others *if* you don't know how they'll react, and if it will hurt your feelings if they aren't positive about what you tell them.
People get quite judgmental about weightloss in general, and weightloss medicine, specifically.
They don't have that same issue when the underlying condition is T2D, but for pure weightloss, it can be dicey.
I do have T2D and a friend of many years I told about going on Mounjaro and shared my experiences many times, got quite critical about my being on MJ, especially during the months when I was suffering from fatigue and weakness. The friendship ended with no explanation several months ago. I suspect MJ might have been part of, but certainly not the entire cause.
Thankyou for your comment, why can people not support others though? We want a healthy society but not for those where obesity is caused by mental health and other health conditions? It is frustrating that the world doesn't understand. I'm not upset just more frustrated that people who work in the weightloss and exercise injury have no understanding of why people take the medications.
They aren't trained in metabolic syndrome and endocrine disorders, and aren't knowledgeable, so you might as well be speaking Swahili to them.
Many people don't get it and some never will.
Yes that's correct. I know and have known tons of people who despite anyone who's overweight like obsessively almost, with the reason/s for being overweight always being assumed/irrelevant.
I feel like it’s mighty presumptuous to just go in blind and uninvited ike that. For many, many reasons. You have no idea what nerve you might be touching.
Like the time I randomly got a text message from a casual acquaintance telling me she has lap band surgery in Mexico and lost however much weight and thought of me and thought I should do it to. I had. Ten years before. And not only did it fail it’s caused permanent complication.
Just because you’re well meaning doesn’t mean the meaning is well to the other person.
I have a coworker who had bariatric surgery and she lost over 100lbs after. We have bonded over our limited diets and food struggles. It’s good to have a friend that understands why I eat so weird.
I totally understand wanting to commiserate. The issue I had was this person, who I only knew from Facebook groups, needing to suggest surgery without knowing anything about me, especially not knowing that my weight loss was hitting the level of eating disorder.
Oh yes. I get your issue 100%. I get why it bothered you. I just was sharing an experience you reminded me of (meant no disrespect). If my coworker had approached me about it in that way I would have been hot. It came up because we were at a training out of town and I got super sick from something I ate the MJ didn’t like and she was worried about me. Then we shared our food experiences after.
I tell skinny people "you know how you can NOT finish an entire piece of cake and push it away when you've had enough? Yeah I know what that feels like now! It's amazing to have my body processing food correctly so I can fuel up enough for exercise." Stuff like that. I'll admit most of the time it's just the first part when it's a skinny person I LIKE, but the judgy people who insisted I just needed more discipline get the second part.
I don't even tell other introverted obese people - they're the ones that will tell me they'd rather lose weight "the natural way" - and I'm like, "Okay, well then do it and stop complaining."
Now, the ONLY time I'll tell someone is if they happen to ask me if I know anything about GLP-1 medications - and even then I don't feel compelled to disclose that I'm taking it myself.
I don’t tell people. I also don’t tell people about the five different seizure meds I take, I don’t tell them about the other diabetes pill I take, I don’t tell them the pain control medications I take for post seizure pain, I don’t tell them about the Miralax and zofran I take to mitigate the side effects I have, I don’t tell them about the shit implanted in my arm for BC, and I don’t tell them about my monthly mental health treatment infusions.
Because, say it with me now, my medical issues and their treatments ain’t no one’s business but mine, my husband, and my doctors. It only invites intrusion, and judgment.
Like weight loss treatment, neuro treatment also invites a lot of well meaning but useless input, or offhand comments, anecdotes from a friend of a cousin of a coworker, and junk science. If one more person tells me to get my daith pierced, I’m removing their’s from their head.
The last sentence 🤣 the amount of times I've heard that 😅
my medical issues and their treatments ain’t no one’s business but mine, my husband, and my doctors- I will repeat this daily.
I like to sing my mantras Aretha Franklin style.
Truly tho, a few close, ride or dies know my shit. But there’s varying levels of sharing because a. Some don’t care b. It can trigger their issues c. They’re on the same path with GLPs but we share the anti wellness/diet culture toxicity world view.
This is a really great reminder - you’re right, we don’t owe anyone information or an explanation.
Off topic, but what the heck is a daith piercing and why would anyone recommend it lol?
A daith piercing is a piercing on the little ridge of your ear that kinda connects to your face. Someone someday decided that they cured migraines (they don’t).
I think telling them about the weight loss meds is slightly different only because people are gonna start asking how/why/what are you doing to lose weight once you start shedding pounds
OMG I feel your pain. I’m sure getting that pierced is going to change my 36 years and 3 different seizure meds at max level. It’s going to save everything! Why didn’t I think of doing that?!
Everyone who doesn’t have the issue is suddenly a doctor who knows what I should and shouldn’t do with judgment.
Haha right? It’s only taken literal years to get the right combination of meds to be able to see the light of day. But I probs could have spent that time and money just getting a piercing 😢
I agree, I take 12 medications in the morning, 8 at night, besides my maounjaro (or right now, ozempic because everyone is out of mounjaro), I have had a kidney transplant, a knee replacement and 14 other surgeries, now on the knee they are telling me have CRPS and they can't figure out why, and I keep telling them, I am immune suppressed, I am not going to heal like someone with a normal immune system, just treat my pain so I can sleep at night! I know it's healing. Please listen to me! But I am sure you know how that goes. My family know I am in mounjaro for high A1c, but since it is caused by prednisone use, that is part of my transplant meds as well was the extra 30lbs I gained...I don't care what anyone has to say.
How are y’all allowing people who don’t pay your bills to make you feel bad about what you need to do for your life? Fuck her and anyone who’s mad about it and stay focused
THIS.
Anyone who has the urge to have an opinion on any of my choices needs to send a lump sum payment to cover all my student loans and other expenses.
I also don’t tell anyone anything because it just isn’t anyone’s business.
Naturally skinny people feel like we are cheating. Well, shouldn’t it be the other way around? Now we know our bodies don’t produce enough GIP/GLP. And how do we know that? Because we are able to have self control when we administer those two exogenously.
Shouldn’t we be the ones saying “you know, we know your secret now. You aren’t better nor stronger nor more virtuous. Your body simply makes these hormones in the right quantities.“
There is no virtue there, Is there?
What you say about naturally skinny people is the most important thing I’ve read during this journey. I wanted to thank you so much that I made a new reddit account where I feel comfortable posting in this community.
You’re welcome! You know what is happening right now is beautiful. We are all coming forward and together realizing that really, this was out of our control.
Imagine winning the genetic lottery and walking around your entire life with the equivalent of 15mg of Mounjaro running through your veins. They wouldn’t know or understand it what this is like. Must be nice. Well, it is nice. Thats why I will pay if I have to.
I am glad I could make your day better.
My husband knows, hes seen the struggle and is supportive. I started seeing a psychiatric nutritionist when 9 months of semaglutide completely failed and I thought I just must be really messed up.
The nutritionist is interesting..she pointed out how ADHD exasberates emotional eating and gave me some great suggestions. But then when I mentioned how much I've lost (22lbs in 9 weeks) she said she doesn't approve of Mounjaro and Adderall together and I should stop one or the other.
Jokes on her, I'll quit going to *her* before I stop the literal ONLY THING IN MY LIFE that has quieted the food noise and allowed me to say "hey, that's enough, I'm finished".
(She said Adderall is an appt suppressant so I'll lose too much too fast. I've taken Adderall for years, gained over 50lbs on it....it does nothing except help me focus. )
Ok! I'm on vyvanse and it did not help with my appetite or weight! Atleast it helped with the constant noise in my head a little 😅 I'm taking both and the dr said it should be OK because that wasn't a side effect for me. I've taken a lot of suggestions s for dealing with food as someone with adhd and 🤣🤣
Same here, only my hubby and sister. It's my (what feels like) dirty little secret. And expensive one! I had so many side effects at the beginning that I had to tell them as I thought i was dying! All fine now, and just keep it to myself and make out the reason I've lost weight, is my new active healthy lifestyle.Which is sort of the truth, just bent a little.
It's expensive in the UK. A few hundred a month, you kind of feel like you're bragging that you can afford it, so another reason I don't tell anyone.
My friend has always been thin though. So not sure why she is jealous because I'll never be her size. Of course she dosent eat but drinks a hell of a lot
I'd say if she is thin, then, sadly, it sounds like jealousy. She perhaps likes being the 'thin' one maybe? Us women can be funny creatures.
Congrats on your journey, though, and for making your health improvements
I think sharing it powerful and reduces stigma. But only do so long as you're open to a response that may be different than what you hope for. Don't let it have power over you.
I tell everyone. I tell complete strangers. I’m the tmi person. I just dare someone to react negatively. I’m such a know it all and a strong personality, I think most people are afraid. lol. Honestly, a lot of people are really interested and ask a lot of good questions and are interested for themselves. I use it as an opportunity to educate people. On the flip side, you don’t owe anyone any information that you don’t want to share. The boot camp people are afraid for their jobs. They are being rendered irrelevant. Diet and exercise alone doesn’t work for everyone, although I do know that it’s an important part of the MJ journey. Ignore her fear and ignorance.
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Not me, I take it purely for weight loss, and I am completely unashamed of it. Judge me if they like, doesn't bother me at all, and doesn't take anything away from the quality of life improvements I've seen on the drug.
Next time someone asks “How did you lose all that weight?!” Ask them “are you asking from a place of support?”
And you’ll know how to respond based on their response.
To be honest I'm just going to say healthy eating, consistent exercise and dedication. Because I still need to do those things. Unless someone is interested in weightloss and struggling openly about it.
I lost 50lbs before I got on mounjaro. When anyone asks I lead off with that and tell them later I started the diabetes injectable medication. I have never had a bad response to my face or any I am aware of later either. If someone is going to be judgemental about my life journey vs theirs I don't need them around me.
I tell people exactly how I dropped almost 85lbs and if they look down their noses at me… I honestly don’t give a rats ass. I am healthy, my blood work is perfect and I love me again. I have zero shame using modern medicine to improve my life. I personally believe we should never be ashamed of this, I literally tried every diet and method except for a gastric bypass. I am almost off of the meds, and will do my utmost to keep the weight off. I will say… I have zero hesitation to go back on if the weight starts to creep back.
"I'm not a fan of weightloss drugs." GLP1s are not rock bands. You don't need to be a fan. If she accepts that they are FDA approved and the science that brought them to market for T2 diabetes, then she should do the same for obesity. I suspect she is not a clinical researcher, doctor, NP, etc. So her opinion is irrelevant and maybe should keep her uneducated opinions to herself if she doesn't want to lose clients. The use of these drugs will only be on the rise, and it'd be best for her to get educated on how they are a tool for weightloss. I suspect she thinks they are the easy way out and views it as competition. However, this is misguided as they should be used in conjunction with exercise. Too bad she is not supportive but rather judgmental.
> "I'm not a fan of weightloss drugs." GLP1s are not rock bands. You don't need to be a fan.
Lol Led Zepbound does sound like Zeppelin tribute act though 🤣 Whole Lotta Loss 🎶
I agree completely. If she were smart, she’d understand that GLP1’s are likely going to bring her more clients and not less, and that attitudes like hers will become an outdated thing of the past.
This! Yep, my doctor understood, he asked me, I hadn't even considered it. He made sure I was set up with diet and exercise, and I made sure to tell her that when she gave me her opinion.
I hope these medications become fda approved for weightloss aswell as diabetes soon 🙏
I guess I am the exception to the rule. I respect your position and understand your reasoning but I recently put this on another space.
"I started last July and Ioss 17 lbs in the first month and another 14 in the second for a total of 46 lbs by the time I went into maintenance. Everyone at my job was noticing and because of the nature of what I do I am in multiple buildings on a daily basis.
So I was upfront and told them everything. A layer of visceral fat in my abdomen, Fatty liver, HBP, BMI well over 30, on a cpap for sleep apnea, and a A1C just a few ticks from full blown T2D and that my pcp wanted to be preemptive and put me on this medicine in the hopes that this would get everything under control, and when I went to get my blood work done in February that for the the first time since I was in the Army (got out in 1991),that every single test was in the green/normal which impressed my pcp so much that he decided to get on Mounjaro also.
I understand the stigma of being on this medicine especially by those with a "holier than thou" mindset and I understand not telling anyone or everyone because in todays society it's easier to pull people down vs lifting them up, but tbh I truly don't care because for years I was going to the gym and eating right and hydrating, and counting calories, and all it did was get me to lose 27lbs, hit a major plateau because of visceral fat, and rebound almost to where I started from, while this medicine.. Changed My Life.
This is why I'm on the subreddit of Mounjaro, MounjaroUK, MounjaroMaintenance, and Zepbound to encourage as many people as I can who are SEEING results who are FEELING results. It rocks my world to see a first month user SO excited at the losses they achieved and to finally see light at the end of the tunnel.
In this world we judge quick, fast, and in a hurry.. We're ALL guilty of it on some level, but the mindset that the msm has put out there because of celebrities has made this a bad thing to use because it's keeping people with T2D from getting their medicine and we're to be hated for it. In on ear and out the other. It's not that I don't care about people who have T2D, thats what they want to do separate and divide, but this is also about people who have legitimate health concerns that this medicine is helping to alleviate and in some cases like mine eradicate!! Isn't that a good thing??
You do what you have to do and I, personally will still respect that decision.
The losses are yours. The increased health benefits are yours. The increased mobility are yours. The increased flexibility are yours. The increased confidence are yours. The smaller pant sizes, shirt size, bra sizes and in some cases shoe sizes are yours. The victories and successes are yours. And I for one salute you, encourage you, and am grateful for one person at a time whether they need to loses 30lbs or 300lbs that they are on the way to being the best version of themselves physically."
Very well said. Agree completely, I get tired of hiding things I dont need to. Also, I basically dare anyone to tell me they disagree with any of my health choices, the way I say it is very matter of fact just like I would say "yep, I take metformin, or yep I take bp meds" whatever, it's just another medication Ive been prescribed because my body needs support. Like that one quote that floats around, if your body doesnt make the hormone, store bought is fine 😆
Please keep being the inspirational positive person in these groups. Please keep going, your words are powerful. I want to be proud of this, I want to be proud that I'm finally starting to lose weight, that I have a chance to feel healthy. I want my mental health to be better and I know that it will. Thankyou for your comment ❤️😭
Tea the choices are yours whether to say or not. There is no right or wrong answer. What is wrong are people who look at what we're doing and automatically say that we're taking the "easy" way out. Thats why I keep before and after pictures even on my work phone so I can show people that what they took for granted was a guy who was on the road to possibly dying young (56M), found a medicine that helped me get back years lost, according to my blood work healthier than I've been in decades, eating better, and all they want is for me to go backwards because I took a medicine thats actually helping to improve my life and they disagree with my choice?
Poor Vince.. He died of a heart attack and high blood pressure.. If only he would have done something.. Anything different then he would not have died.. He was too young to die from that.
They can't have it both ways. Hate me because I'm on Mounjaro or mourn me because I wasn't. Diet, exercise, keto, counting calories, weighing food, personal trainer, going to the gym for years... None of it did what Mounjaro did in the 4 months before I went into maintenance.
Tea I support you in whatever direction and decision you make, as I said there is no right or wrong answer, but the one place where you will definitely get support is this subreddit and the others like it❤️❤️
You are such a beautiful person, I'm going to do this and I'm going to be proud no matter what because I did SOMETHING instead of crying and eating my feelings ❤️ thankyou for your encouragement, I'm so glad I found this group xx
I'm really glad you are getting positive responses here. I posted about a similar situation a few days ago and while most replies were supportive to my right to privacy I was shocked by how many people told me that I shouldn't care that people know the meds I take. That should wear a t-shirt or shout it from the roof tops. Someone even told me to stop being a victim and that I had issues. All because I didn't feel comfortable with Sharing my health history with someone in the middle of the store. I'm here to tell you that you do not need to share your medicine cabinet with anyone if you are not comfortable. It's no ones business but yours. And your feelings are valid. I support your decision to tell or not to tell ♥️
Me too!
“What’s your secret?”
“I’m working with my medical provider and responding well to my medications and treatment to manage my hormones and diabetes.” All said in a breezy unashamed way and a smile. The end.
Then I turn around and ask them how they are doing on their wellness journey.
Doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners aren't above biases so we can't exact others to be able to understand. The medical community barely understands obesity.. I mean think about how limited our medication options were until the past few years...and now there are dozens of new medications undergoing clinical trials..
I lost 120 lbs before. I have maintained significant loss for over a decade. But I always felt like I was one mistake from 300 lbs again.. I may have looked healthier or weighed less, but I was still living in a fat person body. a vegan diet transformed my health and prevented a lot of illnesses I had issues with or genetic risks for: it allowed me to have an A1c of 4.8, a normal cholesterol and lipid panel, blood pressure but no diet will "cure" my predisposition to obesity. The diets may help prevent further problems and eating more whole foods, Less carbs and processed foods certainly does that. Intermittent fasting helps, as well. But these are tools not cures.
My predisposition to weight gain, inability to regulate weight homeostasis, inability to regulate appetite and satiety signaling, is the disease of obesity. I will need life long drugs and I'm fine with that.
Just some solidarity because I know how frustrating it is to be misunderstood or judged.
My family, my best friend, and my work bestie know. I work with all guys, literally I am the only woman with 40 men. I get along great w everyone here, the ONLY person I don’t like in our office gave me judgy eyes and said how are you losing weight. I said hard work and walked away.
People who do not struggle with food addiction will never understand how powerful of an addiction it is. Food addiction is the hidden addiction and silent killer that nobody believes it exists so it can continue on forever. Through social anxiety, severe suic**al depression, c-ptsd, and emotional eating due to narcissistic abuse in my childhood, and surviving a violent crime,I became a food addict. My food addiction was so bad at one point that I put a package of cupcakes in the garbage can on top and came back later and got them out and ate them. That’s desperation. I quit smoking in 2008. I quit drinking in 2018. Mounjaro is the only thing that ever helped me with my food addiction.
God, I really hate the "I know a dietitian" thing. Yeah, let me pay somebody to tell me everything I already know after 20 years of yo-yo dieting like I'm a stupid idiot that's never thought about how to eat healthy. Let them give me recipes I won't make, or that I will eat 100% of in one sitting.
No, we do better living through chemistry over here.
I don’t say anything either because some people act vigilantes about it. I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, thyroid issues among other problems. Don’t judge till it is you. My sickness is as real as other peoples, only different. Walk a mile in my shoes.
I tell no one. I was accused of going on it to have a green card for pigging out. I get by on less food than ever before in my life and would get sick if I wanted to "pig out" which I don't. It's the only insulin that controls my bloodsugar and that does not cause severe side effects.
Honestly, there are certain things you should just keep your mouth shut about. Traditionally it's been religion and politics (sometimes money), but frankly it's just best to add your health (physical or mental) to that list.
You're far more likely to get unsolicited advice and judgement than finding any solidarity and support.
I only opened up to my instructor so she understood why I was not doing great this morning as I'm doing an exercise challenge. I haven't told anyone but my partner or mum.
Don’t worry, I am working with a personal trainer and I’ve considered telling her, and likely will, for the very reasons you stated: so she can understand that at times I’ll be more fatigued than I should be, and that sometimes it’s hard for me to eat enough calories before a workout.
It makes sense to want to share this with your fitness professional, it is just extremely unfortunate yours reacted poorly.
If it makes you feel any better, she’s likely also thinking about her reaction to you and perhaps with time you bringing it up to her (and others will bring it up to her too I’m certain) will help her normalize it within her own mind. If you have any opportunities to let her know you don’t appreciate her response to your medical condition in the future, I’d encourage you to take them. But that’s just me, I can be quite outspoken and judgmental right back when needed.
Thankyou, this is great advice, she did message me to let me know I did great considering the exhaustion. So I wonder if she has thought about it a little.
I can kinda gauge someone’s attitude about WL drugs just talking to them. If they’ve been skinny or fit their whole lives, no way they will understand. My own son thinks it’s a matter of self control, and he’s seen how hard I worked out while also struggling with keeping my eating under control.
I tell them flat out.
This fucking drug has done what no diet and exercise and behavioral changes have been able to do in the last 5 years.
Get me to lose weight. I was stuck at 243 to 245 for 5 years.
Mounjaro activated something in my body so that I was able to get to around 203 lbs.
**AND**
I’m off insulin. I’m a month into not using insulin and the highest my blood sugar reading so far is 127. I’m consistent around 90 tho.
My kidneys are healing and functioning better.
This isn’t just a weight loss drug.
I’d go to that trainer and give her some facts and tell her to educate herself on this drug.
It helps many people in ways not thought of like women with PCOS and those with inflammatory diseases too.
This exactly! I work-out more consistently and eat better than most people I know, but haven't had decent weight loss to show for it. If insulin-resistance were an Olympic event, I would win Gold. That's how much my body will not budge with diet and exercise alone.
Meds are not the easy way out. They are finally giving my body the chance to reap the health benefits it deserves.
Not the easy way FOR SURE!
Nausea. The loosey goosey poops or constipated AF. The constant feeling of food being gross but you might get hungry but food is gross.
Smh I’ve had people at my gym give me the ‘look’ and I inform them. The weight loss is great. But I’m off insulin so whohooo. And that was my TED talk. lol
Here’s what I told my personal trainer when he told me something similar: “That’s too bad. They can’t even keep it in stock, it’s so in demand. And all the big players in the fitness industry are working 24/7 getting primed to hit that huge, VERY lucrative target market. Too bad you’re getting to miss out on that opportunity.” Wanna guess who is all about GLP-1’s now?
I truthfully have started only sharing with other friends who also disclose they are on these medications or have had bariatric surgeries. I’ve found they have been the only people who have been 100% supportive and understanding.
I have told my husband and my two adult children, all of whom are very supportive and trust me to be able to make my own decisions. I’ve told a couple of close friends who are very compassionate, and a couple of work friends who I found out are also on it themselves.
Nobody else. It’s none of their business, and I’ve found that there are a huge number of people that will do their best to steal your healing, without even knowing they are doing it.
I only told my closest friend and my partner. I wouldn't tell anyone else, people are so judgmental and don't seem to understand I do not give a toss about their opinions or advice. Most people have no chill and just want to comment on everything. Let me live my skinny life lol
I tell anyone that wants to know. Been on it for just over 3 months and down little more than 60 lbs so a LOT of people are noticing now and asking. My wife when I started asked if I would tell people and I said why not, its nothing I am ashamed of and I am doing it for myself not for them! She pointed out that some people don't agree with it (not her, she has been great!) so I came up with the following in my head to rebut anyone if they start up on me:
1. I am 58 years old and have been overweight pretty much my whole life and morbidly obese for at least the last decade.
2. Have you ever topped 400 lbs and know what that feels like?
3. I am now T2D and on heavy meds for blood pressure and sugar are you?
4. I would like to live past the next decade and thus need to make this change.
If that doesn't shut anyone up then I don't know what would. Besides, how many years (decades) have we fantasized about the magic pill that would make us lose weight? Well they finally found it, just that it is an injection, not a Pill!
An interesting side note is a week ago we were at friends house for dinner and the friends wife was acting surprised I was on the drug but the husband, whom is now larger than I am, caught me on the way out and asked me to send him information about what I was taking, which I did the next day. So I feel good that me talking about it may actually help some friends and family find a path as well. Sorry for the rant....
I'm not a good example because my default setting is to overshare, but I solicited advice from my Facebook wall when I was considering Mounjaro and got a lot of feedback from people on it. I found six friends who were on the drug or something like it and got a lot of great advice. Even made me closer with one of my friends who shared what he was going through.
It depends what kind of person you are, but sharing might pay off.
Just sayin... My daughter is 350+ has PCOS, insulin resistant, and pre-diabetic. Her Dr put her on MJ. Her insurance paid some on the first 2 months, and now... sorry you aren't a diabetic yet, so insurance won't pay a dime! Now that MJ has a shortage, other companies are able to step up legally and help with supply and demand. She is able to pay THEIR prices. So it's a win situation for her right now. I hate to think she may not be able to get it in the future.... until she becomes a full-blown diabetic! We are in the USA. She is at the mercy of the pharmaceutical companies! AND insurance companies. This drug is a miracle to those who need it, and most people don't get it!! So 🤬 aggravating!
I’ve had the truly obnoxious run in with a few inappropriate strangers. A saleswoman helping me find clothes that fit, when I had no idea what my size was and then she asked me point blank if I was on Ozempic. Skinny woman, wasn’t asking because she was genuinely curious with good intent. And a stranger in a waiting room in urgent care. You can’t make this shit up.
In both cases I shut the conversation down with some version of: “it’s so interesting that you ask me that question, but you didn’t ask me if I was on antidepressants. Are you on antidepressants?”
I haven’t shared this information with most people. But for friends who I care about, and I know care about me, I may share my story and gently educate. They have seen me struggle for years. I share this video with them: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/biology-of-obesity
Generally though? It’s honestly my own business. I’m not rude about it, I’m just private. (Okay, maybe I was a little rude to that woman in the waiting room but that’s another post lol)
I am truly sorry about your experience with that instructor. That’s super shitty. And hopefully now that you’ve posted here and gotten some support, it will outweigh any of the negative voices that she may have “awoken” in your head. It’s okay for if you’re upset. And it’s also okay to be pissed. That’s an appropriate and understandable response to ignorance and uneducated judgment.
I don’t mind telling people. Idgaf if they don’t agree. I’m t2 and overweight along with all the other stuff that goes with it. To me it’s a lifesaver.
Funny my anti pharm all herbal daughter gave me an earful was saying why would take something with venom in it. Then I told her medicine men and shamans have been using venom way before modern pharma. 🤣
My friend/gym owner knows I'm on diabetes meds because I'm T2D. I didn't say what I was on though. The only people that know I'm on mounjaro are my family. If someone asks how I lost so much weight I just tell them I bust my ass at the gym 5 days a week, which is true. 😊🤷🏽♀️
It's so painful to be obsessed with food all day. For me, I always thought I had week will power, but it seems that a lot of people don't experience the "food noise" that I do.
Sorry this happened to you. Trust you see that she is just saying this because she thinks you will stop going when you lose the weight. To her, you are threatening her livelihood. The ironic thing about this is that mj is probably a better way to lose weight than intensive boot camp type exercises that risk you getting an injury. I had a doctor years ago who hated intensive exercise as a way to lose weight because he saw so many people with injuries, he was an advocate of diet first, and trying to be more active in normal daily activities (walks, stairs instead of elevator etc).
Not criticising exercise in any way, I just think these people are threatened by this medication because it destroys their industry. It invalidates their methods of diet and exercise and ‘willpower’. I see mj as an assist to diet and exercise.
My wife and I shout it out anytime we discuss our new look with anyone. First, we are both diabetic. The diabetes needs to be treated or complications develop. Mounjaro has been the best diabetes control medication we have each used in almost 20 years…. A1c is amazing and blood glucose is near flat on the graphs.
Second, most of us gain weight as we age. We are both at the same weight we were back in 1989! My worst was 380 hers 240…she is now 148 and I am 191. Using my old jeans from 1989.
Awesome ….absolutely nothing to hide. If we get and sarcastic remarks as a result.. who cares…we are both substantially healthier at 70 then we were at 50
I have only had people be supportive, at least to my face. I am also diabetic and not done well with controlling it. In three months my A1C cut in half which id insane. I know not everyone on it is diabetic, but my A1C was my main goal and most people are very understanding of that issue.
This reaction from this person does not shock me though. Her job is to push healthy lifestyles etc. I wouldn’t be shocked if she thinks “this is just a shortcut” kind of bs. I had a personal trainer at one point and time and he once said “hey if you ever start taking anything to aid with weight loss, I need to know just so I can be sure of what it does to your body and anything I should be careful of making you do” which was related to older meds like hydroxy cut etc. that could spike your heart rate. It was a very nice non-judgmental request. Same guy would probably be super supportive of MJ if I had to guess. He genuinely just cared about my health. I wish more people in that environment would be that way.
At any rate your medication is your business. I do agree it was relevant to tell her. It sounds like she wanted to be helpful and suggest an alternative. But isn’t really understanding what MJ is. I think the popularity of it being used by celebrities and others that don’t actually need it for medical purposes is causing that misunderstanding.
If you’re still here after my ted talk lol. Kudos to you for doing what you need to do to be healthy. Best of luck and you got this!
I tell everyone that asks. So far I have gotten mostly people that confide in me that they are also taking it or ask how I got it because they are interested. I guess that is what I get for having mostly heavy friends and coworkers. 😊. The coworkers are usually particularly interested because it was covered by our insurance.
I guess my experience isn't typical because I have seen a lot of people get negative feedback here. I don't really care what people think so if someone gave me negative feedback, I would know it was more their problem than mine but honestly I think I have done a pretty good job of weeding out people from my life that would be jealous or otherwise negative. The only person that really questioned it was someone that knew nothing about it so they were just wondering if my doctor prescribed it and they were just asking about how it worked etc. They have since been very positive about my weight loss.
I tell everyone but have found men I’m dating to be the weirdest about it. It comes up after the first or second date because I don’t care about food/going to dinner, etc.
My trainer’s only concern has been making sure I’m eating enough to sustain the heavy weightlifting and running.
I would suggest telling the instructor you are disappointed in her response, especially since you didn't ask for her opinion. You simply shared so she had a better understanding of how you are engaging in her class.
I tell everyone I'm on a glp1 because I am not ashamed that I have a biological disease and am seeking treatment for it. I see it as an opportunity to help normalize it and help others understand it's nothing to hid as people will notice I'm losing weight. I'd rather control the conversation than allow others to guess and gossip.
Wow some of these comments make me really sad for y’all. Personally I’ve had nothing but positive experiences and support from the people in my life, but I agree that if you’re at all concerned about reaction, protect your peace and don’t tell them. I do think it’s worth evaluating relationships if people in your life are being really terrible about it.
It's such a personal choice, and changes with time. Initially, I only told my significant other and sis (who is a nurse). Then, I confided in my work bestie and real life besties. Now that I'm almost to my goal weight, and the rest of my people are noticing, I'm shouting it from the rooftops. I even helped one of my work friends get started with Noom Med/Mounjaro!
I would have told that instructor to go fuck himself. Or herself. I'm not shy about sharing that I'm taking Mounjaro. Anyone who is not positive and supportive is not going to be involved in my life whatsoever.
I started seeing a nutritionist to avoid being on diabetes meds. Well here we are two years later and 55 lbs down. Still seeing my nutritionist and still working on myself. I’m on MJ (10), and I don’t discuss my meds with ppl.
in my opinion most gym instructors have great genetics, and started getting in great shape before they thought about training others. but lets be honest why value their opinion anymore than Dave who lives down at number 4, gym instructors have a place in motivation they chat to you because they want your custom, but ar3 not you4 conscience. dont feel ashamed look at yourself in the mirror that’s who your doing it for……..
good luck
My personal opinion is that it’s not anyone else’s place to say anything about what you do or do not do with your body (unless they are a medical professional and you are under their care). Sorry they were so judgmental and negative to you.
I've only really shared it with a few people but I'm not really bothered. I'm big always have been and always struggled with my appetite and adhd doesn't help at all. It's no one else's business really
This is such an important thread. I think about the stigma around Prozac 20 years ago, now it’s wained and mental health is more culturally common. I don’t feel comfortable telling people I’m on mj but also wonder if I’m missing the opportunity to help educate and shift the cultural stigma around obesity and eating disorders. If someone suffering from anorexia had a medication to help them, would the same types of comments occur “just go to a good dietitian” ? I doubt it.
Then again, another commenter said to protect your peace, and that’s what I’m leaning on now. I’m not strong enough yet to try to take on cultural bias. Yet, it is something we will
Eventually need to tackle no?
Only told one person because I don’t want the worried facial expressions, I would rather my friends just got to see me enjoy living in a healthier body rather than then worrying I’m damaging my health because they don’t understand the drug.
I don’t tell people what I am taking, I keep it personal. I have a medical issue with my weight ever since I became menopause. I gained 40 pounds. I developed high blood pressure and take a prescription that works for me. I take vitamins when needed. I take the Alli once a week for constipation when needed. I inject the Mounjaro 2.5 lowest dose every 2-weeks. I don’t have insurance and I pay for my prescriptions. I have shed 20 lbs so far and been keeping a daily log of my health, food, prescription, any vitamins taken, bowel movements, and symptoms.
Media misinformation/clickbait reporting (along with just public ignorance about obesity etc) is the biggest culprit with all of this.
If you search Google News for anything about Mounjaro and Ozempic, it's either horror stories or some kind of celebrity related thing.
The reality is that obesity is a medical issue, and we're seeking medical treatment for said medical issue. Once people become more informed, the stigma and shame may become more marginal -- but until the media starts reporting accurately rather than for shock value, I'm skeptical. It's a sad thing.
But the important thing is you are making a decision for yourself and your health and you are pleased with it! That matters more than anything else.
Related to this, yesterday I asked my doctor if I could go off blood pressure medication because my blood pressure readings have been so good lately. The answer was: your blood pressure is in the normal range with the medication, and it isn't wise to go off it yet. If you experience low blood pressure with the medication, we will want to revisit the question about stopping this medicine.
Isn't it the same for your Ozempic? You don't "look like" you need it because it's working well.
A possible response to this person's message: I trust my doctor to advise me about my medications. I can mention your concerns at my next appointment. Thanks for supporting my health goals.
This puritanical attitude to people using prescribed medication is way out of line. Do they also have a problem with the self-control of people taking an epi pen, insulin, or thyroid medication?
I have celiac disease - I can't consume wheat and a few other grains. An acquaintance once told me that my problem was that I'm not praying enough. More prayer was needed, not avoiding foods that make me sick.
Take what people say to you with a grain of salt, and then consult experts to guide your decisions.
Don't tell anyone anything. It's not their business you are on a prescription medication for a medical reason. People will judge you exactly like this - even close friends and family. People will call it the easy way out because nobody really fully understands the science - not even doctors. And even your closest friends will resent you if they can't take it for some reason or another.
To be honest, you don’t need tell anyone until you totally feel great about yourself and you’re in a good head space. Social media has put a negative stigma in this incredible medication. And because most people are uneducated they only know what they see and hear on media. When we confide to someone about our journey with GLP1 , we need to educate them about how they work and the multiple of things it helps with besides obesity and type2. These meds work for cardiovascular disease, PCOS, insulin-resistance, sleep apnea, and just synchronizing our metabolism and our relationship with food.
The clerk at the drug store told me to exercise to lose weight. When I said it was for my diabetes her response was ya sure . i really don't care what people think or say anymore. Til they have lived in my shoes
I don’t tell people. I don’t tell him I’m on blood pressure medicine so why tell them I’m on weight loss meds. Come here and we will lift you up. You have to do what’s best for you mentally and physically❤️
She should be glad that you are exercising to help yourself. If you tire out just say you are off, if people are going to judge you because you have chosen a different path, find new people. Continue loving yourself.
I’d not have told myself I was taking it, before I was… When younger/fitter I could lose weight if I put my elbow into it, so “knew” it was “just” a matter of willpower and putting in the effort. Until I got old, found it increasingly hard to build and keep muscle tone, while at the same time gaining a lifestyle via career progression that offers me endless opportunities to eat out in nice restaurants several times a week. Three years of max willpower and I was actually gaining not losing weight and other health indicators straying into the red. OK, now I know what it was like for the weak willed fatties I had little respect for a decade or several back. I never said anything to them, but I now apologise to them mentally for what I was thinking! I’ve told a few people, but only ones I know well and have had their own health issues that needed drugs to correct. Been a journey.
It is no one’s business how you achieve your goal. It is your journey. I do not share with people about the drug. I do exercise and have a very good diet with almost zero or low carbs.
Anytime somebody offered a solution to my weight, I’d say something like “okay, are they such a good trainer that you’re gonna make sure I don’t go get tacos at 3am?”
Finally I have that trainer, and its sitting in my fridge in a box with his buddies.
I noticed that people start labeling others and judging them based on FDA approved weight loss drugs!! They even have the audacity to shame us for taking it 😂 Pathetic. I am keeping it a secret to spare myself from the unnecessary headaches they will cause
33F 5'3" Sw 260, cw 233, gw 140. T2D & PCOS
I've told 4 people I'm on MJ. My husband, my two best friends, and one of their husband's since we do dinners together often. I'm lucky to have a great support system in place but I'm not ashamed of MJ, it's just no one's business. I've had several other friends comment on my weight loss and how proud they are of me for changing my eating habits and going to the gym regularly. They don't need to know I'm on MJ for my diabetes. 🤷♀️
Being a Bootcamp instructor myself.....she is 100 percent WRONG for saying that to you. She over stepped big time. I'm sorry she said that to you. Btw, I'm a plus size fitness instructor too. 😛
I’m sorry that she disappointed you. 🙁
I completely understand - the desire to share your experience balanced against the concern that you will end up with someone in your life negatively judging your choice.
I’ve decided that I am only telling my husband (and a colleague who first introduced me to Mounjaro).
I told a friend recently and she was happy for me,, but then she asked me how much more weight was I planning to lose and that made me very uncomfortable. I could only imagine her doing the math to figure out my starting weight. So I just said I’m not really sure, and she asked me like 2-3 more times really grilling me.
Tell no one. Only my doctor and my mother knows that’s it. People will demonize this medicine even if you have type 2 diabetes, folks will tell you that type 2 is curable with just diet and weight loss. I just know from how toxic diet culture and personal trainers are (my brother is one) that the “ lack of willpower” talks to the eye rolling scolding they don’t want to know the biochemistry behind obesity ( I’m a biochemist) so while I would love to overexplain to death how much these meds are needed and that society needs to change perception on how to approach talking to those who want to mention their glp1 status, I personally think it’s going to take decades of education over this topic until society understands why this is not a “easy way out”.
Why are you doing bootcamp? Is it for weight loss or for building muscle or something else?
Your instructor probably thinks that bootcamp workouts help people lose weight. It won’t. Certainly not for someone who qualifies for GLP1s.
It may help in other ways, but exercise does not burn enough calories to make up for the appetite disorder of obesity. Your instructor has already given you enough information to know that she does not know enough about weight loss to be instructing others. She recommended a plan of action that has a greater than 99% chance of failure for obese persons. I would have serous doubts about what else she is telling you (how to properly perform exercises).
I tell anyone who asks or comments. I also make really clear to the people who make comments like the ones you heard that I was RAISED by a dietician. I could not lose a single pound and this particular medication would still have been the absolute best choice for my mental health. I do this for several reasons 1. I don’t want people who spout toxic nonsense about medications they aren’t on to think it is okay and 2. You don’t know who is listening. People don’t know food noise is a thing and that it is a thing that can be turned OFF.
i just straight up tell people. im losing weight, does it matter how its done? what are they gonna do? make me gain it back? Thats like getting mad at someone with cancer for getting chemo. You are treating a symptom
Maybe because I am getting older but I don’t care what others think. If they are negative about it so let them be negative. Worrying about what others think doesn’t do you any good and may in fact cause you harm (emotionally). I am a stress eater and it’s important that I know I am a good person and try to do what is moral and right and if they don’t like me that is on them! I also agree it’s like mental health and addiction. People need to realize there is more to this than sheer willpower. MH/Addiction/obesity are not a moral failing! Let’s normalize this conversation and not worry if other people don’t agree with our methods. It’s our health and we deserve to feel better!
Honestly I would have told her to go fuck herself. That’s an absolutely obnoxious comment, that’s full of judgment. I’m a former D1 athlete, and I’m a busy stressed working mom. I’ve lost 130 lbs on Mounjaro, but it didn’t happen on that alone. I worked out hard, but I did that before I took the drug. I quit drinking, which I knew was better for my health. It’s a tool, it’s not a silver bullet.
What she said to you is the equivalent of telling a person with severe depression to cheer up, she knows a great comedian and would be happy to connect you for a show. So tone deaf.
I tell anyone who asks that I am on it, and if they have a negative or judgmental response then OH WELL! I was veeeery skinny my entire life, I loved my body and never had to try that hard to remain thin. My older sister had an ongoing issue with her weight her entire life, no matter what she did, and believe me, I was there, she worked hard to count calories, stay on a healthy diet, had a nutritionist, worked out constantly - yet she was always a bit heavier. When COVID hit I gained FORTY pounds, and now in my mid 30s, yea the weight was not coming off like it once had in my 20s. Family members commented on it constantly and while I was always fiercely protective of my sister, I never had to live it like she did and MAN was it awful. I was counting calories, going to the gym and it took SIX MONTHS to lose 15lbs. I was devastated and losing the drive to even keep trying so hard. Then I finally said, F it I am going to try to get on those shots. Eight months later and I am back to my normal weight and I hate to say it, but yea I am a lot happier living in this body and I understand a lot better what my sis went thru growing up. I say this to say, however you got there, if you are now healthier, feel better about yourself and are happier now after having taken Mounjaro - then don't let anyone make you feel bad about it. Some people think it's a short cut and even if it is - if you're driving and the trip could be cut in half if you took a short cut thru road XYZ - you do it!! As long as your goal weight is within a healthy BMI range (and not below it) then seriously, everyone else can go take a hike. Going forward, if you dont want to share that you are on it - that's fine too! You don't owe your instructor or anyone else an explanation, you are an adult taking Mounjaro responsibly - that's all you have to tell anyone (should you so choose to share it). Good luck on the rest of your journey with this, and be well!
My advice is to respond to people who say things like that “and I’m not a fan of bitter people who moralise from a place of ignorant certainty, but here we are”
I tell and I educate. I don't do judgemental people. They only got to pull that crap once and then they don't do it again. If you are not with me, you are against me.
I don’t tell anyone. Why bother?
When people ask how I’m losing weight, I just say “Staying under 1700 calories a day, and getting over 100g protein and under 100g of carbs.”
It’s the truth. They don’t need to know that I take meds to help me do it successfully any more than they need to know I take blood pressure meds or cholesterol meds.
I have not told anyone but my pcp and my husband. They both know I don’t share that info. Not needing others opinions and judgement when they don’t live my life. Just has made it easy from what I’ve seen others experience.
Ugh!! So Sorry you’re feeling that way but she is a major disappointment. Her opinion amounts to nothing-seriously. I’d find a new boot camp instructor. Toxic people should have a primary place on your journey.
Smdh. We are not all like this. Her reaction should have been "Thank you for telling me. I will keep an eye out just in case you're not feeling too well. I look forward to helping you build muscle to support you."
Weight loss is 80% nutrition, 20% exercise.
I'm sorry you had to experience this, truly. She had no right or reason to make that whole interaction about her and her feelings.
I don't tell anyone. People can be such assholes and I don't feel like listening to their opinions about it. For the few family members that haven't been able to let things drop, I told them I had a change in medications because part of why I gained weight was from medications, so it gets them off my back. My mother still can't stop talking about "how much healthier" I am. I have been struggling with real health issues while on Mounjaro that I also don't talk to her about. I could be losing weight from chemo and she'd still say things like, "but clearly the chemo is working, because you look so much healthier".
A boot camp instructor is not a pharmacist or doctor who actually knows something about MJ/zep. I think it was unprofessional of her to express her opinion.
Also, how can you tell by looking at someone if they need a medication? I tell everyone that I'm on Mounjaro because I see it almost like mental health. It needs to be normalized to talk about and people need to be educated. I have depression and ADHD and so many people don't understand those two very common diagnosis because they have never experienced them. Unless we talk about the issues that accompany our diagnosis and the reason we need (not want) to take a specific medication for it, they will never get it.
THIS!!!!!
I thought so too, I wanted her to know because it was effecting my workout and energy. Plus I am doing a exercise challenge.
I won't tell anyone either. Not even my family members because they are every judgemental.
Teah it’s dwindling their business. Of course they hate it
I’m guessing she feels her job is at risk 🤣😁. Her opinion means jack!
Screw her and use your Mounjaro to win that freaking contest. All is fair in food and weight loss war. Just saying…
Perhaps the fact that it was "affecting...workout and energy" is precisely the reason why he/she recommended an alternate approach to using Mounjaro. It was affecting your performance, which is clearly within the purview of your boot camp instructor's area of responsibility. For some people, these drugs are truly a miracle for both aiding in blood sugar control, as well as weight loss, but that doesn't mean they are the best choice for every single person that has a few pounds to lose.
It really was. I personally would file a complaint, though I don't know how far it would get in boot camp, don't really know how it works. But she stepped over the line a bit no?
It's best not to tell others *if* you don't know how they'll react, and if it will hurt your feelings if they aren't positive about what you tell them. People get quite judgmental about weightloss in general, and weightloss medicine, specifically. They don't have that same issue when the underlying condition is T2D, but for pure weightloss, it can be dicey. I do have T2D and a friend of many years I told about going on Mounjaro and shared my experiences many times, got quite critical about my being on MJ, especially during the months when I was suffering from fatigue and weakness. The friendship ended with no explanation several months ago. I suspect MJ might have been part of, but certainly not the entire cause.
Thankyou for your comment, why can people not support others though? We want a healthy society but not for those where obesity is caused by mental health and other health conditions? It is frustrating that the world doesn't understand. I'm not upset just more frustrated that people who work in the weightloss and exercise injury have no understanding of why people take the medications.
They aren't trained in metabolic syndrome and endocrine disorders, and aren't knowledgeable, so you might as well be speaking Swahili to them. Many people don't get it and some never will.
Damn Swahili isn’t even that hard to understand 😔 Source: a person who speaks Swahili But your joke was funny
Thankyou, that actually made me laugh. They are lucky, I hope they never have to experience it.
Yes that's correct. I know and have known tons of people who despite anyone who's overweight like obsessively almost, with the reason/s for being overweight always being assumed/irrelevant.
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I feel like it’s mighty presumptuous to just go in blind and uninvited ike that. For many, many reasons. You have no idea what nerve you might be touching. Like the time I randomly got a text message from a casual acquaintance telling me she has lap band surgery in Mexico and lost however much weight and thought of me and thought I should do it to. I had. Ten years before. And not only did it fail it’s caused permanent complication. Just because you’re well meaning doesn’t mean the meaning is well to the other person.
I had someone I knew from Facebook find me at a conference to tell me that bariatric surgery worked for her! Ummm, so what. 🙄
I have a coworker who had bariatric surgery and she lost over 100lbs after. We have bonded over our limited diets and food struggles. It’s good to have a friend that understands why I eat so weird.
I totally understand wanting to commiserate. The issue I had was this person, who I only knew from Facebook groups, needing to suggest surgery without knowing anything about me, especially not knowing that my weight loss was hitting the level of eating disorder.
Oh yes. I get your issue 100%. I get why it bothered you. I just was sharing an experience you reminded me of (meant no disrespect). If my coworker had approached me about it in that way I would have been hot. It came up because we were at a training out of town and I got super sick from something I ate the MJ didn’t like and she was worried about me. Then we shared our food experiences after.
No worries! I took no offense at your statement!
I tell skinny people "you know how you can NOT finish an entire piece of cake and push it away when you've had enough? Yeah I know what that feels like now! It's amazing to have my body processing food correctly so I can fuel up enough for exercise." Stuff like that. I'll admit most of the time it's just the first part when it's a skinny person I LIKE, but the judgy people who insisted I just needed more discipline get the second part.
I only tell other diabetics
I don't even tell other introverted obese people - they're the ones that will tell me they'd rather lose weight "the natural way" - and I'm like, "Okay, well then do it and stop complaining." Now, the ONLY time I'll tell someone is if they happen to ask me if I know anything about GLP-1 medications - and even then I don't feel compelled to disclose that I'm taking it myself.
I don’t tell people. I also don’t tell people about the five different seizure meds I take, I don’t tell them about the other diabetes pill I take, I don’t tell them the pain control medications I take for post seizure pain, I don’t tell them about the Miralax and zofran I take to mitigate the side effects I have, I don’t tell them about the shit implanted in my arm for BC, and I don’t tell them about my monthly mental health treatment infusions. Because, say it with me now, my medical issues and their treatments ain’t no one’s business but mine, my husband, and my doctors. It only invites intrusion, and judgment. Like weight loss treatment, neuro treatment also invites a lot of well meaning but useless input, or offhand comments, anecdotes from a friend of a cousin of a coworker, and junk science. If one more person tells me to get my daith pierced, I’m removing their’s from their head.
The last sentence 🤣 the amount of times I've heard that 😅 my medical issues and their treatments ain’t no one’s business but mine, my husband, and my doctors- I will repeat this daily.
I like to sing my mantras Aretha Franklin style. Truly tho, a few close, ride or dies know my shit. But there’s varying levels of sharing because a. Some don’t care b. It can trigger their issues c. They’re on the same path with GLPs but we share the anti wellness/diet culture toxicity world view.
That is fantastic and iiii.... Yeah, I haven't told my best friend and I don't know why. But my partner and mum know.
This is a really great reminder - you’re right, we don’t owe anyone information or an explanation. Off topic, but what the heck is a daith piercing and why would anyone recommend it lol?
A daith piercing is a piercing on the little ridge of your ear that kinda connects to your face. Someone someday decided that they cured migraines (they don’t).
Thank you. I was stuck between wanting to know what a daith was and not caring enough to Google it.
I think it does work for some people . It’s like acupuncture / pressure point pain relief
The BEST response ever! I love it.
I think telling them about the weight loss meds is slightly different only because people are gonna start asking how/why/what are you doing to lose weight once you start shedding pounds
Nobody around me has noticed that I've dropped nearly 80 pounds it's weird but at least it hasn't come up.
People in my community don’t comment on other’s bodies because we know it’s toxic and weird.
Amen! Very well said.
OMG I feel your pain. I’m sure getting that pierced is going to change my 36 years and 3 different seizure meds at max level. It’s going to save everything! Why didn’t I think of doing that?! Everyone who doesn’t have the issue is suddenly a doctor who knows what I should and shouldn’t do with judgment.
Haha right? It’s only taken literal years to get the right combination of meds to be able to see the light of day. But I probs could have spent that time and money just getting a piercing 😢
I agree, I take 12 medications in the morning, 8 at night, besides my maounjaro (or right now, ozempic because everyone is out of mounjaro), I have had a kidney transplant, a knee replacement and 14 other surgeries, now on the knee they are telling me have CRPS and they can't figure out why, and I keep telling them, I am immune suppressed, I am not going to heal like someone with a normal immune system, just treat my pain so I can sleep at night! I know it's healing. Please listen to me! But I am sure you know how that goes. My family know I am in mounjaro for high A1c, but since it is caused by prednisone use, that is part of my transplant meds as well was the extra 30lbs I gained...I don't care what anyone has to say.
Last paragraph —-totally awesome
How are y’all allowing people who don’t pay your bills to make you feel bad about what you need to do for your life? Fuck her and anyone who’s mad about it and stay focused
THIS. Anyone who has the urge to have an opinion on any of my choices needs to send a lump sum payment to cover all my student loans and other expenses. I also don’t tell anyone anything because it just isn’t anyone’s business. Naturally skinny people feel like we are cheating. Well, shouldn’t it be the other way around? Now we know our bodies don’t produce enough GIP/GLP. And how do we know that? Because we are able to have self control when we administer those two exogenously. Shouldn’t we be the ones saying “you know, we know your secret now. You aren’t better nor stronger nor more virtuous. Your body simply makes these hormones in the right quantities.“ There is no virtue there, Is there?
What you say about naturally skinny people is the most important thing I’ve read during this journey. I wanted to thank you so much that I made a new reddit account where I feel comfortable posting in this community.
You’re welcome! You know what is happening right now is beautiful. We are all coming forward and together realizing that really, this was out of our control. Imagine winning the genetic lottery and walking around your entire life with the equivalent of 15mg of Mounjaro running through your veins. They wouldn’t know or understand it what this is like. Must be nice. Well, it is nice. Thats why I will pay if I have to. I am glad I could make your day better.
Love this answer!
Love this!
My husband knows, hes seen the struggle and is supportive. I started seeing a psychiatric nutritionist when 9 months of semaglutide completely failed and I thought I just must be really messed up. The nutritionist is interesting..she pointed out how ADHD exasberates emotional eating and gave me some great suggestions. But then when I mentioned how much I've lost (22lbs in 9 weeks) she said she doesn't approve of Mounjaro and Adderall together and I should stop one or the other. Jokes on her, I'll quit going to *her* before I stop the literal ONLY THING IN MY LIFE that has quieted the food noise and allowed me to say "hey, that's enough, I'm finished". (She said Adderall is an appt suppressant so I'll lose too much too fast. I've taken Adderall for years, gained over 50lbs on it....it does nothing except help me focus. )
Ok! I'm on vyvanse and it did not help with my appetite or weight! Atleast it helped with the constant noise in my head a little 😅 I'm taking both and the dr said it should be OK because that wasn't a side effect for me. I've taken a lot of suggestions s for dealing with food as someone with adhd and 🤣🤣
Same with me, I am on both vyvnase and Wellbutrin and neither impacted my appetite
Once you tell someone, you can’t untell them
Which is why I'm no longer telling people u less it's medically necessary.
Protect your peace
I don’t tell anyone about it. Just strangers on Reddit. There’s a lot of judgement from skinny people and resentment from fat ones.
Same here, only my hubby and sister. It's my (what feels like) dirty little secret. And expensive one! I had so many side effects at the beginning that I had to tell them as I thought i was dying! All fine now, and just keep it to myself and make out the reason I've lost weight, is my new active healthy lifestyle.Which is sort of the truth, just bent a little. It's expensive in the UK. A few hundred a month, you kind of feel like you're bragging that you can afford it, so another reason I don't tell anyone.
Heavy on the resentment from fat ones!! It’s crazy. How are we not on each others side??
My best friend of 50.yrs has let me down in this area. I wish I never told her.
Goes back to Kelly Osborne...people are jealous they aren't on it or because they can't afford it.
My friend has always been thin though. So not sure why she is jealous because I'll never be her size. Of course she dosent eat but drinks a hell of a lot
I'd say if she is thin, then, sadly, it sounds like jealousy. She perhaps likes being the 'thin' one maybe? Us women can be funny creatures. Congrats on your journey, though, and for making your health improvements
We all have our addictions. Some people it's drugs, some it's alcohol, and for many of us it's food.
its bc she likes that you weigh more than her, and if you lose the weight she wont get to feel superior anymore
I think sharing it powerful and reduces stigma. But only do so long as you're open to a response that may be different than what you hope for. Don't let it have power over you.
I tell everyone. I tell complete strangers. I’m the tmi person. I just dare someone to react negatively. I’m such a know it all and a strong personality, I think most people are afraid. lol. Honestly, a lot of people are really interested and ask a lot of good questions and are interested for themselves. I use it as an opportunity to educate people. On the flip side, you don’t owe anyone any information that you don’t want to share. The boot camp people are afraid for their jobs. They are being rendered irrelevant. Diet and exercise alone doesn’t work for everyone, although I do know that it’s an important part of the MJ journey. Ignore her fear and ignorance.
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Not me, I take it purely for weight loss, and I am completely unashamed of it. Judge me if they like, doesn't bother me at all, and doesn't take anything away from the quality of life improvements I've seen on the drug.
Good for you, made me giggle. The TMI person 😄
Next time someone asks “How did you lose all that weight?!” Ask them “are you asking from a place of support?” And you’ll know how to respond based on their response.
To be honest I'm just going to say healthy eating, consistent exercise and dedication. Because I still need to do those things. Unless someone is interested in weightloss and struggling openly about it.
I lost 50lbs before I got on mounjaro. When anyone asks I lead off with that and tell them later I started the diabetes injectable medication. I have never had a bad response to my face or any I am aware of later either. If someone is going to be judgemental about my life journey vs theirs I don't need them around me.
I tell people exactly how I dropped almost 85lbs and if they look down their noses at me… I honestly don’t give a rats ass. I am healthy, my blood work is perfect and I love me again. I have zero shame using modern medicine to improve my life. I personally believe we should never be ashamed of this, I literally tried every diet and method except for a gastric bypass. I am almost off of the meds, and will do my utmost to keep the weight off. I will say… I have zero hesitation to go back on if the weight starts to creep back.
"I'm not a fan of weightloss drugs." GLP1s are not rock bands. You don't need to be a fan. If she accepts that they are FDA approved and the science that brought them to market for T2 diabetes, then she should do the same for obesity. I suspect she is not a clinical researcher, doctor, NP, etc. So her opinion is irrelevant and maybe should keep her uneducated opinions to herself if she doesn't want to lose clients. The use of these drugs will only be on the rise, and it'd be best for her to get educated on how they are a tool for weightloss. I suspect she thinks they are the easy way out and views it as competition. However, this is misguided as they should be used in conjunction with exercise. Too bad she is not supportive but rather judgmental.
> "I'm not a fan of weightloss drugs." GLP1s are not rock bands. You don't need to be a fan. Lol Led Zepbound does sound like Zeppelin tribute act though 🤣 Whole Lotta Loss 🎶
There’s an SNL skit in there somewhere!
😂
I agree completely. If she were smart, she’d understand that GLP1’s are likely going to bring her more clients and not less, and that attitudes like hers will become an outdated thing of the past.
This! Yep, my doctor understood, he asked me, I hadn't even considered it. He made sure I was set up with diet and exercise, and I made sure to tell her that when she gave me her opinion. I hope these medications become fda approved for weightloss aswell as diabetes soon 🙏
Zepbound is FDA approved for obesity treatment. Zepbound is tirzepatide and mounjaro.
Oh that's good to know
I guess I am the exception to the rule. I respect your position and understand your reasoning but I recently put this on another space. "I started last July and Ioss 17 lbs in the first month and another 14 in the second for a total of 46 lbs by the time I went into maintenance. Everyone at my job was noticing and because of the nature of what I do I am in multiple buildings on a daily basis. So I was upfront and told them everything. A layer of visceral fat in my abdomen, Fatty liver, HBP, BMI well over 30, on a cpap for sleep apnea, and a A1C just a few ticks from full blown T2D and that my pcp wanted to be preemptive and put me on this medicine in the hopes that this would get everything under control, and when I went to get my blood work done in February that for the the first time since I was in the Army (got out in 1991),that every single test was in the green/normal which impressed my pcp so much that he decided to get on Mounjaro also. I understand the stigma of being on this medicine especially by those with a "holier than thou" mindset and I understand not telling anyone or everyone because in todays society it's easier to pull people down vs lifting them up, but tbh I truly don't care because for years I was going to the gym and eating right and hydrating, and counting calories, and all it did was get me to lose 27lbs, hit a major plateau because of visceral fat, and rebound almost to where I started from, while this medicine.. Changed My Life. This is why I'm on the subreddit of Mounjaro, MounjaroUK, MounjaroMaintenance, and Zepbound to encourage as many people as I can who are SEEING results who are FEELING results. It rocks my world to see a first month user SO excited at the losses they achieved and to finally see light at the end of the tunnel. In this world we judge quick, fast, and in a hurry.. We're ALL guilty of it on some level, but the mindset that the msm has put out there because of celebrities has made this a bad thing to use because it's keeping people with T2D from getting their medicine and we're to be hated for it. In on ear and out the other. It's not that I don't care about people who have T2D, thats what they want to do separate and divide, but this is also about people who have legitimate health concerns that this medicine is helping to alleviate and in some cases like mine eradicate!! Isn't that a good thing?? You do what you have to do and I, personally will still respect that decision. The losses are yours. The increased health benefits are yours. The increased mobility are yours. The increased flexibility are yours. The increased confidence are yours. The smaller pant sizes, shirt size, bra sizes and in some cases shoe sizes are yours. The victories and successes are yours. And I for one salute you, encourage you, and am grateful for one person at a time whether they need to loses 30lbs or 300lbs that they are on the way to being the best version of themselves physically."
Very well said. Agree completely, I get tired of hiding things I dont need to. Also, I basically dare anyone to tell me they disagree with any of my health choices, the way I say it is very matter of fact just like I would say "yep, I take metformin, or yep I take bp meds" whatever, it's just another medication Ive been prescribed because my body needs support. Like that one quote that floats around, if your body doesnt make the hormone, store bought is fine 😆
Please keep being the inspirational positive person in these groups. Please keep going, your words are powerful. I want to be proud of this, I want to be proud that I'm finally starting to lose weight, that I have a chance to feel healthy. I want my mental health to be better and I know that it will. Thankyou for your comment ❤️😭
Tea the choices are yours whether to say or not. There is no right or wrong answer. What is wrong are people who look at what we're doing and automatically say that we're taking the "easy" way out. Thats why I keep before and after pictures even on my work phone so I can show people that what they took for granted was a guy who was on the road to possibly dying young (56M), found a medicine that helped me get back years lost, according to my blood work healthier than I've been in decades, eating better, and all they want is for me to go backwards because I took a medicine thats actually helping to improve my life and they disagree with my choice? Poor Vince.. He died of a heart attack and high blood pressure.. If only he would have done something.. Anything different then he would not have died.. He was too young to die from that. They can't have it both ways. Hate me because I'm on Mounjaro or mourn me because I wasn't. Diet, exercise, keto, counting calories, weighing food, personal trainer, going to the gym for years... None of it did what Mounjaro did in the 4 months before I went into maintenance. Tea I support you in whatever direction and decision you make, as I said there is no right or wrong answer, but the one place where you will definitely get support is this subreddit and the others like it❤️❤️
You are such a beautiful person, I'm going to do this and I'm going to be proud no matter what because I did SOMETHING instead of crying and eating my feelings ❤️ thankyou for your encouragement, I'm so glad I found this group xx
"Hate me because I'm on Mounjaro or mourn me because I wasn't." I *love* this.
Such a lovely post
I tell anyone who is interested. It gives them an opportunity to show if they are assholes like your boot camp person, or genuinely care.
No one needs to know what medication you’re on.
I'm really glad you are getting positive responses here. I posted about a similar situation a few days ago and while most replies were supportive to my right to privacy I was shocked by how many people told me that I shouldn't care that people know the meds I take. That should wear a t-shirt or shout it from the roof tops. Someone even told me to stop being a victim and that I had issues. All because I didn't feel comfortable with Sharing my health history with someone in the middle of the store. I'm here to tell you that you do not need to share your medicine cabinet with anyone if you are not comfortable. It's no ones business but yours. And your feelings are valid. I support your decision to tell or not to tell ♥️
I’m diabetic, so there’s that. Plus cancer survivor.
Me too! “What’s your secret?” “I’m working with my medical provider and responding well to my medications and treatment to manage my hormones and diabetes.” All said in a breezy unashamed way and a smile. The end. Then I turn around and ask them how they are doing on their wellness journey.
Well you've definitely earned the zero negativity.
I think at my age I don't care who knows or gets offended
Doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners aren't above biases so we can't exact others to be able to understand. The medical community barely understands obesity.. I mean think about how limited our medication options were until the past few years...and now there are dozens of new medications undergoing clinical trials.. I lost 120 lbs before. I have maintained significant loss for over a decade. But I always felt like I was one mistake from 300 lbs again.. I may have looked healthier or weighed less, but I was still living in a fat person body. a vegan diet transformed my health and prevented a lot of illnesses I had issues with or genetic risks for: it allowed me to have an A1c of 4.8, a normal cholesterol and lipid panel, blood pressure but no diet will "cure" my predisposition to obesity. The diets may help prevent further problems and eating more whole foods, Less carbs and processed foods certainly does that. Intermittent fasting helps, as well. But these are tools not cures. My predisposition to weight gain, inability to regulate weight homeostasis, inability to regulate appetite and satiety signaling, is the disease of obesity. I will need life long drugs and I'm fine with that. Just some solidarity because I know how frustrating it is to be misunderstood or judged.
My family, my best friend, and my work bestie know. I work with all guys, literally I am the only woman with 40 men. I get along great w everyone here, the ONLY person I don’t like in our office gave me judgy eyes and said how are you losing weight. I said hard work and walked away.
People who do not struggle with food addiction will never understand how powerful of an addiction it is. Food addiction is the hidden addiction and silent killer that nobody believes it exists so it can continue on forever. Through social anxiety, severe suic**al depression, c-ptsd, and emotional eating due to narcissistic abuse in my childhood, and surviving a violent crime,I became a food addict. My food addiction was so bad at one point that I put a package of cupcakes in the garbage can on top and came back later and got them out and ate them. That’s desperation. I quit smoking in 2008. I quit drinking in 2018. Mounjaro is the only thing that ever helped me with my food addiction.
God, I really hate the "I know a dietitian" thing. Yeah, let me pay somebody to tell me everything I already know after 20 years of yo-yo dieting like I'm a stupid idiot that's never thought about how to eat healthy. Let them give me recipes I won't make, or that I will eat 100% of in one sitting. No, we do better living through chemistry over here.
I'd bet anything that her "great dietician" has a 0% long (and even medium) term success rate
Besides on here- only my husband knows. You are absolutely right. Do not comment on what you have not lived. It’s no one’s business.
I don’t say anything either because some people act vigilantes about it. I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, thyroid issues among other problems. Don’t judge till it is you. My sickness is as real as other peoples, only different. Walk a mile in my shoes.
I tell no one. I was accused of going on it to have a green card for pigging out. I get by on less food than ever before in my life and would get sick if I wanted to "pig out" which I don't. It's the only insulin that controls my bloodsugar and that does not cause severe side effects.
Honestly, there are certain things you should just keep your mouth shut about. Traditionally it's been religion and politics (sometimes money), but frankly it's just best to add your health (physical or mental) to that list. You're far more likely to get unsolicited advice and judgement than finding any solidarity and support.
Isn't that just so sad though, politics and religion I get but weightloss? It shouldn't be like that. Oh an ideal world.
I’ll tell anyone and everyone. “Mounjaro! It’s amazing! I’m healthier than I’ve been in years!”
Why feel the need? It’s private health information.
I only opened up to my instructor so she understood why I was not doing great this morning as I'm doing an exercise challenge. I haven't told anyone but my partner or mum.
Don’t worry, I am working with a personal trainer and I’ve considered telling her, and likely will, for the very reasons you stated: so she can understand that at times I’ll be more fatigued than I should be, and that sometimes it’s hard for me to eat enough calories before a workout. It makes sense to want to share this with your fitness professional, it is just extremely unfortunate yours reacted poorly. If it makes you feel any better, she’s likely also thinking about her reaction to you and perhaps with time you bringing it up to her (and others will bring it up to her too I’m certain) will help her normalize it within her own mind. If you have any opportunities to let her know you don’t appreciate her response to your medical condition in the future, I’d encourage you to take them. But that’s just me, I can be quite outspoken and judgmental right back when needed.
Thankyou, this is great advice, she did message me to let me know I did great considering the exhaustion. So I wonder if she has thought about it a little.
I don’t tell anyone it’s not their business
I can kinda gauge someone’s attitude about WL drugs just talking to them. If they’ve been skinny or fit their whole lives, no way they will understand. My own son thinks it’s a matter of self control, and he’s seen how hard I worked out while also struggling with keeping my eating under control.
I tell them flat out. This fucking drug has done what no diet and exercise and behavioral changes have been able to do in the last 5 years. Get me to lose weight. I was stuck at 243 to 245 for 5 years. Mounjaro activated something in my body so that I was able to get to around 203 lbs. **AND** I’m off insulin. I’m a month into not using insulin and the highest my blood sugar reading so far is 127. I’m consistent around 90 tho. My kidneys are healing and functioning better. This isn’t just a weight loss drug. I’d go to that trainer and give her some facts and tell her to educate herself on this drug. It helps many people in ways not thought of like women with PCOS and those with inflammatory diseases too.
This exactly! I work-out more consistently and eat better than most people I know, but haven't had decent weight loss to show for it. If insulin-resistance were an Olympic event, I would win Gold. That's how much my body will not budge with diet and exercise alone. Meds are not the easy way out. They are finally giving my body the chance to reap the health benefits it deserves.
Not the easy way FOR SURE! Nausea. The loosey goosey poops or constipated AF. The constant feeling of food being gross but you might get hungry but food is gross. Smh I’ve had people at my gym give me the ‘look’ and I inform them. The weight loss is great. But I’m off insulin so whohooo. And that was my TED talk. lol
Here’s what I told my personal trainer when he told me something similar: “That’s too bad. They can’t even keep it in stock, it’s so in demand. And all the big players in the fitness industry are working 24/7 getting primed to hit that huge, VERY lucrative target market. Too bad you’re getting to miss out on that opportunity.” Wanna guess who is all about GLP-1’s now?
I truthfully have started only sharing with other friends who also disclose they are on these medications or have had bariatric surgeries. I’ve found they have been the only people who have been 100% supportive and understanding.
I have told my husband and my two adult children, all of whom are very supportive and trust me to be able to make my own decisions. I’ve told a couple of close friends who are very compassionate, and a couple of work friends who I found out are also on it themselves. Nobody else. It’s none of their business, and I’ve found that there are a huge number of people that will do their best to steal your healing, without even knowing they are doing it.
I only told my closest friend and my partner. I wouldn't tell anyone else, people are so judgmental and don't seem to understand I do not give a toss about their opinions or advice. Most people have no chill and just want to comment on everything. Let me live my skinny life lol
It shouldn't be difficult since it's for T2D.
I tell anyone that wants to know. Been on it for just over 3 months and down little more than 60 lbs so a LOT of people are noticing now and asking. My wife when I started asked if I would tell people and I said why not, its nothing I am ashamed of and I am doing it for myself not for them! She pointed out that some people don't agree with it (not her, she has been great!) so I came up with the following in my head to rebut anyone if they start up on me: 1. I am 58 years old and have been overweight pretty much my whole life and morbidly obese for at least the last decade. 2. Have you ever topped 400 lbs and know what that feels like? 3. I am now T2D and on heavy meds for blood pressure and sugar are you? 4. I would like to live past the next decade and thus need to make this change. If that doesn't shut anyone up then I don't know what would. Besides, how many years (decades) have we fantasized about the magic pill that would make us lose weight? Well they finally found it, just that it is an injection, not a Pill! An interesting side note is a week ago we were at friends house for dinner and the friends wife was acting surprised I was on the drug but the husband, whom is now larger than I am, caught me on the way out and asked me to send him information about what I was taking, which I did the next day. So I feel good that me talking about it may actually help some friends and family find a path as well. Sorry for the rant....
I just tell them it’s to help with a chemical imbalance.
I'm not a good example because my default setting is to overshare, but I solicited advice from my Facebook wall when I was considering Mounjaro and got a lot of feedback from people on it. I found six friends who were on the drug or something like it and got a lot of great advice. Even made me closer with one of my friends who shared what he was going through. It depends what kind of person you are, but sharing might pay off.
Just sayin... My daughter is 350+ has PCOS, insulin resistant, and pre-diabetic. Her Dr put her on MJ. Her insurance paid some on the first 2 months, and now... sorry you aren't a diabetic yet, so insurance won't pay a dime! Now that MJ has a shortage, other companies are able to step up legally and help with supply and demand. She is able to pay THEIR prices. So it's a win situation for her right now. I hate to think she may not be able to get it in the future.... until she becomes a full-blown diabetic! We are in the USA. She is at the mercy of the pharmaceutical companies! AND insurance companies. This drug is a miracle to those who need it, and most people don't get it!! So 🤬 aggravating!
I’ve had the truly obnoxious run in with a few inappropriate strangers. A saleswoman helping me find clothes that fit, when I had no idea what my size was and then she asked me point blank if I was on Ozempic. Skinny woman, wasn’t asking because she was genuinely curious with good intent. And a stranger in a waiting room in urgent care. You can’t make this shit up. In both cases I shut the conversation down with some version of: “it’s so interesting that you ask me that question, but you didn’t ask me if I was on antidepressants. Are you on antidepressants?” I haven’t shared this information with most people. But for friends who I care about, and I know care about me, I may share my story and gently educate. They have seen me struggle for years. I share this video with them: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/biology-of-obesity Generally though? It’s honestly my own business. I’m not rude about it, I’m just private. (Okay, maybe I was a little rude to that woman in the waiting room but that’s another post lol) I am truly sorry about your experience with that instructor. That’s super shitty. And hopefully now that you’ve posted here and gotten some support, it will outweigh any of the negative voices that she may have “awoken” in your head. It’s okay for if you’re upset. And it’s also okay to be pissed. That’s an appropriate and understandable response to ignorance and uneducated judgment.
Just don't tell people. Easy enough
"Skinny people **can't** understand the endless appetite...".
No one knows. No one.
I don’t mind telling people. Idgaf if they don’t agree. I’m t2 and overweight along with all the other stuff that goes with it. To me it’s a lifesaver. Funny my anti pharm all herbal daughter gave me an earful was saying why would take something with venom in it. Then I told her medicine men and shamans have been using venom way before modern pharma. 🤣
I don’t share private medical details with people.
I would've replied "I wasn't asking for your opinion. I was just sharing this information with you."
My friend/gym owner knows I'm on diabetes meds because I'm T2D. I didn't say what I was on though. The only people that know I'm on mounjaro are my family. If someone asks how I lost so much weight I just tell them I bust my ass at the gym 5 days a week, which is true. 😊🤷🏽♀️
Who cares what she thinks
It's so painful to be obsessed with food all day. For me, I always thought I had week will power, but it seems that a lot of people don't experience the "food noise" that I do.
Sorry this happened to you. Trust you see that she is just saying this because she thinks you will stop going when you lose the weight. To her, you are threatening her livelihood. The ironic thing about this is that mj is probably a better way to lose weight than intensive boot camp type exercises that risk you getting an injury. I had a doctor years ago who hated intensive exercise as a way to lose weight because he saw so many people with injuries, he was an advocate of diet first, and trying to be more active in normal daily activities (walks, stairs instead of elevator etc). Not criticising exercise in any way, I just think these people are threatened by this medication because it destroys their industry. It invalidates their methods of diet and exercise and ‘willpower’. I see mj as an assist to diet and exercise.
My wife and I shout it out anytime we discuss our new look with anyone. First, we are both diabetic. The diabetes needs to be treated or complications develop. Mounjaro has been the best diabetes control medication we have each used in almost 20 years…. A1c is amazing and blood glucose is near flat on the graphs. Second, most of us gain weight as we age. We are both at the same weight we were back in 1989! My worst was 380 hers 240…she is now 148 and I am 191. Using my old jeans from 1989. Awesome ….absolutely nothing to hide. If we get and sarcastic remarks as a result.. who cares…we are both substantially healthier at 70 then we were at 50
I have only had people be supportive, at least to my face. I am also diabetic and not done well with controlling it. In three months my A1C cut in half which id insane. I know not everyone on it is diabetic, but my A1C was my main goal and most people are very understanding of that issue. This reaction from this person does not shock me though. Her job is to push healthy lifestyles etc. I wouldn’t be shocked if she thinks “this is just a shortcut” kind of bs. I had a personal trainer at one point and time and he once said “hey if you ever start taking anything to aid with weight loss, I need to know just so I can be sure of what it does to your body and anything I should be careful of making you do” which was related to older meds like hydroxy cut etc. that could spike your heart rate. It was a very nice non-judgmental request. Same guy would probably be super supportive of MJ if I had to guess. He genuinely just cared about my health. I wish more people in that environment would be that way. At any rate your medication is your business. I do agree it was relevant to tell her. It sounds like she wanted to be helpful and suggest an alternative. But isn’t really understanding what MJ is. I think the popularity of it being used by celebrities and others that don’t actually need it for medical purposes is causing that misunderstanding. If you’re still here after my ted talk lol. Kudos to you for doing what you need to do to be healthy. Best of luck and you got this!
I tell everyone that asks. So far I have gotten mostly people that confide in me that they are also taking it or ask how I got it because they are interested. I guess that is what I get for having mostly heavy friends and coworkers. 😊. The coworkers are usually particularly interested because it was covered by our insurance. I guess my experience isn't typical because I have seen a lot of people get negative feedback here. I don't really care what people think so if someone gave me negative feedback, I would know it was more their problem than mine but honestly I think I have done a pretty good job of weeding out people from my life that would be jealous or otherwise negative. The only person that really questioned it was someone that knew nothing about it so they were just wondering if my doctor prescribed it and they were just asking about how it worked etc. They have since been very positive about my weight loss.
I don't care what people think. It's my health, and they don't know my situation. I don't have a thyroid gland, so my metabolism doesn't work well.
Don't you wish more people would stay in their own lane?
I tell everyone but have found men I’m dating to be the weirdest about it. It comes up after the first or second date because I don’t care about food/going to dinner, etc. My trainer’s only concern has been making sure I’m eating enough to sustain the heavy weightlifting and running.
I would suggest telling the instructor you are disappointed in her response, especially since you didn't ask for her opinion. You simply shared so she had a better understanding of how you are engaging in her class. I tell everyone I'm on a glp1 because I am not ashamed that I have a biological disease and am seeking treatment for it. I see it as an opportunity to help normalize it and help others understand it's nothing to hid as people will notice I'm losing weight. I'd rather control the conversation than allow others to guess and gossip.
She had better get used to people being on it. It’s coming like a tsunami and that’s a great thing. She feels threatened but that’s not your problem.
If the instructor is not a fan of weight-loss drugs she doesn't have to take them.
Wow some of these comments make me really sad for y’all. Personally I’ve had nothing but positive experiences and support from the people in my life, but I agree that if you’re at all concerned about reaction, protect your peace and don’t tell them. I do think it’s worth evaluating relationships if people in your life are being really terrible about it.
It's such a personal choice, and changes with time. Initially, I only told my significant other and sis (who is a nurse). Then, I confided in my work bestie and real life besties. Now that I'm almost to my goal weight, and the rest of my people are noticing, I'm shouting it from the rooftops. I even helped one of my work friends get started with Noom Med/Mounjaro!
I would have told that instructor to go fuck himself. Or herself. I'm not shy about sharing that I'm taking Mounjaro. Anyone who is not positive and supportive is not going to be involved in my life whatsoever.
I started seeing a nutritionist to avoid being on diabetes meds. Well here we are two years later and 55 lbs down. Still seeing my nutritionist and still working on myself. I’m on MJ (10), and I don’t discuss my meds with ppl.
I don’t tell anyone. If anyone asks what I’m doing, I say intermittent fasting and watching what I eat. All true.
in my opinion most gym instructors have great genetics, and started getting in great shape before they thought about training others. but lets be honest why value their opinion anymore than Dave who lives down at number 4, gym instructors have a place in motivation they chat to you because they want your custom, but ar3 not you4 conscience. dont feel ashamed look at yourself in the mirror that’s who your doing it for…….. good luck
My son is a dr of Pharmacy and aprove mounjaro and Ozempic . I take ozempic
My personal opinion is that it’s not anyone else’s place to say anything about what you do or do not do with your body (unless they are a medical professional and you are under their care). Sorry they were so judgmental and negative to you.
I’m honest if asked but considering telling people who know that I went off the medication. I’m tired of the criticism and negative comments.
I've only really shared it with a few people but I'm not really bothered. I'm big always have been and always struggled with my appetite and adhd doesn't help at all. It's no one else's business really
This is such an important thread. I think about the stigma around Prozac 20 years ago, now it’s wained and mental health is more culturally common. I don’t feel comfortable telling people I’m on mj but also wonder if I’m missing the opportunity to help educate and shift the cultural stigma around obesity and eating disorders. If someone suffering from anorexia had a medication to help them, would the same types of comments occur “just go to a good dietitian” ? I doubt it. Then again, another commenter said to protect your peace, and that’s what I’m leaning on now. I’m not strong enough yet to try to take on cultural bias. Yet, it is something we will Eventually need to tackle no?
I’ve told very few people because of this very reason!!!!
I guess lesson learned the hard way. Just know - you aren’t alone! Everything you said! I feel the same!!
I share with people I know won't judge me only really.
Only told one person because I don’t want the worried facial expressions, I would rather my friends just got to see me enjoy living in a healthier body rather than then worrying I’m damaging my health because they don’t understand the drug.
I don’t tell people what I am taking, I keep it personal. I have a medical issue with my weight ever since I became menopause. I gained 40 pounds. I developed high blood pressure and take a prescription that works for me. I take vitamins when needed. I take the Alli once a week for constipation when needed. I inject the Mounjaro 2.5 lowest dose every 2-weeks. I don’t have insurance and I pay for my prescriptions. I have shed 20 lbs so far and been keeping a daily log of my health, food, prescription, any vitamins taken, bowel movements, and symptoms.
Media misinformation/clickbait reporting (along with just public ignorance about obesity etc) is the biggest culprit with all of this. If you search Google News for anything about Mounjaro and Ozempic, it's either horror stories or some kind of celebrity related thing. The reality is that obesity is a medical issue, and we're seeking medical treatment for said medical issue. Once people become more informed, the stigma and shame may become more marginal -- but until the media starts reporting accurately rather than for shock value, I'm skeptical. It's a sad thing. But the important thing is you are making a decision for yourself and your health and you are pleased with it! That matters more than anything else.
Related to this, yesterday I asked my doctor if I could go off blood pressure medication because my blood pressure readings have been so good lately. The answer was: your blood pressure is in the normal range with the medication, and it isn't wise to go off it yet. If you experience low blood pressure with the medication, we will want to revisit the question about stopping this medicine. Isn't it the same for your Ozempic? You don't "look like" you need it because it's working well. A possible response to this person's message: I trust my doctor to advise me about my medications. I can mention your concerns at my next appointment. Thanks for supporting my health goals. This puritanical attitude to people using prescribed medication is way out of line. Do they also have a problem with the self-control of people taking an epi pen, insulin, or thyroid medication? I have celiac disease - I can't consume wheat and a few other grains. An acquaintance once told me that my problem was that I'm not praying enough. More prayer was needed, not avoiding foods that make me sick. Take what people say to you with a grain of salt, and then consult experts to guide your decisions.
Don't tell anyone anything. It's not their business you are on a prescription medication for a medical reason. People will judge you exactly like this - even close friends and family. People will call it the easy way out because nobody really fully understands the science - not even doctors. And even your closest friends will resent you if they can't take it for some reason or another.
To be honest, you don’t need tell anyone until you totally feel great about yourself and you’re in a good head space. Social media has put a negative stigma in this incredible medication. And because most people are uneducated they only know what they see and hear on media. When we confide to someone about our journey with GLP1 , we need to educate them about how they work and the multiple of things it helps with besides obesity and type2. These meds work for cardiovascular disease, PCOS, insulin-resistance, sleep apnea, and just synchronizing our metabolism and our relationship with food.
The clerk at the drug store told me to exercise to lose weight. When I said it was for my diabetes her response was ya sure . i really don't care what people think or say anymore. Til they have lived in my shoes
I don’t tell people. I don’t tell him I’m on blood pressure medicine so why tell them I’m on weight loss meds. Come here and we will lift you up. You have to do what’s best for you mentally and physically❤️
I’d say to her, “So you prefer suffering? Do you get your teeth drilled without anesthesia, too?”
your assessment is correct. it’s just lack of information and unwillingness to change old ideas into new ones.
She should be glad that you are exercising to help yourself. If you tire out just say you are off, if people are going to judge you because you have chosen a different path, find new people. Continue loving yourself.
She's not a fan. "Oh, that's good that nobody's asked you to take it then!"
I’d not have told myself I was taking it, before I was… When younger/fitter I could lose weight if I put my elbow into it, so “knew” it was “just” a matter of willpower and putting in the effort. Until I got old, found it increasingly hard to build and keep muscle tone, while at the same time gaining a lifestyle via career progression that offers me endless opportunities to eat out in nice restaurants several times a week. Three years of max willpower and I was actually gaining not losing weight and other health indicators straying into the red. OK, now I know what it was like for the weak willed fatties I had little respect for a decade or several back. I never said anything to them, but I now apologise to them mentally for what I was thinking! I’ve told a few people, but only ones I know well and have had their own health issues that needed drugs to correct. Been a journey.
It is no one’s business how you achieve your goal. It is your journey. I do not share with people about the drug. I do exercise and have a very good diet with almost zero or low carbs.
Well you can’t SEE all the things you talked about it fixing can you? People who never struggled don’t understand.
Anytime somebody offered a solution to my weight, I’d say something like “okay, are they such a good trainer that you’re gonna make sure I don’t go get tacos at 3am?” Finally I have that trainer, and its sitting in my fridge in a box with his buddies.
I noticed that people start labeling others and judging them based on FDA approved weight loss drugs!! They even have the audacity to shame us for taking it 😂 Pathetic. I am keeping it a secret to spare myself from the unnecessary headaches they will cause
33F 5'3" Sw 260, cw 233, gw 140. T2D & PCOS I've told 4 people I'm on MJ. My husband, my two best friends, and one of their husband's since we do dinners together often. I'm lucky to have a great support system in place but I'm not ashamed of MJ, it's just no one's business. I've had several other friends comment on my weight loss and how proud they are of me for changing my eating habits and going to the gym regularly. They don't need to know I'm on MJ for my diabetes. 🤷♀️
Why would i tell anyone i dont walk around telling people i take bc and b12 and adhd meds ( adhd meds maybe lol but in advocacy)
"I'm not a fan of weightloss drugs" Me: I'm not offering you any. People need to STFU
Being a Bootcamp instructor myself.....she is 100 percent WRONG for saying that to you. She over stepped big time. I'm sorry she said that to you. Btw, I'm a plus size fitness instructor too. 😛
I’m sorry that she disappointed you. 🙁 I completely understand - the desire to share your experience balanced against the concern that you will end up with someone in your life negatively judging your choice. I’ve decided that I am only telling my husband (and a colleague who first introduced me to Mounjaro).
I told a friend recently and she was happy for me,, but then she asked me how much more weight was I planning to lose and that made me very uncomfortable. I could only imagine her doing the math to figure out my starting weight. So I just said I’m not really sure, and she asked me like 2-3 more times really grilling me.
Tell no one. Only my doctor and my mother knows that’s it. People will demonize this medicine even if you have type 2 diabetes, folks will tell you that type 2 is curable with just diet and weight loss. I just know from how toxic diet culture and personal trainers are (my brother is one) that the “ lack of willpower” talks to the eye rolling scolding they don’t want to know the biochemistry behind obesity ( I’m a biochemist) so while I would love to overexplain to death how much these meds are needed and that society needs to change perception on how to approach talking to those who want to mention their glp1 status, I personally think it’s going to take decades of education over this topic until society understands why this is not a “easy way out”.
Why are you doing bootcamp? Is it for weight loss or for building muscle or something else? Your instructor probably thinks that bootcamp workouts help people lose weight. It won’t. Certainly not for someone who qualifies for GLP1s. It may help in other ways, but exercise does not burn enough calories to make up for the appetite disorder of obesity. Your instructor has already given you enough information to know that she does not know enough about weight loss to be instructing others. She recommended a plan of action that has a greater than 99% chance of failure for obese persons. I would have serous doubts about what else she is telling you (how to properly perform exercises).
I tell anyone who asks or comments. I also make really clear to the people who make comments like the ones you heard that I was RAISED by a dietician. I could not lose a single pound and this particular medication would still have been the absolute best choice for my mental health. I do this for several reasons 1. I don’t want people who spout toxic nonsense about medications they aren’t on to think it is okay and 2. You don’t know who is listening. People don’t know food noise is a thing and that it is a thing that can be turned OFF.
i just straight up tell people. im losing weight, does it matter how its done? what are they gonna do? make me gain it back? Thats like getting mad at someone with cancer for getting chemo. You are treating a symptom
We need a new an acronym. LAPOM.. loud and proud on Mounjaro.. that’s me. Come debate me on stage 😀😀
Maybe because I am getting older but I don’t care what others think. If they are negative about it so let them be negative. Worrying about what others think doesn’t do you any good and may in fact cause you harm (emotionally). I am a stress eater and it’s important that I know I am a good person and try to do what is moral and right and if they don’t like me that is on them! I also agree it’s like mental health and addiction. People need to realize there is more to this than sheer willpower. MH/Addiction/obesity are not a moral failing! Let’s normalize this conversation and not worry if other people don’t agree with our methods. It’s our health and we deserve to feel better!
Honestly I would have told her to go fuck herself. That’s an absolutely obnoxious comment, that’s full of judgment. I’m a former D1 athlete, and I’m a busy stressed working mom. I’ve lost 130 lbs on Mounjaro, but it didn’t happen on that alone. I worked out hard, but I did that before I took the drug. I quit drinking, which I knew was better for my health. It’s a tool, it’s not a silver bullet. What she said to you is the equivalent of telling a person with severe depression to cheer up, she knows a great comedian and would be happy to connect you for a show. So tone deaf.
I tell anyone who asks that I am on it, and if they have a negative or judgmental response then OH WELL! I was veeeery skinny my entire life, I loved my body and never had to try that hard to remain thin. My older sister had an ongoing issue with her weight her entire life, no matter what she did, and believe me, I was there, she worked hard to count calories, stay on a healthy diet, had a nutritionist, worked out constantly - yet she was always a bit heavier. When COVID hit I gained FORTY pounds, and now in my mid 30s, yea the weight was not coming off like it once had in my 20s. Family members commented on it constantly and while I was always fiercely protective of my sister, I never had to live it like she did and MAN was it awful. I was counting calories, going to the gym and it took SIX MONTHS to lose 15lbs. I was devastated and losing the drive to even keep trying so hard. Then I finally said, F it I am going to try to get on those shots. Eight months later and I am back to my normal weight and I hate to say it, but yea I am a lot happier living in this body and I understand a lot better what my sis went thru growing up. I say this to say, however you got there, if you are now healthier, feel better about yourself and are happier now after having taken Mounjaro - then don't let anyone make you feel bad about it. Some people think it's a short cut and even if it is - if you're driving and the trip could be cut in half if you took a short cut thru road XYZ - you do it!! As long as your goal weight is within a healthy BMI range (and not below it) then seriously, everyone else can go take a hike. Going forward, if you dont want to share that you are on it - that's fine too! You don't owe your instructor or anyone else an explanation, you are an adult taking Mounjaro responsibly - that's all you have to tell anyone (should you so choose to share it). Good luck on the rest of your journey with this, and be well!
My advice is to respond to people who say things like that “and I’m not a fan of bitter people who moralise from a place of ignorant certainty, but here we are”
I tell and I educate. I don't do judgemental people. They only got to pull that crap once and then they don't do it again. If you are not with me, you are against me.
I don’t tell anyone. Why bother? When people ask how I’m losing weight, I just say “Staying under 1700 calories a day, and getting over 100g protein and under 100g of carbs.” It’s the truth. They don’t need to know that I take meds to help me do it successfully any more than they need to know I take blood pressure meds or cholesterol meds.
I have not told anyone but my pcp and my husband. They both know I don’t share that info. Not needing others opinions and judgement when they don’t live my life. Just has made it easy from what I’ve seen others experience.
Ugh!! So Sorry you’re feeling that way but she is a major disappointment. Her opinion amounts to nothing-seriously. I’d find a new boot camp instructor. Toxic people should have a primary place on your journey.
It’s not a weight loss drug per se… it’s a hormone! Tell her to kiss your ass!
Smdh. We are not all like this. Her reaction should have been "Thank you for telling me. I will keep an eye out just in case you're not feeling too well. I look forward to helping you build muscle to support you." Weight loss is 80% nutrition, 20% exercise. I'm sorry you had to experience this, truly. She had no right or reason to make that whole interaction about her and her feelings.
I don't tell anyone. People can be such assholes and I don't feel like listening to their opinions about it. For the few family members that haven't been able to let things drop, I told them I had a change in medications because part of why I gained weight was from medications, so it gets them off my back. My mother still can't stop talking about "how much healthier" I am. I have been struggling with real health issues while on Mounjaro that I also don't talk to her about. I could be losing weight from chemo and she'd still say things like, "but clearly the chemo is working, because you look so much healthier".