Revealed: 2.5m Britons now use weight loss jabs

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/10/two-million-britons-using-weight-loss-jabs-mounjaro-wegovy/

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  2. My doctor told me I was morbidly obese. I got really defensive and told him, “Look, I’m obese. My sister is obese. My mother is obese. My kids are obese. My brother is obese. **Obesity just fucking runs** in my family.”

    Doctor, “It sounds like nobody runs in your family.”

  4. Can’t wait for the 10 year research when we find this causes serious health conditions

  5. 2.5m sounds like an excellent sample size to gauge the potential side effects in a decades time 😅

    I forget when I post on reddit I need to add a /s ….

  7. Have been overweight well actually obese for most of my adult life. Tried the covid diet last Christmas. Got covid, lost my appetite, realised I could survive on less food, lost 20kg in 6 months, weight stable for last 3 months. Totally pissed off when people ask me what weight loss drug I have been using.

  8. I think we all knew this was going to happen, it’s going to be the next thing after smoking on the NHS soon.

  9. I wonder what the ramifications will be in 20-30 years time with people having used this drug.

  10. The question is how long do these people keep the weight off once they are no longer on the drug

  12. Most luckily can afford it. The rest have medical necessity.

  13. I’d rather diet and exercise than putting this shit into my body for the rest of my life

  15. Bizarre cyberpunk dystopia we live in. People paying £300 a month to inject themselves with something so they’ll eat less food.

  16. Just let’s wait to see what medical fallout comes from this. It might not be the win-win everyone is thinking it is.

  17. On balance if it genuinely has a significant impact on obesity, I think any harms will be outweighed by the benefits.

    I am trying to lose some weight right now and whilst I have no interest in taking these weight loss jabs, the biggest barrier to weight loss is discipline- I mean I went to the pub tonight when I probably shouldn’t have. I guess the main advantage of these jabs is that to a large extent they force you to be disciplined.

  18. Maounjaro didn’t really work for me tbh. Didn’t surpass my appetite because I generally don’t think i over eat anyway.I gave it up when boots messed up my order and it meant I’d have to start at 2.5mg again, after spending so much money already and not seeing results I no longer thought it was worth it.

    I don’t eat breakfast (usually just a coffee with milk no sugar) and my lunch is usually half a chicken breast, 15g cubed cheese,a banana, 2 falafel balls, carrot sticks with humous, 3 silverskin onions, 3 mini beetroots, 20g cashews, 3 dried prunes and 3 dried apricots and a boiled egg) for tea I’ll have baked potato and tuna salad, a homemade curry or some sort of pasta dish. I try to make all my food from scretch and always try to stick within what Is considered a “portion” even if I still feel hungry afterwards. I weigh out everything so I don’t over eat according to what my TDEE is supposed to be for my height.

    I will admit I am fond of a beer which I know is terrible for weight management and probably the worst thing i do but i don’t think my consumption is very massively excessive (around 5-6 pints spaced throughout the week) that + we have a takeaway once or twice a month.

    I gebuinely think My problem is sitting down for work too long for work ( even though I have a desk bike i try to use as often as i can) and then having to deal with general life stuff which leaves me little time for proper exercise.

    I think this because when I was made redundant from a previous job I decided to take a small extended break for 4 months I was free to exercise and just move about as I saw fit and I went from around 112kg to 74kg without really trying and not caring about my calorie intake. Since starting to work again and sitting at a desk for 10 hours a day it has all come back. I was always skinny as a kid, a teenager and as a student. It all changed when I had to sit down for such long periods of time. I also found I woke up more well rested and could easily wake up earlier after 6-7 houts and be active whereas now I still feel knackered even after 8-9 hours which is an extra few hours I’m not burning as many calories as I could.

    I honestly think I might just be stuck in my current obsese mode until I retire unless I put full effort into living like an absolute Saint. Honestly I feel a bit stuck and I don’t like it.

    Please don’t reply with the generic calories in – calories out standard reaponse. I’m fully aware you can’t break the laws of thermodynamics and I’m fully aware that I must be taking in more calories than I’m burning. My point is life can sometimes make that almost impossible. If it was that easy everyone would be their ideal weight and there would be no problem.

  19. So I’ll try it in a decade when I can see if it causes cancer or not 🤷‍♂️

  20. Go the gym, eat less than you burn consume more protein than carbs if you are sedentary, it’s not that hard, it just takes a bit of will power. If you start resistance training at the gym your mental health will pick up as well. Or be a hopeless gutless wonder and inject yourself with some chemicals. Get a grip for f sake

  22. Have a friend who has lost fourteen stone in a day on it

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