*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

[Raymond Lin]

Back down to what I was 2 weeks ago on the 6th. (Apple Health app says 74.07kg)

Sooooo close! I guess I would break 73kg had i taken off my underwear and glasses lol

The trend is slowing down, I am still doing the same daily 1hr treadmill cardio routine, I did step up the angle last night to 13.5 degrees from 12.5 last night but I have also doing a little more resistance training. I used to do perhaps 20-30mins on when i started but now I do about an hour.

 

[Andybtsn]

Bit of an update from me. I started taking MJ in May 2025, weighing 270.2lb (6'2), and last year, I shared an opinion that didn’t land particularly well, I said that congratulating someone for weight loss while on MJ/Wegovy/Ozempic didn’t feel right to me, as I believed the medication was dictating life choices, and that there was very little the consumer could be accountable for. I know that upset a few people, including someone who was really proud of their wife’s progress after losing weight on MJ.

At the time, I’d lost a significant amount of weight using MJ myself, but I didn’t feel comfortable taking credit for it. I did say, that it’s worth celebrating people who come off the medication and are able to maintain, or even continue to lose weight whilst in sole control of their choices.

I can say I’ve reached that point. I stopped injecting 15mg MJ January. I had a two-week break while I was in NYC and, understandably, gained a few pounds back. After the trip, I did two more weeks of MJ (15mg), then switched to Wegovy (2.5mg) for four weeks until the end of February.

Since early March, I haven't been on the drug and focused on making better choices, I'm way fitter than I have ever been, exercise is a lot easier being lighter! and I’ve actually continued to lose weight. I'm now 205lb. My goal is still to lose a few pounds, my wife doesn't want me to lose anymore but 196lb (14 stone) feels right to me.

I'm not looking for congrats/well done, its just you don't hear many stories off people coming off the drug, and this always worried me, so for anyone worried about coming off it, just know it can be done.

 

[Raymond Lin]

My issue isn't the drug, my issue with the drug is what happens when you come off of it.

(There is also the issue of knowing a little bit of nutrition so you get enough of nutrients while on it so you are not malnourished. You can lose weight without your teeth and fingernails falling off.)

I think because these drugs can be bought without a prescription, a lot of people look at it as a miracle shortcut and thinking about the part after. You can lose the weight in 6 months and then what? It's the long term that matters more, the batter is losing it, the war is keeping it off.

I have spent the past 6 months slowly learning about nutrition, exercise, human biology, insulin and cortisol releases etc. All that information too a while to get through my head even though i"ve techncially read it/watched it. But ti implement it took a while. It's hard to make a "switch" in my head for everything all at once. I imagine it is the same with the drug. So what I said a few weeks ago about one should start putting up guardrails while on the drug in order to stay on track when you come off of it still holds.

I do the same but my drug is the exercise part, in a way I am putting up the guardrails, much tighter ones, as I need to lose weight as well as staying on it after. (I can loosen it a little later, like dropping to 3 days a week instead of 7 days at the gym)

I know someone irl is on the drug, started like a month or so ago, I am scared how she is getting on, I hope she had read all the literature and eat well, even though she is eating less. She is already a picky eater anyway so eating less of junk isn't really that healthy over eating lots of junk.

 

[AndyCr15]

I know that upset a few people, including someone who was really proud of their wife’s progress after losing weight on MJ.

I'd be interested to know what specifically they were proud of. (Was it someone on this forum?) That's a genuine question, as I've not used it, I don't know if it has its own difficulties and challenges, etc.

(I mean, I could have a leg amputated and lose maybe 15kg... but why would I then be proud of that? Surely it's not the losing weight you're proud of, it's how you did it? Or is that just how I think because of how I did it?)

I'm not judging anyone who uses the drugs, it's still better than not losing weight, obviously. Genuinely interested to hear people's thoughts.

 

[Felon]

At the time, I’d lost a significant amount of weight using MJ myself, but I didn’t feel comfortable taking credit for it.

I suppose it depends how you look at it.

My view is - the board is being tilted away from people unfairly due to how hyper-palatable, poisonous and unhealthy food has become, so staying a healthy weight is becoming increasingly difficult. I see these drugs as levelling the playing field a little, in a food environment that's become totally obscene and ridiculous.

So in my view, it's less about taking credit - and just doing what you can to stay healthy when the game is heavily rigged (petrol stations and pharmacies now fast-food joints in disguise).

I lost 30KG on MJ - I don't really think about whether I took credit or not, I look at the fact I'm now an 'S' T-shirt size and 32" waist - as that's what matters to me.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I think a lot of it is down to poor food education. There are people who have no idea where a chicken nugget is made. I remember the first week at uni and I was eating a chicken leg using a knife and fork in the kitchen in halls, a roommate was also there watching me eat and he said “you know your chicken”. I was only going at the joint to split it in two…he was impressed by that.

I know plenty of people who have no idea how to eat a sweet potato.

Also, the snacks in the west are all junk. The good snacks are expensive as frack. I want dried squid, I want dried seafood, these are widely accessible and also reasonably priced in Asia. It’s basically protein snack. High in salt of course as that’s the main preservative but it also means you don’t eat a ton of it. It’s chewy so it takes time to eat and slows you down vs a bag of haribo.