How have people reacted to you taking weightloss drugs?

[randompersonrandom]

There are around 2-300 people in my real life (my job) who know I'm on tirzepatide. (A shockingly large percentage of those people are also on it and keeping it super secret, but they all tell ME, which honestly is wild to me. All y'all doing the same thing, keeping it secret from each other, and pretending like you're the only one. Welp, whatever makes you comfortable I guess.)

I am well-liked, have a strong personality, am prone to outrageous remarks and strong opinions, and don't present as an easy target for shame or uninvited criticism. If anyone has any snotty opinions about it, they're telling it to each other and not to ME. Which is as it should be.

I have no friends or family members who would even WANT to shame me or view my actions with contempt or scorn. A very few are troubled by it or don't think it's the "right" way to lose weight, which they have indicated exactly once to me, which was the last time we ever discussed it. They're my loved ones and their opinion has been noted, and there is no need to continue discussing that because we're in firm disagreement on that particular subject, so we can talk about OTHER things. Zero of them have tried to come back and harp on it some more, because I would never grow to love the kind of person who's prone to that.

 

[RascalRaccoon]

Only my partner knows haha he is on peps too.
I’ve got one friend I know is on Reta, another one I know is on ghk-cu (and I suspect Reta). Another friends wife has told me he’s on Reta but he denies it lol. I’ve got two friends that know I’ve been on KLOW, as well as my physio.
So going by that I know logically they would react fine but I still keep it private. I don’t see any benefit in people knowing.

Edited to add: no one knows I get it direct from China either

 

[Lear00]

Surveys in previous years have shown about 12% of Americans have at tried a GLP1 medication for weight loss. That’s just above 1/10! And that’s before retatrutide exponentially picking up especially in the last 6 months. At least in countries with similar obesity rates and access, I think people are slowly going to realise many more of the people they see every day are on this medication than not.

We’ll reach a critical threshold where it’ll be mainstream enough that hopefully people are happy to share they’ve taken a step to improve their health, even if it isn’t the ‘natural way’. And even more optimistically it’s widely more ‘acceptable’.

 

[cheaperseeker]

So one hand I think it's now my brand at this point, on the other, I choose to believe my talking about it normalizes is it more as they know I'm a generally safe, intelligent person who weighs personal risk based on probability vs possibility.

💯 The more people talk about it, the less everyone will feel like they have to hide it, and more people who really need it will consider taking it.

 

[Romulusguy]

People just thought i was on gear and when i explained to them that it really isn't anywhere near equivalent to gear they would just respond with something along the lines of whatever man if you want your balls to go away that's all you.

There's a peptide for this! Ginormaballizitide. It will make your balls grow 5 times larger! I seen it on TikTok!!!!!!!

 

[Donstofikus]

My family really judged me, telling me I just needed to power through it and find more motivation and grit.

My family was supportive of me. I also feel like a lot of people really worry about the side effects or long term affects and they may not tell you all the right things that you want to hear. I’m sure they love you and they mean the best.

 

[cloratheshadow]

“Youre going to get gastroperisis” 4 out of 1000 btw. Also “just eat healthy” okay thanks Jan I’ve never tried that

 

[Smiter]

A long time ago, when I was in London and a classmate lost a lot of weight, several peers were riling her about it. I asked the naysayers if they liked her when she was fat. They said of course. I told them necrophilia was barbaric. For some reason, we haven't spoken since then.

There's a peptide for this! Ginormaballizitide. It will make your balls grow 5 times larger! I seen it on TikTok!!!!!!!

Is there anything for freezing one's nuts off?

 

[bellanoise]

Mostly positive surprisingly! I had a few friends be unsupportive, and then they kinda dropped off when I lost the weight and wasn't the token fat friend anymore but I'm not sad at the loss. If they were only friends with me to make themselves feel better they were never real friends in the first place!

 

[Birdie]

I do not tell people. Even the pushy ones. Usually, they are wanting a quick fix, so when I tell them I have been focusing on one pound at a time for almost two years, they move on to something else or start giving me advice based on the newest thing they are doing.

My husband, mother, daughter and wish she was my daughter all know and every single one of them is taking Reta now, so there is no judgement in my circle.

 

[desinr-gal]

Funnily enough, it is my exercise-obsessed thin friend who told me I should STOP losing weight. Im still bigger than she is..

 

[Birdie]

Funnily enough, it is my exercise-obsessed thin friend who told me I should STOP losing weight. Im still bigger than she is..

Yep! I have had similar experiences. I always find myself wondering if they are sincere or being backhanded.

 

[Throwfa]

I'm very vocal about my peptide use. I actively seek out conversations to educate people about its specifics but limit the conversation to prescription peptides--never greys.

I did help my partner, brother and his wife in starting with greys, but that's as far as I go. I have zero intentions of becoming the family "dealer", only for them to start talking about it to friends and things spinning out of control. non-regulated pharmaseuticals are really frowned upon here.

Though, I wish I could help more people with the knowledge I have.

 

[redsaint]

When I was 300~ pounds at 16 years old, I began the keto diet. I did all my own food shopping, stored my groceries in my room, cooked everything for myself. I got shit for it ALL the time from friends and family for refusing to eat snacks / pizza / takeout / carb meals. They would rather have seen me continue to be 300+ pounds as a teenager than take responsibility for my own health.

10+ years later, had the same thing happen again at work after starting up my peptide journey. A few coworkers were discussing Semaglutide they got from a med spa. I chimed in to let them know about compounding pharmacies, which were way cheaper than medspas, and told them that's where I got Tirz which was more effective than Sema, and what I was currently using. Right away they jumped to "you're not even fat, you don't need it, just go to the gym, yada yada yada". I was around 200lbs at the time - now I'm 160 and look and feel way better, and my bloodwork is night and day.

People don't always want the best for you, not even close friends or family. Human beings are selfish, and you improving yourself is more competition for others, in one way or another.

 

[Ryanking11]

My best friend is dissapointed that I felt the need to. I started at 76kg and am now around 65.

I do things he doesnt approve, he does things I don't approve

 

[desinr-gal]

When I was 300~ pounds at 16 years old, I began the keto diet. I did all my own food shopping, stored my groceries in my room, cooked everything for myself. I got shit for it ALL the time from friends and family for refusing to eat snacks / pizza / takeout / carb meals. They would rather have seen me continue to be 300+ pounds as a teenager than take responsibility for my own health.

10+ years later, had the same thing happen again at work after starting up my peptide journey. A few coworkers were discussing Semaglutide they got from a med spa. I chimed in to let them know about compounding pharmacies, which were way cheaper than medspas, and told them that's where I got Tirz which was more effective than Sema, and what I was currently using. Right away they jumped to "you're not even fat, you don't need it, just go to the gym, yada yada yada". I was around 200lbs at the time - now I'm 160 and look and feel way better, and my bloodwork is night and day.

People don't always want the best for you, not even close friends or family. Human beings are selfish, and you improving yourself is more competition for others, in one way or another.

I think people base how they see themselves as compared to those around them. When one of the others in their group changes, it alters their perception of themselves. If that change is an improvement then their own status seems lowered in comparison. It can be interpreted as intentional and therefore is an offense. Thus they lash out. The fat friend who made them feel good is no longer fat..now they feel left behind?

 

[Smiter]

I'm very vocal about my peptide use. I actively seek out conversations to educate people about its specifics but limit the conversation to prescription peptides--never greys.

I did help my partner, brother and his wife in starting with greys, but that's as far as I go. I have zero intentions of becoming the family "dealer", only for them to start talking about it to friends and things spinning out of control. non-regulated pharmaseuticals are really frowned upon here.

Though, I wish I could help more people with the knowledge I have.

In the capital of the EU and NATO, you don't say.

 

[randompersonrandom]

YOU GUYS!! I think my aunt is nerving herself up to say something snotty about my weight loss on Facebook. She is STAUNCHLY anti-GLP1.

She posted a question that doesn't look even slightly good-faith on a "happy I'm almost done" post of mine on Facebook. I posted a cheerful, unapologetic reply reiterating how grateful I am that tirzepatide was invented. And now we wait.

I doubt she'd be dumb enough to take it the one step further and SAY the snotty thing, I've spent thirty-five years establishing to my father's vultures (sisters) that they'll be less embarrassed and hurt if they play with each other and NEVER with me. But oh I can feel her wanting to.

(One of the vultures is blocked on Facebook, because she has a nasty habit of giving sanctimonious and unsolicited advice, and ignored the one warning she ever received because I don't chew my food twice. One is not on social media. The third, this one, is not blocked because I love her daughter and would rather not cause her pain, so her dreadful mother remains, but she had better mind her manners.)

 

[RascalRaccoon]

Funnily enough, it is my exercise-obsessed thin friend who told me I should STOP losing weight. Im still bigger than she is..

Omg this… even said to my partner he looked ill from losing so much weight. Like honey he’s still overweight calm down.

I kind of feel like it comes from a place of concern though, due to life events maybe weight loss = sickness to her subconsciously. However it does suggest a lack of self awareness.

 

[Makoto]

My family really judged me, telling me I just needed to power through it and find more motivation and grit.

Not that uncommon tbh, it's quite easy to assume everyone has the same resources to deal with certain things, so some people instantly think that if you're not powering through something that they can power through... yeah, it's just lack of motivation, being lazy, etc. I went through the same kind of judgment when i couldn't lose weight back in the day, and it turns out i had thyroid issues (amongst many other issues that i'm using peps for). Still waiting for the "lazy f**k" comments apologies decades later, lol.

Also, there's something people don't talk about enought regarding losing weight "the old fashioned way" (which i ended up doing): the food noise never goes away. I'm guessing that partially depends on how your brain is wired, which in my case meant dealing with food noise to this day, which is honestly exhausting and i wouldn't wish it for anyone. Heck, the only reasons why i haven't jumped on GLP-1 meds yet is because i don't need to lose more weight (yet) and the cost, otherwise i'd definitely use them for the food noise supression effects.

So, if you struggle losing weight and peps are helping you, i'd say keep at it regardless of others opinions. In the end it's your life and you're the one that's going to live with your decisions, not your family. Plus, they're likely to let it go eventually if they see you're doing alright.

 

[BNLFL]

YOU GUYS!! I think my aunt is nerving herself up to say something snotty about my weight loss on Facebook. She is STAUNCHLY anti-GLP1.

She posted a question that doesn't look even slightly good-faith on a "happy I'm almost done" post of mine on Facebook. I posted a cheerful, unapologetic reply reiterating how grateful I am that tirzepatide was invented. And now we wait.

I doubt she'd be dumb enough to take it the one step further and SAY the snotty thing, I've spent thirty-five years establishing to my father's vultures (sisters) that they'll be less embarrassed and hurt if they play with each other and NEVER with me. But oh I can feel her wanting to.

(One of the vultures is blocked on Facebook, because she has a nasty habit of giving sanctimonious and unsolicited advice, and ignored the one warning she ever received because I don't chew my food twice. One is not on social media. The third, this one, is not blocked because I love her daughter and would rather not cause her pain, so her dreadful mother remains, but she had better mind her manners.)

I call it assbook, and have never had a FB account. My wife does and she used it to stay in touch with family. She has 6 siblings all over the US. She hasn't been on in since she retired a year or so ago. Now they group chat on the phone. They had me in there, but made them take me off. Damn phone would go off constant when they started going.

 

[cheaperseeker]

Now they group chat on the phone. They had me in there, but made them take me off. Damn phone would go off constant when they started going.

This is why I hate group chats. Even for the ones that are just meant to organize a get together or something. My phone blowing up because everyone feels like they have to respond to every text, even if it's just to say, "ok" or "👍", is so annoying.

 

[domin8brix]

I think people base how they see themselves as compared to those around them. When one of the others in their group changes, it alters their perception of themselves. If that change is an improvement then their own status seems lowered in comparison. It can be interpreted as intentional and therefore is an offense. Thus they lash out. The fat friend who made them feel good is no longer fat..now they feel left behind?

This is 1000% bang on. They felt superior to their fat friend, and now that the fat friend isn't so fat, their insecurities are running wild. They dump on the person, sabotage the person, anything they can come up with to do anything to derail or minimize the other person so they can regain that power dynamic. It's also how you know they were never really your friend, it was an arrangement that they benefited from.

YOU GUYS!! I think my aunt is nerving herself up to say something snotty about my weight loss on Facebook. She is STAUNCHLY anti-GLP1.

She posted a question that doesn't look even slightly good-faith on a "happy I'm almost done" post of mine on Facebook. I posted a cheerful, unapologetic reply reiterating how grateful I am that tirzepatide was invented. And now we wait.

I triple dog dare anyone to do that shit to me, I will light their world on fire.

 

[Sasquatch]

There's nobody around to tell. That's a good thing

 

[gunmetal1991]

My ex (kids dad) just says its ok until it isnt and one person I worked with would come up and ask about the risks and side effects after hearing someone when blind on Mounjaro/tirz or someone had their gallbladder/pancreas explode 😕
Most people just congratulate me on the weight loss (almost 100lb) and ask how I did it. Mainly the older people say "you're not on those skinny jabs are you?!" and I just brush it off.
I say older, im 35 and its usually the ones who could be my mum so 50/60 yr olds.

 

[cheaperseeker]

It's also how you know they were never really your friend, it was an arrangement that they benefited from.

I don't think it has to mean they were never your friend. People are complex and multifaceted. They can be your friend and feel better about themselves because of how you look.

Once you've been thin for a while, they'll either get used to it, or drift away. That's when you'll know if they were only in it for the confidence boost.

 

[Smiter]

YOU GUYS!! I think my aunt is nerving herself up to say something snotty about my weight loss on Facebook. She is STAUNCHLY anti-GLP1.

She posted a question that doesn't look even slightly good-faith on a "happy I'm almost done" post of mine on Facebook. I posted a cheerful, unapologetic reply reiterating how grateful I am that tirzepatide was invented. And now we wait.

I doubt she'd be dumb enough to take it the one step further and SAY the snotty thing, I've spent thirty-five years establishing to my father's vultures (sisters) that they'll be less embarrassed and hurt if they play with each other and NEVER with me. But oh I can feel her wanting to.

(One of the vultures is blocked on Facebook, because she has a nasty habit of giving sanctimonious and unsolicited advice, and ignored the one warning she ever received because I don't chew my food twice. One is not on social media. The third, this one, is not blocked because I love her daughter and would rather not cause her pain, so her dreadful mother remains, but she had better mind her manners.)

vultures be scavenging. Necromancy is an addiction.

so they can regain that power dynamic

This is one of the ultimate truths of life. Power is the chief tool driving self-actualization.

 

[SakeSan]

MIL wouldn’t address this with wife. She is a purist and doesn’t approve of “shortcuts”. Can’t please everyone, so do what you want 🙂

 

[randompersonrandom]

vultures be scavenging. Necromancy is an addiction.

I triple dog dare anyone to do that shit to me, I will light their world on fire.

She must have sobered up or gone to bed. WISE CHOICE.

 

[domin8brix]

She must have sobered up or gone to bed. WISE CHOICE.

Absolutely. Hopefully she swallows it and never comes back around with it.