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lyn's avatar

Excellent guide to keeping calm & carrying on. My daughter for at least the last 15 years has tried a myriad of diets & interventions. Been to her GP at least three times often in tears to be told here's 12 weeks at the gym here's some tablets to help you poo orange fat here's an appointment with the dietitian & here's the health NHS food plate. The 'fat-jab' is working for her, she keeps to the 2.5 dose with no intentions of upping dosage and we are ecstatic that at long last her weight is reducing. She feels it is re-educating thoughts about constantly thinking about food to feeling indifferent about it. She is not lazy she knows what foods to eat she walked daily but nothing apart from this medication was working. Thank you both for taking the time to remove the scare and turn it into care.

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Maggie's avatar

In my opinion, these medications are truly life changing for so many people.

I think every social media ‘expert’ should be made to read this article. They try guilt tripping users, spread fear and anxiety by posting ridiculous theories about the dangers of these drugs, the side effects, the long term effects of use and how the weight will just’ pile back on’ when the user stops taking them. They spread fear with their usual conspiracy theories about the contents of the drug causing unnecessary fear.

The other so called ‘expert’ is the one who clearly demonstrates their ignorance by declaring users are cheating! All that is needed is to keep their face out of the fridge and get off their lazy ar$e and do some exercise. Oh if life were so simple.

A great collaboration by you both.

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