People judge weight loss more harshly when GLP-1 drugs are involved, study finds

[randompersonrandom]

There's also the fact that since I'm VERY near the end (five pounds from goal), I look awesome. Oh, you'd like to shame me? Sorry, I can't feel too sad, cause I'm too busy being pretty. Oh, you want to make snotty remarks and try to make me feel guilty? Sure, I'll get right on feeling guilty when I finish deciding if I want two bikinis (a plain white for the gym, and a blue-and-white for boating and beaching) or three bikinis (both of the above, plus a pretty green one if I'm feeling a green kind of day) and buying them. Oh, how sad, you insinuated that I was cheating, I'm gonna get ALL UP IN ARMS and huffy about that but it's gonna have to wait cause I spotted a pretty new dress on the sale rack, it's a size four, and I'll bet it'll make me look so hot, hold my purse, we can argue when I get back.

 

[wulf00777]

I am open with my inner circle, hell after seeing my weightloss 3 of my inner circle now have me supplying them. I say nothing to anyone else. Many have no idea the physical and mental exhaustion being obese is. There is nothing anyone could say about me that I haven't said to myself. The shame, guilt, depression, anxieties....it just destroys you. That same mentality was also ingrained in my head, I never felt good enough because I was the fat one. I hid in the back of the few pictures I couldn't weasel out of. I always tried to blend in and not be seen. Because I fought the weight for so long, my mind will never let me believe I'm thin. But now I'm five pounds from goal, I'm working hard on my mental being as well as my physical being. I now do this for me instead of for others, it's all for me!

Wow that's the feeling...

 

[birdwhacker]

Shiet, if you want to experience this firsthand visit the r/loseit subreddit and mention any sort of success on GLP's and watch the hate come in. I'm willing to bet those that hate the most are the ones actually using GLP's to lose weight but acting like they're doing it on their own

fake natty has always been a thing. post on /r/moreplatesmoredates and watch the love roll in

 

[clemochi]

Sadly this comes from a place of ignorance and jealousy

Indeed!

Back when I thought I'd never be able to afford GLP-1s, when I came across people posting their amazing before and afters and saw that they had used them I'd kind of just grumble to myself and scroll along. I had enough self awareness to realize that I was just jealous and I never thought less of anyone for using what tools they had available to them, but I definitely felt bitter thinking it was something only available to the rich!

It's easy to imagine how a lot of people would take that kind of jealousy to the next level, especially combined with ignorance about obesity in general and about how the medications actually work.

 

[Nailedit]

I lost the bulk of my weight, 100 lbs, before Tirz was commonplace, but wow wish I had it from the beginning. I have told few people that I am taking it because I don't want to hear this kind of stuff, good or bad, private person, not anyones business. But seriously because I work in a salon with lots of women the subject comes up regularly. Saturday one of my clients actually said to me that I had lost my weight "the real way". OMG really?? So hey all the weight you guys and I are losing is "fake" I guess.

 

[StanNorth]

Years ago when gym attendance became mainstream ago it was creatine and protein powder New people loved to talk about how they "don't need it" and say "it's all water weight"

 

[StanNorth]

Saturday one of my clients actually said to me that I had lost my weight "the real way". OMG really?? So hey all the weight you guys and I are losing is "fake" I guess.

Ive noticed with women in the UK that healthy weight is a status symbol instead of a health indicator, so achieving it without hours of cardio/dieting is looked down upon. seems like the US is the same, its a weird culture

 

[Simple@7261]

I've noticed that people who are unhealthy and severely overweight are mainly the ones who say GLP's are "cheating". I've been using Reta since Oct 2025 and have lost 30lb. My bloodwork is now significantly better than before I started. It's also the severely overweight people who say they are worried about the unknown long term side effects. My scale results and my bloodwork results make me believe that my long term health has only improved.

 

[FarmgirlRebel]

I'm approaching official "senior citizen" demographic.

For two decades I have lost weight, regained weight and did that over and over.

For the first time I feel like I have a handle on this, that I'm going to maintain. Cheating?? Sure, why not...I'll take that label and wear it proudly as I am running circles around other's my age and spend a day in the saddle riding to my hearts content.

I am open about my glp use and I supply my sister and two friends now. I just don't give a flying rat's ass what others may or may not think.

 

[exploitedworkerbee]

This is why I've told nobody at work about my glp-1 use. Not a soul, not even co-workers that I'm close with. People are so freaking judgmental. I'm sure people probably think I'm on a glp-1, but only one has had the nerve to ask. I deflected the question. It must be the topic of workplace chatter because I can't get through a day without someone saying something.

I do the opposite, tell everybody with whom the topic comes up. Hiding shit is a big part of the shame cycle that got many of us into this mess to begin with. It’s really liberating.

 

[GroundBison]

Most people are at least subconsciously judgmental if you lose weight through any other means than diet and exercise alone. As someone who has had bariatric surgery and uses GLP-1 to maintain my weight loss, I just keep the details to myself.

 

[DragonOfTheSea]

I agree with most of the sentiments posted.

What REALLY doesn’t help is when people like my boss speak about it the way they do: He’s been on Tirz+Sema for about a year now, has lost a fair amount of weight at a rate of roughly 1lb/week- starting I think around 320lbs and sitting currently around 260. He’s very vocal about how he’s lost it, and simply says “it’s the magic shot, that’s it!” “It’s too easy!” He also really hasn’t changed any of his habits.. he eats less, but the same food. He drinks a lot. He eats doughnuts and cake and cookies all the time.



When I started on Tirz and now Reta, I’ve had a very solid progression with an average of 3lbs/week weight loss, but I’m also nutritionally educated, meal prepping, abstaining from alcohol, and dramatically changing my lifestyle and habits.

He sees me and my very effective weight loss and just says, “See!! Too easy right?!.. Tooo easy…”

it’s not worth arguing, but I think about how different we have approached this, and I know he is contributing to this paradigm of others viewing GLPs as “cheating” and it’s sad.

 

[Rolltide61]

People judge weight loss more harshly when GLP-1 drugs are involved, study finds

In four pre-registered studies across Belgium, the US, and the UK, people judged anti-obesity medication users as putting in less effort and, in turn, viewed them as less moral, competent, warm, and deserving than non-users. The findings suggest that effort moralization may help drive stigma...

www.news-medical.net

Not too surprising that society has negative connotations regarding weight-loss medications, but that people using the medications are “viewed as less moral, competent, and deserving.” is kind of sad…

I'd bet these people cheat on their taxes w/out a problem..

 

[Calm Logic]

I agree with most of the sentiments posted.

What REALLY doesn’t help is when people like my boss speak about it the way they do: He’s been on Tirz+Sema for about a year now, has lost a fair amount of weight at a rate of roughly 1lb/week- starting I think around 320lbs and sitting currently around 260. He’s very vocal about how he’s lost it, and simply says “it’s the magic shot, that’s it!” “It’s too easy!” He also really hasn’t changed any of his habits.. he eats less, but the same food. He drinks a lot. He eats doughnuts and cake and cookies all the time.



When I started on Tirz and now Reta, I’ve had a very solid progression with an average of 3lbs/week weight loss, but I’m also nutritionally educated, meal prepping, abstaining from alcohol, and dramatically changing my lifestyle and habits.

He sees me and my very effective weight loss and just says, “See!! Too easy right?!.. Tooo easy…”

it’s not worth arguing, but I think about how different we have approached this, and I know he is contributing to this paradigm of others viewing GLPs as “cheating” and it’s sad.

We need to evaluate his endothelial function haha. But there are meds for that too. Certainly, energy level seems better with traditional exercise vs. meds alone.

 

[ochoseis]

There's also the fact that since I'm VERY near the end (five pounds from goal), I look awesome. Oh, you'd like to shame me? Sorry, I can't feel too sad, cause I'm too busy being pretty. Oh, you want to make snotty remarks and try to make me feel guilty? Sure, I'll get right on feeling guilty when I finish deciding if I want two bikinis (a plain white for the gym, and a blue-and-white for boating and beaching) or three bikinis (both of the above, plus a pretty green one if I'm feeling a green kind of day) and buying them. Oh, how sad, you insinuated that I was cheating, I'm gonna get ALL UP IN ARMS and huffy about that but it's gonna have to wait cause I spotted a pretty new dress on the sale rack, it's a size four, and I'll bet it'll make me look so hot, hold my purse, we can argue when I get back.

As someone who does not look good in green no matter what shade of it I try, GET THE GREEN ONE FOR MEE.

I put on a hoodie yesterday (you know, THE hoodie. The safe one that I didn't feel too fat in a year ago but was not so slowly eating my way out of...) and it was just hanging on me. I got all excited and snapped a picture and sent it to my friend group chat like, "guys! this was so tight on me! I'm doing the thing!" and everyone was super supportive except for the one "friend" who has every excuse under the sun for why she's 340lbs, snaps back with, "Better keep it, you know you'll be back at 230lbs by November "

No I won't. I'm petty.

 

[randompersonrandom]

except for the one "friend" who has every excuse under the sun for why she's 340lbs, snaps back with, "Better keep it, you know you'll be back at 230lbs by November "

what the actual hell?? Where are y'all FINDING these "friends" who'd just say something like that right out loud with witnesses??

 

[anhydrous]

If you aren't cheating you aren't trying!

 

[5byfive]

If you aren't cheating you aren't trying!

Someone didn't read the thread before replying.

 

[MountainsoftheMoon]

People judge weight loss more harshly when GLP-1 drugs are involved, study finds

In four pre-registered studies across Belgium, the US, and the UK, people judged anti-obesity medication users as putting in less effort and, in turn, viewed them as less moral, competent, warm, and deserving than non-users. The findings suggest that effort moralization may help drive stigma...

www.news-medical.net

Not too surprising that society has negative connotations regarding weight-loss medications, but that people using the medications are “viewed as less moral, competent, and deserving.” is kind of sad…

Society’s track record on morality, general intelligence, or basic human decency isn’t what I would call sound…

To quote the great JFK: “Fuck em!”

 

[Grogu]

I do the opposite, tell everybody with whom the topic comes up. Hiding shit is a big part of the shame cycle that got many of us into this mess to begin with. It’s really liberating.

I totally get why many people freely share their glp-1 journey when the topic comes up and I think it's great. I'm usually that person, but maybe your right, years of fat shaming and internalized shame has made me not want to talk about my weight. It's been a lifetime of people objectively being able to comment on my weight. Maybe when I've been able to maintain at my goal weight for a year that I'll be more open. Because I've lost 100s of pounds before. This is nothing new for me right yet.