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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The stigma against these drugs is very real even if no one wants to believe it. I overheard three coworkers talking at length about it the other day. All normal weight, active people deriding the fact that overweight people can just be lazy and lose weight, joking how they should start eating burgers every day if it doesn’t matter anymore, asking why they’re paying for a gym membership when they could just pay for the shots. It was very weird. There is definitely some bitterness there among some people though I don’t understand why. [/quote]

I've never heard of these drugs before reading this forum and don't know anyone taking them.[/quote]

Why would anyone tell you about medication their taking? Who does that?[/quote]

I don't know, I have friends who have lost weight and they are excited to tell people how they did it and talk about it.  I don't judge and wouldn't judge if they told me they took drugs to do it.  I also have many close friends and we share stories and complaints about our health issues, including medicines (fertility, hormones, ADHD, pain pills, etc).

I'm just saying this does not seem to be a well known or significant topic of discussion in real life, things just get blown out of proportion on this forum with crazy accusations and speculation.  I don't think most normal weight active people with busy lives would care about this at all.  I could see it possibly mentioned as a joke but not like serious bitterness and loss of identity warranting therapy, lol.  [/quote]

I disagree. Among my friends—normal weight to slightly overweight—we’ve all talked about it a bit lately. Mostly in the context of a celebrity extreme weight loss, or lamenting that it would be nice to have access to it, or talking about people we are acquainted with who are seeing a lot of success with it. None of us are bitter or feel threatened, but we are not the types that make being thin a big priority in life. I can definitely see someone like that (my sister is one of them, she’s always dieting and always exercising and takes immense pride when in being small) being mad that obese people will have access to perceived “effortless” weight loss and getting to take the easy way out. [/quote]

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