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Weight loss injections are everywhere at the moment. You can’t scroll for long without seeing a before and after, and more and more of those stories are down to a jab. That’s their choice. What I’m less comfortable with is how many of them leave that part out.
So I want to be clear about mine. I went from 127kg to 82kg over about 4 years, and I didn’t use weight loss injections or any other weight loss medication to do it. Everything I’ve shared on this site, the walking, the food, the setbacks, is the whole story.
This isn’t a post against the jabs. For some people, with the right medical support, they may well be the right option, and that’s a conversation between them and their GP, not me. My point is simpler, if you’re comparing your progress to someone else’s, you deserve to know what was behind it.
What was behind mine wasn’t dramatic. For years I was the person who started again every Monday and gave up within 4 to 6 weeks. What changed, after my divorce, was that I stopped trying to fix everything at once. I started by walking the 4.5km to work instead of taking public transport. It took me about an hour at first. After a month I was doing it 3 or 4 times a week.
Food did most of the work. I paid for a nutritionist, who gave me focus on what I could eat and when, in a way that fitted my life. I started making my own lunch instead of buying whatever was nearby, tracked my water and stopped tea and coffee after 12pm. Much later, in 2024, I went vegetarian. None of it was a named diet. They were small changes I could keep repeating, and that was the point.
If it helps, these are the measuring cups and spoons I use for portion sizes, and the Sistema containers I use for my lunches. You can see everything I use on my What I use page.
It was also slow. 45kg over about 4 years averages out at roughly 1kg a month, and it never came off in a neat line. There were weeks when work and family took over, and days when I ate badly. The difference was that I kept going instead of starting again from zero.
Today my focus is maintenance rather than losing more. I teach Les Mills BODYCOMBAT 4 to 5 times a week, and I’ve now taught over 400 classes, I’m studying with MNU to become a nutritionist, and I’m still working on food, balance and more strength training when I can. For me, keeping the weight off has meant keeping the same habits going.
If you’re at the start and feeling pressure to find a quick answer, this is what I’d say. Whatever route you choose, be honest with yourself about it. Speak to your GP if you’re thinking about medication. And pick 1 small change you could still manage on a bad week. That’s where mine started. You can read the longer version in my story.
This is my journey. Yours will be unique.