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Saville Row tailor to client:
“Let me take you out to lunch”
Client:
“Yes please, where are we going?”
“McDonald’s”
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Hypnotised during the fitting, the client left murmuring: “Gregs… Gregs… Gregs…”
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I think I have very probably triggered this weight loss injection thing, in at least one of my customers. People are way too interested in their measurements, they catch sight of what I’m writing down, and their vanity starts nipping away at them.
People think that what it says in their off the peg trousers on the label, actually is what the waist measure is. It goes like this: I take the waist measurement. They ask me, or see what it is. They then demand I take it again. I take it again. They then declare that they are the size they buy in off the peg trousers. I then measure their off the peg trousers in front of them and they see it is 2" bigger that it says in the label. Cue discussion about ‘vanity sizing,’ which doesn’t always go well. Sometimes it goes very badly. People can get aggressive. Sometimes it doesn’t seem to make much difference to the customer, but then he is 2" smaller in the waist next time you see him. The suit is adjusted and then at the next fitting they are another 1" smaller. The suit is adjusted. Then at the final fitting, when to all intents and purposes the suit is finished, and is only generally alterable, the customer walks in and you can tell immediately that in-between fittings, has got all pleased with himself and had many hot dinners, and beer. Fuck. This happens all the time, especially with wedding orders.
At least the jabs mean that sudden crash diets aren’t such a thing, and with the wild swings that are possible. The weight just comes off and stays off while they are using it.
I delight in informing all you reading this that your waist is 2" bigger than what it says in your trousers. Live with it. 
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Mostly true, however I have a pair of “Kings of Indigo” jeans that are 4" if not 5" adrift from reality.
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Coats are fun too.
I wanted an overcoat and was told to order my normal chest size.
I queried this as I could well be wearing a suit jacket underneath.
“We take all that into account”
I took that to mean that they don’t trust their customers to provide any useful information but they should at least know their off the peg sizes.
(The coat fits great by the way but I have never measured what actual size it is.)
When the money runs out there’s going to be some unhappy people back at their original weight, whilst a number of pharma companies and private prescribers enjoy bumper dividends/ bonuses.
Or in the case of the last pair of R. M. Williams moleskins I bought……4”.
They now don’t fit 
Not sure why you have such a hatred of these injections.
They are not a magic cure but for me I lost 6 stone, have started eating ‘properly’ and exercising. I think I can honestly say that without the jabs I would probably never have lost the weight or started exercising.
They are a great tool that provides assistance to what should be considered as a part of a bigger activity to a change of lifestyle.
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Well done Chris, great result.
I don’t hate them, but your example whilst being a great one, isn’t the same for everyone (hence I said ‘some people’), and a large percentage of people aren’t using them in the same way to transition to a healthier lifestyle.
What I’ve consistently said is that I’d like to see the companies enjoying huge profits from these also fund lifestyle and dietary support for users so that the benefits are sustained longer term, and that gains are not tied to continuous use of the drug.
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Not sure Pharma has an obligation to fund that though. They are providing a tool so if you buy an angle grinder from Ryobi are they obligated to ensure you use it correctly and wear safety goggles etc. They can recommend it is used as part of a wider support plan but I don’t think it is down to them to provide that support.
IMHO that is down to the NHS as they will benefit from fewer people being obese and the funds and resources that would free up in the NHS.
They don’t have an obligation. Your Ryobi example bears no relation to the way drugs are licensed and reimbursed within the NHS.
I just think NICE has missed a trick. You’d be surprised what big pharma will fund to get access to the NHS market through licensing etc.
Using an angle grinder to lose weight might be quicker.
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“Side effects of treatment can include phantom limb syndrome”
Enraged Tailor Stabs Client With Shears: Fat or thin, make your mind up!
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A stitch in time saves 9 (of mine).
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As someone else who was deep into morbidly obese territory (27+ stone and that’s because all my cheap scales went up to) I’ve dropped down to 20 stone. I’m tapering off the mounjaro now and have perhaps 2.5-3 months remaining.
I’ve got into much healthier eating habits and while trying I’ve had a few physical setbacks which have made exercise intermittent. I’m doing what I can though.
I’ll be moving towards a keto diet after Xmas with minor mounjaro boosts if things get out of hand.
I accept that this will probably be my life for the foreseeable future but it’s sustainable.
my eventual goal is 16 stone which is still probably in fat twat territory but seems difficult but doable.
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