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11/03/2026 1:44 pm
Hi 'hive' - thought i'd share this thought. I met up with a friend last week and she has been on MJ. She was a size 14 last time I saw her but she is now 12, maybe 10, and my first thought was "OK, you've lost enough now".
I get why people think this, i did because she just didn't look like her anymore......which was really unnerving...my friend didn't look like my friend!
I didn't hink this out of jealousy, but because she was a 'gaunt' version of herself. Her face looked too thin to me BECAUSE I'M USED TO SEEING HER DIFFERENTLY. If I met her as a new person, I wouldn't think twice, but it just felt too much.
Obviously I just told her how well she'd done, but I just wanted to share that not all of comments have sabotage/jealousy behind them, our brains are just wired to prefer the familiar. It made me think - we probably all hit these comments on our journey.
12/03/2026 9:16 am
I know what you mean. I mean look at the celebrities who have gone waaaaay too far. The Osbornes etc. Most of my friends have been on MJ at some point now & we've all pretty good in saying STOP. thing is the drugs aren't addicitive but the feeling you get when your body changes def is!!
12/03/2026 10:43 am
Agree. There are some who look morbidly thin. I guess we should all be looking at BMI / weight target and set ourselves limits - as long as you are within healthy weight/BMI then the way you look, is the thinner you I guess. But you have to stop, some people have gone too far for whatever reason and that is not good. We are all doing this becasue we want to be healthier - normal weight, healthier lifestyle etc and Being morbidly underweight can be as bad as morbidly obese.
14/03/2026 11:00 am
Interesting point - beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that!