DH and me on Mounjaro weightloss injections

All these people saying it stops the food noise…. That food noise will just return once you stop taking it. What happens then? The weight will creep back on unless you tackle the root cause and your relationship to food. The drug is only ever a sticking plaster.

I think this is the thing I have issue with - phrases like 'earnt the weight loss'

It shows how much is tied up with moral value and weight.

I have lost weight, its not an 'achievement' that I want a medal for, or consider I 'earned' something, its huge relief that my health, my mobility, my future, my organs, my hormones, my fitness is worlds apart from what it was 10 stone ago.

I'm taking Mounjaro and although DH is supportive he also has made it subtly clear he doesn't want to hear about it much, and that suits me. This is the same for any time I have tried to lose weight.

I actually like NOT talking about weight loss to people in 'real life'. I have support/opportunity to talk about it online and with one close friend (who is also taking MJ), although as the weeks go on the amount we talk about it has reduced - they are more interesting things to talk about! Other than this one friend no one other than DH knows I am taking it - the main reason being I just don't want to talk about it, just do it.

Your DH has made it clear that he doesn't want to talk about it. Take power from NOT talking about it with him and enjoying your milestones yourself. I think you were rude suggesting it to him multiple times, and I dare say he feels judged and defensive. Leave him be. You may well inspire him a year or so down the line when you've lost the weight you want to lose and are happily maintaining.

Good luck for your continued success!

Sorry, I had misinterpreted what was said. After it was explained like that it did actually make much more sense.

@onfiree Read the threads. They are lying to claim a bmi of 30 to get the injections, otherwise they wouldn't get them. You're the one with the weird attitude if you think these injections should be used by people who aren't severely obese, and those who lie to claim they are, who can lose weight by other means.

I'd have loose skin regardless of how I lose weight, I've been overweight since a teen and I'm now 50...no amount of exercise is going to make everything ping back

My sister is on ozempic and has been for a year. She has lost 25kg and looks great. No ozempic face or other loose skin. I think she should stop now but she is determined to loose 13kg more. It seems that these weight loose jab people have unrealistic goals and end up having loose skin.

Yes this is what meant

I know people who have stayed on 2.5 for months, but it didn't work for me and lots of other people, the 5 was brilliant for the first 2-3 weeks but then was wearing off after a couple of days. Hoping the 7.5 works!

I start 7.5mg this week. It's a very slow journey up to 15mg and the promise of improvement in symptoms!

OK, I haven't seen any on the thread I go on but yeah I agree, if you need to lie then you shouldn't be taking it.

I'm 9 weeks in and have lost 27 lbs, 12 of that was in the first 2 weeks though, and I'm about to go us to 7.5mg as the suppression is non existent now

No one is advocating for anyone to lie and to fraudulently obtain a prescription for a treatment that isn't suitable for them. Providers should be doing everything they can to prevent that. Personally I would always (and have) challenge anyone on a thread who states they are doing that.

People who have been using the treatment for a long period of time and are now under a BMI of 30 will continue to be able to have the prescription until they reach an agreed target weight in the healthy range.

There are examples in the threads of people who are NOT overweight taking it and admitting to lying to continue to lose weight or not gain it.

This has led to supply issues for similar drugs before. I will be on it for life - or rather until they come up with a better drug for me - as evidence shows it helps with the symptoms of the adrenal tumours I have. 8 weeks in I haven't seen much affect from it personally, but I was warned I probably wouldn't until I reached the 15mg and possibly even 20mg.

I'd still be overweight with a BMI of 30 so I'll still be taking it until I get to my goal weight, as long as the Zavamed keep prescribing it for me

read the Mounjaro threads here!! People ARE taking them below a BMI of 30. They admit to lying to get it.

Apologies I read it wrong, I didn't realise it was over 2 months. But I stand by big losses in the first week is unlikely to be fat/muscle!

2 whole stone? Ok then. I’m not sure how you’d distinguish between water, fat and muscle.

To be honest I think you need to give your head a wobble. BMI 30 IS obese. It’s an abnormal BMI, it’s class 1 obesity. At BMI 45, you might be class 3 obese, but 30 is obese nonetheless. I hate this competitive fatness about weight loss injections, just because someone had the wherewithal to do something about their obesity as soon as they became obese, doesn’t mean they’re less deserving of treatment. Just because you are significantly obese, doesn’t mean you’re more deserving of treatment. Your attitude is weird.

All medications carry risks and cause side effects. It would be stupid to think they know everything about this drug and its long term effects, the studies simply don't cover enough to say that. The studies are also not necessarily reflective of real life when people outside the target groups using it, with BMI below the minimum, and people staying on it long term which isn't the intended way to use it, but I've seen talked about on here. Risk versus benefits changes based on the risk for specific groups. People should make health decisions with all the facts and shouldn't be deciding they're happy to use this based upon the idea that its magically risk free. Long term consequences are still largely an unknown and there is nothing wrong with acknowledging that. The answer may be there's no major long term negatives, or it may not, we won't know that for sure until 30 to 40 years down the line. All sorts of drugs get approved that are later found to have long term health consequences that result in the drug getting pulled from the market. Pharmaceutical companies have faced and been beaten in class actions bought due to failure to disclose known dangerous side effect.

Nah, it won't be muscle, probably won't even be fat yet, mostly water weight. I lost 8lbs in my first week, I know that wasn't fat or muscle

2 stone in a month is insane. You think it’s all fat? You’ve lost muscle too.

@EliflurtleAndTheInfiniteMadness I find it really sad that you feel like you haven't
earnt the weight loss, you didn't deserve the weigh gain in the first place. You don't need to do 15 hours in a gym every day to earn weight loss.

Lots of people think that way about medication for depression and anxiety.
Whether the lying matters will depend on the reason for the cut off. It may be that that is the point at which it's considered the risks associated with taking the drug are not justified by the potential positive outcomes from taking it. Use of medication is always a case of weighing the risks versus the benefits, at some weight the risks at a population level may outweigh the benefits at a population level.

My weight gain was mostly due to medication, side effects, which feels really unfair on top of being sick since my teens. Whenever I've been doing better and able to come off that medication for a bit I've been able to lose weight through calorie restriction. I've recently had a new medication added that can cause lack of appetite and weightloss as a side effect and am losing weight slowly. I knew this was possible so ive been cutting out as much as i can. Although it's still taking effort to lose the weight It doesn't really feel like I've earnt the weightloss.

Ah I see. Might have misinterpreted that one. Sorry Mm