I want to get Mounjaro for a month, to lose 3/4 stone-1 stone. Am I mad?

No, you’re being goady. HTH.

If your BMI is 25 you are barely overweight (unless you're only 5ft). Healthy bmi is up to 24.9. You want to use a weight loss injection for the sake of 0.1 bmi.

No doctor or pharmacy or online source with any reputation worth their salt should be giving out wli to people who are a healthy bmi or that close to one.

If I was you I'd look into therapy and maybe use the money you want to spend on wli on a few sessions instead because thinking like you do isn't healthy.

Any idea what they charge for micro dosing

If you had that much to lose then you were much larger than the OP. Which was what I said - those with a lot to lose, lose it quickly. Those with less to lose it’s more slow.

"I'm about 3/4 stone heavier than I want to be." I had read this in the OP as 3 or 4 stone, and that she wanted a stone off as a kick-start. I had even said as much and asked for clarity.

However, what you quoted wasn't to OP, as I was responding to a now edited PP, who said that she couldn't lose 1 stone in a month. With what could be read as up to 4 stone to lose, I was responding that it was possible. I see that StrangeSally confirmed she'd done so with only 2 stone to lose.

OP confirmed after I wrote that she only needed to lose a stone and her BMI of almost 25. I would have thought it would be incredibly difficult to get prescribed with a starting healthy weight.

Also, I'm well aware that I had a lot to lose, thanks for letting me know. Aren't you a 🍑 peach?

I was barely overweight (BMI 26) and I’ve lost almost a stone on the lowest dose in 4 weeks.

It’s definitely worth a go, I’ve lost 13lbs on 2.5mg, I’m moving up to 5mg (I want to lose another stone), I’m hopeful I won’t need to go any higher than that x

People with much higher BMIs always lose faster at first.OP is barely overweight.

Well I done exactly that about a year ago, I had about 2 stone to lose and just wanted mounjaro for a month to kick start my motivation, I lost just under a stone in the first month then lost the rest myself over a few months. Kept it off no problem. I’ve recently put about a stone on after a few holidays and a house renovation meaning relying on take away more than normal, I’ve got another month supply to do the same again, I don’t intend to be on it longer than a month and I know I will need to do the work myself but I feel it gives me motivation to keep going.

If you can get it prescribed by one of the online pharmacies then by all means give it a whirl . I think it’s miraculous. I lost 8 stone n 2024/25. I maintain my size 8 frame on 7.5mg. (I was a 22/24) . However , as you can see from my maintenance dose .. some of us have to take quite a high dose to lose anything. I really didn’t lose anything until 10mg. That a month each on 2.5, 5, and 7.5. Literally not a kilo lost for first 3 1/2 months.
So many stories on here of people who have lost half their body weight on 2.5mg.. but be aware this is NOT the norm. 2.5 is only a therapeutic dose to see if your body tolerates the drug. . Good luck but you might want to be on it longer .

@Sefal if the OP isn't quite BMI 25 (or equivalent for specific ethnicities) then the only legitimate option are the "microdosing" clinics who charge a lot of money to prescribe you a tiny dose of medication.

With a BMI of 25 then there are a couple of the weight loss pharmacies as you say who might prescribe, but even they may decline after a video consult.

Not true. I was prescribed at BMI 26, so only ‘overweight’. Lots of prescribers will do it off label for lower BMI’s - medexpress, Voy etc.

Yes to this. Everyone is abusing a drug designed to help the obese.

If you needed to lose 100lbs you were very big to begin with. OP has said her BMI is likely close to or just about 25 so upper limit of normal but not really overweight.

The only way you’d be prescribed it is if you lie and say you’re fatter than you are. I don’t agree with this crazy fad. The people I know on it can’t eat, food makes them feel ill. Everyone on here really loves it but to me it’s the same as atkins or cabbage soup.

I’ve been on it a month and lost 13lbs so I’d say go for it, I’m now a healthy BMI, so I didn’t start out as massive x

I’m an advocate for mj but I don’t lose at 2.5 so first month me feels frustrating. I’m expecting 3 months to lose 1 stone.

I would say a lot of weight gain is due to modern food and sedentary lifestyle - cheap, easy food was a fix to hunter gathering. to compensate for this easy fix we now have a new easy fix to loose the weight again. It's evolution invented to make people rich.

I wonder when the jabs will be cheaper than healthy food?

MJ isn’t for people who want to loose a stone to get holiday ready. They are for people with chronic obesity

Your post resonates with me but I do think 1 month is too short and 3 months would be more realistic

I’m 47 and think I’m perimenopausal however my only symptoms are not being able to lose weight despite healthy eating, smaller meals/portions and exercise/gym visits

My BMI is 26.2 currently (161 cm height & around 67 kg

I would love to get to 60kgs and I feel that WLI could help me drop 5-10kg and at least if I can hit that target I’d be able to do what it takes to maintain

Nothing not enjoyable about MJ?

No

slimming world, sp days a lot... much safer and cheaper and more enjoyable.