To ask for advice and support around losing 6+ stone between now and May?

If she uses one of those exercise trackers where you stick your route in and tell it your sex, weight, height and age, it'll be close enough for the purpose.

If you are able, I would go down the GLP1 route. It doesn’t mean you don’t have to diet, it just makes it so much easier. I have lost 5 stones on it and haven’t had to count calories or adopt any particular approach, such as intermittent fasting. I’ve just been able to eat much smaller meals and much less snacking. Obviously it isn’t the only way to lose weight, but it is worth considering. Good luck.

Mounjaro or not (give it a go - it’s helped thousands upon thousands of people), you still of course have to make good food choices.

What worked for me was fasting, fluids, high protein and clean eating. That includes zero sugars (including natural sugars found in fruit and honey) and boy, that was hard - like an addict coming off a drug.

once you’ve eaten clean for a month (I followed loads of clean eaters and bulk eaters - some vegan - on Instagram), I slowly treated myself with fruit and honey and the occasional piece of dark chocolate - so my diet is still full of treats.

Avoid anything low-fat, I just think they’re full of chemicals and sweeteners to bulk up the taste and texture so for instance, if you’re going to treat yourself with Greek yogurt - make sure it’s the real thing and not the low-fat shite.

I also drank a lot of bone-broth.

I can’t see what you’ve attached sorry (rubbish iPhone) but this above is what worked for me. I also learned to really ‘cook’ and developed a palate for new herbs and spices.

I also made sure I walked a minimum of 7k steps a day - more as I grew lighter.

GO FOR IT OP! You’ve utterly got this and you CAN do it. It’s life-changing.

PS Apologies to everyone if this is full of typos - rubbish brightness on my phone and while I may have lost 5 stone with this advice, my eyesight is still shite 😂

I am five ft 4 and went from 13:8 to 8:0 in a year on Mounjaro. I lost over 40% of my body weight.

I would absolutely recommend it if you have no contraindications.

I would agree with not treating the exercise calories as available calories, as the estimations from the various apps and devices are usually pretty inaccurate.

You may find that you start off with quite big losses; given your starting weight, it is very possible to produce a big calorie deficit each day. As you lose weight, that will gradually slow down so don't be disheartened when that happens.

I would go on mounjaro. But you are likely to have to pay for it privately. Also don’t include exercise in your calories, it’s really not accurate.

best of luck to you!

Can I ask why to discuss with your gp? Do you have contra indications?

im afraid to say it is highly unlikely a gp will prescribe, it is very tightly controlled, you need a bmi over forty and 4 out of 5 weight related health conditions, even then it is unlikely. You’d be referred to weight management clinic with a long wait.

so if its for the latter, then id advise just going privately now and not waiting for no reason.

My advice would be to use a GLP 1, I've been on Mounjaro/wegovy for a year and lost 6 stone - still going but much better now