To start mounjaro ?

[Brokentoes85]

Sorry for the long post and rambling but ive tried to include what i feel is relevant. So a bit of background. I'm currently about 15 stone, 5'4", 37 years old. I've slowly slowly put on about 7stone over about 10 years. And gone up a dress size every year. Everyone in family is petitie. My mum was always a size 4-6 and my sisters are both size 6, I was 7 stone 9 pounds when I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter. I have really small hands and feet and I really think I'm meant to be a petite person.

I work from home, very easy job, just 2 days a week. I'm just so greedy, all I think about is cakes, crisps and chocolate. I can never have just 2 biscuits, It has to be half the packet and then I go back and finish the other half. I don't eat when I'm hungry, I eat when I'm bored. I feel disgusted by myself and spend the majority of the time thinking about how fat I am. I've never done a diet for longer than a few days.

It's v difficult as when I was growing up our mum neglected us and there was never any food. Sometimes she'd leave spare change on the table and me and my brother would go to the corner shop and buy about 10 bags of crisps and eek them out across the week. Our school had a tuck shop with junk food and we'd walk around the playground looking for 2ps so we could buy a packet of space raiders for 10p. For 10 years I always went to bed hungry and wondered if I'd have food the next day. When I left home at 19, my greatest pleasure was knowing id always have food.

I joined the gym in December, mainly doing weights, I've definitely seen the difference in my arms, legs and bum. But I've only lost 3 pounds (obviously because I haven't changed how much I eat)

Had some medical problems last year and during the investigations I was told I'm prediebetic. I feel humiliated.

I am trying so hard at the gym, going even when I feel unwell, about 5 times a week. But still no weight loss.

I'm wondering if I should buy mounjaro, but worried about the side effects and if people recommend it? I always thought it was £100 a week and didn't think I could afford it, but I've been told it starts at about 150, so much more in my budget. Is this cheating or does it not matter?

Thank you for reading and any replies.

YANBU you meet the prescribing criteria for Mounjaro or for Wegovy, which is cheaper and almost as effective. So that’s worth considering as an option too.

You've posted this in the bearpit of AIBU? Good luck. If you don't want the tedious 'just eat less move more' "you'll put it all back on" brigade pissing on your chips you might want to get it moved to the WLI specific board.

It's not cheating, because weight loss is neither an exam nor a competitive sport.

You sound very similar to me. I'm mid 50s and I slowly put on my excess weight over 20 years. I'm now over 6 stone down on last year, a healthy BMI, great blood pressure. Mounjaro has been amazing for me.

Only you can decide if it's worth the cost/you can afford it but I would say if you can, do. Most people don't get severe side effects. But again, come over to the WLI board and you'll find a lot more info on other threads.

Hi OP

You might get better advice if you post in this topic.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections

Oh, should have read your post more carefully. Mounjaro starts at around £100 a month not a week, and can go up to £275 a month for the highest dose if you need that. Wegovy starts from £60 for a month (with a new customer discount) up to £250 ish for the highest dose, if you need it.

I would recommend WLI for someone in your situation, but be aware that you might want to or feel you need to continue taking them for a lot longer than just losing the weight. Maintaining weight loss is harder than losing the weight in the first place.

Do it. Best decision i have made as i feel like i have my life back :) I'm only 5ft 2 and was 12 stone 9 so classed as obese. Hated myself. Now i weigh 8 stone 7 and I'm at my target weight. I started in september 2025 so 9 months of jabs. I only went up to 4.17mg too and now i'm gping back down the doses to maintenance. It's definitely affordable on the lower doses so my advice would be not to move up too quickly!

You’ll get lots of posts for and against monjaro but would it be worth considering some counselling? It sounds like your issues with food are related to your childhood neglect and there are lots of emotions around food. The risk is that you could lose weight but later put it back on if you don’t get to some of the issues behind it.

Mounjaro has changed my life OP. Stop hesitating and do it.

This (but do Mounjaro rather than Wegovy).

I'd say go for it.

I started on Mounjaro at the beginning of March when I weighed 17st 13lb. I weighed myself this morning and I'm now 15st 10lb, so that's over 2st and I feel so much better already.

I'm 5' 4" so I still have a way to go but the WLI has suppressed my appetite and stopped the 'food noise' so I no longer crave the crap.

It's amazing!

I've been on Mounjaro, lost 2 stone fairly quickly in 6 months, then the last stone has taken ages to lose. Its not been a very quick fix for me, but I finally got to my three stone weight loss just this month. I've got 5 stone to lose to get to my ideal BMI weight, but because its prescribed from my GPs for the diabetes, and my blood sugars are under control, they won't increase the dose past 7.5mg, so I'll have to work harder to make this dose work for me. I eat as much protein and veg as I can.

If it's indicated for you (and you don't have a family history that makes it riskier), I don't see what you have to lose, except some weight. My only concern would be keeping it off when you stop taking it, but at least then you're starting from a better place.

I do agree, though, that as your childhood is probably the root of the problem with your overeating, it might be good to do this in conjunction with some type of therapy. No advice what type, but even just talking it out or writing it all down might be a place to start.

And if you're eating when you're bored, do you have any hobbies you can try to do instead of snacking, when the mood to eat out of boredom strikes? Something that uses your hands makes it harder to eat at the same time and can be good for you in other ways, too.

I think you should talk to your Dr first but if you want to do injections, then that is your choice. No judgement here. But I also agree with a PP that some counselling might be useful to tackle your childhood.

Good luck anyway.

Definitely head over to the WLI board for info and support.

If you are determined to change your mindset, association between your childhood and increasing weight, get healthier and feel fab then definitely order it. But you should also try and address whatever happened when you were younger so you can move on.

Don't just take it and do nothing to change your diet as you'll get nowhere and when you come off, the old habits will still be there.

So look at it as a new start and your future. I was over 15st when I started and I resented something that happened when I was younger as that was the start of my weight issues and it was like a noose around my neck.

But nearly 6 stone down later, I am a new person and can finally get rid of those feelings and associations. I've overhauled my eating habits and exercise that I do and no longer am on blood pressure medication.

Good luck