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

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I'm post meno, mid-fifties. I train hard in the gym. I try really hard to watch what I eat and i'm really healthy and knowledgeable about food and nutrition. And yet. The weight has crept up. I'm about 3/4 stone heavier than I want to be.

It depresses the hell out of me.

I thought I'd try Mounjaro for a month. Get a reset.

Am I wrong for doing this?

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.

Well, you're not me.

No, you’re being goady. HTH.

The expected Mumsnset trajectory. So boring. See ya.

I believe you edited to add that and change the time it took you to lose a stone. You stated that she couldn't lose it. At least 2 posters have said that they have done, with 2 stone or less to lose.

Again, I know I was larger than OP, but you presumably think I needed to lose 100lbs to get to BMI25. For my ethnicity I went to and have been maintaining BMI 20. BMI 25, which was still overweight for me according to NHS, I had achieved within about 6 months.

Many people only few a few pounds on smallest 2.5mg dose. You have to have that for a month before you can get the 5mg dose.

I love how everyone thinks that everyone else is exactly the same as them.

If you qualify then try it and see what happens, voy is the best bet with bmi over 25

Ive been on mounjaro for 3 months and still on 2.5 although just about to go up to 5 - i lost about 5lbs in the first week then it started slowing down a bit. For me, it removed inflammation in the body, sorted out what was a sugar addition and has reduced the amount I was eating - i now only really fancy healthy food and especially those water rich so peppers, cucumbers and apples. A typical day is a big bowl of Greek yogurt for breakfast with a sprinkle of granola plus berries, lunch is cottage cheese with cucumber, peppers and an apple plus almonds for snack. Dinner is whatever everyone else is having but probably slightly less

Starting weight was 11 stone 8, current weight 10 stone 3 - probably lost the first stone in a month / maybe longer but also had a holiday to Italy

I was planning on only doing a month but there are other benefits too such as the reduced inflammation so just doing month by month now

Why is this post 'goady'? I don't understand.

I could have written your original post, OP. I train like a demon, eat sensibly - no processed crap - don't drink alcohol etc etc.

My sleep is wrecked through menopause and I think my cortisol levels must be really high which isn't helping the stubborn fat I so desperately want to lose. I can't take HRT owing to family cancer history.

I was also thinking of speaking with my pharmacist to see if I was eligible for Mounjaro.

I posted it at 10:39. Edited at 10:40. You replied at 10.44.

I changed the time it took me because when I actually reflected I remembered it took less time than I’d written. But still not a month.

And 25 is overweight for everyone that’s what categorises someone as overweight.

I didn’t presume anything about how much you had to lose to get to 25 or 20. If I had lost 100lbs I’d have been dead… you had more to lose so you lost weight faster than me on MJ. Which is what I said. I’m not sure why you’re arguing when it’s a documented trend.

I am taking wegovy tablets at a BMI of 26. Bolt prescribe at this level. I’ve been on the lowest dose for two weeks and I’ve lost 6 pounds.

I know what it’s like to have your weight creep up when you’re doing everything right. Based on my experience so far I’d give it a go. I intend to lose a stone and then stop.

3 quarters of a stone is 12lb

(edit) No I'm wrong. but 7lb is half a stone.

I need lose around a stone, but I've been trying for a year. I drop a few pounds now and then, but it always comes back if I just have a meal out or a few drinks. My body refuses to drop below 11st 1lb.

If being at the top end of a healthy weight is making you depressed then I’d say you’re better off addressing your self image.
You may lose the weight you want to in a month if you try WLIs or you may not.

I’ve started wegovy tablets for pretty much the same thing
post menopause it was like my body had a set weight that whatever I tried I just couldn’t get below . Then I’d get disheartened and give up and a few pounds would creep back on.
im aiming to lose 11 lb. Been on tablets for three weeks and lost 5 . Am going to stay on the lowest dose as I actually am getting a lot of unexpected benefits from them ( my joints are so much better ) and I’d actually pay to stay on them just for that really .
maybe with a small weight loss goal you might find the tablets easier and certainly cheaper

@3smallpups That's interesting about your joints. I suffer with pretty severe arthritis and have 2 hip replacements and a knee. My knees still hurt a lot.

WHat's your particular issue? You 'diet' but don't lose weight, or you can't stick to a healthy eating/reduced calorie diet?

I'm similar to you in that I'm 50 something, active and a stone heavier than I'd like to be. In my case I almost certainly eat too much, drink too much, snack too much. My TDEE is well over 2000 calories a day, so I should lose weight on 16-1800 calories a day, but I have trouble sticking to it consistently and sometimes I eat so much, I'm surprised I'm not a lot heavier.

I've told myself I will lose weight over the next few weeks or I'll likely get WLI. But you definitely aren't BU to give it a try because if you're like me, maintaining weight feels doable, but actually losing it doesn't. So if you lost the weight, you could maintain it.

Anyway, after seeing a recommendation on here, I've bought this book:

Filling Meals: 100 simple hunger-busting recipes for sustainable weight loss - The Sunday Times Bestseller: Amazon.co.uk: Wilson, Lindsay: 9781529982282: Books

All the recipes are aimed at people like us and if you eat the recommended breakfasts and lunches, and a normal dinner with little/no snacking, you should be eating around 1500-2000 calories a day and lose weight. The stories in the book certainly are inspirational.

Good luck whatever you decide. I think a lot of the 'just eat less to lose a few pounds' people are quite often a lot younger than us and/or the types of people who aren't particularly interested in food, drinks, snacks etc and could quite easily mainly eat small portions of 'protein and veg' without feeling like they're missing out on life.

You're unusual then

Healand Clinic, not the cheapest way but worked for me. Weight and BMI had crept up but still technically bang in middle of healthy BMI. Microdosing has led me to lose 10kg in 4 months with no side effects. I am so happy. And still a healthy BMI (I’m tall).

Same here. BMI 26, six pounds in two weeks on wegovy tablets (lowest dose)

I've never disagreed on that, only on your statement "You won’t lose that much in a single month straight away".

I thought it possible as I was under the impression "3/4 stone" meant she had 3 or 4 stone to lose, not 3/4 OF A stone. OP has clarified and I agree, a stone might be hard to achieve. But, others have said it is possible and have done just that, or close, with a similar amount as OP overall to lose.

I saw your post before the edit. Perhaps it was a new post on the refresh list while I already had the thread open, or it just took me a long time to type and hit post.

On reflection, I would have edited to include the omitted word "below" BMI25, but I'm just too slow.

If you'd like to make more digs about the weight I gained due to an early hysterectomy and an autoimmune disease I have which required me to be on long-term steroids amongst other meds, I hope it continues to make you feel superior 👌.

It’s great to hear about the anti inflammatory benefits. It’s a very useful thing to boost GLP-1. Interesting process.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but for those talking about the reduction in inflammation, can I ask what symptoms you had that were caused by inflammation, which went?

I had a lot of general aches that I assumed were age related (61)
just lower back pain , would freak getting up off sofa in the evenings
my hips would hurt when I rode my horse so would preload with ibuprofen
hips would ache at night if I lay on one side for too long and I’d be turning over and waking up loads
within 48 hours I suddenly realised it had all gone . I haven’t taken ibuprofen since day two
it’s very odd but I like it !
I also have psoriasis and that is improving