Mounjaro... to start or not to start??

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Just that really.

I'm overweight.. BMI has just hit 40 post baby 😧

I've struggled a lot in the past with losing weight consistently enough. A stone here and there.. my weights just slowly crept up over the years.

I need to quieten the food noise. I want to just not care about food that much!

Has anyone else debated whether to start mounjaro? What did you end up deciding?

Why yes?
And why no?!

I am in the same boat, I even went so far as to order today but back down at the warning that they don’t know about long term side effects. Pre baby I lost 3.5 stone through calorie counting and I know after the first few weeks it got easier for me. I’m going to go for that again, it can be done without risking new medicine and saving the money!

I would say that it's the best decision I ever made. I thought about it for ages
I feel so much better. I've been on it since April.
There are loads of posts on Facebook groups and on here, if you are still debating then please read them and you will see the positive stories.
When you see posts about side effects, remember there's many more of us who don't have any so it helps to put that in context x

Yes, do it.

My BMI had hit 46, I was anxious stressed and feeling trapped inside my fat body. I started Mounjaro 9 weeks ago and have lost 2 stone, there have been been side effects along the way but it's been totally worth it so far. I have no cravings, fatty food, takeaways and alcohol, tea and coffee (!) repulse me. I feel so much better, more positive, agile and calm.

I just hope it keeps working and that trials will prove that weight loss can be safely maintained with maintenance dosing - for life if necessarily.

I decided to take Wegovy after trying for years to lose weight and just making no progress. I'm so happy I did it. I've lost just over 3 stone and am now a healthy weight. My DH can't stop commenting on it, says I look 10 years younger.

Very similar boat to you, BMI has crept over 40 postpartum and it's time to make a change for myself and for my child. I took my first injection yesterday.

Three weeks in and it's amazing. It's so easy to resist food and alcohol too. I never think about it really.

Thanks ladies.

Good luck to those who have taken the plunge and started!

I really need to do something. I have so much food noise and I just want no appetite. I had no appetite while pregnant and lost a stone initially. Piece of cake!

I've started to take Glucomannan before meals and drinking lots of water. It's helping slightly, but the urge to snack and pick is still there.

I think for me, I feel that mounjaro is a bit of a cop out (for me). Am I taking the easy way out? I know I wouldn't be as you still have to put the work in! I'm worried about side effects.

And I'm worried about the food noise training and piling it all back on again after finishing!

I'm taking Mounjaro. My bmi hit 40 and after my second baby and I was continuing to pile on the weight. I've just turned 40 and was 6 stone heavier than when I turned 30.

Im on week 17 now and I've lost over 3.5st. I don't have full appetite suppression and Ive not cut out all the bad stuff totally so I'm hoping that I won't be going from one extreme to another when I come off the jab.

As not many people have got to a healthy bmi on this medication with it being so new, we just don't know whether all the weight will go back on. I'd have to be eating really badly to put all that weight back on though so I can't see me getting back to being obese.

It’s a decision that isn’t taken lightly.

My view is that the current benefits far outweigh the potential future side effects. By that I mean being obese puts me at a higher risk of developing type two diabetes, heart attacks and strokes. The stress on my joints is excessive and I just don’t move as well as I ought to.

I’ve lost just over a stone and already am seeing the positives: my blood pressure is down, I feel better, my alcohol intake is now zero and I don’t snack.

I also think that it will be a mainstream drug in a year or two, just as statins are now.

This is a really good point.

It's a cost-benefit analysis.

I've been overweight since childhood. In the obese category for years.

I'm only early 30s, at the moment I don't have any health issues 🙏🏽 but it won't always stay that way.

If I do it, and lose a bunch of weight, I'm hoping the thought of putting it back on again will terrify me. I think I'd weigh myself weekly and give myself a 3-5lb leeway only before giving myself a kick up the arse again to eat better and exercise more.

I also don't want to tell anyone. I'd tell my partner as I'd get him to inject me (I just cannot mentally do it myself lol I weirdly have a needle phobia). But I wouldn't tell anyone else. I don't want anyone scrutinising what I'm eating or watching my body to see if I'm losing or gaining. Or looking at me when I'm off the drug for signs I'm gaining again.

And you're right. It will be NHS prescribed and mainstream in a few years. There is already preliminary NICE guidance for it.

It's just worrying when we don't know the long term effects of it yet..

And reading about people having kidney/pancreas issues etc..

I get your concern re potential long term side effects, but the way I squared it with myself was that my obesity could cause me to have a fatal stroke or heart attack tomorrow and I wouldn’t have any future at all.

It has been a life changer for me, but I do think you need to be prepared to put a lot of work in to it. You have to pay attention to your diet to make sure it's as healthy as it can be, so you don't end up lacking in essential nutrients. Take up exercise, especially strength focused, to avoid muscle loss. Use the time to work on any emotional issues you might have with food. Do all the work that hopefully puts us in the best place to keep the weight off afterwards.

It's an amazing thing when you're on it, but like every other weight loss method it's the maintenance afterwards that is the really hard bit.

It's not an easy way out. You still need to adjust your lifestyle - food and exercise. It does give you the head space to do that.

I’ve been on MJ since April and would fully recommend! I’d normally have completely
given up by now and gone back to my old ways but MJ makes it easier not to do that

it’s most definitely not the easy way. It always makes me laugh when people say that. You don’t inject and the weight falls off. It just makes it easier to eat healthier, makes you less hungry and get fuller quicker. You still have to put in the work. I’m 23lbs down so not losing really quickly but I’ve stayed on a low dose so don’t have as much suppression anymore. I’m just using it as a helping hand to retrain my brain and relationship with food.

go for it, you won’t regret it!

I think it already is NHS prescribed as I'm at the diabetes clinic on Saturday for a consultant to prescribe it for me.

I’d echo the previous comments it’s not an easy way out but it’s a tool to help. You still need to make healthy choices and exercise to lose weight but without that constant feeling hungry feeling. I’m eating 1200c a day plus exercising every day and fasting 14hrs and it’s really making me feel better about myself. I’m 20yrs older than you though but the health risks associated with being obese are very real and losing weight will really help reduce those risks factors.

I must do SOMETHING. I've lost weight on and off for years (like 4+ stone off and on again x 5 probably) - I am fit (run, cycle, gym) but I eat too much - good and "bad". I think I have lipedema in all honesty. I put all the weight back on since after lockdown (job stress) and haven't been in the right headspace since. I just need something to help. Have been thinking about Slimfast, pills, anything that will make me switch off the noise... I just can't do it by myself this time. Watching with interest.

That's exactly what I need. Headspace. To make food a non-event in my mind. I don't want to care about it or think about it at all. I just want to fuel my body. My food noise eventually ends any diet/exercise regimen. I just crave too easily and reach for something to eat/snack on for no reason. I just want to not care. It was great when I was pregnant.

That's exactly what Mounjaro does. It makes you have no interest in food.
I would just eat for the sake of eating before.
I've stopped snacking completely, I've not had chocolate, crisps, biscuits or cake for almost 4 weeks now because I'm honestly not interested in them. I have them in the house, as other family members eat them, but I have no desire to eat them at all.
I eat two meals a day now and am finally one of those people who can have lean fish and salad for dinner and be full. I've always needed a big portion of carbs with that, or I would be hungry again in no time.
I'm amazed just how marvellous this is.

I'm more and more tempted by the day..
I might take the plunge!

Can anyone recommend a provider?

I've heard a lot about Zava and Med Express..

I was as reticent as you but after reading loads I decided to take the plunge and haven’t regretted it.

i started with Voy but prices sky rocket after the first discount. I’m with Zava now and am happy. I don’t bother with the motivation stuff coz I get mine from here!

my discount code for Zava if you want to use it REFK2B8W

I took weeks of thinking about it too before I took the plunge.
I was scared about what I would be injecting into myself. But I got dd, who is a science graduate, to read up on it and give her opinion.
Almost 4 weeks on I'm so glad I did place that first order.

I lasted two weeks and came off it. It gave me panic attacks. I could have coped with the nausea and sleeplessness but not the pounding heart and waves of fear.
I so wish it had worked for me.