Mounjaro August thread 2

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Hi here's another thread.

I’ve told no-one bar my PT (who was surprisingly understanding!) because I do feel a bit ashamed that I can’t ’just get my eating under control’. I was a secret snacker anyway so my family were unaware. As I’ve taken my 4th 2.5 today I’ve reflected on actually how little I care about the number on the scale. For me the overriding benefit has been no desire to snack - to comfort myself with food because of anxiety/happiness/sadness and the like. That success is beyond amazing. I had a 14 hour working day yesterday including 4+ hours on a train - historically always a snack-fest and there was just peace: no feelings of deprivation, no constant food noise.

To be honest, she's just sent me the photos of me with my grandson from this morning and Jesus wept, bring on the next jab.

I haven't really told people but my logic is:

Losing 1lb a week means eating a 500k calorie deficit every day for a week. A lb of fat is 3,500 calories.
If you have 50lbs to lose that involves doing that every day for a year. Clearly there will be holidays, celebrations, events where you can't have as much control on your food intake so it will likely take 15 months.
If you have a hundred pounds to lose that's two years plus!
That's a long hard slog - physically and psychologically- and THEN you have to start planning out your maintenance and come up with a way of eating that's sustainable for the rest of your life.

Why would anyone who genuinely cares about you begrudge you getting some support from a licensed medication to make the weight loss phase easier and faster and get you to the point where you can take off the Mounjaro stabilisers and ride off into your healthy future?And the opinion of anyone else doesn't matter.

I told my husband. Family will probably (hopefully) notice when I see them at Christmas if I've lost a decent amount by then. I won't be telling them about the injections as they're all very slim so wouldn't understand why I need help. It's only been since peri & menopause that I became fat.

I don't really have a goal apart from to feel better about myself and be able to move pain free (wishful thinking as I have ME so pain goes with the territory). I have noticed less knee pain after this first couple of weeks though.

Should I be setting a goal weight? I was just hoping to drop back to a comfy size 12 as I did look a bit gaunt when I was much smaller (and younger).

My husband and best friend know and that's it but to be honest, it's not dropping off quick enough for anyone to be like WOW!

I haven’t told anyone (you lot are my sole source of support - thanks 😊).

I need to do this for me. Without explaining, or justifying, without judgement and pressure. This is my opportunity to regain control of something that has been out of control for a very long time. Hoping this is the start of being able to put myself first.

Also haven't told anyone. Wants to see if anyone notices me when I'm a bit slimmer

I think generally people need to lose 2st to start showing a diff

Also a secret snacker and also haven't told anyone because I don't want to own up to my bad habits to my family. Since starting the medication I've found it much easier to deal with cravings.

Had to go to a big shopping centre this morning, full of cafes and cupcake stalls. Apart from one strong smell of pastries being wafted out into the corridor I didn't have much trouble resisting, but it made me aware of how much temptation there is. Normally I would have made at least one stop - but skipping that (with the dc to buy for too) has covered a big chunk of the weekly MJ cost as well as being better for all of us. I haven't had to adjust my meals much yet because they're mostly full of the right stuff. It's definitely the "I'll just have x because that's what I do when I'm at the shopping centre/in town/running late/very stressed" that's a big part of the problem for me.

Not having a great week here. Half way through week 2 and the suppression isn't brilliant. Typically I've had loads of social things the last few days so am finding it hard to make good choices. Yesterday I had 2 glasses of wine and 2 slices of pizza - my god the heartburn at 4 am was horrific. Woke me up and could not get it to ease off for ages, still feels uncomfortable now. Very hopeful that Saturday's jab brings back the suppression, plus if last night wasn't an incentive to eat well I don't know what would be!
I've told DD I'm doing MJ because i CBA hiding it really, though I'm not telling anyone else. As a pp said, not like I woke up thin, so no one's going to guess/suspect anything.

I've still had no update from Cloud. Getting concerned now as it seems as if a few people who ordered after me are already passed the processing stage. I've sent a message on their system but heard nothing.

I'm wondering whether I should order my first 5mg pen from elsewhere and possibly end up with two?

That's such a good way of putting it. I'm already starting to think positively about what I'll do/wear/buy further along the journey and for the first time in a long time it feels possible. I've even got a new haircut planned. It's a completely different way of thinking about myself rather than hiding myself.

So does anyone have a code when getting 2nd pen 5mg

Lots if you swap but icb to swap

And then following month you have to swap again

So does everyone swap each month to get a lower cost

Yes be nice to have £20/30 off but not if lots of hassle to change

I have only told a close friend. But pen is in the fridge and DH isn’t blind. He’s not mentioned it but making Fast 800 meals.
I have a lot to lose and I don’t want the pressure of people looking for progress. Plus there is still judgement of those who cannot lose weight and use drugs to do so.

I haven't @Blondeshavemorefun I've just ordered with MedExpress again. Can't be faffed with changing.

I haven’t told anyone either and probably won’t. I might tell my daughter if she asks, but I wouldn’t volunteer it. I’d love to say I didn’t feel ashamed of being obese and not able to succeed in addressing it (long term anyway), but I do, even though I can give arguments why I shouldn’t. But it’s also because I hate other people congratulating me when I’ve lost weight, even though it may be kindly meant, because it’s saying I was bad before and now I’m better. Obviously I feel better at lower weights, but that sense of judgement of my body has been so damaging over the years.

Now I just want to lose weight once and for all because I’ll be happier and healthier in my own body and have a better chance of living longer. I don’t want to be congratulated on it (anywhere other than here, anyway!), I don’t want to discuss it with people and saying I took MJ would just invite more comment. I just want to feel quietly better for myself and damn what anyone else thinks about it, good or bad.

Same @weaseleyes I can’t abide it when people feel free to comment on personal appearance. Makes me really uncomfortable. I don’t need pats on the back from people, especially those who play a minor part in my life.

I don’t feel any guilt taking Mounjaro. It will give my daughter a healthy mum. I went to the doc just before Covid and explained how I’d been dieting for months and seen no weight loss. He could barely hide his disapproval and told me to lay off fizzy drinks. I told him I hadn’t had fizzy drinks since ttc years before and we ate home made non processed food, but he just repeated it and ushered me out of the door. The shame I felt already was multiplied by a thousand. So now I’m taking control of my life.

@FlappingMadly I’m sorry that you had such a poor GP experience. Ages ago I went because I had palpitations and was told ‘you’re fat, deal with it’ which actually did make me cry.

Oh I’m so sorry @MidLifeResurgence74
That’s dreadful.
I’m going to walk my dog and take a few deep breaths.

This is a great way to put it. I have no idea why I told her, I'm kicking myself. She is sworn to secrecy.

Think many of us feel the same. Don't want judgement or people asking how much lost each week

@CornishGem1975 thanks. I will do the same ans too Luc hassle to swap qns tbh I like Med express

I take 3rd tomorrow so think a good time ot order and they asked me to do have a couple of weeks to get it here

Does anyone else bruise horrible with the jabs?

I didn't think there were blood vessels in fat?😅

Sometimes. There are blood vessels in skin.

I’m going to stick with my provider for my 2nd pen, but will see what happens after that.

I haven’t told anyone in real life that I take weight loss injections. It hasn’t come up in conversation. I’m not sure whether I want to tell anyone. There’s no major issue either way, but it’s almost like I feel a bit like a failure that I’ve had to resort to weight loss injections and couldn’t do it myself, as I used to be slim/healthy. But then again, it’s not really a failure, I’m lucky to be able to try it and it’s been an interesting experience!

I think I feel like a failure because my mental health declined due to stress, so the weight gain is a physical symptom of my low mental health, as is resorting to medication vs being able to exercise self control.

I don’t think I am going to use the bonus dose of 2.5, I’m just going to move straight up to 5mg and go from there. Partly because I don’t have any needles or anything like that so I’ll order some from MedExpress when I put my next order in.

I have told my husband, mum and best friend. That’s it for me, although I will tell my sister if she asks. As I see it, I wouldn’t discuss other meds I was taking so I don’t need to discuss this 🤷🏻‍♀️