Mounjaro / Wegovy with > 5st / 30kg to lose: Thread 3

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Thread 3!

Anyone using weight-loss injections to lose more than 5 stone / 30 kg is very welcome to come and chat in this supportive space.

It seems there's different advice out there and many medical sites just say to take with plenty of fluid.

I saw that diabetics may benefit from taking before food.

Also shouldn't be taken within 2 hours of medication. It might be an increased time due to MJ slowing digestion.

I’ve taken a 6.25mg dose this week as a stepping stone to 7.5mg. I was very frustrated by my gain (for no real reason) last week, but I’ve lost most of it already, so that’s something.

I’ve not had bad side effects - just feeling cold, a tiny bit of nausea and then not able to sleep, which all usually wear off by wednesday but I do have some suppression - and also my favourite kind of effect, which is feeling hungry but filling quickly, which is much easier to manage.

Keeping my fingers crossed for a loss this week. I am currently 17st 6.8 and aiming to be under 17st by the end of November. It doesn’t sound horribly difficult for most I am sure but half a stone a month is usually the best my body can do without huge restrictions!

One non scale goals; I am currently wearing between 18-22 clothes. I would love to be solidly in 18-20 by the end of the year. I’ve got A couple of items that fit but don’t feel or look good as too fitted, so to wear them would feel great!

I did list some of my size 22 dresses on Vinted today, which was nice! Although I am now very short on clothes!!

@Darlinghag that sounds like a sensible approach. I'm about 15 stone 10 and a size 18 won't go anywhere near me yet. Mind, I am a large of nork apple shape with matchsticks for legs. My body shape is a pain in the arse for dressing sometimes.

I think it night be time to get the thermals out. The feeling cold side effect is starting to get to me in the evenings as we slide towards November.

Is anyone with Asda and has asked been to send more pictures after 6 months?

I'm 6 months in and almost 5 stone down, my BMI has just gone under 27 and I'm about a stone off target.

I've ordered my next pen and have been asked to send photos of my body and the scales, I've not been asked to do this since the beginning.

Is this normal? And is it because I'm at 6 months, or because I'm under 27 BMI?

I have a nice goal to work towards now. I'm going to see Sabrina Carpenter in March next year. I'd like to be 5 stone down by then, so 15 stone 11.

@RainbowZebraWarrior its funny how we all hold weight in different places and end up vastly different sizes isnt it? I’ve lost 3.5stone over the last 2.5 years, the first 2.5 i went from a 26-28 to a 22-24 and then with this last stone on Mj, from there to my current 18-22.

its been useful for me when the scale hasn’t been moving though!!

@itwasnevermine great goal! I had one pre MJ - which was to get in to an easyjet economy seat without an extender - which i just about managed! I have a big trip at the end of spring next year, thats my next big goal. I’d love to be wearing a 14-16 by then.

@UserNameOfShame I'm with Asda, I was wondering if they'd ask for more pictures at some point. It's only been 16 weeks for me, and my BMI is still well over 30 so maybe that's why they haven't asked for any more photos as yet.

Taking a deep breath as I join the thread. I know it's all anonymous, but I still feel a bit embarrassed since I seem to be the heaviest poster here. Sometimes, I can't believe I've let myself get to this point.

I just turned 40, and I’m 5'11".

SW: 155.3kg
CW: 152.7kg
GW: 75kg

I’ve lost significant amounts of weight before through regular diets (once from 130kg to 78kg, and another time from 145kg to 112kg), but I’ve always gained it all back—and then some. I have ADHD and have struggled with binge eating for as long as I can remember. I’m terrible at moderation—it’s either fasting/VLCD or eating all the biscuits. Even though I’m very unfit, my health, surprisingly, seems okay for my weight, but it’s impacting so many parts of my life. I need to turn things around before it’s too late.

I started Mounjaro last Friday and, after reading how it’s worked wonders for many here, I’m feeling hopeful. But doubts are already creeping back in.
On Saturday and Sunday, I had great suppression, lost 3kg, and had no food noise whatsoever. It felt completely surreal - a sort of peace I’d never experienced before.
But Monday and today, the food noise has started to come back and I've put half a kilo back on. I know the 2.5mg isn’t supposed to be a therapeutic dose yet, but I can’t help feeling a bit disappointed and doubtful. We’re in the middle of a stressful house sale—the buyer seems to be dragging his feet, and I’m worried he might pull out. The anxiety is making me want to stuff my face with chocolate, but I know that’s a toxic cycle I need to break.

So, I’ve made a cup of tea and decided to join this thread instead of rummaging through the fridge for a snack.

Hello @KittensUnderTheDuvet just for the sake of solidarity, my BMI was higher than yours is when I started, it was nearly 50. So my absolute weight was a bit less, at 140kg, but I am 6 inches shorter than you.

This thread is a great space for those of us with a long weight loss journey ahead of us. Time will fly, it seems unreal that I'm almost 4 months in already.

I booked flights to Australia next April to see my sister and her family, I have paid to book one of the emergency exit extra legroom seats for the flight, knowing the seats are slightly narrower as they have fixed sides to the seat.

I would stuggle to fit/be comfy in the seat at the moment but I hope to be down to under 15 stone by then - 3 more stone down - so the seats will (i hope!!) be fine. I have got the window seat so its only got the fixed side on one side so I do have some flexabillty if needed.

I think I was expecting a request for more pics after 3 months. I can't remember if I read that somewhere or if someone told me.
I don't know now if it's because they think I'm too close to a healthy bmi? Although I did message them recently about maintenance once I reach goal and they were supportive and indicated I could carry on

@KittensUnderTheDuvet Hi. I also have ADHD and struggle massively with impulse control. I started last Saturday.

Thank you, SilenceInside! Reading this thread has been really encouraging, and your 30kg loss over 15 weeks is just amazing—you must be absolutely chuffed! I still remember how much less exhausting life felt even when my BMI was around 35-40 (still way too high, of course, but such a huge difference from the 45-50 range). I can’t wait to (hopefully) follow in your footsteps and actually start enjoying physical activity again!

Oh, great to have a fellow ADHDer on the thread! How are you finding things so far?

I’ve seen quite a few posts from other women with ADHD raving about how Mounjaro has helped them with impulse control in general—not just with food. So I’m really curious to see if there will be any other positive effects beyond appetite suppression and less food noise (both of which would already be a godsend on their own!).

Only 1lb loss for me this week, so still a lb to go to a 4 stone total loss.

SW 18st 6lbs
CW 14st 7lbs

But my achievement this week is I am now in the obese, class I category as my BMI is now under 35.
I started in class III, at a BMI of 44, so I've gone down a whole 10 points now.

So it's the start of week 4 for me.
So far I've lost 5.8kg. Still a long way to go but then I wouldn't be in this group if I only had a few pounds to lose.

This week has been a bit meh. Felt like the effects of it had completely worn off by day 5 and it would have been so easy to slip back into old habits I.e. eating anything and everything. Think family size bag of crisps each night kind of thing. Might have given in a little bit but nowhere near as bad as I could have done. Thanks to the storm earlier this week the apple tree in my garden is now sans apples and I have any amount of the things. It's not an eating apple tree though and there is going to be mutiny if I serve up anything else with apple in it. I made a load of jam yesterday with some of the apples and usually my reward would have been to take a rubber spatula to the pan afterwards. However my youngest thought all his birthdays had come at once when he got the coveted pan and spatula- my kids fight over who gets the lickings!

Used the bonus dose to up things to 5mg. Yes, this is a week early however I have a very busy week next week and don't want to be dealing with the side effects as from a MJ dose change at the same time.

Hey.. think I commented on you last week, we had the same starting weight and I said I couldn't wait to see a 14..

Well I'm on my way, finally my Monday weight was 15.13. So finally see a 15.. hopefully won't be long and I can join you in the 14s..

Well done so far..

I think after some high-profile newspaper articles criticising online pharmacies for relatively lax security procedures they are all tightening up their checks.

My mysterious gain from last week has mysteriously disappeared and I am 17st6 on the nose! A new low for me!!

i’ve been reflecting on weightloss through adulthood and realised I haven’t been below a size 16 since I was 13! So depressing! However, I do think clothing has changed enormously since then, I bought an item on vinted at a size 22 a few weeks ago - its old marks and spencer, must be at least 20 years old, judging by the tags and it was tiny!! I surely would have been a 12-14 back then at current sizing standards!

i also haven’t weighed this little since 2016 - when i rapidly gained all the weight i lost (i think i ended up being just under 13 stone) after being really poorly with gallstones and having my gallbladder out.

i never want to be this weight again!!

@morbidcuriosity I am almost identical to you!

SW: 18,7
SW on MJ: 16,10
CW: 15,12
GW: 10,7

Feels like a long road ahead still but nice to see a 15.

Thanks for this thread I've been reading back and it's really inspiring!

I started MJ on 7th October, I've lost a total of 5lbs in 2 weeks. I was a bit sad about it as when I've done slimming world in the past I've always had huge first week losses but I have accepted this is a marathon not a sprint.

SW - 21st 9.4lbs/137.6kgs/BMI 43.5
CW - 21st 4.4lbs/135.4kgs/BMI 42.8
GW -?12st 6lbs/ 78.9kgs/ BMI 25.0

I don't think I've been below 15st as an adult so I'm not really sure about my goal weight but realistically I'd like to lose around 9 stone which I'm trying not to think about as it feels insurmountable at the moment.

I tried to diet before and managed to get to 16.10, which was such hard work and felt miserable.. . So to see a 15 is amazing, and I'm still on 5mg with plenty of suppression, am doing another 5mg pen next too.

Think my goal is going to be 12 something, as I'm tall so would look ill any less I think.. but we shall see how it goes.

First stone lost! That’s been in 24 days, which is very encouraging.

Side effects in week 3 were absolutely awful, combined with other things, but easier this week so far.

I’m still not really thinking about an ultimatum goal, just getting to under 35BMI to start with. I’ll think longer term when I get closer to that hurdle.

Have you seen photos about what a 1lb of fat looks like? Anytime I feel a bit disappointed about the amount I've lost in a week I always look at that photo and it amazes me! 5lbs is fab!

Great losses everyone.
How amazing to see a weight loss thread where we can all report losses of some type.
I still can't believe this isn't a dream sometimes, I honestly thought I was going to be obese for the rest of my life and here I am seeing 14 something on the scales.

I can't decide on a goal as I've not been this small for a very very long time so not sure how I'll look at lower weights. It's going to be interesting relearning what clothes I can wear. I'm buying very little at the moment, just enough to keep me going as I hope to continue losing for a while yet.

The only bit I'm not happy about so far is the wrinkly neck. But I'm moisturising it lots and taking collagen so I hope it gets better over time. But then if not, at least I'm healthier now so I shouldn't worry about it really.