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Weight loss injections/treatments

Discuss weight-loss injections and treatments, including personal experiences. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any treatments.

Mounjaro September Support (3)

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doodleschnoodle · 18/10/2024 15:16

Another gathering of losers! 💪

Previous thread here: Mounjaro September Support (2) www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight-loss-injections/5170252-mounjaro-september-support-2

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Darkbutstarrynight · 02/11/2024 19:41

@Mosmam Thank you....all jabbed so hope I still feel ok soon :)

HOL2024 · 02/11/2024 20:56

doodleschnoodle · 02/11/2024 09:09

I was wearing an 18 generally on bottom half and 16/18 top depending on brand/fit.

Got out of my bad mood due to wearing the same clothes after a 2 and a half stone loss and managed to fit into a size 16 jean! I was so happy with that and hope that they last a little while in a way but I’ll definitely be trying some smaller ones on quicker next time.

InfoSecInTheCity · 02/11/2024 21:01

Got my Covid and flu jabs today, one in each arm so currently suffering from 2 sore arms and a general tiredness.

Had a modified S'more earlier as we were bbq ing outside watching the fireworks. Just 1 digestive with a blackened marshmallow on top rather than 2 digestives with a giant marshmallow and slab of chocolate in between.

Tipster100 · 02/11/2024 21:07

@alwaysscared how are you feeling today? Hope the higher dose has been ok?

@seconddesk thanks for the hand hold yesterday. I needed that! I Put in a real effort and drank loads. Have been out loads today so going to drink lots this evening. Went down a pound today so hoping I can continue this week. How have you been getting on?

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 02/11/2024 21:13

I'm so pleased! Just moved out of the obese category finally. Still a way to go to be back where I want to be but now just overweight rather than obese. 😊

alwaysscared · 02/11/2024 21:38

@Tipster100 I'm doing ok at the moment. Not feeling as hungry as I have been in the last few weeks. Feel very tired today, but that could be because my ASD son hasn't been sleeping very well due to anxiety, so I've been staying up with him.
One thing that has been consistent throughout is how cold I feel!! Normally I'm a very sweaty betty, so this has made a nice change!!

Seldomseenkid · 03/11/2024 07:51

Hi all. Weigh in 9 and it’s half a pound off this week. There’s been a lot of socialising and also colds so I think that’s about justified! After 2 months on a reduced dose I am now ready to try 2.5 again. I was feeling suppression wearing off by Thursday so I feel
its the right time.

85reasons · 03/11/2024 08:10

I've got the grumps about my experience with MJ at the moment.. weight loss at a complete stall.. nothing lost for over 3 weeks despite being in clear deficit. I have one more 5mg dose and a 7.5mg pen at the ready, but really don't want to increase dose - I have good suppression already.

HippoPortlyMouse · 03/11/2024 08:49

85reasons · 03/11/2024 08:10

I've got the grumps about my experience with MJ at the moment.. weight loss at a complete stall.. nothing lost for over 3 weeks despite being in clear deficit. I have one more 5mg dose and a 7.5mg pen at the ready, but really don't want to increase dose - I have good suppression already.

This must be so frustrating for you. Sympathies - I don't understand why it happens!

Have you tried increasing what you eat, so spend a couple of days eating at maintenance, before dropping back down? I have seen that touted successfully as a way of breaking a stall.

I spent all last week with the scales dicking about over the same 1/4 pound. Then one morning I got up and had lost 2lbs. This week it's been back to no movement again. So I have lost overall, but it's made my nice spreadsheet graph look a bit lumpy. I can't really complain though.

HippoPortlyMouse · 03/11/2024 08:53

@Seldomseenkid have also had a cold and the craving for carbs has been immense. Hasn't helped it's been Halloween so lots of treats for the kids and party food leftovers. Have mostly managed to resist but willpower hanging by a thread. Well done on your loss, even a small loss is a big achievement during a testing week!

Fngers crossed 2.5 works well for you. Not sure if I should increase dose next week or not - I feel this week's been unusually difficult and maybe I should try another week at current dose and see how I feel then.

HippoPortlyMouse · 03/11/2024 08:55

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 02/11/2024 21:13

I'm so pleased! Just moved out of the obese category finally. Still a way to go to be back where I want to be but now just overweight rather than obese. 😊

Brilliant, well done! It's so satisfying, isn't it. I'm hoping to hit that milestone myself by the start of December. BMI is such a crappy way of measuring but at least it gives us some clear targets!

EBoo80 · 03/11/2024 09:06

@85reasons I’m sorry to hear it. I wouldn’t move up in your shoes. Just try to trust the process. I seem to have had a nearly half stone loss this week (eek) after best part of a month with little movement. It has restored my faith, as I was starting to have some very familiar negative thoughts about how my body just can’t lose weight no matter what I do.
people on the Oushk support group do seem to advocate ‘calorie cycling’ (having a couple of higher cal days) for plateaus, although I haven’t tried.
Are you feeling okay on it?

Thornymum · 03/11/2024 09:09

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 02/11/2024 21:13

I'm so pleased! Just moved out of the obese category finally. Still a way to go to be back where I want to be but now just overweight rather than obese. 😊

Well done!! Can't wait to get there, your post just made me check mine and it's 31.5 now so edging meter, lol

madasa666 · 03/11/2024 09:52

Weighed this morning and am precisely the same weight I was when I started 6 injections ago! Have lost and regained the same 4 lbs....I might cry

InfoSecInTheCity · 03/11/2024 09:56

madasa666 · 03/11/2024 09:52

Weighed this morning and am precisely the same weight I was when I started 6 injections ago! Have lost and regained the same 4 lbs....I might cry

Break it down for us and let's see if there is any useful and positive advice we can offer.

Current weight, height, age and activity level

What does a typical day of food and drink for you look like, how much and what are you eating and drinking?

doodleschnoodle · 03/11/2024 10:05

madasa666 · 03/11/2024 09:52

Weighed this morning and am precisely the same weight I was when I started 6 injections ago! Have lost and regained the same 4 lbs....I might cry

Oh how disappointing! Have you tried calorie counting? I don't really like it but I did find it useful at the start to sort of get a baseline for what 1200 or so calories looks like. The suppression made it easy to stick to that amount of calories, but I found it helpful to have a week or two of logging planned food for the day to see if I was on the right sort of track with calories.

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MetabolismLost · 03/11/2024 10:27

My weight goes down, then up a bit and then down again. I weigh daily and see the trends. Am now, after starting beginning of September, a stone and a half down. Sometimes my weight has been the same for a week, gone up a bit and then dropped.
I weigh daily as that helps me maintain focus, but doesn’t dissuade me
much when the scales go up, I know I fluctuate.
But I’m happy this morning as I’ve gone rooting in my wardrobe and tried on a pair of jeans I loved wearing a couple of years ago - and they fit! Comfortably!!! I know they are a size 18, but they were a small 18 if you get what I mean. At the time I’d bought the size smaller as I was hoping to loose weight….,,but I ended up putting more on.
So, double happiness! I will have a size smaller to move into that are brand new!

85reasons · 03/11/2024 10:38

EBoo80 · 03/11/2024 09:06

@85reasons I’m sorry to hear it. I wouldn’t move up in your shoes. Just try to trust the process. I seem to have had a nearly half stone loss this week (eek) after best part of a month with little movement. It has restored my faith, as I was starting to have some very familiar negative thoughts about how my body just can’t lose weight no matter what I do.
people on the Oushk support group do seem to advocate ‘calorie cycling’ (having a couple of higher cal days) for plateaus, although I haven’t tried.
Are you feeling okay on it?

Thank you - I've tried eating more the past couple of days to see if it helps.

I agree with you, moving up a dose just for this reason doesn't feel like the right decision. I feel good on 5mg, I had side effects moving up to 5mg but other than a bit of nausea on occasion now (easily sorted with a cyclizine tablet) I'm feeling pretty good.

I've got about 16 pounds to go to get to my "lowest weight since I was in my 20s" which I achieved about three years ago and maintained for a couple of years before it all started piling back on. And then another 10 pounds or so to my ultimate goal weight (11stone @ 5'8) - so it could be that my body is a) reacting to the sudden weight loss by putting the brakes on and b) getting stuck at a familiar set point.

I am finding the experience of losing weight this way very disconcerting though.. the lack of cast-iron willpower and "I'm turning my life around" mindset means that I weirdly feel a bit empty and down about it. I think normally my weight loss efforts are fuelled by a sort of nervous adrenaline and that's just not there (or necessary).

85reasons · 03/11/2024 10:40

madasa666 · 03/11/2024 09:52

Weighed this morning and am precisely the same weight I was when I started 6 injections ago! Have lost and regained the same 4 lbs....I might cry

That is so frustrating. Agree with the others - talk us through it a bit and maybe we can help..?

Slimmingtime · 03/11/2024 10:51

madasa666 · 03/11/2024 09:52

Weighed this morning and am precisely the same weight I was when I started 6 injections ago! Have lost and regained the same 4 lbs....I might cry

Can you explain further, what dose, what weight are you, what height, and importantly what do you eat and drink on an average day, inc treats or booze in the week, or treat coffees etc,

madasa666 · 03/11/2024 10:58

Thank you. I think the crux of the matter is that the suppression on 2.5 is just not there.

I start the day well, I make my own protein pancakes and have them with fruit and greek yogurt. Probably around mid morning. Lunch depends on what I'm doing work wise, might be a sandwich, soup and bread or a protein bar. Dinner varies, stir fry with plenty of veg, jacket potato, etc.

Food noise is dulled for 1-2 days and then it is back with a vegeance and I eat all manner of rubbish which is how I got into this state in the first place!

I don't drink enough I know that.

Yesterday I took my first 5mg so hoping the food noise will die down. Reading what I've written I think I've answered my own question!

Choux · 03/11/2024 11:10

@madasa666 I know you mentioned protein bars and you are eating Greek yoghurt but there isn't much protein in your sample day's food. Protein keeps me full for longer and it also helps you maintain muscle so you don't lose that along with the fat. I eat high protein low carb and eat as much protein as I want.

If you know you are prone to snacking get some protein rich snacks ready - hard boiled eggs, chicken pieces, protein yoghurts. Base almost every meal around protein - eggs for breakfast, chicken, tuna, prawns, beef etc for lunch and dinner.

And water helps you stay fuller too so drink water, herbal or regular teas, squash, miso soup. It also seems to flush out weight gain from salty and high carb foods for me too.

madasa666 · 03/11/2024 11:27

choux the protein in the pancakes is quite high but you're right...there is a lot more I could be doing. I do snack sometimes rather than eat a proper meal. I work erratic hours in a stressful job , think I need to make sure that what I have to hand is high protein and plan a bit better.

I tried a protein pudding once but threw most of it away as I found it disgusting! Haven't tried protein yogurts though so will try those.

Off to boile some eggs!

doodleschnoodle · 03/11/2024 11:31

I've just ordered protein yoghurts! Hope they are nice. I did try a protein shake but I couldn't drink it. I have some clear protein power but I got flavoured and don't really like it. I don't like artificial sweeteners which is a problem for a lot of these protein replacement things. Maybe I need to get some flavourless stuff and add it to my usual drinks.

I think the rest of the family are getting tired of my uninspired 'some sort of chicken and veg' dinners, so I've bought a couple of new cookbooks.

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20bloodypounds · 03/11/2024 11:54

@madasa666 the 2.5mg dose is not clinically proven for sustained weight loss, it is a starting dose to get your body used to the medication without too many side effects before increasing to the clinical starting dose of 5mg - and upwards.

It does appear that our individual sensitivity to MJ varies massively, either in terms of side effects, the level of suppression, or the rate of weight loss. If you look back at older threads you will find several posters who were the same as you on 2.5mg but really got into their stride as the doses increased. Hopefully that is what you will find too. It can be hard to read posts at times because often people are more inclined to post enthusiastically when their weight has dropped, so we might see more of those posts than others (although not on this thread at the moment!)

Once you feel good supression you should find your desire to eat rubbish decreases. Once you get to that place it can become even more important to plan your healthy food and prepare as much as you can, as your appetite for food buying or menu planning may become less too. And the process of breaking down fat needs water (for the biochemical reaction) so you should also plan to drink lots of water/herbal teas/electrolyte drinks etc.

Is the 'rubbish' biscuits, cakes, crisps etc? Irrespective of your weight none of that will be helping you. Are you buying it on impulse when you're hungry or do you have it readily available in the house? Is there anything you can do to help with those habits? On a previous (non-medicated) diet I kept peperami sticks in the car and would eat one, maybe even 2, on my way home from work. Not the healthiest snack but it took the edge off my hunger and prevented my from stopping to get petrol (or whatever excuse) and buying sweets and crisps to munch mindlessly.

Good luck on 5mg, and onwards.