Mounjaro September Support (3)

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Another gathering of losers! 💪

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

I'm not changing my MJ at all over Christmas. I seem to be at a 'maintaining' point at the moment - hovering around my set point (one of them! I'm 8 pounds over my lowest weight in years, but the weight I'm at now I sat at for three years quite comfortably having lost 5 stone 5 years ago - it's all so confusing.. so many numbers..).

I think I'll have a proper push to lose the final 20 pounds after Christmas but for now I'm eating less than normal, definitely good suppression on 7.5mg but I am picking at unhealthy bits more than I was a few weeks ago. I still can't say I'm anything like I was around food though, and I can leave food on my plate and happily not really eat till mid afternoon if needed. So feel like the drugs are working, I'm just not in diet mode. In a way it's been interesting because it's a flavour of what maintenance would feel like IF I carried on taking MJ...

Very similar here @85reasons . No loss for three weeks, definitely eating a bit more nonsense (and enjoying a glass of baileys in the evening this weekend). Feel like if I can maintain over the festive period, and not make myself feel ill eating, I’ll be pretty happy come January.

I normally dose on a Thursday but I’ve shifted it over a couple of weeks so now I dose on Saturdays so I intend to dose on 21st and 28th. I am hoping I can enjoy myself without going crazy. My plan is to eat smaller meals on Xmas day but not have much of the extras! One chocolate instead of 10!

Good luck 🙂

I’m still on 3.75mg and having good results - I am going slowly but 3.75 seems to be absolutely fine atm. I have suppression but not so much I can’t eat. I’m not feeling sick and able to live quite normally with a loss of about 1lb a week after the initial bigger loses.

I have bought insulin syringes to decant the final dose from a 5mg pen (incase the hard twist doesn’t work) but the insulin syringes are in ‘units’ - I’m sure I read about this many times on here - but does anyone know what 3.75mg would be in insulin units please ?

Week 16, I have officially joined the gym and have been 6 times over a fortnight - the grunting gym bro's are scary but I'm enjoying it. I know that when I start something knew I have a tendency to go on about it to people and adopt it as my whole identity, so I'm trying really hard to make the gym and exercise Not a Thing. I'm a normal person and moving my body is part of being normal, not something exceptional that I need to fawn over.

I've wanted to get in to the 15 stone bracket before Christmas as I felt I was lingering and not making any big progress ... I'm 15'12 today! Does happy dance. It feels like a big milestone, 100kg and the 15 stone bracket. The last time my weight had a 15 in it was 2013!

30/08/2024 - 122.5kg
03/09/2024 - 120.9kg, first dose 2.5 of MJ
10/09/2024 - 118.3kg, second dose 2.5 of MJ
17/09/2024 - 116.2kg, third dose 2.5 of MJ
24/09/2024 - 112.4kg, fourth dose 2.5 of MJ
01/10/2024 - 112.4kg, fifth dose 2.5 of MJ
08/10/2024 - 111.0kg, sixth dose 2.5 of MJ
15/10/2024 - 109.8kg, seventh dose 2.5 of MJ
22/10/2024 - 108.5kg, eighth dose 3.75 of MJ
29/10/2024 - 105.9kg, ninth dose 3 of MJ
05/11/2024 - 107.3kg, tenth dose 3 of MJ
12/11/2024 - 105.9kg, 11th dose 3.75 of MJ
19/11/2024 - 104.2kg, 12th dose 3.75 of MJ
26/11/2024 - 104.3kg, 13th dose 3.75 of MJ
03/12/2024 - 103kg, 14th dose 3.75 of MJ
10/12/2014 - 102.6kg, 15th dose 3.75 of MJ
17/12/2024 - 100.7kg, 16th dose 3.75 of MJ

Loss - 21.8kg … an elephants heart 🐘❤and an ostrich egg 𓅦🥚

Goal - to be in the healthy BMI range (70.3kg)

Ah well done @SpottyBumPony! Both on the fabulous weight loss and on the gym.

I really need to up my exercise. I promised myself that I would commit to c25k (for about the billionth time) and kettle bell training but so far have been very lacklustre with my efforts. I just find it so hard to find time for myself these days. My husband works abroad so I am on my own with my two kids a lot - both of whom have very time consuming hobbies and a full and active social life. I also work full time and have to travel most weeks, and time just gets away from me. However, excuses like that are what got me into this position in the first place so I need to just find something that works for me and stick to it!

I’ll be away from tonight until Thursday evening so I weighed this morning a day early. I have sts for 3 weeks now so have hit a bit of a plateau. I’ll be happy if I come out the other side of Christmas still at this weight, and then can get down to business in the new year transforming myself into an athlete. Or some approximation of one anyway 🤣

I haven't been able to make the hard twist method work for my last two pens. But it did the very first time I tried it. So annoying.

Fantastic @SpottyBumPony whatever weight we are, we all have our happy dance milestones. My last one was when my weight in pounds matched my birthdate (dd/m). Next is half a pound to get firmly into the next stone bracket - it's hovering up and down at the moment.

I clicked on the link to couchtofitness.com/ couchtofitness.com/]]]] the other day. It is still sitting unopened in my tabs I WILL look at it today once I've cleaned the fridge, cut my toenails, posted on final card etc

I am still hovering around the stone point and can't seem to get into the bracket below.

Week 14, I'm about 1 stone 11lbs or 25lbs or 11.18% down. I have at least 3 stone to get down to within a healthy weight range.

I am intending to keep injection timing the same. I will not be having a week off. I will inject tonight and will inject again on Boxing Day.

I am able to eat normally and always have. I would like to lose over teg festive period rather than just stay the same.

New thread time

Mounjaro September support 4

Weekly Check in - 1lbs gained this week due to having a few days eating out and having a busy week. I feel like my weight-loss has slowed down now. Staying on 4mg will move upto 5mg with my new pen in a couple of weeks. Im hoping be at 11 next week and end the year on seeing 10 on the scales fingers crossed.

SW- 13.10 8/9/24
Wk 1 - 13.3
Wk 2 - 13.1
Wk 3 - 12.13
Wk 4 - 12.10
Wk 5 - 12.10 (bonus dose)
Wk 6 - 12.6 (2.5 from 5 pen)
Wk 7 - 12.4 (3.75mg)
Wk 8 - 12.0 (3.75mg)
wk 9 - 11.12 (3.75mg)
wk10 - 12.0 (3.75mg)
Wk11 - 11.8 (3.75mg)
wk 12 - 11.6 (3.75mg)
WK 13 - 11.4 (3.75mg)
WK 14 - 11.2 (4mg)
WK 15 - 11.3 (4mg)
UGW- 10

Week 17, I had a break from the gym for a few days over my period but am back at it again now. I also had some 'cravings' for chocolate/sweet stuff but ate responsibly. It led me to muse on cravings, I think it's the first time I've experienced what 'normals' call cravings - normally I'm just hungry and always want chocolate etc. I didn't have cravings when I was pregnant, but I certainly overate.

I'm sticking to my normal dose and routine for Christmas. I'll have Christmas dinner but then won't go overboard on crap afterwards. I've got chocolate covered nuts and am planning to stuff dates with pistachio then cover in dark chocolate. I'm also making sausage rolls so they will be UPF free/whole food.

I've lost the same as a small bale of hay - I have a horse so will get a progress picture of me holding a bale.

30/08/2024 - 122.5kg
03/09/2024 - 120.9kg, first dose 2.5 of MJ
10/09/2024 - 118.3kg, second dose 2.5 of MJ
17/09/2024 - 116.2kg, third dose 2.5 of MJ
24/09/2024 - 112.4kg, fourth dose 2.5 of MJ
01/10/2024 - 112.4kg, fifth dose 2.5 of MJ
08/10/2024 - 111.0kg, sixth dose 2.5 of MJ
15/10/2024 - 109.8kg, seventh dose 2.5 of MJ
22/10/2024 - 108.5kg, eighth dose 3.75 of MJ
29/10/2024 - 105.9kg, ninth dose 3 of MJ
05/11/2024 - 107.3kg, tenth dose 3 of MJ
12/11/2024 - 105.9kg, 11th dose 3.75 of MJ
19/11/2024 - 104.2kg, 12th dose 3.75 of MJ
26/11/2024 - 104.3kg, 13th dose 3.75 of MJ
03/12/2024 - 103kg, 14th dose 3.75 of MJ
10/12/2014 - 102.6kg, 15th dose 3.75 of MJ
17/12/2024 - 100.7kg, 16th dose 3.75 of MJ
24/12/2024 - 99.7kg, 17th dose 3.75 of MJ

Loss - 22.8kg … a small bale of hay.
Goal - to be in the healthy BMI range (70.3kg)

Just a reminder there's a new thread running for when this one is full:

Mounjaro September Support (4) www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight-loss-injections/5232316-mounjaro-september-support-4

Just taken first dose, feeling a bit nervous! Xx