Mounjaro August starters #7

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Thread 7 for August starters. Congrats for sticking with us for (up to) 13 weeks now!

Along with all the many people I envy for a whole range of reasons the people I envy most are tall! I've always hated being short. Plus I am of sturdy build, so even when I've been actively very thin I don't look petite as such, and people are constantly (and vocally!) surprised at how short I am. Now obviously I can't do anything about being a short arse, but if it makes you feel any better about weighing large numbers @MabelSpan, me being overweight makes me almost completely spherical! Tall people carry weight so much better. A very tall friend of mine lost 5 stone recently, and although she looked a bit trimmer, I genuinely couldn't see that much difference and was astonished when she proudly told me how much less she weighed.

I lost 3lb this week (one at the last minute, so don't feel that one is very secure). This takes me to the weight I was at the start of the pandemic, when I should have embarked on my annual get rid of winter and Christmas weight loss regime, but instead started on a sit down for two years and pile on several stone regime. Sigh. I'm now half way to my goal weight (32lb to go), but - the goal weight was based on me just squeaking under a 25 BMI, so really I'd like to lose another 10lb on top of that to have a bit of room not to instantly become overweight again if I add a pound or two. I'm not recalculating till I get to the first goal weight, though.

Have also lost an inch due to age and arthritis in spine. Am not admitting to that in BMI terms for a while.

@Blondeshavemorefun I think you made an interesting point about using Mj for smaller weight loss goals. I'm short so the 2 stone I tried and failed for years to get rid of would have taken me from a BMI of 30 to 25. It's not the biggest loss but the difference between obese and healthy could be significant. Circumstances made it hard to lose that weight - I know people who've lost lots more through SW etc so felt really useless for not being able to do it... then life went a bit shit and I ended up with at least 4 st to lose. I do wonder whether my confidence/life choices/health would be better now if I'd been able to lose the original 2st. If my daughter asked my advice in 10 years on how to lose 2 st, I'd say to try and do it the traditional way first - but great that MJ is available if that doesn't happen. One of my biggest hopes for her is that her weight doesn't dominate her adult life in the way it has mine. (The way we talk about diet, body shape and weight at home also I hope will help her to grow up with a healthier relationship to food!)

Sorry that's a bit rambling, but your question made me think (in a good way)

@weaseleyes I hate being in the completely spherical club. I just go from chin to boobs to tummy to legs in a great big squishy lump which is unflattering in any item of clothing.

Yes @Timetochange24 it really sucks!

Also I'm short with an "athletic build"... What's the point of an athletic build when no sports team wants a player who's 5 foot 3?

Speaking of which, this was good to watch. It's not all about BMI, it's about how you use it 💪

Gone up to 5mg this week and feeling fine on it. Only thing is I’ve started having eggy burps- they keep making me fancy an egg mayo sandwich though 😂

@weaseleyes thanks, I have been glad at being taller most of the time. I could easily go up a stone or so without really seeing it. That said, I kidded myself I didnt look as big as I was until it was too late and by then I didnt care as I was wrapped up in a cycle of self loathing and punishing or rewarding myself with food. My hope is to get back to my goal weight so my once hourglass figure, big boobs, small waist, big hips on long legs, will once again reveal itself!😊

Well on being so close to target @Azuresky68

Well done @4pink1blue that's your goal well and truly smashed!!

Well done @OnTheBounce !

Well done @weaseleyes !

No one speak to me about my shopping trip... we left at 10am got stuck on the motorway for 4 hours!!! But I did manage three pairs of sweaty betty leggings, slippers and the make up in needed... but we didn't have much time and have been in horrendous traffic on the way back and still not home!!

Weigh day tomorrow it better be a goody 😂

Awww bless you @Whoyoutakingto 💐

@NippyCrab you wouid have def lost inches so measure tonight

I need to as well. In cms as more 😂😂

Good luck with increasing

@MargoLivebetter where I don't cal count but do gen have 3 meals and don't really snack

@MabelSpan agree all diff. I have saggy boobs and bun even before mj so I'm fucked 😂

You are taller than me so I think you may find 11.7 hard but who knows

You and everyone else is doing so well

@weaseleyes fab you are half way to goal. Well done !!

@SammySays well done on loss

Is an eggy burp like a suphur burp?

I have no knowledge or burps 😂

@owlyboo glad you got some shopping but sorry it wasn't the success high had hoped

@Timetochange24 if we all lost the 1-2 st that tipped the scales originally then would be fab and we wouidnt be where we are

Where if I had done that instead of allowing another 3s to pile on , on top

Some of it I can blame on ivf and drugs - we did 5 cycles in 2 yrs and the drugs did make me gain a little

I was looking at my ivf notes and my bmi was under 30 but over 25 but as we paid for private that was fine

Nhs ivf iis bmi under 25

I actually lost weight during preg due to hg and was back in my jeans at 3w

Not sure what happened after that

😳😳😳😳😳😳

@MabelSpan We are very similar. I'm 56, and I was always 5 11 1/2 (I refused to be 6ft), but now, apparently, I'm about 5 10. How did that happen? My SW at the end of Aug was 19st 1 and I am just over 17st (weigh in Sun), so my goal is around yours, but I just can't see myself realistically that thin - I think I would awful. And as you say, our goal weight is more than many people's starting weight, and that can be REALLY depressing 😂

I can join the caught sight of myself on a mirror and recoiled club. I’ve lost around two stone and was feeling good until I went shopping with my daughter today and saw myself; In reality, I am still obese, puffy and have a long road ahead. I dread to think how bad I used to look. Clearly my head was well and truly buried in the sand.

I've just gone to do my last 5mg injection from this pen and i could not get anything out ! Eventually took the needle off and found that he bottom part f the needle had bent so was useless .. and as it was the last one of the pen i don't have a spare needle... gah! .

So i have just ordered a box for delivery tomorrow hopefully. I feel a bit nervous about missing a day so hoping it arrives on time . They'll be handy to try the 'hard twist' I keep hearing about to use eth bonus dose !

Tbh I think we are all obese creeping into overweight

@Mum0ntherun very similar indeed and losing at about the same rate! The shrinking is really annoying isnt it! Goal weight is so hard to decide on. When I was last 12 stone, that was 25yrs ago, I was 15st 10 years ago. My healthy BMI is 12 stone 1lb I think and between 12 and 13 stone I am a size 16, thanks to my boobs and hips. I would love to get to around 11 st 7lbs, to be a size 14 but my skin elasticity wont be what it was all those years ago, so its quite possible I will look at my body between 12 and 13 stone and think, thats enough, screw the BMI! @Blondeshavemorefun I may well look like a melted candle well before I reach goal weight! Its definitely a moveable target😊

@Addictedtobeauty sorry you had a shock too, its depressing isnt it, on the plus side, welcome to The Still Obese, Puffy And Long Road Ahead Club! It does have a sweet kind of ring to it!

Talking of puffy, I have only just noticed that my puffy fatty extra ankles, in front of my real ankle bone on both feet are shrinking! I am having that as an NSV!😂

@MabelSpan melted candle 😆😆😆 OMG I do hope not for both of us.

I’ve never had boobs or a bum as I’m straight up and down or athletic as I like to think (does athletes food count) so I’ve gotten away with my weight well at times. If I could get to 13 (4 more stone dear god 🥹) I’d be thrilled.

Ahhh, I’m hoping 10mg will work better for us. I’m the opposite to you - I like snacking through the day but can’t actually finish a decent meal. I have had small losses too on 7.5mg. How did your weigh in go? X

Ahhh I love that! Mums know best! 🥰

I'm down another lb. I reckon 19 lbs so far 11ish weeks. Chronic constipation this week though. Started on ducloease so hope that helps. 4th jab at 7.5 mg tomorrow. Sticking at 7.5mg for another month to see if the suppression continues.

@Mum0ntherun we absolutely will get there! Hopefully you will be there by the end of next Spring and I will be following on in early Summer.
Thats the plan!😊

That is absolutely the plan 🥰🥰

What a pain in the bum! Dont worry about being a day late with your jab, your fine to take a missed dose up to 4 days later I think. I was reading about taking doses late following my little mishap last week, I didnt jab at all this Monday, but just gave myself a little pick me up of 1.25mg today to see me through to next Monday. I tried the hard twist but it didnt work with my last pen so am sticking with syringing it out.