Mounjaro, 10st or more to lose.

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Hello fellow mounjaro users or people thinking about starting. I have seen there is a thread for people needing to lose 5 stone plus, but even there I felt a little bit big.
I need to lose 12 stone, and even then my BMI would be 33.
Alot of people seem to be starting mounjaro with a starting BMI of 33, so I think it sometimes feels better to be among people who have the same amount to lose, 12 stone feels so daunting and scary. It's going to be a long battle.

This is my final chance before weight loss surgery, which I really don't want to do or risk.
I am 32 years old and have 2 young sons (7 and 5), one is disabled and the other is struggling and is on a reduced timetable at school. They need me to be around for a very long time and at the moment I feel like I am failing them.

I started calorie counting/a calorie controlled diet last Monday (2nd December). I was thinking about putting it off because of Christmas, but I can always come up with an excuse, so I decided to just go for it.

I weighed in at 27st and 7lbs.
At 5 ft 8 that gave me a BMI of 58.5!!!

I had some blood tests in March which showed I was prediabetic, I have done precisely nothing since then to do anything about it and have buried my head in the sand!

My mounjaro was delivered Tuesday afternoon and I took my first jab on Wednesday morning. I think its working slightly now, but I didn't feel any different for the first 3 days, but I'm either used to eating less (unlikely in 7 days) or the mounjaro has started to take effect.

So, one week in, calorie controlled diet every day, trying to get lots of protein, drinking loads, a few days of mounjaro in my system.

Weigh day time,

drum roll

26st and 11lbs!!!! 🥳

10lbs gone. I am very happy with that. I used to be able to lose 15lbs in a week when I was younger, but I was much more active back then and thanks to being so overweight I do struggle with activity.

BMI is now 57! So I've lost 1.5 on my BMI. Fingers crossed I can keep this going, I just need the number to keep going down! I'm really hoping I can be in a healthier and happier place with myself.

So, long post over.

Does anyone with 10st or more to lose want to join me here?

I know its daunting but I think if anyone feels like me, this is probably our last hope before surgery and our health is probably starting to decline or already has due to the weight we have on our bodies.

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Over 100 pounds down? 🥳🥂🏆

I love how everyone is so supportive on this thread - we need to start thinking about creating a part two soon!
@TragicMuse my biggest tip is to realise that no two people have the same journey and comparison to others can really get you down at the beginning. My suppression felt like it started the day after jabbing, but I don’t know if it was a placebo type effect.
I still love to cook, especially for others, but I find I tend to batch cook more so there are smaller portions for me squirreled away in the freezer.

@Kay2000, I have suffered with constipation from day one, lactulose was the only thing that worked for me and it took me nearly 4 months to figure out, I’m still trying to figure out a dose to keep me ‘regular’ though, and still have to resort to laxatives at least one a week, but I would still rather have to contend with this than not take MJ!

@Grumpyoldthing congrats for the weight loss for both you and mr. Grumpy! I went into the office last week for the first time since November, and no-one said a thing to me and like you I feel exceptionally thin, I practically floated around the office and not one comment! I’ve worked there for over 20 years so I expect someone to say something. Hopefully when I next go in they won’t recognise me 😆

I start my 12.5 mg pen next week, I’m still getting good suppression on 10mg, so I’ll take the first 12.5 and if it’s too much I’ll go back to 10mg as I had a couple of days where I really struggled to eat this week.

@Iwouldratherbesinging Pleased to say the lactulose is doing the trick 😉. Maybe you should stick to 10 until you feel it’s not suppressing your hunger as much? I read one pharmacy say you shouldn’t go up until absolutely necessary.

Hello! I think I joined here and then went awol. I've been doing Mounjarno since March so it's been a year.

SW 125 kg
CW 90 kg

I'm frustrated with my plateau since December. Have another 20 kg to go. Am off to catch up on the rest of the thread....

@SilenceInside What a brilliant achievement joining the hundred club! Well done you - fantastic!

@TragicMuse How are you getting on? Good to hear you’ve started.

If you had side effects how quickly did they start for you? - Very limited side effects a couple of bouts of diarrhoea and a little bit of nausea but nothing that isn’t manageable. A couple of weeks into my journey I realised I was feeling a bit flat. I think I’ve used sugar and salt and fatty foods as an emotional crutch for a long time and so it’s been harder thinking about how to deal with that flat feeling. Apparently people who have bariatric surgery go through the same thing.

And how quickly did your suppression start? - Within the first 12 hours, I describe it as a lack of interest in food. I was describing it to my friend as not being able to “get it up” for whatever I would usually crave. I’ve gone to the local shop you know the ones with all the lovely snacks cakes and takeaway bits and just stood looking at the cake selection and feeling absolutely nothing.

Also, does the suppression affect your cooking ability? - It hasn’t affected it. I’ve improved the quality of what I am serving both in terms of fruit and veg and protein. I am a bit obsessed with ensuring there is at least 20 g of protein at least each eating opportunity.

I was listening to a podcast called half size me in the week which is really good and the presenter described the period you have when you have Mounjaro or bariatric surgery as 12 to 18 months to reset your eating habits and your lifestyle habits - like making sure you eat 20 g of protein at each sitting.
I guess you could lose all the weight eating half size portions of fish and chips but when you get to goal, you’ll quickly put weight back on if you just start eating bigger portions of fish and chips if you see what I mean.

@SilenceInside I almost missed that line! Over 100lbs 🍾 what an achievement! Well done you!

Thanks all. The crazy thing is that I'm still obese... Only Class 1 obese now, but my BMI is 33 so still have a way to go to get into the Overweight category and not be obese for the first time in roughly two decades.

Hey everyone,
I’ve been on a healthy eating journey and been doing the gym every now and again around the children’s school since the end of my relationship in November. My issue is when the kids go to bed the cravings kick in. So far I’ve lost a couple of stone but it’s started to plateau. I ordered MJ 2.5 mg last week hopefully to kerb the craving and to see if it will help me start to lose again. The MJ was delivered last night and I don’t my first dose this morning.

I’m now starting the gym abit more regularly too (3 times a week). I have no clue when it comes to the gym and tend to stick to the treadmill and bike. If anyone has and recommendations for how to videos please send them my way.

SW: 24st 11lbs (November 28th)
CW:21st 8lbs (as of this morning)
GW: 9st 5lbs (Middle of BMI Scale)

Lost: 3st 3lbs
To Lose: 12st 3lbs

I lurk here as I usually post on the Shemed thread but wanted to post to say 🎉🥳 congratulations to @SilenceInside . I've so appreciated your support and your patient posting as well as you leading the way showing us how it can work.

I've just looked up my medical record for something else and seeing my weight in stone has demoralised me (I've been doing everything in kg as its not real to me) a bit and yes that feeling that if I lost 5 stone I'd still be morbidly obese is scary it's a long journey isn't it. And I love reading this board but am aware of how very much 10stone is and what a longer journey this will be.

Still we are all going in the right direction and silence is showing us we can do it 😊. Thankyou all.

Another member to join the “slow losers club” here.

I have just taken my 4th dose of 2.5 and in the first 3 weeks have lost just 4lbs. A loss is a loss but with me being if a high weight I’d hoped for an early boost but it wasn’t meant to be.

I go up to 5mg next week and I’m hoping to get better suppression and food noise reduction as it’s been limited for me. I am definitely making better choices and my desire for sweet and carb heavy broods has reduced weirdly which has helped me stay in a modest deficit.

it feels like a very long road ahead but I feel like I have some hope back.

I have to say , now I have gone up to 5mg I have had two weeks of bigger losses , then the last few weeks on 2.5

I am happy to lose 2lb a week , but I have to say it’s a great boost to suddenly see -4lb

i have also taken two pictures and put them together two months apart, and you can tell I have lost the 18lb .

I think celebrating the small wins is the way forward!

2lb to the next mini goal - bring it on :-)

Good afternoon!

@Lobsterteapot I'm feeling ok, thank you! I need to have some breakfast so I can take my morning pills but am not jonesing for it. I have planned today's food so it won't be too hard but my main feeling is 'ok, I'll do that' rather than the constant interest in what comes next.

So. Officially putting it here:

19 Jan - 122.5kg
SW: 119.5kg
GW: somewhere between 55 and 70kg

Does anyone else think about what their life might be like as a slimmer person? Or look forward to the things they might be able to do differently?

I mentioned upthread about being able to buy less fabric when making my own clothes. I'm thinking about all the lovely patterns which don't cater to my size range which I could sew in the future - and yes, I'd love it if they did design for the person I am now, but I can't force a small business to be inclusive. And I want to make the cute skirt dammit!

Not asking for the seatbelt extender on flights. I'm going away in May and it would be amazing to not have to get the extender. I think it's possible, so that's my first mini-goal.

Buying clothes in 'normal' shops. I know White Stuff do a size 24 in some of their clothes. Do the shops carry it? No. No they do not. I get so fed up of having to buy online, chance it, return the wrong size and on and on. I want to go to a shop, see my size in EVERYTHING, choose what I want, try it on and buy it. And it not be £40 for a t-shirt. Yes, I'm Looking at you Live Unlimited. And while I'm on clothes, can we have no more of the bloody cold-shoulder tops with butterflies. Stop it with that.

Bras. Oh man. The bras. I have lots of ones I grew out of. I CANNOT WAIT to wear them again! And matching pants! I used to love a matched set. It was a thing I did to please myself. Then I had to relegate everything to the bag on top of the wardrobe and resort to Sainsbury big pants to accommodate everything. Even if people think I'm too old for sexy undies I will be rocking them. I will. I will.

Mostly though, I just want to be normal. Not the one who stands out.
Not hiding at the back.
Not having to take a deep breath before revealing myself on the beach.
Not being called 'brave' for revealing myself on the beach.
Not pretending I don't care.
Not defending every mouthful I eat in public, especially if it's a chip or an ice-cream.
Not being afraid of a flimsy-looking chair at a cafe.
Not being squashed on public transport.
Or worse, feeling like I'm squashing someone else.
And not living in fear of being secretly filmed and put on social media with the soundtrack of booming steps.

Bring it on Mounjaro. I am ready for your appetite-suppressing ways!

@TragicMuse That is a fantastic list!

I really want to buy a bra in Bravissmo. People think it's for bigger women but not my size big...

I really want to be able to go into a shop and be able to try soemthing on. Other than just ordering from seasalt (which I love, but I want some choice). This will be a long way off for me.

I want to get in the back of soemones car and not worry if the seat belt will do up.

I want to sit on a garden chair and not worry.

I want to enjoy a bath.

I want to not always be the biggest person in the room. I want to blend in. Just be normal.

I want to be able to go on a roller coaster or splash park without worrying. I'm a bit worried the moment passed for these and I won't enjoy it anymore. But I want to be able to go!

Id like to do yoga with adrienne one January and not have my stomach physically in the way and end up giving up.

There is so much hope isn't there. Even if lots of this might be a year away for me it's happening.

Oh really key at the moment for me. I want to go to a job interview without worrying about being judged and feeling I can look smart.

I want to sit at the hairdressers and not just see a round blob looking back and be self conscious.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Such a great list @TragicMuse agree also @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden

Last October we went to the caneries to quite a hilly resort and I struggled every day with the heat and walking. It was awful and I was miserable. I vowed then not to go on another holiday/city break at the same size.

Going away in June, need to stay focussed for then.

Absolutely @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden and @Lobsterteapot

I volunteer at a thing and the physical effort required is a lot. I'm looking forward to it being a bit easier.

@TragicMuse you might find it gets easier quite early on. I’m a stone and 8 down and I take DS to grassroots football every Sunday. I used to have to take a camping chair now I can stand throughout the whole thing!

(I march on the spot actually, seems to keep the cold away and I think all movement is good right? 😂)

Inspired! I'm hoping I'll be fitter by the time the big event happens in July. And I'm hoping to get out for little lunchtime walks now the weather is picking up - my work has some lovely grounds to walk round.

I HAVE TO SHARE!!!
I am officially out of the 3's and into the 2's!
Under 300lbs and I am so pleased with myself and also cannot believe it! Genuinely feeling really skinny now 😂

@mamabeeboo wonderful! It's so great to reach a target and to know that you're going to continue to make your next targets too.

Well done @mamabeeboo I can feel your joy from here!