Mounjaro, week 5 what's your losses?

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I'm on week 5 of Mounjaro and had my 1st 5mg dose on Wednesday.

I've lost 1st 1.5lb which is great, BUT I'm seeing people 11weeks in having lost 3st 7lb! I started at 15st 7lb and I'm having 1450 calories a day logging on Nutracheck.

Some days I don't eat them all, and the food noise and hunger has gone. Am I expecting too much to have lost more?

Am I having the right amount of calories, I'm 5ft 4, sedentary and do no exercise (I know this is wrong)!

I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

I lost 4 stone in about four months, and then it's taken me most of this year too lose 10lb so it's very varied. 2lb a week is a good sustainable amount I think

Hope this is helpful, I'm 16 weeks in but have tracked my losses (and gains) week by week. On average I have about 1-2lb loss a week.

Starting weight - 217.5 lbs
Current weight - 183.4 lbs
Total loss - 34.1 lbs

Week by week:
End of week 1 - 212.5 lbs - 5.0 lbs Loss
End of week 2 - 209.6 lbs - 2.9 lbs Loss
End of week 3 - 205.9 lbs - 3.7 lbs Loss
End of week 4 - 204.1 lbs - 1.8 lbs Loss
End of week 5 - 202.8 lbs - 1.3 lbs Loss
End of week 6 - 200.8 lbs - 2.0 lbs Loss
End of week 7 - 198.6 lbs - 2.2 lbs Loss
End of week 8 - 197 lbs - 1.6 lbs Loss
End of week 9 - 195.1 lbs - 1.9 lbs Loss
End of week 10 - 192.4 lbs - 2.7 lbs Loss
End of week 11 - 190.6 lbs - 1.8 lbs Loss
End of week 12 - 190 lbs - 0.6 lbs Loss
End of week 13 - 187.8 lbs - 2.2 lbs Loss
End of week 14 - 184.3 lbs - 3.5 lbs Loss
End of week 15 - 184.5 lbs - 0.2 lbs Gain
End of week 16 - 183.4 lbs - 1.1 lbs Loss

I’m on week 6, had my first 5ml dose yesterday. So far I’ve lost 19 lbs which I’m happy with but I still have a long way to go. BMI is now 46 down from 49. I do find it difficult to eat enough calories although am sticking to healthy and nutritious foods. I’ve started aqua aerobics too.

I’m on week 7 and I have only lost about 5lb

it irks me when folk lose a stone in a month and complain 😂😂

2md 5mg today and weigh in on sumday I've lost a stone so far ok I'd love more but it is whay it is and I seem to hearing a lot of food noise on 5mg

I just weighed in for my week 9 weigh in today.

2.5mg -
Start weight: 16st 10lbs 6oz
Week 1: 15st 12lbs 4oz (-12lbs)
Week 2: 15st 8lbs 6oz (-4lbs) total -16lbs
Week 3: 15st 5lbs 6oz (-3lbs) total -19lbs
Week 4: 15st 4lbs 6oz (-1lbs) total -20lbs

5mg -
Week 5: 15st 0lbs 8oz -(4lbs) total -24lbs
Week 6: 14st 12lbs 4oz (-2lbs) -26lbs
Week 7: 14st 10lbs 8oz (-2lbs) -28lbs
Week 8: 14st 10lbs 0oz (-0.5lbs) 28.5lbs
Week 9: 14st 6lbs 2oz (-4lbs) -32.5lbs

I don’t really mess around with the oz every week as it’s too much faff.

Yes you are expecting too much and no you are not doing anything wrong.

Please, please, please do not compare yourself to anybody else. You don’t know what (if!) they’re eating, how much exercise they are doing etc. Anybody who has GENUINELY lost 3 1/2 stone in 11 weeks is a bit of a worry tbh.

Mounjaro is a treatment for obesity, an aid to help you sustain a long term calorie deficit and to help combat insulin resistance, hormonal imbalances etc. It is NOT a speedy way to drop masses of weight!

I would say to anyone starting out not to have any expectations at all. Just looking at my user name shows you I certainly didn’t!! 😂 According to statistics, I am considered a fairly strong responder and you have lost exactly what I did in the first 5 weeks. Now, 25 weeks in, I am 1lb shy of losing 5 stone.

Just keep doing what you are doing and ignore what anyone else is (supposedly) losing!

I'm on week 8 and have lost 2 stone in that time. I've learnt not to compare too much as everyones losses are so different!

At week 5 and 3 days I have lost almost 7 lb. So much less than others and I have easily another 3.5 stone to lose. But on the other hand it is making saying no to food and making healthier choices easier and although I am hungrier than I expected in first week of 5mg, I doubt I would have been able to continue dieting this long without it. If I can average 2lb a week I will be very happy.

Week 4 = lost nothing not 1 lb 😪😪

The only thing you are doing wrong is comparing yourself to others. Everyone loses weight differently and depending if people have more to lose it might come off faster. I’m approaching a year on MJ now and didn’t get great losses until I went up to 7.5mg. As long as you are losing don’t worry about others because you set yourself up for disappointment if you do.

In what world is losing a over a stone in a month not enough? I took my 5th injection on Friday and I have lost 6kg which is about a stone (I have a bad case of DOMS at the moment, so I will probably drop another 0.5 in a day or so). I am concerned I am losing weight too fast at this rate and actually slightly upped my calories this week.

If you lose more than 1.5kg a week, this substantially increases your risk of gallbladder issues. Plus it's not allow time for your skin to shrink resulting in loose skin, plus hair falling out etc.

I am aiming to lose 1kg a week. This is 26kg in 6 months which will be the lightest I have been for decades and takes me close to a healthy BMI and I will look slim. That's no time at all, and I will be slimmer and healthier every week

By week five, 2.6 kg. It is completely irrelevant what anyone else's rate is though, everyone will be doing different things and be at different stages. The important thing is that you are in calorie deficit and are consistent with your exercise.

In what world would you be disappointed to lose over a stone in five weeks? Seriously.

You saw someone claim to have lost 49lbs in 11 weeks?????

I assume that individual is either lying or was very obese to begin with. I have lost 43lbs in 25 weeks. I wouldn’t want to lose any faster - I am starting to see saggy skin on my neck and I have experienced some hair loss. And that is losing just under 2lbs a week on average.

You have unrelated and unhealthy expectations.

@Bellyblueboy I think it is possible...I have lost 30lbs in 8 weeks...

SW 17 stone.
CW 14 stone 12

Started 20th Jan 1025 x