Mounjaro September Support (4)

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A new thread before the old one fills up!

I think it was easier mentally for me this time because I started this whole thing due to a surprise diagnoses of T2 Diabetes. At the point I was diagnosed I was really ill, had been feeling unwell for months but pushing it to the back of my mind and forcing myself to keep functioning. My test results were awful and I had to go straight onto high doses of insulin and metformin.

It's meant that this time I had to make the diet work, I had to keep going, it was no longer 'just' about looking better or fitting into clothes.

The Mounjaro has been miraculous, has allowed me to focus on increasing exercise, cutting carbs down to just green veg and fruit. My blood tests have my glucose levels back in the non-diabetic range now. I can't reverse the circulation and nerves problems in my feet or the low level damage I've done to my eyes but I can fix my weight and stop it all getting worse.

Well done everyone.

I had a bottle of wine over two days. I have not really been drinking so I'm not sure how I will get on.

Instead of worrying, I will track over the week. I have a meal plan ready and will add everything into MFP. 5lbs to my next goal.

Also, thank goodness for psyllium husk recommendation.

Week 28,

250g loss this week so still in a plateau. I started to consider what further changes I need to make this morning and ended up having a little weep.

My DH is at risk of redundancy and looking very likely. He's understandably very stressed so I'm managing a lot of emotions at home between him and our 6yo DS. My plateau correlates with this new situation, after some self reflection I'm actually quite pleased that I am maintaining my weight and diet and haven't jumped head first in to a KFC/Doughnut spiral which I would definitely have done a few years ago.

So I'm cutting myself some slack, I'm not going to increase dose to force myself in to a bigger deficit. It will be a learning experience to deal with this without binging, my challenge is to find the middle ground. At the end of the day this is a change for life and if that means there is a break in the middle of the journey that's fine with me.

30/08/2024 - 122.5kg
03/09/2024 - 120.9kg, first dose 2.5mg
10/09/2024 - 118.3kg
17/09/2024 - 116.2kg
24/09/2024 - 112.4kg
01/10/2024 - 112.4kg
08/10/2024 - 111.0kg
15/10/2024 - 109.8kg
22/10/2024 - 108.5kg, eighth dose 3.75mg
29/10/2024 - 105.9kg
05/11/2024 - 107.3kg
12/11/2024 - 105.9kg
19/11/2024 - 104.2kg
26/11/2024 - 104.3kg
03/12/2024 - 103kg
10/12/2014 - 102.6kg
17/12/2024 - 100.7kg, 100KG Milestone
24/12/2024 - 99.7kg
31/12/2024 - 100.1kg
07/01/2024 - 99.3kg
14/01/2024 - 97.8kg
21/01/2024 - 96.6kg, 4 stone loss Milestone
28/01/2025 - 96kg
04/02/2025 - 95.2kg, 23rd dose 4.5mg. 14 stone bracket - lowest weight since college.
11/02/2025 - 94.9kg
18/02/2025 - 94.3kg
25/02/2025 - 93.4kg
05/03/2025 - 93.4kg
11/03/2025 - 93.15kg

Loss - 29.35kg … an elephants penis and a chihuahua🐘🍆🐕.

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

Sounds really wise @SpottyBumPony , and importantly like a very sustainable decision. So sorry your family is having such a tough while.

@SpottyBumPony any weight loss or maintenance in such difficult circumstances is a massive win.

I have lost 3 stone and have been maintaining. I think I will be reducing my daily calories to see if that helps get things moving. I am about halfway.

Down 1.6lb this week.

I had wine last night (boo) but managed to control the munchies (yay).

Good morning all, thought I’d pop back with an update from the post MJ world! I’ve been reading the thread regularly and I’m wishing everyone well as we navigate all this.

It’s about 6 weeks since I had my last jab, no titrating down, just stopped. This was because of finance and feeling ready to stop dealing with the side effects. I never made it to more than about 3.5 in the whole process. It took about a week/10 days to feel like it left my system.

I’d spent some time in the lead up to stopping looking at what my eating and activity was going to look like post MJ. I’d calculated my TDEE to what I thought would keep me losing a pound a month, but the reality was it was too high. In the first weeks I put on a couple of pounds and then went lower and and lost them again. Hard to tell where hormonal fluctuation’s play a part too. I gave myself a month to play with t getting the balance right. I’m still using a calorie counter every day as I see for me that I wildly underestimate my calorie intake if not. I’ve also upped my exercise. I’ve not had times where I’m ravenous, yes there’s been times I’m really hungry. That’s fine, cos I knew where my next meal was coming from and what it was. Which leads me to my next point…

What’s really stuck is my commitment to spend more time focussing on food planning, food prepping and the week ahead. Before I was too busy to do this, now I see how hard I was being on myself. Too busy to invest in my health? That’s crazy. I’m well worth 10 minutes a day!

So my weight is the same as that last post in early feb when I was jabbing for the last time. I still need to lose a few more pounds, 4/5 but I’m confident it will happen. All in all post MJ has been good. And those months spent on it were so important to reflect on how I’d got where I was and what needed to change.

I have searched but cannot find one. Is there a similar thread for people starting this month?

@Seldomseenkid you seem really focused and like you have a good plan. What you say about investing in your health and making sure you take the time really chimes with me.

Here it is: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5283590-march-2025-starter-mounjaro

Good luck with your journey!

I'm still going, not lost any more, but I am certain that's because carbs have increased quite a bit. Friends coming for dinner tonight, but will be focusing back on my portion size and carb levels next week.

Morning! Standard 2lbs this morning (it was 3lbs all over the weekend but what can you do? 🤷‍♀️)

Onwards.

I have a party on Saturday, I’m heading to Zara today to buy a top to go with jeans. I’ve never been able to shop at Zara before! I take that as a NSV.

thank you!

A celebration for me today, I’ve moved to just weighing in weekly, but my scales told me that my visceral fat now has a score of 9 - within normal range!!!! I’m am feeling very pleased with myself!

Hi everyone, lovely to see how much progress and reflection people are having. It makes me feel quite emotional! I have had a stall this month, and I think it’s time to finally go over the 2.5mg dose so I’m going to up it to 3.25 next week and see how I get on.

Wow @mimosa1 - I remember your struggles but hadn’t realised you managed to stay on 2.5 all this time. Wow! Have you lost throughout?
I’m impatiently waiting for my period to arrive, as I usually have a decent loss then. I’m deciding whether to buy one last pen or just stop (have titrated down) and want to check that I’m definitely maintaining first. Always retain lots of water in the week before period so am ignoring this week’s weigh ins.
(also realise I’ve been talking about being undecided on here since December, which is probably very boring for everyone else!)

I have just bought new bras and am down from 34gg to 32f and the pleasure of being able to buy bras from a normal shop is perhaps the most pleasing thing ever. Three bras cost less than one of my old ones ! if anything is going to keep me on the straight and narrow it’s the memory of having to cart around my GG’s. Still on 3.75 and lost nearly 3 stone, I’m a slow loser but I also have been exercising 5/6 days a week so I’ve been eating fairly well recently and better quality food.

I’ve finished second week of maintenance. I’m still on the same dose and struggling a bit so far with the right amount to eat. Last week I stayed the same but this week I have lost 1.1lbs. Slowly upping calories but quite afraid of gaining.

In exciting news DH is getting ready to order his first pen. Really happy for him to be going on this journey.

I have made it into the 11 stone bracket and a total loss of 5 stone, so I am delighted with that. Hoping to chip away and get another stone and a half/2 stone off. Went up to 10mg this month and ordered another 10 pen but prob should have gone up. Will see how it goes.

@mimosa1 I've managed to titrate up to 5mg. Wow - look at me, hardcore! I did it little by little. But now it is hard to lose any weight if I eat anywhere off plan (too many carbs / any alcohol). The great thing is that with my current diet I am not putting on any weight. That is such good learning. I'm recording what I am doing and what I am eating - this should be something like maintenance (when it eventually comes). I am noticing how much (or how little) I put on my plate and how I feel, both physically and emotionally.

Yesterday I went to an event and the food was essentially 6 little bites of canape (veg things on bread, mini pizza, cheese, salami etc). Previously I would have been "that's ridiculous - let's get a pizza on the way home". But even on day 6 after my injection, I was thinking "That looked small but I feel OK. I'll be fine till I get home..." Then got home and didn't even want anything else to eat.

@Sampler oh yes, the joy of smaller boobs!

@SpiderMother that must feel exciting for you re-experiencing this journey with your dh. I hope it works well for him. In your position I'd be thinking "If there's a tiny 0.1mg left in his pen at the end of the month, I might just have that!"

I hit 6 months on Mounjaro lat week, which seems crazy. Week 27 today lost 2lb, taking my total to a frustrating 4st 13.5 lb, next week I am certain it will be 5 stone.
I am starting to keep an eye of my bmi, I think about 11 stone will get me to a healthy bmi, so I am aiming for that and we see how I feel. I was a fat child\teen/adult, I don’t know what is right for me because I have never experienced it.
I have been experiencing what feels like major hair lose for about 6 weeks, I had lots of hair to start so it’s not noticeable yet, but I can feel it and washing my hair is scary. Does anyone have any reassurance around this? I am taking vitamins and supplements, weirdly my nails are probably the strongest they have ever been.

I am thinking the maintenance route, clearly this medication has had a positive effect on me and I am not sure I want to give it up!

I took my last jab of my last pen on Thursday so I'm now officially in maintenance at just shy of 10 stone.

@jupiterhigh I've had the same hair loss issues for about 6 weeks. Luckily I have thick hair to start with but it's noticeable to me around my hairline. It seems quite common with any sort of weight loss whether through MJ or not. It should start to slow down and re grow - I've seen suggestions that it lasts around 3 months. I'm not too concerned but the constant shedding is driving me nuts, everything is covered in hair.

Me too with the hair loss - and also someone with really thick hair to start. Seems to have slowed this week though - and it was quite a lot only relatively recently.
I’ve started taking collagen in my coffee in the morning, it’s true - you can’t taste it, and I’m one who has their coffee black. I’m hoping it will help with my skin too.
I’ve been taking collagen for 2 weeks now and I do think it is helping.
i’ve booked my maintenance call for 8 weeks time, hoping I’m pretty much near to my 11.5 stone target weight. I’m 5ft 8, but would say I’m big boned, my skeleton definitely seems bigger/sturdier than a friend of a similar height, so I think that weight will be fine for me. Not sure I’ll ever be off this medication as I’m certainly more focused and productive on it, currently on 12.5mg and will titrate down as far as I can without losing too many benefits.

Hi everyone,
I had BAD hair loss a few months ago and it turns out that I’m severely deficient in Vitamin D, after I went to the GP for a blood test so it may not be related to weight loss per se, or could be a combination alongside something else. I felt silly going to the doctor with “just” hair loss but she couldn’t have been nicer so I encourage you to get checked out. I’m on a prescription high dose for a couple months and it’s def getting better.

@EBoo80@20bloodypoundsi have been on 2.5 all this time as could face feeling hideous but I do want to start losing faster again (been averaging 1kg per month for the last 3m but have had a long stall this one) so I’m going to titrate up next week. Wish me luck!

Hopefully the hair loss will stop soon, I did stop my additional vit d supplement around the time it started thinking back. I was about to go on holiday for feb half term and thought I was probably going to get enough sunshine going forward. I have also been on collagen for months. I am on 12.5 too @MetabolismLostand like you do think I have some chunky bones, definitely my ankles, still don’t think wellies are achievable.