November ‘24 starters thread 6 - The one where it’s still January but we keep losing 💪🏻

[Mounjaropen]

Welcome to thread 6 friends old and new! Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we traverse into 2025 with new bodies and new mindsets 🥰

I’m on W11D5 and on my second 5mg pen
F in her early 50’s
H 5’ 5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 12st 2.2lb
GW 10st (maybe 9st 7lb if I don’t look too saggy!)
Total loss so far 23lbs

Recommend the Shotsy app to monitor MJ in my system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.

Feel free to swap recipes, tips for side effects and we love a beauty/fitness/style chat too.

Happy Friday!

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen!

My Lord, new thread already? This is what, no…4? We’re a busy lot aren’t we ? 🤣 Busier than the conception boards..

I’m supposed to be injecting today, but after the week I’ve had , I don’t think that’s the best idea. I’m going to put it off a couple of days.

Oooh shiny new thread! Thanks @Mounjaropen 💐

So I weighed myself this morning and.....I am now no longer officially obese! Just overweight. Whoop whoop!

Absolutely delighted to get this far and I'm only 1kg away from my first weight goal.

SW 95.5kg
CW 86.3kg
GW 75kg (but initially it was 85kg because I never believed i would get to 85!)

Also managed to fit happily into a new pair of non-stretch size 14 jeans this morning. I've not worn denim without a significant amount of stretch for a very long time.

Feeling a renewed determination to find a way to manage these post injection side effects and get myself down to 75kg💪🏻

Wooo @SerenePeer what a milestone, congrats!

Thanks. Weigh day tomorrow. Getting covered in bruises thanks to my sensitivity to mj so each injection site shows for weeks! I'm going to chat to prescriber at next order and see if they'll send different needles as I've tried all the other tips!

Number 6. My baby shop shut aaaages ago 😂

Hope you feel better soon 💐

Fantastic! Congratulations! And normal denim to boot! What a result 🥰

🤞for a whoosh!

I've a family birthday party to go to on Saturday, and as I'm still in-between my top weight and old "steady" weight I've picked up a January sales dress. Have been trying to avoid buying clothes while I'm at this stage, but I have to admit it's nice to have a new frock even if I'm planning to keep shrinking out of it.

Really dreading the day when I need to come off mj. I am so enjoying just not having to think about weighing everything and panicking if I go out where I can't calorie count every item. When I last "got myself together" with intense regular exercise and measured/gym-bunny nutrition, It made for a big cognitive overhead that made me feel like I had to be "perfect" - which ultimately made it unsustainable for me. This feels psychologically healthier. I really appreciate it.

Wow @SerenePeer, what a milestone! Congrats!

Haha, I've just realised @evilharpy and I said the same thing, word-for-word. 🤣

Checking in! Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen . I'm going up to 5mg tonight. Food noise suppression isn't great but I am still getting full much faster so that's something.

I've ordered what is said to be a miraculous retinol eye cream from a Korean brand - will report back

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen !

congratulations @SerenePeer - that’s a great milestone to hit!! I’m 6 pounds away from overweight, so hopefully I’ll join you there soon

I've had an awful 24hours - vomiting, nausea and all the other fun gastro discomfort. I’ve also spent most of it sleeping… considering I’ve had very little by way of side effects (other than when I self-sabotage with food…oooops) I’m hoping this is just a bug and will clear out of my system soon. It can’t be caused by what I ate, unless my body is revolting (in so many ways….) against protein and vegetables

Has anyone else noticed the recent influx of threads started by posters who want to go on WLI but are well below the prescribing criteria? I do sort of see where they’re coming from when they argue that we would be able to continue using the pens once we are safely in the ‘normal’ BMI category so why can’t they… but even as a user of Mounjaro I wouldn’t suggest it as a quick fix for losing a few vanity pounds. I would also imagine it wouldn’t be sustainable - I’m pretty sure if I’d stopped taking Mounjaro after the first few weeks/month the pounds I’d lost would’ve found me again very quickly! Given the cost involved, even for just one pen, I can’t see it being a financially effective way of non-obese people losing a small amount of weight either. But maybe that’s just me.

Also checking in - can’t believe we’re already on the 6th thread! Thanks @Mounjaropen for setting it up.

W9D7
Start weight: 12 st 7 (BMI 32)
Current weight: 11 st 2 (BMI 28.5)
Target 1: 9 st 10 (BMI 24.9)
Total loss: 19 lbs

I’m so close to a lot of milestones - losing 20lbs, being halfway there, getting into the 10s. I am however going away for a boozy weekend with friends and delaying my jab from today to Sunday when I get back. I can’t be good all the time!

I agree, but I think the problem is using BMI as a measure for this stuff because it's such a blunt tool. I'm aiming for a weight that puts me just below obese on the advice of doctors who have consistently told me to ignore BMI because my shape and frame (small waisted, tall, broad, very well suited to weights and muscle building) mean that the "normal" range isn't right for me. So I think a lot of people in the slightly overweight range are probably pretty much where they need to be, really, and shouldn't be worrying too much.

11th dose taken last night and I’m teetering on normal BMI - wahoo! Was up late last night reading threads about maintenance and researching, feels like a bit of a minefield especially as I have a 10mg pen unopened for use in a couple of weeks as I have just ordered everytime medexpress has told me to! I need to think of a game plan with providers etc. else from what I’m reading I might end up not being accepted. Feels stressful!

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen We do fill them up quickly!

I'm the same as @JasonTindallsTan and have lost my way since Christmas. I've scraped half a kilo loss this week. I went for a run for the first time forever last night. And it was actually quite enjoyable. Need to get back into the habit.

I'm very interested in the LED mask results. I might ask for vouchers for next birthday and Christmas and save up for one if they are good. Fingers crossed by then I will be happily maintaining my target weight.

Well done to everyone of their progress. This thread is so useful. I'm learning loads as we go along and feeling that I'm not alone.

Hope everyone who isn't feeling well bounces back soon.

@SerenePeer well done iya a great feeling not to be obese I was then I wasn't then I was now I'm not so we'll see I'll weigh in once I've done the toilet 😵‍💫

@Buttons0522 normal BMI in 10 weeks sounds phenomenal! Well done. How much have you lost?

Hi everyone hope yous are having a good morning I'm just up I'm well past the school run
SW 15.4
CW 13.4
GW 12.0
Due my jag this morning 7.5 this is my 3rd but I'm starting a new pen today but should have really went up to 10

Ooh non stretchy jeans @SerenePeer 🎉

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen

Well my itchy thighed friends I'm sorry to report that using an insulin syringe for it's longer needle hasn't prevented the injection site reaction 😩 having said that as I inject at an angle with syringe rather than perpendicular with a pen needle the depth won't have been vastly different so I may still get some long pen needles to try.

Eurax, hydrocortisone & antihistamine is my only plan now unless anyone has any other suggestions?🤞

There do seem to be lots of people who want to use it to drop half a stone! I know someone IRL who is by no means over weight who went on it for this reason, but I imagine it will go back on very quickly.

I had a BMI of just over 30 when I started but also had high blood pressure (which is now normal). There is no way I would have managed to get the same thing done without MJ. But there are associated risks with WLI -for me the benefits outweigh them, if I was a stone lighter at the start of my journey then I wouldn’t have opted for medical assistance!

I do think it will be interesting watching how eligibility is policed in the future

Just checking in to the new thread, sorry a few others have lost their way as well. I’m feeling reassuringly crap after injecting last night so it’s still having some effect.