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!

More skinny bitches on the thread! Congrats all.

Hi all

Sorry I've not been on for a while I've been ticking along nicely until Thu night last week.

I'd moved up to 6mg 3 weeks ago, I've split the dose 3mg on sun night/3mg on wed night because 6mg in one go was too much.

After my midweek dose wed night/thu I've had horrendous diarrhoea since. If I eat anything it goes through me within an hour. Stomach cramps nausea the whole lot.

Had to work on Fri and couldn't risk being unwell so didn't eat anything all day just drank water. That worked and I thought I was ok but ate breakfast on sat morning and the diarrhoea came back.

Not sure what to do, I'm worried about not eating anything at all.

Does anybody have any experience or suggestions of what to do? I'm considering stopping MJ (I'm week 15 today so all fine up til now with minimal side effects).

I've been really cautious about what I'm eating over the weekend, low fat, clean but nothing is helping.

that’s quite the impressive exercise output for one day! Well done you! 10lbs to go is a wonderful achievement and you must be able to see the end in sight? I don’t know anybody who looks good either before, during or after running unless they are Keely Hodgkinson so don’t be too hard on yourself. I’m also considering sticking at 5mg for a while (I’m taking the second dose of my third 5mg pen later today) no idea if I’m doing the correct thing, but it feels right to me. Keep going 💪🏻

Goodness, that sounds dreadful. What dose were you on before splitting it? Could it be a coincidence because there is a huge amount of Norovirus/ winter stomach bugs around at the moment?

I’d be taking electrolytes abd seeking medical advice in the meantime because you are right, not eating is not sustainable and your symptoms sound very extreme.

That makes sense, I hope you feel better this week. One of the recognised side effects of MJ is low mood so bear this in mind and make sure you speak to your GP if you start to feel worse 💐

Well done! Young people always look at me like I’ve got 2 heads when I say ‘I went to the pictures’ - they’re all ‘like, what is that’? 😂

30lbs is awesome! Congratulations!

I’ve also fallen out of love with my Peloton bike - no idea why, but you’ve inspired me to get on it at least once this week. 💪🏻

The vinted jumper sounds like a lovely treat 🥰

Tu sizing is mad. I bought a coat after I’d lost 7 lbs - so still 13st 6 and I needed a size 10 in a blue coat I bought. I was not by any stretch of the imagination a size 10 at that time. Maybe one will come up soon for you in an S 🤞🏻

🥳 congratulations! A new stone bracket is the best feeling.

Oh no! What a blow. Hope you’re feeling better this morning%?

Hello! I have sadly had this any time I tried to move up a dose. I’m week 13 and on 3.75. The only thing that helped me I was like that (happened a few times) was water only for 72 hours. Honestly anything else will run through you. Once the mj level starts to lower in your system you will manage food again. When it’s next jab day, take a lower dose. So I go back to 2.5z. If I’m ok that week I go for 3.75 again.

Dear God. What is wrong with some people? How rude.

I remember many years ago having lost weight on WW, happily settled (so I thought) at size 14, and one day miraculously fitting into what was very clearly a vanity size 12. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, never to be repeated 😆

That sounds awful @WeakAsIAm Are you sure it's the MJ and not a bug?. There are so many horrible bugs going round at the moment? Would you be best going down to 5mg or even 2.5mg?

The only time in my adult life I can remember being under 10 stone (I was 9st 13lbs to be exact, but only for a week) I tried on and fit into a pair of size 6 combats in Next. That was also never repeated! They were also a victim of crazy vanity sizing.

I do find Tu comes up very big - except when it doesn't. I had a pair of denim joggers that were absolutely tiny and had no give in them at all, they were two sizes bigger than most other jeans I owned and I struggled to get them over my arse. They went to the charity shop in the end.

I had this a few weeks ago and never really knew whether it was MJ or a stomach bug but it was truly awful, the most ill I can ever remember being. I inject on a Sunday and this started on the Wednesday evening which is when my "feeling a bit shit" period has usually subsided, but it lasted right through till the Friday and sounded very much like what you had. I couldn't eat a thing for days, survived on immodium and sips of lucozade, and had a day and a half off work.

Fingers crossed it's either a bug or a one off for you. It hasn't happened to me again - touch wood - I get a bit of diarrhoea on Tuesdays but nothing too bad.

I've had this also - especially the last three weeks while I've been on 7.5mg. It's absolutely debilitating, so you have all of my sympathy. I don't have much advice, as I have not successfully been able to stop it, but there is an absolute tonne of advice/ information on people suffering from these kinds of symptoms on reddit, so you might have a search x

Thanks guys x

Yeah I'm probably going to drop down to 5mg again.

Not sure it is a bug because I can drink water fine, it's just if I eat anything.

Trials and tribulations of MJ, I suppose this is what you get for being part of the front runners - you have no idea what to expect.

W13 D1 - 9th dose of 5mg

S/W 16st 7
C/W 13st 2
G/W 11st ish

As per my previous post, my BMI dropped in to the overweight category, which gave me a huge boost. I did have an ‘off-plan’ meal Saturday night, and a couple of drinks, but the thought of alcohol causing poor food choices stopped me having too many!! I had some Dairy Milk last night, and it just didn’t taste right… which was both disappointing and promising at the same time. Chocolate is (was) my nemesis, so if it’s not that enjoyable then it gives me hope for life post-Mounjaro.

I'm also wearing a pair of Levi’s that I couldn’t get over my thighs not that long ago, and the top I wore on Saturday (which was snug this time last year) swamped me.

I've had a few wobbles abut what weight to aim for over the past few weeks, thinking maybe I should keep pushing below hitting a ‘normal’ BMI to give me some wiggle room, but my DH pointed out the other day that I was very happy with how my body looked at 11st (back in 2015!!!) and that even if I get below that weight, I’m not going to look the same. I’ve had two children, one by c section, and surgery which changed my upper body. Visually, I’m never going to look how I used to, and I’m ok with that. My body has survived a lot since I was thin and I need to be proud of that. It’s not all about the numbers on the scale, I need to find my happy place in the mirror and in clothes, which I don’t think is going to be as low as the BMI calculator would like.

So, for now, I’m keeping on keeping on. Extra dose from the pen next week then another 5mg order I think.

We’ve got this!

Morning.
Hope everyone has had a good weekend.

I'm a whopping 1.75kg down this week, which is great. Could have been the full 2 if not for hungry Sunday.
8.7kg down, so nearly 20lbs which finally feels substantial.
I was snacky on Saturday and hungry on Sunday, but I can't move up to 7.5 because day 2 and 3 side effects are still a lot. I threw up my lunch last Tuesday, sulphur burps were extreme.

I've previously thought about changing my injection day to make weekends easier but for now I'll take a slower loss and work on self control on weekends.
I'm not going crazy, food noise isn't too bad, but I'm feeling hungry, there's not much suppression and so I eat more. Across the week I'm still in deficit.

W13 D1 - I didn't update last week, but it was a nice solid 4th weekly drop of 2 lbs, and have been pretty steady at 0.5" off my waist each week too.

Last week was my 3rd on 6mg and I had quite a noticeable drop in suppression - coupled with a work trip (lots of tempting food on offer), I've had a flat week with just 0.25lb drop. Nudged to 7mg when I jabbed last night.

Overall progress remains excellent and I'm super happy:

SW 12st 13
CW 11st 3.75
GW 10st 10

Total waste loss is ~6".

I've basically just half a stone to go and DW is starting to say 'you're nearly there'. Wondering if I should keep going as I am at the moment, until I reach target weight, or start to taper off now for a slower drop over the last few pounds. Will check in on some of the earlier starting threads to see how people are doing with this.

Guess who’s back! I got to catch up with chat on the thread. Hopped on scales this morning relieved to find tour holiday damage non existent 💪🏻. I did do a lot of lengths (for me) in various hotel pools and even used the gym facilities once. And even more excitingly I managed to extract the bonus dose for the first time using needles. The Frio cooling wallet worked fantastically.

As we were disembarking at Heathrow got message that Pen 4 was delivered.

So week 14

SW : 15stone 12lb / 100.7kg
CW : 13 stone 7lb / 85.7kg

Total Loss so far 2 stone 5lb / 15kg.

Only 2 stone to before I am merely overweight 🙄😭

So another month on 2.5. May go up to 5 for next pen depending upon next couple of weeks. Now I am going to read rest of thread x

Yay, welcome back @Pumpkinforever! Excellent work on tour!

That sounds like my weekend...

Jabbed Thursday morning. Felt a bit off by Friday afternoon. Diarrhea Friday night. Very very careful with food (dry toast, a banana ...) on Saturday. Diarrhea over night again. Sunday, even worse. Sunday night, same. I resorted to Imodium on Sunday evening and Monday morning, and had an okay day, but only ate very small amounts of totally bland food. And my stomach is making all sorts of funny sounds again now...

I've had this once before, 3 jabs ago, but it only lasted 36 hours then. Definitely worse this time.

I'm thinking of reducing dose on Thursday. 3.75 instead of 5 mg? I'm not at goal weight yet, and I'm taking this up treat insulin resistance as a main priority... So I don't want to give up.

It is absolutely crazy…. I’m the same those foods I used to pig out on, now I just don’t want, and I am so enjoying lovely salads…. Highly recommend the rice bowl from KFC 490 calories, I get the extra chicken fillet in mine and eat it over 2 days…. Gorgeous. I love my icy water, gorgeous fruit salads….. I’m a different person!!!!!!!