Mounjaro February to April 24 starters - Thread 4

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4th thread!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5207564-mounjaro-february-to-april-24-starters-thread-3?page=40&reply=141722167

Checking in!
reached my one year anniversary last week.
I’ve lost 90 pounds and have about 25 to go to reach a bmi of 23.
it’s tough at the moment as the weight loss is slow. I also think I need to move from 10 to 12.5 mg as I’ve been on 10 since November and I can tell it’s not as effective now.
pits wonderful to read all your updates.

Vinted is your friend here!

Several of my colleagues are now on MJ and I’m considered a bit of an oracle (thanks to all the fabulous and useful information on these threads - thank you @ObsidianTree for starting it all 😘). I’ve still got a fair way to go, lost 5st with at least another 2-3 to go and mentioned to one that I’d need to purchase some new jeans as my 20s are far too. If now and she kindly brought me 3 pairs of her too big 18s no charge. Daughter also sold me loads of work blouses that she was going to put on Vinted. Feel like dog with two tails with my ‘new’ wardrobe. NSVs rock!

I'm having a disastrous week. Me, OH and our dog are in our van in N.Wales. For the first week here, we had family visit so 4 adults, a 6yr old and two dogs in the van and it's rarely stopped raining. I've spent the week feeding everyone 3 meals a day, and endless drinks and snacks. I've pretty much lost the will to live and eaten and drunk everything on offer. First set of visitors has now now left and 2nd lot is on way for the weekend (although, thankfully, they don't have a child or a dog). It's still raining. Only 4mg left in my pen this morning so I'm pretty confident that I'll be drowning myself in chocolate by tomorrow. Happy days.

@FlappyFish @spamm yes I will add some photos (as long as I look ok 😂). I’ve put on 4 pounds this week which is just ridiculous and definitely won’t drop off in time for the wedding tomorrow!

I’ll delay tomorrow’s jab a day or so and was thinking of dropping back down from 10mg to 7.5mg this week.

@PissedOffNeighbour22 Best wishes for tomorrow-I am sure you will look lovely.
I think I have mentioned this before, but I have this weird body dysmorphia where I think I am fat gain, overnight. I have to weigh myself to disabuse myself of the notion that “no, I still weigh 64-65kg, not 84kg”. But it like I “feel” fat again. I think I have adjusted to my new size & shape, but my somewhat disordered think is sure I am fat. I look down& see normal rolls of flesh on my midriff, and have difficulty convincing myself that my weight loss has NOT suddenly disappeared.
Does anyone else have something like this? It is a (smallish) source of anxiety, but somewhat perturbing.
I suppose the disordered thinking is the result of decades of trying & failing to reach a healthy goal weight. My psyche cannot keep up!

@PissedOffNeighbour22 best wishes for tomorrow! Please do send pics! I'll be you look amazing 😍

@Moanranger I have a similar thing. I have a LOT of clothes that I bought about 7 years ago that didn't fit and I didn't send back, nor get rid of. I have sorted through my clothes several times, and each time I assume they won't fit and put them back. I finally started trying on all the 12's and most fit, quite a few are too big now! I don't know if I'll ever be able to actually believe the size I am. Every time I look in a mirror I'm shocked at how slim I am.

@AgathaMystery my gallbladder issues and getting MJ. It's never been an issue, I think because I had it removed years ago and not had any issues since. I've been honest and answered the questions, sometimes the wording is useful 'are you CURRENTLY experiencing issues with XYZ' etc 👀😆 but I've spoken to my GP and neurologist about using MJ because of the neurological stuff going on, and they're fine with it, actively encouraged if when they heard how much I'd lost.

Hello, happy Easter ladies!

I need some help, as I'm struggling. I've been titrating slowly down from 12.5mg and down to my first 7.5mg yesterday (over the course of 2 months). But my symptoms seem to be getting worse?! Had to run to the loo yesterday as stomach was so unwell and seem to be being sick occasionally too when over indulging- something I've never had before. Has anyone else had this?

When I say overindulging I mean I normally have about 1600-1800 calories and some days I've been having 2000-2200 so nothing major. (Sure I had more than that some days when I was on my highest dose too!)

@Scalessayeek - while I am not titrating down, I am also experiencing different symptoms from week to week, despite being a year+ in my MJ journey. For example, for the first time in a long time, I had to stop half way through a salad yesterday evening, despite being hungry when I started, and having only one meal earlier in the day.

I had to rush to the loo a couple of times this week, and I am experiencing nausea and sulphur burps when I am least expecting it. It’s so strange to have this happen when I feel so completely used to the medication and know how I should be eating . I am also struggling sometimes to drink enough because I feel so full. I probably need to sit down and just reassess how I am planning my days. I might try going back to basics again.

Hope you feel ok. Happy Easter!

I was reading back through my post, and my previous one about being on holiday in France last week, and enjoying a little bit of everything - and I think they are probably connected. I will try going back to basics to see if that makes a real difference, although I don’t believe the ongoing symptoms only happened in the last week. It may also be connected to my new antidepressants, which I have been on for the last 3 months, and i believe also potentially impact digestion.

I definitely have weeks where I have more side effects and I'm never entirely sure why. I don't think it's done to changes in what I'm eating, just one of those things maybe. I'm not titrating down yet, so it's just the usual dose making me feel better or worse.

I randomly get stomach upsets and can spend a few days on the loo. But thinking back, I’ve always had this. I’d put it down to eating badly but now that Mounjaro is allowing me to eat well, I’m wondering if I’ve got IBS or something. Or maybe it’s just normal to have a few days of stomach sensitivity here and there?

I swear, sometimes I feel like an alien bought to earth where I’m finding out how to be a normal person! I have no idea what’s normal and what’s not. Not helped by being 49 years old and all the fun that hormone changes bring…

Yep, me.

I bought a pair of trousers in a size 'small' and they were too big. I looked at what the model was wearing online, thinking I'm much bigger than she is, and she was wearing a medium. I need an XS.

What I see in the mirror doesn't reflect an XS. I still see wobbly thighs, wide calves, rolls when I sit down, a hint of a double chin.

It's odd because when I was at my biggest I didn't see myself as being as big as I was then.

I saw an old picture yesterday and couldn't believe I was able to delude myself that I wasn't fat.

It's all very peculiar isn't it. Maybe it's to do with the speed at which we're able to lose on MJ. It takes the brain much longer to catch up.

I agree with Moanranger and BlackFriYay. I ordered some stuff off Shein (don’t judge me, I’m poor after buying a house!) and when it arrived, I took it out to look at and thought to myself that there was no way on this earth that it would fit me and that I’d need to send it all back. But when I tried it on, it all fitted perfectly. In fact, I tried a load of holiday stuff on last night and loads of that was too big.

I feel sort of like this is my “new fat”. There are days when I feel massive. But I’m not. Yes, I have a wobbly tummy but I’m 48 and fully post menopausal. I have to keep reminding myself that I am not fat any more. Trouble is, when this mindset starts creeping in, you need to remember the positives. We have spent so many years trying to get to where we are now, it’s hard to shift the mindset that has been there for years upon years upon years.

On the upside, last nights trying on session showed me that I do not have any cellulite anymore. Swings and roundabouts ladies, swings and roundabouts!

Any idea else received the email from med express?
No idea how people are going to be able to delete all theirs on this site alone!

Yep, I got that. I never liked the referral codes and never used them thankfully. I saw that MN have posted on the promo board telling people they are aware and not to report individual posts while they figure out what to do. I wonder if they'll just make the whole promo board go poof as presumably other suppliers will have to go the same way.

Yeah, it always made me feel icky.

Will be interesting to see what happens!

@BlackFriYay same here - I was absolutely massive before but had convinced myself that I was just a bit overweight 😕.

Equally, it seems that most size 10 clothes are too big for me now yet I still feel bigger than that and I didn’t look as thin as I hoped in my wedding dress the other day.

Today I met the team I’m going to be managing and one of the women admitted the first thing she thought when she saw me was ‘she’s REALLY slim’. Yet I don’t see myself as really slim, especially as I’m just short of bmi 24 which means a few pounds on and I’ll be overweight again 😧.
Our heads just haven’t caught up with what’s happened to our bodies yet have they!

Good to see the MedExpress codes will be culled. I’m fed up of still seeing them every bloody where.

I’m still struggling too to realise things fit me now that previously wouldn’t have. On my way to/from work I pass lots of lovely clothes shops that I’ve never been able to go into (Hobbs etc) and now I don’t dare as I don’t want to overspend! I’m trying to rein in the Vinted spends too.

ive got a consultation with Oushk next week, I think I randomly got a cancellation as I only booked it yesterday. My BMI is 21 so I need to get onto maintenance asap. I still have a couple of pens due to always using the bonus dose but am hoping to get onto the plan and be able to keep ordering after the pens are finished. Ideally I’d like to lose a few more lbs as I still have a big tummy.

Now my BMI is below 25 I'm going through contact oushk, they seem to be the only place that does any real maintenance plans.

It’s reassuring to know I’m not alone when it comes to adjusting to body image. I’m really struggling with it.

I’ve never felt more podgy. And yet this morning I noticed my knee high boots had big gaps around the calf, I’ve always aspired to my boots fitting like that rather than clinging to every curve…but still I left the house feeling big.

It’s so odd to have empirical evidence of being slim and yet still feeling fat. Why can’t my brain understand.

Maybe it’s just ingrained in us from a lifetime of being told by the media/society that everything about the way we look is wrong. Sigh.

I dont think that i look fat as such but i cannot believe how tiny my clothes are.
Just got a pair of Mand S shorts delivered Size 6 (and as it turns out, shorts that all the reviews claim are very small made !) . As I got them out of the package I thought , God what have I done, these wouldn't fit a toddler! They fit me fine. They are tiny. I just cannot compute!.

Another one here who can't quite visualise her weight loss! I must admit some brands sizing doesn't help, all my size 16 phase eight dresses fit perfectly yet I'm wearing M&S size 12 jeans which are also a perfect fit! I also have "fat" days where I'm convinced I've gained a stone yet its just a few lbs and some bloat which goes away after 48 hours. This is new territory which I feel utterly unequipped for. I also think I'm so conscious of letting go like I've done after every other period of weight loss which leads to me regaining everything plus some.

I’m with everyone on the not adjusting to size. I’ve had to buy clothes in a 6 and these aren’t oversized things. Standard jeans etc. I’m still going through old clothes and I think they look massive now. My head hasn’t caught up really. Some days it has. Mostly it hasn’t.

I also have the knee high boot issue. They look like wellies. After years of them never getting close to zipping.

I didn't feel as big as I was before and I don't feel much different now! I think my issue is I still have very chunky thighs and a belly which is what I mostly see if I look down! I've been trying to work out how much of my thighs is fat and how much is loose skin to work out what I can still achieve. I do come from a long line of pear shaped women with chunky thighs so I'm not expecting much to be honest!