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

I've already had two stages of clothes clear-outs. I had size 14/16 stuff which still didn't fit after the 1st effort but was too big by the 2nd - now that's really annoying! Then last night as I was getting ready to go out with friends, I discovered that size 16 shirts and sweatshirts which I'd sort of got away with by thinking they were baggy are now definitely ridiculously big so about to do a 3rd. The money I've wasted over the years is frightening. I've decided not to buy more at the moment as Spring is just around the corner and I can focus on summer stuff (please god, don't let me be fat again by next winter).

I'm not ready to get rid of my clothes either. Its trousers that are the issue really. I'm now a 12 but was originally wearing 16s! So my 16s and 14s are all neatly packed away. Terrified I'll regain all the weight again (as I've done so many times). Some clothing brands are so weird sized so I'm still wearing some 16s and 14s!

@KrankyKumquat that's happened to me too. Found a load of clothes I could have been wearing but now too big. I must have spent many thousands of pounds over the years.

I promised myself I wouldn't go crazy buying new clothes but I get sucked into sales constantly and have spent a fortune already 🤦🏻‍♀️.

Or 5-10 year old stuff that now fits but is too low cut, not flattering on my current body or is a too young style or just looks like a style from a decade ago. I have thrown so much out.

I’m loving getting back into my 2010 wardrobe!

Just took the plunge and ordered a new bra from BraStop. According to my measurements, I'm a 30FF. So that's what I've ordered. But honestly, that size means nothing to me, it's completely alien as I was wearing 40C from Tesco at my fattest. But I'm 'trusting the process' as they say on FB...Will update when it arrives! If it fits, I'll be officially gobsmacked.

I'm dressing like a 19 year old emo. My really old band t-shirts are genuine vintage now. I love it but worry people are laughing at me behind my back in Aldi 😅.

Clothing sizes are WILD AF and I am SICK OF IT!!!

Just a quick check-in as still on holiday ATM. Took Renpho scales & weigh every morning. What this actually helps with is my dismorphia. If I didn’t have scales, I would be convinced I had put on a stone & be overcome with anxiety. By weighing daily I know I haven’t which is a great relief.
Part of my holiday was spent in US, and I must say the food is minging! We have gone to recommended places, but it is mostly badly prepared, deep fat fried & with no veg! Now in Mexico & the food is consistently better -home made, wonderful salads, fresh fruit readily available. Just have to watch carb intake. I am eating soup for dinner a lot - they have great soups!
Will report on how it went overall when I am back in UK.

I thought this thread had been quiet today and then realised the last one filled up and I hadn't been watching this one. Congrats @RagzRebooted on getting to the healthy BMI! Excellent stuff.

@Moanranger that reason to weight regularly really resonated with me. I had an event last weekend and had convinced myself a night of over indulgence made me overweight again and then the feelings of fuck it I’ll have more treats came back. Once I weighed I realised I was totally fine!

who cares? Fashion currently is weird anyway. Crop tops and ridiculously unflattering waistlines

@Buffypaws yeah agreed. What is it with white socks too?!

Question to those of you still taking clear whey protein drink. My protein seems to have stopped making my favourite flavours so I might have to choose another brand. Which one do you recommend? I like tangy flavours like apple / kiwi and I'm hoping to stay at around 20 quid for 20+ servings. Help!!!

I had the BEST spinach salad for dinner tonight in Mexico! Also did not break the bank - will miss this😊

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Going to repost using the username you'll recognise me as!

Oh it won't let me, how annoying.

I'm NextPrimeMinister.

I thought I'd report on my first 4 weeks of 'maintenance' as I slowly wean myself off mj.

I dropped to a 10 pen, and have only felt a small bit hungrier, and in the main been able to ignore it (rather than old me would have rushed to eat, to make it go away).

I haven't really done anything else different, not actively eaten more and still using mj to tell me when I'm full, remove appetite etc.

I'm not sure I have the strength to control my own food intake to be honest. I know mj is doing that for me. It makes me think I can't ever come off it.

I have lost 2 more lbs. I don't really need to, so planning to just use this as a buffer to allow a small gain when I drop again to 7.5 next.

Please don’t think of it as strength NextPrimeMinister. @Notsuchafattynow

One revelation from MJ is that I’m not just weak, lack will power, I just need to be more disciplined bla bla bla. My body has actively worked against me, as it has for all of us I guess.

We had a frikking hormone issue and this corrects it in the same way as any other medical issue.

(I’d be happier if we just paid NHS prescription but I’m sure in years that will come).

The time that I came off MJ made me realise that. The hunger and noise came back. The people who post and say do you not think slim people get it made me doubt myself for a bit. But the truth, for me, is that I CANNOT ignore that internal demand to eat. I can for a bit. However, I’d be tying myself up in knots for hours before giving in to a biological demand.

A lot of my shame has gone now. I’m not just greedy. I had a brain telling me to eat, triggered by a body demanding it. Or whichever way round it goes.

Thanks @FlappyFish. I appreciate your reply, even now after all these months I still feel like the reason I can't regulate food is a personal failure.

I forget there are other factors in play.

I need to work this out in my head.

You'll get there. It's bloody hard!

2 in one thread already! 🥱

Is anyone finding a real discrepancy between the effects from one pen to the next? I took the bonus dose last week, extracted with a needle so a good full dose if not more. Very little suppression. Yesterday I used the first dose from a new pen and am feeling suppression plus lovely sulphur burps and a slightly iffy tummy (probably because of the stuff I'd eaten when not suppressed....). All pens stored exactly the same way, from the same supplier etc. Weird.

@Femeia I feel it hits different dose to dose! It's super strange. I think maybe the side effects of appetite suppressant has now gone and the only thing left is the feeling full quickly.

I now regularly feel like eating bad things etc, but when I do I can't eat as much of it.

I no longer have a few days after dose where I struggle to each much. I am now able to eat regularly, but just smaller meals.

I'm getting used to the new normal I guess. Am in maintenance now anyway so as long as I don't gain, that's the main thing. So just rolling with it.

Yes, I too find I sometimes have "lucky pens"! I'm on week 3 of a 7.5mg pen having titrated down from 10mg which is been on since August, and am finding suppression is higher than on my last 10mg pen. Strange. And I definitely felt there was some variations between pens when I was on 10mg for all those months.

In other news, I'm now 900g away from my ultimate basement goal weight! I'm essentially at goal in terms of my body size, but will hope to maintain within a 3kg range of it. I'd like to see that come up on the scale just once, but then I'll be working to stay there or slightly above.

I really MUST start a proper exercise regime though to tone and build muscle. I've been putting it off as I'm just not someone who enjoys exercise (and who very much enjoys sitting on the sofa under a blanket watching true crime documentaries). I have some old Jillian Michaels dvds that I need to dust off and I just have to force myself to do it really. Maybe now I'm smaller, I'll find exercise more enjoyable and less uncomfortable?!