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'm not on as high a dose anymore (I take 5mg every 2 weeks) but I'm experiencing the same, after coasting along nicely for months maintaining my goal weight despite not much suppression.

I returned from a weekend away to discover I've put on 5lbs since I last weighed 1.5 weeks previous. I've never gained so much whilst on mounjaro. It is worrying. I'm nowhere near BMI 30 and have been spreading my last 10mg pen in smaller doses having not bought any in months and months, so god knows where I go from here.

Hey there fellow losers,
Another stall, gain and then loss for me. I'd actually gone back up to over 74kg, if it hadn't been for my experience over the past 16 months it would have sent me into a spiral but I trusted the process instead. I reckon it must have been a response to the hot weather, the gym scanner showed a 2kg weight increase which included a 1kg increase in muscle mass, a 1kg drop in body fat and a 2kg increase in total body water. I've been getting swelly ankles again too. Water weight really is a thing!
Am back down to 71kg again so I was right not to worry. Am managing to keep up going to the gym, although lately it's been 3 days per week not 4. My arms and shoulders are looking more defined so all the weight training is starting to show results which is really motivating.
Am finding it hard to figure out what works for my poor deflated boobs, am too big for a G cup but GG is baggy. I'm really pleased they're now supermarket clothing section sized now for the first time in my adult life, 2 bras for under £20 is just brilliant when I think of all the money I've spent on scaffolding from Bravissimo and other specialist large cup providers over the years.
I still haven't started my vinted selling, am feeling guilty about the pile of size 18s clothing I need to shift but just can't seem to face dealing with it.

Hope you're all keeping going.

Oushk is letting me buy a pen outside the 6 weeks, however my last order was with them!

@BlackFriYay I tried to come off but realised i wasn't ready, had a break in orders of 3 months. I emailed my supplier MedExpress and explained this and they prescribed. Maybe try your last provider? Or Oushk who seem to have quite a sensible attitude to the reality of maintenance.

@Buffypaws 😄😄 it may have been quite a few hours less than 24 haha. The worst thing is that I didn’t even enjoy them, like pre-jab when I used to eat constantly even though I wasn’t hungry.

it’s really worrying isn’t it @BlackFriYay
I had the same issue a few months ago as I’d not ordered anything for months. Went back to simple online pharmacy and they prescribed without asking for any previous prescriptions. I ordered a 5mg as I didn’t think they’d prescribe the 7.5mg. Can’t believe I’ve had to go back up to 10mg and it’s still not doing much. At this rate I’ll be on it for life which I didn’t want to do.

I outed myself as a jab user at work today as there was some work related chat about the jabs. I said I was using it and just got stared at. None of them knew me as a fat person though so have no idea I was size 20-22 a year and a half ago.

Hi, all! Glad to hear everyone’s updates. I think it’s good we are staying in touch after having reached our goals and now maintaining. With all its struggles.

I have been maintains at around 65-66kg, a bit over BMI 25, for six months now.I would like to drop down to about 63.5kg, which will put me under BMI 25, but achieving this has been elusive. My story:
Lost 22.5kg in 8 months, was on 2.5, then 5 for about 5months, and briefly on 7.5 last Nov-Dec, which made me feel really unwell. I entered maintainance of 5mg, and stayed on that about 5 months, but a bit of food noise crept in & I wasn’t dropping any weight. So I went up to 7.5, and now 6 weeks in.
On 7.5 I don’t have food noise, but it now doesn’t affect my appetite much, and I get very, very tired! I reckon I need to stay in the 1000-1200 cal range to lose, but my averages are more like 1200-1500 kcal. Obviously, once you lose weight initially, you need to cut back more to continue losses. So a bit of a conundrum, really. I wish the tiredness wasn’t a side effect of 7.5, especially as I am not getting any weight loss along with it. I do remember some stories, during our WL phase, of people saying 7.5 wasn’t an effective dose. I discounted these at the time, but maybe there is something to it.
ATM I plan to stick to 7.5, hope I can drop the 4-5 lbs, then think about titration down.
At least I have kept at my initial goal weight for 8 months, no mean feat!

I think you lot are doing amazingly, in a world full of people crowing that the weight will go straight back on. Whether you're achieving that through maintenance doses, still losing or otherwise, we're all now well over a year in and sustaining things in a way that works for us. It's absolutely not easy.

I stopped in December after losing 4.5 stone. I went back on 2.5 every other month in February as I got the insatiable hunger pangs other people have since talked about and that kept them at bay. I realised I'd put about 5lbs back on and went up to 5mg around May to see if that helped. I then lost half a stone. It's been a month since I last injected anything (have got two 5mgs in the fridge) and so far my appetite has stayed reasonable and I've only put a pound back on eating whatever I've wanted. I'm kind of waiting to see whether the appetite and/or weight surges back and will go back to 5mg if it does.

@Wonkypictureframe sounds like you’re coping brilliantly 👏🏼. It’s good to know that it can be done.

This is what I was hoping would happen for me, but turns out I’m still a greedy piggy and can’t control myself.

@PissedOffNeighbour22 I'm in your camp! Had a break, piled weight on and now building back up on MJ. It has lower impact than before but stops binges.

The lowest I got to was 10st 6 and I am now 12st 2. I am on 7.5mg.

This is still a lot lower than when I started, but I have felt like a bit of a failure at times to be honest 😬

My focus at the minute is to get back into the overweight category and then look at moving towards a healthy BMI.

I have started resistance bar work at home and am stepping up my cardio. I am also aiming not to drink for the next couple of months.

Let's stay in touch on here 😁

just checking in and interested in the “after MJ” stories. I believe I’ll pile it back on if I stop as well.

i had a holiday to a warm place and was cold a lot of the time. It made me realise I’m going to have to drop my dose as I think it’s not just because I’m not carrying lots of padding any more. I’m still using up my final 15mg pen but the next ones are 12.5mg. I’m now with Oushk and had my verification video call recently. At the time I hadn’t been asked to verify my height so when I was asked on the call it was a bit of a disaster. I’ll have to work something out with a tape measure I think! I believe I was verified anyway but it seems they want this every 6 months.
ive still not told anyone except dh about the MJ and am finding myself in more and more conversations (colleagues, friends etc) where people are talking about them and saying how well I’ve done to avoid them. Aaargh - embarrassing!

im having a very piggy day today (jab is due tomorrow) so I definitely need to be careful - I don’t want that to become a habit and to undo all the good work.

I’m glad to see everyone is having similar trials and tribulations to me. I got up to 12.5mg at my highest. Was trying to titrate down slowly but as I have I’ve realised I will need to be on it for life. Currently flitting between 5 and 7.5mg every 5 to 7 days but this is from a 15mg pen so wondering if it’s losing its efficacy as it expires in August too 🤣. I’m a big runner now doing 2x 10km, and 2/3 5k runs a week. I can easily put away 3000 calories without feeling any effects at all 😳

Now the six weeks hols are here definitely will need to up the ante I think. I’m booking surgery with Nords for the end of next year, full 360 fdl tummy tuck and breast lift with implants. Since my highest weight in about 11 stone down so you can imagine the state of me! Around 72-74kg in weight and bmi is around 23 due to height.

Waffling a bit here but just wanted to share where I am and the struggles I’m facing

It's really interesting hearing how everyone is doing. I've decided I'm focusing on maintaining now. I have been hovering around 62kg and not getting down to the entirely arbitrary 60kg I had decided was goal. I'm definitely feeling less effect on 15mg now, so it will be interesting to see how I do on my next pen of 12.5! I'm ready to stop losing though, I'm thoroughly bored of it at this point.

@Scalessayeek I am envious of your surgery! I look like my legs have melted, the idea of surgery to remove the excess skin is very tempting.

While currently on 7.5, maintains my goal weight, but wanting to lose around 2kg. Daily morning weigh in shows me losing 100g per day - not much! But I then calculated if I kept that average up for 22 days, I would hit my target, so basically in a month. Re-framing it is actually v motivating.

Super envious of your surgery @Scalessayeek, it’s exactly what I would have if I wasn’t a wuss/had the money/wasn’t so old. I’m down from 249lbs (nearly 18 stone) to 140lbs and am so happy. Dh did say to me on holiday that I need to stop losing and that other family members felt the same. I’m fine where I’m at and am now titrating down so all good. Just need to be ever watchful about weight creep.

So my NSV/non-food related dopamine hit for today. I don’t know about the rest of you MJers, but my cooking repertoire has changed a lot. I keep my recipes in an index card box & a couple of folders, plus a few miscellaneous piles in the kitchen. Tired of ferreting through all this to find a recipe (I know it’s here somewhere…) I decided to Marie Kondo the lot, throwing out those I never used ( Pavlova for 12, perfect for a party. What was I thinking?) along with those I no longer fancy. Just generally organising them so I could find them, put them in categories, etc. Very useful exercise to review recipes, finding some interesting & healthy ones that I hope to try soon. Feeling virtuous!😇

I’m so glad to read that it’s not just me who is struggling to come off it. When I went to Greece in May I was 10.12.5. When I came back from my weekend away, I was 11.2 and I’m really struggling to lose that. Last weigh was 11.1.5. I’m on 5mg once a week at the mo and I really want to start titrating down again but I can gain weight just by looking at food, never mind eating it 😂

I think I want to get down to 10.7 which gives me quite a good buffer but at this rate, it’ll be Christmas before I get there 😂

I’m really struggling to lose these last 7lb now. Especially since I’m titrating down and my pharmacy won’t let me order a higher dose. I’m on 10mg currently then only have 5mg after that.

I’m much hungrier now on 10mg and finding it hard to stick to my calories and resist eating more as by 9pm my stomach is rumbling.

Why won't they prescribe higher? I had to go up to 12.5 pen to lose the last 7lbs. They were the hardest to lose!

I've been on a maintenance dose since Jan. Moved from 12.5 to 7/8 but have maintenance apart from a gain here or there after a holiday or weekend away. Any gain has easily been lost too.

I've got myself in a muddle by combining moving from 7 days to 10 days and stretching out a 10mg pen in 7/8 doses. I might have to make my next pen 7.5 and just move to 10 days.

I think splitting a 10mg pen is just too confusing for me! (And I'm not a thicko, honest!).

@Notsuchafattynowbecause I’m bmi 20.6 and they don’t want me to go below 21 whereas I want to get to 19.6

I’ll be surprised if they let me re order my next pen actually.

I have a call with oushk on Monday to discuss maintenance so will see if they will take me in at this bmi

I'd pretty much decided to abandon my goal weight as I'd been hovering about 2kg above it for ages and it seemed kind of pointless for that amount. But today I actually stopped hovering and hit it! I've gone from 120kg to 60kg, halving my body weight. I could make a whole other me from the weight I've lost. That just feels crazy!

That’s amazing well done @KeepUndercover

I’ve lost 1/3 which also feels a bit mental. I just looked back at my starting photo earlier and really can not believe I looked like that.

The weight losses are mindblowing. My favourite fact is that I was told years ago by an orthopaedic doctor diagnosing me with arthritis that every stone we carry exerts four stone of pressure on our joints, so my five(ish) stone lost is 25 stones less pressure on my arthritic joints.

@KeepUndercoverthat’s a brilliant result! Congratulations on making it.

@Wonkypictureframe my mind cannot compute that fact, it’s terrifying. Your body must be feeling great right now.

My big problem is that I don’t know where on the weight scale I should be settling at, I just want to keep losing weight because that’s the mindset I’ve had since I was 13.

How have you all decided when enough was enough?

I’ve exceeded my goal, I’ve got a BMI of 23. My face isn’t gaunt yet but I’m noticing it could go that way. My shoulders and collarbone are very defined (in a good way, am loving all these sticky out bones).

My boobs are still on the large side but that’s my physique. They will never get smaller.

I have a lot to loose skin on my stomach, arms and thighs so I can’t really use those areas as a guide. My hip bones are well defined though.

I’m a size 12/14, my clothes look good on me.

Do I settle here at 10 and a half stone (I’m 5ft 6) or do I go further? I’m so stuck.

Just embarrassed at this morning’s maths there. I got an A in GCSE!

For me my body just stopped losing. So I think it’s found its spot. I think most of what’s left is loose skin to be honest so that may be why. So I didn’t have to think too much about it. I’m nervous of putting it back on though which is the thing I now slightly obsess about. My BMI is about 21.5 and part of me thinks it would be nice to be lower, but more for the fact that it would feel ‘safer’ to be further from 25 rather than actively wanting what the Lowe BMI would give me, if that makes sense?