January 2025 Starters Thread 4 Let's lose some more!

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1lb off here on 2nd week of 5mg (1st 6lbs total since 9th Jan) AND (more importantly) I can zip up my favourite gilet! Bye bye gilet with holes in the pockets, you are no longer required! I've not been taking measurements as I can't be bothered but I'm looking out for non scale victories in other ways.

Ha I tried that at work, identified as a man for the day and asked for a pay rise and promotion, but nope.

@mince3point14159265 yes they just said it was a side effect that will wear off. It's definitely not as strong. But the suppression is strong. I can wake up have one coffee and I'm good until about 6pm!! That's not normal. I do try and eat a bit in the middle of the day but I just can't stomach it.

3 more weeks and I think I will stop. If it's the same as last month I will lose another 10 kg. So totaling 20 kilos. I started at 87kg. If I get down to 65 is I will be happy as if I put on a couple.of kilos I won't mind. As long as I don't go over 70kg when I stop, I will be happy.

This is really vein. But I have a huge trip coming up to see dhs family in the summer. Haven't seen them face to face in 11 years and they are the sort and culture to explain how fat you are when they see you. And it will ruin my trip as I'm very sensitive. And I'm there for 4 weeks 🙈

And I know it shouldn't be an reason to lose weight!! But I needed to either way. I would like a photo of me and do where I don't hate looking at

It's my jab and weigh day W7 D1
SW 15st 12lb
CW: 14st 9lb
1st GW 14st 6lb
Final GW 12st
Total loss 1st 3lbs
Really pleased with that! Another week or two and I will only be overweight 😀

Snoopibird - if that's motivating you, then I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Same - going back to home country in April and really don't want people to even think that oh wow how much weight has she put on!

And my main motivation to get started was when we got back form Xmas holidays, were looking through the pictures and DS said that oh, there are no photos of mum?
I hated how fat I looked on all of them so deleted them immediately..

Morning all. Great to read about so much weight loss. A huge pat on the back to all the tortoises, please just keep going: slow and steady. My pattern is to stick for almost a week and then have a mini whoosh. 😀

I'm on week 5 of 2.5mg and very glad I stayed down as I've had more side effects this week. I've notice a pattern of horrid gastric effects on day 2 and 3. This week I've also been really cold and just so tired. I'm almost in a trance. Getting lots done, but leaving me drained. Patently lots going on in my body.

Can anyone talk to me about exercise and maybe point me in the direction of a good podcast to listen to about it? I started WT last summer, but it's more off than on and the same with walking / steps. I've had long haul work travel this month and then half term last week. I'm struggling to get started again and get into a habit that doesn't get derailed at the first micro bump. I have a plan for what I want to do, but just can't seem to get going. Plus I have an idea that it's really bad to do this without WT to retain muscle. 🙏

well done everyone, love reading about everyone’s losses. 2nd 5mg is not being kind to me this week.

@Snoopibird I totally understand and that would motivate me too, I have a school reunion in October and I'm keen to loose my weight before then. All these bits of motivation add up.

@HeavyHeidi I'm the same with photos. I jokingly call myself the invisible woman. Not next year though 💪

Has anyone got any got supplement recommendations? I am so, so exhausted, feel like I'm dragging myself along. This could be mj, low nutrition or my general very stressful life but I can't go on like this. Hoping it's something as simple as low iron.

I’m really interested in everyone’s honest motivations. Thanks @Snoopibird and @HeavyHeidi for sharing.

Mine are about 50/50 vanity and function. Vanity: I want to look better, healthier, and fit comfortably in to my beautiful wardrobe of clothes that are mostly a size 12. Function: I want to have more energy to move, I want to be stronger and more resilient, I want to get on top of my weight to mitigate the upcoming perimenopause phase of life. Oddly I’m finding that focusing on the vanity aspect is most motivating at the moment as MJ is leaving me quite low energy in the short term.

My most unhealthy habit is an attachment to the number of the scale. I know exactly what range I want to be in and I’ll not be happy until I’m there and that stops me celebrating the progress. I’m not sure how to get away from that while also keeping on track. Or maybe it’s just ok to have a realistic target in focus (top of BMI healthy range).

Down to 81.9kg today (SW 86.1 4 weeks ago). Took my bonus dose yesterday and planning to stay on 2.5mg as it's working well. I feel 100 times better in myself too.

W7 D5 and I’m back over 71kg - the curse of the daily weigh-in!

Was reading a few Reddit threads on maintenance last night and came across a poster who’s a metabolic research scientist, who’s also a prescriber and takes Mounjaro themselves. The data they have at the moment pointed to 80-90% regaining all the weight after coming off Mounjaro which underlines that it really is a medication for life in its current form. This poster said the data on stopping Mounjaro is only a few years old, so it’s likely that those in the sample will follow the trend of all other diets and the final result will be 95% regaining.
The research teams haven’t yet cracked ‘curing’ metabolic dysfunction but Mounjaro is the best treatment for it. They compared a ‘cure’ to antibiotics - you take it, it clears the infection, you’re cured you stop taking it. But Mounjaro is a treatment like blood thinners they give to stroke/PE patients - you have to take for life because as soon as you stop the risk of another blood clot that could lead to a stroke returns.
Maintenance could be different for everyone once they hit their goal weight - could be 2.5mg every other week. Could be more. Also there are constant developments in this, so in future maintenance could be a daily pill, or an injection every three months.

For me this is sobering to read. I want to believe I can be one of those in the 20/10/5% that keep it off. But for now I’m pleased I’ve moved over to Oushk who are being open about lifetime maintenance.

@DGonMJ thank you. That’s sobering for me too. I’ve been blithely assuming that I’ll be able to keep my weight off. Given my past results with diets, I don’t really know why I’m so optimistic. 😏

I'm feeling so motivated to exercise at the moment. I'm not sure if it's the 5mg or if it's just because I'm on a roll and seeing results but I'm very pleased! I'm due my 3rd (out of 5!) dose tomorrow of 5 but already have a 7.5 pen to go after. I'll see how I go I think because no side effects is lovely.

There are many drugs in development, so yes I can also believe that in some years, it's just an occasional pill. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/fat-not-muscle-drugmakers-race-next-weight-loss-breakthrough-2025-02-19/
A treatment, not a cure. I take daily thyroxine pills, my thyroid will never be cured. So I can understand that my food noise will not be cured, it can be controlled though

It certainly is sobering reading and I suspect I’ll be in the 95% as the diet my consultant put me on made me gain the weight in the first place! Seeing as I can’t come off it and can only modify to a limited extent I fully expect to gain weight within a short time of coming off Mounjaro.

It’s one of the reasons I’ve switched to Oushk. Their basic maintenance plan at £15 a month looks ideal for nipping weight gain in the bud. I cannot get into a situation where I have to regain enough weight to get into a prescribing category again

Very interesting @DGonMJ ; I am having serious words with myself that I am going to have to face up to the fact that I will have to accept a very different way of eating from now on. This post meno body does not respond the way it used to and needs a lot less calories 😢

I had an NSV today in that some trousers that I bought and never wore now fasten up, hooray! BUT they don't actually look very nice on, boo! So now they're just sitting in the wardrobe representing a waste of money.

I think I need to accept that if I want to keep the weight off, I will indeed need a lot less calories now that i'm older. But just skipping meals and eating cottage cheese instead of dinner has always felt like such deprivation, and clearly something I would be willing to do only temporarily. I need to be able to eat normal foods, go out for meals etc, just manage my portions.

@mince3point14159265 without being too outing, this is a work trip and they work in some form for MJ as external consultants. I made a joke about it and then started a discussion about how I think it's a game changer.

It certainly has been for me so far. And yes, it might be that I use it in some way for life. I'm open to that

Very interesting article @HeavyHeidi i think if they can find a way to prevent muscle loss while on glp1s that’ll be huge for those who are unable to exercise in those first few months. I have a SIL who is morbidly obese, housebound with a pulley system to help her from bed to chair to toilet etc, if she could lose weight without losing muscle it might convince her to take it.

*DGonMJ *I'm not a doctor of course but if she is basically bedbound because of her weight, she's losing more muscle mass than if she lost weight and could move around.

My dm told me the other day that my dsis has lost two stone and also in the same conversation told me she is taking collagen powder (I told dm I was taking it and she said "oh, that's funny bc dsis is taking it too") and I thought "hmmm....."!! I know my dsis has struggled to lose weight for a while so wouldn't be surprised if she's on the MJ too - she could even be on here!
"Hi sis!"👋 😂 I would never mention it to her though - as I'd hate anyone to ask me!

I'm going to jab my second dose of 5mg tomorrow and I've been absolutely fine this week apart from the usual tiredness/fatigue. Still sleeping a lot and suppression has been great, I've struggled to finish even half of my (small) evening meals and have been trying to have a few snacks to reach my calorie quota. Dh is moaning that I'm getting too thin (I've lost 12lbs with another 20 ish to go so he'd better get used to skinny me). He always comments when I lose weight as he prefers me curvy but I just ignore him! I told him it's not very sexy when you're panting climbing the stairs is it?

Once I get to my goal, I am actually looking forward to people asking if I am on Ozempic. I can then act all offended: OMG, what kind of question is that!! I'm not on ozempic! I'm on mounjaro! :D

I’m definitely getting more side effects the second week of 5mg. I’m nauseous (but haven’t vomited) freezing cold and excessively tired.

Am trying not to weigh myself every day, so next weigh in will be Saturday. I had better lose at least two pounds this week!!