Mounjaro, 10st or more to lose, thread two

[Iwouldratherbesinging]

Starting a new friendly and supportive thread, we’re almost full on the last one.
original thread is here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5226758-mounjaro-10st-or-more-to-lose

I've lost 6 stone-ish (40kg), I need to lose the same again to get to 23 bmi. I've been losing slower recently, app reckons I should be there in October.

Thanks for new thread. I’ve been on 2.5 mg Mountjaro for a month now. I haven’t got scales (due to anorexic DD in house) but don’t feel as I have lost much weight at all. Been disciplined and there is an element of having to exert strong control. I am mid fifties, short and v overweight. I thought weigh loss would be evident after this month. The cost element certainly reinforces my self control. Finding I am a dry mouth despite drinking water frequently.
Am I expecting too much? Prepared to be told I am but kindly please as weight is sensitive topic 🙀.

Thanks for the new thread @Iwouldratherbesinging

Onwards and downwards we go!

A lot of people don't feel any effect on 2.5mg. It's meant as a way of getting your body used to the medication. You may not feel anything until you're on 5mg or even 7.5mg.

Checking in, thanks for the new thread. I’ve just received my first 7.5mg pen today, planning to start it Thursday. Looking forward to it as I don’t feel the 5mg is as effective now as it was in the beginning.

That must be very hard for you @Coffeetostart, balancing your weight loss and being so mindful of your DD. Are you able to weigh at Boots or your local GP?
I remember that first month standing on the scales with dread thinking that I hadn’t lost anything, you may be pleasantly surprised. If you’re doing everything right then there is no reason that you won’t have lost anything. Reading about other people’s huge weight losses in the first couple of weeks doesn’t help. Many of us on here average 2lb/1kg a week.
l’m late 50s, short and very overweight (but not as overweight as I was at the beginning!) and didn’t really feel any different in the first month or so. But it really is a wonder drug but we’re all in for a long journey, I do find myself wishing the months away as I want to get to the end of my journey, but saying that I’m enjoying noticing the small changes.
I think that I really felt a difference from about 2 stone off…

6 stone is epic! How do you feel?

I feel happy it's gone and that I can see it's possible to lose, that makes me more positive about the rest coming off even if it's getting slower. I'm sad that I put myself in the situation or having so much to lose.

The top half of me is doing better than the bottom, I wish I'd taken leg measurements as they don't seem to be visibly shrinking.

I've recently gone up to 10 and still ok with side effects mostly, it's the burps which are the worst they come and go a day or 2 after the injection.

Had another little plus today. Visited the practice nurse today for a non weight related issue and when asked about any changes I could say I had lost 15kg. I got a 'well done'. Childishly pleased by that.

Thar's not childish at all @GnomeDePlume! I will be chuffed when I get to that. and health care person notices and congratulates me (note the positivity!)

I had a NSV today - did my blood sugars before and 2 hours after lunch, bang on 4.8 both times, which is great! I can tolerate dark rye ryvita without sending my sugars madly high!

Yes, I am taking it for weightloss, but as a T2 diabetic the changes I've already made are having a brilliant effect on my blood sugars!

I’m delayed taking my next injection as medexpress is taking forever to review my prescription!

I decided to buy a couple of size 20 bits on vinted just so I had them as 1 of my size 22 trousers are falling down. First pair of trousers arrived today and they fit!! Still can't quite squeeze into my old size 20 jeans but I'm so close. I also ran with my kids for a couple of minutes and didn't think i was dying

I'd really like to take the kids to a theme park and be comfortable on all the rides. I'd also like to do go ape this summer, I just checked and their weight limit is 130kgs. I was 137kgs in the beginning of October and now I'm 115kg so we will definitely be able to do it

Oh no, that’s rubbish! I started with them and never had an issue, I’ve been reading more and more about delays and random requests from them. Hope it gets sorted for you soon.

I can't remember which thread I read it on but there's a theory that no-one notices the first stone off, only you notice the second and other people start to notice from the third. It's played out in my experience as I'm approaching three stone lost.
If you haven't, take some Photos Of Doom once a month. That's how I can see the changes when I can objectively compare the photos.

@GnomeDePlume you should be proud, you’ve worked hard! How is your DD doing? I’m sure I remember you saying she had lost a lot of weight.

Weigh day for me tomorrow, fingers crossed, no bad constipation this week so hoping for a better loss than last week.
I’m definitely no longer a regular gal (sorry for the tmi), I’m now a three times a week gal if I’m lucky. The lactulose helps, but if I forget to take it, which I do quite often, it’s like trying to pass concrete blocks 😂. I don’t think that fasting two days a week helps. I made a lamb tagine today and added chopped up prunes! Luckily DH didn’t notice.

Posting so I don't lose the thread!!

@Iwouldratherbesinging and @PinkArt, thanks for your replies. I definitely haven’t lost even half a stone. I know because my jeans feel exactly the same. However, your encouragement to stay the course lifts my spirits. I’m not just ready to do the photo of doom 🙀🙀 again until required. But despite deafness , I have a phone call with a coach on Wednesday.
I definitely need to create time for a walk every day but worry that DD will do vigorous exercise when I’m out and she’s on bed rest.
I do the injection in secret. I hope I’ve been administering it correctly 🤔.

Hope everyone on here is getting on okay. I’m thankful that I can lose weight this way. It took me ages before I got started. Anyhow, best wishes everyone!

After losing myself due to postnatal depression, PCOS, and eventually psychosis, I went from 12 stone to 21st 11 at my highest, in five years.

I’m finally on the path to rediscovering myself and who I can be, and started my mounjaro journey 3 weeks ago, did my 3rd on Friday.

17lbs down already and I think I’m most excited to feel healthy again.

@Iwouldratherbesinging thank you for remembering! DD2 has lost 6 stone, which is amazing. She is noticing huge changes in how people treat her. She isn't altogether comfortable with this.

Some of the narrative especially from HCPs is that lose weight and all health problems are solved. Except this isn't true.

hi , thanks for the new thread- my username has changed since its. A new thread which is annoying, but I’m assuming it’s the same for a lot of people here , and you’re all the ones we have been talking to since December!

anyway 1.6lb away from my next mini target, I’m hopeful before Thursdays jab day !

sw 10/1 305lb
cw 4/3. 287lb
mini target 285lb

currently just started 5mg

@Loveanewusername 18 pounds in 7 weeks is excellent progress 🎯

I'm still plodding along, have spent the last couple of months losing grams, rather than pounds. Managed to get out the house twice last week for a walk which I can feel in my legs still, so that's good. I just wish I could crack the 5 stone mark, I'm saying since before Christmas, I've lost nearly 5 stone I'm nearly half way there but it's just not happening. On 15mg now and swapped to Oushk with maintenance in mind, probably not till next year though. Once I get out of obese I might feel a bit happier. About a stone to go.m

@werebackon that must have been terrifying for you 😔, on a new path now and a positive one! 17lbs off is a brilliant start, welcome along for the ride.

For me personally, MJ is the last resort to lose weight after countless diets, insecurities and unhappiness being morbidly obese. I'm so grateful that there is finally something available that can help me live a good long life. For the first time in decades, I feel hopeful.

I have heard many people say they have gained some weight in recent years (menopause, pregnancy etc) and absolutely cannot stand the fact they are not slim. And as a result are using MJ to go back to their desired weight. It's clear their quality of life is impacted and they can feel the difference a couple of stone can make and want the weight gone. As someone who has been overweight my entire life, I don't know what it is like to be slim, and I don't know what I am missing.

By reading how these people are desperate to shift what, to me, quite a small amount of weight, makes me wonder exactly how fantastic and how wonderful life must be when slim. To make them feel like that.

It's really spurred me on to shift the weight. And has given me a lot to think about.