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

Checking in as had my order confirmed today. Am currently about 25 stone and have no idea what my target is as I’ve never known myself at a weight I’m happy with.

I will weigh myself properly when I start and do some measurements, and follow up for myself on a monthly basis, but am excited and nervous to try this.

Am now awaiting my delivery, so hoping to start at the weekend. It is amazing to read experiences of people in a similar boat to me with a long journey ahead so hoping I can have a similar success. Thank you to everyone for sharing their stories.

Hello new losers!

Looking forward to hearing all about your Mounjaro adventure!

Oooh, have a look at the me 360 app, I really wish I had done this at the start of my journey. It’s terrifying but well worth doing just so you can see the difference.

@Iwouldratherbesinging I didn't know that about the water. That might explain the lack of movement! Weirdly I'm not constipated it is just that my digestion has slowed to a standstill.

@Billybingbong welcome. What @Iwouldratherbesinging said about this being your journey is important to remember.

The first pen is just there to introduce mounjaro to your system. It isn't a therapeutic dose. You may get suppression of appetite from the start or you may not. You may get side effects or you may not.

You may lose a lot in the first weeks or you may not.

Everyone is different and there is no competition.

I had my surgery today - nothing major just removal of a cyst but it was huge so I had to have general anaesthetic and now have a drain in. Had to stop MJ for 2 weeks before but have still managed to eat my normal amount until today. However, I woke up from the op ravenous so have eaten more snacks than usual. Not beating myself for it though just listening to my body while it heals and trying to make sensible food choices.

Had a NSV at the hospital. Arrived to find the standard gown and disposable pants on the bed. Automatically asked for an XXL version. Nurse looked at me and said I’m happy to get you some but think these might be fine. Try them first. So I did and they bloody fit me! Yes the knickers are super stretchy but they def wouldn’t have fit me a few months ago. Never in my life did I think I’d be happy to put on disposable pants 🤣.

Hope your recovery is smooth and you can rest properly @MummyInTheNecropolis

Thats a lovely NSV, well done!

@MummyInTheNecropolis Wishing you a speedy recovery 💜

@TheZingyFish I wouldn’t worry too much right now, take it a half stone at a time. It comes too much for the brain to cope with if you think you need to lose 10, 12 or 15 stones. That’s what I’ve found anyway. I have a vague idea in my head I’d like to be a size 16 and that was about 11st 7lb for me, but I’ve had a pregnancy since then and my boobs are on my knees so that might not be the case 25 years on. I’m not the slightest bit interested in the BMI charts that say I should be between 8st 7 and 10st 7, I haven’t been that since I was 20 and rushing around as a nurse, and at 56 I think I’d struggle to maintain anything that low.

I’ve just weighed in and have lost 2lb which brings total loss to 26lb since January. Tantalisingly lose to the 2 stone mark, hopefully next week.

Thank you for your kind words, I think I'm
just going to take it step by step, and see how I feel along the way. I actually don’t think I want to be really slim and what people aspire to be, just healthier and happier for me wherever that falls.

@TheZingyFish that’s how I feel too. I’m already feeling healthier and more mobile at 20st, so I’m just focusing on the next stone goal. My advice is to stick to this thread and avoid the ones where women talk about how awful and hideous it is to be 12 stone 🤦‍♀️ 🙄 Like at WW when I was the fattest one there and got very disheartened by the ladies joining at 10 stone, I avoid them as I know it’s not good for me mentally.

Hi everyone, I think it’s been a few weeks since I posted so just checking in

week 13 - 5mg

sw 305lb
cw 278lb
next mini target 275lb

still loosing slowly but surely….. some weeks I loose 3lb and some only 1lb ….. I can’t work out what I do different on those weeks but I’m trying to stay relaxed about it and keep going.

I went for a second month on 5mg - I hope it’s the right choice. It always feels like a gamble making the decision for the next five weeks in advance, however I haven’t had any side effects and I’m wondering if it’s because I have spent so long on each dose , and not jumped up as quick as possible? Who knows.

although my clothes are really loose now , I don’t feel as if I have quite dropped a dress size (a bit disappointing but at least I’m not having to buy new things ! )

hubby has moved up to 5mg the same as me this week. He’s lost over a stone and you can really tell the difference. He stores all (all of it it’s odd 🤣) in his belly and it’s much less round ! He only has about 3st to go.

im thinking more about chocolate in the last few weeks , which is annoying as for the first 10 weeks I really didn’t have a taste for it at all - I’m sure my body appreciated the break!

18 days off work now , and my plan is to return 5 lb lighter 🤭

we can do this !

My not moving on the scale between Tuesday/Wednesday and Saturday is having a third week of it. So weird!

I’m within calories every day. But nothing budges. Until Sunday FFS! And Sunday is not my WI day!

I know it’s going, I know it is. But the pattern makes my brain itch! I like neat rows and alignment! I HATE it when my daily pills are out of sync, even though I use dosset boxes!

Week 39 weigh in for me today.

SW: 139kg (21st 12 lbs)
CW: 90.5kg (14st 3 lbs), was 91.6kg (14st 5lbs) last week
GW: 90kg (14st 2 lbs) fourth interim goal.

Current pen: 7.5mg, 29 weeks on this dosage.

Pleasantly surprised by a 1.1kg loss this week, and even saw "89" flicker on the scales before it settled to the 90.5kg mark. It also puts me into Onederland as I am now 199.5 pounds. My goal for the Easter holidays is to keep focused and make sure I keep up with a decent amount of walking, whilst turning down any Easter "treats". Currently not interested in the slightest, when usually I'd have eaten many hot cross buns by this point!

I have also just noticed that I now have less than 4 stone to go to get to my original final target weight, which was 10st 4lbs. 3st 13lbs to go!

@TragicMuse I have a similar pattern, the weight often seems to shift two to three days after injection/weigh in day, and then holds steady for the rest of the week.

@Loveanewusername congratulations on your weight loss, and also congratulations to your DH too!

@MummyInTheNecropolis Wishing you all the best for your recovery and so pleased there was a moment of joy in it all! I'm hoping to one day not need the "big person" blood pressure cuff ....!

@TheZingyFish I completely agree with @Kay2000 (who often speaks so much wisdom!) and others that it has to be small steps. I've found this thread SO helpful each time I come to read it as like Kay says - there are so many people who are starting where I am aiming to get to - or just want to lose a stone or are a healthy weight but jealous they don't get to use the jabs etc.... Every time I've had a wobble about the amount left to go I've found this thread so supportive.

I think too I've struggled with some of the side effects but knew I had to push through for health reasons whereas I guess if you only have a stone to lose it may not be worth it when you weigh up the pros and cons.

@Loveanewusername Wow we have the same start/weigh in day and our starting weight and current weight are only different by a few pounds!! I'm also staying on 5 and have the next 2 weeks off work! I'm hoping to get out and about and do a bit more walking. I haven't changed clothes size yet but I think that might be a good while given I wear stretchy dresses/leggings.

@SilenceInside Wow! I am always inspired by your progress and your posts ❤️.

I weighed into day . 13th jab (so I guess 12th week) and lost just over 2 stone now!( (2 stone 1). I am so pleased. It doesn't show much although I can feel it and it just feels incredible to be on something that's working. IN my more anxious moments I worry it is going to be taken away from me.

I have to book an ultrasound for NAFLD . I've googled and it looks like most people that are morbidly obese have it so it shouldn't be a surprise but it doesn't feel good. All my blood tests are wrong. I initially went to the Dr about fatigue but its shown up all sorts of things, although she thinks all linked to morbid obesity. I have more tests in 2 months and I am so hoping the numbers will be improving (they went up for the last test even though I'd been on mj 2 months then!) I veer between fear and thinking about where I have been the last few years of being fearful for my health, desperately seeking help and going round in circles whereas now I finally have something that is working. I am seriously wondering if I will need to be on it long term.

If I carry on at this pace (which I know isn't a given) I could be 14 stone by xmas. Again I realise it is SUCH a long way a way but as I'm 3 months in that now seems possible . I could even be a healthy weight this time next year.....

Huge thankyou to everyone on this thread. You've all inspired me and I can't believe what a difference this is making already.

Excellent progress everyone, just gotta keep plodding on

In a weird way I'm looking forward to when I get to a normal BMI and go get blood tests just to see what's changed!

And also looking foryward to the day when I have a medical issue and the Dr can't blame it on being overweight :)

Thank you for all of the well wishes. I echo what others have said about this thread, it is lovely to see everyone’s progress and to see everyone being cheered on. Also good to know I’m not alone and that you’re not all gasping and pitifully shaking your heads when I mention what I actually weigh (and especially what I weighed to begin with) 😄.

Super duper progress people!

This thread is so different to other weight loss ones I’ve been on because everyone is making progress and I think that’s the difference with Mounjaro. It’s so consistent.

2 pound off for me this week which takes me to 2 stone eight hoping to hit the three stone in a few weeks which is amazing progress since January.

On the topic of keeping the faith and trusting the process I always have a point in the week with every weigh loss attempt where I think this isn’t working so in the interest of science I dug out my old Slimming World book for when I last successfully lost weight (which was about 9 years ago and I lost seven stone and felt absolutely incredible.

Interestingly over the period of about 18 months of losses - about 60% of the time I had a loss. 30% percent of the time I had a gain and 10% of the time I had a maintain. The average loss was two pounds.

I remember losing every week 😂 which clearly wasn’t the case. A lesson to me to be patient I think.

Yes thanks , especially since going u to 12 ,now I get what everyone else was raving about ,and I'm not needing as much willpower.
I could still sleep for a week though

Just been reading all the new messages
Like wow
There really isn't a thread on Mumsnet I've ever come across that is as supportive as this one
It's like a little community of supporters ,

@SilenceInside It's so inspiring to read of your success - you must feel great!

@Lobsterteapot How funny to be able to 'correct' your misrembering of Slimming World - just goes to show how powerful the head is in telling you what you want to believe.

Such lovely weather here today - and a glimmer (I hope) of what it might feel like to be a bit healthier and smaller in the summer - the last few summers have been miserable.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Such inspiration on this thread, I took am keeping on truckung. Nearly six stone gone now and under 30 BMI. I. Glad I joined Oushk when I did ready for maintenance as it all happened a bit quick.

Thanks @SilenceInside for the solidarity on odd weight loss patterns across the week! It makes me feel a bit less strange and a lot less despondent!

I have my old MFP account and my old Fitbit logs and a lot of photographs. I’ve matched them up and can see that how I looked at various stages which is both strange and kinda reassuring.

@Doggymummar what’s the advantage with oushk for maintenance? I haven’t thought about it yet but I hope to at some point so if there’s an advantage to be had I should look into it!!

@MummyInTheNecropolis hope you’re feeling better soon! Two weeks off of MJ must have been daunting for you, and yes, listen to what your body is telling you whilst you heal. Oh and yay to the smaller disposable pants 😂

Good morning losers!

jab and WI for me.

Week 6, 5mg

SW 270lbs
CW 250.75
Loss this week 4lbs
Total loss 19.75lbs

Interim GW (set by Nutracheck!) 234lbs

Starting my journey today - jab is due to be delivered this lunch time.

Incredibly anxious since I got the dispatch note through.

CW 133.7kg
Target 100kg (which i know is still massively in the unhealthy weight zone, but i was running half marathons and cycling long distances at the time, so I'd be happy to get back to that weight)

Worried about reading that pts lose 20% off their body weight...
I have significantly more than that to lose!!

So I'm now officially on my journey. 1st jab yesterday, and I'm really quite excited to see where this takes me. I'm 54, and have been overweight all my adult life, so it's all I know!

SW - 316lb
Target - absolutely no idea yet