Mounjaro, 10st or more to lose, thread two

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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

Good catching up on results, old MJ friends, and hello to new joiners <waves>.

I'm a sporadic poster - mainly because losing weight on Mounjaro doesn't require me to track everything and post daily to stay on track here or on some weight loss forum elsewhere.

I eat when I'm hungry, rarely deviate from 2 meals a day - with a break fast sometime late morning or lunchtime, and most days no snacks. I remain on 5mg - with SheMed, which is very cost effective. The weekly online weigh in is a minor inconvenience for the £99 pm prescription cost.

I don't track calories - and eat high protein.

I started at 309.8lbs 2 3 months ago.

I shed 8.9lbs in month 1. Month 2 was 2.1+3.6+2.2+2lbs= 9.9lbs off and this month, 3 6.2lbs down (after going up 5lbs during the month.

Not sure why I went up. I was consistent in my food regime - but did have an infection and swelling in my legs - so maybe more lipoedema fat/swelling.

I'm now 284.8lbs so 25lbs shed in 3 months.

If I sustain an average of just under 5.5lbs a month, I can shed another 45lbs by the new year - 70lbs in total. The final 30lbs will take me to c12 stone, the weight I was in my late teens. I'll know as I get down there if it's possible with lipoedema legs - so it maybe I'll be at 14 stone and size 14-16 not 10-12 stone size 10-12. I know I'll feel great either way so am not attached to a specific goal weight wise.

I could possibly shed more - but it's a relief being free of dieting obsession and food compulsion. Normal life for many who are so viciously critical of fat women. I think I will be on MJ or its successor drugs for life. Whatever risks they have are offset against the risks I face being twice the weight I should be.

My size 24s are feeling looser in the waist and tum - not yet in the legs. Maybe in a month or six weeks or even eight weeks, I'll be into the 22s.

I feel like I can breathe easier - so less visceral fat, and my face is looking slimmer. I'm a secret jabber. I didn't tell my husband as he was ill when I started and now I want to see when he notices......

@SeaStoat I fear if you’re waiting for your husband to notice you might be waiting a while if he’s anything like mine🤣. I swapped glasses a few years back from pale to dark brown and it took him days to notice. Mind you, I’ve now lost 28lb and I took new photos and I don’t look any different to my eyes. I feel differences, but they’re not visibly noticeable yet.

I’m on my third week of 7.5 and my bowels have gone nuts. Previously constipated but not now - don’t want to brag to all you ladies on lactulose and senna, but 5 times yesterday 😳🤣. Let’s hope it settles down soon.

Also, the anti inflammatory effect is remarkable. Going up to 7.5 and I can immediately tell I’m in less pain. I’ve gone from walking with two crutches and needing a wheelchair for my holiday last September to feeling like I have my body back. I went swimming today and literally hopped in and out the jacuzzi effortlessly - losing two stone has not caused this reduction in inflammation as I was bad when I previously weighed this. I hope some scientist, is studying it. I can get off the sofa, go upstairs at night without crawling. It’s amazing. And my husband saw a client yesterday who said her friend has lost weight on MJ and has reported the same improvement in her pain and inflammation.

I swapped from Rybelsus to MJ but it only really stated working as I got to 10mg around Christmas time.

How is everyone’s run up to Easter? This would usually be a very “dangerous” time of year for me with weight gain guaranteed but I’ve had a bag of kids Easter eggs in the garage for nearly a month now and I’ve not had the urge to eat any - would have replaced them several times by now usually!

Weigh in and jab day.

SW 137KG BMI 53.5
CW 117 KG BMI 45.7
GW 60KG BMI 23.4

So another pound off. Not stellar but I will take that for a diet without hunger or effort! 20kg/44 pounds so far.

Yesterday I put in a request at the surgery for my dosage to go up to 12.5mg. As ever with my surgery that has caused low level administrative confusion. I got an automated text back saying I needed to go onto their online service to request a prescription review. Since the mounjaro is dealt with by the diabetes nurse (GP just does as he is told) I phoned the surgery waited 30 minutes on the phone to be told that they had already put a note to the diabetes nurse.

NSV: all my tops are mysteriously getting longer - no more tummy gap.

No easter egg this year. I havent eaten any chocolate since around Christmas time. I'm not a major chocolate eater anyway. I might treat myself with tinned pineapple.

It is good to see on this thread how many people are steadily losing weight.

Hi all, good to keep hearing about your experiences. I'm only 4 jabs in with another 10/11 stone to go, but feeling incredibly positive. I'm away visiting my son and his partner, and 6 of us went out for drinks and a curry last night. Just had the curry, no urge at all to stuff in papadoms, naan and rice. Miraculous. I think for me personally it helps that I've told everyone about the jabs so nobody raises an eyebrow, and lost interest after the initial barrage of questions.

Something I am looking forward to - sitting on a toilet seat without fear of it breaking, or doing that horrible little shift to the side!

Happy Easter all!

@Kay2000 That's amazing. And I'm still completely fascinated by this side of it all. We went for a nice walk I in the woods near us yesterday evening as I said I hadn't been out for a walk yet today. This is just another world from how I've been living premj (I hired an electric wheelchair one holiday similarly and had thought that was my future)

I still don't know exactly why I had so much pain (leg seized up after 10mins or so and/or lower back/right hip) as it was all put down to weight at the doctors but like you it's not the weight loss that's made me more mobile. It must be an inflamaation/blood flow thing. I hope I don't have anything more sinister and it's just that morbid obesity creates inflammation etc.

I do think this could work wonders for so many people. Being given gift of mobility is obviously life changing.

Weigh in number 28
SW 21st 9lb (BMI 44.8)
CW 17st 6lb (BMI 36.0)
GW 11st 9lb (BMI 24.1)
0lb down this week
Losses so far; 4, 1, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, +3, 5, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 0
Total loss 59lbs / 4st 3lb

I've been really stuck since i hit 4st a few weeks ago and the scales have been up and down between 17st 6lb and 17st 9lb ever since. I'm happy with my dose as I feel my suppression is pretty decent on 10mg, I'm averaging 1500 calories a day so more like -700 as my TDEE is 2200.

I do a Joe Wicks beginners HIIT workout 5 times a week and do one of his weights work out 3 times a week. I'm hitting an average of 10k steps every day. I just have to believe it'll come off again eventually. I downloaded the Joe Wicks app and have my second check in on Monday I think so it'll be interesting to see if my measurements have changed even if I've not lost much weight.

I'm just frustrated as I lost 3st in 4 months and was hoping to keep that rate up so I'd be almost at my goal after just over a year. I have to keep focusing on the fact that if you'd told me I'd lose 4st in 6 months before I started I'd have been thrilled!

Morning everyone

jab day for me today.

I have had my first big gain this week (2lb heavier than last Thursday, but 4lb heavier then Monday)

which is very disappointing. The only thing I have eaten different which I shouldn’t have done , was half a takeaway pizza from Monday night.

I also had to drive 5 hours on Monday, so I’m actually wondering if that sitting for so long has affected me.

I can still feel that pizza like a brick in the bottom of my stomach- so it wasn’t worth it at all.

anyway . This is the point in my diet when I would normally give up, announce it isn’t working and go get a maccy Ds and an Easter egg .

I do fancy some chocolate, but I’m going to have my next jab , brush my self off and have a chocolate fiber and cup of tea instead.

this is working, and has to keep working, I can’t give up.

for those following my husband- he’s doing sickeningly well this week- and has hit his two stone mark 😁

@Loveanewusername I have a pizza every Saturday. One pizza, or half of one in your case, is not going to make you gain weight. Are you constipated? Hormonal? Or it could just be one of those anomalies that happens. Don’t worry, it’ll change.

And Easter….

Easter is usually my danger zone as I am/was a chocoholic. We’re not religious so call Easter “Chocolate Day”. I still have a square of darker chocolate most evenings but can enjoy one square and not want another. Who am I and what’s happened to the chocoholic?!! My son still talks of the trauma of discovering mummy had eaten his Easter egg 🥴 This year I’ve told hubby I want flowers instead of chocolate. However we are going to treat ourselves with one of those GU chocolate desserts.

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden I’ve had chronic pain all my life, I remember it from around 13, and it significantly worsened at 21 following a car accident and a back injury from nursing. Hypermobility, fibromyalgia, ME, I’ve had it all my adult life and been unable to work for most of it. In the past 5 years I’ve been xrayed and diagnosed with osteoarthritis in practically every major joint, severe in my R knee, R foot and ankle which stopped me walking. Then last December I was diagnosed with cervical spondylosis, again severe in places, with bone spurs, disc slippage and arthritis in all my neck vertebra and in my thoracic where my car accident damaged it. I’m in constant pain from that and it’s horrible. At least they can’t attribute neck pain to being overweight! Anyway apart from my neck which is ongoing and incurable and I try not to think about how much worse it’ll get, the rest of my pain has significantly decreased. I’m dreading coming off MJ and finding it all comes back, but again, something to worry about in the future.

Looking at your numbers you’re losing weight consistently at 1lb a week. Yes it’s slow but that’s sustainable and as you said 4 stone in 6 months is brilliant. I’ve done 2 stone in 4 months. I remember from my calorie counting days 1500 gave me an estimated loss of 1lb a week, if I wanted 2lb a week I needed to drop my daily calories to around 1300 and I couldn’t do that as I was too hungry.

@Kay2000 gosh you've been through so much. I am so glad this is working for you and I hope you can stay on it for the mobility aspects alone.

I was diagnosed with ME a long time ago but it's been the last 10 years I can't walk properly (I only got the pains when I walked so luckily was okay at home). It was a vicious cycle of ME restricting aviltiy to move and me not moving and then me not being able to move it think but going back and forth to the doctors didn't get anywhere.

I've got nowhere near the difficulties you've got but can so relate to the excitement of having mobility. I feel like it's been a miracle and it's what I talk about more than the weight to my husband as it has opened up so much being able to walk again. (I still want to lose the rest of the weight too..)

I do hope they do research why it's working. In your case I so hope you can stay on a maintenance dose for this x

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden thanks, I hope so too x

On the chocolate - I wouldn't restrict it if I wanted it. For me personally restriction made me crave more and didn't work long term (I'm also ND though) but it occurred to me recently I didn't really want it.

I did have a chocolate covered cherry the other day I liked (normally I'm avoiding UPF) and a square of chocolate that didn't do it for me but I'm not craving more. It used to be I'd repeat something nice on repeat over and over again...

Its very bizarre feeling.

My biggest things pre MJ were cheese (especially melted brie and melted cranmmvery) and I'd convinced myself they're OK as upf free. And crisps. I'd cut down on crisps but flavour and crunch.

Right now I don't really want either.

I did have a few crisps of my duaghters earlier in the week but was able to move on after eating them and not get my own bag.

I don't recognise myself.

1lb/week is still a loss!
Yes, it's slow. But it's still downwards.

I know we like to see the weight coming off more quickly but we must be realistic.

I've been losing weight for 16 months now and it's sooo slow. But I'm getting there.

Someone actually said to me "don't lose too much" but my BMI is still 32!

It’s great to hear everyone’s updates, well done to all the losers! I was also a big chocoholic pre MJ, but have completely gone off it now and rarely even fancy any, so for once I’m not worried about Easter. I might have a hot cross bun or a few mini eggs if I fancy them but I certainly won’t overdo it.

Today is my jab and weigh day and for the first time in years I’ve hit the teens! Only just at 19 stone 13lbs but I’m overjoyed!

Slow and steady wins the race

Except it isn't a race and each pound down is a win in itself and is one less pound you are carrying around.

One thing I am enjoying is how much less emotion I am feeling around food.

There were certain meals which always made me feel a bit sad: boiled bacon and potatoes was one. My mother was not a good cook, boiled bacon was horribly salty and the potatoes were always floury. Misery on a plate.

DH is a really good cook, when he cooks this meal it is always delicious but the words boiled bacon and potatoes made me feel sad.

Today DH suggested it and I said 'ooh, yes please'. How strange!

Good morning everyone. I've lost another 2 lbs this week (it's usually a lb) so 72 lbs in all. Just hit the BMI obese category, I think I was in the super obese category before. I feel cautiously optimistic that I can

Really good to read everyone's updates.

@Kay2000 it's amazing the difference MJ has made to your health. Long may it continue 😊.

@GnomeDePlume agree re slow and steady.

@MummyInTheNecropolis that's great that you are in the teens!

My DH has bought me an Easter egg, I did ask him not to. We also have hot cross buns in the house 😞. I can remember 2 years ago eating hot cross buns for weeks on end 😬

Well done everyone!

I’m at my mum’s. And we drank a lot of wine last night! Mum and sis had crisps. I had 4 bits of crisp!! So the wine put me over my daily calories but with exercise it was only about 80 over. I don’t usually eat back exercise calories so for once I am counting them!!

Mostly I’m emphasising to my mum my avoidance of sugar and so she knows I’m not eating certain things but I have the T2d to fall back on as my ‘excuse’.

jab day tomorrow!

For the first time since last July (excluding Christmas/1 holiday) I've put a little on when I've weighed this morning. I'm not sure how as I've eaten within calories and it was all salads/meat vegetables nothing bad. In the week I'd stayed the same/lost a tiny bit.

Have a weekend away now so that's not ideal.

I didn't think I need to change dose, but maybe I should. Need to order next week so I'll need to decide.

starting weight 24 stone 4.9lb week 3 weigh in now weigh 23srone 4.7lb I’m so happy long way to go but going in the right direction.

So strange, @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden, to eat a single piece of choc etc and not crave more. Is this what those with a "normal weight" experience?

I think it will take 3 or 4 stone, @Kay2000, maybe size 20 for Mr SeaStoat to notice. I am still very lame but know I move with more ease. I know from prior 8 stones shed that it took 3-4 stone for those who didn't know I was on a vlcd to comment. I think part of it is people don't want to comment when you are very fat in case they get it wrong.

I'm finding it very odd. Usually Easter triggers both my toxic love of chocolate AND my impulse to buy things that won't might not be around for long, so I end up with an egg stockpile especially if the sales are good. I've bought a few little bits but barely touched them, so I'm trying to use it as a way to retrain my shopping as much as my eating.

We’ve normally munched through several Easter Eggs by now, it’s very odd not to want to. I’ve had one Crème egg when they first showed up in January, and it was ok, but I haven’t had another since.

@SeaStoat yes I’m thinking I need to lose another 2 stone before anyone notices other than me.

Well done @Bagpuss2022 that's fab!