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

Yes, I’d like to see BMI put in Room 101. It’s nonsense and they adjusted the parameters years ago so me at 10 stone was about 27 (from memory) and that was bang on ok. Now that’s overweight which is ludicrous. I’ll never be less than 10st and I don’t want to be. The NHS BMI calculator even removed sex - as if it makes no difference to your fat distribution - although maybe after the Supreme Court ruling maybe they’ll reinstate it. I know what weight I’m aiming for and I’ll still be borderline obese by their definition but it’ll be 10st less than I started at.

I think I know what I’m aiming for - or ballpark area anyway. It won’t do for BMI bollocks, but it will be fine for me…

Pen 4 done for me - and a realisation this past few weeks. In previous years, the enthusiasm, menu planning and online grocery delivery pattern I'd get in to at the start of January would be lagging - I'd have missed a delivery or two, takeaways and other 'treats' would have started to creep in, and I'd have had a week or two 'off' - not this year, still going strong and feeling great - just got to keep doing this - it is working.

Weigh in this morning at the end of pen 4:

SW: 136.6kg
GW: 62.6kg

Pen 1 (2.5mg): Down 10.1kg
Pen 2 (5mg): Down 6kg
Pen 3 (5mg): Down 5.1kg
Pen 4 (5mg) Down 4.8kg

CW: 110.6kg

Pen 5 started today - another pen where I've stayed on 5mg and a new swim suit bought so I can start some exercise.

Good luck everyone - it's so inspiring to me to read everyone's post on this thread - thank you.

Non scalable wins yesterday. Sitting in A&E with DM for the whole evening, missed dinner, not a single hunger pang.

Also DM was allowed home once her badly swollen but unfractured wrist was splinted.

Wins all round!

All best wishes to Gnome-mum…

I’d set my ‘easier day’ to Sunday, on Nutracheck. But so far haven’t really splurged - or wanted to - so I’ve reset it to just be the same every day. This feels more ‘normal’ if you know what I mean!

Today’s little NSV is a pair of leggings I bought….can’t remember when. They were uncomfortably tight last time I wore them. Now they’re just right! They’re a Sainsbury 20-22.

NSV: For the first time someone (my colleague) has asked me if I've lost weight. I have lost 10 kg (22 lbs) in total so far (which went unnoticed by anyone) but have gained 1,5 kg (3 pounds) in the last two weeks during our all inclusive holidays. So I hadn't expected the question at this point really.

I've been missing about similar, @TragicMuse. When I was under 12 stone in my late teens and early 20s I was fat shamed on a regular basis by strangers, my family and some so called friends. Looking back I was obviously above the healthiest weight but definitely not huge. I wore size 14/16 in the 80s. Bizarre. I don't blame anyone but myself for my weight gain but do wonder if I would have been healthier if people hadn't commented on my size.

I think that I have gone from a size 26/28 to a size 20. I've got rid of most of my larger clothes. Was shopping yesterday with a friend in John Lewis and it was lovely looking at the clothes and thinking that some of them would fit me now and more will fit me in a few months.

Loving reading about the NSVs. For me a Biggie is that the most beautiful ring my DH bought me a year ago is too big to wear now on it's own. But he's going to buy me another ring to wear on top of it and keep it safe!

In a twist of irony I had my wedding and engagement rings enlarged last year! I’m going to get a little keeper bar added at some point and meanwhile secure them with a plain silver band or something!

I have a lot of pretty rings which I’m looking forward to wearing again…I used to wear quite a few and I will again!

Me too, I had mine resized 2 months ago, just before I decided to start the jabs. With hindsight, I wouldn't have bothered, it would have funded 2 extra pens!

I was laughing to myself yesterday that I still have over 10 stone of excess weight distributed all over my body, yet it’s my rings and watch that are both loose!! Of all the places to be skinnier first lol!!

Oh GOD! I hadn’t even thought of that! We had my husband’s done too. It was HUNDREDS OF POUNDS! Hello credit card!

Thank you. DM was safely back in her care home last night. Today she has been telling other residents that she went to Paris yesterday.

Week 3, lost 1.5 lbs.
Total lost 13.5lbs

Am a little surprised but strangely relieved my loss is much smaller than the first two as have been eating in a similar way as in the previous two weeks but am still losing.

Eating the much lower calories is becoming the norm now, and I feel more confident in things so am hoping to try some “treats” over the next week or two, as I haven’t had a single takeaway or even cooked myself a off plan meal. I keep getting emails from Just Eat, they must be getting worried! 😂

I love reading about everyone dropping dress sizes and can’t wait for that to start but know from previous attempts to lose weight that it will take time for this to happen initially. Had a long heart to heart with a close friend the other night and felt good to be reassured that this is a process to take a long time, probably 18 months or so, and that I feel so much better about myself as I feel in control of things. It is strange, as I currently feel better about myself, and strangely unburdened, than I have previously when smaller than I am now as felt I had to fight to every step. Now I feel supported.

I ordered a second 2.5mg pen and initially panicked that I should have ordered the 5mg but now feel more confident. If the weight loss is slower for the next month then so be it, it is part of a long journey so a few weeks difference won’t make much of a dent into my progress. I think this is a sign of improved mental health with the mounjaro, I just feel less anxious about things like this.

I know exactly what you mean, I have a long journey ahead of me, but I keep reminding myself that this isn’t feeling difficult, the time will pass anyway so just keep going, and enjoy all the little changes along the way!
I love reading all the stories on here of those who are months or more in, so inspiring xx

It’s so great to read everyone’s stories and updates….

I started at 28st 1lb, 22 weeks ago….i have such a lot of weight to lose.

My jab day is Friday but I weigh in on Monday as found after work all week I have swollen feet on Friday that have gone by Monday.

Lost 3lb today, so my total is 54lb and just 2lb to go to reach my 4 stone mini goal, and also reach 23st mark…which is just amazing.

My big goal is to get to 20 stone…I know I will get there, thanks to Mounjaro.

I have been on 5mg for 4 pens and am going to order another next week as I feel it suits me and I have great suppression every day, and am consistently losing.

Have a great week everyone 😊

Well done @BagQueenBee you are doing really well!

Am loving all the rings becoming too loose stories!

The thing I am enjoying with mounjaro is that the machine just keeps chugging away.

Still no change in clothes size here. I can see 17 stone something on the horizon but I'm still in size 28 jeans. But I have had the jeans forever so I don't know if they have shrunk over the years.

To add to the clothes size confusion I do a lot of sewing. Sewing pattern sizes are different from clothes shop sizes so you do end up not paying close attention to what the number is.

I am looking forward to seeing something I like and not wondering if the pattern is available in the larger size range or worse still, looking at the larger size range and thinking 'nope, still won't work for me'.

When I travelled for work one of my big fears was losing my luggage and not being able to replace my clothes. I look forward to the days when I can go into any clothes shop and know that I will be able to find clothes which will fit.

I’ve been wearing my husbands wedding ring for years, he can’t wear it due to his job, but I put mine back on last month which felt lovely.
Im struggling a bit with clothes sizes, not knowing what fits and what suits me, I picked up a linen top in Tesco on Sunday, eyeballed it and thought, yup, that’ll fit. Got home and it’s huge, I’ve told myself that as it’s linen it’s oversized… I’m now going to keep a tape measure in my bag at all times.

I’m 3lbs down this week too! I promised myself I would start couch to 5k at 14.5 stone, it’s getting a bit close now 😳 it’s 3 lbs away

I also changed provider this weekend without any hassle, a photo with ‘todays’ date and a photo of my MJ box label and I’m good to go.

@BagQueenBee i usually suffer with swollen feet and ankles but only in the hot weather, I’m hoping for a miracle this summer!

@CheeryCamper it is the changes along the way that are so worthwhile, for me anyway. Each week something happens or changes that makes this exciting, it really helps when we are in for the long haul x

Yes, definitely a long haul.

I like reading the threads where women reach their goal in six months, even though I know that's not realistic for me. They usually only have three or four stone to lose, though.

I've been losing weight for sixteen months, and from a size 24/6 I'm down to a 14. Actually a 12 in some clothes........ but I'm still over 13 stone. Just. I'm about to get into the 12 stone bracket. I can't wait.

I think I'll have reached my goal (10st 4lb) by Christmas, so that will be a full two years of doing this. It's going to be so exciting to get there.

Sorry, I'm rambling. But I'm trying to encourage those of you who are at the beginning. You'll get there!

It's wild how sizes are different, I started at 18 stone 2 BMI 42 and was a size 18, no vanity sizing or stretchy leggings size 18 top and bottom. I'm five foot 4

Yes. Sizing, on different people, doesn't seem to make sense.

I'm 5' 3" and now at 13st. I find that size 14 is usually right, and size 12 fits well, too, depending on the cut and style.

Thank goodness for Vinted.

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