Mounjaro / Wegovy with > 5st / 30kg to lose: Thread 6

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Thread SIX of this lovely community. Anyone using weight-loss injections to lose more than 5 stone or 30kg is very welcome to join us, no matter what stage of the process you are on. Share your losses, your non-scale victories (NSV), your frustrations and your love of Longley Farm cottage cheese and kiwi fruit here!

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Morning folks!

I did not check in yesterday for usual weekly weigh in, mostly cos I was annoyed 😂😂 the scales shot up over night for unknown reasons and it felt like it ruined the significant progress I had made this week was ruined. I have now gotten over myself and given myself a slap and am moving on 😂

I have lost 1.8lbs this week. I’d had a huge drop and was closer to 3lbs at one point but I am sure that will show up next week and beyond!

That brings my weight to 14st 8.5lbs. 1.5lb away from my next goal with a few to smash that out in a couple of weeks, and only 4.6lbs from Onederland!!

some things this week:

• the heat of this week is not warm enough for me! Deffo feeling the benefits of a smaller body in it, already!
• bought some additional things in prep for next months holiday and some more size 16s are in rotation!!
• think its time to reassess bras again. I moved down to a 38e a while back and i think i might need to try a 36 back!

hope everyone is having a good week!

Hello and hope you are all hav8ng a good weekend. A re-focus is a good idea @Darlinghag it always comes down to water for me. The more I drink the better I feel, the less I want to snack and the more steps I get in running to the loo 😂

I finished week 2 of C25K this morning and looking forward to weigh in day tomorrow.

I have a house full of 10/11 yr old girls at the minute, they’re in the kitchen making banana milkshakes and going by the sound of it, this involves a hell of a lot of squirty cream and something wet and sticky on my kitchen floor that’s making them slip about. Have a feeling my daughter will be doing a lot of cleaning this afternoon!

Posted this on my February starters thread as well, but I’m curious about others thoughts on this:

Folks who aren’t telling anyone about being on Mounjaro, do you feel bad for ‘lying’ when people ask how you’re losing weight?

Only my DP knows I’m on Mounjaro. But it Feels a bit dishonest not to mention it when people ask me how I’m doing this and how I’m resisting the carbs and sweet stuff.
Ive been getting a lot of comments this week about my weight loss and people want to know how I’m doing it. I just say a high protein diet/ calorie counting/ less carbs. I think they’re slightly baffled at my new found “will power”.

I don’t know maybe it’s just me lol. I could tell them about the MJ and give the whole speel about it being prescribed and obesity is a medical problem and I need it to help me stop obsessing about food all the time etc. But these people have never been obese and I don’t think they would get it? Or they would be judgy and have a lot of opinions. Just can’t be bothered with all that!

I think we're a mix in this group re: telling people. My policy decision is to tell anyone that asks about my weight loss - which so far is only a few people, because I've 'only' lost 30lb and still have about 60lb to go!

I CBA evading questions and wondering what to say. It's a medicine I need (like all the other medicine I take 🙄😁) and I'm happy to spread the word to be honest.

I've seen another weightloss thread recently - someone who (I think) has a BMI of 40+ and can't lose weight - keeps losing a bit and then it back on - and she's said she doesn't want to go down the WLI route, which is obvs her choice, but I desperately want to say please consider trying it. I think any of us that have 5+ stone to lose and have been big all our adult lives have a medical/hormonal/physiological problem that we need help with. We're not the people that have put a stone on over a holiday and want to get rid of it - we now have medication to help with insulin control etc. and I wish everyone who has struggled understood the benefits of it(albeit at a financial price...).

So, the more I can talk about it I will - spread the word and see if it can help others.

If people who don't understand want to think it's the lazy way to lose weight, that's their perogative 🤷‍♀️ (I wish...!)

Hello, I posted on the first thread last year, February, I think. Been meaning to check in and see how everyone is getting on.

Thought an update was in order, I started at 16st 4lbs, on the 23rd February 2024, (I think I was really 16/9 but managed to wiggle around on the scales enough). I’m 5ft tall so my BMI was 44.

Today, I hit 11st 2lbs and my BMI is 31 ish. So a 72lb loss, I’m wearing a size 12/14 rather than a 22. More importantly, I feel myself again. I can look and see myself in the mirror, I can walk without pain and I sleep better as I’ve stopped snoring. I feel a different person. My blood pressure has dropped.

I still have 3st to get back into a healthy BMI but today, that feels like a reasonable target.

I’ve learnt a lot about how my mind works in relation to food - but, for me, the control that I get with MJ, gives me the space to ponder how I approach food. At the moment, I am working on ‘waste’ and the need to clear my plate. I’ve learnt that you can ‘push through’ the full feeling and overeat, so I’m working on stopping that. I’ve realised that, since childhood, I was the bin. I’m not anymore and that has caused some interesting consequences with my family.

@InfoSecInTheCity idont think it was water this time, probably hormone related!

@Mounjaronewbie25 I say calorie counting. It is true, just not the entirety of it. I don’t feel guilty or bad about it. I wouldnt lie and say it was a different diet plan or whatever, or pretend its unintentional loss, but i am not up for the debate or judgement about it. I don’t think anyone has a right to know, or that I am specifically misleading anyone. I also dont like weightloss chat (outside of this thread!) so i dont want to open myself up to more of that.

i am sure people may suspect, but noone has asked me if its jabs outright to my face, so i dont know how i would react then. I probably would lie if it was someone i didnt know well or like!

i know that might be an unpopular stance, because i do have quite a strong view on it being ok to not tell people, and lie if someone forces you into denying/confirming, but i’ve held strong on it for the 201 days ive been on MJ 😂😂

also worth noting that i may evade too many questions by not having unbearable suppression or side effects (outside of what I have with other health issues!!) so i don’t tend to arouse suspicion in those who view MJ as total, overwhelming suppression.

Blasted hormones @Darlinghag I swear they only exist to make life difficult. I reckon once you’re done having kids you should be able to hand your hormones in, like an amnesty. No more bleeding, bloating, mood swings (irrational anger at the tiniest thing), acne……

I’m getting tantalisingly close to being under 11 st, about 4lb to lose and I’ll be in the 10s. The fact that I’m excited about this does mean that it will now take me 12 years (or feel like it) to lose those 4 lbs, they’ll bob up and down teasing me.

@Darlinghag @MooBaggage

Thanks for sharing your views on it.

See this is the thing, I don’t want to make anyone else who struggles with their weight feel bad or like I have more willpower than them when that’s not true.

I think if someone who is obese asked me how I’m doing it, I probably would be honest and tell them about it because it has been so helpful for me and I think they would understand about “food noise” etc.

But tbh so far anyone who has asked me are people who wouldn’t qualify for it anyway, I.e. they’ve never been obese, just need to lose a few pounds, are in the "just eat less and move more" brigade, wouldn’t understand the “food noise” struggle because they’ve never experienced that (people like my mum, granny, several close friends), so I rationalise what would be the point in telling them if it’s not something they would be able to legitimately obtain to help them lose a few pounds?

Some people who have always been slim seem to get so threatened by obese people using the injections don’t they? lol. I’ve read the comments under Facebook ads for Juniper etc and the arrogance and smugness of naturally thin people is honestly enraging! Like good for them they’re lucky enough to have never struggled with food or their weight 🙄 would love to tell them to shut up and they’ve no clue what they’re talking about!

I am with @Darlinghag I have no intentions of telling anyone about MJ. As far as people see, I am on a keto plan and am losing weight steadily as a result. It certainly helps not having suppression, I agree - as while it is fairly obvious from what I order when I am out what I choose to eat, I am still able to eat lunch and dinners and "normal" sized portions of food.

As far as feeling guilty, I had waves of this from time to time, but have concluded that we are all equal and as capable, informed adults, people can go off and do their own research and make their own decisions about WLI's. My journey is my own. It is personal to me.

I have spent a lifetime being exposed to criticism and nasty judgement about my weight, especially from naturally slim people (not all - but we know the ones I mean). I am not going to inflict that on myself. ie replacing fat shaming with jag shaming.

If people think it is cheating, then that is on them.

Editing to add - I am finally in the 14 stone zone😊14 stone 13 (from 18 stone 11). 54 pounds down. Delighted!

I didn't tell anyone outside the family for about 8 months and 3 1/2 stone then I was out with a group of female friends and one was telling the others how all the hairdressers where she works use it and, in the ensuing chat, someone asked me directly had I ever tried it. One of the others had been open about having a gastric band so I decided to be honest and was pleasantly surprised by the reaction, very positive and supportive. The one who had asked me rang up the next day and apologised if i had felt "on the spot", she said her brain was not properly in gear, but she also wanted to know how to apply for it herself!

This weekend we went out with 2 other couples and the wives were praising my, now 4 1/2 stone loss. They asked, tactfully, if it was diet and exercise, so I said yes it was but I also use the injections which help but don't do it for you. Again very supportive.
The sad thing is that I haven't told a couple of quite close friends as I think they will be the ones who may be negative

@NewbieMJ @QueenOfHiraeth thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

Im kind of hoping one day there will be less stigma around the injections and more understanding around obesity and that it’s a medical condition that people need help with, not some moral failing.

Years ago when there was a lot more stigma around mental health I didn’t want to take antidepressants, tried to go it alone and fix it myself, tried thinking more positively etc etc. Eventually got to a point where I had to try them, and now I wish I had started the antidepressants years before and saved myself years of struggle. Now I’m not ashamed to tell anyone that I take antidepressants and will happily take them for the rest of my life.

I feel Mounjaro will be similar for me and a lot of people I.e. wishing I could have started it years ago and happily staying on it forever.

@Mounjaronewbie25 the only 2 people who know are my husband and my best friend. I have absolutely zero intention of telling anyone else. I'm also a wheelchair user and when you're plus size and a wheelchair user the comments you get from people are unreal. Mainly centred around being too fat to walk, lazy, do you really need to use a wheelchair and various comments about being a benefit scrounger (I actually work!). There's almost this perception that you become public property- people demand to know why you use a chair e t.c. I feel that if I started to tell people about the MJ, this would only fuel the judgy comments- especially from people who think they need to know my business.

I'm well able to handle myself so people's answers depend on how well I know them. Those who know me reasonably well get told that I'm losing weight after being critically ill last year (the being ill thing is true). Those who don't need to know get told it's my private medical information. Those that are being persistent get told to stop being so damn rude. I've only had to say this once.

Although this is all a moot point. Halfway through April and I'm still freezing cold and wrapped in blankets, cardigans and scarves grrrrrrrr. Fat chance of anyone noticing anything the way I am going.

Is anyone noticing that some things taste horrible? I was given some M & S salted caramel truffles for Mothering Sunday and they tasted burnt and I had piece of Cadbury’s chocolate tonight and it tasted as though it was stale.

Yes - I pinched a chip off my daughter and felt it had a weird texture, almost floury. All potatoes taste strange now and I only really fancy salads when I get hungry- which I never have in my life. It’s totally changed my taste buds I think.

Yes!!

I fancied a cheese and pickle sandwich a few months ago so stuck a big jar of Branston pickle on my shopping list. Despite formerly loving the stuff (hence the big jar) it tasted absolutely revolting. DH tasted it for me and said it tasted like pickle. He's been taking c&p sandwiches to work for a very long time now!

Yes, I have found that with quite a few things that they taste different/unpleasant. The main one that stands out is pepsi max. I used to have a few cans a week but I don't like the taste of it at all now. Tea also tastes different to me.

Unfortunately I seem to buck the trend on here and have fairly slow weight loss and fairly intrusive side effects. In fact the worse the side effects have been the lower the loss that week - which does not make sense at all to me. I took my my most recent jab on Friday (6th week of 5mg) and this weekend I have experienced constipation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. Feeling sick now which is keeping me awake. Hoping that these symptoms will have passed by the morning.

Need to decide what pen to order next. In two minds because of the side effects but then part of me thinks that I should go up as the positive effects seem to wear off after 4-5 days

I wouldn't have started mounjaro if a friend and my sister in law had not shared their experiences of it with me. So I think what @Mounjaronewbie25 about being open with other obese people that you are close to makes sense to me as I wouldn't be losing weight without their insights and encouragement.

@dimples76 absolutely, I think it would be wrong to keep it a secret from someone who could really benefit from taking it, if they asked me how I am losing weight.

A good week last week. Finished week 2 of C25K and a 1.9 lb loss.

Starting weight - 217.5 lbs
Current weight - 157.6 lbs
Total loss - 59.9 lbs

Brilliant! You've lost twice as much weight as I have (so far 😬) - it must feel amazing 😍

It's weird because I remember all the times I went to WW/SW in the past and I used to feel really jealous/sad when others were consistently losing weight and I just couldn't seem to find the knack to get beyond the first couple of months - but now I genuinely am so pleased for everyone that is doing this! It's inspiring rather than frustrating and my favourite posts are the updates on the losses 😊

Well done, that’s fantastic. How long have you been losing weight for?

@MooBaggage I hated WW with a passion, queuing for the scales, the jubilant ‘you’ve lost…’ or the shameful whispered ‘you’ve gained..’ when you got to the front. It was horrible!

@roughtyping I took my first dose on 5th September, had been dieting for a couple of weeks before that on low carb, high protein, so my loss record goes back to 17th August 2024, today is day 232.

Urgh, weighed for the first time in a while today. I’m back up to what I was a month ago. I have no idea why, just bouncing from 193 to 196 constantly. It’s very disheartening and makes me want to eat more because I’m just thinking, what’s the point??
Going up to 6.25mg on Wednesday. My private prescription of 2.5mg hasn’t been approved yet, I have a phone call tomorrow with the pharmacist. I’m thinking they are going to say no. If they do, I’ll just have to try somewhere else I guess 🤷‍♀️

Urgh - I'm sorry 😔 That's very disheartening. I can't remember - how much have you lost to date?

Can you do more/less of anything to shake things up a bit? More water/fibre/walking etc? Less of anything?

It's like a horrible game of Tetris sometimes, trying to find the right pieces to make it all work 🙄😕

I'll keep fingers crossed for your private prescription - really hope the increase in dosage helps to get things moving xx