Mounjuro Auggies Thread 13

[Blondeshavemorefun]

This is our 8th month - gather round my little auggies 😍 and we are all doing amazingly - some are at goal - and working out maintenance - some nearing it and some still have weight they want to lose - but ALL of us have lost weight and I love the fact we are all so supportive to each other over weight and our general day to day lives

only 2 words to say

Elephant penis 🐘

so all can find easily I shall add this to first post

1 lb = a Gunea pig
1.5 lbs = a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts
2 lbs = a rack of baby back ribs
3 lbs = an average human brain
4 lbs = an ostrich egg
5 lbs – a Chihuahua
6 lbs = a human skin
7.5 = an average newborn
8 lbs = a human head
10 lbs = amount of chemical additives an American consumes every year
11 lbs = an average housecat
12 lbs = a Bald Eagle
15 lbs = 10 dozen large eggs
16 lbs = a sperm whales brain
20 lbs = a car tire
23 lbs = amount of pizza an Average American eats in a year
24 lbs – a 3 gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 lbs = an average 2 year old
30 lbs = amount of cheese an average American eats in (1) year
33lbs – a cinder block
36 lbs a mid-size microwave
40 lbs = a 5 gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 lbs = an elephant’s heart
50 lbs – a small bale of hay
55lbs a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 lbs = an elephant’s penis
66 lbs – amount of fats and oils an average American eats in (1) year
70 lbs – an Irish Setter
77 lbs – a gold brick
80 lbs – the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 lbs – a new born calf
100 lbs = a 2 month old horse
111 lbs = amount of red meat an average American eats in (1) year
117 = an average fashion model and she’s 5’11”
118 lbs= the complete Encyclopedia Brittanica
120 lbs = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 lbs = a newborn giraffe
138 lbs = amount of potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 lbs = amount of refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 lbs = and average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 lbs – the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 lbs – an average adult man
200 lbs – 2 Blood hounds
235 lbs = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 lbs = an average football lineman
400 lbs – A Welsh pony

@weaselyeyes i will always judge myself

rem I got jeans that were a 16 and couldn’t get up over my thighs

wish sizes were sizes and a certain cm/inch to make it

Well done @WorriedRelative@Weepixie

@Blondeshavemorefun No I havent but I am about to try and post some! Wish me luck🤔

Yes, but then you did get in a pair of 16s. We've all got our annoying areas and different clothes have different cuts! I don't think things can ever be fully standard as people's individual measurements vary so much. I'm having to look for things that are able to cope with my spare tyre and general flabbiness even though I'm smaller overall. I'm just saying that when you've lost enough weight, a size 12 isn't implausible, especially as sizes are getting bigger.

I think we all judge ourselves harshly, and that's probably a lot of the reason behind us overeating. We tell ourselves we're terrible and fat and then feel so awful we eat something to comfort ourselves in the face of being so harsh. Maybe if we were able to be a bit kinder and more realistic in the first place we wouldn't need so much comfort. I'm hoping to say to myself, 'You've put on a few pounds, so maybe adjust your eating over the next week or two' rather than, 'You've failed because you always fail, you might as well give up because you've never going to be any good'.

Would you want mini blondes to talk to herself like you talk to yourself, even if she were to become overweight? I'm sure you wouldn't! And if you wouldn't, you can't defend it for yourself either. If I think of my daughter feeling about herself the way I've felt, I could weep. I've tried to bring her up not to be like me in that respect, and I think I've been partially successful, but not completely, because she can still see me struggling with myself. Anyway, you're clearly a lovely mum to mini blondes, so give yourself some of the same care. If you can't make yourself do it on your own account, you can tell yourself you're setting a good example - that usually motivates me a little!

Weigh day for me and a 2lb loss this week, so close to seeing 15st!

SW - 20st 3lbs wk1
CW - 16st 0.4lbs wk32
TL - 4st 2.6lbs or 58.6lbs or about 26kg

First time posting some progress pics, deliberately unflattering but far better than my naked ones, which I will spare you😂! 1st pic from Aug 24 was my proof of size pic for MJ. Since then I always take them in tight fitting, light coloured clothes to show the truth🙄!

Amazing progress @MabelSpan ! Love seeing everyone's pics. Still can't believe how far we have all come.

@MabelSpan that's fantastic. You should be so proud of yourself.

I always find that waiting for that little bit extra to tip into the next stone band seems to take forever, like our bodies are playing a game with us!

@4pink1blue Thank you! It is crazy that we are all still here isnt it! Still staying with the plan after over 7 months! I cant remember sticking with losing weight for this long, ever!

@whethertheweather Thank you! Its frustratingly slow dropping into that next number down, seems to take forever!

Apologies I'm not very active on the thread with mentioning specific people. I do read regularly but don't always have the energy to comment. I'm loving the pics and the updates. Amazing work xxx

Can I ask for some advice? I had a random bout of diarrhea on Thursday and again on Friday. I've eaten normally over the weekend and took my first dose of 12.5mg on Saturday evening.

Last night I developed this pain under my left ribs. This isn't totally unknown because I've found that living with IBS over the years, I often get a similar pain following a bad episode of the runs.

Since Mounjaro, I haven't had any of my usual IBS symptoms - I've been constipated more often than not.

However, the pain didn't really ease with my usual 'treatment' (lots of Tums followed by wind ) and I can still feel it today.

Obviously my biggest fear is that my pancreas hates me but my rational head says it's probably trapped gas and a hefty dose of constipation.

Has anyone experienced similar or found anything to ease it?

Sorry, I'm obviously feeling bossy today, as first I tell off @Blondeshavemorefun for being harsh on herself and now I want to tell off @MabelSpan for using a pig emoji! Consider yourself duly told off (although pigs are in fact lovely), but I must say there's a huge difference in your before and afters! It's not just that the measurements have clearly gone down, it's the shift in your posture - you look so much more upright and limber in the last one.

@poppym12 I have had what feel like rather random pains in the intestines from time to time, which I tend to treat as sluggish digestion/IBS lite, and they often pass in a day or two. I seem to get them more at night. Generally i've just eaten less and cautiously for a bit. Do you feel unwell at all? I had a recent pain in my side which I was pretty sure was a pulled muscle, but spent a lot of time googling pancreatitis! If it was me, I'd probably give it a day or two, but contact GP if I felt unwell, You could always try ringing your provider, I suppose - that's the sensible advice.

Thanks @weaselyeyes. I feel uncomfortable but not particularly ill. I did eat something different last night (m & s vegan burger) and also took an ibuprofen as my knee was playing up.

I'm hoping it's linked to something like that. Maybe I'll try gaviscon next with a side order of Movicol.

@weaselyeyes @poppym12 I think I am much more aware of random abdominal pains and gripes - partly because I have a residual worry that I've chosen to do this, and what if it goes wrong?

I've not had the most successful weekend. I jabbed on Saturday and wasn't paying sufficient attention, must have pulled the needle out a bit and there was MJ liquid running on my thigh. Therefore no idea how much had gone in and how much was wasted. I did another 10 clicks, but no idea if that was right. I' a sensitive wee soul, on 5mg, so a bit worried that I'd gone up close to 6mg

Was out yesterday for lunch and was served a HUGE portion of meat (and all the usual lunch trimmings). Was stuffed and couldn't eat for the rest of the day. Woke up at 6am feeling nauseous, and with pains in my tummy. Then at 6.30am 💩. Several times. Was it too much MJ? Was it too much fatty and rich food yesterday? Was it just a consequence of not eating since yesterday lunchtime? But lost another pound in the process . Taking it easy today and hoping everything settles.

@weaselyeyes Haha! I love piggies too, thats why I chose it as its cute!
Thank you, I hadnt noticed the posture thing, but I can kind of see it now you point it out😊

Looking at my pics on here, I think I am being more objective when looking at them, almost as if they are not me and I can see a difference between the Aug and March photos.
I think when you lose 4 stone plus, you expect to look significantly different, but when in my case that is only about half the weight I need to lose, I am still very fat and am going to look it!
Another struggle I am having is that the last time I weighed this amount my middle hadnt been decimated by peri-menopause giving me this hideous layer of fat around my middle, it simply wasnt there before and whilst my hips are the same size as 11yrs ago, my waist/middle is 5 inches bigger.

I need to sort out my shed so I can get to my rowing machine, I was also using that last time too, I am much more sedentary (aka lazy) now.

Afternoon all. Lovely catching up with the thread, so nice to read about your successful shopping trip @Weepixie

Fantastic progress in those pictures @MabelSpan

Weigh day for me - I lost 2lbs this week, 3stone 6 in total. I also went to a family party Saturday night, and was fully expecting to come home at 10ish relatively sober as we're boring farts these days. I used to able to put the drink away but years of fertility treatment, then eventually having DD - I've mostly lost the taste for it really. Except not this weekend I hadn't, I fully went for it with plenty of wine whilst there and inexplicably decided to pour myself a large baileys once we got home. When I say I paid for it all yesterday believe me that's an understatement!

Oh well, it was a one off, I'll probably go weeks if not months now before I have another drink, but keep thinking how bloody stupid when I'm trying really hard to take care of myself and be healthier - not to mention the wasted calories! I did have a fun night though!!

Definitely know the feeling of not seeing myself as slim. I don't feel any different really, I can see objectively that I am - and everyone was going on about it at the party, but I'm still hyper aware of my big tummy and very much still a fat person in my head. I remember thinking that somewhere around where I am now, maybe a few lbs under, would be my goal at the beginning. Whereas now I realise it's nowhere near really - only just about squeezing into some (not all) 14s and really not feeling all that different to how I did before.

Thanks @20bloodypounds. Hope your bathroom visits lessen!

@weaselyeyes eyes lowered. You are a bossy weasel !! Yes miss 😘

mini B is lucky and slim prob as does lots of gym. She is strong and had a bloody 6 pack at aged 6

I did this for me but also for her. Now single parent. I didn’t want a fat mum for her but also for my hips and what doctor said to me struck home

well done @MabelSpanon 2lb loss and that elephants penis is heading your way in a week or two 🐘🐘🐘

i see a massive deff in those 4s. I hope you do

I always take in same clothes so can see the diff

we have done so well sticking to it and losing it

@poppym12 never had to can’t offer advise. Sorry. But unlikely to be pancreas and more likely wind - maybe take some lactulose that got me going after giving birth and piles and pain

@20bloodypounds sorry for bad weekend - think how little liquid each .6 is v say 5ml of calpol /nurofen - so prob seemed a lot leaking but wasn’t as such a small dose

did you eat it all ? I will leave food now if have suppression. But equally rare I get bloody suppression

m you prob just feel full due to eating a lot

@MabelSpan again honestly you can see you have lost weight

@AuntieDote yah another loss - you BOOZER 😂 that’s the one thing I don’t really fancy now

will have one gin. And that’s it. Used to love it and have a few

Ha ha at @AuntieDote's drunken debauchery! I don't drink very much these days (prior to MJ, I mean), but since MJ I've definitely felt it on the odd occasion I've had more than a small drink. One night I went out for a meal and had two pints (I don't know why I didn't order halves, just forgot it would be a good idea), and I genuinely felt like I was fermenting an entire brewery in my intestines for a good 24 hours afterwards.

@AuntieDote @weaselyeyes Ah, yes I forgot to mention there was quite a lot of wine consumed during th lunch. That probably played into it all

@Blondeshavemorefun no way I could eat it all! I'd already had canapes and a starter. It was a big family dinner and everyone else was tucking in while I was pushing my food round the plate. I served myself to veg but the meat, yorkie, sausages and potatoes were already plated up. One delicious potato would have been enough, and about a quarter of the meat. I did speak to the person who'd made it, emphasising how delicious it was, but that sadly I have the appetite of a small child these days, and we laughed about how I sounded exactly like my Mum. Except she'd been saying that when she was 80! I'm 16 years ahead of my time. God that is a scary thought, only 16 years till I'm an octogenarian

Do they know @20bloodypounds

mine don’t but I said as eat less as stomach has finally shrunk.

and if full I do stop - where before I would shovel it in as think I was brought up like that

finish your plate

@Blondeshavemorefun no way would I tell them! There are a lot of feeders in my family and they would be immediately piling sticky toffee pudding on my plate, buying me chocolates encouraging me to eat more. They would take it as a personal insult that I was taking WLI just to avoid eating their food.

I think(?) that these days they just see me as someone who takes after Mum and eats like a sparrow (their words). Suits me. And I have genuinely lost my sweet tooth and can walk away from the sticky toffee. If asked I say that now I'm not working, I'm not so busy and active and don't feel so hungry.

Being on MJ has retrained me to look at my plate and decide beforehand how much might be reasonable - even the delicious roasties and sausages. I'd rather have 1 that I thoroughly enjoyed than several that made me full. And I do really like veg, which helps. At home I use a smaller dinner plate and a smaller soup bowl. I can always have more if I need it (which I usually don't).

I eat more slowly too, which helps. And I actually enjoy my food more.

Afternoon all!

i do not have the executive functioning to respond and tag, but well done on progress, sorry for toilet and tummy troubles and yes; 7 months is fret going!

I am having knicker trouble, I am getting terrible front wedgies and I am so sore. I don’t know how to solve it apart from maybe smaller knickers! I’m still wearing my pre weight loss ones. I’ve never had this issue before, it’s so painful. I was sat in a therapy session with a man this morning and kept having to try and move. It was awful! Luckily I don’t think he noticed. Such a weird problem.

i am due a big bowel movement I think, weight has been static for days!

It's almost time to eat 🤢. Not looking forward to it at all but I've managed one arrowroot biscuit today.

Time for more Tums.

Not sure how get front wedgies. Or you mean camel toe tho that’s usually too small

Have something light

i love chicken cuppa soup tho you may be a veggie