Mounjaro/Wegovy with > 5st/30kg to lose: Thread 7

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Thread SEVEN 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!

Nothing is off limits to discuss - from protein sources to B bellies; Hammocks to smart scales; feeling chilly to easier bum wiping 😃

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@RobinEllacotStrike I loved your post and there were a lot of similarities with my own history.

I had a bit of a difficult day yesterday as it was the 10th anniversary of my Dad's death. I think part of my identity has always been that I am greedy. When I was about 5/6 (and before I had excess fat) my Dad nicknamed me Dimples2puddingsSurname as I always asked for second helpings of pudding. As I grew older I always felt that he was appalled by my appetite - even though he would often overindulge himself, eg a family sized bar of Cadburys fruit & nut but he always stayed very slim. And to be brutally honest I always felt like he favoured my younger siblings (who were and are all slimmer than I). Any way it does not feel great to be dwelling on those thoughts but I found it a bit challenging yesterday with my stepmother and DSis reminiscing - to be fair my SM has always acted as though his sainthood is imminent!

Today is a new day, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, my DC are having a sleepover at DM's so I am in bed with a cup of tea.

Also on the good news front I have now lost 17 kilos since the end of January (129 to 112kg). I am getting very excited as I get closer to 20kg loss.

@RobinEllacotStrike I’ve been mulling on your post since reading it yesterday. I’m not a person inclined towards deep thoughts about myself, to be honest I’ve always tried to steer clear of it I think to avoid having to deal with my feelings, I also come from a very emotionally shut down family where we were always encouraged to ‘just put it aside and get on with it’.

Mentally I am a fat person, I have been since primary school and it is part of not only how I see myself but also how everyone I know has always seen me. I developed a whole personality around it, I had to be funnier, smarter, work harder, be more present at work, be more obviously ‘good’ at parenting, to make up for the huge and obvious moral failing of allowing myself to be fat.

Im finding it difficult to place myself in my world at the moment as I come to terms with the fact that I’m not fat anymore, that people who don’t know me and are seeing or meeting me for the first time have never known me as fat and don’t have those unconscious biases against me. I went to an exercise class the other day, the teacher was a twit but that’s a whole different story, but she said ‘I’ve been observing you as you all walked in and can see that you are all very fit and accustomed to exercise so I’m going to move straight to intermediate level’ and I double taked and wondered if I was invisible or she’d missed me as I walked in, I can’t reconcile myself with that description.

its a strange place to find yourself in psychologically, both happy and completely confused about who and what you now are.

Yes thank you @RobinEllacotStrike for a very thoughtful provoking post. Similarly my husband often says to me ‘weight loss’ is a silly term/goal because surely it’s not the weight that is the issue but what the weight is and stops you doing. He said well if you ‘weighed too much’ but looked how you wanted with no health concerns, fitting into all the clothes you wanted then the ‘weight’ wouldn’t be the issue, so fat loss is a better term to achieve what you want/goals. I think he is right and why sometime we struggle to set a ‘weight goal’ thinking if I get to x weight, like I was when I was X years old, I’ll look the same. Well ofcourse we won’t and so for the destination weight is not know yet but a ball park loosely guided by BMI. Maybe I should even start to aim for a certain body fat % instead. Currently at about 46%! I’ll post recommendations by age group but for me may 30% would be right🤷‍♀️

Despite my noticeable increased hunger this month and slight slowing of weight loss I have tried to dig deep. It’s slower but still coming off. Wanted to be prescribed 7.5mg this month but SheMed have me on another 5mg annoyingly and I just have to suck it up. May add some extra clicks to take me to 6ml & see if that helps the next few weeks, then worry about the 4th dose when I get to it.
I am officially at half a Onederland with now 50lbs off. My loss this week has tipped me just below 18 stone and it is so good to see you 17! I am struggling with my clothes as many are too loose and not flattering and others just that bit too tight to be flattering. I think some size 18’s will fit but shape and style is everything. Don’t want to buy new clothes but stuck right now in the messy middle of sizing.

Congratulations @dimples76 on your ‘loss of fat’, but also sorry for the loss of your dad and ongoing grief processing. This MJ journey and useful chat on here stirs up all sorts of feelings about weight, but all the more complicated by families.

It’s been just 3 months since I lost my dad.The grief is so heavy on me this week. I am really struggling and not really sure what to do to make it feel a little easier. Some of you may remember I posted on here asking advice if I should carry on with this MJ journey at the time I lost him early February as I had only started MJ a few weeks previous to him dying. I am so glad I kept going and it has felt therapeutic to loose weight at this time where carrying anything extra is a struggle I am so unhappy about other things in my life.

My dad was a big man in every sense of the words. He always was and wore his weight well. I always felt loved by him but know in the past when I lost weight he would always comment and be happy for my health. My siblings are slim and sporty and I have always felt their judgement on my weight. One thing that ‘gets me’ is that no one has commented on my weight loss. No one. I think they all assume it’s related to a diet of grief and are scared to say anything maybe 🤷‍♀️. The one person who would absolutely have noticed and would have commented non stop, being so genuinely happy for me is the one who is no longer here and I would have so loved my dad to see me 😭. I know he would joke when hugging me about me wasting away or how muscley I was. 😭 I have realised now why it’s bothers me no one has mentioned my weight loss because I actually don’t want people to. I would be and am embarrassed by my weight I just want for it to go & pretend it never happened. But it’s dawned on me, it’s not other people I care about hearing it from, it’s my dads comments I miss. Feeling broken today 😭. So much emotion tied up in ‘fat loss’ and grief.

Sorry for the long post and emotional dump. It has been therapeutic to put into words and maybe there are others here with similar feelings who it may resonate with. X

@RobinEllacotStrike a very powerful post. It resonates with me enormously, thank you for sharing x

Weigh in day for me! Thankfully, after a 2 week stall I had a loss.
SW: 18st 10
TW: 11st
CW: 17st 7
Loss this week: 3lbs

Took my first 5mg jab last night and so far so good 😊.

Thanks to you all for your ongoing support!

Happy Saturday folks, lots of interesting discussion.

I definitely am finding it hard to have weightloss noticed. And I resonate with the idea of wanting to pretend my high weight never happened @Reginaphalangeeeee .

i’ve actually had a tricky time with my mother this week, she keeps referring to how good I look- not strictly all weight related but it all leads back to it. We generally have a good relationship, but she is highly focused on appearance and will always comment on other people’s weightloss, even if its clear they don’t want to discuss it. She genuinely think its a compliment. I can’t stand it - I always feel like she does a full body scan on me, seeing whats different, even if she says nothing. She told me this week, she can’t talk to me anymore, but all she talks about is how i look, how she looks, or silly inane appearance related things!!!

i really very much try to keep weightloss talk to this thread only!

In progress news, I’ve lost another pound, taking me to 14st 2.4lbs! That puts me a few grams under 90kg! 2.4lbs and 2 weeks to go for my next target! 😬😬

I thought by the time I got into the low 13st I would probably be happy, but I can see now, I have still quite some way to go. I suspect I won’t feel content until I get into the 10st mark at least. It doesn’t feel overwhelming but does make me realise that I will likely not get it done this year. Things have slowed down, and that’s ok. If I can shift an average of a pound a week then I’m good.

frosty you're a farmer! Growing food is such an awesome thing to do.

Robinfabulous post. Years ago I read sometabout not saying you're wanting to lose weight/fat because your brain doesn't want to lose anything so I've always wanted to uncover my muscles 😃
The identity thing is interesting I'm not sure I do identify as someone with lots of fat rather as someone who is in the way, awkward & embarrassing 😬
I definitely see myself in the hiding from male "attention" thing.

always hurrah! Hope the 7.5 makes all the difference for you

Zebra I LOVE this! Totally prepared to don sunglasses to cope. I think I'm the other way & assume that fat camouflages my ugly.

taylor would love to hear more about how the journaling works for you (I'm reading up on it), walking is my only coping mechanism & it's impractical when sick etc

dimples 💐 anniversaries can be bastards

Regina 💐 I'm so sorry. There's lovely stuff written about people living on in us, I hope you can be as proud of yourself as your Dad would have been.

All this dad/sources of having fat makes me vividly remember being given a (horrible) sausage supper by a family friend the evening my dad died (I was a kid) he said "eat this it will make you feel better" so I ate every horrible bit...

I'm off for a walk 😃

Just took my 3rd injection. Lost 4 kgs in the first 2 weeks. Would have been more but I had a hungry day yesterday, and failed to resist a delicious ice cream when buying one for my Dd. It was very good though, so I’m trying not to stress. And we walked them off, somewhat.
NSV. I don’t know if anyone else does this, but I buy huge amounts of clothes as my weight gets out of control. I’m looking for something that fits, feels comfortable and looks ok, but can’t find that. And size 20 clothes take up so much space, feel like I’m drowning. The nsv is that I haven’t bought anything for a fortnight, and know I will continue to not buy any, until the smallest things I own are too big. Very tempted by some shoes though…

Saturday weigh in and a tidy 1lb loss this week.

End of week - 465 (5 x 2.5mg, 41 x 3.75mg)
SW - 21st 5lbs BMI 44.8
CW - 14st 02lbs BMI 29.7
Losses (2024) - 10,2,2,4,1,3,3,3,1,3,2,2,3,3,2,3,3,2,1,4,0,2,3,3,1,4,0
Losses (2025) - 0,3,2,1,3,1,1,0,2,3,3,-1,3,2,2,1,2,2,1
Total loss - 7st 03lbs (101lbs), 33.8%
Next Target 🎯- 13st

Last dose in current pen today/pen locked so syringe day today to extract the remaining dose which I still don't like even though this is the 4th time I've done it. Never had a problem doing it other than nerves because it is different, much preferred it when the hard twist worked!!

@Reginaphalangeeeee 11 years since I lost my dad and your "it’s my dads comments I miss" still brought tears to my eyes today thinking of my own dad, now with a little more fondness than pain.

I also lost my mum 4 years ago, although I loved her dearly and miss her so much it is always thinking of my dad that brings the tears to my eyes. When I think about it dh was also much more upset when he lost his mum. Maybe a father-daughter/mother-son thing.

You know exactly what your dad would have said, how happy he'd be for you and how proud he'd be of you, that is something that you never lose, it is the legacy they leave within us, hold onto that. You will always miss him, but I promise it does get easier, it will take time, longer than I ever thought it would, but it will.

Has anyone seen good results with BP? Mine is really high at the moment even though I've lost some weight. I've been sleeping really badly lately so that probably has an impact but it's still super high. I was hoping that MJ would help but apparently not!

NSV!! Is this an elusive collarbone..?! I noticed it this morning and I know you will all appreciate this 😂

Very Excited 😄

I promise it isn't a dodgy photo 😬

I think it is. Hello collarbone!

Oooh collarbone!!
enjoy 🤩

I tap mine all the time - it makes me laugh that I do it. I’m reminding myself it’s not a dream.

It's emerging, shall we say 😄

Am also delighted with life. My size 20 jeans, which were too small a couple of months ago are now extremely comfortable/getting roomy on the legs. And my top in the photo is a size 22 (down from 26 - 28 in January) and just right 😍

Hoping to break the 3 stone barrier by the end of May (1 lb to go...) and then move into the 16 stone something in June 😬

Actuall y, moo, I did think that top looked a bit big on you, it’s nice though!

The problem is the boobs.... I always have to size up, so necks and shoulders gape, while the boobs struggle to fit...

I've lost a bit of boob, but measured myself yesterday on the Molke website and am stil 40JJ (rather than KK 🙄).

I wish wish wish they'd shrink more - thoughts and prayers please 😁

Hi everyone :) just checking back in, I haven’t posted for a while. I’m just over 2 stone down since the end of Jan and I’ve hit a plateau for the past month or so- I’ve just been bouncing around within a few lbs of the same weight. I probably need to go up to 7.5mg but I’m off on holiday next week and didn’t want to deal
eith the side effects so I’m sticking to 5 for now and will do 7.5mg for the next pen.

Logically I know I just need to keep going but the plateau makes me feel a bit panicky like what if this is the end of the weight loss!

Ahh yes. I have the boobs too. Got a feeling that they may deflate suddenly and have to be carefully arranged in much smaller cups

Such interesting thoughts on this thread and too many people to tag about it but thank you all!
I agree with the "fat as protection" viewpoint. I was a fat, quiet, bookish child and always felt quite insecure, suddenly lost weight at puberty and became rather gorgeous (if I say so myself) but also a bit of a floozy (and I say that myself too) because I found it very hard to reject attention. After I met DH I settled down and gained a little weight but really piled it on after my babies which, I now realise, may have been my way of making myself safe (they do say women are always regarded as Madonna or whore so maybe it was my subconscious attempt to be a Madonna)
Now I am in my 60s I think, as a previous poster said, I may be safe

@Reginaphalangeeeee I lost my Dad over 20 years ago and still miss him but, now the sadness has faded, can remember him with love and fond memories. Just try to remember how much he loved you and wanted you to be happy x

@claudiawinklemansfringetrimmer
There was an interesting article about how the body plateaus after losing 10% of body weight as it goes into survival mode. Sorry I can’t remember where it was posted. I am hopefully just coming out of a plateau I was on 3.75 & have moved up to 5 which is having an impact.

@claudiawinklemansfringetrimmer You could always try going up to 6mg/6.5mg, counting the clicks of your 7.5mg pen, to help with reducing side effects? Not the end of your journey - just a v annoying bump in the road! 💪

Yep @claudiawinklemansfringetrimmer
i am going up to 7.5mg for my next pen but have a 5mg to use first. Decided I will (jab night today) actually do extra clicks of the 5mg pen to take me to 6mg as feeling I need a boost. Annoying as need to put a new needle and new site etc for the extra 10clicks but hoping it will help and I’ll worry about my last dose of this pen when I get to it.

I got my new 7.5mg pen yesterday - am on 6mg now, which has felt right this week so will stick with 6mg for a while, but happy I've got a 7.5mg pen just in case I feel like I need the increase over the next month.

I think I've got a couple more doses left in my current 7.5mg pen, so am all set up for a good while 😊