Mounjaro starters Nov ‘24 Thread 10 - The one where we are very nearly beach body ready 🥳

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Welcome to thread 10 to fellow MN weight loss friends old and new!

Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we’ve successfully navigated Easter and head towards Summer Holiday Season. Stop here to celebrate NSV’s, weight loss milestones and admire our new svelte frames!

I’m on W25 D1 and on my second 7.5mg pen

F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 10st 9lbs
GW 10st (maybe 9st 7lb if I can)
Total loss so far 44lbs

We recommend the Shotsy app to monitor the amount of MJ in the system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.

Feel free to swap recipes that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for managing side effects, exercise tips, tips for maintenance, titrating up or down and we love a beauty/ style chat too 🥰

Keep going! You’ve lost 30lbs! Amazing!

Sorry to hear about the bursitis. Did you knock your hip? Did anything trigger it? Hope you feel better soon 💐

My smart scales suggest first thing in the morning and before food. Basically I only weigh when I think I will be at my lightest which is first thing after rising and after my morning wee. I’d love to be able to have a morning 💩 first but those days are long gone 😭

Funnily enough my cellulite hasn’t gone with my weight loss either, which previously it had if I lost weight. Fake tan does improve the appearance though 😉

Totally agree. My BMR is under 1400 which I never knew before. Fascinating stuff but pretty crap when you consider the ‘general advice’ we’re all told about the ‘recommended calorie intake’

Ooh enjoy the soft skin! Congrats on the run! Fab achievement! 👏👏👏

Apparently my colouring is the worst for IPL so I’ve never bothered. Let us know how you get on!

I really wanted to get back to jabbing on Fridays - going away without my pen just threw everything out of whack and I need the suppression most over the weekend I think. I think I was hoping for a sneak preview of a higher dose and a bit of a whoosh as bonus perks, which I seem to have got - emptying out your entire system at both ends gets you back into the top of the next stone bracket, apparently 🫠

I'm still going to go up but will try the intermediate dose - how do you get that out of the pen?

I can already see that my thighs are going to be a bit of a horror show. Not just the cellulite, though that's definitely part of it - I appear to have inherited Grandma S's roadmap varicose veins, which I can remember regarding with horrified disbelief at the age of 7 and which are emerging in all their glory as I shrink 😆

I think it was 50 clicks from a 7.5mg pen to get 6.25mg?

Yep I suddenly have the veins too 😩😩😩😩

Morning fellow skinny death jabberz! Weigh in and jab day for me and my weight is still stuck 🤦‍♀️ If I'm being honest I know it's because dh and I are still nibbling Easter eggs daily and I've really let my good nutrition habits slip. I did start to panic over the weekend that food noise had returned, but I think it was just good old comfort eating after a week of stress. As soon as I went and ate some protein, the food noise stopped. So it wasn't really food noise at all, just my brain being a dick!

But on the posiitive, I've not gained any weight and after a rubbish night sleep last night, I know i need to knock the sugar habit on the head. It is not helping the anxiety!

So a week of lots of water, fresh salads and lots of fruit for me to get me back into the healthy mindset groove.

Irish pale skin and dark hair here so the ideal combo… we’ll see. It cost a bomb so I really hope it works.

I was like this the week before last and was nibbling at Easter chocolate but last week I had really strong suppression for some reason so concentrated on good protein and clean eating and lost a couple of pounds. I haven’t opened any more eggs so I’m not tempted. I did have a relaxed weekend eating and drinking wise so slept badly last night and the night before. Sugar/carbs is definitely to blame for that! .DH is away tonight with work so I’m already looking forward to an undisturbed nights sleep 🥰

Off to exercise the rubbish out of my system!

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I need to send my dh away for a few nights I think! 😂

Had my maintenance call with Oushk today. I’ve joined the taper plan. So my aim is to get to BMI 23 and then come down the doses. I don’t feel brave enough for cold turkey. I want to ease myself into maintaining and using the MJ to help me. I’m hoping this will give me time to really embed the life changes and for my body and mind to get used to being smaller. Like all of us here, I want this for life.

I need work outfits for the summer. I have nothing that fits!

Morning lovelies
Gorgeous sunny day out, annoying to be inside working.
No weight loss this week.
Found myself mindlessly snacking on Saturday, so ordered a 10mg pen for next month.
Then today my period arrived and im back on the fence about moving up. I think I will then manage with clicks if side effects too much.
Jabbed in my thigh today for a change.

I like ordering a dose higher if I’m not sure the current dose is working. I feel it gives me the flexibility to stay the same or go up. Most times I’ve done at least one dose at the current level of the higher doseage pen

Oooh do keep us posted! This is my plan too hopefully although I'm still a bit away from goal. My appointment with Oushk is booked for the end of this month.

I walk, gym (mix of cardio and weights but deffo need to do more weight stuff) and play football.

What I personally noticed was that while cardio like dance helped me get my weight down very fast, it didn’t do much for toning. I’ll lose my remaining 1.5 stone slowly but pay more attention to shape/ muscle tone/ body composition.

its nice to see the weight drop 3-4 pounds a week with cardio but now that I can really see the drastic change in shape, ie candle wax thighs, I really need to get my priorities right and chase shape, not numbers

I don’t care if I weight 9st if it’s a saggy/ flabby 9st. Now that I’ve reached BMI 25 (down from 30+) and the health emergency is over, I actually want to have nice curves at a healthy weight.

On another note, I skipped a week as the suppression was getting too extreme and my appetite was still very low, so that makes me feel positive about coming off it come July.

Weekly update for me…I lost 3lb again this week and so pleased….

2lb to go now to get my 4 stone mini goal….big goal will be to get to 20 stone….but that won’t be until after another 4st is gone…..I will get there I just know it.

Have a great week everyone.

Hurray, 3lb is brilliant! You will absolutely get there.

Went to my trampoline class for the first time in about 6 weeks tonight, yay!

How fantastic! Congratulations 🙌

Ooh trampolining class sounds like fun!

That sounds promising! My call with them is next month.

What sort of workwear do you like/need?