Mounjaro DECEMBER Starters Thread 3

[Slimwannabe]

Just starting up a new thread!

I tried really hard to like yoga, but I'm such a fidget! Pilates is constant movement so suits my inability to stay still much better. I wish I was good at yoga!

Depends on the style of yoga. I like strong alignment based like Iyengar, not the soft lying down breathy stuff.

Still wheeling along here at the same weight. Maintenance is really boring but its lovely to be here still the same weight 8 months on. I doubt Ive been this level weight wise ever in my life. Was always yoyoing before.

Its amazing to have just one set of clothes that fit and I've been coining it in on ebay.

Been talking about MJ to friends recently having kept it to myself for a long time. So many are already on it or want to rry it now.

Im still managing to maintain on 3.75. I take 5mg the week my period is due, as thats when the sweet cravings hit.

I think ive been in maintenance for around 6 months now. Weirdly, although the scales are staying the same my body shape seems still be changing slightly. Maybe my saggy skin is tightening up a bit (wishful thinking?), but im noticing that clothes that were fine 4 months ago are now a bit too big or just hang differently

Hi gang. I'm still here but not much to report. Maintaining on 2.5mg around BMI 21 (9¼-9½ st). It still feel unreal some days that I'm no longer morbidly obese, people are actually calling me 'skinny' now. 2.5mg doesn't feel like it's really doing very much, although I'm sure it actually is! I have a few months left before trying cold turkey, although I see it's now being prescribed at BMI 25 (OL) so I know there's a back up plan if I fail 😂. The only downside to all this is that I seem to have replaced my food addiction with a Vinted addiction.

Well done to you both! @OrangeDonald and @TrinityWaves your successful maintenance at such a low dose are very inspiring! just getting over a stinking virus here and I was not going to inject today but I did as its just such a habit now. I have a friend who got behind in her ordering through just being very stressed and busy and has put on 2 stone in a couple of months so that has stressed the importance of consistency to me!

That is my big fear and why I keep paying out each month. I never want ro be Obese again.

Still 10.7 .still on maintenance dose.

Stable.
Happy.

Is there any of us December 2024 starters are not at goal but still plugging away? Or anyone came of the meds and maintained? Just curious!

Not quite at a weight I want to be at, but equally not sure where I want to be. I'm 9stone 7lb (to 9stone 9lb). I figured maybe 9stone but to be honest I seem to be maintaining at this weight.

Still on 5mg, eating reasonable and kicked my ass back to the gym this week :).

Me!! I’m still here plodding away!
I’ve lost 62lb up to now, and I still have about 18lb go. I’m on 12.5mg and have been for the past few months. I still have really good suppression on this dose so I’m reluctant to go up to the maximum. My weight has very steadily gone down over the past year and a half. I feel much healthier, clothes fit me so well now and I get lots of comments about how good I look.
My concern now is the price! I have recently retired from work and my disposable income has reduced fairly significantly since then. I wanted to keep on going at this dose but now I’m considering either reducing gradually or even swapping to Wegovy. I haven’t discussed it with my provider as yet, just wondering if any of you have swapped and had success doing so?!

Hi @LoopieLoo17 I am so scared to even contemplating coming of the MJ but I see the news that pill are coming out and hopefully they may be another breakthrough!

Hi @Julesni77I’m also keen to see what the tablets can offer , I just hope the pricing is more reasonable!

I received my first new style pen yesterday (5mg) with the extra stopper to eliminate the fifth dose. So that will increase the cost per dose for me.

I'm still maintaining my weight. It is taking a conscious effort but it is doable, which I suspect it wouldn't be without the medication.

I'm so annoyed that they've done this! I've not as yet had a pen that's like that, but expecting it imminently!

I may order a 7.5mg and dose 5mg as the costs work out better! I need to order every 8 weeks to keep prescription live.

Amazing to hear how well maintenance is going for you @Goinghome25, @OrangeDonald and @TrinityWaves, I'm so pleased for you!

I'm also still plugging away @Julesni77! Still on 7.5mg, still on 1700kc target, still doing 10k steps a day but have thrown some pilates and cycling into the mix.

The combo of heatwave and ovulation did a number on me and I gained 10lb in a WEEK! I couldn't even be mad about it, it was so insane! Luckily it all came straight back off the week after, and as of today I have officially lost 100lb. Doesn't feel as astonishing as I thought it would 🤣

Another 1.5st to go to goal roughly, which will take me to 11 stone. That will still be over a BMI of 25 so not sure yet if I'll drop the target again or not, I think I'll see how I feel at that weight.

@Slimwannabethat is beyond awesome xx

Thanks @Julesni77!

100lb! WOW @Slimwannabe!!!!

@Slimwannabe that's an incredible achievement. Well done.

@SlimwannabeWOW!! That is awesome! Well done 👏🏻

I’m not at goal yet but still at it very slowly!! Financially for me it’s not viable for me to carry on with the MJ pen much longer. I’m doing half doses on my final pen which I started last week. I have 6 pounds to go to goal so not too bad. I’ve just started C25K this weekend so aiming to “run” my first park run by August-Sept!!
Im still here but in the background cheering everyone on still 💕

Thanks @ShrankLastWinter, @MerryChristmasYaFilthyAnimals and @LoopieLoo17!

You're so close, I bet with the help of C25K you'll have that last little bit off in no time!

My maintenance has gone a bit off track. Weight had been very very slowly creeping up slightly and now have put on 2kg in the last couple of weeks.
I've increased from 3.5mg to 3.75mg in the hope that helps, and will try to be more conscientious with my food choices, especially avoiding UPF.