Mounjaro - 10 Stone or more to lose (Thread 3)

[TheFunkyDuckling]

Thought I'd kick start a new thread for this oh so supportive little group, as the last thread was reaching it's limit.

@TheFunkyDuckling I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t. The trial recently published said the participants were on the highest dose they could tolerate, and how would you know that until you reached a dose you couldn’t tolerate, and then drop back down?

Very fair point.
It's just knocked me off guard a little. Feel a bit daft ordering the wrong dose.
But like you say, how do I know what I can tolerate without trying.
Thank you x

I’ve got a 7.5 next. If it’s bad for me on the side effects I’ll either count clicks or go back down.

5mg gave me horrendous dry mouth to start with. And a fair bit of nausea. But those have gone now. So I’ll see what happens with 7.5 and whether it levels out after a couple
of weeks. I’m not mad to go up the doses as quickly as possible, but I was feeling as though 5mg was tailing off a little in efficacy…

@Veganpug No different at all, the only side effect I’ve had all the way through is constipation but I’ve figured out how to manage that now. I don’t get full on suppression, did in the early days but not so much now, but it doesn’t take a lot of food to fill me up and I don’t crave bad carbs which is a bloody miracle!

Love the way you keep calling it "mango"!
😂

That’s so cruel. I think there could be a whole new thread on the influence of DMs and the influence over our eating. 🤗🤗

Weigh in number 33
SW 21st 9lb (BMI 44.7)
CW 16st 10lb (BMI 34.6)
GW 11st 9lb (BMI 24.1)
2lb down this week
Losses so far; 4, 1, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, +3, 5, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2
Total loss 69lbs / 4st 13lb

Definitely be 5 stone next week!!

Weigh in and jab day.

SW 137kg BMI 53.5
CW 113kg BMI 44.1
GW 60kg BMI 23.4

800g down on the week, 1.75lbs in old money. 17 stone 10lbs, 3 stone 11lbs down. Sobering thought that I potentially still have another 8 stone to lose to get to a healthy BMI. This will probably take another 18 months.

We are fortunate to have an allotment so this time of year we are starting to see the crops we have sown in the depths of winter begin to yield a harvest. We have no excuse not to eat healthily and I am enjoying my new found interest in plain vegetables.

Last night I tried on a couple of jackets and realised I am going to have some serious work later in the year to get some new clothes made. I have been sorting through my fabric stash and found that I should have plenty of garment sized pieces. By late summer I will hopefully be making clothes for a size which is 2-3 stone down on where I am now. This will still be plus sizes so many of the patterns I have will still be appropriate.

@WafflingDreamer an excellent interim threshold to cross!

Like the fantastic Dr Who adipose episode!

Have lost 1 lb this week, total loss 75 lbs.

Week 2 day 7
Start weight 21 stone 2.75
Current weight 20 stone 11
Total loss 5.75 pounds.

Feeling really disheartened. Week 1 I lost 8 pounds, the next day almost 4 pound put back on!!! The last 6 days have lost 1.75 pounds, so now heaver than I was this time last week.
I've paid for nutracheck and am logging litterally everything that does in my mouth. They set me 1600 calories a day in order to lose 2 pounds a week, I'm on average eating about 1300. Not sure where I am going wrong

Another week another weigh day!

Lost 1kg/0 stone, 2 lb and 3.27 oz this week.

SW 142.8kg / 22 stone, 6 lb and 13.12 oz
CW 92.5kg / 14 stone, 7 lb and 14.84 oz
Total loss 50.3kg / 7 stone, 12 lb and 14.28 oz
To go 32.5kg / 5 stone, 1 lb and 10.4 oz
BMI 50.8 now 32.9

So close to 8 stone loss, hopefully reach it next week. App now says I won't reach goal until December so it's moved further back again, so that's really annoying.

Tried on the size 16 jeans I bought last night, they are fitting better but still a bit tight for actual wear.

Got some clothes from a friend who has lost weight, she thought I might fit into them but they're also too big for me! 😁

Something similar is happening this week for me too. My WI day is Saturday but I weigh each morning.

I know I’m within my calories every day. I’m drinking enough water. And yet for the last few days I’ve been showing a gain of 1lb. It’s infuriating!

What's the opposite of a NSV? A non-scale disappointment perhaps?! That's what I had yesterday when my 8 year old told me that there's a little spot where my double chins used to be that's gone wobbly and wrinkly apparently it looks just like Grandma's 😭

I think sometimes when you lose a lot it's water and it balances itself out in the end. As long as you are in a deficit the weight will come off eventually

Mine looks like a cat's bum, not sure what's worse. Gotta love the little ones.

Yes, my neck has gone a bit 'turkey-ish' as I have lost a lot of weight from around my face. I am fully resigned to starting to look at lot older as the weight comes off.

Thats really good ,sounds like it's working well for you ,I pray it is the same for me

8 stone .wow fantastic..go you x

Me to ..
I tell myself it's just ageing.cant be helped

I'm also starting to develop a bit of a turkey neck. I've started taking collagen capsules, not sure if it will make any difference, but it can't do any harm.

On a plus side, I'm noticing a massive improvement in my skin. I've never had particularly bad skin, but it's always been a bit greasy, with uneven tones & open pores etc. But since starting the jabs, it just looks so much healthier & fresh. I am drinking tons more water these days, so that probably helps, but the difference is really visible.

I have started to develop a turkey neck too. I am taking biotin and collagen. Like @Billybingbong not sure if it makes a difference or not but willing to give it a go!

The alternative for me is a smooth neck and 10 extra strone of fat 🤣

My first pen should be arriving this afternoon. What kind of time of day do people take them? Evening after eating? Before eating? Thursday night would be a good time for me as I don't work on a Friday so longest possible time for any side effects to settle, I hope!

Wednesday lunchtime as I don't work till Monday then. Side effects often come on around day three I have read.

I do mine Saturday nights before bed