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

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

@Apprenante I'll still be over on the May page because, as you point out, we're at similar stages in terms of do we do the bonus dose, go up to 5mg, SEs etc. But like @PinkArt says, there may come a time where it becomes too painful to see everyone achieve their GW when I still have so much longer to go.

Thank you everyone for your kind and supportive words. I hope you don't think I was sad fishing, I just needed to share with people who were in a more similar position to me.

I'm happy I started MJ and I'm happy with what I've achieved so far. I just need to get my head back in gear and stop beating myself up. I'm normally quite a positive person so maybe I'm just having a post-injection dip in mood 🤷‍♀️

Anyway, it's a bank holiday weekend. I don't work weekends so I am looking forward to 3 days pottering. We were going to take the dog to the beach but I think the weather's going to be iffy and she doesn't like the rain. She's a bit of a diva 🐕‍🦺

Congratulations @getthingsdone for hitting your next mini goal, and being in the 30s for BMI. 🎉

It absolutely isn't though, is it? Do you think I'm a moral failure for being obese? I'm guessing of course not, because you don't sound like an arsehole! If you wouldn't say it about someone else then be as kind to yourself.
Let's face it, there are enough judgy fuckers who hate us fatties for both being fat AND for using WLI to be less fat, let's not add to their numbers!!!

@AlicesMum2025 don't worry I'll still be plodding away on the May thread when everyone else has reached target 🥰🥰

This is what my DH always says to me too - if I’m not judging other people harshly for their weight why do I do it to myself? Logical, but I still struggle with feeling like I’ve “failed” by being fat.

I felt fine this morning but this afternoon I’ve been feeling pretty rotten actually after jab 1 yesterday. I don’t know how much of this is psychosomatic though. I feel kind of nauseous and my stomach is kind of gnawing at me. Not sure if I’ve eaten too much, not enough, or if it’s not relevant!

I’m terribly anxious about side effects which doesn’t help - I’m so worried this won’t work for me or I’ll get dreadfully ill and then everyone will judge me even more. Health anxiety is a bollocks. I’m always worried that I’m going to be “punished” for being obese, and now I’m trying to do something about it and I’m still worried!

Sorry for the complaining - it brings up so many complicated feelings all this, doesn’t it?

This is a safe place to complain @FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping - and health anxiety is an absolute bastard! Once a worry worm gets in your brain, you're off to the races - the mouth ulcer is cancer, the headache is an aneurysm, the cold is meningitis. As fat people we spend our whole lives being told that 'it' is going to kill us - it's listed as a contributory factor to every illness you look up. Serious side effects on MJ are rare, and I know that if you're in the grip of a 'I'm definitely going to die THIS time!' episode that doesn't help much - but try and ride it out, not over-analyse everything, and give it a week or two to settle in. It's way too easy to convince yourself that you are more sick than you are, and worry that eventually it will all catch up with you - that Spike Milligan gravestone thing, 'I told you I was ill'!

It's only day 1 for me and perhaps I was naive/unrealistic but I was hoping I'd get at least some suppression, but nope. I'm hungry. 😒

@AlicesMum2025 Welcome. I’ve abandoned all threads except this one, as many gave me the same vibes as diet clubs/weight watchers etc. All those slim women sat there moaning about how they were half a stone overweight and I’d look down at myself and never go back. Here we’re all - or have been - morbidly obese and understand. I’ve set myself a target of 100lb off. That still puts me very overweight but 100lb would transform my health which is my main motivation. I’ve set little goals on the way - 10%, 3st, 25% etc. Don’t think about the overall picture, it’s too overwhelming. If I think I’ve got to get into the 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12…. before I’m even “overweight” I’ll go nuts. So 1stone ✅ 2 stones ✅ 10% ✅. Now I’m aiming for 3 st off. I want my BMI less than 35 as my GP said she couldn’t refer me re my knee arthritis until then (hopefully I won’t need it by then!). What this thread has shown me is it is possible, the injections make it possible to stick to a diet for months and months whereas before it seemed completely impossible.

Early days yet. It was 10mg for me, but I am exceptional. Not in a good way.

I had my annual blood tests this week. My HbA1c diabetes check has dropped from a pre diabetic 42 to normal 38 which I’m very pleased about. Cholesterol levels haven’t really changed from last year, down very slightly, but I’m still in the obese category so that’s not a surprise. This time next year however … 🤞🏻

Oh @AlicesMum2025 if I could hug you I would, so sending a virtual one instead. Mentally it’s so hard to switch off those feelings of shame but I promise you that you will be able to, that heavy ominous feeling will start to lift, as others have said, it’s safe here. Be kind to yourself x

I got ridiculously upset when a poster wrote how she had no idea how she'd managed to be able to walk at 16 stone

I think I posted on here after going into the office after hitting the 16 stone milestone to say that I felt like I was floating around the office as I felt so light! We’re a tough bunch!

Don't worry, @Quitepossibly it will come I'm sure. Levels are still rising in your system, and it may just slowly creep up on you.

I need to remember that daily weighing isn’t necessarily helpful: I weigh 100g more this morning than I did yesterday which is a bit disheartening!

Its obviously all relative, i guess if you've spent your life around 10st it's impossible to imagine a larger weight. I'm tall and slim people always underestimated my weight.

I started this at 21st 9lb I'm now 16st 10lb, I ran down the street yesterday with my 4yo to scare my 9yo, I genuinely can't wait to lose more as 5st (4st 13lb!) has changed my life.

Hard to resist at the start @FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping - I now do it once a week. Some people weigh each day but have one 'official' day where they weigh in, if that makes sense?

Start weight / BMI: 19st 9lbs / 44.4 (obese class 3)
Current weight / BMI: 17st 1lb / 38.6 (obese class 2)

Wks 1-4 (2.5mg): -17lbs
Wks 5-8 (2.5mg): -6lbs
Wks 9-12 (2.5mg): -11lbs
Wk13 - 0lb
Wk14 - 2 lbs
Total loss: 36lbs

Wk14 weigh in today following wk2 of 5mgs. Thankfully it’s been less challenging than last week in terms of side effects! I was hoping to get into the 16st bracket this week…but alas, not to be! Averaging 2.8lbs loss each week since I started which I’m happy with.

Goal 1: 10% of starting weight (27.5lbs loss) ✅
Goal 2: 10% of wk11 weight (22.4lbs loss, total 49.9 loss)
End Goal: healthy BMI (between 18.5 and 24.9 for my height)

This is my weight track from weighing daily. Today is my official weigh in day and I weigh 600g more than yesterday!! Not impressed

I'm very selective about my weighins. I weigh daily sometimes a couple of times, preloo and post loo. I jab on Wednesday and used to record my weight at the same time but I was always dressed and had eaten as my jab is at lunchtime so it would generally show a gain over a naked first thing weighing which was disappointing.

So then I started to record only my Saturday weight, as that seemed to be the lowest and I could do it naked post loo as no work.

Now I record everytime to goes down as there really are several days it is down. I sometimes stay the same but anything else is just a fluid thing. Or I need a wee etc. I know I am doing the right things so I don't worry about little gains. If there were genuine ups then I would record them to nip it in the bud.

I love all the references to 'pre and post loo' here @Doggymummar - it does make a difference! Does anyone remember the Peter Kay slimming club sketch? 'She's lost a pound? I shit a pound!'

@FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping I actually weigh every day (not saying that you should do this!). I was spotting that sometimes I could put on / lose up to 2 lbs overnight so decided to take away the surprise and to weigh every day instead. It's finding what works for you I think.

I weigh every day too, but only log it once a week. My anxiety levels would probably be off the scale if I didn't do a daily check in, and it keeps me in control. It's just part of my daily routine now.

Me too re the daily weighing, but only record it on a Tuesday. On previous diets I only ever weighed weekly and dreaded weigh in day. oddly though, if I’d lost I could celebrate with a ‘treat’, if I’d gained I could commiserate with a ‘treat’ 😳
I’m contemplating taking my scales on holiday next month 😂. I fluctuate up and down all week but always (so far) a loss on the official day.
I might track it for a couple of weeks to see what the week by week pattern is

I do this too - more out of interest at how it changes daily. I think it's useful to see because you realise how much it fluctuates depending on lots of factors and helps to reinforce the point that it's all about the overall (hopefully downward!) trajectory. I have a much healthier attitude to the number on the scales now after years of stressing about slimming world weigh-ins where I'd have no clue what to expect when I stepped on the scales and the number was often more to do with whether I'd managed to starve myself that day in the lead up to a 7pm weigh in. I think weighing monthly would probably be a good approach but I don't have the self discipline to not know for that long!