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.

I am quite tall and my fat is pretty evenly spread throughout my body (apart from my boobs which have all but disappeared 🙄)

We’re exactly the same, I’m also 69 lbs down this week and was hoping to hit 5 stone but alas… waiting patiently for next weigh day. Totally understand the sadness and annoyance but you’re amazing to have come this far, we’re all proud of you!

I’m very tempted to change my weigh day to a Thursday so I can join you all 😂 congrats on the losses everyone!
sizes still baffle me! I’m now 14 stone 3lbs and size 18 is at least another half a stone if not more away from me yet!

Its my birthday today and my wonderful husband presented me with front row tickets for ABBA Voyage for September, the happy scale app predicts I’ll be around 12st 3 lbs at my current weight loss by then, just trying to visualise 12st me in sequins 😂😂

No fancy meal tonight, it’ll be some chicken, jersey royals and salad x

Wishing you the happiest of happy birthdays!

Jan 22 19st 7lbs
Jan24 18st 10lbs
Mar 25 18st 1lbs
Apr 25 17st 12lbs MJ start
CW W7D1 17st 3lbs
steady loss on MJ 2,1,2,1,2,1 it is coming off but so slowly, I have to keep looking at what I was in Jan 22 to give me hope and I can definitely feel a difference in my clothes. Type 2, PCOS and insulin resistance doesn’t help. I’ve another 5mg pen in fridge waiting and think I might go up to 7.5mg when that’s done. Would love a week of 3lb loss though 😂

I find it fascinating how wildly different BMI can be based on a few inches height difference. My sister currently weighs 2 stone less than I do, and is around 4 inches shorter, but our BMI is now the same.

I also find the clothes sizing thing interesting, I'm now 17 stone 10 and still wearing mostly size 24, some size 22 clothes. I'm 5'6 and even at my thinnest when I was 19 and weighed 9 stone, I was never smaller than a size 12.

I lost a whole 200g (7.05 oz) I don't know what is going on recently but it's been so minimal it's frustrating, especially because I've been so close to 8 stone loss for a while.

SW 142.8kg (22 stone, 6 lb and 13.12 oz)
CW 92.3kg (14 stone, 7 lb and 7.79 oz)
Total loss 50.5kg (7 stone, 13 lb and 5.34 oz)
To go 32.3kg (5 stone, 1 lb and 3.35 oz)
BMI 50.8 to 32.8

I'm now wearing dresses and tops between a 12 and 16 so sizes are crazy, I've just never been able to experience that before. Jeans I have been wearing a 20 but they're getting a bit big, but the 16s I got are too small still.

The clothes thing is ridiculous! I bought a pair last week (2nd hand), Sainsbury size 20. I’m just under 17st. They’re snug on the waist but they fit…

I also have a pair of other jeans, Anna Scholz, labelled 24. Still can’t do them up. All my other 24 jeans and trousers are literally falling off me.

It’s absurd.

I’m currently 13 st 8lbs ish and I’m still wearing size 20 joggers from M&S. Legs are definitely baggy and the waist a little loose but not in any danger of falling down. I have a pair of size 18 trousers that fit, again a bit baggy in the legs but ok on the waist. Size 18 tops fit ok, wouldn’t think to try size 16 tops yet. But then, I bought a size 16 coat this week that fits perfectly, so huh?!.

I genuinely have no idea what clothes size I would say I was at the moment! Lots of my clothes are stretchy dual size type items right now, that would fit even if I was a decent chunk smaller.

I think maybe I need to get used to clothes that aren’t baggy? Any kind of close fitting top unnerves me, I don’t like anything that’s snug around my belly at all.

Ah yes jeans sizes are a different thing altogether. I’m just about fitting into size 20 jeans now but they are snug! I can wear an 18 in everything else. I’ve always found that the number on the scales tends to roughly match my clothes size. When I started I was over 24 stone and a size 24. When I got down to 20-21 stone they were falling off me so I had to buy new clothes in a size 20. Now I’ve just broken into the 18 stone bracket and when I went shopping on Tuesday all the 18s I tried on fit perfectly (besides the jeans). I’m hoping to get down to around 12.5 stone which should see me fitting into a size 12 🤞.

Clothes wise I'm just buying the exact same things a size smaller from vinted, that way you know that it fits! A year ago I squeezed into size 24 jeggings from Sainsbury's, now I'm comfortable in 18.

I had a super-shitty day at work. Didn’t dive into food - in fact the suppression coupled with the cortisol surge has been so strong that I’ve barely eaten today. Not great but I just don’t feel hungry or like I want to eat anything.

Ah well! I’ve hydrated plenty.

Well done for not self-medicating with food @TragicMuse but do try to keep your nutrition up. It’ll serve you in the long run as I understand it.

Just over 2lb off this week which I’m pleased with. Loss since starting MJ 5.3lb, total lost since my high weight 92.3lb. Got that 100lb in my sights! And then the next 100 lol/cry.

Weigh day today - week 16. On my second 7.5mg pen and have a third in the fridge. Averaging arout 1,500 cals a day.

SW 25st 5lbs
CW 21st 7.5lbs
Loss this week - 3.5lbs.
Total loss - 54lbs

So pleased with my loss so far, every week I pinch myself that it really is happening! Another 2lbs and I'll be 4st down..do have to fight against the voice in my head that can't believe how much I've still got to lose even after 4st but trying to ignore that and look forward. Next goal is to try to start proper exercise - have done some walking and a bit of swimming so far, finding so many excuses every week with work and kids etc but know I need to do this.

Happy weekend fellow losers!

Week 8 weigh in, and 4lb off. I have no idea where that came from, after a steady 2lb each week, but I'm delighted. I've had a week feeling bleurgh every time I look in the mirror, so this has given me a nice little boost. It's weird, I can feel a difference, and even sometimes see a subtle change, but the mirror is still telling me I'm a big fat blob and look horrendous. My belly seems to be shrinking but dropping, and I'm developing an even bigger overhang. I'm praying it shrinks before I start tripping over it!!!

On the plus side, I went to a show last night and had a wonderful time. I managed the car park walk easily, fit comfortably in the seats, and even managed a little jig in the aisles at one point 🤣. I have another concert in 2 weeks, and I cannot wait.

SW 22st 8lb
CW 20st 6lb
TW tbc

@UsernameShmusername2024 that's amazing, you're doing brilliant. I too need to up my exercise. I can't yet bring myself to don a swimming costume, but I intend to dust off my walking boots this weekend.

My belly seems to be shrinking but dropping, and I'm developing an even bigger overhang. I'm praying it shrinks before I start tripping over it!!!

Laughed at this @Billybingbong - I'm exactly the same. Between the boobs and the belly I might end up falling over! Trying not to worry about being perfect, and reminding myself that though it's nice to look better, it's really all about the health benefits.

Morning! I am checking in today - I've read the last couple of pages of chat but have not been keeping up. I have a child doing GCSEs and I've had some extra work and life has been so busy. Mixed with mj/life fatigue and I don't know whether I am coming or going!

Anyway -

SW 21 stone 11 (138.2 kg) BMI 49.2
CW 18 stone 4 (115.9kg) BMI 41.2

My current goals are -
Be "not morbid" 17stone 9 (112kg)
Be 100kg - 15 stone 10
Be bmi class 1/bmi 35 - 15 stone 6/ 98kg

I've just got half a stone to go to be "nor morbid" but a long way to go to the other goals. Actually being healthy seems a very long way!

Wrt clothes sizes - I'm 5ft 6 as well and was wearing very stretchy size 26/28 seasalt clothes which I am still wearing but they fit better. I assumed I hadn't really lost sizes but I have a 22 and 24 seasalt tunic that I can now wear as not too tight. I'm v aware seasalt are generous and I'm wearing stretchy clothes but I have hope it is happening now. I am still incredibly large on my stomach/hips and google suggests size 26 still there. I got a bit scared about all the visceral fat and then realised theres not much point getting anxious as I'm Doing The Thing to sort it!!!

I have another blood test this Thursday following my ultrasound for Fatty Liver last month so I guess I will see more then. I wish it would all get better quicker but I'm hoping some of the numbers have improved at least. I read somewhere that weightloss itself can stress the liver so it doesn't always look better even if long term it will be. I'm eating upf free and trying to eat protein so hoping overall I'm healthier even if it takes a long time for the results to show.

I'm also still walking. This has been incredible and every walk I tell my husband/children "look I'm walking!!" The novelty hasn't worn off. I went to london this week for an apppointment and chose to WALK THE 35MINS instead of catch the tube and then did the same back!! That would have been unheard of for years and years - my life was about managing energy and mobility. I was shattered when I got home but it was a busy day!

I'm fascinated by my belly changes. Sometimes it seems more wobbly than it ever was and the fat underneath sometimes seems lumpy. It has changed from being a giant large ball to more of a "B" shape but depending where my leggings sit depends how the B looks! I will definitely have an overhang/ lots of skin when I finish which I am trying to come to terms with. It has to be better than being morbidly obese and clothes will still fit better. I did wonder if it will look like a ring /spare tyre tucked in or if I'll need to wear cycling shorts under clothes. It will be okay though.

I flit from telling all my family "look my stomachs smaller" / theres a gap between me and the steering wheel/my coat does up better to then realising I think my stomach still sticks out more than my boobs and at over 18 stone my stomach is still really big - there is still a lot to go!

I can honestly say that after two years and over six stone lost from 18:2 to 11 something and size 22 to a 10/12 and still not a healthy BMI ( three stone to go) my skin and lumpy bits have massively reduced. I do have bingo wings which I fix with spanx arm tights and my thighs wobble but I don't mind. And I don't think you guys will either. Yes I have taken it extremely slowly and my credit card bill is eyewatwrting but I didn't want to have excess skin, and at 55 it has mostly sprung back into almost the right place. So keep losing it's better for you to be smaller. And who sees you naked anyway? Only those you love the most and who feel the same xxxx

Oooh that's great to hear Doggy! And yes long term it's far preferable to being as big as I am. I'm going to google arm spanx now instead of getting back to work 😂

Congratulations!! I really felt this, as I go to a lot of shows/restaurants etc and always seem to feel squashed in and feel quite embarrassed/ bad for the person sitting next to me.

I'm able to comfortably fit in the seats now, the arm rests not digging into my thighs. I pretend I'm not thirsty when really it's because there's nowhere to put the drink since I take up so much space or the armrest doesn't fully go down, so I can't use the cup holder.

The other week, I BOUGHT A DRINK and used the cup holder.

It's these little things that make me so happy that I can finally do it.

I don't know about anyone else, but this experience has been quite emotional and bittersweet. The more I'm able to do, the more I realise how much I couldn't do, just 6 months ago.

That gives me hope @Doggymummar!

And yes, I'm the same @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden - some days I'm like 'ooh look at me, what a skinny bitch!', and others I'm all 'woe is me, I'll always be disgusting.' But whatever the scales and the skin say, we are definitely doing our livers and our heart and eventually our joints a LOT of favours. I eat so much more healthily now, not just less.

Congrats @mamabeeboo - that is a victory. And yes, I totally get the bittersweet thing too. We've all suffered and missed out, and I wish this treatment and this understanding of obesity that is slowly taking hold in the medical community had started long ago.

On a similar vein, I am flying to Spain the first week of July. I should be fine to fasten the seatbelt based on previous weight records/trips, but a real victory would be to be able to pull the little tray down and use it, and for it not to be blocked by my bulk! Previously I've had to pop my drinks and food on the kids' trays!

So true @mamabeeboo re the bitter sweet feeling. My world shrunk a lot over the last couple of years, I was worried about meeting old friends, going to the theatre, getting on a plane, meeting new people etc. No one would have guessed but I just started refusing invites out. I can remember using buses feeling awful as I took up both seats, and knowing that people were judging me. The simplest things were so difficult.