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.

It's wonderful to have a thread of support and solidarity towards this.

Thank you ladies so much!!!

5th jab this morning, still on 2.5.

SW: 275lbs
CW: 250lbs
TW: 🔮

Another NSV today, we’re at Alton Towers and I’ve been able to fit on the rides so far!! Last time I was definitely the bag carrier because I was too scared to try. Still a bit of a squeeze of course but so happy to be riding along with the kids again!

Onwards and downwards everyone ✨

Congrats @KT1113 - that is brilliant! I've been the bag carrier at theme parks for years, and now I'm a bit worried I won't even like the rides when I can fit on them!

Oh wow @KT1113 that's amazing! Have a fab day! My eldest is 9 and we've only been to a theme park once when I'd lost the most weight I ever had through SW (and was about 4st lighter than I am now) and have never dared again (use every excuse when we've been invited with friends, are on holiday right near one etc) so one of my big aims is to take them to a theme park next summer.

I echo previous comments that sizing and also inch loss is so inconsistent. Being 5 foot nothing and 2ize 20-22 means I was always limited. We're allowed to be big and we're allowed to be short, but we're not allowed to be both.

Like so many, vinted has been my go to as I've lost inches. I have found that I can fit into 16S and 16P of the same brand but they fit completely differently. The 16P is quite a bit tighter than the 16S. Not the end of the world by any means but still a bit frustrating.

I go on my first holiday abroad as an adult on Sunday and I'm excited/nervous. We opted for breakfast included but will find our own evening options. Logically I know a gain is inevitable but I really haven't accepted that yet and I'm worried my irrationality may spoil the holiday a little.

My weigh/jab day is Saturday but I do love seeing so many updates from people on a Thursday/Friday.

It's the same with height, @LucyBnotG - I am pretty tall, which is fine, but I am also fat, which is more challenging. You're supposed to be willowy if you're tall, and the clothing options are really limited. Vinted is a life saver for those more expensive brands that allow both!

I'm 5'3", 17 stone 9lbs. Still wear my size 28 jeans. They are now quite loose fitting but this time of year I'm mostly in shorts which have a drawstring which I now have to use.

DD is visiting this weekend, she is my inspiration for mounjaro - lost about 8 stone.

DD is also my dressmaking muse. I have a new dress for her for final fit. As she has lost weight a fitted bodice with an A line skirt is extremely flattering as any loose tummy skin is not on show.

@TragicMuse sorry you had a shitty work day yesterday but not consoling with food is a big nsv! Hope today is better for you.

@UsernameShmusername2024 that’s amazing, well done you! The little things that happen along the way keep me going, they happen more and more often now and the changes become more noticeable. I used to wish my life away and just wanted the weight to be gone but I think I’m at the acceptance stage now, I’m so much happier and comfortable in my skin so to speak x

@Billybingbong and @eibbed999 fellow low hanging belly and boob person here 🤣 the belly does seem to have lifted slightly this last stone or so. I bought some ‘gran pants’ on Amazon that are quite supportive and lift a bit more but mostly they’re comfy. Snag also sell knickers that hold stuff in (when they are in stock) but my issue is I have no arse, I’m literally backwards, if my arse was my belly then it would be better (ish) apart from the overhang!

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden you are doing so well! I remember your posts before starting on mj and you were so nervous and worried it wouldn’t work but you’re rocking it now. I had a little dance when I was no longer morbid

@Doggymummar i think we’re all googling Spanx arm tights!
At my age im just happy that there are ways to hide the loose skin, I’d rather that than the weight, my skin has never felt better. I’m now moisturising with a firming cream twice a day, I very much doubt it firms but it’s doing something.

@mamabeeboo the bittersweet comment is so true, we all have these experiences and new feelings opening up for us and it can get a bit emotional sometimes.
I was at the optician’s today and getting into the chair was a breeze! Who’d have thought that was deserving of a little celebration 🥳

'If my arse was my belly' - so funny @Iwouldratherbesinging!! I've chuckled a lot at this thread today. These are things only we can understand.

Me too, it's a good job we can find humour in our insecurities. I'm loving the idea of arm spanx (and belly, arse & thigh spanx) I wonder if they do a top to toe bodysuit 🤣

@Billybingbong well it did make me look and am now ordering this top !!

This is top I’m ordering off Amazon with Spanx detail!!

I started at 23st 7.5lbs in September, weighed this morning after a couple of weeks stall and the scales are moving again, came in at 18st 5lbs, 5 stone 2lbs lost or 72lbs. Still got another 4 stone to go I think but I do feel like I’m just getting started. This is a miracle drug!!! 🤩

@Lillipops That progress is incredible! Genuinely astonishing. I concur, the drug feels miraculous sometimes.

Amazing reading everyones successes.

My kids want to go back to alton towers and I've genuinely no idea how much I'd need to lose to be able to go rides with them. I'm 5ft 6 and have literally no idea. My weights in my middle which doesn't help. Maybe I I booked for end of summer holidays...

It is a long journey isn't it. I can't wait to just feel normal.

It’s so cheering to hear everyone’s stories!

It's funny. I've been feeling really fat for a few days - despite being 35lbs down.

I have always thought of myself as being big - when I was 12 stone and size 16/18 in my late teens and early 20s. I wouldn't really notice when I put on weight. I don't usually feel fat - unless I find space or a seat to small or I get sweaty doing something simple. In fact, I'd almost say I have body dismorphia or maybe body blindness- that I never thought of myself as fat despite being seriously obese.

Maybe now I am connecting to reality - a bit astounded at how large my squishy tummy and thighs are.....

I had a bath today and shaved my legs and bikini line for the first time in a while! It was so much easier than before - I could actually move around in the bath and it was much quicker now that there’s less surface area to shave 😅.

For those of you who have been on it longer than me (a grand old 2.5 weeks haha!)...

Did you ever have completely irrational feelings of guilt/oh god this has been such a bad day if you went up to day ooo 1800cals or had an extra wine or bit of bread or something?!

I feel like I've gone from walloping a bottle of wine and takeaway on a friday night and just telling myself ill start again tomorrow, to now having eaten amazingly healthy and low cal all week/day and am feeling guilty for wanting a 2nd gin this eve 🙈🙈🙈 who even am I?!?! But also I don't wanna feel bad about it when a 2nd gin will only take me to 1500cals today ffs!!! I could have 2 more?! 3 even 😅 (I mean I won't cos I don't want that many!)

I'm happy my brain is being reset but it feels wierd too....

Yes!! I’d been struggling to eat at the beginning so was barely going over 1000 calories most days. Once my appetite came back and I could eat more I felt like I was cheating even on days when I was still under my allowance but much much closer to it!

@Elle771 hi! I've been on MJ since last July.

I've never counted calories. And despite this, I've had occasional days when I figured I'd eaten stuff which it would have been better to avoid.

Anyway. I've still lost over 7st. So I'm not bothered about transgressions.

I do my best but sometimes I fancy a couple of cakes. So I have them.

Just realised another bonus of Mounjaro is that i only spent £3 all day on one bottle of water! Grabbed a bag of (half price!) Aldi ceasar salad on the way there and that was my lunch. Usually we’re stopping for drinks snacks ice cream lunch dinner etc.

it’s days like this that i realise how much my life revolved around food before.

I've gone into this thinking this has to be a long term thing. At my weight it can't be a "3 month crash diet" or anything (not that these work). So yes it will be normal to have celebrations and meals out and birthdays and cream tea just because. I think restriction and forbidding things (for me) leads to unhealthy thinking patterns, and in the past to binging later.

The amazing thing for me is that mounjaro has meant I can eat the way I've wanted to - after reading all about intuitive eating (doesnt work with adhd..) and UPF food and stopping when full, and eating something truly lovely if you fancy it (so if you are craving a particular cheese cake -instead of having a weird fake-cake - have it - but have a slice and truly enjoy it) ...... and its all working!! I'm losing well, I am eating the healthiest I ever have, but I'm not beating myself up if I have a few crisps with my girls or eat a cake if I'm out. Tbh I often can't eat a whole slice anyway now. MJ has been truly freeing in my case. I can plan nutritious meals and my balance of real food is so much better now. Truly life changing.

Thanks ladies 🥰🥰 I think I'm just shocked how an injection can change my mentality not just the biology of it all?!
It really is like magic!