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.

Congratulations! Me too!

Oooh well done both of you! I'm a tantalising half a stone away from joining you!!

Hi everyone, I'm new to the thread. I've read the last 6 pages to catch up and definitely feel like I'm in the right place. Like others have said, I didn't feel the monthly thread would be good for me- so many people had starting weights of my goal weight.

Anyway, I started at 22.3 stone but lost just under 3 stone myself before I started the jabs last week. I lost 6lb this week and took my second one today. Only doing 1.25mg the first 2 weeks because I was so afraid of side effects- I'm so sensitive to medications, and also emetophobic so just went in low.

Pleased to say it's been a great week for me. I've not felt hungry at all, had 0 snacks and felt happily full after meals. Not sure I've ever actually felt full before. Been a bit shocked as expected nothing on 1.25mg.

Taking my jabs Sunday nights because I need the most help weekdays when I usually eat non stop at work, and will take the less suppression days on the weekends when I like to eat out with the family etc. Still want to enjoy my food :)

I have severe lipodema so have no idea what weight loss will look like on me. I can't see how I will be able to lose any weight off my bottom half- my legs, hips and bum are enormous and out of proportion as it is, and always have been even when I was young and slim. I'll post a pic. Does anyone on this thread also have lipodema? I also have it in my arms and they're as big as my head.

My bottom half. Won't post a full body as I have very identifiable tattoo sleeves. Sorry about the self harm scars- they're from my teenage years (I'm 39 now!)- have marked as sensitive in case anyone doesn't want to see (they're not bad)

Welcome @PearlsPearl
You've done really well already.

I think all of us on this thread completely understand your remark about some people's starting weight being your goal weight.

I haven't got lipoedema myself. Maybe some other posters have?

All the very best to you. Taking the MJ plunge will turn out to be the best thing you've ever done.

Welcome @PearlsPearl.

Week 8
SW 24st 9lbs
CW 21st 13.5lbs
Total lost 1st 9.5lbs

Happy again, all the little losses all add up, and I think the difference between this and other attempts to lose weight is that this time I am losing every week and it is easier. In previous attempts, I’d feel like I was depriving myself all the time and still wouldn’t get a loss sometimes, or would even gain weight. This is the main difference and why this is a game changer.

I’m moving up to 5mg for my third pen so hopefully will be more of the same. Can’t wait until I’m talking about having lost multiple stones and dress sizes in the future.

Well done Zingy!

Welcome Pearls!

After my weekend away I have lost quarter of a lb. I’m ok with that, it’s not too bad.

Did the final fit on daughter's dress this weekend. She went off wearing it so I take this as meaning she is happy!

DD has lost 8 stone on mounjaro. We are similar build: short without a large bust.

With losing weight DD has started wearing more structured bras which is giving her a much more defined bust.

It is fascinating to see how much DD's body shape has changed.

Gives me hope that I won't end up simply becoming a smaller sized barrel.

Welcome @PearlsPearl and what a loss, that’s fantastic. Can’t help with the lipodema sorry, I have read that massage and dry brushing can be helpful. I hope somebody on this thread can help 😊

well done @TheZingyFish you’re only a few pounds away from multiple stones!

Lost 4 pounds last week,but hadn't lost much for a couple of weeks before that .
Still going down ,still over 6 stone off .
I don't like weighing because I'm always worried it's going to show a gain.
But I'm plodding on ,and reading all the messages on here .
Small none scale victory
I can reach to paint my toe nails..and trimming them ,I just lean forward,where before I had to get in to all sorts of positions to trim them.
As a celebration I shaved my legs , 😂 😂

I read something,an article saying obesity was now considered a disease..so the GLP1 must be the medication that tackles the disease.
It's definitely true GLP1s are working and people are loosing weight on them ,but I'd never considered my self to have a disease of obesity.
my dad was very fat and my mum very thin .
My dad ate what he wanted and was a big beer drinker,and didn't exercise...my mum counted every calorie and did hours of walking every day ..
I took after dad ..I always thought of myself as greedy and lazy .
It's an interesting concept that it's a disease..I'm not sure how I feel about it .

@Veganpug personally, I don't think obesity is the disease, I think it is a symptom of a number of diseases.

Not everyone loses weight on the new GLP1 agonist drugs. They aren't a cure-all but it is interesting that a number of the additional benefits in terms of other conditions are being seen whether or not a person has lost weight.

It is all very interesting. Chatting with my DDs (both scientists on MJ), we talked about how the whole diet medico/commercial industry is predicated on some very simplistic and possibly wrong assumptions.

We are not combustion engines; energy in, energy out works for a car but does it work so straightforwardly in the complex, evolved system which is our gut?

People who have to have part of their gut removed experience many post operative symptoms not all of which are directly digestive. Addiction and mental health problems are common. Is this simply because they had surgery or because there is something else going on?

Our gut isn't just tubing, there is something really interesting going on.

Talking personally here.
I wasn't talking responsibility for my weight,it was getting higher and higher and I felt completely out of control.
For me it feels more like an addiction rather than a disease
I feel like I have a lot in common with drug addicts or alcoholics ,,I'm having to work very hard to keep away from trigger foods that would set off a binge ,I can't have them in the house .
So for me it feels like an addiction
But maybe others do feel it is a disease..I don't know

That's the thing @Veganpug , we aren't all the same. We experience things differently. How different foods affect you may be very different from the way they affect me.

Why this should come as a surprise to so many HCPs I don't know. We all look different on the outside, why wouldn't we be different on the inside?

I’m personally not fussed about what the medical definition is. It seems clear that once you are obese that changes happen in the body that make it hard to lose weight and to maintain any weight lost.

I was overweight and obese as a child and teen, in an environment where no one else in my immediate family was fat. Quite the opposite, they were all super fit and active. Me, not so much! So, is it just a slight personality difference, a physical difference, or some other difference between me and my family that meant I ended up fat and they did not? Who can say. Then, from my late teens onwards the only way I would be able to lose weight would be to eat very little and in a very controlled and unhealthy way. Outside of that tight control, my weight would just creep up. I’d manage to control it for a while and bring it down, then up it would go again and higher each time. I’m sure all of us on this thread know the cycle I’m describing. I felt like my body worked against my brain and would always break out of any tight control eventually and then rebound higher. What I find amazing about Mounjaro is taking that out of the equation so I don’t feel like I’m at war with myself, if that makes sense.

I'm certainly glad research is being done in to obesity,it's about time ,and I'm very glad of these medications ,I'm hoping for a tablet weekly or daily once I reach maintenance..I did read that was about a year away ,so that's probably when I'm at maintenance.
For me it's more what's in my head that's the problem, hunger doesn't bother me ,but the food noise most definitely does .the cravings for fatty salty crunchy foods are way more difficult than hunger

I'm the same, I did a course last year on food addiction & it really opened my eyes! All the blame I'd put on myself for years for lack of willpower & repeatedly failing, but it's really not that straightforward for some of us.
I've finally realised that I just can't do moderation on some things, abstinence is what really works for me.

Im quite worried about one of my daughters (young teen) who is overweight and noticibly so. The other child can moderate eating and stops if she doesnt fancy something / chooses really helthily and the whole "not making food an issue" intuitive eating worked with her brilliantly. The youngest though has ADHD (and probably autism) like me and is just always wanting snacks/ more...

I dont want her to get to the point of no return like lots of us have but also no idea how to best change things. She's good at cooking, eats with us at the table etc, but don't want to get the messaging wrong as she knows she's larger and don't want to do the wrong thing .

Thanks everyone for the welcomes.

I feel really weird and sad tonight as I went out for dinner with a group of friends and felt really uncomfortable as everyone had a starter and a dessert and I was the only one who didn't. I just feel like I'm sort of grieving food? I love food so much and seeing all those desserts come out was HARD.

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden I have an autistic adhd teen who is overweight too. I have tried so so hard in his life to set him in good habits but he has still ended up this way. So no advice, but empathy.

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden I have similar worries. My eldest is as thin as a rake, like his dad, but my youngest is very overweight. He is autistic and has lots of issues around food, and is also always wanting snacks. It’s almost an anxiety comfort thing, and a sensory thing too I think. I would love him to get to a healthy weight before he hits teenage years, but I also don’t want him to be overly aware of it and self conscious. Such a difficult thing to manage.

Welcome @PearlsPearl. I have lipoedema. I've lost 2 1/2 stone down from 22 stone since third week in January.

I look just like your photo on my lower legs and thighs - less on the hips/bum. I don't think that lipoedema weight will go but maybe my circulation/other physiological systems/hormone control will improve from better diet and being able to move more due to weight loss or at least that my lipoedema won't get worse.

Even if nothing comes off my thighs and lower legs, I will have shed weight from my torso & arms. I'm targeting 34 to 32 inch waist. (down from 44 inches). I just don't know what I am going to look like when I'm at goal (14 stone? can I hope for12 stone?). I'm assuming that I will be out of proportion - and healthier.

I have been thinking about what I'll wear. I'll be wearing trousers or maxi dresses. I simply don't want to show my swollen lower legs and feet. I feel people are very judgmental and have no idea that we have painful fat disease, and that weight loss won't help much.

I appear to losing and regaining the same 2 pounds. It’s quite annoying!

Tuesday weigh day and I’ve hit the elusive 5 stone (71lbs or 31.2kg) off and my bmi is a smidge under 35 (34.9) and I’m 1.6 lbs away from being 13 stone something, I have no memories of ever being 13 something.

That’s so frustrating for you @TragicMuse

I have two very different sized kiddos, both in their 30’s, eldest is a size 8-10 and remains at this size with no effort and youngest has always struggled from a youngster with weight. Like many of you I was very conscious of what I said as I remember too well how it affects you throughout your life, we always ate healthy meals and ‘treats’ were restricted to Saturdays only, both kids grew up eating the same but developed so differently. It was really hard to know what to do, but it’s interesting to read others comments as youngest is also adhd.

I've also had 3 weeks with virtually no movement on the scales. My fault for thinking ahead and wondering if i could hit "just" overweight by an event at the end of the month.

Two people yesterday told me I'd lost enough weight. One was a friend that said oh your wasting away, and the other was my neighbour. No... my BMI is still 32. I've a way to go yet! I'm sure they mean well but it frustrates me.