Microdosing at beginning- low and slow advice (Mounjaro)

[Catty123Ma]

Looking for some advice please! I have about 25lb/10kg to lose following 2 back to back pregnancies. I cannot shift the weight.. so I am considering trying Mounjaro.

I have a lot of friends that have been on it and I have found that they have lost weight so fast.. I am in no rush what so ever and the speed of this loss scares me. I would be very happy with a pound or 2ax per week.. if possible. I would love to listen to my body and build better habits while I lose.. I feel the speed of the way my friends have lost weight won’t work for me.. I am also extremely conscious of hair loss.. which is why I was hoping for very slow and steady.

Has anyone worked with a provider that micro dosed from the beginning. I appreciate that the regulated and tested dose is 2.5 .. but I am just looking for some advice on how I could make this work best for me.. thanks so much 🙏🏻

That’s really helpful information @Febnewbie! do you have much to lose? Seems like I might not even be eligible.. my current BMI is 29.5 … really struggling to shift it though

Not really - my BMI was 32 when I started

I expect of you weigh yourself in the evening your bmi might tip over to 30.

I would just start at 2.5mg and see how you react to the medication, some people lose lots, some don’t.

Picked up this thread because I’m also keen to microdose mounjaro in order to lose 10kg. The was an article in the Times about it recently and before Christmas where the journalist used a Harley Street clinic to secure a microdose short term weight loss prescription and she wasn’t even overweight.

I know a lot of people jump on these threads to quickly shut down anyone not at a BMI of 30 from wanting to lose weight, but frankly I don’t get why folks are quite so negative. I am mid 40s, eat fairly well and yet am stuck 10kg over my ideal weight after having a late baby in my 40s. Been slim all my life, active, good habits but I struggle with eating in a deficit because life is busy and exhausting. 6 weeks of turning off the food noise would get me back to my post pregnancy start weight and then I can happily eat and exercise for maintenance- I don’t have a binge eating issue to return to the minute the jabs stop, just a healthy and balanced approach to eating that allows me to maintain but not lose weight. Health benefits of losing this weight would still outweigh the risks.

It works well @Whatanidiot123 but we are supposed to pretend it doesn't. Lot of head girl types on mumsnet who are very bossy 😁

@Whatanidiot123 TBH people jump on these threads to shut people down because the drug is not designed not currently prescribed to do what you want to do - drop a few kilos to get back to a previous weight and can't do it via diet 'because life is busy and exhausting'. They are not medications for short term use. They are serious drugs for the treatment of metabolic problems.

Even the term 'WLI' annoys me because it gives the impression they are suitable to use INSTEAD of a healthy diet and exercise rather than in tandem with and to support those things. They are NOT the easy way to drop a few lbs and can mess with your metabolism if you don't actually need them.

People with obesity have been vilified for years but we have all struggled and lost and regained VAST amounts of weight despite life being 'too busy and exhausting'. Maybe those wanting to lose a few kilos should try one of the many diets that are out there and simply eat less and move more instead of complaining they aren't allowed prescription metabolic medication that they are not medically indicated to use.

Just a thought.