Almost a year in, only 38lbs lost

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Should I even bother with this anymore, given I'm also £2000 down too?

I'm now on 15mg of Mounjaro. As an aside, I'm very short (4ft 10"). I now weigh 168lbs, I started at 206lbs.

I feel quite disheartened. I still have about 50lbs to go. I'm consistently in a calorie deficit and often much lower as I barely eat.

I feel like everyone else I know on Mounjaro has lost so much more much faster than me.

Is anyone else as slow a loser as me? Did you ever hit goal?

Sorry I see that as a massive progress, reframe your mind. Being almost 3 stone lighter is fantastic. Slow but sure weight loss is the most sustainable.

If you are barely eating that might be part of your problem though. You need to be eating 3 healthy meals a day. Having super high suppression so you can hardly eat is counter productive.

I know it’s disheartening when you’ve got a long journey and it isn’t going as quickly as you’d like. The average weight loss on Mounjaro according to the Surmount 4 research trial was 22% of starting weight after 72 weeks. You’ve lost 18.5% in 52 weeks so it looks like you're on track for the average weight lost or a bit more.

In terms of continuing, I think it’s about what the alternative is. If you stop, will you be able to maintain at your current weight or even continue to lose? Is continuing to lose at 3/4 of a pound a week not a better option?

How much have you saved on groceries, booze and take away meals through the year? Most people find the savings compensate for the cost of buying the injections, even without factoring in the health benefits of being 17kg lighter.

It seems that people have very high expectations of GLP-1 injections, and get disheartened when they don't get miraculous results. Would it help to think about how difficult it would have been to stay on an ordinary weight loss diet for 12 months without the aid of Mounjaro?

Some people manage their GLP-1 mediated weight journey at a sprint, for others it turns into a marathon, but those of us who have other metabolic challenges have to accept that our journey might turn out to be a scenic ramble from Land's End to John O'Groats.

I've gone from BMI 59.5 to BMI 29 over the past 3 years and 3 months. Down from a size 34/36 to size 16/18. I'll be 68 in a couple of months, chronically exhausted due to multiple auto immune conditions, and so doddery that I need two sticks or a walking frame to hobble from my chair to the toilet and back. So increasing my daily steps to burn extra calories isn't an option.

At the moment I'm losing around a kilo per month and have another 16kg to go to reach my goal BMI of 23. I expect it to take up to another 3 years of ever slower weight loss to reach the point where I can switch to maintenance, and will FINALLY find out what size clothes I should buy to "see me out".

It sucks to have a slower metabolism compared to younger, taller, fitter people, but so long as the weight keeps heading in the right direction I'll be grateful that this medicine now exists and happy to stay on the injections for life - or until a better alternative becomes available.

I just wish they had been available when I was desperately trying to lose weight in my teens. Or before my first autoimmune illness flared up in my twenties. It would have been nice not to spend the previous 40 years morbidly obese, but at least I no longer have to worry about needing a double wide coffin.

You could always switch to a cheaper pharmacy. Simple online pharmacy price matched me 3 pens at £135 each plus £4 postage, so you just have to order every 3 months. They price matched to medicine marketplace but MM have expensive postage. They always processed within 2 hours and I had the pen next day.

I'm planning to stay with Livewell for maintenance though because they're more maintenance friendly. They really seemed like they cared about me and went above and beyond for my last pen.

How much would you weigh now if you hadn't been on Mounjaro? If you could have done it without spending the money how come you didn't?
I don't think your results are bad. However there may be some reasons why your loss is slow. Do you want to post your TDEE, calorie intake and usual food on here?

Three stone in a year is amazing. It's better to lose the weight slowly anyway, as there is less chance of gallstones or pancreatitis. In another year you will have lost another 3 stone, if you give up now then in a years time I guarantee you will wish you hadn't!

Sounds like you’re fucking your metabolism by barely eating which is why you’re not dropping any more weight. Thats why I don’t understand people who live off 800 calories and rely on suppression rather than eating the maximum they can to still lose weight. This is what you end up with and because you barely eat you likely can’t drop your calories further. That said, losing 38lb will have had a lot of health benefits.

If I were you I’d take a dieting break, eat at maintenance for a few months and then begin a moderate calorie cut coupled with lifting weights.

I agree with other posts around whether you are actually eating enough, Op.

I am on WLI. The money spent has become non negotiable to me - I am investing in my health. I couldn't lose weight any other way and I was morbidly obese. That said, I have fewer takeaways now and eat less in general so there have been savings in other areas.