Mounjaropen Starters Nov ‘24 Thread 11 - The one where we have no chub rub and are wearing ALL the shorts as we head into June 🥳

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Link to last thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5319727-mounjaro-starters-nov-24-thread-10-the-one-where-we-are-very-nearly-beach-body-ready?page=40&reply=144487572

Welcome to thread 11 to fellow MN weight loss friends old and new!
Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we throw away the tent dresses, have no chub rub and wear ALL the damn shorts as we head towards Summer Holiday Season. 🙌

Join us here to celebrate NSV’s, weight loss milestones and generally mutually admire our new svelte frames!

I’m on W29 D5 and on my third 7.5mg pen
F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 10st 1.8lbs
GW 9st 13.9 (maybe 9st 7lb if I can)
Total loss so far 51.2 lbs

We recommend the Shotsy app to monitor the amount of MJ in the system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.

Feel free to swap recipes that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for managing side effects, exercise tips, tips for maintenance, titrating up or down and we love a wellness/supplements/beauty/ style chat too 🥰

It is funny how friends/colleagues you’ve known for years forgot how you once had nice legs isn’t it? I hadn’t worn short dresses without tights for years.. wearing them all now! 🥰

Less than half a stone to go is awesome! 👏👏👏

🥳 well done!

I’ve completely changed shape - flat tummy for the first time ever and no bum (😭)

Speaking of matronly - I seem to have developed a matronly bosom. It's definitely more ample than it used to be at this weight and I don't like it one bit. Is this a perimenopause thing maybe?

I couldn’t agree with this more. The sensationalism around MJ/Oz is quite something and I would probably have bought into it. I never imagined I’d end up paying ££ for an injection to help me lose weight. My trigger for doing it was an influx of family and friends all starting it and so it seemed less scary and not just for other people.

Our corner of mumsnet has provided a sane and supportive network as we are all in the same boat, maybe with different journeys. Our collective experiences and non judgemental approach has been amazing. It’s really encouraged me to focus on protein and up my exercise. To buy an LED mask and collagen! And helped me get down to a weight I wouldn’t have even considered possible in July (this morning my weight starts with a 7 - just - usual very short disclaimer!).

we have shared our experiences in a positive way, even when things haven’t been easy. And I definitely feel so much more positive and in a better place mentally than I did in November.

here’s to our lovely group, and our inspiring leader and queen of P volve 🥂

It is, I’m afraid. I am still struggling to get into a 32J!The best advice I can give you is to go and get a really good bra fitting so that you don’t end up looking like Hattie Jacques 😂

A 7!!? Unbelievable 🙌 we need a photo so we can live through you vicariously😂

Sound the four stones lost klaxon! It feels like I've been nearly there for ages so I had quite the woop when I weighed myself this morning. As a fun extra 15st 9 is also 99kg - I'm so skinny in metric 😂
It means the reward jewellery finally gets it time in the sun too - hello new diamonds (yes I am quite extra).

@Mounjaropen three pounds isn’t so bad at all. Some of that will be travel water weight too.

i think mj helps with keeping my mood stable. I don’t feel the lows of despair with a gain or stall. I became badly depressed after a bout with low fat weight watchers in the late 90s. And I wasn’t the only one.

Oh bloody hell! That's not the answer I wanted It's not horrendous but I'm definitely a bit shelfier than before.

Hahaha!! It’s a weight I never through id see again. Focus now is to build strength and muscle.

That's stunning. I love diamonds

An NSV for me - ordered a Joe Brown’s denim jumpsuit from Vinted (size 16. Amazingly just £5 but £8.44 including postage etc). Picked it up today and it fits!

Beautiful

I have been swimsuit shopping today and the melted candles were out in full force. I'm so saggy! It's honestly a bit depressing. I hope it does tighten up again, my stomach used to be one of my good bits! I tried on a few in River Island which were all disastrous but I did get one in Sainsburys (a size 12 btw) that's acceptable.

In happier news I am.now a 10 in jeans in both Sainsburys and M&S, it would seem. 12 almost everywhere else apart from one pair of 12s from new look that I can just about zip up but can't bend my legs in. And one pair of 14s from H&M that still fit (just).

This is fantastic!

Re: melted candles, I feel I shall be swathed in fabric forever to hide my wax dribbling situation. Tummy, thighs, upper arms. My face is my best bit (always has been). When that starts presenting like the nazi at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark I may seek desperate measures!

Think I will just have to accept the melted candles and hopefully will tone up a little bit. I guess it the trade off after years of having a really high BMI as opposed to a healthy one.

But well done on swimsuit shopping @evilharpy and size 12 swimmers and size 10 jeans 📣📣

Welcome to the four stone club 📣📣📣 @PinkArt (and loving the blue nail polish)

Think I am going to chat to DH about reward jewellery 😂. Not yet though as he has muttered about my new tops but as DD pointed out at lunchtime some of my clothes were looking like loose pyjamas “And she will be shopping again in a couple of months!” 😂 Hopefully 16/14 done to 12

@Cantbesure A 7!! The last time I saw that weight I was 17! Congratulations. That’s deserves 📣📣📣

I think I was age 7! I remember going to Madame Tussaud’s with my parents and cousin aged around 10 and being about 8 stone! 🫣

I’m finding the needles a bit more painful each week. I inject into my stomach, and I think it’s getting more difficult as my skin becomes looser and the fat disappears. I bled for the first time tonight. I don’t know if hitting my stretch marks and then being thinner skin is more of an issue not that I’m not padded out.

Someone said to me today that I was obviously doing really well on be weight loss and how was I achieving it or 'had I had some help' which I assume was a euphemism for jabs.
I just said I'm a stress eater and I'm not longer stressed, after 5+ years of some pretty extreme work stress. Which is true although also something of a lie of omission! My husband and closest friends know but I didn't feel inclined to share with this person.

@Pumpkinforever and @Goldleafcat I am incredibly short. Not even 5 foot. You were probably taller than that at 10 🙈😂

Keep tight-lipped @Oceangrey I came under pressure last week but have said nothing other than to DH & DD who guard the secret with their lives as they know how upset I would be if it got out after all this time. I have also used the reduction in work pressure stress eating and having more time to exercise as my weight loss justification which is true. I just haven’t told the whole truth.

I'm also find this. At first I felt like I barely touched the skin with the needle and it slid in, now I feel like I have to use more pressure. It doesn't really hurt but definitely more of a pinch.