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 🥰

I honestly think people are just a bit rubbish at giving compliments a lot of the time. A mum at DS's school literally made a beeline for me at drop-off the other day, grabbed my arm and said, "Oh goodness, I barely recognised you! You look fantastic!"
It was meant as a compliment, but come on, I didn't look THAT terrible before MJ!

Feel like I've been well and truly in the spotlight all week 🙈 I've had a year 11 prom event and a college graduation ceremony, hence I've seen people that I haven't really seen for a year or two.

To be fair I do look totally different! I'm 4 stone down and now feel confident to make an effort with clothes, hair, make-up, jewellery - and I feel bloody fantastic!

BUT...... Oh my goodness! I've been stared at, been looked up and down, lots of second glances. A variety of comments:

• you're shrinking
• you look fabulous
• you look different
• I didn't recognise you
• how are you doing it (with accompanying accusatory hard stare)
• of course, everyone's on these skinny jabs, you're not are you
• you look amazing

So, a mixed bag, lots of the not so nice comments came from people who are very vocal on social media about the expensive death jabs, so my response to everyone was - since turning 50 I've overhauled my life: my diet, my health, my exercise, my home, my finances, everything, and I feel much better for it....

Also added in my head.....
(so just fuck right off with your judgy comments) 😂

I asked for different needles this time and they’re much better. They were all 6mm before, and I had issues when I swapped to 4mm. I didn’t think that would be the issue, as I thought a longer needle would hurt more. But it’s almost like the needle seems thinner as well as longer, and it’s less painful.

@KentishMama @MontyJinks Oh dear! Some of these compliments sound lovely but some would be truly cringe to be on the receiving end of!

To be honest I’ve not had compliments as such, more factual statements ‘you’ve lost lots of weight’ from a couple of very close friends (all male) when the topic has come up. No ‘you look so much better’ or anything which tbf I’d not have appreciated!

Separately to the weight loss though, I feel I’m treated differently/ people are friendlier/ flirtier, and I hear ‘you look glowing today’ or ‘that dress looks amazing on you’ a lot.

Family have been quite difficult and not supportive at all though :( Even to the point of raising it loudly if I don’t order dessert after a large 2-course meal etc

Have you also come across the crew that criticise obesity as a phenomenon and how badly everyone eats, but also comment when you might decline a fast food meal/ crisis/ choc bar or bring in chicken salad at lunch instead of something more UPF?

Wise words @LindtCurves The slightly looser candlewax areas are not going to stop me enjoying the new me, or flaunting my slimmer body in summer dresses and swim suits! the last time I was this weight I was in my early 20's, pre children. There is no way I would have the same body now, even if I had been slim all my life.

When I get the 'don't lose any more' comments, I reply very firmly that this is my decision, and I will continue to lose weight until I reach a healthy happy weight. I also tell them quite bluntly that I have been judged all my life for my body size and looks, and that I am not going to let people do that any more.
I am normally quite meek and mild, self conscious and keen to please, but shedding the weight is allowing me to be more confident and assertive!
IMO these comments come from people being judgy and bossy (and maybe jealous) and as you say they can feck off!

I like genuine compliments from people I care about though!
My DH, Children, sister and BF have been so encouraging and supportive through all of this, it's their opinions that matter, not mouthy acquaintances!
I am sorry you are not getting the support from your family. That's tough.

Yes..... Other people...... not long ago I was with some extended family in a restaurant and all they could talk about was how fat and unhealthy some people are. They then ordered 2 enormous puddings for 'sharing', I literally had a taste of each and said no thank you to any more (as I said I would). They then demolished the rest while blaming me for not eating my 'share'! 😂

@LindtCurves My very skinny mum has always been fantastic at criticising my weight while offering me more chocolate. 😂

Are we sisters? 🤣

Well, not quite, but my mum/ aunties act as follows:

• Criticise you if too skinny (= healthy weight) or too fat (=obese), you’ve got to be the right amount of chubby
• After having said you’ve gained weight, serve an elaborate meal and comment if you haven’t eaten your share of everything. If a cake is served, there is no ‘one slice’, it has to be finished by the people present
• Say things like ‘women in our family weren’t designed to be waifish’ and criticising people in the public eye with a healthy weight

I’ve been a good weight (middle of healthy BMI, physically active, eating home cooked balanced meals) 3 periods of my life and have been accused of having an eating disorder each time.

Thus I have some strong views on the eating habits people install in their children, as I feel that these attitudes have damaged me. I was the most overweight child in my class and that wasn’t seen as a problem, but me taking up a sport and getting to a good weight and healthy lifestyle due to that was.

My mum thankfully isn’t tooooo bad but has several of the above messaged internalised.

Right, how’s that for Monday morning therapy? 😆

“Also added in my head..... (so just fuck right off with your judgy comments) 😂”

so right @MontyJinks especially those “giving the accusatory hard stare”!

The recent heatwave didn’t bother me as I had clothes to wear that didn’t make me look as though I was either wearing a tent or doing a Michelin man impression.

@MagnoliaTreePetals my sister suspects but is really happy and supportive of my progress. We see each other every two months, so every time since November there has been a stone less of me 😂 She is genuinely delighted and doesn’t have a problem with WLIs, she just wants a healthy older sister. I probably will tell her next time I see her - in a stone’s time 🤞🏻

My skinny mother is a feeder @KentishMama I was tubby youngster. She had me on all sorts of whacky diets between 13 and 17. Interesting I stayed at a French penpal when I was 17 for the whole summer and came back slim. My mother was a mixture of shocked and furious because then started a stream of boyfriends. I then stayed slim until children

I really do think there is a difference between how morbidly obese people are treated compared to slim/overweight people. First impressions etc.

good therapy @LindtCurves

Very nice Monday morning therapy all around. I do love this thread!

So many internalised attacks on myself mostly from my brother’s comments about me being fat as a teenager. I was a curvy (big boobed from age 9!) size 8 and spent my whole teen years feeling fat because of him. My parents didn’t do much other than joke he’d be paying for the clinic if I developed an eating disorder (hahahaha 🙄).

Dad and brother would say things like “here comes fatty”! I look back at how tiny I was and feel cross. Dad compliments centred around the fact he likes larger women so “you’ve got lovely big hips” did not feel like the compliment he intended at age 19! Dh was my boyfriend then and was horrified. He was the first person to put my dad in his place (but dh is super diplomatic so he did it well).

Sounds all very dysfunctional but we were and are a loving family other than weight comments. Dm actually apologised about 10 years ago for not stepping in when dad and brother were making fat jokes assumed at me. They apparently thought it was fine because I “obviously wasn’t fat at all”. Dm is now fiercely protective of my DDs when they stay and silences dad. But I’m definitely scarred.

Lots of family weight issues and complexes here too. As a shorty it’s always been a struggle to get clothes that fit. Children’s clothes that fit my height didn’t fit my curves and I remember my mum making comments about me looking awful about 11-12 in a changing room.

I was thin but used to make myself sick after eating in my teens. Then I went to uni and met my ex and piled the weight on. I had no clue about portion control. Then I had two children and my weight yo-yoed for years. I lost weight pre lockdown but put it all and more again until MJ.

My children both ended up also putting weight on in their late teens. I think it’s when heavy activity stops and a more sedentary life style starts. And I’ve not been in charge of what they eat and the takeaways and own money have won out.

My DD was the first to go on MJ. I feel bad that I let her down to the point it was needed. But so proud of her for tackling it now and she looks simply amazing. My son is calorie counting and doing well.

50lbs off is an amazing achievement - well done!

Well done! Amazing loss from your SW. Seriously impressive!

Enjoy the new/old dresses 😍

Keep going! How did the botox go? Just a reminder that if you are a runner, the Botox will metabolise much more quickly that if you are not.

Hope that the UTI has cleared up. If you are of a certain age, a recurring UTI it is unfortunately a side-effect of Menopause (like everything else!) so check with your GP about management of them. They are bloody awful though.

I'm all about the treats now I have no violin lessons/ tutors/school fees to pay 😂

Monthly I get pedi, derma planing, eyebrow tint and tidy and a massage of some sort. Nails are as and when but usually every 3 weeks (I have BIAB which is a total game changer) and I have a weekly tennis lesson. Every other month I have an eyelash lift. I do tanning myself to save the £'s. Same with facials.

I say this after years of spending any spare £'s on the kids and definitely not myself!

lowest weight in 30 years deffo deserves the pedicure!

You may not need botox though? The botox chap said to me 'I'll happily take your money, but you don't need it' - I dined out on that for weeks 😂

God bless indeed - more yesterday and this morning 139.2lb 😂💪

Thank you for the kind words and the link!

Enjoy the new specs! I need some too but they won't sell me plastic lenses with no coating and I only need new lenses because the coating is failing. Bloody annoying frankly.

Well indeed I had more Rose across the evening....(a LOT more) and after being tagged in everyone's photos I had a couple of PM's asking me what I had been doing to lose the weight which was flattering. Depending on who was asking, I either was honest or evasive 😂

Keep going! 💪

It's so liberating isn't it! Enjoy the feeling 🤗

Under boob sweat is the worst 😂

Enjoy the feeling!

Interesting and thank you for sharing.

I read the same article - Sarah Jossel in the Sunday Times? Didn't really see the point of the article given that there was no actual advice or treatments recommended? What was your take away from it?

Couldn't agree more!