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 🥰

One of the members of this group posted this:

(sorry I can’t remember who, but I did save it down!)

1 pound = a Guinea Pig
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= an average Gallon of paint
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs (or 120 eggs)
16 pounds = a sperm whale’s brain (???)
20 pounds = a car tyre
22 pounds = 200 golf balls
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
26 pounds = average weight of a Koala Bear
30 pounds = average Vacuum Cleaner
31 pounds = average amount of manure produced by a horse each day
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s peni$ (yep, weighs more than his heart!)
65 pounds = Lotus Mk3 – Aluminium Body Shell
68 pounds = 40” Sony Bravia Widescreen TV
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
110 pounds = Mature Rough Fell Ewe
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
140 pounds = Ricky Hatton (Boxer / May 2009)
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = Vespa Moped
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football linesman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony

I guess I’ve lost more than a small bale of hay!

@lovealongbath congrats!

I’m in the 10s at last. 10 13.5 but still in the 10s.
Its been a long stall.

I wish I’d posted back in November when lots of you started posting.
Do you ever go back and read how you felt just to see how far you have come?

🥳

congratulations! amazing achievement!

I feel chuffed every time I start a new thread and read the start of the previous one because I’ve dropped weight. It has taken effort to achieve that.

Last October I was almost 14 stone and drinking pretty much every day. I was exercising and down to OMAD but nothing was shifting. Then someone locally told me he’d started MJ with the local pharmacist a few weeks before and he’d dropped 6kgs in pretty much no time. He had a lot to lose. But in the back of my mind were worries about the ‘death jabs’ thanks to the DM and the death of the Scottish Nurse after her second jab. I also was afraid I wouldn’t be able to jab myself. The local pharmacist was a 2 week wait, So I read a few threads on here and decided that if other sensible women were taking MJ and it was working so could I. I knew I needed to lose at least 4 stones and lose skin was obviously going to be an issue and then I was served Pvolve content on instagram which seemed to fit what I was missing. So I went all in, ordered ALL the Pvolve and MJ. I’m so pleased I did both. I was happier within a week of taking MJ and I have no doubt that the drug affects mood and not just because you lose weight.

I’m now just over 10 stone and loving life. I do not need to drink every day (except for the next 10 days whilst I’m on my big fat Greek holiday obvs 😂) I’m currently sat by a pool wearing a lovely new swimming costume and last night I wore my new short suit! I cannot believe the change in myself - both physically and mentally. And none of this was achievable without the mutual support on this thread. To anyone starting MJ I say find a group that supports you and keeps you accountable. It is the secret sauce IMO 🥰

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What a step count! 🙌A loss is a loss. Keep buggering on my friend. 💪

Size 28 jeans is awesome! And newly found SB leggings at the back of the wardrobe! 🥳

🥳 love a new/old wardrobe haul. Luckily my ‘back of the wardrobe’ stuff is so old I look trendy again 😂

Weighing in.

W30D7
SW: 19st 9lbs
CW:15st 11lbs
1st GW: 17st 13lbs
2nd GW 15st 4lbs
TL: 3st 12lb

Still tantalisingly close to, but not quite at, 4 stone lost. It's another pound of though and they all count.

If anyone remembers me mentioning blood clots a few threads back, I had my hematology appointment this week. It was actually quite low key - no more testing, just well you've got them and you're on anticoagulants so that's that.
She did say they've seen a couple of people who are on mounjaro - far too small a sample to tell if that's clots caused by mounjaro or clots coincidentally while also on mounjaro but if there is a link then expect a lot of Daily Mail headlines.
Fortunately they said I'm fine to continue on it, because I'm on the anticoagulants - even if it does cause clots in me then the meds would cancel that out. I can't see me reaching a healthy weight without mounjaro and obesity itself is a clot trigger (as is IBD and mounjaro is helping mine massively) so I think the overall health benefits are worth it.

😂

I’ve been on a jet2 plane before (DH work trip to a conference in the Canaries and the company taking us booked the flights) and I discovered that the champagne was very reasonably priced. The only annoying thing was Jess Glynne warbling away at every given opportunity 😂

I’m the queen of airmiles. I run literally EVERY expense for the entire household, business and family (who all have a linked card) on my BA Amex. if I can’t use Amex I don’t buy it… if you think about every bill you pay for the household it soon adds up. Especially food - and if you link up with the supermarket loyalty card you can earn more (nectar allows you to convert their points to avios) . Tesco Clubcard sometimes allows you to do the same thing. Short haul business class flights with BA are a reasonable amount of air miles as you can do a reward flight saver which means no airport taxes and a nominal fee of £1 (long haul is not as good and you still have to pay airport taxes etc) and those flights give you an enormous amount of luggage allowance (2 x 32kgs each plus a handbag and a carry on) . One of my DC is at a uni in Europe so it also allows for flights to and from at the start of the year without much stress about how much they are taking and musical instruments can come on board with them too.

On the downside you are sat with twats toting LV backpacks 😂

We need a pic of the M&S trousers tho’ they sound fab!

Bloody hell that is incredibly rude of them. Please ignore and keep going. And stop being polite. The old MN phrase ‘did you mean to be so rude?’ Might come in handy I reckon. It says ‘fuck off’ without having to say those words 😂

And happy belated birthday! I hope you were spoiled by the people who love you 🥰

And a 3 stone loss rosette 🏵️ for you! 🥳 congratulations! 🙌

🥳🥳🥳🥳 😂😂😂

🐹🐹🐹🐹 (no specific guinea pig emoji sadly 😂)

Completely agree with your sensible assessment of your situation. Glad to know you’re ok and congratulations on that amazing loss! 💪💪

Has anyone had to size jewellery down? My engagement ring is doing my head in spinning around. I’d rather put a little tab on the back of it than actually resize it, but want something comfortable.

I've got some of these as a temporary fix @MyRootinTootinBaby https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07C15P2F7?
They're less visible and less of a sensory itch than those spiral ones.
My rings are mostly just moving up a finger, but no engagement or wedding ring so nothing that feels like it needs to stay on a specific finger.

Fingers crossed we both join the 4 stone club next week @PinkArt

I also need to lose one more Guinea pig to get there 😂

Just realised my next milestone is set at a total of one elephants penis and one guinea pig lost 😬

I was only thinking earlier I can’t wait to get to an elephant penis loss 😂😂😂

I’m tantalisingly close to an encyclopaedia britanica loss overall and so that’s my new goal.
Weight up this morning, I expected that after eating 3 meals yesterday and then my period arrived so I’m hopeful that will be gone tomorrow, and happy to know why earlier in the week was no movement.

Well done everyone who is close to those next stone targets. Badges galore for all.

I’ve ordered 3 not cheap dresses in 14s for my holiday. Including this one in a print that makes me smile.
Its a very forgiving shape and the shearing bust should mean it fits as I shrink more.
https://www.sugarhillbrighton.com/products/christabel-shirred-sundress-off-white-multi-summer-jungle

115lbs? Crikey! Amazing 🙌

Dresses look lovely 🥰

I bought a very thin stacking ring in a small size because my rings were so loose. I was particularly afraid I’d lose them in the sea - DH lost his original wedding ring when swimming twice, the first time in a pool and we found it, the second time he was in an outdoor pool on holiday, threw a ball and his ring came off and sailed over the fence into a lot of bushes. We didn’t find it that time. So far my stacking ring is working admirably to hold my rings on, and it’s so thin it’s not particularly noticeable.

I’m 53kg down, about 116lbs. Only 18kg of those on mj.
Realising I’m a whole skinny person down is bonkers to me.

Hope the holiday is being suitably delightful

@jay55 that's fantastic, you must be pleased!

I was just wondering about jewellery recently, my wedding rings aren't close to falling off but they are starting to spin. My engagement ring was actually an upgrade for our 10th anniversary (partly due to having more funds and partly because my original was going to cut off my circulation!) and I don't want to go back to a smaller diamond. Vain, I know. I don't think I would get mine resized until I've been at goal and maintained for a while though.

Just a half pound off this weigh in for me but after last week's 4.5 that's still 5lbs down in a fortnight which I'm more than happy with.

Had a few days away and the booze calories are definitely to blame for my measly 0.0.2lb weight loss, however my scales now have my metabolic age as only 3 years older than my actual one as a result! Hopefully it'll counteract the age my skin has put on by not taking sun tan lotion out for a sea trip. I'm a little lighter, a lot redder and will need to do penance for the booze... but that can wait until Monday!