Mounjaro/Wegovy with > 5 stone/30kg to lose. Thread 8!

[MooBaggage]

Thread EIGHT - blimey we talk a lot! 😄 Anyone using weight loss injections to lose more than 5st/30lbs is very welcome, no matter what stage of the process you are no.

We're high on protein, low on carbs, upping the water and getting the fibre in any which way we can!

Please don't post discount codes as your post will be deleted - these need to go on the discount codes thread.

I love the photos . Thank you both so much for putting them up. Maybe I will be brave enough one day, and have something to show!

Ooh congrats great progress! We just have to keep plodding along last week was the first time I looked in the mirror and saw a difference and I'm at 98.5lbs with still 140lb+ to go.

There's that "toilet roll theory" basically comparing seeing weight loss progress the same as a toilet roll. You take a few sheets off a full roll and you won't see a difference you do it at the end and it'll be noticeable

Awesome 👏👏👏

I do think i didn't really drink enough last week. Back in the garden today and made sure to drink more plain water as well as my usual tea 3litres down and haven't really gone to the toilet.

My BMI was 43 in the first pic and 35 in the 2nd - can't wait to have one that's under 30..!

Am pleased with my arms shaping up - that's entirely down to the handweights, which I definitely recommend to anyone starting out 💪

Look at the amazing difference @MooBaggage and @RobinEllacotStrike ! It's so inspiring to see.

@InfoSecInTheCity it's so true about photos. I was talking earlier on the March starters thread about giving myself a boost looking back at pics from April versus today, when I simply don't see it to the same degree looking in the mirror.

@MooBaggage, @RobinEllacotStrike you both look amazing, well done inspirational women! I had a bit of an NSV today despite still plateauing, I looked in a mirror at my face and thought I looked pretty. I am 60 and I now look back at my young photos and think I looked pretty then but I never felt it. My mumwas always telling me to.hold my bay window in (as she called my perfectly normal sized kids tummy). I ended up looking after my very difficult bipolar mum for 13 years and got bigger and bigger and more and more unhappy. Mum died last year and since then I have gone on my. Lost 4 stone (about same again to go) and feel so much better. If I had done this with her still alive she would have claimed it and it would have failed because she woukd have made it sll about her and her fat daughter. Now it's for me and it feels great! I did love her and do sometimes miss her, but I do feel lighter, freer and more me.

Onwards and downwards warrior women xx

I really should have taken some photos I don't really have any full body ones from when I started as I didn't expect it to last so long and I didn't need any to get the medication as I got it through the NHS

Take em now @NervyWegovy then again in a couple of months and so on. I’ve shared mine before but doing it again to illustrate the point. I honestly if asked would have said that I did not look much different because in the mirror I don’t, but it’s clear as day when I look at the pictures that I have lost weight.

My pics.
First one is of me on some ID. I think the photo was taken about 15 months ago.

The second pic was about 10 mins ago! I can def notice a change in my face. Black thing is my headrest btw- it isn't a completely wild hairstyle.

@alltablenochair there is a very definite difference in your jawline and chin, you’ve lost the double chin completely and your jawline and neck down into shoulders look much slimmer.

Wow what strikes me is that you look so much younger @alltablenochair,
what a difference 👏👏

Well done, everyone!

In the past I have avoided looking at my body. But I am looking at it now and it makes me feel overwhelmed that I used to be 3.5 stones bigger and also how much further I need to go (about a third of the way there). Trying not to focus on that and just take each day as it comes but easier said than done. Trying to focus on my recently emerged collar bones and definition on my upper arms. I have my period which have become heavier with mounjaro so that is not helping.

@dimples76 I had a bit of a mini breakdown the other day when I realised that in 2012 I was 123lbs heavier than I am now, that’s the weight of my 11yr old child. I was messing about playing on the park with her and felt how strong and heavy and big she is and it just suddenly hit me that I’d been carrying that weight around on my body every day, up every set of stairs, on every plod/waddle round the shops or struggle up a hill.

You are losing the weight, 3 and a half stone is a fantastic loss and something to be so proud of, the average 2 year old is 25lb so you’ve lost a 2 yr old off of your body. Just keep on keeping on and you’ll get to your goal.

Sorry @dimples76 I can’t maths in the morning , you’ve lost nearly 2 x 2 yr olds

Exactly what I thought. It's taken years off you.

@alltablenochair wow - your face definition is so different! Makes your lips look bigger (your lips are gorgeous!) and you definitely look younger 😍😍😍

I think it's really helpful to see photos when we're 'only' part way along the journey - yes, there's a while to go, but acknowledging the differences made already is so inspiring 💪

Moved up to 5mg from 3 75 and have the dreaded sulphur burps! I can't remember what was recommended here to deal with them

Also a upset stomach buts that probably TMI 😂

Looking good!! You must be so pleased?

Pepto bismol! Hope everything settles down for you soon.

@alltablenochair you are looking amazing & the change in the shape of your face & neck is clearly evident. Great work - keep going 💜

@AnneinEdinburgh your post really moved me. I love that you feel pretty & free. I feel like this is really a journey of self discovery (sorry about that 🧀), of allowing ourselves to reveal who we really are to ourselves. Being liberated from the controlling, all consuming issues around food/diet/body image etc including food noise (which really seems like a huge unexplored mental health issue for those of us who experience it) is massive - take away the food noise & accompanying mental negitive self talk, the lingering lessons & judgements of our parents voices, the demands of parenting our own kids etc, and we are left with space to ask what do I want? what do I like? what decisions do I make now I have a little more time & breathing space? how will I shape my life now? 💜

Another pic. My friend sent me this and I didn’t recognise myself. I look like a normal sized person & my brain got a bit confused. I zoomed in before recognising it was me.

the hoodie I am wearing used to fit well but snuggly. It’s a men’s Xxl. Now it is way oversized. I’m wearing a towel on my bottom half as we were just out of the sauna. The slimming of my hips bum & thighs is still surprising.

I’ve just been and had an initial chat with a personal trainer and have my first proper session next week. I’m a bit nervous and now need to see if I have anything suitable to wear…. Expect I will need to buy some gym clothes. She was lovely and really positive about everything I’ve been doing so far. I just want some tips on getting me started with the right exercises and form to do work at home. I can’t really justify the cost of going every week. I may go back for ad hoc sessions as I get better.

@alltablenochair your beautiful face is emerging from its cocoon! Agree with everyone else how much younger you look! ❤️

Arghhhhhh. Why have curate decided to ship my order (approved over the weekend) on the hottest day EVER (ok slight exaggeration). Now stressing about whether it will actually arrive cold or whether I'll have a fight on my hands when it arrives. Last check it said shipping Monday which wouldn't have been so bad as it's significantly cooler then. Fingers crossed!