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.

Thanks everyone

So starting day 2 and its interesting not sure if a side effect or I'm feeling the suppression and its a forgotten feeling.

After eating or drinking i get an uncomfortable feeling in my tummy. Not really painful just uncomfortable and one of the reasons I went on the medication is because I said I never really felt full when eating like id eat my dinner and also finish off a lot of someone else's and feel fine.

So I don't know if this is the full feeling like I've just eaten a beef sandwich and got it, I had a bowl of soup and had it, was worse after dinner which was chicken breast, home made wedges, sweetcorn and coleslaw it was a bit worse and lasted longer.

So it could be me feeling full and I'm just not used to it. I guess I thought id properly looked into it and then it came to me everyone says they feel suppression but yesterday when I googled what people meant about suppression it was more about emotionally able to stay away from food not the feeling of feeling full.

Nice one, congratulations you'll love them with that half stone off

Can I join please?

Started mounjaro yesterday, I'm 15st9lbs on a 4ft10 frame. Final goal weight is 8st ish. So have around 6/7 stone to loose, almost half my body weight. It's a very daunting prospect. I've struggled with my weight all my adult life and this is my last chance before I look at surgery which I really want avoid

@NervyWegovy Suppression is not feeling like eating, not having the food noise, just not being that bothered about having a big meal or chocolate, or whatever it is that's your usual go to thing.

Satiety is what comes after you've eaten a small amount. You feel full faster. So, over time, you start to give yourself smaller portions because you know you won't be able to eat any more than that.

I also find that having a tiny portion of the carbs, half a plate of veg, and a good portion of protein is my new way of thinking.

You also stop eating between meals because you just don't feel like it, and you know that, if you do, you won't fancy your next meal. On the occasions when I have pushed beyond the feeling of satiety, I have felt really ill afterwards and have had acid indigestion at night, which is horrible.

So MJ works in different ways, training your mind and body to eat less, to eat proper regular meals (I only have lunch and dinner, but make them nutritionally good), and to take away the emotional, bad habit snacking. It does work. I am hoping that it will give me long term healthy patterns of eating.

Thanks for the new thread!! Just done week 1, run 1 of the couch to 5k. Considering I couldn’t leave the house alone a month a go, I think I can be proud of myself!

Thats brilliant!

keep going with it and trust the process, there are points where you look at the next run and think ‘are they bloody insane?’ Somehow it works, and if you do have a week where you can’t manage the run just repeat until you can.

I jog very very very slowly, there is nothing graceful or sporty about it, if you remember Phoebe’s running in Friends, I’m pretty sure that’s how I look, but I am so proud of myself for doing it and for keeping on even when it was hard.

@InfoSecInTheCity thanks. I’m not the best runner either 😂
I can’t believe I used to represent my secondary school in the 100m run! This was before I discovered cigarettes and alcohol 😬🙄 gave up both of those but never took up running again!

@alwaysscared congratulations on the run. I am on week 5 but I only run at home on my treadmill, or this week I braved the hotel gym to use their treadmills. I am very impressed by anyone that’s brave enough to run out on the streets!

Thanks for the explanation with my health anxiety ive always found my body hard to properly describe. I think in actual fact what I'm experiencing after eating is...nausea.

The thing is I've always thought of it as really close to being sick kinda like almost retching. Not the general unease. Either way its made me not snack as much

@SilenceInside thanks, and well done you!

@NervyWegovy Happy to help. Maybe one thing to concentrate on during this journey is identifying how your body is really feeling. I know that I used to eat for all sorts of reasons, such as to please people, out of anxiety, out of fear of not knowing when the next meal would be (eg if staying with people), out of boredom. And I wouldn't stop eating when I was full, or refuse seconds, usually to people please. So it has been good for me that the MJ makes me feel a little bit sick as soon as I start to eat too much.

I've been better at eating more mindfully, such as putting my knife and fork down after every mouthful and chewing slowly, and asking myself after each swallow whether I really want any more. That's hard when the rest of my family shovel it down fast, and ate faster than me even before I started taking MJ!

Also having a hot drink rather than picking up a snack if I feel like I need a break or perhaps feel just a little bit hungry between meals.

It may take years to undo the poor habits I'd got into and really listen to my body. But I am determined to try. There are lots of us here learning all this stuff together and plenty of people to help you learn too. xx

My new coat arrived today. It's a size 18. The old coat I was wearing was a size 24 and too tight for me. I'm not entirely sure this coat will fit over a thick cardigan but hey, it's something.

Unfortunately I managed to annihilate my old phone and with it I've lost all my old weigh-in data. I've ordered a data cable so I'm hoping that if I plug it into my laptop I can get the data back again. If not then guess the charts start again.

Hello
Checking in on the new thread, thanks @MooBaggage . Am 7 months in and have lost 60lbs, am 5 1/2 lbs away from my main goal, top of healthy weight BMI. I had a small blip the other night when I ate 2 Magnums, I don't know where that came from, I'm mostly very calm around food on Mounjaro. Anyway, back on plan now.
Everyone is asking when I'm going to stop, and what I'm going to do to manage my eating... I can't help but feel a bit anxious about the next stage, I'd love to not have to spend the £190 odd every month, but as long as I'm on it I have a security blanket. I suppose I should check out the maintenance thread.
Meanwhile I am compiling a new wardrobe - size 12 jeans! - another expense, and another reason to come off Mounjaro. I've always felt like an intruder in clothes shops. So many of my clothes were panic buys because of an impending holiday or event or heatwave, I feel a bit overwhelmed by the sheer possibilities available to me now, free of feeling the need to buy large, loose, preferably black tents.
@alwaysscared I have also taken up C25K, again, I have started to walk my local park run, and am now throwing in some running. It's a bit of a downer to finish, exhausted, to find only a handful of people behind me, mostly the volunteer tail walkers, but everyone is very encouraging. Everything feels so much easier with less weight to carry, I can even do a side plank! Wonders never cease.
Well done to everyone on their successes

Happy Sunday everyone. I spent a few hours this afternoon up in the loft, going through four crates of clothes that I finally acknowledged that I couldn't fit into a few years ago, and set aside to free up room in my wardrobes. Sadly, I still can't fit into 95% of the items, but now it's because they are too big. D'oh! I brought down about a dozen items that seemed fine, but I need to see how they look in the mirror. I'm so annoyed because there were a lot of things that I was looking forward to wearing. I can't believe that I missed my window. Mind you, it's more proof that this process is working.

So tomorrow is my weigh in day and I'm quite hopeful of a big number, last week I put a lb on and I had my nephews birthday cake but at my size I didn't think it warranted a gain, I also upped my water Intake in preparation of starting the injections.

Today coming home from bingo my underwear and trousers were falling down walking up the path and TMI but ive been to the " toilet" three times tonight not even diarrhea just normal movements. And my watch strap feels a bit loose.

Roll on the -0.5lbs! 😅

@velvetseven Congratulations on nearly getting to goal. I’m stuck at 1lb to go 🤦‍♀️ Only OH & DD know I’m on MJ but I’ve now got people telling me I don’t need to lose anymore & I’ll start to look Ill etc. I keep ordering “one more pen” because I’m terrified that I’m going to pile all the weight back on. I’ve got a few pens in the fridge because I ordered early in the beginning (12 months ago there was no mention of maintenance)
I understand some people don’t like moving suppliers but I recently moved to Simple Online Pharmacy with a bmi of under 24, They price match so a 15mg pen only cost £139. Their maintenance policy is really good too, The pharmacist emailed me with all the details.

Jab day for me and no change in my weight. I thought I'd been stuck at this weight for about 2 weeks now - but when I checked my Eufy scales history, it's only been 5 days 🙄 Such is how powerful my negative thinking about my ability to lose weight is!

So, new week new start. Starting a period last week really threw me and I've reflected that I've been drinking less water, definitely moving less, didn't do any hand weights and my portion sizes increased slightly. On the upside, I didn't snack at all, so that's still all good.

So this week I need to get back to at least 2 litres of water a day, handweights every other day and at least a couple of strolls! 💪

Starting weight - 217.5 lbs - 15 st and 7.5 lbs - BMI 33.1
Current weight - 147.9 lbs - 10 st and 7.9 lbs - BMI 22.5
Total loss - 69.6 lbs
Loss this week - 1.1 lbs
Goal weight - 141 lbs

7lbs left to hit my ultimate goal weight.

Hi all. Loving reading your positive stories. @MooBaggage don't be disheartened by staying the same - it's going in the right direction.
I was terrified to get on the scales this morning as I've spent the last week in Italy. I was more sensible with food choices, but did allow myself the odd gelato and pizza (obviously). Anyway, I was so chuffed to see I have stayed the same. My DH, on the other hand, is fuming as he reckons he's put on 2kg!

Ah found you all again!
thank you @MooBaggage
I kinda needed to hear someone with my same struggles.

I have lost my mojo a little. I could blame hormones as I wait for my period feeling more hungry or I could blame the need to up
my dose (waiting to start 7.5mg next week)…but in honesty I haven't put in the same effort.
I don't know why! I feel shameful and guilty among all of you doing so well.

I hope next week with 7.5mg it may restarts.
I think school hols and kids being home not helped. It's broken my routine of meals, snacks and exercise.
I also have truly felt ‘cant be bothered’. I’ve opted out of the gym even when I have had time. I have eaten macdonnads with kids rather than buy something healthy. I have given into biscuits or crisps, not pushed nearly enough protein nor veg or fluid.
I am angry at myself as I know this is not good enough. I am desperate to loose the weight, have every opportunity in front of me and still I feel
I AM lazy 😩. I am roughly at a half way point but have a long way to go still (another 4-5 stone but ultimate goal unknown still).

I give myself some comfort that I have not binged and so this is something to stay proud of.

I have now been prescribed 7.5mg which will be for next week. And overall in 6months I have had really good results to be proud of so know I can and must do this.

So since Jan:
20 jabs (last of 5mg dose last night).
SW 136kg BMI>45
Current weight 111.2 BMI 37.2
A total loss off 24.8 kg
Which is so close to 4 stone
I guess more importantly that is 18% of my body weight.

However, plan this week is to find a way to get back in to habits and feel positive and in control again. I don't like this ‘cant be bothered’ version of myself but know I am dealing with life changing weight loss at the same time as significant grief alongside a busy working mum role.
On and up this week. Sorry for being not so upbeat but maybe it will resonate with someone else who won't feel as alone.

Well done to all the runners here this week and to those of you so close to ultimate targets. Amazing achievements! x

Does MJ help?

I’ve gained 6lbs, so that’s great 😫🙄 I swear, my body wants to stay around 13st 7lbs and 14st. I am giving 7.5mg 1 more month. I may then try 10mg for a month and if it’s not shifting I’m going back down to 5mg, so I can get it on the NHS, and just going to have to be happy with being this weight. Bloody frustrating though

@Reginaphalangeeeee sorry you're feeling down at the moment. I think any idea that we should all be upbeat and positive through such a long hard journey is unrealistic.

But can I point out, if it helps, that if you started in January it's not six months. AND unless you started on New Year's Day, it's probably not a full five. You are doing BRILLIANTLY. That's an incredible loss in that time. Hang in there.

@Reginaphalangeeeee I found similar during December when routine went out the window and with all the Christmas festivities and indulgent foods. The more I indulged the more I wanted and the food volume started increasing again, it was surprisingly easy to start drifting off track from all the good habits I had built in the previous 6 months.

It took me the best part of a very flat January to get back onto an even keel.

Channel your energy into any lessons you can learn from it, all is not lost, a McDs and relaxing a bit during school holiday is nothing to feel too guilty about. I'm sure you'll be back on track soon enough, just give yourself some time.

thanks @GiveMeWordGames
That is actually a good reminder and I tend to get ahead of myself. You are right, I began mid January and 20 jabs means 20 weeks. I think because 6th month of the year I have rounded up 🙄

Thank you for the kindness in pointing this out to help me frame my thinking better.

@WeAllHaveWingsyes this is hard to navigate natural changes around us. I struggled at easter too and so this makes me more concerned for summer hols about how Incan keep on track.

It's not even just what I do/eat, it's my mindset that Inworry about. The occasional Macdonald is no worry I know, it's the ‘i can't be bothered to work for this anymore’ that frightens me. I don't want to give up on myself or this journey.

@Reginaphalangeeeee I've done 20 jabs too and not lost as much as you - and am also around 40% of my way to target. Maybe it's a psychological thing for us too - that we've done really well but are still only kind of about half way there?! I've lost 16% of my body weight and 46lbs, so I know that's great - but still 45lbs to go to my first big goal - which only gets me to 'overweight' ...!

But - we'll get there - let's both have a good week and behave ourselves (ish) 😇

Check in next week is just going to be us going 😇😇😇