Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 6!)…

[Mounjaroday]

Welcome one and all to our latest thread!

So much support and encouragement on here. Can’t wait to hear everyone’s continued achievements and NSVs.

Congratulations to everyone who has reached their goal and starting maintenance, and all the warriors still trekking on.

I still have a couple of stone to go. Feeling motivated and ready to go!

We can do this!

Quick update as I did weight myself..
Looks like i may hit just under 12 stone by next month! Still feeling I still have a belly but still wondering am I losing too much in other areas so just need keep reassessing

Morning!

That’s funny, @Zibb, I was thinking about making a post about how we are all feeling about our bodies now. For me, I feel strange. On the one hand, delighted to look so radically different. On the other, is that me? What size am I again?

The last time I weighed this was decades ago. And I don’t look like that any more. Menopause I guess. I am a different shape entirely. But also stronger.

I feel like I need to get to know who I am physically now. And how to take up space, in a different way.

Where are you all at with this my lovelies?

Morning all! I share the weird feelings about how big I really was/am. When I see old photos, I feel like I was massive. Now, I can't comprehend that I am almost in the healthy weight range. I feel guilty about continuing with MJ (secretly (or perhaps privately would be a better word) and costing £150 a month or so) to get to BMI 23, which is where I'd really like to be. Is that too thin? Surely not, in health terms. I feel pleased when I see myself in the mirror. But can't believe I can pick up a size 12 now and it will usually fit. Feel healthier too. Very few people have commented, which I am fine with as I don't think it's anyone else's business, except I then wonder if it is even noticeable. Though of course it is. So, quite a mixture of feelings!

I really want to get to the 11 stone somethings (76kgs) before I go on holiday! And start to do some more serious exercise. I am contemplating a personal trainer, but that's more expense.

Another week of maintain, which is impressive considering I had a seriously unhealthy weekend- lots of drinking and not eating very well!

My jab didn't get delivered on Saturday as I wasn't in so they're trying again today, hoping it'll be cold enough still, but I'll jab it as soon as it gets here. I think I'm going to go up to the 10mg rather than microdosing and just see if I can get a couple more kgs off before I start to taper down.

I feel the same as you @SpiralSister - I know I look different, but I don't look the same as I did last time I was this weight almost 10 years ago, because I'm older and bodies change (and my belly is definitely holding on to fat much more now!) I wore an old jumpsuit this weekend that used to be really snug and was actually a bit loose now and felt great, then someone took an unexpected picture and all I could focus on was my mid section and how fat I thought my arms looked. Even though I KNOW I have lost 3 and a half stone! Old habits definitely die hard.

I'm also trying to adopt a healthier attitude to my shape. I was definitely brought up by a mother who judged clothes by whether they were "flattering" or not. And by that, she meant made her look thinner. So, if I chose to wear something voluminous, like an 80s big Laura Ashley dress, it would be mocked. Even though I was 173cm and a size 10 at the age of 18. I could carry it off well (though, even if I couldn't, it would still have been my choice!).

Now, I am more comfortable liking clothes that have a larger volume. I like barrel trousers more than skinny jeans, though I've discovered I also like tight sleeveless tops. I like to mix up the shapes. And I can accept that the size label doesn't tell me everything about the body underneath. My belly is soft because I've had three children. I am glad.

I am ok!

So I really want to keep my focus on feeling healthier. And approaching later middle age and old age with healthier knees and a liver that isn't packed full of fat.

I love this @WoolerOwl- I know what you mean about a mum who thoughts clothes have to be "flattering" (shorthand for don't make you look bigger).

Like you I like to mix up shapes and love a pair of barrel leg jeans with a slim fitting body suit or vest top, it's my fave silhouette at the moment!

On the style boards people seem obsessed with whether or not something is "flattering"- I remember the thread about the viral sainsburys barrel leg jeans (I ended up buying them in about 5 colours!) and a lot of people were saying they looked dreadful on the size 8 model on the website as they- shock horror- made her look bigger. Aside from being a nonsense, I don't think people realise how insidious those sorts of comments are if you are bigger yourself, how much it makes you feel like someone looking like your body size and shape is the absolutely worst thing in the world that we should all be doing our best to avoid at all costs.

So true!

Hi All

Not sure what week I'm on now but about a month or so jab free.

Had a few days 'off' last week and binged a bit, it was planned but I guess I hoped I'd feel more in control now but not meant to be. Still got woken up by hunger pains in the middle of the night despite eating enough food for a family of five.

Then got right back on cal counting and going well. Lost a further pound and weight seems to fluctuate between that and a pound below. Can eat more calories than I thought which is good, just trying to find the golden number.

Upped my exercise, running a bit more, upped the strength training and doing body pump on rest days. Generally enjoying the gym just now but not sure about the running!

Have a wee daydream they'll one day develop something to help those of us who may not be obese but really struggle with food and hunger. Those months on MJ were bliss for that.

Just about to order my next pen and I noticed that it's only £2 more for 10mg. I feel like staying on 7.5mg but then wondered if I should do 45 clicks for 7.5? Then if I did feel like moving up midway then great, but if not I'd be getting an extra week? Anyone else done this?

I was hoping my face would have more of a glow up but it just looks exactly the same. Just as round. I was hoping I'd find some cheek bones and a nice jaw line but no luck so far!

This is what I'm doing just now. You get an extra dose from the pen so I always think it's worth going up to the next one. My next order will be a 12.5mg pen even though I'm still on 7.5mg - I quite like having the little stockpile in case there are supply issues or I can't afford to continue. Then if I do feel like I need to to move up I can do so straight away.

I am sure it has and you just cant see it- even the tiny bit of chin in your last before and after pic shows a more defined jawline.

thanks for updating. I'm really interested in what happens once we come off, as that doesn't feel too far away now. I am 4kgs away from the initial goal weight, although that only takes me to the top of the 'healthy' bmi range, so I may keep going once I hit it. Then plan to slowly titrate down and taper off, but I'd rather not have to deal with cravings again.

Like a few others I think it might be a 10mg pen i order next, have been on 7.5 for 2 pens and the last couple of weeks have been losing and gaining the same 2 lbs constantly. Also starting to fall back into some less desired food habits when i feel stressed or very tired or full of pmt so feel like its time to go up.

At the start of this process in Feb I had a target of a family party this weekend that i was wondering what dress size I might be by then. In feb i was squeezing into a 18 when I probably was verging on a 20. I ordered a size 16 dress from vinted (loathe to pay much as i wont wear it again) and its a good fit, although I think I could have squeezed into a 14 too. Crazy.
Feel quite strange about my body currently, lost lots from some areas, my feet are so weirdly skinny! But alas stubbornly holding onto what i suspect is lipedema fat in upper arms and legs 😩

My 10mg pen just showed up so just went for it and jabbed. Have been on 7.5mg for three months now so will be interesting to see the difference in how it feels! Similar to you @FunnyCrabDance have been losing/maintaining the same couple of lbs/staying at roughly the same weight, so I think it's time.

I thought I'd be happy maintaining at this weight, and honestly I am, but I just think another few lbs off would give me some wiggle room.

@sweetpickle2 will look forward to your 10mg updates! Good luck 😊 I'm about to do bonus dose of last 7.5 pen, so will hopefully get a bit more out than a normal dose to bridge the increase

Hey everyone - it hasn't been going that well for me, been between 12 and 12st 5 for the last two months

I have also had a lot of diarrhoea and I can't quite figure out if that means that 10mg is too high a dose (ie. causing side effects) or too low because it's effectively a return to my IBS symptoms that up to now MJ has been really effective at sorting out. @HoratioBum I think you were having some similar issues, how's it going now?

Because I am short, 12st is still quite a high BMI (29) so I would really like to shift a few more lb.

I think I will give it one more month on 10 and then see how it's going.

Having said that, I am able to get into size 12s, actually some size 10 clothing and in many ways feel great, I just feel like progress has really stalled

Zibb have you tried L Tyrosine supplements? I don't know if they're appropriate for how you're feeling but I've been reading about people on Mounjaro saying they take this and it really helps their mood and energy levels. I'm going to try to for brain fog.

@usedtobeaylis I was just reading about that! Definitely going to order some. I will try anything at this point.

Interesting to read that many of you are feeling the way I do.
Almost 6 months in, I'm 2st12lbs down, 2 dress sizes smaller but still obese. I had a mini target to be 3st down by my holiday. I go on Monday so I need to lose 2lb this week, which is a big ask at the moment.

My weight loss has slowed right down but it is my fault. Bad habits have crept in and though I rarely eat a full meal, I eat things I wouldn't have at the start and I snack or have pudding. I will go up to 10mg for my next pen. I will also get back into good habits once back from my holiday.

I had a party at the weekend and felt so much happier than I used to. I didn't over-analyse all the photos or hide from the camera. I've never had a party for myself as an adult before as I'd never want the attention on me, but I had a blast! So even though I'm not quite where I want to be, things are looking up.

Now, to lose these pesky 2lbs...

Been a bit quiet these past few days. Having an awful time at work - a big project has gone completely tits up - and just been feeling very down.

Also have not lost anything at all these past couple of weeks. Frustrating being so close to a healthy BMI and struggling to get there. It’s literally 2.5kg is all I need but it seems impossible right now!

SW 103.9kg / 16.4stone
CW 74.7kg / 11.8 stone

TW 72.2kg (healthy BMI)
Dream weight 68kg

Well done on everyone’s hard work and perseverance.

@Mounjaroday hang in there. You got this. Trust the process. And all that other motivational bollocks. Sending virtual good vibes your way, for both weight and work.

Omg! Stepped on the scales today and ive lost 31lbs!

SW 17.3 size 18
CW 15 size 16 but some more forgiving 14s!

so pleased! 😁

We’ve got the same current weight, initial goal weight, and dream weight! I have found the last 5kg the slowest and hardest to lose. But I think that’s normal!

Finding it really satisfying to look at my fitness pal stats. I first used MFP in 2013 and have mainly watched my weight steadily increase since then. But now my CW is LOWER than my starting weight in 2013! Never thought I would see the day. Every loss from here means I am at a weight I haven’t seen since my 20s.