Mounjaro -10 stone or more to lose - Thread 4

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

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@Potato1234 I’m 5 1/2 stone down and have some loose skin, the worst areas the the tops of my thighs, they look like an old forgotten deflated balloon, it’s hideable though, just above my knees is starting to look a bit wrinkled. Not bothered too much about my stomach, nothing that compression wear can’t fix. But arms I am a bit worried about, my bingo wings are developing nicely from armpit level to midway between armpit and elbow 😳. They jiggle at every opportunity, I’ve started doing push-ups against the kitchen worktop or against a wall when the kettle is boiling to see if that can help to slow it down. I also moisturise the loose skin religiously every morning and evening. I’m 58 so not expecting anything to spring back, but from what I’ve read from other people sometimes it looks worse before it starts to get better.

Chairs! Lots of posts about chairs - being stuck in them, being scared of them etc etc. It dredged up a memory I think I'd suppressed from a few years ago, at my son's graduation ceremony. It was held in a big top, and there were rows and rows of fold out metal chairs, the ones with spindly legs. I still remember the absolute terror that struck me when I saw them - I'd assumed it would be in the auditorium, which would have been cramped but at least solid. I had to dash off to the loo so I could have a cry when I realised. We then ended up sitting with his GF's parents (first time meeting them, so another little slab of tension, even though they were lovely). I perched on the very edge of the seat, most of my arse off it, and tried to sneakily support my weight with my feet, like I was in a half-squat. Oh my goodness, it was agony - so painful, and so mortifying. Literally all I could think about was how embarrassing it would be for me and for my son if I collapsed that chair in front of hundreds of people (he wouldn't have cared!). The whole ceremony passed in a blur of pain and worry, with me wishing it would end - no celebration of his First, no magical moments of parental joy - just me, hating myself. That will NEVER happen again.

Weigh in and jab 15 today. I've actually lost 4lbs this week, which is great, but I have definitely been thinking about food a LOT more. Not eating it, but constantly imagining eating it. In the old days as soon as I thought about something - like, yearning for a Chinese or a pizza - all would be lost, I'd try and talk myself out of it but always gave in. I'm not doing that now but I am also not enjoying my mind being crowded out with it all again. Might count clicks and go to 3.75 - which I think is 45 clicks on a 5mg pen? Will see how I feel today and decide later! Anyway, thanks as ever to you all for sharing your stories - the good, the bad and the ugly. Very happy to be a member of this cult! It's made the whole ride so far so much more tolerable - having people to ask questions of, getting inspiration, finding motivation, sharing the embarrassing tales that only the very obese understand, and lifting each other up when we're inevitably sometimes feeling down.

SW: 307lbs
CW: 261lbs
TW: ???

Sorry for the mad flurry of posts, but I have NEWS - my BMI is now 39.7!!!!! It's under 40 - and we all know what that means - I am no longer morbidly obese! I am a super-skinny and very svelte CLASS 2 OBESE!!!! Yay, shouty caps on! I might still be disgusting to the rest of the world, but I know you guys will understand my happiness.

Congratulations @eibbed999 🎉

And you are not and have never been disgusting.

Ooh @eibbed999 🍾🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 that is properly exciting!!!!!!!!

"Not morbid" is an amazing feeling isn't it 😊😊. Well done 💐

@eibbed999 so happy for you! But just echoing you are not and never have been disgusting! You are a beautiful svelte human who has just hit a bloody significant goal 🎊👏🎊

And yes -of course not disgusting!

I know what you mean though - I am only a few days ahead of you and flip between "Wahooooo not morbid look at my new slimmer figure" and omg I'm still way heavier than most people start their weight loss at. I'm the weight that others would hate to be at.

I think this is why this thread is so good 😊. And I do love all these nsv people are ntoicign on the way to.

And being under 40 is worthy of a true celebration without thinking. "but" 😊

Congratulations @eibbed999 ! Under 40 is a big achievement!

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden agree completely with your post.

I have a NSV. After a loss of over 80 lbs 2 people have commented on it and it wasn't a big deal and I just smiled and agreed that I had lost some weight.

Well done @eibbed999 that's brilliant. Such a milestone.

Thank you so much!

I've been looking at that idiotic BMI calculator, and it thinks I should weigh 10st exactly to be at the upper end of normal.

So as I'm now 12st 8lb I've got 2st 8lb to go. That definitely feels possible.

Also, to get to my own next milestone, I only need to lose another 8lb to just be "overweight".

It's inching closer ladies.

Can I ask, do you feel 12 stone 8lbs (that’s bloody amazing by the way)? I think this is where I’m struggling now (it’s a nice struggle to have though!) I’m a stone heavier than you, so 13 stone 8lbs, on paper this feels staggering, to have gone from 20+ stone to 13.8 is huge (not all of that on MJ) and something that I never thought would be possible, yet here I am, but I don’t feel it - does that make sense at all? I feel in my head that I am still around the 16/17/18 stone bracket. I wonder if our brains have to go through a period of readjustment or something.

I don’t know if others feel this or if it’s just me? But I know I am still obese and still have a way to go, so will my brain eventually catch up? I’d never considered feeling like this, I’m just rambling now instead of working - sorry!

So close @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne, hurrah! Will you still hang out here when you make it??

Thanks for your kind words everyone - and I don't think I'm THAT disgusting! I'm a nice person who tries to live a decent life, and that's far more important that what my body looks like anyway.

All feeling very positive out there today my friends - keep the good news coming. Or the not so good if that's your day today!

@Iwouldratherbesinging

I feel much smaller than 12st 8lb now.
I don't understand the BMI thing, because although it says I'm still obese, I now easily fit into size 14 clothes, and quite a lot are size 12 or 10.

I feel normal now. It seems mad that I should have to lose another 2st 8lb to satisfy the BMI calculator.

When I was 13st 8lb I felt okay, but still fattish. Nowhere near as bad as I've 20st but still fat.

I think its was @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden who was talking about sleep. I got a magnesium supplement from nutrition geeks (I'm sure you can buy them from elsewhere!) and I really believe it has helped so much with my sleep.

@Potato1234 I have lost about 5.5 st and have some loose skin. There is a little patch where my 20 double chins used to live. I've always had wobbly fat arms which I'm working hard on fixing and I do a 20-30 min weights workout out 6 times a week, (3 arms and 3 legs) in the hope I can try to tone them up so when I lose some of the actual fat there is muscle underneath. I'm very pear shaped and have a huge bum and thighs so I am aware I will probably end up with loose skin but thankfully that's hidden away most of the time.

Well done @eibbed999 such a brilliant achievement

I'm still in the 14 stone bracket but I definitely don't feel it. My brain still sees the old me. Even when like yesterday I had to run out of the changing room in Hobbs of all places to grab a size 16 trouser as the 18 were way too big. My brain still sees the size 24/26 I was.

A friend who lost a massive amount after a gastric bypass said the same, so it's maybe a real thing. I guess we get used to what we look like and it's hard to see the "new" version after so long

BMI is bollocks! A friend has just died from cancer, and before he died he'd not eaten properly in 6 months and was tube fed, had lost 50+ kg, looked awful, yet was a "healthy" BMI...

Some of my friends who are surgeons have suggested that aiming for a BMI of 28 is far better than aiming for one that's "healthy" will see where I end up come October as I really can't afford to carry on after that.

Congratulations on a great loss this week and on getting under 40! 🎊 👏
And on resisting the urges! If I was you I think I'd definitely be upping my dose now - you can always go back down to 2.5 if it doesn't agree with you 😀

I feel normal now. It seems mad that I should have to lose another 2st 8lb to satisfy the BMI calculator.

Mind you, I've just taken this photo of myself, so maybe I'm over optimistic.
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@Southwest12 I agree that bmi is bollocks, I think we all do… I think my goal is to get to 11 - 11 1/2 stone which puts me firmly in the overweight category at about a bmi of 28. So sorry for the loss of your friend 😞
I wonder if it’s clothing sizes that are messing with my brain as I’m just fitting into size 20, I want to be eventually fitting into a 12, but if going by my goal of 11 - 11.5 stone that’s only 2 stone away, I don’t think I’m going to drop 4 dress sizes in 2 stone!

Look at that amazing flat stomach!

Just had the first person notice the loss! I told her she was the first person to notice and she said they must be blind as it was obvious. Considering it's only a 3stone3 loss (I mean only because I'm still over 22st so have a fair distance to go!) we'll call that today's NSV

@eibbed999congrats on getting below 40, I am so envious 🤣. Albeit we started at different weights, we have lost exactly the same in the same time frame!

Long may it continue, @Fffreeeeezing - hopefully we'll both get where we want to be! I think most of us agree BMI is a blunt tool, but it is something to give us a little motivation at least. I am tall, which helps with BMI (and with hiding exactly how fat I was - nobody ever believed I was over 23 stone when I was at my heaviest, because I 'carried it well' - tell that to my joints!)

I decided you were right @UsernameShmusername2024 - I just went up to 3.75mg. I realised that it was 10am and I was already considering making my lunch. No change in calorie intake or energy expenditure, just my body's way of telling me it was time to increase the dose I suppose. I've been on 2.5mg for 14 weeks so I've had a good run!