Mounjaro -10 stone or more to lose - Thread 4

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Come and join us as we carry on with our journeys.
All welcome.

Thanks @Doggymummar if I follow my usual pattern it will be 1lb this week then 2lb next week. I’ve got another month of 5mg then I might go up to 7.5mg as I’ve not lost more than 2lb in any week. I’ve lost 11lb on 7 jabs so far.

@weegiemum hello! Hope your first week treats you well.

Hello @weegiemum welcome to the thread!
You've taken a big step and it'll be the beginning of the end of your being obese. MJ is magical!

@weegiemum welcome 👋 good luck for your first weigh in!

Hello and welcome, I started end Nov 24 at 28st 1lb, I’m 5ft 5in and have known I needed to do something about my weight for years, then I turned 60 and thought now it’s time…I need to do this for my health before I start getting issues etc.

Mounjaro has been amazing for me, luckily I have great week long suppression and barely any side effects, I did 5 weeks on 2.5 and have just ordered my 6th 5mg pen today.

I have lost 62lb and now weigh 23st 9lb which is just unbelievable….this medication has changed my life, I feel fitter and have so much more energy now….its not easy and you do have to put work in with eating, but Mounjaro helps greatly.

Anyway enough waffle, just want to say welcome and good luck, be lovely to hear how you get on x

Tuesday weigh day for me…
sound the klaxon please! I’m in the 13s!!! Bloody hell, I can’t believe it.

2.9 lbs off this week, I weigh 13 stone 12.9 lbs (194.9 lbs or 87.9 kgs). I never dreamt in a million years that I would ever see 13 on the scales again, I am sooooooo grateful for being able to buy and use this medication. It’s my 8th month ‘jabiversary’ today.
I need to work on how I see myself, I see the numbers on the scales but I can’t ‘feel’ it so much if that makes sense. Yes I move better, things don’t ache, it’s the mental side that confuddles me.

Still in a size 20/22 though, can’t have everything I suppose 😂
if I was 6ft 3 (a foot taller) I would have just hit normal on the silly bmi chart.

I've just looked up the average wait measurement of women of my age. It is just under 36 inches. I'm now 41.5 inches. My waist is nipped in compared to my hips - so often I have to cinch the waist of jeans to be able to accommodate my thighs and hips in the legs.

I can't find my note of my starting waist measurement. I think I was 46 or 44 - so 2.5+ inches reduced, 1/2 inch an month. So just another 7.5 inches down to 34 inch waist or 9.5 inches to the mythic 32 inches.

We were talking about BMI a few days ago. Maybe waist to height ratio is a better measure?

The NHS has a calculator on the waist height ratio that sets the result on a risk chart. I'm still in the red zone. 33 inches (half my height) gets me just into no increased risk. ww.nhs.uk/health-assessment-tools/calculate-your-waist-to-height-ratio/

Monthly check in: 1.2lbs off this week making 7.4lbs for Month 5.

M1 8.9lbs
M2 9.9lbs
M3: 6.2lbs
M4: 5.2lbs
M5: 7.4lbs

I started at 309.8lbs 22 st 1.8lbs. I can't remember how much I weighed at my highest in the past - certainly over 320lbs. I think I look fatter now as I'm lame from arthritis.

I'm down 37.6lbs - 2st 9.6lbs to 19 st 6.2lb. In Months 3 & 4, I had three weeks going up, and one STS - so despite an average weekly loss 1.9lbs and a consistent diet, it's not been a smooth line. I'm glad I ticked down each week this month.

29 more weeks this year. I'd be thrilled if I can sustain half a stone or so a month - as I could get to 16 stone by the end of the year - size 18/20 maybe.

Another NSV, since losing some weight it is getting easier to shave my armpits. Previously I could never get a good finish. I think the razor bumped around too much.

I must have slimmer armpits!

In other news, and apologies for TMI, digestive transit has slowed to a standstill. This despite daily psyllium husk, all bran and enough fluid to float a battleship. I fear I am going to have to resort to more severe methods.

I’m feeling sluggish too @GnomeDePlume! And it’s my jab/WI tomorrow - I’d like to be less…’bound’!

Whoop whoop! Congrats @Iwouldratherbesinging!

Well done @Iwouldratherbesinging that’s a great achievement!

Wow love reading everyone's celebrations! And 13 something.... That's incredible! Well done everyone 😁.

Well done @Iwouldratherbesinging

Does anyone use the MeThreeSixty app? Its a body scan thingy, and I did it when I first started the jabs. I've just done another one and the comparison between the two is unbelievable. I'm only 2.5st down so far, and can't really see too much of a difference yet, but wowee, the scanner really shows it. It's remarkable!

I found out about it a couple of months in, wish I’d found it sooner, it’s both brutal and brilliant! But it does shout at you to get into the right position 🤣 I must do another scan soon. Highly recommend it, especially if you’re at the beginning of your journey.

@GnomeDePlume no movement here really either, don't know how I lost weight this week when I feel full of food!

I did a side by side of my face today Vs February. Good grief, the difference is really noticeable!!

I know that feeling. How can I lose weight if I am still full of all the food I have eaten all week.

On the plus side I tried on a fleece and an XL one fitted just fine. Previously I would only be able to put on 3XL at the smallest.

I was clearing out the knickers drawer, I like the WIRAPA pants from Amazon and I had them from 3Xl down to medium which I just ordered. The size difference is magnificent to behold. Well done you.

Welcome @weegiemum this is a nice friendly thread.

I've also gone down the sizes with Wirarpa knickers.

It's astonishing to look at the smallest ones, and realise that they actually fit me now.

Jab no. 13 today, and weigh in - down 2lbs, a total loss of 40lbs now. Feeling a bit like I'm battling with myself this week. A friend came to stay and we drank more than normal. I've had wine every night and it's creeping up in quantity. Need to get control of it - sometimes it feels like these addictions/issues are always lurking around, and I swap them for each other! I'm getting that feeling of thinking I deserve 'a treat', but because of the MJ it's not automatically food. I've even found myself wanting a cigarette, which I haven't done in ages - it's as though my brain wants to sabotage me some way or another, or that 'eating your feelings' thing is transferring to other substances! But I'm aware of it, and I have no intention of undoing all the good of the weight loss by brutalising my poor liver and lungs - so tonight it's herbal tea, yay, rock and roll! Hope everybody is having a great week - loving reading all your stories.

SW: 307lbs
CW: 267lbs
TW: ???

It's mad isn't it.

Feeling a bit deflated and angry. Had a hospital appointment yesterday. Gynaecology, not anything weight related.
She made a comment that if I need surgery my weight make it dangerous. I said I was aware of that and had started taking mounjaro. She asked how long I had been on it and I said 4 and half weeks. She replied " you should have started it a long time ago!" . I responded that I'd been waiting for s referal on the nhs for nearly 2 years and was now paying for it privately . Sheasked how much weight I'd lost, I said 10 pounds in 4 weeks and her response was " you will have to try harder!".
I was really shocked. Whe I left i came up with lots of responses I wish I jad used, bit at the time my mind was just blank.
Ive been thinking about it all night.

So lovely to have found you all, and all doing so well.

I know how I'm supposed to eat (and in the past I have lost 3 stone on keto), but my biggest issue is emotional/stress-eating...a persistent habit from an unhappy childhood.

Can mounjaro help with this side of things, or does it "just" help you not to overeat? I'm currently doing Fast:800 and eating very much less than previously, but I crave food - usually bread - as soon as things get difficult (and I have an abusive XH to deal with on a regular basis...)