7 stone down on mounjaro - but not seeing a change in dress size

[stclementine]

Just that really. I’ve been taking mounjaro for just over a year and gone from 17.5 stone to 9.13 as of this morning, yet I’ve only gone down from a 24/26 dress size to a 20/22. It’s making me doubt myself, my scales, everything. People are noticing that I’ve lost weight and some of my old clothes are nit ridiculously baggy, but I thought I’d be smaller by now? I’m short - barely 5’2” and middle aged so have that spread (but not menopausal or even peri menopausal). Is it me, or have other people had a similar experience? I’ve got 3 stone to go until I’m in the middle of normal BMI.

This just shows how impossible it is to compare as i’m 5ft 4, 9.5 stone and a size 12! At 12 stone I was a 16

You're not such a big size.
You haven't actually tried smaller clothes on, have you.
🤣

Ive lost 4 stone in monjaro (gone from 18.10 to 14.10) and still have only dropped down 1 size - 18 to a 16 (although I'm still an 18 in jeans!). It's bloody maddening so I completely get how for some people (big of arse and wide of hips like me) haven't dropped many dresses sizes at all.

Absolutely impossible! I’m only 4ft 10 and weigh about 75kg (yes I need to lose weight) but I’m a size 16. In fact in some things I’m a 14, It’s my boobs that are part of the reason I need a bigger size.

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According to the NHS app someone who is 5 foot two a healthy weight is between 7 stone 3 and 9 stone 11. So 7. 5 stone is at the lower end of healthy not the mid range!
Re your clothes have you tried smaller sizes? Your current clothes must be too.big . I am 5 2 and weigh more than you do and I am.a size 14/16.

Get some brilliant spanks and a personal shopper

With that weight loss would expect everything to be hanging off you including your bras and pants.
Before you buy any clothes get a bra fitting at somewhere like John Lewis or Bravissimo. Once your boobs are properly lifted into place you will probably see a defined waist.

Agree this makes no sense. I’ve lost 6.5st on mounjaro/ozempic and am 10st5 and 5ft5 - am size 10 having gone from @ size 20 (not actually sure as once I couldn’t fit s18 I just bought those ‘one size’ floaty tops and leggings in the garden centred pitched at 70yo’s!)

Either your scales are wrong or you are buying tent dresses from Evans.

You may still see yourself as bigger than you are. Definitely try some smaller clothes be you may be surprised!

Well done for losing the weight! It sounds like you lost it all in a relatively short amount of time. Could it be possible your brain hasn’t caught up yet? It seems very unlikely that you would be a 20/22 at your current weight (even if loose skin is an issue). Definitely take yourself shopping to try some smaller sizes.

Another thing that might help is comparing a photo of you at your heaviest with a photo of you now. I’ll eat my hat if you don’t see a huge difference!

At 7.5 you would probably look ill. I’m your height and am a size 10 at 9/stone. I was 7/stone in my teens and would look terrible at that weight in my late 50s. I’m currently 12 stone 5 I’m a size 16.

Yes, I wonder whether you have some level of body dysmorphia (or whatever it is called).

I can see that I am slimmer than I was at nearly 17st, but I only look/feel a ‘bit’ smaller. When I iron my size 10 clothes - the jeans especially - they look like kids’ clothes. The same when I go into shops and pick up the size 10s off the rack - I always expect them NOT to fit. I still cannot believe every single time that I can be ‘that’ small now. I think my brain is a bit skewed and still sees me as bigger, so I have to just accept that what I see in the mirror doesn’t compute with the reality.

There is probably therapy available but I am happy to potter along feeling a tiny bit insecure about it as it is keeping me on the straight and narrow now I am focused on maintaining my weight.

If you feel insecure - I would suggest measuring yourself, checking the size guides to see whether you are a 12 by their tables, and ordering some clothes in smaller sizes from Next or similar so that you can try them on at home in private. It is a real psychological adjustment When you have lost as much weight as you have OP. Take a moment to reconnect with your body and feel proud of your achievement. Losing the weight is only a small part of the process.

7 stone 7 is only a reasonable goal for 5’2 if you’ve got quite a small frame I would say. It’s certainly not in the middle of a healthy bmi.

I guess I don’t knkw what loose skin without the under,ting flab is like.

Jumped the shark here. Blew it, sorry.

You absolutely would know what loose skin is if you had any, and after that loss you would have plenty.

I strongly suggest that no-one wastes their time with this thread.

Thank you. I think you’re all correct. I do like loose clothes and hate the thoight of anything tight. I a,so do have big boobs. I do need to get a grip because this really isn’t a bad problem to have.

Tape measure! What are your actual measurements, not just weight?

7.5st is not the middle of healthy for someone of 5ft2. I am 5ft 2, I weigh 10st 5 at the moment and comfortably get in a 12, sometimes in a 10. 7.5 is the lowest possible end of healthy bmi before reaching under weight.

I’m the same height and weight as you and I wear a size 10.

I am a size 10 and your weight ( just under) something doesn’t sound right. Your pants will be your ankles for one!!

7 stone 7 is a BMI of 19.2 which is in the healthy range. 18.5 is the lowest. With respect you’re actually in the overweight category. Equally in the age of size inflation, sizes have shifted up at least one so a current 12 is an old 14.

She’s 5’2 how big can her frame be. I didn’t say it was in the middle of the healthy BMI and there’s no rule that says you must be.

@stclementine there’s just simply no way this is true
I’m 5’4, 14.5 stone and big built with H cup boobs and I wear between a 14 bottom and 20 top (the 20 being massive everywhere apart from boobs)

Oh, stop it! There is no way that’s possible

Exactly.

I’m 5ft 2 and weigh around 10st 7 and these
figures aren’t adding up. I’m a size 10/12. When I was 9 stone I wore size 8-10.

Middle of the (NHS recommended) weight range would be something like 8 stone 10.