Mounjaro starters Nov ‘24 Thread 12 - The one where we pack all of the smaller size clothes into our holiday luggage 🥰

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Welcome to thread 12 fellow MN weight loss friends old and new!

Link to previous thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5340601-mounjaropen-starters-nov-24-thread-11-the-one-where-we-have-no-chub-rub-and-are-wearing-all-the-shorts-as-we-head-into-june?page=40&reply=145390030

Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we list old clothes on vinted, give thanks for MJ as we enjoy a far more comfortable Summer significantly lighter. We now wear ALL the damn shorts 💪🏻

Join us here to celebrate NSV’s, weight loss milestones, maintenance and our lowest stone brackets!

I’m on W35 D2 and on my fourth 7.5mg pen
F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 9st 10.6lbs
GW 9st 7lb
Total loss so far 56.4 lbs

We recommend the Shotsy app to monitor the amount of MJ in the system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.

Feel free to swap recipes that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for managing side effects, exercise tips, tips for maintenance, titrating up or down and we love a wellness/supplements/beauty/ style chat too 🥰

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen

Checking in with a 1lb loss this week.
SW: 14st
CW: 10st 5
GW: 10st ish (but ideally 9 st 7)
Total loss so far : 51lbs

Had my maintenance call with Oushk today - not there yet but they were really nice & helpful. They said I don't need to talk to them again but can message when approaching goal weight. Their maintenance plans are aimed to keep your weight stable to within 4 lbs which was very interesting.

Be interested to hear more about the RF treatment and whether it is any use for truly awful tummies?

Thanks for the new thread!

I’m one pound off of a four stone loss, I still can hardly believe it 🤞

Height 5’5”
Starting weight: 14 stone
Current weight: 10 stone 1
Goal weight: 9 stone 10ish

Had my maintenance call with Oushk too today. Have one more 5mg pen left, once that’s used I’m going to tritate down over the next few months and see how I go 🤞

Wow, new thread already!

We move fast!
week 31 - total lost 37.7lbs BMI 22.3
going into maintenance cold turkey after stomach issues. Currently 11 days since my last jab and 3mg left in my system according to Shotsy.

Reporting in for duty. On holiday this week trying to balance eating/walking/having fun. No scales this week but aiming to STS or limit the amount that goes on. Did an early jab by one day so I didn’t have to carry my pen.

Oooh thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen Just marking my place. Up early to go to the gym but after spending the day in the garden yesterday moving plants and creating a new gravel section, I ache all over!

Whooo new thread. I'm still going strong - aiming for 8 stone in total but haven't said an end date. Switched from Voy to Oushk as £50 cheaper and thinking ahead to maintenance.

It'll happen when it happens but I think I'll get there now.

Another thread! Summer hols have begun here in Ireland but don't have the usual fear of gaining while having fun with the kids. I'm down 4 stone 2lb, ideally want to lose 2 stone more and happy to let that take the rest of the year. Finally feeling slimmer this week and size 16s are fitting (I'm over 6ft so happy to be a 14 ultimately)

Thanks for the new thread!

I'm just back from 12 days in Spain, half board and the hotel food was lovely but still somehow lost 2lbs! Very enjoyable wearing all my nice summer clothes and not being too self conscious at the pool.

3lbs to go to BMI 24.9, I really need to look at a maintenance option now but I have another pen on the way from Medexpress in the meantime.

Thought it might be helpful to share the email I had from oushk regarding my stomach pains. I did as they said (I would have contacted my GP anyway).

checking in! 👋

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen and your relentless positivity, support and encouragement for everyone! Congratulations to everyone for all the amazing progress being made - I so enjoy reading all the updates.

I haven't checked in for a while - I'm now 10 weeks into maintenance at BMI 22-22.5 and things have been pretty good. Started properly weight training in this period and so hope that as a bit more muscle goes on, I'm losing residual blubber.

However....I did decide that I could probably lose a few more pounds and so have set a new GW of 10 stone - half a stone lower than before - and have upped my MJ dose a little to help. I'm not in any hurry now so 0.5-1 lb a week is fine. This would put me bang on BMI 21.5 which is exactly in the middle of the healthy range. I definitely don't want to go below that and will be happy to sit between there and 22 if I build a bit more muscle weight. I'm kind of driven by shape rather than weight as things go on.

Cannot believe I am where I am and, like other posters here, have double took a few times passing a mirror. Yay for the death jabs!

Thanks for new thread.
Well done to all those new stone brackets.

Im having a grumpy week, not eating much, weight is up from my low, sweating buckets. So happy it’s rained today and it’s so much cooler.

But a picture of me the size of a house, from four years ago came up on my fb feed and wow can I really see the difference. A lot of days I feel like nothing has changed, especially with my hips and thighs and still weighing more than a lot of people’s start weights.
But boy am I a whole lot smaller.

I've just been to my local department store to buy a pretty new bra to wear under sundresses, got a lovely pink one with little embroidered rose buds up the straps (and it was in the sale).
However, the breaking news is that while I was there I saw, tried on and bought a bikini! I haven't worn one since my mid 20's (I'm now mid 50's) when I was last (very briefly) this weight.
Now I just need to be brave enough to wear it! 😂

Checking in - thank you for the new thread, @Mounjaropen!

I’m stuck - have been bobbing up and down the same 2-3lbs for a month - in fact, since the end of May. I’ll finish this pen in a fortnight and then I’m going to go up to 12.5mg for the next one. I was hoping to avoid that, but hey. I’ve lost 40lbs, and my BMI is 24.5. I’m aiming for 9 stone and a BMI of 23. Currently fluctuating between 9 st 10 and 9 st 8.

On 7.5mg

H 5’ 6”
SW 14st
CW 10st 7lbs
GW 9st 7lbs
Total loss so far 49 lbs

Current concern is that the daily choc habit is creeping back in, let's see how combatting it goes!

The plan is to lose the final stone slowly over 2 months, avoiding muscle loss. Lifting quite heavy weights these days and ensuring protein intake remains on point.

I'm just looking at the numbers of everyone that has posted so far, and they all appear quite similar, inc the weight we think of as ideal... Interesting! @memphismayhem @random223 @Mounjaropen

10 weeks at maintenance - that's great news! I hope we keep these threads going when we're all in maintenance 🤞💪🏻❤️

You have the courage of all of us behind you - wear the bikini!

Urgh. The dreaded sulphur burps got me today. My own fault really for having an indulgent weekend followed by red meat too close to jab day. Lesson learned!

Hey started November 24, not been following the threads. Had lost weight on my own (3st) had put on 7lbs and lost it - twice so decided to go on mounjaro. Lost an additional 2 1/2 stone on mounjaro. Almost at goal weight.

Now down to a size 10/12. I need to buy clothes. Everything is too big but dont know what to buy . I keep opting for the same style as when I was 16st but it just doesn't suit my shape now. Nothing does. Any one else having this problem ?

When i say problem, its not really, i just need to learn to shop for my new body shape

morning everyone,

Weekly weigh in on 4mg dose..
week 32

SW 18st 4.3lbs
CW 15 stone 0.8lb
0 lb loss,
total loss so far 3 stone 3.5lbs

I have lost 18% of my starting weight
SBMI 43
CBMI 36.1
Step count this week 74,983

Well done to everyone on the great losses and to those that have reached maintenance stage, we can do this. 💪

I hope the thread continues when you are all at maintenance as I still have 55lb to lose to get to normal BMI so I’m here for a while 😫

👙 Go for it girl! 👙

Now down to a size 10/12. I need to buy clothes. Everything is too big but dont know what to buy . I keep opting for the same style as when I was 16st but it just doesn't suit my shape now. Nothing does. Any one else having this problem ?

Congratulations on losing so much! Have you thought about booking a session with a John Lewis personal shopper? They are very helpful. If you can get to a John Lewis, that is. They closed my nearest one (still bitter!) but the ones that remain are still very good.

congratulations on the loss!

Well no discernible difference on the tummy front, but I do think my face is responding. I have weekly treatments booked from now until 👰🏼🤵🥰

I didn’t get any email from Oushk after my call so I don’t know how I initiate the maintenance programme and MedExpress haven’t dispatched my next pen yet…did you get anything?