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 🥰

@PinkArtwooohoooo.
Also I do get tummy pains, it’s usually wind or an express exit required. I feel like a barrel or blow up bed some days.

Yay for all those hitting new stone brackets and goals and slinky clothes.

Im down to 83kg today, a good kilo off this week after a slow fortnight.
So I believe im close to being into the 12s, maybe next week.
Side effects have mostly buggered off. Thank goodness. Have lots of new clothes arrived today. Will wait til it cools down to try them on as I’m so sweaty.

I doubt it is either but I understand your fear as I am a natural catastrophist….but instead of hunger pangs, I get a pain. Could it be that? Maybe you could try drinking more water and ensuring you eat at regular intervals for the next few days?

Woohoo to a kilo off in a week! And new clothes! 🥰 Fabulous !

@PinkArt I did have tummy pains a couple of weeks ago, it was in my upper stomach. Lasted a few days and it did freak me out. As I was on 15mg I reduced to 12.5mg and the pain went. I did start iron supplements at the start of this week which gave me almost identical pains but when I stopped taking them, again the pain went.

I'm at 7.5. Weight loss has slowed in the last month but got strict with booze as my units had crept up. Bam 4lb off in a week after 2 weeks of stasis!

Interesting. I'm not on her but do need my mirena replaced when I can face it (never). I have had an endometrial ablation so don't have an endometrium to protect though!

Love this! That’s my plan too (after this week away, anyway!).

100% Booze was my main issue with my weight gain. I need to develop strategies to manage this when I am tapering off.

4lbs is a fab result!

Worth chatting through if you are ever prescribed Oestrogen

Yes. You're right. I've had decades suffering with periods. Won't go into details but it was bad and probably had a lot to do with my weight gain. I've been loving not having to think about it but will keep an eye on news in this area

Thanks @jay55, @Mounjaropen & @Invisablepanic . I definitely spiral with stuff like this and did it the last time I had a pulmonary embolism too - if something serious has gone wrong I get very quickly to everything serious must have gone wrong. And I'm always convinced everything is cancer.
I have been very burpy this week so I'll work on de-gassing and see if that helps.

Collagen arrived. I was planning to have it in my morning coffee but just had it in an orange squash (still trying to up my fluid intake) and I couldn’t taste it. Out of interest, how soon did others notice a difference? I’m expecting it to take a month - is that realistic?

3 months for me tbf. But my hair and Nails have definitely benefitted!

Congratulations to everyone on their losses.

I lost 1lb this week - 1lb to go for a healthy BMI! Unbelievable really. Scales are a bit more wobbly than they were at the beginning in terms of going up and down 2 or 3 pounds though.

I am firmly in the 50s wobbly club. I was reflecting on this week as went to buy a new bra and felt horribly fat looking in the mirror. But 6 months ago I just couldn't look in a mirror so maybe that is a NSV in itself!

Well done on the pound off! We might be 50 and wobbly, but we're rocking that shit 😂

Look in ALL the mirrors now and bask in your hard work.

I'm just short of 58lbs loss which means I have had a calorie deficit of which is 203,000 calories I have not consumed vs old wino me.... That in itself is insane.

MJ has brought untold joy in my life that's for sure.

I think if you continue with all your pvolve and healthy eating, your skin will continue to improve. Our bodies are pretty awesome. I mean, I know the stretch marks I have won't be erased but I do think the skin situation will eventually get better with good nutrition and working out

I had a bit of a week like that last week but im sure there was a tummy bug in the mix too...the rest was my own doing from over indulging while away for the weekend! Hope your symptoms settle soon

Love this! 🥳🥳🥳 @memphismayhem

@pinkart but you're now doing all you can to get healthy, so that's amazing. All of us in here were significantly overweight and classified as obese, just to different degrees. We're now all skinny bitches in comparison and that includes you!!

Adds wotsits and wine to shopping list ✅️

It's such a good feeling!! Strappy sundresses all round....I just need to improve my quite frankly abysmal fake tan application 😂

Meep. My dress arrived. My size 10 dress.

I tried it on and it fits beautifully! My new to me size 10 dress fits me!! Do we have a size 10 dress klaxon? Can someone check the klaxon cupboard for me please?

Did I mention my dress is a size 10? I double checked the label just to make sure 😂 Size 10 skinny bitches!! 🥳🥳🥳

So what size was it then?😂

Congratulations!

Oh I’m the queen of fake tanning. DD’s mates ask her to text me when theirs goes tits up and I have to fix the situation 😂

Thank you! What crazy is that losing weight seems to make me much less healthy, at least in the short term. Both times I've lost significant amounts I've had a pulmonary embolism and last time I also needed my gallbladder removed. This time I've got a grumbly ovary, although that's far more likely to be peri related and my dusty lady bits, and this week weird tummy aches.
It's why I always roll my eyes about all those disingenuous posters who say they're just 'concerned' about the fatties health on the WLI threads that get heated. I only seem to visit the hospital when I'm 'getting healthier'!