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 🥰

oh did I not mention? 😜 TEN! 😆

Ha ha!!! Teach me your ways!! I'm allergic to DHA annoyingly but I think ive found a naturally sourced DHA that I can tolerate without scratching my skin off....now I just need to make it less patchy!

That is an odd situation to find yourself in! Hope your ovary cheers up soon.

None of it makes any sense! It's a very odd thing to be feeling overall soooo much healthier, other than the seriously not healthy thing going on.

Yahoo!!! Size 10 klaxon ringing here from the holiday home in North Wales! (It’s still boiling! I’m pretending I’m in Italy!)

Ooh please share your tips and recommended products!

I do not tan at all and only turn red (Irish / Scottish). I’ve been using San Tropez Purity most recently and with the best results but always keen to hear recommendations!

@PinkArtwhen my dad gave up smoking he promptly developed asthma and diabetes. I swear sometimes our bodies just hate us being healthier.

Win of the day, size 12 pants from M&S now fit, in the same Brazilian style that I used to wear in a 16!

Ok question on injecting and going abroad ..
I'll use one dose from a new one, then head away for a couple of weeks. Given the pens can be out of the fridge once opened, can I just take it plus needles etc in my hand luggage?
I do usually keep them in the fridge anyway but understand it's not necessary.

Oh jeez. That's shit for your dad but I'm quietly relieved it's not just me!

Yes do put it in your hand luggage. I got a Frio cool pack from Amazon to keep my pen cool in transit. It was great. I used it twice now - India and France. I put my needles and swabs into the prescription box.

@SerenePeer we have a klaxon for everything in our klaxon cupboard !

Size 10 skinny dress 📣🔔📣🔔📣🔔

Thank you, this is lovely to hear.

weigh In this morning: 134.6 LBS. 1.6 LBS to go before second GW. 💪 TL for the week 1.6 LBS: I’ll take that at this stage. obviously mini boost from yesterday courtesy of two large glasses of rosé whilst watching the Sex and the City reboot. 😂

I decided to pay for premium me360 so I could compare my scans. I'd never have heard of it without this thread so first scan was about 6 weeks in and latest is healthy BMI. I look so much tidier!

Woohoo! What an achievement!

Gonna do mine later, thanks for the reminder!

My weight gain and dehydration bloat theory appears to have been correct.
Thursday I was 10st 9,
Friday (after upping fluids and calorie counting) I was 10st 8 - right direction and motivated to keep going.
Carried on drinking fluids and eating carefully for another day.
Saturday (today) period has started and I’m back to 10st 4.

wtf? My weight fluctuations are a lot aren’t they?

That is a lot. I agree. Hormones maybe?

Ciao Bella! Here for the Italian vibes! Aperol spritz anyone?

Hurrah for a well stocked klaxon cupboard!

Some of us definitely bloat more than others, especially when hormones are involved.

Accepting hormones can really fuck with a calorie deficit has been quite freeing. Riding it out can be frustrating but it is easier to trust the process on mj. Rather than taking on more blame and increasing the shame cycle.

I’ve used them for years but suddenly found I’m a bit itchy! Could you share which one you’ve found that you don’t react to? My brother’s wife is allergic too so I’ll pass it to her as well! X

Sorry, ladies, I'd momentarily mislaid you!

Just checking in. Still hovering around 70.5kg/ BMI 23, and I think that seems to be the weight my body wants to be at. I'm losing and regaining the same 300 grams over and over again. I'm wearing a size 10 on top and 12 bottom, and I'm very happy with this situation.

Going to France for two weeks tomorrow. Mountains, hiking etc. first, and then a few days in Paris for sightseeing and shopping. I can't wait to get away.

One weird thing: I've had really bad shin issues. Basically a random flare-up of perioral dermatitis, probably ironically brought on by my attempts to do more for my skin and try new cosmetics... It's been pretty horrid and I'm now on heavy duty antibiotics to shift it!

Skin issues! Skin! Not shin. I wouldn't care about spotty shins, I don't think...