Disappointed with Mounjaro

[India4]

this is my 5 week on Mounjaro, I moved up a dose on Monday. My appetite is suppressed which I am grateful for, no sickness or upset tum in fact I’m constipated! My issue is this, I have only lost 1 st in these weeks despite calorie deficit …is this normal ? I really thought I would lose a lot quickly.
Sorry to sound so negative but looking for advice to quell my ignorance &
fristration.

The media attention of these WLIs has made them seem like miracles that melt stones off in days. They are hormone adjustments that can help improve diet and portion control. They can help a LOT but you do still need to eat healthily and in proportion and exercise.

Losing a huge amount of weight quickly is really unhealthy. You are doing it right and have lost a lot of weight already.

I'm a very slow loser on these meds, sometimes 1lb a week, sometimes nothing but the overall loss has been incredible.

Go wild and aim for an elephant penis 🤣

1 lb = a Gunea pig
1.5 lbs = a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts
2 lbs = a rack of baby back ribs
3 lbs = an average human brain
4 lbs = an ostrich egg
5 lbs – a Chihuahua
6 lbs = a human skin
7.5 = an average newborn
8 lbs = a human head
10 lbs = amount of chemical additives an American consumes every year
11 lbs = an average housecat
12 lbs = a Bald Eagle
15 lbs = 10 dozen large eggs
16 lbs = a sperm whales brain
20 lbs = a car tire
23 lbs = amount of pizza an Average American eats in a year
24 lbs – a 3 gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 lbs = an average 2 year old
30 lbs = amount of cheese an average American eats in (1) year
33lbs – a cinder block
36 lbs a mid-size microwave
40 lbs = a 5 gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 lbs = an elephant’s heart
50 lbs – a small bale of hay
55lbs a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 lbs = an elephant’s penis
66 lbs – amount of fats and oils an average American eats in (1) year
70 lbs – an Irish Setter
77 lbs – a gold brick
80 lbs – the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 lbs – a new born calf
100 lbs = a 2 month old horse
111 lbs = amount of red meat an average American eats in (1) year
117 = an average fashion model and she’s 5’11”
118 lbs= the complete Encyclopedia Brittanica
120 lbs = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 lbs = a newborn giraffe
138 lbs = amount of potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 lbs = amount of refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 lbs = and average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 lbs – the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 lbs – an average adult man
200 lbs – 2 Blood hounds
235 lbs = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 lbs = an average football lineman
400 lbs – A Welsh pony

for god sake, you've lost an entire stone in 5 weeks. Give over!

I have lost an elephants penis over the last 2yrs.

It took me 18 months to shift 3 stone years ago.
Through hard work and eating properly.
No jym no neddles just my living room floor no junk and hard work.
It all starts with a good change in mind set.

I have lost an Irish Setter while on Mounjaro since September last year and am currently a newborn giraffe smaller than my heaviest recorded weight.

14 st 6….been 13st 5 for days now.

I'll try and upload my progress

This is what 42 weeks on Mounjaro looked like for me,

Thanks I’m rather ignorant about this med, I was 14st 6 now 13st 5….seem to be sticking!

Absolutely not! I have lost 1
stone…14st 6 now 13st 5

No!

This is my journey - it's in lbs. I like to compare each 2lb loss to a bag of sugar. I am currently around 19 bags of sugar lighter than I was in January!!

Thankyou

Can I just say that’s a smashing Excel spreadsheet. Kudos to you 🎉

Ffs how much more weight would you like to have lost than 1 stone in 4 weeks????!

I've lost 3 stone with mounjaro, over a year, and I'm delighted. Extremely rapid weight loss is not desirable for me.

You’ve lost 15 pounds, 1st and 1 lb to be exact. Which is about 9% of your starting weight. Probably a decent change to your BMI as well?

Hopefully by now you can see that you’re making above average progress, and it’s nothing at all to be disappointed by.

Oh for gods sake. You ONLY lost a stone? In 5 weeks?! Are you insane?

so sick of seeing these posts where people are disappointed by their excellent rate of weight lost. Really starting to piss me off. I’ve lost nearly a stone in about 4 months on it.

I lost 2lbs a week and was delighted. A stone is an awful lot in a month.

A few days is not sticking!

Honestly, I get the frustration but its really, really important to manage your expectations. If you start in the mindset it will fail, you will fail. And you haven’t failed because you’ve lost a load!

You’re hardly even through the second months, if you’ve even started 5mg? Lots of people don’t lose at all initally until on a higher dose.

I did not have a whoosh initally, because I was already in a deficit. I am now 11 months in, 103lbs down and 2/3 of that was through Mounjaro.

Consistency in your behaviour is key. Calorie deficit, water, protein, exercise where you can, jab on a proper schedule. The weight will follow you eventually.

Noone wants to increase the chances of excessive loose skin, muscle weakness and digestive issue like pancreatitis and gall stones because they wanted to shift 100lbs in two months.

Do you want^^ to get gall stones and your hair to fall out or something?

Sticking?

Honestly Op, you are not going to get on with Mounjaro if you don’t give your head the much mentioned mumsnet wobble and get a grip.

I keep trying to warn everyone about this and low and behold someone my dh knows, his mum is fighting for her life with pancreatitis and had been on these jabs... its happening unfortunately! And its sickening, he is so sad and saying why didn't she just do slimming world like she usually does! ( or any other proper nutrition plan)

@Pinkflowersinavase you can get those issues on any weightloss, the issue is the rapid loss not, the actual treatment (as someone who had her gallbladder out after years of yoyoing on Slimming World!!)

I started at 14.2.
13 months on Wegovy and I’ve lost 2 stone 2lbs. (And £2,000). Very happy with that. I feel so much better.
OP. Are you paying for it? It can be hard to have a very slow loss when it’s cost £240 a month but still worth it to me. Expect to slow down. Slow and steady is the best.