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Weight loss injections/treatments

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April 2025 Mounjaro Starters - Thread 5!

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Uninvitedleaf · 18/07/2025 07:02

Hope I’ve done this right, I’ve never started a thread before.

@qs90 hope you don’t mind me starting a new one for us but thread 4 was full and I don’t want to lose my crew!

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PhantomErik · 03/08/2025 11:48

Wk20 stayed the same this week but just downloaded the shotsy app & filled in all my info & have a lovely graph to cheer me up!

12.2% lost with average of 1.6lbs per week.

SW 16.6
CW 14.6

Starting my second 7.5mg pen tonight but kind of wish I'd gone for 10mg. Suppression is good, food noise gone but wonder if the higher doses do more than just brain stuff - very scientific I know! Definitely not over eating but could do with upping the protein & drinking more so will try to focus on this.

Thanks for the shotsy recommendation!

PhantomErik · 03/08/2025 11:53

I'm actually week 19 today not 20. Must have miscalculated somewhere - oops!

knackredd · 03/08/2025 14:11

I have taken my 10mg magic dose. I started at 84kg on April 1st and am now 67kg on Aug 1st - my BMI is still quite not in the 'healthy' range but almost. I am fitting in size 10s. I am 58 and dont want my face to collapse so I plan to now go back down the doses and I will order my 7.5 today. I have just had a whole load of routine bloods done and they have all come back really healthy - so I am pleased.

I had thought I will go down to 9.5stone but I think that the excess skin is probs that 1/2 stone anyway. Anyone else dropping down or thinking of maintenanace now - are there any helpful threads / resources to support this bit? My thought was to get to a low dose and stay on it for at least a year. I have worked out that if I buy 5mg pens and get x10 2.5mg doses out of them it will only cost me about £10/week.

SquishyGloopyBum · 03/08/2025 15:46

knackredd · 03/08/2025 14:11

I have taken my 10mg magic dose. I started at 84kg on April 1st and am now 67kg on Aug 1st - my BMI is still quite not in the 'healthy' range but almost. I am fitting in size 10s. I am 58 and dont want my face to collapse so I plan to now go back down the doses and I will order my 7.5 today. I have just had a whole load of routine bloods done and they have all come back really healthy - so I am pleased.

I had thought I will go down to 9.5stone but I think that the excess skin is probs that 1/2 stone anyway. Anyone else dropping down or thinking of maintenanace now - are there any helpful threads / resources to support this bit? My thought was to get to a low dose and stay on it for at least a year. I have worked out that if I buy 5mg pens and get x10 2.5mg doses out of them it will only cost me about £10/week.

I’d order a 10mg pen and use that to titrate down - it will be cheaper!

You have done amazing though. I wouldn’t have thought the 1/2 stone would make a difference to skin now? Provided it’s slow.

I’m 4lbs off my goal and also wondering about maintenance. I’ll be sticking with the 5mg pens to do similar to you.

Incognitoburrito88 · 03/08/2025 17:10

Hi Everyone,

i’ve been on holiday so not posted for two weeks. Also haven’t weighed! I was down 2st 4lb the day before we left. Took my pen with me and did 3.75mg twice while we were away. Get back late tonight and my plan is to weigh myself tomorrow morning and get right back on it. I’m expecting a bit of a gain. I have eaten and drunk exactly what I wanted while we’ve been away. It’s definitely been less than I would have eaten in the past but more than I’ve eaten since I started MJ so I’m interested to see what the damage on the scales is. It’s also kind of nice to realise that my steady losses over the last 3 months have been due to me consciously eating in a deficit - it isn’t the WLI doing all the work. I had around another stone to shift pre holiday and I’d love to be at goal for a wedding at the end of September so feeling quite excited and motivated.

I had been wondering about going up to 5mg for this final stone but I’ll see how I feel on Friday…

SquishyGloopyBum · 03/08/2025 19:12

Incognitoburrito88 · 03/08/2025 17:10

Hi Everyone,

i’ve been on holiday so not posted for two weeks. Also haven’t weighed! I was down 2st 4lb the day before we left. Took my pen with me and did 3.75mg twice while we were away. Get back late tonight and my plan is to weigh myself tomorrow morning and get right back on it. I’m expecting a bit of a gain. I have eaten and drunk exactly what I wanted while we’ve been away. It’s definitely been less than I would have eaten in the past but more than I’ve eaten since I started MJ so I’m interested to see what the damage on the scales is. It’s also kind of nice to realise that my steady losses over the last 3 months have been due to me consciously eating in a deficit - it isn’t the WLI doing all the work. I had around another stone to shift pre holiday and I’d love to be at goal for a wedding at the end of September so feeling quite excited and motivated.

I had been wondering about going up to 5mg for this final stone but I’ll see how I feel on Friday…

Hope the weigh in goes well! You may be pleasantly surprised!

I found the jump from 3.75 to 5mg totally fine if that’s what you aren’t sure of btw!

SquishyGloopyBum · 03/08/2025 19:13

Out tonight and not wearing my chub rub shorts! A little win for me. Plus I’m much cooler down there for it 🤣🤣🤣

RhaenysRocks · 03/08/2025 19:46

Haha ..yes I'm the same. I think I'd still wear them if I was out all day in a skirt but for a meal out or even work now I wouldn't.

Incognitoburrito88 · 03/08/2025 20:22

SquishyGloopyBum · 03/08/2025 19:12

Hope the weigh in goes well! You may be pleasantly surprised!

I found the jump from 3.75 to 5mg totally fine if that’s what you aren’t sure of btw!

Thank you that’s reassuring. It’s not really the jump that’s bothering me - I’m not quite sure what’s holding me back. I think I’m keen to do it on as low a dose as I can. 3.75mg was working well before we went away so I’ll see how I feel this week - I’m already using 5mg pens so it’s easy enough to go up if I need to.

saxonyv · 03/08/2025 20:47

Thank you for the shotsy recommendation, I thought it was just for tracking how much medication was in your system but the graph tool is great

SquishyGloopyBum · 03/08/2025 21:02

Incognitoburrito88 · 03/08/2025 20:22

Thank you that’s reassuring. It’s not really the jump that’s bothering me - I’m not quite sure what’s holding me back. I think I’m keen to do it on as low a dose as I can. 3.75mg was working well before we went away so I’ll see how I feel this week - I’m already using 5mg pens so it’s easy enough to go up if I need to.

I get it. I’m on 5mg and here I will stay. I felt it was a good balance and then I have got options when titrating down for maintenance.

Incognitoburrito88 · 04/08/2025 09:01

Oh my gosh - I’m in shock…

SW: 13st 7
CW: 11st 4
GW: 10st 7 (maybe)

total lost: 2st 3lb

Got back from holiday at 1:30 am. Got up for work 5 hours later feeling very sorry for myself. Got on the scales after a two week holiday and…. I gained 1 lb!!! I cannot believe it. I was actively watching my intake for the second week but still allowed myself a few glasses of wine and homemade bread toasted with peanut butter for breakfast. The week before was the annual uni friends car crash holiday with wine every day, all the beige food in the world and big carb heavy meals every evening. I didn’t restrict at all - the MJ still worked but I was eating way more than I do at home and I was bracing myself for a substantial gain!

I’m delighted obviously but also feel a bit scared - I think the massive impact this drug is having on my metabolism has weirdly only hit home now. I’m thinking a lot about maintenance- I had hoped to maintain on a low dose for a good while whilst collecting data to help me ascertain what my maintenance calories actually are. I’m only 44 - the thought of being on WLi for the next 40 yrs is a bit daunting. But now I’m worrying that maintenance off MJ would be much lower than maintenance on it…

Ho hum - guess I need to hit goal first. I hope we can all stick together for maintenance when it comes - I do think it’s going to be the real challenge!

SquishyGloopyBum · 04/08/2025 20:26

That’s great news, you must be absolutely thrilled! The 1lb could just be water bloat too if you flew.

Doidontimmm · 04/08/2025 21:18

Only found you all - thought everyone had disappeared with it being English school holidays!!

QS90 · 04/08/2025 22:32

@Incognitoburrito88 That's great news! I've just had a similar experience re holiday and am similarly amazed!

The licence will expire on the medication eventually, so if you are on WLI long term, it'll be more like another 7 expensive years 🙃 Still better than 40 though!!

QS90 · 04/08/2025 22:37

Weighed this morning and after 10 days visiting family and indulging in wine / delicious dinners home cooked by my mum / pastries at National Trust, I'd still LOST 2.4lb! Was sure I was going to have gained.

Back on my usual diet today, so had chicken salad at 11am rather than toast or whatever other people were having. Was sat here at about 9pm, wondering why I had a slight headache, until I realised I hadn't eaten since! So as soon as I stopped the holiday eating habits, the appetite suppression was right back up there. Have found the experience very motivating (although have eaten something for a late tea!).

QS90 · 04/08/2025 22:58

In other news, I've just boil washed some of my jeans in the hope of shrinking them. Don't really want to waste money on another intermediate size.

Icebreakhell · 05/08/2025 06:17

Incognitoburrito88 · 04/08/2025 09:01

Oh my gosh - I’m in shock…

SW: 13st 7
CW: 11st 4
GW: 10st 7 (maybe)

total lost: 2st 3lb

Got back from holiday at 1:30 am. Got up for work 5 hours later feeling very sorry for myself. Got on the scales after a two week holiday and…. I gained 1 lb!!! I cannot believe it. I was actively watching my intake for the second week but still allowed myself a few glasses of wine and homemade bread toasted with peanut butter for breakfast. The week before was the annual uni friends car crash holiday with wine every day, all the beige food in the world and big carb heavy meals every evening. I didn’t restrict at all - the MJ still worked but I was eating way more than I do at home and I was bracing myself for a substantial gain!

I’m delighted obviously but also feel a bit scared - I think the massive impact this drug is having on my metabolism has weirdly only hit home now. I’m thinking a lot about maintenance- I had hoped to maintain on a low dose for a good while whilst collecting data to help me ascertain what my maintenance calories actually are. I’m only 44 - the thought of being on WLi for the next 40 yrs is a bit daunting. But now I’m worrying that maintenance off MJ would be much lower than maintenance on it…

Ho hum - guess I need to hit goal first. I hope we can all stick together for maintenance when it comes - I do think it’s going to be the real challenge!

I’ve had this happen on ‘normal’ calorie deficit diets. Broken the diet on holiday and found I still lost weight. I think there is a lag between stopping dieting and weight gain. So I don’t think it’s necessarily a Mounjaro effect. Hope that reassures.

fox919 · 05/08/2025 17:29

Checking in, hope everyone’s good.

W18d1
SW - 13st11.8
CW - 11st9
total loss - 2stone2.8lbs
GW - 10st

Pepperwaggytail · 05/08/2025 21:03

Just checking in - after losing 4-5 lb two weeks ago when we moved house (!) I’m now hovering around 10st. Not really lost anything for a week which is not surprising- BUT my friend gave me a load of pairs of jeans and I got into a Next petite size 8! All the size 10s fit nicely. So my old size 16 and 14 jeans are all going to charity shops and clothing banks. 😎 I need to get rid of them so there’s no chance I can put weight on without realising!

QS90 · 06/08/2025 00:23

Well you certainly deserve a new lot of clothes @Pepperwaggytail !

Think I’m going to hold out on getting anything until after the school holidays, and then see how I'm doing in September. I should be near my goal by then, unless I aim for 11 stone...

Lundier · 06/08/2025 07:46

Still sticking on 72kg here, which is the weight I was for years and years so I'm trying to be cool about it. You get in a funny headspace with it, don't you? It feels to me a bit like a task I'm doing now, and I want to get it finished, like unloading the dishwasher. I hate to leave things half done. They nag at me.

I just cannot take the side effects of going up so I have to accept this glacial pace - which isn't really glacial just comparatively so, I guess. I'm in the middle of a crucial work project and I can't be falling asleep at 2pm, which is what happens when I go up even a little bit! I sleep all day and I need an electric blanket, like an elderly spaniel.

My trousers are now too large and in danger of falling down, I realised yesterday on my way out for dinner. I'm going out dancing on Friday and I might need some more securely attached bottoms. Hmmm.

1/4 of my hair has fallen out, roughly. I had an absolute mane so it's not super obvious to others but wow, what a thing to experience. I have complicated feelings about my hair - as a young woman I was briefly a catwalk hair model at shows (because it really is like a Girls World situation up there) - but I hated the attention and cut it very very short to get away from it. I grew it again when I hit ~35, because people are much nicer to me when I have this hair, sadly. I always said I'd cut it again once I got into C-suite, and here I am, so maybe it's time.

Uninvitedleaf · 06/08/2025 08:39

@Lundier I think I read something about us having “sticky” weights where our bodies have some sort of memory and try to maintain them, hopefully 72kg is one of those for you and it will suddenly start moving after a pause. It must still be changing if you’re noticing it on clothes!

I’ve definitely started losing again now after a few weeks hovering around 12st 3lb which is the lowest weight I’d got down to previously without MJ. I was below 12st this morning for the first time in over 20 years, although I only record weight once a week on Sundays so it might well bounce back up a little bit by then. Really pleased I didn’t up my dose as clearly I just needed to wait it out, fingers crossed the same thing will happen for you.

I was also told by a friend last night that I was “looking very svelte” (he’s one of a select group who knows I’m on the pen) which was a lovely compliment considering I’ve got about 2 stone to go 😂.

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Lundier · 06/08/2025 11:01

@Uninvitedleaf yes I think you're right and it's my "set point". I will have to just keep on trucking. And maybe boil my trousers 😂

Pepperwaggytail · 06/08/2025 17:38

Lundier · 06/08/2025 11:01

@Uninvitedleaf yes I think you're right and it's my "set point". I will have to just keep on trucking. And maybe boil my trousers 😂

10 stone is definitely a sticky point for me too - I’m trying to stay relaxed and enjoy feeling fitter and lighter than I have for a long time. Your body will let the weight go again when it’s ready.
Have you thought about dosing every 5-6 days instead of 7? That’s working well for me with no side effects.

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