Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 7!)…

[Mounjaroday]

Well my goodness. Thread 7. Warriors, we are 6 months in! How life has changed.

To all of you who have made it: many, many congratulations and good luck with the continued maintenance. To the rest of the team still climbing that mountain: we got this, let’s bloody go!!

SW 103.9kg / 16.4 stone
CW 73.4kg / 11.6 stone
TW 72.2kg / 11.4 stone (top end healthy BMI)
Dream weight 68kg / 10.7 stone

Reeeeeeally want to get to target weight before holiday in 10 days time so time really is ticking now! Feel like one of the Lionesses: must keep my cool, bang it in the back of the net and get the job done.

You are all absolutely amazing and the continued support on this group is incredible.

Onwards and downwards! Godspeed for thread 7! xx

P.S. have clearly plagiarised some phrases from some of you good people. Hope you don’t mind: feel they’re part of our thing as a group now so please take it as flattery!

Oh how wonderful to have a crush!

I just wanted to say that I love your name!

Well med express delivered my pen today I haven't ended up buying another or tho contemplating before price increase. Did want to taper off but still unsure just yet seem to be indecisive. I dont think ill jab next week as Im on holiday and want do snowdon again and just dont think ill chill on holiday like to be out and about now I can. Weight still up and down at moment but period was 11 days late so could be in my head. Our gym instructor said shes the smallest size shes ever been and the heaviest and it took her a long time to realise that bmi or weight isn't everything so for all of us I feel the scales have such an impact. I suppose thats what all of us have learnt through the years. Well done on all successes or even just seeing yourself different finally. Or even if your struggling your bodys changing" you just cant see it yet" i do feel some people feel im too confident now in myself but think thats still my insecurities playing a part" it's been there all my life why would it stop" anyway proud of every single one of you no matter where you are in journey. We're in this together ❤️

Good GOD. Has anyone looked at their elbows recently???

OMG skin is so loose! Had not noticed it until now. Only course of action is never to look at my elbows again! 😆

Lovely post @CoolLimeSheep ❤

Just looked at my trends and I lost 2 stone of my 3.4 stone loss so far in the first 2.5 months months. So 18lbs in the last 4 months, literally an average of 1lb a week. I had vaguely thought I was averaging 7lb per month. At this rate, if maintained, I would reach target weight next June - but I'd have to do most of that without Mounjaro. Considering Mounjaro does not just melt the fat I have to admit I'm concerned about the body processes and functions kicking in to prevent me from being able to lose weight effectively. I am actually terrified of stopping Mounjaro and seeing all this wasted.

Yes and smooth!

Jab arrived at 10.30 this morning thank goodness - very grateful for husband agreeing to wait for it before leaving for holiday, and feel very lucky that he's so on board with this journey.

Also, BMI this morning was 25.1 - I'm within touching distance of an officially healthy bmi and also sooo close to the 10 stones. Probably the lightest I've been as an adult, but thanks to 2 kids, not the slimmest!

So close @MrsHero!!

Found out a bonkers fact today (in addition to weird elbow drama!) that one of the first places your body stores fat is in the back of your tongue. For some reason I am finding that utterly wild. Explains why I was snoring so much before and now I don’t snore at all.

Had my (probably) final 2 jabs delivered yesterday, both 12.5 as that’s the highest one I was able to order. Was planning to take 7.5 from them, but this week my hunger has been creeping back so I wonder if I should go higher- 10 was too high and I didn’t like the side effects, but maybe 8?? Or maybe I just stick with 7.5 and aim to taper down if these are my last one- I’m so worried about going it alone but I’m going to have to at some point!

Sidenote, the reason I’m posting at 4.30 is I ate a huge portion of (homemade) egg fried rice at dinner last night, because I was hungry and wanted it, but now I’m awake as I’m so bloated and nauseous from eating as much.

Hope you feel better soon @sweetpickle2
@MrsHero awesome well done 👏
@usedtobeaylis it really is scary isn't it! I do really feel you will be able to acheive it 😊
Update
Stepped on this morning did not think id lose but I have and i jabbed 3 days late this weds as i didnt think med express was going to deliver . It's now helped my decision tho to carry on a little longer with only a stone to go

I checked my weight this morning (I record on Sundays) and it said 13st dead on. I'm so so close the 12s!

Not so much elbows for me as upper arms. So. Much. Skin. Ergh. Been doing all the usual exercises, but I think some of it is excess skin and some is just ageing.

I misunderstood the thing about the elbows - someone had posted the other day that their elbows felt smoother and not as rough as before, and I found that too. I assumed because the skin was slightly looser but I didn't think that was a bad thing for that area 💀

Checking in again, I'm down to 79.1kg this morning, started at 116.5. Down 37.4kg so far, about 5st 12lb

NSV this week, I went to hoist myself up to sit on the kitchen counter and it felt effortless, it's always been a struggle before.

I finally feel like I look alright and not "the fat one". I was walking to town in my medium tshirt, small hoodie and size 32 men's jeans and everything fit comfortably, I'd be happy at this size if I had never got bigger tbh. I'm still aiming for 65-68kg to be in the healthy bmi range.

For telling people, I've told a few now, not loads and not customers, they just get the smile, nod and distraction back to what they were doing. Honestly I don't like to comment just because it could be unintentional weight loss like a serious illness or something similar. I did have one customer say, you're not on that ozempic are you, and I honestly answered no I'm not. Not that it was any of their business.

My hands look so old! It could be that it's been a while since I really paid attention to how they look but gosh age is beginning to overtake me, it's past catching up!

Just wow at the prices 😳 I hope I can hit to target now in a couple of months so will only have pay this price for 1 month. I dont think with my holiday on monday can get another pen before beginning september at cheaper price 🤔 my partners not got much for holiday so spends is solely on me for us all.
How they justify the increase I will never know

I’m surprised at medexpress prices, they’re fairly large so I thought they’d get better terms. Medicine marketplace seems to be one of the cheapest so far.

I’m hoping that by the time I need a new pen I can order a 7.5 or 5 to start titrating down and then onto maintenance for a couple of months and then cold turkey. Whilst we can afford the new prices I don’t know that I can justify them in my own head.

Holy shit those are some jumps. I'm wondering if they're factoring in discounts into that though - as in making the prices seem really steep so they'll continue to offer discounts and it won't seem as bad?

I'm just over 2000 calories for the day today which is unusual, I don't think I've done that since I started on Mounjaro, or if I have it can't be more than a couple of times since I can't remember them. Most of the excess came from a peanut brittle bar that I couldn't stop eating - I don't allow myself them often as they're insanely high in calories, but the good thing about them is once I've had one, I don't want another for a long time. It's very easy to sicken of them. I'm actually absolutely fine with being over today and fine with shooting over target some days in general. I'm actually still well within calories for the week, and still within sugar and carb limits 💃

The only ones I’ve seen already factoring in discounts is Boots.

I’m hoping these will be pre-discount prices and that discounts aren’t a thing of the past!

I do feel like it's a crazy price increase for me last year could of had a gastric band on nhs but decided not too as I still wanted to conceive and you have wait 2 years after surgery and already had fertility issues with my current partner and as she said with my age we do have a body clock. I am glad ive done it this way tho just did not expect it to ever increase this much I suppose there trying claw back money as food sales are down alot but just guessing! Fertility wise not sure it is going to happen now but to not ever have fizzy drinks i would hate lol 🤣

A bit of positivity in all the price increase woes, two NSV today.

1- I bought a size 10 dress from Vinted in June. I’ve got a 12 from the same brand and it was getting a bit loose so thought this one would fit. But it didn’t, if I breathed right in I could just do the buttons up but it would pop open as soon as I moved. Tried it on today, can do the buttons up without needing to breathe in at all! And could probably wear it now in public but unfortunately it’s a summer dress and it’s too cold now 🤣

2- Realised literally 10 mins ago after reading a comment that MJ has helped my, not yet diagnosed, ADHD. I was diagnosed with autism last year and I’m waiting for my ADHD assessment. I’ve realised since starting MJ not only has the food noises stopped but most of the chaos in my brain has. My impulsiveness especially around money has all but disappeared and for the first time in a long time I’m on my way to having a healthy emergency fund! I’ve never managed to save anything longer than 3 months before. I know I’m also super lucky to have a DH that pays the bills and sorts us out with pensions etc to allow this but it’s a huge thing for me. I’ve always felt inadequate around my finances because no matter what I tried I couldn’t sort them out. Every budgeting book and app going hasn’t been able to do what MJ has for me! And I’m gutted I probably won’t be able to carry on past Christmas unless I can find a flexible maintenance plan.

That’s brilliant, @MynameisJune! I hope you can continue. Interestingly, my friend with recently diagnosed ADHD found the same thing, only in reverse - she went onto meds for the ADHD, and dropped loads of weight, unexpectedly! No longer dopamine seeking from food, she reckons. Something to think about perhaps..

Weigh in day today. Another pound off. Slow and steady, settled into 10mg now. I am rethinking my GW which was initially 10.5, I think it might be a bit low for my age and body shape. I’ll see what it feels like in another 7lbs or so..

SW: 15.5
CW: 11.4
TL: 4.1
GW? Healthy BMI would be 10.9 - 9 lbs to go!

Have a great weekend, warriors! 💐

It’s hard, isn’t it, to know what goal should be. I’ll do my monthly weigh in on the 26th Aug and see how I feel then.

I have two pens in the fridge, a 10 and a 7.5. I will consider buying the 5 and the 2.5 after that to taper down and stop. But no more.

I am wondering how low they will get me and if it’s maybe too low. I was aimIng for 68.5kg which is BMI of about 22.5. I think that’s about 5kg away. When I looked in the mirror this morning, I suddenly thought that my face looked too thin. Or just a bit haggard with poor lighting first thing. But my stomach still has plenty of fat wobble to lose. And I don’t know what my internal fat is like. I can’t even ask anyone as I’m keeping this to myself!

I plan to keep on with the exercise which may add some muscle and maybe even stomach definition. Though that feels like a bit of a pipe dream…and tbh I care less about that, because control pants can sort it out, than I do about the fat around my organs and the pressure in my joints.

Hi all, I don’t post much, but I read the posts everyday and they are all so supportive and encouraging in this tough battle of weight loss and maintenance.
Im looking to switch provider as Oushk is showing OOS on nearly all doses, has anyone used Juniper?

Checking in for my own accountability as much as anything. Last dose of MJ was 5th August, although i still have a nearly full pen that i might use if hunger returns in next couple of weeks!
SW 15.8
CW 12.3
Total loss 3.5
To goal 1.3
Current bmi 28
Non scale victory, charity shop zara size 14 jeans fit!
Weight finally seems to be leaving upper arms and thighs
Reality - body is a bit of a wobbly mess, looks much better with clothes on 🫣😬
Will keep up with thread, wishing everyone a good long weekend x