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!

So nice to hear from you @Zibb and well done on losing even after being off the jabs! Really inspiring.

@Zibb well done losing without the jab and so good hear from you and you made me laugh out loud saying its not like im planning on running out nude anytime soon. Your smashing it. 🌟

So great to hear from you @Zibb and thanks for updating us!

I've just booked myself a cholesterol test for tomorrow at the pharmacy where I get my MJ. Following the blood pressure improvement, I want to see what's happened to my cholesterol.

Weight today is 68.5kg, which was my original goal, but I think I can probably get to 65.5, which would be BMI 22, right in the middle of the healthy range. I've got one more dose of 7.5mg left, and think I will then go down to 5 and 2.5 and then stop.

I'm a bit wary of losing the anti-inflammatory benefits of MJ, which have been great, but I figure that if I keep up with the exercise and am not carrying all that weight around, then I might be able to manage. And I would like not to have the expense of MJ each month!

I'm going to invest instead in a once-monthly online session and training plan with my current personal trainer, as well as membership of the nearby leisure centre. I need to find good new habits in the new place when we move house at the end of October.

Oh, and just a couple more C25K sessions, and I will be doing 5k running. I love how my legs look!

@Zibb yay!

@WoolerOwl awesome i had blood tests not long ago and wondering what my cholestral levels are now ages ago they were going down but not seeing them till nov so will ask but have got b12 next weds so may ask them i am cheeky lol. Thats a really good plan 👌. As you can see im up and down in thoughts at moment seem to be in auto pilot! Ive seen not sure where you live but inflatable 2.5k 5 k and 10 k im thinking doing that doesnt matter how fast you are but think be fun its in knutsford near me but not till july . Awesome your going do 5k run your awesome and remember that 😀

Been a little whilst since I’ve unleashed a picture of me in my pants. Here we go..

You look awesome and beautiful you should be proud 😍

wow

@Mounjaroday Wow wow wow look at those slender arms and waist definition! Very well done, what a fantastic achievement.

I have been consistently weighing in in the high 69.xx all week, but not this morning as treated myself to a take away pizza last night with a £10 voucher I had 🤦‍♀️ I enjoyed it though and I think it's the first I have had in 8 months, so not feeling too guilty or regretful. Actually it's the first take away pizza I have had since Koh Tao in 2012, as it was having that after 2 weeks of a Thai diet, that I realised how ill gluten made me. MJ means I can tolerate gluten again! No upset tummy, no bloating, just water retention from salt food as don't eat salt usually.

I am kind of wondering if I need to slightly increase my dose. I have been on 6.25mg for 10 doses. If I was at the maintenance stage, I would stick at it, but I want to lose about another 5kg I think. My cycle is all other the place though, which effects my hunger levels, plus I have started reformer and did a class in the week, which is a change in routine, so I might hold fire and stick for another week. I have until lunchtime to decide!

I also think I will order another pen today, which I do begrudgingly because it will be my first pen at the stupid prices. I have an unopened one in the fridge, but I think I can easily provide evidence of multiple orders at this stage, in a month it will look like I have had a gap. BMI may still be around 26.5 -27 with clothes on at the end of the day/after eating if they want a picture on the scales. I will switch suppliers to get the best deal and order a 10mg to get more doses and better value. Hopefully it's all straight forward... Not sure at what point I will need to 'stick' with a supplier and no longer be getting the discounts although there is one that is price matching on maintenance at present

I think it was @SpiralSister who said she was feeling a bit 'meh' and the question was asked about how we are all feeling about our progress/bodies. I was sorry to read not everyone is feeling as positive about things. I feel pretty fantastic if I am honest. I have just spent a small fortune on a load of lululemon clothes, and I feel amazing in them. I have just dug out my winter/wool clothes from the spare room wardrobe and tried them all on. As they are things I haven't worn since last winter, it's a very noticeable difference to when I wore them before. I also spend a lot of time in classes with other women of all shapes and sizes, and we have to look at ourselves in mirrors to check our posture/position when lifting. There are now medium/average sized people who are bigger than me, and slim people who have larger/less toned legs. I am not being at all judgemental to these women, nor thinking negatively about them at all, it's just causing me to see myself differently, and not the largest unfittest person in the room, and that some of these larger women might be looking at me, not knowing my weight history, and feeling negatively about themselves in comparison, which I emphasise with, and feel weird and uncomfortable about being on the other side of that now.

@Mounjaroday You look awesome! The change is really obvious.
@CoolLimeSheep Hope you’re ok. Feelings are funny things, and the ups and downs are unpredictable. I find MJ makes me a bit flat sometimes. I do find exercise helps, which is another reason for me to try and keep up with the running. I’m other end of the country from you but will definitely look for a race or something to aim for.
@PurpleCoo I have similar thoughts. I notice well known people on tv and realize I might be smaller than them. And that’s a surprise. I agree it’s not about judging anyone else but just seeing ourselves more normally in the mix of big and small, with or without various wobbly parts.

Pharmacist cancelled the blood test appointment because he’s run out of kits. I’ve booked again elsewhere for Monday.

@Mounjaroday wowsers! You look incredible - look at your thigh gap!

Massive well done to everyone with their losses and other triumphs too! It really does help reading them, to stay motivated, especially on the more meh days!

I recognise that feeling of not being the fattest, and in fact being slimmer/more toned/stronger than others now. It is weird! In fact I don’t think I’ve ever, ever known that. One, because I was always the curviest one in my group even as a teen and most definitely not fat. But also because people are so much bigger now, generally. And I’m no longer big. Although still 2 pounds overweight according to BMI, curse it!

Weigh in, to stay accountable, post hols. Lost that half pound I gained, but not lost any more this week. And no wonder 😂

SW: 15.5
CW: 10.11
TL: 4.8
GW: 10.7

Going to order another 7.5mg now. Ouch.

Have a great weekend, warriors! 💐

@WoolerOwl thank you 😊
After feeling down yesterday im now feeling silly as there was no need as its come back off today so down to 9 stone 9.7 so I think for me not weighing everyday will help my moods 🤣 i decided to look at weight loss percentage which is now 45 percent and pound wise ive lost 125lbs although has taken 14 months thats defo shifted my mood. @SpiralSister hope you feel abit better today

Thank you sweetheart. I do. Reminded myself that although I’m not at goal yet, I still weigh less today than I have for over 30 years..

You sure are! its taking me a long while and still near enough 5lbs to target but you will get there 🥰😊 and your doing fantastic

Going to really test how I'm feeling about my body today by doing something I never do- going shopping, in a massive shopping centre, to try on lots of clothes in a bid to find something for my birthday party. Wish me luck in those changing rooms!

@sweetpickle2 hope you enjoy your clothes shopping today and good luck in changing rooms hope you find something fabulous for your bday party 🥳

@CoolLimeSheep 45% of your body weight lost! Blimey. Well done.

hello warriors! Weekly check in for accountability.
SW 89.2kg (14 stone too much lb)
CW 65.6kg (10 stone summat, not good with imperial)

am still on 7.5, going to go down from next week, maybe to 6.6
or similar, still losing but my BMI is getting reeeeal reeeal low now (20.9), so gotta keep around this weight, as tall.

happy week with new (old, Vinted!) clothes to slip into, size 10/12, thankyou very much. But oh, so coooold. And so much hair loss….

well done to all, esp @mumandgran24 Vinted
def worth a look…
and hallo again @Zibb

Well done @skyscrapersinging
amazing job. And yes. I agree. I am So cold. 🥶 and hair loss is awful. My pony tail is so skinny now. Not where I wanted skinniness!!!!

also. Skinny bum means some chairs are too uncomfortable to enjoy sitting on for long 😝

And im almost at a weight beginning with a 5!!!! (Am very short!)
am so happy
I have never weighed this little since I became an adult. A definite size 10. I could weep with joy.

I have reached my target of a healthy BMI. Now I Am aiming for middle of the BMI normal range….. another 2kgs to go.

my clothes are all too big now. Luckily a friend has given me some of hers. Size 10!!!

and I’ve been scouring charity shops.

this weekend I am going to start listing my clothes on Vinted. Any that are not gone by December will either go to charity or into the loft……!!

I bloody love you lot. The joy is palpable.

Hurrah!!

Loving the energy today!!!

I just need to say it again, I couldn't have done this without you anonymous lot!

Totally agree @WoolerOwl ❤️

Congrats @strongermummy! I’m right with you with the skinny ponytail.

And it is so damn cold!

Hi all loving the positive vibes :) and yes im FREEZING!
Question..does anyone else still have a v sweet tooth? Im really worried about this creeping back long term and need to find a small thing that satisfies rather than fsmily size bags of Maltesers or minstrels!
Updates here. Im at bmi 24.im lighter than I can ever remember as an adult. But..im currently on a 10mg pen which is too high for me. Even when taking less clicks im feeling nauseaus and not wanting to eat for first couple of days..so I would say my weekly eating habits are not where I want them to be long term. Ive ordered my next pen which will be my last due to cost. Ive gone down to 5mg..will see how it does. Id love to stay on a small dose for ever as I dont want to go back to feeling the way I did, and food taking up so much of my thinking time....ive found ive got so much more time by being on this as not constantly thinking when I can get to a shop!