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Mounjaro starters Nov '24 Thread 13 - The one where we are lucky to end our best Summer in years thinner and more comfortable in our own skin

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Mounjaropen · 18/08/2025 17:10

Welcome to thread lucky number 13!

Link to the old thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5365725-mounjaro-starters-nov-24-thread-12-the-one-where-we-pack-all-of-the-smaller-size-clothes-into-our-holiday-luggage?page=40

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 have had the BEST Summer in years as we are all significantly lighter.

Join us here to celebrate NSV’s, weight loss milestones, maintenance and our lowest stone brackets!

I’m on W42 D1 and on w2 of my first titrating down pen of 5.0mg

F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 9st 6.0lbs
GW 9st 0lb
Total loss so far 61.0 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 🥰

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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/5...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5365725-mounjaro-starters-nov-24-thread-12-the-one-where-we-pack-all-of-the-smaller-size-clothes-into-our-holiday-luggage?page=40

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Pumpkinforever · 28/08/2025 13:06

, after explaining that I was happy with my progress, I said 'now shall I tell you what I think of your weight?'.
@PresidentBarklett - I am going to be using that!

switch from 'operation slim down' to operation 'stay slim'. - and I like this idea @MagnoliaTreePetals

it is great we have a thread like this that is so supportive and positive. It’s because we have all been sharing our journeys with different start and end points but that doesn’t matter.

Arglefraster · 28/08/2025 13:33

@MagnoliaTreePetalscongratulations 🎉🎉🎉

@PresidentBarklett ha! That's perfect 🤣

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 13:52

Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 09:32

I think CH lost all credibility for me suggesting that she was on MJ “for her bloods” having previously been very opinionated on WLI.

Impartiality was previously her USP, but it is impossible to remain so when you’ve sunk a whole load of money into your own skin care line isn’t it?

I wasn’t impressed with the latest kit either. I generally only buy one when high value items such as Kate Somerville peptide cream is included… For that sort of discount I get over myself about her 😂

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Yes! And she's still claiming she's only lost 2kg on MJ!

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 13:57

Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 09:47

Such a positive update! Amazing loss 🙌👏 I hear you on the food obsession front…

Anyone see the judgy post about Serena Williams and WLI from the B lister actor Jamelia Jameel? SW is a top class athlete and if anyone understands the effect of meds and nutrition on a body after years at the top of her game, it’s SW. I also admire someone who can honestly say I’ ve not just invested in this business but I’ve actually tried the product. What I don’t do is take medical advice from an actress who clearly has never read the side effects of a packet of paracetamol.. because you wouldn’t take that either… 🙄

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I saw that post. I really hate how they all start with "Serena is of course entitled to do whatever she wants, it's her body..." BUT I'm going to criticise her and assume it was purely for aesthetic reasons anyway. The utter hatred directed at Serena for daring to want to look and feel her best is ridiculous.

And those who are complaining the loudest are always ill informed. See also Alex Light. Her podcast with Em Clarkson on WLI was ridiculously off the mark and factually incorrect.

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 14:01

PresidentBarklett · 28/08/2025 10:05

Absolutely this, yes. I think it's obvious when it comes from a place of love and worry as opposed to less altruistic motives.

I saw a colleague for the first time in 5 weeks the other day (I'm a teacher and this is on results day) and got a 'don't lose anymore'. I may have been a little low on patience that day as, after explaining that I was happy with my progress, I said 'now shall I tell you what I think of your weight?'.

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Ooooh we need more of these come backs please @presidentbarklett ! 💪🏻

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 14:03

MagnoliaTreePetals · 28/08/2025 11:11

Weighing in day.

SW 16.5
CW 11.3
Total loss 5 stone 2lb
FINAL TARGET ACHIEVED!! 😀😁💃💃

So, with obvious jubilation (and also a bit of anxiety), this upcoming week will be when I switch from 'operation slim down' to operation 'stay slim'.

I have now lost over 5 stone, having set out many months ago with the hope of losing 3 stone. 3 stone felt like an impossible target at the time, and yet here I am 5 stone slimmer. God Bless WLI's!

I now feel like a different, younger, happier woman, and for the first time in my life have a healthy BMI.
Way back when, I went to see a private weight loss doctor and he has been advising/prescribing since I started.
His plan for the maintenance journey is to stay on my current dose (12.5mg) but to start to spread out the gap between injections. firstly to 10 days, and then aiming for every 14 days. I actually plan to do this quite slowly. So over the next few weeks I will spread out the gap between injections to 10 days, then stay at 10 days for a few weeks before spreading them out further. At least that's the plan.

Eventually I will start to come down the doses to find the right dosage for me to maintain.
Having been overweight nearly all my life, I need to persuade my body that this is my new set point.
I know that this is a different approach to the one usually described by people, ie moving straight to titrating down the doses, it will be interesting to see how we all get on with our various approaches.
The bottom line is I will be using MJ long term to maintain my weight loss.

I am quite nervous about this new part of the journey, I absolutely do not want to put weight back on.

Of course the other aspect is to continue with exercise, yes to keep fit, but hopefully to continue to tone up and also to maybe lose some of the 'shrunken balloon' skin that I currently have.

I also want to add (sorry, very long post), thank you for all the support and encouragement on this journey so far, from you my wonderful WLI friends, and of course our beloved (Newley Wed) Commander-in-Chief. Because of all your tips/advice/sharing, not just my physical health but my mental approach and attitude to weight, weight loss and health has changed.

In the meantime DD and I are out to celebrate, She started her MJ journey this week and I'm switching from losing to maintaining, so we thought we would have a light lunch somewhere before doing some retail therapy!

Ooh @MagnoliaTreePetals this is just so fantastic! Massive congratulations 🎊 👏

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:19

PresidentBarklett · 28/08/2025 09:53

Yes, this! I've had a couple of insinuations that I'm obsessive or 'taking it too far' based on nothing but the fact that I am still visibly losing weight.

  1. I'm 5"2. All my friends are taller than me, so my stated goal weight has raised some eyebrows. I've resorted to pulling up the NHS BMI calculator a couple of times when challenged to prove that what is underweight for them is bang on healthy for me.
  1. I've always been significantly obese so, for those around me, I probably do look underweight by comparison. I doubt anybody seeing me for the first time would call me anything other than chubby though, with my 28 BMI.
  1. Hard agree with the 'I've never been LESS obsessed with food and dieting'. It's like Mounjaro has removed that element entirely.
  1. I've had a "you're going to look gaunt" comment. Mate. For the last 25 years of my life I've had a face like a cabbage patch doll. I can't fucking wait to look gaunt.
  1. I've had a "you look older now". Well, like, I'm 43. I am old. That's cool. Next?

I think it comes mostly from concern. To be fair, my closest friends and family have never been anything less than supportive cheerleaders, the overweight and the slim alike. These comments are mainly from colleagues or those friends I see from time to time only.

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In the words of Vanessa Feltz recently when discussing WLI's - "I'd LOVE to look gaunt" 😂

Keep doing you I say!

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:20

MsRumpole · 28/08/2025 09:58

Well, after days of refreshing our previous thread I realised we were on a new one! Hi everyone 👋

I'm back on track, I think, losing a decent 2lb a week on 7.5mg. Really good suppression leaving me quite happy with 1200-1500 calories a day. I have received my 3 pens from my supplier so will benefit from current prices for the next 3 months. Nearly back to my lowest weight since starting MJ and then coming off it for a month and people are starting to notice (which is funny because they didn't seem to notice last time I was at this weight!).

Lovely to have you back! And I bet you look great!

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:22

BobberleeBeaner · 28/08/2025 10:04

Maybe the B lister expert could have advised the world beating athlete Serena to consider ‘eating less and moving more’ 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Ah yes. Indeed. Advice from someone who is fucking clueless about the Human Body, and probably thinks you can 'manifest wellness' following a life-limiting diagnosis as opposed to taking medication..

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:23

PresidentBarklett · 28/08/2025 10:05

Absolutely this, yes. I think it's obvious when it comes from a place of love and worry as opposed to less altruistic motives.

I saw a colleague for the first time in 5 weeks the other day (I'm a teacher and this is on results day) and got a 'don't lose anymore'. I may have been a little low on patience that day as, after explaining that I was happy with my progress, I said 'now shall I tell you what I think of your weight?'.

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I bloody love this. I bet she didn't know what to say! And rightly so! 💪

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:28

MagnoliaTreePetals · 28/08/2025 11:11

Weighing in day.

SW 16.5
CW 11.3
Total loss 5 stone 2lb
FINAL TARGET ACHIEVED!! 😀😁💃💃

So, with obvious jubilation (and also a bit of anxiety), this upcoming week will be when I switch from 'operation slim down' to operation 'stay slim'.

I have now lost over 5 stone, having set out many months ago with the hope of losing 3 stone. 3 stone felt like an impossible target at the time, and yet here I am 5 stone slimmer. God Bless WLI's!

I now feel like a different, younger, happier woman, and for the first time in my life have a healthy BMI.
Way back when, I went to see a private weight loss doctor and he has been advising/prescribing since I started.
His plan for the maintenance journey is to stay on my current dose (12.5mg) but to start to spread out the gap between injections. firstly to 10 days, and then aiming for every 14 days. I actually plan to do this quite slowly. So over the next few weeks I will spread out the gap between injections to 10 days, then stay at 10 days for a few weeks before spreading them out further. At least that's the plan.

Eventually I will start to come down the doses to find the right dosage for me to maintain.
Having been overweight nearly all my life, I need to persuade my body that this is my new set point.
I know that this is a different approach to the one usually described by people, ie moving straight to titrating down the doses, it will be interesting to see how we all get on with our various approaches.
The bottom line is I will be using MJ long term to maintain my weight loss.

I am quite nervous about this new part of the journey, I absolutely do not want to put weight back on.

Of course the other aspect is to continue with exercise, yes to keep fit, but hopefully to continue to tone up and also to maybe lose some of the 'shrunken balloon' skin that I currently have.

I also want to add (sorry, very long post), thank you for all the support and encouragement on this journey so far, from you my wonderful WLI friends, and of course our beloved (Newley Wed) Commander-in-Chief. Because of all your tips/advice/sharing, not just my physical health but my mental approach and attitude to weight, weight loss and health has changed.

In the meantime DD and I are out to celebrate, She started her MJ journey this week and I'm switching from losing to maintaining, so we thought we would have a light lunch somewhere before doing some retail therapy!

Congratulations! This post makes me so happy and thrilled for you!

Thanks for sharing the plan from your consultant - I think because no one really knows how to migrate down/stop/maintain, it'll be trial and error for most people and this is a really interesting approach. Has the consultant said about how to manage making a pen last longer than a month once open? Is keeping it in the fridge all of the time enough?

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:30

BobberleeBeaner · 28/08/2025 12:06

Amazing news and huge congratulations. It’s fabulous that your DD has you as a ‘guide on the side’. She’s a very lucky girl.

I might be alone but I’ve really started pondering where my issues with food stemmed from. I distinctly remember coming home from a ‘holiday abroad’ (as we used to say in the 70’s!) with a school friend and her family having had D and V for nearly ten days 🤮💩. My mother said it was the best I’d ever looked as I’d lost about a stone….my hunch is that my terrible relationship with food started around then. Who’d have thought 🤔

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My Mother was certainly the root cause of all of my problems tbh - not just weight 😂

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:32

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 13:52

Yes! And she's still claiming she's only lost 2kg on MJ!

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😂2kgs indeed - her Dad is definitely Geppetto....

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 14:34

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 13:57

I saw that post. I really hate how they all start with "Serena is of course entitled to do whatever she wants, it's her body..." BUT I'm going to criticise her and assume it was purely for aesthetic reasons anyway. The utter hatred directed at Serena for daring to want to look and feel her best is ridiculous.

And those who are complaining the loudest are always ill informed. See also Alex Light. Her podcast with Em Clarkson on WLI was ridiculously off the mark and factually incorrect.

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I'm not familiar with that podcaster. I also don't know how JJ ended up on my feed...I follow lots of (vacuous) people and she is not one of them 😂

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Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 15:37

The words piss up and brewery spring to mind. What a shit show.

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PresidentBarklett · 28/08/2025 15:58

Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 15:37

Soooo... where has this £247 for 15mg figure come from, given that most pharmacies are around the 300 mark? I don't know who I'm mad at, but I'm mad at someone!

PresidentBarklett · 28/08/2025 16:14

PresidentBarklett · 28/08/2025 15:58

Soooo... where has this £247 for 15mg figure come from, given that most pharmacies are around the 300 mark? I don't know who I'm mad at, but I'm mad at someone!

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Oh ignore me. That's the list price isn't it?

RayonSunrise · 28/08/2025 16:26

It’s weird, isn’t it? There is a lot of fear and judgment around WLIs, despite the fact that there was initially a burst of writing about what a post-WLI society might look like once they had become normalised and ubiquitous. No obesity, no type 2 diabetes, lower rates of all sorts of obesity-related health problems, less demand for fast food, etc…

I think that might have been the direction of travel if EL hadn’t bent straight over when Trump demanded it, and it might still be. Most of the freaking out over WLI has been driven by click-trolling (panicking about new drugs was a rich seam to mine during Covid), gossip (she’s not REALLY slim you know…) and so on. The market has now been proven and there are other companies keen to step into it, even if EL have dealt themselves out of overseas markets.

DarkForces · 28/08/2025 17:40

I bought a few (many many) things from Vinted and some of them looked tight/ didn't fit when they arrived. I thought no problem, hopefully they'll fit in a few months, hung them up and forgot about them. I've just been through a few and only one fits well. The rest are hanging off me and look dreadful. I'm going to have to get rid without even wearing them 😭. Although I'm delaying this as I can't believe it'll last (it will I'm staying on the jabs)

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 19:11

DarkForces · 28/08/2025 17:40

I bought a few (many many) things from Vinted and some of them looked tight/ didn't fit when they arrived. I thought no problem, hopefully they'll fit in a few months, hung them up and forgot about them. I've just been through a few and only one fits well. The rest are hanging off me and look dreadful. I'm going to have to get rid without even wearing them 😭. Although I'm delaying this as I can't believe it'll last (it will I'm staying on the jabs)

@DarkForces no! Please dont think like that! It will last - week didn't come this far and work this hard to slide backwards. Stick it all back on Vinted and celebrate your success!

(Truthfully, I understand where you're coming from. I never for a second believed I'd could lose 4 stone. I thought i was destined to be big forever but here we are with tiny butts, shrinking bellies and just a memory of boobs 😅 But we need to hold our nerve and believe we can keep the weight of. There's no stopping us now 💪🏻)

SerenePeer · 28/08/2025 19:12

Mounjaropen · 28/08/2025 15:37

FFS 🙄

MounjNewb · 28/08/2025 19:51

Mounjaropen · 27/08/2025 16:39

Aww that's so lovely to hear. And what a lovely compliment from you 👏

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Kind of you to say so. Incidentally, on the subject of my DW, she’s just mentioned that she’s been recommended to try polynucleotide treatment and I thought, well - I know where to get some helpful views on that idea. Any guidance anyone?

Goldleafcat · 28/08/2025 20:13

MounjNewb · 28/08/2025 19:51

Kind of you to say so. Incidentally, on the subject of my DW, she’s just mentioned that she’s been recommended to try polynucleotide treatment and I thought, well - I know where to get some helpful views on that idea. Any guidance anyone?

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I am also very tempted. The area under my eyes needs some attention and Botox is not a solution. As a word of caution there was a ‘polynucleotide gone wrong’ thread on Mumsnet which put me off greatly - people ended up with what looked disturbingly like little sausages under their eyes. However I do suspect the places they had the treatment done were not great and they may have even had filler injected, especially as a couple had success to resolve the problem with treatment to dissolve fillers.

Anyhoo, overall, I think it’s probably fine but make sure she goes to somewhere very reputable and cheaper is probably not better if that makes sense. And I’d love to hear how she gets on.

Goldleafcat · 28/08/2025 20:22

Goldleafcat · 28/08/2025 20:13

I am also very tempted. The area under my eyes needs some attention and Botox is not a solution. As a word of caution there was a ‘polynucleotide gone wrong’ thread on Mumsnet which put me off greatly - people ended up with what looked disturbingly like little sausages under their eyes. However I do suspect the places they had the treatment done were not great and they may have even had filler injected, especially as a couple had success to resolve the problem with treatment to dissolve fillers.

Anyhoo, overall, I think it’s probably fine but make sure she goes to somewhere very reputable and cheaper is probably not better if that makes sense. And I’d love to hear how she gets on.

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Ah I also wanted to say that from my research it’s recommended to have 3 treatments for best results