Mounjaro/Wegovy with >5 stone/30kg to lose - thread 10!

[MooBaggage]

New thread for anyone with more than 5 stone/30kg to lose. All welcome, whichever part of the journey you are on.

We have newbies and those who have got to their targets and lots of us in between at various stages, all supporting each other along the way.

Kiwis and milled flaxseed are still the order of the day, along with water, posh scales, weight loss charts (thank you Infosec!), Vinted and even more water...

We're coping with the Mounjaro palavers and hoping that somehow, we will all still be able to carry on with this amazing journey which is working so well for most of us.

No discount codes please - there is a separate thread for that.

Happy birthday @InfoSecInTheCity ! That birthday lunch looks lovely. It's DH's birthday tomorrow, but there are no plans for pummelling him! I hope that you are having a very lovely day.

Re: comments on weight loss - I'm the complete opposite (am clearly v shallow...). I went back to a hobby of mine last night for the first time in 5 months - so was looking forward to people noticing the difference in how I look, but no-one said anything... I was gutted! 🙄😁 I know I look really different, the polite well brought up bastards..!!

Moo you’re right, that’s worse!

Though my MiL goes on and on about how she can’t get used to it! I mustn’t disappear! I must be feeling so much better! Makes me feel killy tbh

Happy birthday @InfoSecInTheCity looks like you're having an amazing day 🥰.

@RobinEllacotStrike feel like I need to have a look at snag bras now also 😂 so easily influenced.

I spent the afternoon sorting out my holiday wardrobe(s) for two diff holidays starting Mon. Found so many clothes in th 'too small case' that now fit, along with a pair of jeans I bought in March that were nowhere near closing, now a little loose. Such a nice feeling ☺️

My goal for holiday was to be 35lbs down (2.5st). As of this morning I am 34.8lbs down 😂 I'm rounding up at 0.2lbs and calling it first interim target 🎯🤷🏼‍♀️

@MooBaggage I'm the same, get a little buzz out of people noticing. I have been known to be called Shallow Hal before 😂

I am the same as you! If I don't get a compliment from someone I've not seen for a while I get very annoyed and start thinking I must not have lost that much,even though I've lost nearly 4 stone!!
Although a friend who I hadn't seen for months commented yesterday that I look fab and had I lost quite a bit of weight,I was over the moon.!!

I had a weird phase where people kept telling me I’d got taller. I think it was because I actually am quite tall, but in combination with large hands and feet and a gym habit I didn’t look as heavy as I was. Still fairly in proportion, at least until the last 5-10kg of weight gain. And so when I got slimmer, they suddenly realized I’m tall. But still pretty daft to be like hi winter! you grew!

With reference to the commenting people tend to get 1 of 3 answers.

Those I know well get told I started losing weight after being critically ill with sepsis last year. So far this is a very select few.

People who are being a bit more intrusive get a 'yes, I am' and then thats all they get

However people who have no right to know and/or are being out and out intrusive in a way thats wholly inappropriate get told its my private medical information I dont divulge.

I personally dont like people commenting. For me it feels........... uncomfortable almost.

Yayyy. First interim target in the timescale I set 🎉. Holiday tomorrow. So buzzing ❤️🎯.

Hope everyones having a great day.

@MooBaggage is your walk today? Go smash it!! 🚶🏼‍♀️

Congratulations @Sam187 for reaching your interim target 😍

Yes it was the 5km walk this morning and I did it! 💪💪

It was completely fine - no back ache or foot ache and it was a pretty fast pace (for me!) - completed in about 45mins. There was one steep slope that I wasn't a fan of... but I managed and it warmed me up!

Really pleased it went OK, but even more pleased it's done 😃

Well done @Sam187 and @MooBaggage - smashing it!

I have had a wee happy dance. According to my super duper scales, my visceral fat is "standard" today and my Body Fat Mass and Body Fat % are merely just high, as opposed to extremely high!

Teetering on the edge of obesity at 30.1....will report back when I am merely overweight😄

Onwards we go lovely losers💪

Well done on smashing the walk @MooBaggage and on your fat taming, @NewbieMJ . It's my weekly check in day. I jabbed yesterday, a day early, because I'm manoeuvring around a work trip next week when I'll need to head off on Saturday. On the topic of people commenting, the trip will be interesting because the last time I did that particular job and saw everyone involved in it was March, just pre MJ.

1.25lb off this week. I suspect there's a mix of 7.5 starting to work less well, transitioning into wintery eating and probably being at a big set point because I think I was around this weight for quite a while about 10-15 years ago (based on clothes I'm now fitting into) . Direction of travel is still the right way though and I've got 10mg waiting in the wings when I finish this pen.

After 25 weeks. Early 50s, 5ft 8.

SW 17st 4
CW 13st 6.75
GW 11-12st

Total lost: 53.25lb/24.1kg which I can't quite believe! Onwards and downwards, everyone!

Grrr - I am grumpy (and I did say I would be this week!) as this week is clearly my 'not-lose-any-weight' week... Why??! I did think that after the epic 5km walk, my body would have the decency to reward me for it 🙄

So, no losses for me for 8 whole days. Am debating about increasing my dose from 7.5mg to something like 8.5mg so see if I can kick start things a bit - but I realise this is just me being very impatient, as I know next week I'll probably lose 2 - 3lbs.... It's jab day today, so I've got a few hours to think about it!

Food-wise I still have good suppression and no food noise. I'm eating healthily, with no temptation to go off the rails, so at the very least I should stick to 7.5mg as it makes the most financial sense, if nothing else. Will see how I feel this afternoon.

oh @MooBaggage , don't be too disheartened. Honestly, the scales are sticking more and more these days for me and I know I am eating well and have upped my game with swimming, moving more, etc. Last week I was near tears at staying the same AGAIN, then was annoyed at myself for being so worked up about it.

Then, all of a sudden, after weeks of literally plodding, it is coming off again. No rhyme or reason. I think my body just takes ages to recalibrate kind of thing.

The thing is, my body is definitely shrinking. I can see and feel it. It is all very odd.

Go get your measuring tape out and see if you've lost cms/inches. Also, after your big walk, your body will have held onto water to do it's thing.

Thanks @NewbieMJ - yes I have 2 x points in each month where I record my progress on a chart, and for September it's tomorrow (then the end of the month). So I'll be weighing (again!) and measuring tomorrow morning. I'm still about 6 weeks ahead of where I thought I'd be when I started on MJ, so really can't complain as all is going to plan! Just frustrating when you know you're doing the right things, but don't get that amazing high when the scales actually show it!

Moo, ime Newbie is right - it’ll be the big walk. Exercise really helps, but there’s a lag.

SW 124kg
CW 82.7 KG
LTD 41.3kg

Starting BMI 41
Current BMI 27.6 - creeping towards BMI 25

Another small loss - not sure how much as I weigh irregularly but it's coming off.

I thought I could tough things out clothes wise over the winter, but many items I thought I could keep wearing just look silly now. Plus as I have discussed here I have some weird body image disconnect going on (my body seems to "look the same" to me whatever I weigh - on an emotional level at least), and I think wearing baggy clothing isn't helping this. Even my beloved size 14 barrell leg jeans look too baggy now and I need to buy a pair of straight leg jeans (I only have one pair of jeans that fit at the moment).

I found a couple of woolen warm bits on the weekend I had tucked away for "upcycling" as they were way too small. So today I am wearing a formerly too small jumper with some formerly too small Uniqlo thermal leggings and I'm feeling/looking snatched. When I glimpse myself in this more fitting outfit, I am hopefully feeding into building a more realisitsic body image than when I see myself in baggy jeans & oversized jumper. Thats the theory I'm trying out now.

I never go clothes shopping in the shops but I can feel a "spree" in physical shops potentially coming on. I think I need to try stuff on instead of buying online. I want to lose another 10kg so I'm not going crazy & I am picking up bits on Vinted too.

@MooBaggage you are doing so brilliantly. I've lost slower than many (I'm seeing lots of posters who have lost what I have is nearly half the time), and as @NewbieMJ says things start to get a bit erratic after you have lost a chunk of weight. For at least 50% of 2025 I've felt like I've been on some kind of platueau with many runs of weeks without the scale moving. Yet in 2025 I've lost 20ish kilos and overall I've lost a third of my starting weight.

Trust yourself, trust the process, drink your water, move and 🥝🥝 - you are doing it all, just keep going.

@MooBaggage I'm with @NewbieMJ and @ShrankLastWinter. It'll be partly water retention from the walk and will soon bugger off.

Meant to say congrats as well @Sam187 on hitting your mini-target and have a fab holiday!

@NewbieMJ you'll be obese before you know it 😁💜
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Hello all, haven’t posted for a few months but still plugging away! I’ve just moved up dose very slightly - gone from 2.5 to 3 (from a 5 pen). I’m such a slow loser (started in Jan, have lost 3 and a half stone) but have now lost 22% of my starting weight which is great! Hope you’re all doing well

good going @roughtyping and how amazing & fabulous MJ is working for you at such a low dose.

Weighed today, Less than 1kg to go to drop down to overweight. Fingers crossed by next week I’ll be there and then hoping to be down to 12.5 st by the end of the month. I love all these mini targets, they really help keep me motivated.

SW 98.4kg
CW 81.55kg
Target 67kg

whilst I am only a bit over halfway, I just feel like it is possible to get to a healthy weight. It’s always been such a big target that I’ve never really felt like it was actually possible before. I managed to get down to 79.1kg a few years ago, but then everything with my daughter kicked off and I put all the weight back on. (and more). She is now diagnosed autistic with PDA and whilst life is still really difficult with her, I feel that I have a bit more headspace to try and look after myself better.

I got a 10% code from ASDA this morning which was very welcome, it was for my birthday apparently, I had an email yesterday reminding me to order.

I have decided to take the plunge and move up to 15mg as I am definitely feeling hungrier after trying to stretch a bit longer between doses on my latest 12.5mg, my weight has been pretty static for a few weeks too.

I think as there is very little difference in cost, I may as well try and boost the weight loss as I really only want to lose another two stone even though that would still be overweight . I could then start moving down again to the lower and cheaper doses. If the side effects are a problem then I could take 12.5mg from the 15mg pen and get more out of it.

I’m pissed to have a small gain so I’m proper feeding off all the encouragement for you , Moo. I think I eat a lot more than others, low carb triggers gout in me and I’m teetering on the edge of permanently gouty feet. my taste for sweet things has come roaring back, and I am still having toast, pasta, potatoes etc, albeit quite small portions. It’s all in the mind really, if the scales showed a loss I’d be prancing around dreaming of fitting into clothes from Zara. As it is, I feel as big as ever and ready to fall right off the wagon .

Hello all, I've been a bit off track recently, result of being too busy. Like many women of my age, I retired but have got caught in the sandwich of ailing elderly parents and grandchildren/childcare.
My weight loss has ground to a halt so I went up to 15mg but it stayed stopped and I didn't feel particularly well on it so have gone back to 12.5mg where I feel better but am still stuck.

We've just been away for a week and I know I have over-indulged (relative to my new normal, not to my old one) but I did manage to do a lot of walking.
Anyway that's a long-winded way of saying I need to get back to basics and get into exercise to try to start things off again.

One plus of this awful weather is that I'm motivated to make a lovely casserole!