August 25 Starters - Thread 2

[MrJollyLivesNextDoor]

Hi everyone, I couldn’t see a new thread so I’ve started this one.

Here’s the link to the old thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5378761-august-25-starters?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Well done on the losses everyone!
I put 0.25 on this weigh day (Monday) but by Tuesday id gone doen a pound 🤦‍♀️ oh well, i am trying to maintain and come off, im currently on 5ml 10 days apart so not bad and no massive cravings, will eventually move down to 2.5mg.

Will see what the next week brings x

So after last weeks staying the same and not panicking because it was my time of the month I’ve lost 1.5lbs this week.
Im so chuffed because I’m trying hard to trust the process and my body and this proves it’s the thing to do.
Im now 11stone 2lbs and a bmi of 23.6 (I think!). So close to seeing 10 on the scales, I can’t actually believe it!

Oh no, 1lb on. I don't how how other than not drinking enough.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 14st 5lb
7.5mg
I'm going to order another 7.5mg pen and see how it goes. Might use the golden dose to up each week by a little - if I can work out how many clicks to do!

Lost 1lb this week.
So that makes my weight loss 2.5 stone so far.
I'm happy plodding downwards.

Other people (apart from immediate family) are noticing that I've lost weight.

SW: 19st 11
CW: 17st 4
GW: 13st (keeps changing but 12-14st would be great)

This is a v handy online calculator for clicks and strengths - you can even calculate how much a certain dose costs out of each size of pen (if that makes sense!)
Mounaro clicks

Yeah - 3st7lb lost in total now. 17kg to go until goal.

Good morning, and happy Mother’s Day to all your mamas💕

today I am 1.3lbs down this week. About to be gained straight back on as we’re going to a Chinese restaurant my husband booked for dinner tonight. I had my first bacon butty this morning since my “diet” last January.
it was well enjoyed but couldn’t even finish it.
i tend to be good at the Chinese tonight though, as before my eyes get bigger than my belly and then it tends to just be a waste of money. So just having a main tonight as the last time I had a starter, come my main I was stuffed lol.

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 9st9.1lbs
TW - 9st4lbs

i hope you all have a lovely day xx

Got an email from asda today to say the new style pens will be introduced next month, so that will mean there won't be a golden dose 😕

Gah that's annoying about the pens, as it it isn't expensive enough 😡

Weigh in day and am definitely plateaued, another grr! Stuck on 12st 12.6lbs for best part of a month. I weigh every day and have had the occasional 12st 11.2 lbs, so bit up and down I guess. Maybe it's the creatine creating massive heavy muscles??

Anyway I've been on 6.25mg for 11 weeks so gone up to the full 7.5mg today. Fingers crossed eh. Think I'll order a 10mg pen next as only the golden dose left in this one.

Two pounds off this week taking me to exactly 12 stone.

SW 222 lbs
CW 168 lbs
GW 147 lbs but that could change

Having to really work for it now and definitely craving more sweets and things. Need to order a new pen this weekend and I think it’s time to up to 7.5mg.

Weigh day today and I’ve lost 1lb!
Im now 11 stone 1lb and I saw a flash of the 10s on the scales this morning!
Its pretty slow moving now but if I average a pound a week from now on I’ll be ok with that.
My stomach still feels enormous and I can’t see how even when I get to target that it will be slim enough for me to be happy? It’s a bit weird and maybe the muscle separation has impacted more than I thought.
Anyway, I’m well within healthy BMI now so pretty pleased with it all in general!

2lb off this week after gaining 1lb last week. Ive no kitchen at the moment so I can't grumble. Suppression still not as high as it was and food noise is louder but I don't want to have to go up a dose until after my holiday in May.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 14st 3lb.
7.5mg

Hello all, sorry haven't posted on here for ages. Well done on your continued loses. I stayed hovering around 83 or 84kg throughout January and February - didn't lose anything at all in January on 5mg weekly dose and despite not drinking alcohol all month. By end of Feb thought might just stop Mounjaro due to the expense and wondered if my body had just decided 84 was its "happy weight". So stopped - but then just hoovering up food all the time and saw 85 appear on the scales yesterday so decided to start again and have new 5mg pen coming today. It's frustrating but I can't bear the thought of regaining everything I've lost. I think the main benefit for me is not just the weight loss but just not thinking about food. I think I'm an emotional eater and when not on Mounjaro I just snack inbetween meals and crave things like crisps that I had totally stopped eating. I did enjoy my food more and it was great to have a break from the tiredness, aches and pains and the dreaded constipation...but overall I think I'm going to stick with it a while longer.
SW: 102
CW: 84.6
TW: 76.5

@Jean74 how quickly did the food noise come back for you after stopping? I'm really worried about going back to my old ways of over eating when I stop.

I've been on 7.5mg for 3 months now and have found myself snacking a lot more recently (I didn't crave any junk food on the low doses to begin with but have suddenly started to crave chocolate and crisps again) so I think I will need to up my dose to 10mg for my next pen.

I'm nearing where I would like to be, I don't know my exact weight as my scales have broken but I'm feeling quite happy with my size and how my clothes fit now. Hopefully just another 7-10 pounds to go.

I think if I can afford to I will gradually reduce my dose down after getting to GW, rather than stopping completely but I'm not sure if I can justify the cost must longer but I'm scared of putting the weight all back on.

Hello @NeedSleepNow hmm, I think it was quite quick, within a few days. I work in a place where there's always sweets, crisps etc round and when I was on Mounjaro I wasn't tempted at all but almost as soon as I stopped I started finding myself drifting over to the "snack table". I also started feeling hungry mid-morning and mid-afternoon and my stomach rumbling so was not just having 3 meals anymore but 3 main meals and then lots of snacks, midmorning, mid-afternoon and in the evening while watching tv. I am a food-lover and a bit greedy by nature...I've tried so many diets and never got anywhere because I felt miserable and deprived of food. The thing that works for me about Mounjaro is just not thinking about food, when I'm taking it I don't feel like I'm missing out like I did when on a diet. I just wish it wasn't so expensive. Obviously other people on this chat have stopped successfully and maintained loss through willpower so you might well be like them. I'm disappointed in myself tbh!

Good morning everyone.
i hope you’re all having a lovely weekend.

2.2lb loss for me this week which I’m so surprised as usually my losses are 1-1.5lb, sometimes maintain.
i have done literally nothing different lol, I mean long may it continue!

I have 3 weeks left of this pen so hoping to pass GW and then come off and hopefully maintain. If I find it too hard I have spoken to the pharmacy and I can be on a 2.5mg maintenance.

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 9st6.9lbs
GW - 9st4lbs

total loss now 4st5lbs.

xx

Hi everyone 👋

1lb on this week - I seem to be in a cycle of lose 1lb, maintain, put 1lb back on, repeat! I’m not overly bothered as I don’t mind being this size/weight although I do wonder what will happen once I stop…

I haven’t jabbed today (day 8) as I have a heavy cold and feel a bit nauseous and light headed, but will do so tomorrow.

SW 14:12
CW 11:10
GW 10:06

Only 0.5lb loss this week. I feel like I’m literally crawling along at the moment and I’ve still got a stone to go to target.
Saw another flash of the 10s on the scales but maybe next week will be my week 🤞🏼
I really want this loosing phase to hurry up I’m impatient to start maintenance and a different focus I guess? Maybe diet fatigue is setting in a tiny bit?

Managed to shift a pound this week after stalling for about 3 weeks. Think going up half a dose (6.25 to 7.5) definitely made a difference. Must have been on 6.25 too long, worked out it was about 12 weeks.

Suppression is better, was just feeling a bit peckish at 11am and thought, hmm, it's a bit early for lunch then remembered I hadn't had breakfast yet, oops!

Anyone else drowning in clothes? Got 2 black bin bags of 'thin clothes' down from the loft, most of which I'd forgotten I had, or assumed had already got rid of. Only some of them fit, and now struggling to find wardrobe space. Am definitely not putting any clothes back in the loft so due a big clear out!

Complicated though trying to do seasonal wardrobe when everything is different sizes :S

Only 1lb off this week. Feeling very disheartened at the mo. Ive got 1 x 7.5mg pen in the fridge and have just ordered a 10mg pen. Im hoping I've got the order in before the change to the new pens. I didn't really want to go up but I'm struggling on 7.5mg and it feels like a waste of money if I don't do it.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 14st 2lb.
7.5mg

I had wanted to be in the 13st bracket by Easter but don't think this will happen now 😔

Still chugging along at 1-2lbs a week losses on 5mg.

The 16st zone is within touching distance which is keeping me motivated to stay on my current dose.

SW: 19st 11
CW: 17st 2
GW: 13st (keeps changing but 12-14st would be great)

Just done my jab. As I’m taking a 7.5 dose from a 10 pen I realised I’d have a few extra clicks left so gave myself a little bit extra this week to see if might help get stuff shifting?
So did 8.5 hopefully not enough to cause any issues but just enough for a bit of extra umph! Can also do the same next week too if it helps so 🤞🏼

Morning all 👋

Well finally that wretched elusive 1lb has gone! Good bloody riddance 😄

I have also finally shaken off this persistent cold so I’m looking forward to having more energy and getting back on the treadmill/rowing machine this week 💪

Is anyone doing anything exciting over Easter? We are not going away but I fancy a day out in Oxford as have never been..if the weather perks up.

Went shorts shopping for holiday yesterday, in the past a traumatic experience however was positively enjoyable, and I have 2 pairs of much shorter shorts than I have worn in decades. Can’t tell you how good that felt, although you lot already know 😄

Still on 2.5

SW 14:12
CW 11:08
GW 10:06

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone’s had a lovely weekend.
weigh day today and I’m down 1.1lbs. I was at a funeral yesterday which had a 3 course and I cleared my plates as well as a few alcoholic drinks so I’m really surprised I thought I’d have maintained or gained.
so close to goal now although I’m hoping to pass this to give a little leeway with a couple lbs.
hopefully next Sunday I can reach goal🤞🏼

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 9st5.8lbs
GW - 9st4lbs

xx

Non-scale victory that I almost posted from the changing room.

I can now fit into Zara clothes 🎉