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Discuss weight-loss injections and treatments, including personal experiences. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any treatments.

Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 8!)

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Mounjaroday · 12/10/2025 19:08

Roll up, roll up (if you can, you skinny Minnie’s!) to all the brave WL warriors still battling on and hanging on in there.

8 months in … welcome to thread 8! 🥰

This thread I pledge:
to do two exercise sessions per week.
(There I’ve said it. Better do it now, hadn’t I).

Goal:
Find an amazing dress to wear for an awards ceremony I am going to in November.

Anyone else got any particular targets?

Big love to you all x

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laundryhamper · 30/10/2025 09:18

@usedtobeaylis
I quite like Charlotte Tilbury Miracle cream for not looking parched.

Mounjaroday · 30/10/2025 09:32

Hi all. Hair is still falling out. Gah! Does anything genuinely work to stop it and/or encourage regrowth?

Hair appointment next week. Will have to bite the bullet and have a fairly radical cut I think. Has anyone else done this since losing the weight?

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SpiralSister · 30/10/2025 10:04

I had 6 inches off recently (it was very long). I’m hoping the breakage will be less. I think the hair loss has lessened lately, but it’s so hard to tell!

I take collagen, biotin, and all the multivits and supplements you can think of. There are a few threads in S&B about it, but basically it boils down to only minoxidil is proven to work. And that’s a long term commitment. I just looked it up for this post and the side effects can be unpleasant, and ironically, include weight gain! What a pisser!

ThatJoyousHazelDuck · 30/10/2025 13:47

I've been feeling a bit meh recently and wanted to remind myself of how far I have come. Found the picture i sent for my first consultation in February and i actually shocked myself. So, here is my before and after.....

Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 8!)
SpiralSister · 30/10/2025 16:32

Wowsers, @ThatJoyousHazelDuck! your jawline!

Transformed 💐

Mounjaroday · 30/10/2025 19:05

@ThatJoyousHazelDuck you look incredible 🎉

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SpiralSister · 31/10/2025 07:04

Wotcher, warriors!

Weigh in day for me:
SW: 15.5
CW: 10.5
TL: 5 stone! Goal reached 🏆

I now need to figure out how to maintain, I guess. Got 2 more shots of 7.5mg, then I’ll be ordering a 5mg and see how that pans out.

New territory!

Have a great weekend and happy Halloween if you celebrate! 🎃

Mounjaroday · 31/10/2025 09:23

Well done @SpiralSister that’s an incredible milestone! 🎉

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SpiralSister · 31/10/2025 09:27

Ah, thanks love! I think I’m done. Look great with clothes on, not so much with clothes off but hey!

I read on another thread that the loose skin improves over time and I am choosing to believe that..😬

usedtobeaylis · 31/10/2025 09:29

How do you feel seeing those pictures @SpiralSister? You look like two different people!

ThatJoyousHazelDuck · 31/10/2025 09:30

SpiralSister · 31/10/2025 07:04

Wotcher, warriors!

Weigh in day for me:
SW: 15.5
CW: 10.5
TL: 5 stone! Goal reached 🏆

I now need to figure out how to maintain, I guess. Got 2 more shots of 7.5mg, then I’ll be ordering a 5mg and see how that pans out.

New territory!

Have a great weekend and happy Halloween if you celebrate! 🎃

5 stone! That is amazing. Well done, you should be so proud 🥰🥳

Mounjaroday · 31/10/2025 09:39

Have been thinking again about NSVs!

Physical

  • No longer experience chest pains
  • My hip has stopped hurting. I walk without hobbling, and I’m not woken at night in pain
  • Pelvic floor is vastly improved
  • Stopped snoring completely
  • Much better sleep
  • Drinking much less
  • Improved diet
  • Naturally more active
  • So much easier to exercise
  • Much better mobility: stand on one leg, fold arms and legs, stand up straighter, tie my shoes, get in and of the car no problem etc etc

Mental

  • No longer avoid going out
  • Don’t feel anxious about seeing extended family or catching up with friends I haven’t seen for a while
  • Don’t wake up every morning in a negative frame of mind (“God, I look like Jabba the Hutt”)

Pure vanity

  • Bloody love my long legs
  • Being able to buy clothes really is a revelation

Being obese really, really sucks. So happy to be out of it.

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usedtobeaylis · 31/10/2025 09:43

Another NSV is that when I cross my legs, my lower legs are much closer together and I look like a normal person with crossed legs. When I was four stone heavier, when I crossed my legs it was almost like my ankle rested on my knee area. It's a bit random but I enjoy it.

I've also really noticed that my fingers are much thinner. Having fat fingers bothered me way more than having a fat stomach in all honesty as I developed a strange almost phobia of fat fingers with long false nails a long time ago. The last couple of weeks my hands have really changed.

SpiralSister · 31/10/2025 10:46

usedtobeaylis · 31/10/2025 09:29

How do you feel seeing those pictures @SpiralSister? You look like two different people!

That’s the joyous hazel duck’s pics - doesn’t she look amazing!

usedtobeaylis · 31/10/2025 11:34

Oops sorry! She does look fantastic!

Marypoppinsisnosaint · 31/10/2025 15:17

Afternoon warriors!

Last pen ordered today! I've now actually used up my credit with med express. I was surprised they let me order 2.5mg after my last being 10mg but they've prescribed it 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

That leaves me approx 45 weeks worth of mj in my fridge. Once it's gone it's gone! I'm not paying the prices they're charging.

Even though I've got 10mg pens I'm going to stay at 7.5mg as it's a good dose for me.

Feel strange about it though, like my safety net has gone.

I'm 3lb off the 5stone mark with another 2 stone to go at least. I've never actually set a goal because to be honest I never truly thought it would work, let alone work this well!

Still need to be kinder to myself, went out last night had a photo, straight away I was full on criticising myself! I still look at myself as if I'm massive and forgotten how far I've actually come!

Hope you all have a great Halloween 🎃

I'm currently craving pumpkins with DC!

PurpleCoo · 31/10/2025 18:15

Well done @SpiralSister, such a fantastic achievement! That definitely deserves a celebration.

I am still very slowly losing. Another 200g off, which is about half a lb, which doesn't sound as bad as 200g. So I am now 69.1kg, which is bang on a BMI of 26. A few weeks ago, I was trying to stay in the 60s, now I just want to get to the 68s, so I am progressing.

I am definitely eating more, but not rubbish, and I still weigh food/go with healthy options. I am eating a lot less meat, and obsessed with jarred beans, protein and avoiding ultra processed foods. Although, I have got a cake in the oven at present so I am not an angel🤦‍♀️🤣 It's the first one I have baked since starting on this journey, and I am allowing myself treats and I trust myself to have a slice, maybe another tomorrow and then freeze the rest. This feels like what maintenance will be like, and is sustainable. That being said, I may well be a bit stricter with myself in a month or so, using this time to tread water, so I can keep going for longer. Hopefully in this phase, my skin will catch up, and my body will reset, which I think can boost losses in the future. I am also conscious of not losing muscle, and a spell at maintenance might support some muscle growth.

I am definitely at the point now where people are giving my funny looks if I mention needing to lose the belly fat or similar. It feels a bit invalidating though, as some people are insistent I don't have a belly overhang/no belly, and in my leggings it doesn't look like much, but there is a definite skin fold/overhang there, I can see it with my eyes, and it's still fat not just loose skin!! 🤦‍♀️ Then people say, well, most women have that if they have had children, which is true, but it doesn't mean we can't try to improve things. I won't be having surgery or any procedures though, it doesn't bother me enough to go that far!

Zibb · 31/10/2025 20:44

@ThatJoyousHazelDuck wow, what a transformation! Stunning!

@SpiralSister amazing! Congrats on reaching your goal!

@Mounjaroday Love the NSV list!

Congrats and well done, everyone, on your losses and NSVs. So impressive and inspiring, I love reading them!
I also really appreciate when the harder parts of this journey get shared. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one struggling.

I am now 53 days past my last MJ jab. Hair is still falling out...!!! Aches and pains have fully returned now, body feels as bad as it did pre-MJ I think, so weight loss doesn't appear to have made much of a difference to that.
I am SO HUNGRY all of the time. Seriously, 24/7. I've eaten more than I should, made some wild choices for dinner, I'm snacking and nibbling a lot. My brain does not shut up about food. Never.

I have lost 4.1kg since my last jab, about 1lb a week, which I'm actually quite pleased with. I am still overweight though, BMI is 25.2. Sooo dang close!
Ultimately I did want to get to a BMI of about 23 but might have to rethink it because it feels impossible. However, waist to height ratio is 0.49 which is not too bad!

CoolLimeSheep · 02/11/2025 09:35

@SpiralSister woohoo target reached absolutely amazing 👏 🤩
@ThatJoyousHazelDuck great photos bet you feel good seeing the progress.
Missed out on so many post so well done everyone your all awesome 🫶
Weekly weigh in so bloody close to target defo not ordering another pen got one pen left so thats it for me.
Thank you all for being part of my journey so supportive really appreciate you all.
I also dressed up for Halloween just coz I could haha

Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 8!)
Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 8!)
laundryhamper · 02/11/2025 11:42

@Zibb
I am very impressed - when I had to come off temporarily I put on almost 2kg. To have lost 4kg is unbelievable. It must be very hard.

usedtobeaylis · 02/11/2025 12:08

W37 Day 1
Week 5 on 8.3mg
SW: 16st 5lb
CW: 12st 3lb
Loss this week: 2lb
Total loss: 4st 2lb

Really surprised to have lost 2lb as I had an insane week where I ate approx. 1800-2000 calories every single day. I jagged on Tuesday instead of Sunday, ate in the mornings, and ate what I wanted. That did involve some sweets and crisps but actually I mostly ate more of things like toast and crackers. I guess it just amounted to eating the equivalent of an extra small meal. I had read before that sometimes eating at or slightly above maintenance for a week after a period of calorie restriction can be beneficial so maybe that's true, though it wasn't deliberate - I've just been really untethered this week in general. And I've just realised I jagged late last week but have reverted to Sunday this week so only five days in between jags. I feel like I'm slightly losing my marbles 😬

Well done @Zibb on continuing to lose steadily. Sorry to hear the aches and pains are back though, that's something I feel I will dread about stopping mj.

CoolLimeSheep · 02/11/2025 12:11

@Zibb must of missed your post thats so amazing you should be extremely proud and gave me hope that it can stay off after 🤩❤️ or even lose absolutely incredible

SpiralSister · 02/11/2025 12:12

You look absolutely banging, @CoolLimeSheep! 😈

Rightstrideoflife · 02/11/2025 13:34

@ThatJoyousHazelDuck You look incredible! Congratulations! Do you recognise yourself?

I'm now back up to about 1.5mg. Microdosing was working fine for the anti inflammation but food wise was still being a bit impulsive and could very much feel I was on the slippery slope to gaining again.

Also I want to get down to 65kg. I wasn't going to but think the extra weight off would be good for me. Will still be an overweight bmi but I'm fine with that.

ThatJoyousHazelDuck · 03/11/2025 08:07

Thanks for all your lovely comments. I am not really sure about how i feel, i was clearly in denial for a long time about how much i weighed. It takes time to adjust to this new version of me
I know i am in a much better place, i am always scared of going back so my focus now, is makong the changes stick and keeping healthy and hopefully, happy xx