Mounjaro 10st (or more) to lose Thread 9

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

We're all getting there.
Even if it's very slow now.

Welcome back to the thread regulars and hello to anyone who would like to join us.

So this is possibly the best NSV ever! This is definitely one of my goals, along side not being offered a gigantic robe 'for my comfort' at the spa and also horse riding!

Just place marking here. I feel like ive missed so much. Ive been away on holiday then it was my wee boys birthday. My weight hasn't moved much as I have had so much on. But started at 20st 7 and currently down to 16st 4. I am 3 pounds away from getting on the bmi calculator to obese class 1 I know you guys will know how that feels. Im hoping to lose 1 stone and 5 pounds and i'll be at a weight I've not been for 10 years. Loving reading all the NSV's. These threads keep me going!

Hi ladies and wishing you all a good start to a good week. Special thoughts to @PearlTeapot today.

Well, this morning my scales started with a 17!!!!! So chuffed with that.

I have a question. I have been jabbing 5mg every 5 days (I was on 7.5mg every week but found the suppression wore off for days 6 and 7) . The 5 days interval is going really well and evening everything out for me. I have started following the estimated level on the shotsy app. Yesterday before I jabbed it said it was 4.2 or something. This morning it is 12.39!!! How can that be?? Am I being thick here, but how can 4.2 plus 5 mg suddenly become over 12???

Im on a bit of a downer today, can feel the effects of dose waning and I’ve put on 2.5lbs this week. I’ve probably eaten a bit more than usual this week but still under my calories so I don’t understand why I’ve gained so much in one go.

I’ve gained a half pound before and it didn’t bother me as felt I’d lost all the other weeks and realistically half of a pound is nothing but 2.5 lbs is. I’ve lost nearly 4.5 stones now, but still feel huge, I’m still over 20 stone, and am scared in case this isn’t working anymore. I’m on 7.5mg, and have been for a while now but am worried about going to 10mg due to the price, there is only so much extra you can keep adding on every month.

I recently remembered that on the advice of people here, I took some measurements when I started at the end of March. I just did them again and I've lost 8 inches from my waist and 6 from my hips. Obviously I'm still bloody enormous by normal standards, but normal is relative, and this was nice news!

I'm sorry @TheZingyFish, it's so hard when you hit a wall or have what feels like an unfair gain. All our anxieties and fears come crashing down and it's quite panic inducing, worrying that yet again you're going to fail. Lots of the people on here are further along in their journeys and have experienced all of these ups and downs. I feel your pain, and hope you can keep the faith!

@TheZingyFish it's very understandable to be unnerved by an unexpected weight gain, when you've been in a calorie deficit that week. Logically, it cannot be a gain of 2.5lbs of body fat. It has to be water weight, glycogen stores, and so on. 2.5lbs is still less than 1% of your current weight, so it is not a significant increase even though it seems like it is. I am sure it will drop off again soon

Thanks @eibbed999 and @SilenceInside
I think we forget how many of our emotions and self-worth are tied up in food and weight.

Need to stay positive and stay on track, this is a long journey and things are definitely going in the right direction.

That's the right attitude @TheZingyFish, though knowing it and feeling it are sometimes two different things! Take solace from the fact that even though you are feeling down, you're not dealing with that emotional challenge by stuffing your face and making the lurking self loathing come to the forefront!

I had a wobble,I'm 9 stone and a bit down and I'd swapped to wavygo..
But I've just been approved to stay on monjroro.
I'm just going to leave the pen in the fridge,it's got 2 years on it ..
I just can't risk seeing the numbers go up , monjroro is working so for the sake of a bit more I'm not going to rock the boat .
I've cut down so much on what food I buy , because I'm eating a fraction of what I was ,and less junk for everyone else ,it sort of balances .
I'm so terrified of ending up back where I was ..I will use the wavogy when I'm near maintenance so it wont get wasted

I struggled watching Sumo this weekend when their weights were on the screen and I could 'see' myself at starting weight and current weight and below ... Reminded me not to wear a thong anyway. But to do more squats with foot stomps.

@PearlTeapot keep on keeping on ...

@Autumnflowers2 completely understand your thinking with regard to the Wegovy versus Mounjaro.

You have to do whatever you're okay with. And I also found that my Wegovy pen had a very long expiry date on it, so it won't be wasted. You're doing what's right for you and that's the best way to look at it.

I really take solace in this group. We have all been overweight enough to understand that gaining weight after doing so well is a genuine fear in many of us. Whether it's finally finding something that works and begging for it to go well finally, or the shame of gaining all the weight back after such massive losses.

Keep posting, keep sharing. Losing weight isn't easy.

I echo @mamabeeboo and really take solace from this group too. I’m currently feeling like the appetite suppression has left me a little and that I’m wanting and eating things I’ve not even thought about for the 10 weeks I’ve been using the injections. Very difficult and I’ve upped my dose a little as I think I may have to go up to 7.5 as 5 seems to have lost its effectiveness.
We all have to do what is best for us. I have been battling with thinking that it’s too soon to move up and what do I do if I run out of distance on higher doses as I have a long way left to go. But the journey is the journey and we have to stay positive and trust the process.

I had this on and off all the time..I often said on here I felt it wasn't working and I needed an awful lot of willpower and awful lot of the time .
It wasn't even often towards the end of the week of each injection.. sometimes the first day of the injection was the worst for cravings ..but I guess it just hadn't got in to my body enough just yet .
I worried to about going up doses and then having no where to go ..but 15 mg is very very good ..don't be scared to get there ..I've not ( touch wood) had any side effects on 15 mg .and I've lost count of how many months I've been on 15 .
I found the months I lost the least where when I stayed an extra month on 5 and and an extra month on 7 ..hardly lost when I did that ..
I wonder if this is something our bodies are lacking ,that thinner people make more of .

Thanks everyone so much for your well wishes 💐 things are really tough.

Jabbed last night no problems, they didn’t watch so didn’t realise I only did half of a 5mg dose. Phew. Well 24 clicks which is 2mg I think.

The food here is ok but autistic me likes what I like so always struggle here, last time I was here sectioned for 6 months in 2024 and had takeaway every day pretty much which is embarrassing. All the staff have been so shocked at my weight loss which is so nice. Like every single person. I’m not one who doesn’t like it being talked about, I like the compliments so it feels good. I’m just gonna focus on eating as well as I can, avoiding boredom eating. I won’t be allowed outside for a while but when I can I’ll walk as much as I can round the gardens.

Are they being kind to you ..
If having takeaway got you through it ,there's nothing wrong with that .
Also diagnosed autistic here to ,and I eat the same foods for days and days at a time ..then I go off it and have something else and the cycle starts again with a different food .
Are the people nice you are in with ..I do hope things start to improve for you soon.

Just had a lovely NSV. As I've mentioned before I badly broke my ankle last year and had two surgeries. As a result I've only had showers, because getting in and out of the bath felt too scary. But what my family doesn't know is that I hadn't had a bath for about 3 months before the accident, because I just didn't fit. I was like a sausage in a skin, with all the water trapped at the tap end by my huge body blocking it. Well I finally felt ready today, and very carefully clambered in to a nice hot bubble bath with my poshest smellies...and not only did I manage to get in and out without mishap, I actually had spare room! Not loads, but the water was running along either side of me. I had a lovely soak, and I actually feel a bit emotional, in a good way. Such a simple thing that most people take for granted.

Apologies if this has been asked before, but do you know if the MJ suppliers provide details of our weight to our GP? I haven't been invited for my free flu jab this year, and when I checked eligibility it said it was for those with a BMI of over 40. I haven't seen my doc or been weighed there since I started on the jabs, so was confused, but it occurred to me it might be via the pharmacy I buy from. Happy my BMI is below 40, though, even if I've now lost one of the few perks of being super obese!

@eibbed999 all that's been added to my NHS record by any of the suppliers has been the prescription itself, so the date, the medication, the dose, which shows up on my Prescription medication list. So that's Asda, Zava, Pharmacy2U, WePrescribe, and Swift so far.

My GP didn't ask what my weight was when I had my recent, entirely via text/email, annual medication review for my high BP. I don't think my GP has any idea what I weigh! The last time I told them was October 24, at my last BP medication review where I did actually speak to a pharmacist on the phone. But my GP practice is a bit of a shit show unfortunately.

Mine too! Shit shows seem to be very common! One of my motivations for losing weight is to deal with them as little as possible.

@eibbed999 I’ve just ordered a new pen from Medicine Marketplace and they just sent me the GP letter to forward onto my GP, doesn’t mention weight (see below!)

For the first time ever I had to do a video this order that showed my face and then me actually on the scales so they could see the weight 😬. Hope I don’t have to do that every month, they made it sound easy in the instructions, just have it in selfie mode and then flip the camera round to film the weighing bit - you can’t flip camera in video mode on bloody iPhones! Silly me for having such a rare phone type 🤣

Quick turnaround on the order though, sent the video yesterday and the pen should be here tomorrow. First one at new prices though- £251 🫣 ouch

@eibbed999 i love your bath story as a fellow broken-ankler. I was away a couple of weeks ago and the air bnb had a really lovely large bath. I had walked more than usual and all my muscles were aching and i really wanted to use it but was with my teen son and had visions of being unable to get back up onto my feet to get out and traumatising the poor boy if I needed help 🙈

I haven’t had a bath in a few years, our tub at home is shallow and only half of me fitted under the water, definitely something to look forward to.

i had my flu vaccine today - my BMI is 40.1 today - just made it and hopefully won’t be eligible next year!

Note to self - you may have got away with pretty much no symptoms on any dose so far but eat anything spicy and you will regret it. You may think it’s only mildly spicy (it was only salt and chilli chicken from Sainsburys) but your stomach will protest violently afterwards regardless. (This was not the first time I’ve made this mistake 😖)

@PearlTeapot look after yourself

I'd love a bath but I still don't fit in nicely my legs/hips still get in the way. Though I'm sure our bath is narrow but maybe that's wishful thinking.

Did omad again today and will do again tomorrow, that will be 4 days. I've actually been ok on it in terms of hunger. Wonder if I'll see any results.