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.

Okay, I've got a delightful NSV.

You know how all of us on this thread are worried about our tummy flab? Will it ever go away?
Will it even reduce?

Well, I was feeling mine (as you do) and there's definitely a lot less to grab round the edges, all of a sudden. Almost overnight, it's changed.

The scales are moving very slowly now, but body changes are clearly still happening.

With the aid of decent shapewear, I almost have a flat tummy these days. Obviously it's not........ but I can easily disguise what's left of it.

So take heart!

And I must share something else, to make you laugh. Or possibly be sick.

When getting rid of my husband's stuff, I came across a brand-new sex toy which he bought a while ago.

It's called The Masturbator.

So I stuck it on Ebay.
So far, 178 wankers (literally) have put it on their Watch List.

Might as well make a few bob from it, eh?

I don't think it was ever used. I hope not anyway

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne 😲I want to search the name, and then again I don't want to search it.....!! Definitely you should make some dosh from it, and slightly disturbing that it's so popular!

I am definitely not searching on the wifi but I sincerely hope one of the tossers buys it so you can treat yourself to something nice!!!

WELL DONE on the 25% and the reduced HABC1 things!!! Brilliant NSVs!

oh @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne I’m so sorry to read your post, what an absolute shock for you… just to go, with no warning or signs, I don’t blame you for feeling all this rage! I’m glad you have lots of support around you, and if he tries to get his stick back you have an excuse to whack him with it!

and @Onenotsosmallstep I'm sorry that you are having to deal with this too, he’s awful for doing this to you, hold your resolve, you are worth so much more x

I haven’t posted on this thread before but have been a long-time lurker. Just wanted to say @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne your posts have made me laugh out loud today re the books and the toy! I wonder if one of the watchers is your ex?!

I don’t think you’ll be single for long (unless you want to be) with your fabulous sense of humour (and svelteness!).

Also @Onenotsosmallstep I hope things work out for you 💐

And @PearlTeapot I’ve followed your story since you started on MJ and, despite everything else you’ve had to deal with, you’re doing brilliantly. Many congrats and I hope you’re back home with your lovely family before long.

And just a bit about me, I’m a year in on MJ, 73lb down (and probably a similar amount to go if I keep at it for long enough). I recognise other names here from the lovely November ‘24 chat that I’m on but feel like I have more in common with people on this thread who understand the difficulties of having to lose a whole person!

Hello @Novjaro

You said:

"I wonder if one of the watchers is your ex?!"

That is not possible.
He is a techno-fuckwit.
I bought The Masturbator on his behalf when he asked me to.
He isn't capable of buying anything online.

Three weeks after he left me, I figured out that he'd been rehoused after I discovered over £1800 worth of household goods in my Amazon basket (!)

He didn't realise that our phones were synched, and that anything he put in the Amazon basket would be delivered to my house - the house he'd left with such suddenness.

I had to get my son to intervene and get him a new SIM.

(I'd briefly thought of donating The Masturbator to the village charity shop, but decided that the Church of Scotland Roof Fund could probably do without such a dubious object).

They were very pleased to accept the Dressing Gown of Doom though.
🤣

I'm catching up after a couple of weeks and have read the posts. So many I thought "Ooh I'll reply to that" but then it's gone out of my brain.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne and @Onenotsosmallstep I am so so sorry to hear your news. Men can be just awful. Broon I'm so glad you've got your choirs and your community. I hope singing can be healing for you as it has been for those in them.

@PearlTeapot I've not posted much recently but understand the world of hospitals and been thinking of you often. You're doing so well. Are there some activities on the ward you can do or that come to you? I remember you said it was hard leaving your room

@Novjaro Wow congratulations on a year! I'll be a year in January and it seems so strange to look back. I was so scared about it all and so didn't believe life could change.

@AlicesMum2025 congratulations on 25% loss 🎉

I'm 14 stone 4 today. This is 7.5 stone down which is crazy.

Id been hoping to get to "stomach sticking out less than boobs" but each time I get there the boobs shrink at the same pace I think. Overall my figure is so different but with the bulk of fat on my stomach so it's all out of proportion. I don't think I'd brave jeans yet as my stomach just sticks out.

I was looking at the huge gap between me and the steering wheel this morning and just marvelling how much has changed and how for weeks I wondered at what point I'd class my stomach as "definitely not touching".

I've got 1.5 stone to go to get to "not obese". I'm aware my loss is slowing a little (but still happening!) so no idea when it will get there.

Love to you all. You're all amazing and it's such a roller coaster of a journey isn't it. Xx

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne I think i used your chequp referral code before. Do you know if you can reuse them or are they a new customer offer? I'm sure my wegovy with chequp was £150 last month and its coming up as £200 this month

It's for new customers only.
You need to share your own code with people to get another discount.

They've just announced that there's a maximum of two referrals a month from now.

Thank you. I was just surprised as with the code it was £114 I think then last month with no code it was £160 and now they charged £199. I've cancelled it and will go back to shopping around as the cheapest online are around £105

Morning all, I am pleased to report that I have lost 6kg overnight!

Good news @GnomeDePlume! That’s a relief eh?!

I just realised I am 2lbs away from being just overweight, not obese! That could be next week! Yikes!

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne how dare your ex husband treat you in such a casually cruel way. Your strength and humour shine through in your posts. Fuck him and may the tea towels that he eventually gets round to buying never dry things properly.

@Onenotsosmallstep what is it with these men? I hope that you make the right choice for yourself. I know that feeling of blaming being fat for everything and somehow feeling less as a result. It's strange when that feeling lessens or leaves. Because then you are faced with the knowledge that it's not you and it's not right.

You are you feeling @Onenotsosmallstep?

I'm still furious with my husband but you're still in love with yours.
That makes a difference in our responses, for obvious reasons. Also, yours is having an affair but mine just totally buggered off.

Argh.

Hi @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden thanks for popping in, well done on 7.5 stones, seeing that 14 must have felt incredible!!

I'm doing ok. I don't leave my room at all except for the occasional outside walk, but I'm on 1-2-1 care so always have someone with me and as I've been feeling better that means a lot of uno, monopoly deal and card games! And I'm a crafty person so diamond painting, cross stitch etc too and the art lead often drops me bits off.

How's the new full time working going???

@Novjaro thank you, and welcome to our thread, and congrats on your weight loss! That 100lb loss is in sight for you now!

Sorry to hear about some of the relationship struggles (marriage/friendship/colleages) that some of you are going through. It does make you wonder how people perceive those with excess weight, like an easy target. So when you do start putting yourself first or your confidence/self esteem improves, other people can't take it. I'm sure it was the InBetweeners movie/show where one of them is looking for fatties to snog because they were more likely to say yes. It's shown as comedy, but there is an underlying element to how society sees us.

@PositiveAttitude The colleague discussion is interesting! Especially when she said her BMI is too low - because I'd have said "I thought you didn't want the jab anyway" 😂

@AlicesMum2025 a massive congratulations on that milestone, that is absolutely huge!!!! And I agree with you, everytime I pick up a weight, even 5kg or 10kg I think "this is what I was carrying around 3 months ago". How do you measure your fat/muscle %? I'd like to do that? I don't like the gym

@PearlTeapot What happened? Why was your pen binned, are you jabbing yourself or is a HCP doing it? I get absolutely every last drop out of my pen.

Sorry to hear about your man troubles @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne , hopefully in the long run you'll come out on top.

I'm putting weight on and it's crazy considering I'm on omad, I lost a lot at the start of November so thought I'd broken the cycle but I've got heavier since then 😔 oh well I'll just keep trying my best. I don't know if I should do 15mg now, I was hoping to not need to, I was half tempted just to eat a load of bad food like I used to but in my rational mind I know that will make it worse.

If you are gaining weight despite being in a calorie deficit (and unless you are eating a huge/calorific amount in your one meal you must be) I would see your GP.

@mamabeeboo no the pen locked out (I was taking 2.5 from a 5mg pen) so I had to throw away the golden dose (which would have likely been 2 doses). That's what was annoying! They let me do it myself.

@Lds1 how many calories are you eating a day? As if you're in a mega deficit (which I'd expect on omad) then I'd be off to see a doctor.

Just my experience but I eat loads more on Sundays than I do throughout the week (jab day in the evening) cos I read a few times you should have days where you shake your metabolism up by eating more than usual and it seems to work for me, I've lost consistently pretty much every week except holiday week. I stick roughly to my calorie allowance in the week then eat whatever I want (within reason!) on Sundays, we always go out for lunch with grandma, so I usually have a caramel latte from Starbucks (cal heavy), anything I want for lunch, always a dessert, always another coffee usually caramel latte again. Plus then dinner and a snack of something nice in the evening. It keeps me motivated through the week too.

Welcome out of lurkdom @Novjaro 👋

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden, well done on the 7.5 stone down, that’s epic! I’m similar to you with the stomach bigger than boobs scenario but I don’t think it’ll change for me as my boobs are just deflating rather than getting smaller, but the last half a stone has seen a big difference to my stomach, it’ll never be gone but it’s becoming acceptable. I look better in jeans that have a high waist, especially the ‘paper bag’ style waist that skims rather than fits, I can tuck things into those whereas skinny type jeans I have to wear a longer top. Hope the new job is going well.

@Lds1 arghhh, so frustrating! I’d be tempted to try what Pearl has suggested, have you looked at calorie cycling? Also as Renegade has said, see your gp as something isn’t right there, although I’d hesitate before seeing my useless gp….

Have you tried using a syringe to extract all the mj?