Mounjaro/Wegovy with >5 stone/30kg to lose - thread 11!

[MooBaggage]

New thread for anyone with more than 5 stone/30kg to lose. All very 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.

Nothing is off topic and progress photos always welcome, encouraging us all to keep going!

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

@Bunnyjo of course you're welcome. Everyone is! Personally I have gone from a BMI of 45 to a BMI of 31 losing 41kg in the process. This has taken over a year though.

Hello @Bunnyjo and welcome! Sounds like you're doing really well 😊👍

I have to have loads of mini targets - gives me hope as I go along - I usually have at least 3 or 4 within each stone to lose so I don't get disheartened/bored!

I've also been on a million previous MN weight loss threads over the years and have never been able to sustain any kind of loss. This really does feel different though - a long term, permanent way forward, which is amazing.

The initial target I set was also to be just overweight - I thought that would be the most I could ever hope for. I'm 9lbs away from that at the moment and have set lots of targets beyond that now, ultimately to hit a BMI of 24 next summer 😍

Oh, hello @Bunnyjo! I'm also a September starter, with not dissimilar stats.

SW 15st 1lb
CW 13st 1lb

My next target is 12st 4lb which will put me at 80% of my starting weight and is roughly a midpoint between overweight and normal BMI.

So my weight loss has been very much up and down recently. Not surprising when there have been a few family birthdays to celebrate, I was away for a few days earlier in a 5 star hotel with 2 meals a day. Travel to said hotel involved a 1st class train ticket and the Avanti lounge at Euston (iykyk!) so not wonder why I'm not yet skinderella. Its not all bad though, I've got more squishy bits than usual so perhaps I am actually going to start losing weight soon. I've also got wrinkly skin but as I have been overweight/obese all my adult life I'm not surprised by that either. What I am surprised about is that I am 3.4kg away from both the lightest I can ever remember myself being and having a BMI of 30. Eeeeeeeek.

Fun fact about me: I dont especially like ice cream and I really dont like Mr Whippy. Dont know why, its always been like this. If we are getting ice creams in the summer I'll usually go for an ice lolly instead.

Thanks everyone!

@alltablenochairs, what an fantastic achievement! @MooBaggage, yours too - 6st, wow! I am willing that next 2lb to drop off you ASAP.

I hope you realise just how inspirational your stories (and others) have been to people like me. You help make this feel more attainable and less lonely.

@UnimaginableWindBird, well done - amazing loss so far and I hope to be following in your footsteps. I never joined in on a month thread, as the September guys were nearly a month in when I started. I should have started MJ 1 day later and been an October starter, but I was eager to get going as soon as I received my first delivery! Glad I did and only wish I'd taken the plunge sooner.

Welcome @Bunnyjo! This is an incredible treatment and it sounds like you’ve figured out how to make it work for you!

I’ve lost just over 5 stone or pretty exactly a third of my starting weight. Most of it went in the first 7 months, then I slowed down for the last 5 or 6 kilos for a softer landing. Now after 11 months my BMI is 23.8 and tbh it’s amazing. I am so much more comfortable.

Can’t take much lactose here either. But above all MJ has made me such a food snob. I’ve had a few fancy locally made gelato type ice creams on trips, but nothing less than boutique can tempt me now. Ideally with the names of the cow who gave the milk and the hipster who handpicked the blackcurrants in moonlight from a waxing moon.

Oh and I didn’t dare join this thread for months because I couldn’t believe I possibly could lose the 5 stone I needed to lose

Haha, I laughed when I read this because it is so familiar to me. I have tried and failed many times, so why should this time be any different? I almost had to see that first near stone and a half loss to start believing I can actually do it this time.

Your journey sounds perfect to me - I want to lose a similar amount and I need to reset my attitude towards food as I go along. I cannot go back to my old habits, nor do I want to. The thought that I can be a healthy BMI this time next year seems unattainable at the moment, but every pound down on the scales now is a pound I hope to never see again.

A quick hello to old and new „losers”!

I’m also a late Sep starter. Lost 2 stones now. The nearest target is to fit into my new clothes for Christmas and look satisfyingly presentable.

Still cannot fully believe it possible for me to lose 5 stones…. but I will say this:

I have found being on this thread and reading your stories and updates encouraging, motivating and uplifting.

Thank you ladies, let’s keep going and steadily losing!

PS. Going to a party tonight to celebrate friend’s round birthday. Wish me luck😉

Yes!

I now only eat high calorie/high carb stuff if it’s REALLY worth it. On many occasions I’ve thought something would be amazing because it liked amazing, and realised on the first bite that’s it’s just a bit meh so stopped eating it.

Weigh day for me today after 16 weeks of maintenance:

SW: 241.2 / 17st 3 / BMI 35.6
CW: 150.3 / 10st 10 / BMI 22.2
GW: remain 147-154 / 10.5-11st

Total loss = 6.5st ish and I’m pretty sure that’s enough now.

Still pootling along fine, holding steady without too much drama. It feels like my body is actively trying to stay this weight which is mind boggling because I assumed that maintenance would be very difficult, if not impossible. Of course, I’m still on the old MJ - down to 5.5mg now - so that might account for it, but have definitely had times lately when I’ve eaten without being hungry and not really gained as a result, which I think I would have before. I do tend to stay away from the really nasty UPF stuff and refined sugar, maybe that’s the thing. I just have no urge right now to return to my previous pick-me-ups of twix - beef hula hoops - double decker - wotsits - cigarette - then working my way through a packet of chocolate hobnobs urrgh!

I’m trying to eat little and often at the moment to help with the transition off Omeprazole, currently down to one of those every 48 hrs and definitely feeling it at the mo. I’m still hoping to be off both that and MJ by spring / summer next year.

Happy weekends to all, I love hearing about all the great numbers and NSVs. And welcome @Bunnyjo , enjoy this time of amazing transformation! It’ll fly by before you know it!

Another neat 1lb loss this week and scales started with an 11 for the first time. 11st 13.8lbs so logging at 12st but it was still an 11! 😮

Saturday check in - End of week - 72 (5 x 2.5mg, 53 x 3.75mg, 17 x 3mg)

SW - 21st 05lbs BMI 44.8
CW - 12st 00lbs BMI 25.2
TW - 11st 12lbs BMI 24.9 (normal BMI!)

Total loss - 9st 5lbs (130lbs), 43.8%

Losses (24H2) - 10,2,2,4,1,3,3,3,1,3,2,2,3,3,2,3,3,2,1,4,0,2,3,3,1,4,0 (avg 2.3)
Losses (25H1) - 0,3,2,1,3,1,1,0,2,3,3,-1,3,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,0,3,0 (avg 1.6)
Losses (25H2) - 1,2,1,3,0,2,0,1,2,1,0,2,0,2,1,1,2,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,1 (avg 1.0)

Last time I saw an 11 would have been when I was around 19, I had started the pill and piled on about 3st within months. Was too scared to go back to Dr and ask about it as he had given me a sermon (yes, god was mentioned a few times!) about asking for it as an unmarried woman and threw the prescription at me 🙈 Thankfully things have moved on since the 1980s!

Welcome to all new joiners and good luck with your journey!

@ShrankLastWinter I get the hesitation, or perhaps fear of failure yet again and having to slink away, I joined the very first of these threads back in June 2024 when I had ordered/received my first pen, but it took me till thread 2 before I actually posted my starting weight for the first time!

It was a big step for me sharing it, even when anon on a forum, and I do notice when new posters do the same, there is so much shame and experiences of previous failures and it sometimes takes a little time to build confidence to share that information. Possibly shame conditioning from the WW weigh-in queue when everyone went up and had theirs done, followed by whispers and smiles/nods or worse the sympathetic head tilt!

@gimmemounjaro well done on your ongoing maintaining - it is giving me hope I can do it too when I get there!

Something I saw recently you might be interested in was an alternative to PPIs called H2 Blockers (famotidine - Pepcid) which appear to be able to be taken on a as needed basis. It looks like they still reduce stomach acid but more moderately than PPIs and less risk, might be an option if your acid is still there regularly but not as bad as intially. I am managing with Gavison Advanced when needed (vile stuff), or Rennies some days, but if I felt it was getting regular again I might ask the Dr about them. This (picture) is ChatGPT's take on them, but ChatGPT tends to be biased, perhaps @QueenOfHiraeth could give some thoughts/share any prescribing experience of H2 blockers?

NSV

If the photo loads, my cankles are no more! These boots were stretched by a combination of fat and fluid retention. Now there’s a noticeable gap.

Don’t get me wrong, by the end of a long NHS day on my feet, they still swell, but it’s an unexpected bonus and I’m taking it!

That’s interesting @WeAllHaveWings - thank you, I’ll try that if I can’t escape Omeprazole 👍

I had similar with Ashcroft @QueenOfHiraethI managed to prove my genuine use at the point of price rises and got one extra pen but since I’ve been microdosing on 7.5mg I don’t think they‘ll have me back - I‘m not really up for the fight tbh. I was kinda hoping prices might fluctuate in the January sales as it’s at that point I’ll need to either drop to 5mg as the price jump is ridiculous, or switch to wegovy (which I don’t want to, I’m happy on MJ - still cursing Donald Trump for this!)

Welcome to the newbies on the thread.

I have dropped down to 5mg - basically to save money and I lost a pound this week so I am pretty happy with that. After 10 months on mounjaro my weight loss is much slower than at the start. I am just over 15 stones now. I don't remember being under 15 stones since 2001 when I was doing the Atkins diet! BMI has gone from 46 to 34. One of the main positive things for me is that I have a lot more energy.

I am also relieved that some of the foods that I could not resist in the past no longer appeal, e.g. pringles. Although sadly HG salted caramel ice cream does not fall into that category!

Ouff.. the evils of drink..

I went to the last night party all smug and mighty.
Pretty quickly all my promises to self to drink sensibly and not to pig out went out of the window.

Result: I’m nursing a massive hangover and feeling dreadful. On my umpteenth green tea trying to settle my bruised stomach.

And I was planning to bring my jab day forward from a Monday to Sunday. I can’t do it now, can I?

Or maybe I’ll wait and see how I’m feeling in the afternoon.

Hiya all! So I’ve just moved up to 5mg - all good so far and 10lb down in 4 weeks so happy with that! I’m struggling with headaches though - I’ve had them all the way through and I’m wondering if there’s anything else I can try to help with them as I don’t want to be taking paracetamol every day! I drink plenty of water already - anyone have any advice?

@bakingmad123 Yes, I had similar symptoms at a similar point. I drink Zero electrolytes (sugar free, dissolve one tablet in 750ml of water, mango or grapefruit flavours are lovely). And also take magnesium citrate, one tablet every night, which also helps with good sleep and avoiding constipation. And lots of fluids generally.

Hello @Bunnyjo ! Sounds like you're off to a great start. I was a bit like you but on the March thread as I started near the end of the month and a lot of them were end Feb/first week of March. Also only a few with as much to lose as me.

@SecondCircuit ouch! Well at least it wasn't early in your MJ week and you didn't see your food and drinks again at the end of the night. A lesson I learned in the Summer. 😫 I would drown yourself in water today to offset the post booze retention and stick with tomorrow as jab day for this week.

@bakingmad123 could your electrolytes be a bit off if you're really drinking lots of water? I don't know as I've never had the headaches side effect. But like @WoolerOwl I take a magnesium supplement every day. Citrate or glycinate.

It's Xmas Tree day today. Traditionally this involves much drinking and lots of party food and then Die Hard when appropriately sozzled. I am going to try and moderate a bit but it is the end of my MJ week and, erm, we did buy some nice nibbles from Waitrose on Friday so it may well be me on the rehydrating game tomorrow. 😬

It's Elf Day today for us, so I'm making an alcohol free mulled apple and pomegranate juice which I'm looking forward to. But I'm currently freezing as I went for a swim in a lake this morning and didn't get into dry clothes quickly enough afterwards.

Currently on 12.5mg. As of this morning’s weigh in

SW (April 25) - 260lbs
CW - 210lbs.
GW - maybe 170lbs? Not sure.

dress size from a 24 to mostly 18’s with the odd 20 thrown in.

Bra size 40gg to 36H (think I’ll need to re-measure after xmas though).

BMI from 41 down to 33.9.

@gimmemounjaro

You might find some tips in here for coming off PPIs and reducing acid, it came up in my Facebook feed this morning. First link a walkthrough, then second a Q&A

@GiveMeWordGames - thank you, I’m drinking lots today. But sadly not feeling much better .
I will be stealing your idea of Die Hard movie night though.
@UnimaginableWindBird - swimming in a lake?! Sweet lord, it’s freezing here!!🫨🤩
@NotsosunnyShropshire that is an amazing achievement..
All gives me hope it’ll be me one day with 4-5 stone loss.

@SecondCircuit I have sworn a sacred vow today that I will never again have more than two drinks in an evening. Or possibly three if it’s a really long evening and they are very, very good drinks. The hangovers on this drug are something else