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.

Can I just give a bit of reassurance to anyone worrying that the alcohol effects are as fickle as the other effects. I still drink, occasionally to excess, but rarely suffer after effects. I only drink gin & slimline tonic though which is relatively "clean" and rarely suffer MJ side effects too so maybe I am just less susceptible than others (Flip side is that my weight loss is slower than that of many)

@HumBumBum I use SwiftDoctor and find them really helpful and responsive.

@WeAllHaveWings @gimmemounjaro No real words of wisdom on the H2A vs PPI thing. Different modes of action and both very effective but with their own pros and cons.
The H2a's fell out of favour because it was discovered that there was a contaminant which increased in certain storage conditions that raised cancer risk so several, including the 2 "biggest" (ranitidine aka Zantac and cimetidine aka Tagamet) were withdrawn if I remember correctly. Those left, like famotidine are not affected by this but, like PPIs, can lead to rebound acidity if used regularly.
They are good drugs and might be a useful fallback for occasional use though.
My personal view is that the biggest drawback of both PPIs and H2as has been overprescribing, we issued too many and for too long, which is rarely a good idea (although I would argue that point endlessly with GP colleagues and rarely win it!)

Happy December everyone. I’ve opened my first day of the ‘skinny chocolate bar’ advent calendar and have a Toffee bar to have with my mid morning coffee.

Hows everyone doing this grey and drizzly day?

Happy December @InfoSecInTheCity and all you lovely lot! A skinny choc bar advent calendar sounds ideal. What make is it?

I'm feeling a bit hungover-tired but tree day was lovely, and the house looks nicely festive now. I don't actually think I overate too badly as we grazed on things like satay chicken skewers and beef lollipops. I probably had about 4-5 glasses of fizz in total over the whole afternoon & evening. I am grimly fascinated, though, at the instant effect of alcohol on the scales. This morning they showed 2.75lbs up on yesterday. I know it'll all vanish again but bloody hell. 😳

I'm debating whether or not to push jabbing until tomorrow. I'll wait and see how I feel after some poached eggs I think.

It’s this one @GiveMeWordGames I like the ones with the chewy centre, especially the mint one.

https://home.bargains/product/813938c6-bd8f-4fb8-951c-74bc3f352bf0/skinny-bars-advent-calendar-25-full-size-bars-498g

Happy December!

I ended November at a major goal - a healthy BMI - almost 17 months to the day from my first MJ injection.

28 June 2024 - 15st 11lbs (39.8 BMI) Obese

5 July 2024 - 15st 8 lbs (39.3 BMI) - First injection day

30 November 2025 - 9st 12 lbs (24.8 BMI) Healthy

Height - 5' 2.5"

Goal weight - 8st 8lbs (21.3 BMI)

I cannot believe that I have lost over 80 lbs and am 1lb away from a six stone loss. The mind boggles! I bought a 20lb weighted vest last week and it is so heavy. How was I walking around with the equivalent of four of them strapped to my short self!

My husband and I just had our first proper holiday in 2.5 years and it was such a different experience! I wasn't embarrassed to be in a bathing suit, I wanted to be in photos, and I packed and wore so many cute and colourful outfits. It was all-inclusive and I ate and drank well, but also exercised and walked every day, and came back at rhe same weight (I did wait a day to step on the scale - I always swell up on travel days so didn't want to see a "false" weight).

I have been on a 10mg dose for a few months now and it is working well, so I will stick with it. And I will keep up with my exercise habit, which is now ingrained into my daily schedule.

I am so happy that I did this for myself.

Hopefully everyone in this group is doing well - your stories continue to inspire me. ❤️

A massive well done on hitting that normal BMI milestone @EternalFatalist 🥳🎉👏. Outstanding!

Well done on so many fronts, @EternalFatalist . That all sounds brilliant!

I might see if i can track one of those down @InfoSecInTheCity . Possibly discounted too now December has started. 😁

I'm not being influenced by you this time @InfoSecInTheCity 😁
(I've just packed my hammock away in garage for winter).

I have an M&S Beatuy one from when I stocked up on thermals and I've treated teen DD's to OK Beauty big advent calanders - so I am winning at mumming this week.

Wow @EternalFatalist !! That’s so wonderful to read!

Welcome to the newbies!!!

I had a random weigh in yesterday and after no loss for ages, I'm 2kg down.

SW 124kg
SBMI 41
CW 77kg
CBMI 25.9 - inching towards "healthy"
Total loss to date ; 47kg / 7s10lb / 103lb - over 16 months

This time last year I was feeling so good after losing the first 21 kilos. I felt fabulous and my clothes were starting to feel quite loose & I was buying new clothes. My jawbone and collar bones were starting to reemerge & I enjoyed feeling more fabulous at all the Xmas parties.

However I was still struggling with long term goals. Although I had 50kg loss goal in mind from the outset (this would take me to high healthy BMI), I couldn't visualise this or imagine getting there. And now a year on I am 3kgs away from that goal. The 2nd 21 kilos I lost took more than twice as long as the first 21kilos, though bizarrely it was almost easier. After the first few months I really settled into this new lifestyle & though loss slowed down it became easier as "shiny, new, exciting, all consuming" settles into slow steady reliable & calm. The hare becomes the tortoise. Although I have spent most of 2025 feeling like I wasn't losing weight - many many plateaus followed by a woosh - I've lost 26 kilos this year.

Fitness wise, I've gone from feeling like I was going to throw up every time I did a forward bend, to no longer being the "biggest" in the yoga class, I can plank for ages and I am able to side plank now too (i've struggled with side plank but have nailed it the last few weeks - lovely progress). I'm strong, relatively toned & muscly, & while my thighs are wobbly & have extra skin I have no cellulite - its gone!

🥝🥝

(Double kiwi a day keeps constipation away.)

@EternalFatalist incredible achievement. Reading about your holiday made be a bit teary. What a transformation

Happy December and such brilliant losses and posts - has cheered me up after a very hectic, stressful weekend.

I'm happy with another 1lb loss today, which is jab day:

SW 13.1.25 20st 3lbs BMI 43
CW 1.12.25 14st 4lbs BMI 30.4

Tantilisingly close to the 6st loss mark - 1lb to go!! Hopefully, maybe by the end of this week/this time next week 😮 Also so close to being under 200lbs and to hitting the under BMI 30 - it's all happening!

I'm on a mission now - am going to Lanzarote on 10th January for 3 weeks - my longest holiday ever - and really want to be near my initial goal weight which I'd set at 13st 10lbs. I'm 8lbs off it so might not quite hit it, what with Christmas and all, but should be near.

I've only gone and bought a blooming bikini...!! Never in my life have I ever had one - and it's from Snag, so is HUGE and not in the slightest bit tiny and sexy, but is quite retro and a gorgeous mint green colour - and will make it tons easier to go for wees, which is why I bought it! 😄

So, am focussed and hopeful and all the things I have never been before, 11 months into losing weight!

Onwards and downwards for everyone 💪💪💪

LOL

Ive kept my hammock in the gazebo with a chiminea added for a cosy fireplace glow. It’s my sanctuary when I need somewhere quiet to just read and doze.

Hi everyone!

How the devil are you all, its been a while since I last posted.

Welcome to all who have joined recently😊

November was a funny month, a loss, STS, a small loss and a lb gain, but I hit my 7 stone loss a couple of weeks ago despite the scales, so that was good.

Trying to get back into the swing again now we are in Dec, so here are my recent stats.

56yrs old and176cm tall.
SW - 20st 3lbs, 14th Aug 24
CW - 12st 12.6lbs, 1st Dec 25
WL - 4.6lbs my biggest whoosh!
Total loss 102.4lbs in 15th months ish.
Average wkly loss yr2 - 1.17lb pw.
Overall average now 1.5lbs from 1.6-1.8lbs in the first yr.
BMI 26.4 from 41.8
Visceral fat 9 from 24

I am on wk 8 of 4mg having dropped back down from the heady heights of 4.83mg and all is good. I think I shall stay here now, unless of course the food noise returns, in which case I will increase by 2 clicks again.

Seeing 12 stone would have made me quite excited pre MJ, but as I continue to be rather Eeyore like (MJ has sucked the joy from my life), I just had a moment of remembering that the last time I saw 12+ stone, I was 30yrs old. Over a quarter of a century ago!
That is mad! 😀

Keep on keeping on, despite the bad days, despite the scales and you will get to your goal.

Good luck all!

More people at work are now noticing my weightloss. Got told not to lose any more. They thought I was now a size 14 and were shocked when I said no, I’m mostly an 18 and in reality I’m only about half way there.

I've lost 2.5 stone and I'm still in the obese range yet lately, friends and neighbours have started bringing quite calorific food around to our house eg home made cake. I wonder if some of them are trying to fatten me up again.

I am also getting comments about "oh are you stopping now?" "When are you stopping" "you dont want to fade away" - I know these are well meaning comments from friends.

I am still BMI Overweight.
My body fat is still high at 35.6% though I have just reached the top of the "normal" range.
My hip/waist ratio is also still higher than reccommended.

I accept now that I am not a reliable narrator re my body. I can see & feel I am losing weight but I look almost the same in my minds eye. I don't think I look fat, just I look like me. So I am being guided by how I feel, and numbers.

I get these comments too, mostly from MiL. You’re disappearing! There’ll be nothing left soon! Etc. It’s about her anxieties though, not my health.

I say yes yes / nonsense / oh for goodness sake / not really / actually my BMI is just under 24 / something blasphemous depending on how grouchy I’m feeling.

Sensible people say nothing or nice things like ‘you’re looking well!’ or ‘wow you’ve lost weight! How are you feeling? or ‘I need to too, do you have any tips?’.

This talk of people commenting on here-really I think some public education needed in light of weight loss jabs to educate people how to (or not) discuss with person loosing weight.

I think my last 2KG been very noticeable out of the 36kg O have lost.
I just reach 99kg so am happy to be under 100kg finally.
i am a size 16-18 still (was 22-24).

I bought some new Halara work trousers which by the way are very flattering. However, I’m not sure I want to wear them anymore. In the last week so many people are publically commenting on my weight loss.
This attention is not invited nor welcome. How can they not tell by my uncomfortable reply it is not for discussion.
I usually shut it down with ‘thanks’ and turn away. Even resorted to explain I have had a tough year (bereavement) so loss then. This normally shuts it down that people get the drift I don’t want to discuss.

Today, a colleague openly asked (in front of others too) publicly, ‘oh are you taking those weight loss injections’?
I was mortified! Someone I am not even close too asked such a personal thing. I hate I felt I had to lie, but I did. I said no and walked away. I am sure all of them said once I walked off, oh I bet she is.
i feel so judge and embarrassed. Why is it that despite making a healthy choice for myself I am still subject to everyone’s judgement and comment.
Is it ok to ask about other health and medications. Would someone think ok to ask if you take antidepressants now after returning to work from time off with stress.
i’m so sad I was confronted like this.

I have adopted a very matter of fact and positive response strategy regardless of the tone of comments.

I had a school mum say ‘I barely even recognised you’, now that could have been a dig, I chose to see it as a compliment and just said ‘Thank you!’ In a chipper voice and kept moving away.

A woman I don’t know but see almost everyday at Costa because I have a coffee problem came over and said ‘I had to ask because you’ve lost so much weight, how did you do it, is it the jabs?’ I said ‘It is, they’re great, they’ve worked wonders.’ Smiled and then stopped to see how she responded. I think she took her tone from me and said, oh that’s great for you, you really do look amazing, and walked off.

I find short, declarative statements that leave no ambiguity around my feelings are most effective in this kind of situation. I’m also socially inept and rude enough to feel perfectly comfortable just turning and walking away from any idiots I don’t want to talk to.

@Reginaphalangeeeee Someone I barely knew did that to me when I was about 6months in and 3 stone down in front of half a dozen others. I swallowed my urge to say "Gobshite" and decided to say yes as the others there were all friends. Everyone was very positive and supportive and they have been real cheerleaders since.

I’m pleased for you both you were able to come clean And own it.
For several reasons, I can not.
But fundamentally, I just don’t understand how people think it’s ok to comment on other peoples bodies and ask personal questions about medication. If I am not acknowledging my weight loss directly to them, then I prefer they don’t mention it.

Most people who ask me if I have lost weight get told its my private medical information I dont share. Only those close enough to me get told a version of the truth and only those who are very close get told the real deal. Even my Mum gets told the group 2 answer.

Changing the topic slightly but its surprising how many people seem to think they have a right to know alllllll about you. One of the reasons I actively chose to start using a wheelchair was because my walking was becoming increasingly erratic and I effectively looked like I was staggering around drunk. The amount of comments and intrusive questions I used to get was unreal. I find that with both MJ and other stuff shutting the conversation down is effective in 95% of cases as it makes it clear to people I'm not going to be answering questions. Only twice now have I had to go further than 'I don't share' and usually in these situations I tend to be even blunter than usual.

As for me personally I would never ask anyone anything unless they volunteered the information.

I know I've said this before, but I feel so evangelical about the difference MJ has made to my life that I'm happy to tell anyone - I hope that anyone struggling with their weight knows it's a great option - particularly if they can get it on the NHS.

I also think it's almost like @InfoSecInTheCity says about loose skin - it's a trade off of the wonders of Mounjaro - we are losing a significant amount of weight and our appearance is therefore changing significantly - so people are bound to be curious, and some will ask/express it - just one of the byproducts.

@MooBaggagei was thinking about my loose skin yesterday. I have my work Xmas do tomorrow, heading down to London for an evening of canapés and watching my usually strait laced colleagues get shif faced. So I was trying on my outfit to make sure I have everything and I look fabulous in it! No-one else needs to know that I literally had to tuck my saggy back skin in under the bra band of stand at a 90degree bend to stuff the cups and plump what’s left into a boob shape 🤣