April 2025 Mounjaro Starters - Thread 6!

[Uninvitedleaf]

New thread for when number 5 is full and so I can link to it in good time!

I weighed in a couple of days early this week on Tuesday and after staying the same the week before I lost 1.9lbs so happy with that.
now won’t be weighing for a couple of weeks as home for Christmas. It is hot!!
I completely expect to gain weight while I’m here as my family eat soo many take aways a week and it’s so hard to be organised and cook but I shall try my best.

Morning everyone.

official weigh day for me:

SW: 13st 7lb
GW: 10st 7lb
CW: 9st 13lb

current dose 2.5mg every 14 days

My original goal when I started was 9st 13 but I put it up to 10st 7 as I felt that was more reasonable - I have not been this weight since I was about 13! I was toying with dosing again on Sunday to see me through Xmas but I think I probably won’t as I’m now outwith my goal range of 10st - 10st 7. I’m finding it hard to allow myself to eat :(

@Cerberus1808 hey ..bloods came back with low VitD so I've been prescribed some tablets.

I'll have to see how mine gets on and see if it gets any better or worse

Morning everyone! Been encouraged seeing all the updates from people like me who are still plodding on, it’s very good to have the company. Also really helpful to be hearing from those tapering down or trying to maintain and the challenges with that.

I’ve lost just over 2lb this week which is quite a bit for me, but not for the best reasons as it’s been a difficult one. One of my cats died unexpectedly at the start of the week which was a huge shock (she was young) so I’ve had a few days of barely eating while trying to keep everything together for the rest of the household who are just as upset. I’m definitely an emotional eater in that I just can't face it when I’m stressed (and conversely equate happiness with eating loads!) but I am getting back to normal now thankfully.

@Uninvitedleaf oh I'm sorry to hear that. Sending hugs. Go easy on yourself. Xx

Oh no @Uninvitedleaf, that's horrible and just before Christmas too. Hope you get some comfort fom the remaining one(s) at least. Pet stressors are one of the rare things that actually stop me eating too 😟

I'm definitely plodding on for the long term. Original goal was 10.5 stone but that will still be overweight for me at 5'1", so now I can dare to look further to 9.5 stone, which I might reach by the end of May if I'm lucky! 2lb off this week so 12st 2lb now. Oh to be in the 11's for the start of the New Year.

To those who think they're really slow, I'm kind of envious as you must have much nicer skin? I'd say I'm a mid rate plodder (my average is around 1.5lb loss per week) but I have the dreaded loose skin around the tops of my legs. In hindsight, for those needing this medication for life, like me, there will be no benefit to racing ahead really.

Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas week with as little stress as possible, and thinking of those struggling, it can be a shitty time too.

Thanks for the sympathy. I’m definitely getting back to normal now but it’s been a tough few days.

I’m losing slightly slower than you @SunnySpellsAhead, I think I average 1.1lb/week. I’m only 5’ so I probably need to aim for about 9 stone just to get into a normal weight range. I do have some loose skin at the top of my legs now too but not elsewhere (yet) so I can live with that since I feel like it’s not that noticeable! Hoping it will firm up a bit with exercise. I’m expecting it to be April/May before I hit goal as well but that might not be a bad time, possibly easier to imbed new habits and be more active in Spring/Summer if we’re thinking about titrating down then. That’s my hope anyway!

Sounds a lot like my MiL. Saw them this weekend for the first time since March. No mention at all about my current 4 stones weightloss.

I was very surprised. She has been on a lifelong diet, is extremely outspoken and is probably the originator of penis portions.

Been eating far too much while away.

One sister and father have taken to calling me soup bones. While the other has said absolutely nothing. A lot or comments from all of them that my clothes are too big I need new ones. They don’t fit etc.

comments of being too thin. Which I personally don’t think I am. I haven’t been home since April when i started so I think they are just used to me being fat and will take some adjusting but when I suggested this she laughed.

Hope your family adjust soon @Squiffy01 . I’m not seeing my siblings and partners until February and I’m braced for a load of comments then as they won’t have seen me since I started.

I do seem to have just started getting comments from randoms recently, not sure if it’s that I’m seeing quite a few people that I only run into a few times a year because of Christmas socialising or what (friends of friends etc.). Comment of the season has got to be “Have you lost a tonne of weight?”, it’s hard to explain just how offensively that was delivered (in a hugely surprised tone of voice!) from someone who barely knows me. My internal response was “not a tonne although you clearly think I was an elephant previously from that comment, and that’s a really personal thing to say” but I went with a wimpy “erm yes” just to shut it down 😂. Goodwill to all insensitive family, friends, and acquaintances!

I bought some alpecin in the sale - used it loved it, and when I went to order some on
Amazon realised it’s for men. 😂 it’s great though - better than plantur in my opinion.

Hello lovelies!
I’ve just had a lovely time catching up with the posts. I’ve had this horrible cold that’s been going round and a mild chest infection so I’ve just been feeling sorry for myself and avoiding people. Anyway I’m back now and I still need this thread even in maintenance- Successful maintenance will be new territory for me (and all of us) and it helps to read your updates and cheer you all on!

So Ive now achieved my new goal weight on my own scales (9st 7lb - weighed in friends a few weeks ago and was 2lb lower 😂) and I’m happy with how I look and feel. I definitely don’t need to lose any more. My XH has just started on MJ and I’ve been talking to him a lot about my journey - he’s currently losing a lb a day on week 1 and liking it!

My diet this last couple of weeks has been awful, partly comfort food, mince pies, Xmas cake etc but then Ive been too full to eat the good food. I’ve had two meals out with family and friends, quite a few glasses of wine and Baileys too. I’ve also done NO exercise However - I’ve not put any weight on!! This is why I need that GLP1 hormone that MJ provides. All my portions have been pretty small, I definitely couldn’t eat a full restaurant meal, but I’ve eaten loads more sugar and alcohol than normal. I have increased my MJ dose back up to 3.75 to get me over the Xmas period, and I’ll drop back to 2.5 in the New Year. So for me, I think that this is what maintenance is going to look like.

For those of you still losing and wondering about maintenance, this is what has worked for me, and what it’s looked like. I’ve had the mind set that losing weight slowly will give my body more time to get used to each lower weight and hopefully accept a new weight set point. So I started at 11st 5lb in March and started losing straight away. I’ve stayed on the lowest dose possible to get results. I dropped to 10st by September and stayed there for 3 months on about 2.5mg. Then decided I wanted to lose another 7lb to drop my bmi under 24 and honestly just to make exercise a bit easier. I increased my dose back up to just over 5mg (I think it was actually 6.25) to drop another 7lb which I achieved properly on my own scales a couple of weeks ago. Then dropped my dose back to 3.75. I could have dropped to 2.5 but I knew I had meals out, alcohol and generally eating more crap. This has meant that I’ve really enjoyed my food but just eaten and drunk less. I’ll add a screen shot of my Shotsy graph.

My next little decision is this… I weigh myself every day and it really keeps me on track, so I shall continue this, but on 27th Dec we are going to Spain for three weeks. We are driving and I don’t know if I should take my scales with me! I’ll definitely be jabbing, but I think I’ll be more worried if I leave them behind and won’t have any weight data to help me decide how much to jab. I don’t want to gain or lose any more weight now. If it was a two week trip I wouldn’t bother. Part of me thinks I’m being ridiculous, but this is new territory for me and even as I write this I’m realising that a daily weigh in is actually reassuring for me.

Anyway I’ve written another essay 😂 much love to you all - so sorry for anyone who is grieving or having a hard time with family or friends at the moment. Weight gain and loss is something that society thinks it has a right to comment on. I’m still mostly keeping MJ very quiet but loving my new found confidence, building yet another charity box of clothes that are too big, and still spending too much money on replacing them! In the New Year I shall definitely be talking about NY resolutions!! 😘😘😘😘😘

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Hope you’ve all had a lovely day. 😊
Ive had a mixed one, mostly due to my head not being in a great place this last couple of weeks, plus I think taking on too much as usual! Here’s hoping some Spanish sunshine sorts me out!
Food wise I’ve had very small meals, a couple of mini mince pies and mini piece of Xmas cake. Still mainly off the booze so no hangovers! All lovely food which I really enjoyed, but no way can I push past that full feeling! I was genuinely upset to have to leave some of my very smalll serving of Xmas dinner.
Enjoy lovelies and do a Christmas 🎄 update when you can!

Happy Boxing Day everyone!

I’m looking forward to a few days pottering about at home now and getting back to just eating when I want/need to. We’ve had a lovely time but it’s made me think a lot about how much I eat as part of ritual & custom rather than listening to my body and going with that. Now I’m more used to listening to my genuine hunger I could tell I deliberately overrode it on a couple of occasions to eat when I didn’t want to because this meal or whatever was ‘what we always do’. I think I probably did a lot of that in the past without realising. Really interesting to reflect on how MJ has helped me to hear that need and respond to it a bit more rationally, I guess this is partly how thin people feel all the time! I need to remember this when I get to maintenance - it’s not compulsory to eat (or to eat a lot) and it’s perfectly OK to not do it if you don’t want or need to.

Enjoy your break and some sunshine @Pepperwaggytail ! We’re off to Portugal in mid January but only for a few days.

Weigh and jab day (2 days late again)
W37d1
SW - 13st11.8
CW - 10st2.4lbs (2lb gain)
total loss - 3st 9.4lbs
GW - 10st

Reasonably satisfied with just a 2lb gain over Christmas 👍 it was interesting indulging a little but not feeling compelled to eat all the delicious things in sight! Today’s jab is 10mg down from 12.5, so curious (and nervous!) to see whether I have a noticeable increase in appetite/food noise. Really hoping not with 2.4lbs to goal..

Sorry to hear your news @Uninvitedleafi hope your family are doing okay x and I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas 🎄

God I ate too much on Christmas Day, and felt really bloated and had some stomach pains. Lesson learnt! Went to the gym today to make up for it, and didn't eat much yesterday or today and am feeling much better now.
I have weighed myself since Christmas day, so it will be interesting to see what my weight is tomorrow….

Weighing in a day early today as we're going away for a few days so won't be here tomorrow. Lost 1.2lb which I'll happily take as it's been Christmas. Hovering the annoying side of a stone bracket though. I've been exactly 10st0.4 for the last 5 days and desperately want to tip over into the 9s.....

I’m 2lb up on my official weight record today as well, wasn’t expecting that as I’ve been pretty steady all week so not sure how I’ve put that on (literally appeared overnight). Something definitely happens here on a Sunday morning, maybe it’s something to do with gravitational pull and/or my scales 😂. Anyway I’m not unhappy with that overall. We’re off for a very long walk with friends today then I’ve got a much more active week coming up so between that and eating more normally I know I’ll be back on track quickly.

I bought a lovely skirt on Vinted this week but made a bit of a mistake with the sizing. It is labelled as a European 40 which would usually be UK 12 (and that’s what the seller had gone for as well) but it’s an Italian brand so I think it’s actually an 8 (it’s tiny!). Not sure if I’ll ever get into it but it was a bargain so I think I’ll just use it as a benchmark for losses until I get to goal and if it never fits it can go to the charity shop. Bit mind blowing to be wondering whether I might possibly be a size 8 by then, when I am currently just into a 12 but approaching the lowest weight I have ever been since I was a teenager!

@Cerberus1808 hi ..just to say I've been taking Vit D for a week now and my tingling is less, plus I wear my magnetic bracelet all the time.

Stayed the same on the scales so far but am away for a week from tomorrow so will jab a day early and see how I go. I have eaten more sugar etc but really not more overall I don't think. I have drunk more though and have a party tonight so we'll see.

Jab day today which I still need to do but will do it before bed.

it has been so so hard to eat anything healthy while staying with family that only seems to have takeaways and rubbish food. There will definitely be a gain when I finally get back and weigh in just a question of how much.

I have noticed as well myself pushing past what I actually need just because that’s what people are eating or we are going out. So that is something for me to work on in the new year when home really listen to my body if I want it or not and actually just tell people rather than being polite or not wanting them to judge me.

Well we have arrived at our holiday destination intact😂 we had a fairly grueling 3 days of driving and have eaten McDonalds, KFC and pastries as well as slightly healthier options from the cool box. I tried to prioritise protein eg egg muffin. I was quite grateful for MJ as it’s kept my hunger low so I only ate when I really needed to.
Ive no idea what I weigh as I decided I was being a bit ridiculous and left the scales at home. But when we arrived we had no food so went out for a pizza and I ate the whole lot! I’ve dropped back down to 2.5mg and I’m hoping that will keep me stable until I get home and can check.
I went for a run yesterday and managed to do 10k (longest distance I’ve run for years) and realised that for the first time in my life I’m not running to “lose weight” or burn off what I’ve eaten so I don’t gain weight. This is a bit of a head spin for me because that was always a big part of my motivation. It’s what the “eat less, move more” message has drilled into me, even though it never ever worked. I ran marathons and didnt lose weight ffs 😂. So I tried to reframe my tough, ever so slightly hilly run when I was questioning why I was doing this, as being about health and building strength.
Even more of a head spin is that I now have the fit, slim body I should have had (and deserved) years ago when I was restricting food and doing 20 mile runs. Now I’m not doing either of those things. Just hitting the gym for 45-1hr gym classes and a park run once a week. It doesn’t feel right at times and I need to make sure I don’t lose motivation.

Hope you all have a lovely NYE tonight whatever you are doing and that next year brings health and happiness 😘

Happy New year everyone. So glad that finally, I am starting Jan 1st having at least partly achieved my goal of losing weight. Spent literally decades promising myself that X year would be different and it never was. I'm still only about halfway to goal but had loads of fun buying clothes in sales for my NY trip away. I've got a stinking cold so that plus MJ means I'm not eating much of the street food and cake that is everywhere so hopefully ill get back reasonably unscathed!

I resonate with what you say about excersize now @pepperwaggytail I've started swimming, but it's just for "general health" and because it seems to keep my back feeling good, rather than because I'm wondering how many calories I've burned. It's really nice.

Yes, Happy New Year all! What a year 2025 was - here's to another healthy one in 2026 x

Also my weight change over December has been really reassuring, despite not feeling like I've been dieting, which has been amazing.