June 2025 starters- Mounjaro (thread 6)

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We are pretty much full on the other one!

In those situations I think, how much more would I weigh if I wasn't on MJ.

Have an amazing holiday.

I just had a look at mine as I ordered from bolt for my pen before last, and there it was, letter from bolt! Also had one from Numan, who I ordered from last. Now got an entry on my records from the surgery that just says "Obesity" 🤦🤣

Mine was kinder "starting a weight loss journey"

So funny!

Hoping my GP doesn’t think I have a drug problem with the number of different suppliers and stocking up I did in August 😂😂

Thank you so much for your reply @HappyWineDay I have ordered some for now . Clearly some head work needed but really grateful I’ve never came across those ones . So 🤞. X

I lost you all somewhere between thread 5 and 6!! I fear it will take me a longggg time to catch up on how you're all getting on 😂. I'll restart from here haha!

Talking of losing threads, does anyone in here know if the July 25 group carried on a thread? The one I was watching finished and then I couldn't find another one.
I started at the end of June so initially I was following both threads. Tia.

I haven't done a progress update for a while so thought I’d do one for the start of 2026 🎉

SW : 103.6kg (BMI 33.1)
GW: 75kg - 80kg
CW: 76.1kg (BMI 24.3)
Starting size : 18
Current size : 12/14
Highest dose: 10mg
Current dose: 7.5mg

I’m really thrilled with how much weight I’ve lost in the last 7 months. My Mounjaro journey isn’t over (I actually think I will be taking it for life) but I’m now titrating down to slow my weight loss and focus on body recomposition - I want to build more muscle (especially get a bit of shape back in my bum!) but apart from that I am really happy with my current shape and size, I don’t really want to lose much more weight.

I’ve done several wardrobe clear outs and rediscovered some gems that I thought I’d never fit back into! Vinted has become my new best friend for rebuying old favs in a smaller size.
I desperately need to go and fitted for new bras - still wearing my 38D bras and there is zero support! I might make that the goal for this week.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5432291-july-2025-starters-tread-3

Thank you 🙏

I'm really struggling to get back into the mindset I was in before Christmas. The house is still full of wine, cheese, nuts and biscuits, my husband and son (who both know I'm on MJ) both bought me chocolates for my birthday... I'm not binging, and I'm not even eating the food because I can't resist or I am hungry. It's that 'need it gone' mentality.

I daren't weigh myself even though I know it won't have materially increased. I might even still be losing. I just feel like I've lost control over it all. I didn't deal with Christmas as well as I thought I would. Or rather, I did - I didn't really eat much at all. But that just means there's so much food still here - because I wasn't snacking, neither was anyone else really. It's weird.

The answer is clearly not to buy so much shitty food next year as no one seems massively fussed by it.

Today I am a kilo over where I was before Christmas, but I was away from home for nearly 2 weeks and went to a three day music festival straight after new year, so am OK with that. I have ordered 7.5 for my next dose though after 6 months on 5mg I am feeling like I'm running solely on willpower again.

14kg until I get to a BMI of 25 and I think that will be enough for me - I did up a pair of size 12 jeans yesterday! They looked terrible, but that's not the point, I haven't worn a 12 for about 35 years. This year is actually going to be the year I make it!

I am finding it hard to return to my pre-Christmas eating too @Bloozie. Definitely not quite as healthy in terms of meals and not back in the mindset of planning and eating for weight loss/maintenance.

Slowly working my way through the Christmas chocolate but I’m ok with that as I always have a piece of chocolate once I sit down when the kids are in bed. I have never given that up - well I did go off it for a bit when I first started MJ but it didn’t stop me for long!

I’m still 4lb heavier than I was before Christmas but I do have to remind myself that was artificially low because I was ill for a week. I also started HRT around 6 weeks ago and the bloat is unreal. I am definitely blaming HRT as much as I’m blaming Christmas eating!

Because I’ve been eating less, DH has too and as a result he’s actually become too bloody skinny. I had a bit of a go at him about it - like he also needs to take responsibility for what he eats - and to prioritise protein, build muscle etc.

I need to bite the bullet and buy some more smaller clothes. I actually have very little that fits me well, and I’ve been wearing some awful jeans that are so baggy. Going to plan myself a little capsule wardrobe for spring/summer.

You've reminded me of an annoying thing, @Focusispower. I bought some jeans in October - cheap from Sainsbury's, size 18. They are HANGING off me now and look clownish and ridiculous. Bought exactly the same pair in a size 16 in December. Can't button the fecking things up.

I don't want to weigh myself because I feel shame that my eating isn't as disciplined as I want it to be, and that worries me. I had an eating disorder in my teens and as a result I have to be careful dieting as my 'all or nothing' thinking around food led to problematic starvation behaviour. Those feelings are coming back - not that I need to starve myself, but just the guilt and shame around food. Yesterday I had 6 Quality Street and 2 slices of garlic baguette, along with soup for lunch and a 600-cal pasta meal for dinner with a side salad. I know that this isn't a 'bad' day - far from it - but I can't stop thinking about those Quality Street and slices of bread. This isn't good.

Also not back into it. Did my golden dose yesterday and have been doing 7.5mg but ended up with 8.5mg and I’m happy about that. I’m already thinking about food less today. Will go back to 7.5mg next week to keep costs down and hoping this will be the little boost I needed. Also trying to empty the fridge and freezer which is meaning unhealthy/ high calorie foods but while I’ve gained 4lb from before Christmas I’m staying pretty stable despite eating and drinking more

Yesterday I weighed myself and finally got to my lowest pre Christmas weight. I spent the rest of the day self sabotaging and eating until I felt sick! I cannot get into the swing of things after the holiday period!

The issue I'm finding with clothes sizing is it's not uniform! I've grown out of most of my size 16 trousers, so I bought some great quality size 14 jeans from the charity shop - old M&S from the label - and they are massive, probably the same size as the newer 16s. And I've got no idea what size top I am now as I can fit anything from a S to an L and 14 to 18.

I’m having the same problem with clothes. I’m really trying to buy more fitted, less baggy clothes and I want to try different brands but I end up sticking with M&S as at least I have a decent idea of size. I’ve lost 6 stone now and I’m in 14/16 clothes. I desperately need some new ones 🤣

23.6.25 S/W 16st 11lb
15.1.26 C/W 13st 13lb
G/W to be decided
So happy today first time since 2018 I've weighed in the 13s. After last week's gain I've just weighed and lost 5lb this week. Foot is much better so I'm once again in control of catering in the house 😁

Finally feel like I’m back in the game. Sugar cravings are still there, but I’m managing the willpower, and the weight is going down again. Today I hit 30kg, and by coincidence my BMI is now 30! I’m quite excited to see a BMI below 30 so I can officially be overweight rather than obese! Fingers crossed I lose again in the next few days rather than bouncing up again!
NSV - at last, I’m noticing a difference in clothes! Trousers are definitely looser. If I weren’t so completely broke I’d go and see if I could fit into any 16s in a shop but alas it is the end of January and I must prioritise feeding my kids with what’s left in my account…

People mentioning clothes, i still shop like I'm a bigger size! If it says 14-16 I figure it should fit because it’s for a size 16. If it says 12-14 I can’t bring myself to try it on because it fits a size 12 which I definitely am not! That said, I was trawling through the final sale rails at M&S and found a summer dress 14R stretchy material (we’ll ignore my bingo wings atm) and didn’t have time or energy to try it on, and they are non refundable, but it was cheap. Tried it on just now and it fits!! I am floored, and hope I can at least maintain (hoping to lose more but…)until summer to wear it! I hate all my current summer dresses which were bought when I was wearing a size 18 but actually a 20 and should have been a 16 to wear them!!

I got fitted for new bras - I’ve gone from 38D to 34D (absolutely amazed that I’m a D cup as they feel much smaller to me!) It makes such a difference wearing a properly supportive bra instead of ones that are too big in every respect!

My weight has been stable around the 76kg mark (small fluctuations every day by up to 0.3kg) this week, I’ve been making an effort to eat more protein and exercise more.

I feel the pain in terms of clothing. I'm maybe wearing things that had got a bit small for me, but have zero idea what size I'm meant to be at the moment. I'm 3st 6.5lbs down, and really starting to see it now, but sizes are so different in every shop, it's hard to know.

How’s everyone going?
I had a great week last week and lost every day…then put half of that back on the day after jab day and still am not back to where I was. No idea why! However nice NSV tonight. A pair of new size 16s fit! For all I know it’s vanity sizing, but I’ll take it! Now have an overwhelming desire to go and try more clothes on to see what I can fit in. My bank account disagrees!
It took forever for me to change at all in clothes, and then suddenly I seemed to go from 20 to 16, barely stopping at 18. Does the change happen faster at smaller sizes? What have you lot found?

I’m 10st 6lb and look sooo much better! I’ve had to put loads of old clothes on Vinted and will buy new when I get to goal weight of 9st 4lbs. I’m down from 14st 4lbs so the difference is significant, over 25% of my body weight. I’m on 12.5mg and 2 more pens in the fridge. Hoping to go down in pen once I hit goal weight to save a bit of money on the pens