June 2025 starters- Mounjaro (thread 6)

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We are pretty much full on the other one!

This thread really is fab, it's great reading about everyone's successes, when we look at how far we've come from those days back in June last year!
Some of us have reached goal, and some are still on that journey, but it's all inspirational. Even for the slower losers and those on plateau, hopefully you all find something positive here.

I’m with you. I dropped into the “simply overweight” category too this week.

@Gingercar brilliant well done!

I genuinely don’t feel like the big fat one anymore. Not in comparison to other people but just when I walk through a room I think people just look at me normally rather than as a big fat person. Very strange

Yes I know what you mean. It’s a strange feeling. I am starting to actually believe that I look ok now. Even if I had to stay where I am now I’d feel ok, despite having another 1.5 stones left before I get a normal BMI. I’m a size 14 now. And it’s becoming normal to look at some “regular shops” clothes and think “that will be too big” when I’ve spent years scrabbling around for things I can fit into. I actually don’t have a clue where I am if it’s a choice of S/M/L/XL!!

I’m having the same. I’m a 12 on top/ dresses, 14 bottoms and a medium in most things. Even found a medium too big the other day but there’s no way I’m a small!

So nice to see people are still here !
Maybe we have lost a few people who are at target and maintaining now.
I think we may need support more on the maintenance side of things though. Are there any of you that stage yet ? If so , how are you getting along with it ? What’s your process ? Really interested to know. Also if you’re not at maintenance yet . Do you have a plan in place ? What’s your chosen approach?
Looking forward to hearing your plans !!
Hope you’re all having a great weekend!!

I'm not at target, I am reluctantly maintaining against my own will! I need to lose another 12lb to be a healthy BMI but have spent the last month bouncing in the just below 11st but not by much. Also buying medium size clothes, can't quite get into a 12 yet though.

I've got 6 doses left, I was hoping to drop from 5 to 2.5 and stretch the last pen out but I think I'm a way off that.

@SecretIrnBruDrinker
I like you am not at target either . I have 5lbs to lose and that keeps me in the overweight category for bmi. I think I should be 8st 7lbs to land in the “healthy” category and I don’t want to be that small.
I have been on 7.5mg for just over 2 months now today is jab day and I have taken 5mg this time to see how I get on I’m hoping I can stay on that dose for maybe a month or so and then down to 2.5mg I have 2 doses of 5mg left and a 10mg pen I’m hoping they will be enough to see me through . When I get to 2.5 mg I am going to try going 10days then 2 weeks between those final few doses . 🤞
It’s taken me a while to decide on a plan but I feel better now I have given it some thought . I’m sure it’s not going to be plain sailing but I am determined to keep this weight off. If the last few pounds come off it would be great but for now I’m just hoping to maintain.
Looking to start the gym and swim at my local leisure centre in 2 weeks . I have done no exercise at all and that was not the plan at the start but I’ve been putting it off long enough so time to jump in !!
Hope everyone has a happy healthy week !

Why has it taken countless stabbed fingers to figure out how to protect both needle ends? I put the tiny cover over the large needle side and remove from pen and then use the large cover to protect the small needle that goes into the pen. No more klutz stabbed fingers when disposing of needle into the sharps bin!! I’d add a photo but on my phone if I add any link or photo, the send button vanishes!!

Or just push it into the sharps bin by the covered side , that's what I do .

Totally agree. I am still a klutz and stab my fingers!

NSV so off on holiday tomorrow. Trying on clothes to make sure they fit and size 14 trousers slid on to say I'm chuffed would be an understatement. A great way to celebrate retirement

Today is the first week since I started that I am not jabbing and it feels a bit weird… I’d titrated down to 2.5mg with a view to coming off before we go on holiday at the end of the month. I’d been maintaining my weight whilst eating normally but have also been hungry so thought I might as well stop. I have a back up post-holiday pen in the fridge so we’ll see if I use it when I get back…

SW 12 stone 4
CW 10 stone 1

Thanks for the support along the way everyone. Although I have been quieter on the thread of late I am still reading and cheering you all on!

In my one-day-I’ll-be-thin clothes stash (otherwise known as ‘Hope Coture’) that I have been slowly digging through, I found an unworn pair of size 10 white tailored chino shorts, label still on from 2010. Think nautical chic holiday outfit 😂

Anyway, THEY’RE TOO BIG.

The realisation that I am now a size 8 is unheard of. (I actually want to be half a stone lighter but the face is suffering so I shall make peace with it.)

SW: 12.7stone
CW: 8.12 stone

Hope Couture is brilliant! I have a bag of summer stuff that last year was too small, I'm hoping this is the year. At the very least I need to go through it and cull it for space for things that fit and that I like rather than just stuff I've kept.

Despite not actually losing anything of late, I was running across the road outside the gym yesterday and my leggings were falling down so I'll take that as a NSV.

Great to hear how everyone is getting on!

I’ve almost finished purging my wardrobe of clothes that no longer fit. Like many of you, I’ve found some of my Hope Couture pieces that are now far too big!

I’ve been able to donate two massive bags of workwear to a charity that provides interview outfits to vulnerable women looking to get back into work. The person I spoke to at the charity said they were particularly looking for clothes that were size 14 plus, and it felt great to send them to somewhere they’ll be valued.

Hi everyone 👋 I’m still checking in on you all and cheering you all on.
Just thought I’d give an update on where I’m at. I’m very nearly at target - currently 54.5 kg so only 1.5kg to go. But I’m very happy with that. I have 2 x 5mg pens left and have been using 1 pen (5mg) with a dose every three weeks and it’s been going really well I have to say. So well in fact that I think I’ll make my next dose, a dose every 4 weeks. My last pen will be split into 2.5mg every 4 weeks - with the aim of getting off MJ completely as there is no way I’d be able to buy any more pens as my BMI is 22. But that’s ok cos I don’t want to take it for ever anyway. The reason I’ve chosen to do it this way is that I’m fed up with Joe Public saying “you’ll put it all back on and more” so I figure that if I wean my body off it slowly then I have more chance of my body not being reliant on it. That plus good eating and exercise of course. I’m not advocating that everyone does the same - just sharing what seems to be working for me so far. I’m loving not being out of breath when walking the dog and my thighs not rubbing together when I walk. Just need to try and tone up the loose crepey skin! And where the bloody hell has my arse gone? I definitely feel the cold more now I’m thinner and prefer a padded seat to sit on rather than a hard chair. But that’s the only negatives. The definite good thing is that I think about healthy eating - yes I do have the odd treat - but I don’t go mad anymore. So like Malteasers - I can eat those by the bucket load, so I don’t buy them and have requested that nobody else buys them for me. I’d rather have a Toblerone - I can limit myself to ONE triangle and be satisfied. That for me is amazing progress. Not that I always have chocolate in the house - just with Mothers Day and then our anniversary today.

Though one year for Mother’s Day I got that MASSIVE Toblerone - kids played a trick on me - asked me what I wanted and when I said “just buy me a Toblerone’ bought the biggest one they could find! Took me 3 months and 2 cracked teeth to finish it! Honest to god one triangle was bigger than my hand!! 😂🤣

Such amazing progress that everyone is making. I’m quietly maintaining. It’s a bit more of an up and down thing then a flat maintenance for me. I’ve gained around half a stone from my very lowest weight just before Christmas, but I’d actually already stopped by then and lost a further 5lb through being really ill and that was too low. It was all too easy to gain without any obvious over eating though. So I’m tracking and making an effort to still eat in a very healthy way. My face looks much better now - for a while I looked a bit haggard.

Some things I loved about MJ - the reduced food noise, lack of bloating, and generally didn’t suffer from constipation etc. but it made me really anxious and flat after a while and as a result, I don’t think it could be a long term thing for me.

Lovely to catch up with everyone's news! Also, I love Hope Couture...

I'm nowhere near maintaining but I'm feeling really good about myself. My current weight is 14 stone 8lb.

On my frame, that makes me a comfortable size 16. I'm aiming to be a small 14 - I'm definitely big-boned and I can't maintain a size 12 - so even though I'll not get anywhere near a healthy BMI, I'm not miles away from a healthy maintainable weight and size for me.

I am aiming for 13 stone.

I'm still on 5mg. It isn't suppressing my appetite any more, but the food noise benefits remain. I am being really focused and disciplined with my diet now for this last push - I will buy one more 10mg pen and use it for 9 x 5mg doses, spreading the last few out over fortnights not weeks. I don't want to stay on mounjaro forever, though if I have to I will, so I'm excited to be buying what I hope is my last pen. Whatever is left to lose from the 22lbs I need to lose, I will work on myself.

I am loving exercise. I do a pilates class once a week, a strength training class once a week, strength at home once a week, and 150 minutes of moderate cardio a week. I am enjoying feeling my muscles ache. I'm enjoying having more energy. My hip and shoulder bones are visible again. I do have some loose skin - I've lost over 7 stone - but it's really not too bad.

If I stayed at the weight and shape I am now, I'd be content. As someone else said, I no longer feel fat. If I tell people I have 22 more pounds to lose, they're like, where from? I am told that clothed, they would guess I am a size 12. I'm not really hung up on dress sizes but that's good to hear. Naked, you can see the 22 pounds - tops of thighs, belly, arms - but whatever. It will go, or it won't. I'm focused on health and strength now. That's the best gift that mounjaro has given me. The headspace to be able to find an exercise routine that works for me, and a body that is easier to manouevre through it.

Well done everyone on progress and maintenance. Well I’m still a long way off. Weight hasn’t budged in a couple of weeks. Does anyone know anything about “set point” weight? I think I’m now the lightest I’ve been since I was a teenager and the size of my smallest stock of clothes (16). I do wonder whether my body is holding onto this weight as it doesn’t recognise being any smaller??? Does that make sense??

My understanding of set point is that it's more the weight your body will attempt to return to, rather than a point you can't get below. A couple of weeks isn't long in the scheme of things though, although might be a sign to review the basics - protein, fibre, calories, exercise, sleep, water. Dull but true. Or you might need to up a dose if you can maybe.

Also, as you get smaller you burn and need less in the way of calories, the same is true of getting fitter. It's a right bugger! I am a bit fed up this week as my trusty Apple watch is getting old and is on it's way out, I got a fancy new Whoop tracker which I hoped would be super motivating, but god, it counts fewer steps and literally hundreds of calories a day less than my watch does. I'm still losing slowly but steadily, so I'm sure it's underestimating where my Apple was likely overestimating and the truth is somewhere in the middle, but it's not the info I was hoping for, being short and menopausal is a proper short straw.

@MissMogs my weight stalled at 13 stone which I thought was my “set point” but I’m no under 12. It took a while and I think my body was comfortable at 13 but stick with it

@MsRinkyand @Crinklecat thank you! I’m genuinely not doing anything different to before. Such a boring life really eating the same stuff every day! Have to keep plugging at it as clearly it’s worked til now but still so annoying!!

Hi everyone lovely to hear your news. I have been in a plateau now for 6 weeks. I lose and gain the same pound! I have so far lost 3 stone but have 1 more to go. I have decided to go up to 7.5mg as I have noticed I am eating a bit more and I think I need something to kick start my body. I have also stopped tracking calories and I think maybe I need to go back to that! I am a size 14 now from a 16/18 and I feel a lot better about myself. I find this group to be motivating and a useful source of info! Thank you all! I will keep plodding on!!

I don’t generally count anything, just try to eat healthier foods, but I do find counting calories occasionally does rein in my portions. I don’t get much appetite suppression at all. Also, using something like nutracheck occasionally adjusts the numbers of calories I need to keep a deficit as my body loses weight, so that’s good too.

Im about to start my second to last pen, despite having 1.5 - 2 stones left to lose. I don’t get a lot of effect from MJ and the higher pens are so expensive, so I’m going to attempt the last bit on my own (😱). I do also have a 2.5 pen I can use to ease myself off it for a further month. I’m a bit nervous but also excited. It will be a year once I stop.