June 2025 starters- Mounjaro (thread 6)

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We are pretty much full on the other one!

I’ve reached my target of a BMI of 22 and am titrating down. I switched to Wegovy when the big price jump came in and it seems to have suited me. No side effects (except for a runny nose…anyone else had this?) and the anti inflammatory aspect has helped my arthritis. I’m 72. I’m injecting every week, then week plus one day then week plus two etc until I run out of this dosage. When I go on to the lower one I’ll do the same and so on until I’m barely there. I’m terrified of the food noise coming back but I have learnt the value of protein, water etc and the usefulness of a protein shake when I crave something sweet. We shall see….

This is so good to hear @Maryb54 . I've ordered 5mg mounjaro instead of 7.5 this month. See how that works out.

I really want to switch to Wegovy and I'm not sure what's holding me back! Just fear of the unknown I guess!

Ar my absolute biggest after covid i was 16.4.
I think i was around 15 when I started the jabs, which was June 10th for me. (I'd lost a bit before I started doing low carbing, and i find it relatively easy to lose weight at this time of year when salad calls and tastes amazing)

Today I'm 12.11, with a bmi of 27.2.

So I won't get there within the year, but I'm really getting there. The NHS website says the top of healthy for my height is 11.10, and my eye is firmly set there.

A big deal in my life is I have bought a new tshirt for exercise classes, and it's not a tent, it's fitted.
I don't have the words to say just how brave this is for me, and it feels fantastic.
Obviously, no one has noticed. 😂

I'm 5'3" ish, I always thought I was 5'4 but the GP is convinced I'm 5'2 and it depends what time of day ... either way I need to hit 10st to be in the healthy BMI and I'm still 10st 7something as I have been occasionally for the last 6 weeks.

I've been taking 20 clicks of a 5mg weekly for the past 3 weeks and I don't have another pen. I'm hoping that'll do it but I have no idea.

Is anyone going to drop lower than 2.5mg maintenance?

So today is the day, one year exactly since I took that photo and ordered my first 2.5mg pen. Looking at my account I was 13 stone 12 and wearing a size 18 (my BMI was 33 as I’m 5ft 4.

Today I weigh 9 stone 4 and am in size 10 shorts! My BMI is 22.8!

What a journey I’ve had. I look like a different person. I’m now working my way down to 2.5 again (I got as high as the 15), am about to order a 7.5 this week. Plan to be off totally in September.

It's my MJ anniversary today, down 21.6kg on this day last year, which averages out to 0.4kg a week. It wouldn't be fast enough for some, but I am thrilled. I've worked really hard at the gym and doing my steps every day, so I have lost nearly all fat and barely any muscle, and staying on top of my diet has been easy for nearly all the time.

Still 8.8kg to go to get to BMI 25, where I'll reassess where I want to end up, but I'm wearing size 12 jeans, and have visible collarbones and abs! I can deadlift my whole body weight and bench press 40% of my weight! I feel fanfuckingtastic and feel so so fortunate that I can afford this medication and the gym (and have the time to use it)

NSV - I own a pair of shorts. Last time I wore shorts was 20 years ago.

OK. So they're jorts. But still. Very comfortable size 14. I'm pleased.

I am a year today as well! I hit goal weight just before Christmas and just about maintained on 5mg bar a few pounds fluctuation until the end of March. I then had a month’s break as we were going to the US on holiday and I didn’t want to be on it whilst away as it wasn’t covered by my travel insurance for health related issues.

I had 5mg and 7.5mg pens stashed for my return. In my head it was going to be like the suppression right back at the beginning and I was very surprised that it has not been! I have been quite hungry. I have used the 5mg pen in doses of 2.5mg moving up to 5mg and had intended to use the 7.5mg pen for 5mg doses as I’ve put on 4 pounds since January…

I have been wavering about whether to buy more ones or not, went to order on Wednesday as I knew I’d be home Thursday for delivery only to find my pharmacy no longer says next day delivery if ordered before 3pm but that it might take up to 10 days!! Not sure what to do now as I have to arrange being home carefully with work and leave a window for no meetings to be available for the postman and that doesn’t work if I don’t know when it’s coming in a 10 week period until dispatched…