June 2025 starters- Mounjaro (thread 6)

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We are pretty much full on the other one!

I'm pleased in finally at goal and starting to titrate down because the pen I received today is the new type with no extra dose. 😢
I'm sticking with the higher dose pen though, so should still get 5 doses from it.

My initial goal was a 5 1/2 stone loss, then upped to 6 stone loss, which I’m less than a lb from achieving! This leaves me still overweight and now I’m tempted to get another stone off that will make me average weight. I know I’ll gain at least half a stone of water/ inflammation when I stop MJ from experience anyway. How did you all know when to stop? It’s so expensive 😬 although I’m probably going to stay on a smaller dose forever

and also I’m 10 stone something for the first time in as long as I can remember Yeay!

Well done Crinklecat

Im similarly close to healthy BMI and have lost a lot, my start weight was 17st 12, current 10st 8 and healthy BMI 10st 4.

Personally, im aiming for 8st 12 to 9st 7, which is BMI 21.5 to 22.5. The idea of being 9st something, let alone 8 st something, blows my mind! But this gives me wriggle room to allow for some weight gain holidays, Christmas etc but while staying in healthy range. I'd like to start titrating down, im going to once im below 10st 4.

Well done @AmberLime that’s amazing! My last stone has been slow and I’m already a bit saggy. The bits that bother me most are my boobs and strangely my wrinkly armpits! My tummy and upper thighs are quite saggy but not awful.

I’ve had to order some 30 band bras so my back is already pretty slim but my tummy still has an overhang. I’m sure that’ll never go due to C-section and saggy/ stretch marked skin but it’s better than it was

Right now I'm on holiday and looking at all this amazing food I have no room in my belly to eat and thinking FU MJ.

I miss eating excessive amounts of food. I miss enjoying a lot of food. The tasters I've had tonight are great, but I've spent a lot of money (again) on my dinner to only have a few bites.

I know. I know I can't have it both ways but right now I miss the old me that would eat excessively and enjoy.

@Sogfree i totally get that. I tend to order smaller portions/ starters so I can enjoy the whole thing. I have found my ability to push past that feeling is improving though … not a good thing and hence the slow progress the last couple of months

@Sogfreei learnt from one holiday when I injected 7.5mg instead of 6.25mg and couldn’t eat a thing for a couple of days, ruined my food experience. This last holiday I took a smaller dose before I went so I could eat some nice food - and yes it took me a few weeks to recover my weight!! That said, it still suppressed my appetite somewhat but I didn’t gorge like I used to!

@Crinklecat amd @AmberLime I have very similar weight milestones to you both - have lost 6.5stone and today am 10st13lb! Have one 10mg pen left, will be 5 doses, then I’m going down to 7.5mg. I never thought I would be this successful! Well done to us!

Thanks @Crinklecat and @ihavetocookagain .

I love food. I love being so thin too. I used to love gorging at occasions, as some food is so tasty. Last night was one of those!

But like you, I'm loving the numbers on the scales and recognise that I can only eat a few mouthfuls now for that very reason.

I'll be watching your titration journeys with interest, as I'm interested to know how this all levels out. Like you @AmberLime , I'm close to the 8st something and can't quite believe it!

I've had a tough few weeks - son's 18th, outstanding college results, best friend's 50th, husband's birthday, three day-long gigs... I'm titrating down and so my appetite is normal. I've eaten a LOT of celebration food and festival food, and drunk even more drinks.

But - and I'm really hoping this is a whole new me forever - on the days where nothing's been going on, I've been able to go back to my usual calorie-restricted diet, without feeling like I've failed so there's no point and I may as well carry on eating shit, and I actually look forward to getting back to my usual diet. I enjoy chicken salads with fruit or greek yoghurt for pudding, and snacking on boiled eggs. I'm not finding food hard.

So I've put weight on, but not too much - 1.5kg. And I've been able to stick to my exercise - I missed one yoga session to a party, one pilates class to the heat and one gym session to a hangover. That's it - and given I commit to at least 30 minutes every day, with some days having more (Thursdays are peak 2.25 hours of exercise), I'm quite proud of myself.

My loose skin is getting looser, my thighs are SO wobbly now there's less fat, more muscle and then loose skin... Imagine a balloon with a teacup of water in - nice... I'm a 12 on top and waist, and I was a 14 on my bottom, but it's gone up to a 16. I'm like a melted candle. I don't care.

I'm really enjoying buying new clothes. Only from Vinted and charity shops/car boots. I'm broke. But i'm getting some great stuff and I am THRILLED that I fit into teenage sizes - an age 14 boy's t-shirt is a loose skinny fit on me, I have some amazing vintage Nike t-shirts that I bought for buttons.

Doing OK. Just need to keep it up forever. No biggie. I'm thinking of framing it like an alcoholic would. My name's Bloozie and I've been a healthier weight for 3 months now... 4 months now... 5 years now. Avoid complacency. I am in recovery from obesity and food addiction and I will be for life.

@Blooziei love this ! It is so good to see you embracing the changes . You should be proud and you should hold on to your achievement I too am a recovering food addict and always will be . I bought myself a white gold diamond band it wasn’t mega expensive it’s tiny and I know if I gain weight it won’t fit me anymore so it’s my reminder that I have to work at being smaller fitter and healthier to be happier . I totally understand your joy of smaller clothes I’m wearing teenagers clothes too and my OH calls me the vinted slut 😂 there is always a parcel to be collected! 🥴.

@Bloozie that's amazing.

Keep it up girl!

Today is Jab day and after starting to titrate down from my largest dose 7.5mg been getting down very gradually to 2.5mg . I didn’t last more than 3 weeks on this then I was up to 3.75mg then 5mg the after having norovirus and stopping for 2 wks the 5mg dose didn’t do a thing after 2 more wks of 5mg I took 6.77 mg last week was better but it’s not enough so I am back on 7.5mg 🥴it hasn’t made a difference yet. Will give it a couple of days . Need to start work on healthy eating as I think slipping with my healthy eating is the problem . Haven’t given in to food noise so I haven’t gained anything yet but definitely struggling not to give in. Have had a couple of cooler weather weeks now and hunger for me is massive . 🤞 I can get back in track. I think i started titration too quickly . How is everyone else doing ?

I finished what was going to be my last 2.5 pen last week but then I caved and got another. I'm not hungry but if it's there/open I'm going to eat it. However, I'm not then thinking oh well and eating the entire kitchen... which is still good.
I'm down to 10st 3lb from 15st 8.5. The last 5 lb have been tortuous though as I was 10st 8 in about March and have bounced between 10st 8 and 10st 5 ever since. But I have been going to the gym an inordinate amount. I have <gasp> muscles, actual muscles in my arms. I do weight lifting and I can jog for 20 minutes.

Just need to work out how to stick HRT patches on my wrinkly arse and I'll be done!

has anyone had experience of some pens/ providers being less effective? I had about 3 or 4 months of minimal losses and had increased to 12.5mg but was still having to use willpower. Started a new pen a couple of weeks ago and have lost about 9 lbs since and have had to reduce my dose to 10 mg and feeling like I did at the beginning having to force myself to eat and drink

@RussianDoll76 after food poisoning I put on half a stone and found it took ages to feel the effect again, that’s when I upped to 12.5mg and still wasn’t really losing.

I reached goal on 12.5mg and have been on 10mg for the last three doses. I think I’ll stick with this for at least six weeks to make sure my weight is stable before moving down again.

This made me laugh because I have the same problem! Contorting into all kinds of positions and holding the skin taught as if I’m about to have a wax in an attempt to get it flat for the patch!

My “goal” keeps changing, because although I’m a healthy weight, I’m still not happy with how I look. I’m still holding a lot of weight on my belly. Is that just age?
I have 2.5 pens in the fridge (15mg) and deciding what to do for my next. I spotted another poster saying medicine marketplace had reduced their prices with speculation others might follow - maybe because new products are coming on the market - so I’m wondering whether to hold off ordering just yet, but then I’m worried the next pharmacy would make me go back to 2.5 again and I’d waste loads of money going up slowly with lower jabs that aren’t effective…also it’s hard to prove about the extra pens because I’ve been doing golden dose so have made them last longer than they should. Also I’m a healthy BMI now so what if no one prescribes to me! Any help appreciated…

I did an order with Medicine Marketplace last night. The 10mg pen works out £90 cheaper than Chemist4U so I’ve gone for it. Had to do a video and photo of the scales so fingers crossed they accept it 🤞
if not, I’ll reorder with Chemist4U but it’s such a big price difference that I’m hoping they accept me

Medicine marketplace are still £10 more than Numan (with a referral code) for 15mg. Problem is I’ve run out of people to refer to! I know we’re not allowed to share codes here. I’m keeping everything crossed that prices start to drop with other providers if medicine marketplace have started a trend!

I didn’t realise prices were coming down, that’s good to know!

Ooh wish I’d of checked out the prices I went with planet pharmacy they’re usually pretty good £250 for a 12.5mg 🫣

So on the trying to navigate maintenance front I took a 7.5mg dose on Saturday and have felt that food noise is still there but a little easier to deal with as suppression is back. I’ve eaten much healthier more “proper meals” as opposed to snacking.
weighed this morning and I am 8st 11lbs from 9 stone. Seems very dramatic considering I have lost a stone very slowly in the past 7 months 😂. Weird to see 8stone something I never remember a me being less than 10 stone that’s what I weighed at 14 years old 😢. I’ve had to purchase some jeans and jumpers in sizes 6 and 8 because everything is getting loose. According to the doctor my optimum weight is 8st 7lbs which sounded ludicrous at the time . Now I’m intrigued to see what that looks like I can imagine I will stay that way though I think 9st 7 lbs is my sweet spot .
Hope everyone else is happy with their journeys . So good to see how we are all getting along . 😁

I am back on the jabs this week after a couple of months off and wondering if I was done. I had titrated down to be on 5mg from Feb to June and found that it wasn’t making me any less hungry so I thought I’d try a break and then a restart after putting on 6 pounds over the last 6 months as the suppression wasn’t there but I didn’t want to go back up. I had a busy summer including too much beer and rose in the sunshine so know where it’s come from but reining it in now the kids are back at school and work is full on. I hope to get back down to nearer to 10 stone by Christmas.

Just had a blood test done. Delighted to say everything came back spot on, unlike in June 2025.
Particularly pleased with cholesterol as these were all really healthy, all without a statin. I put that down to a low carb diet (and a now-healthy BMI) - I don’t restrict fats at all.
HbA1c was really low but we get a bit of help with that!

I feel like I'm doing well in my titrating stage. I have one more 2.5mg golden dose - that I could split out, but I only have one insulin syringe too, and no point ordering more - and then I'm done.

My appetite has increased, but not uncontrollably.

Food noise hasn't returned.

I'm eating in a significant calorie deficit in the week, then relaxing at the weekend.

My weight loss has slowed down, but it hasn't stopped.

Strength training, pilates, yoga and walking are doing excellent work on body recomp - my hips are narrowing and my stomach shrinking out of pace with what the scales are showing me. And I've never cared what the scales showed me.

The tops of my thighs are magnificently abundant - isn't weight loss weird? I expected my stomach to be the issue, but it's shrinking, albeit slowly. My thighs ain't going NOWHERE and it isn't loose skin. I really am like a melting candle - you can see all the ribs in my chest, my neck and shoulders are objectively scrawny now, but any muscles and bones in my thighs remain an assumption. Maybe, under all the fat, there's a skeleton, perhaps...? I mean, I can feel the muscles - my leg muscles are hardcore - but no one would ever know.

However - I don't care. They're holding me back when it comes to trousers - I have a size 12 waist and size 16 thighs - but again, I don't really care about numbers in clothes either.

I hate going to the gym to lift weights. Every session is pure, exquisite agony and I spend the whole time trying to justify why I don't need to do the next machine, or counting how many machines are left to work out to the tightest fraction how far through I am and when I can just stop. It's not physical agony - I find it the MOST boring thing on the planet to do.

But it's working. I am progressively lifting heavier weights, I can see good definition in my shoulders and arms, my hips really are shrinking, and I feel strong and powerful. So, I persist.