Mounjaro starters Nov ‘24 Thread 15 - the one where we wear ALL of the party dresses and are happily in ALL of the festive photos 🎄🥳

[Mounjaropen]

Welcome to thread 15!
Link to our last thread here:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5415910-mounjaro-starters-nov-24-thread-14-the-one-where-for-the-first-time-all-of-our-winter-coats-do-up?page=40

Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we hurtle towards Christmas proudly wearing Crimbo jumpers without fear of looking enormous, look for slinky party dresses on vinted and for the first time, willingly take part in ALL of the festive photos🥰

Join us here to celebrate NSV’s, weight loss milestones, maintenance and new stone brackets!
I’m on W55 D2 and on w6 (and final dose) of 3.75mg before moving onto 2.5mg.
F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 9st 6.8lbs
GW 9st 0lb
Total loss so far 61.0 lbs (at 9st 6.0)
We recommend the Shotsy app to monitor the amount of MJ in the system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.
Feel free to swap recipes that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for managing side effects, exercise tips, tips for maintenance, titrating up or down and we love a wellness/supplements/beauty/ style chat too 🤗

I’ve been hungrier than normal the past week or so. Definitely much hungrier and fancying foods I wouldn’t normally have (crisps, snacks, etc). Interesting you mentioned about UPFs - I think you may be right, it seems they breed unhealthiness! I was pretty good over Christmas but there’s so much shite still hanging around the house!

I have however just realised that by delaying my dose over Christmas and then pushing it out incrementally back to a Monday I’ve actually technically missed 1 week of MJ. Wonder if that has had some sort of impact on the cumulative effect?

Interesting @goldleafcat ...according to my Shotsy graph my first dose after I delayed for Christmas was much lower at it's peak than my previous dose....delaying meant that I was at a lower baseline in terms of MJ left in my system. So that plus all the UPFs still stuffed in the kitchen cupboards was not a good combination! I've spent the weekend making soup and craving whole foods, so I'm hoping that's me back on track. Good reminder to keep my diet whole food focused!

Hi all haven’t posted in ages.
stats for starters
SW 13 10
GW 9 7
CW 8 11
height 5 5.5

Sorry for being awol and coming back with a question.
I don’t want to lose any more weight. Getting the don’t take it too far comments.
on 10mg
my provider says that I stay on 10mg for life now but not sure.
I eat very little. Hardly any appetite and really have to force myself to eat.
I have an online appointment during the week. What should I do?
I feel ill just keep losing weight if I stay as I am.
thanks abs hopefully you won’t mind that I’m hopping on with a question.

Hi all. Taking a break from MJ for the moment as it's giving me some gastro symptoms. I'll stay in touch though if that's ok and may well be back on it within a couple of months!

@flametrees Really? 10mg for life? That's some interesting advice... Given that not long ago most suppliers cut you off at a certain point. Also your weight is getting towards the lower end of normal (I'm similar height and weight)

How many calories are you getting in a day/ do you have access to a nutritionist or fitness professional who advises on balance nutrition?

I was in a similar spot at my highest dose and really had to force myself to eat anything at all some days. There were certainly days/ weeks where I lacked energy, felt faint and in hindsight I simply wasn't eating enough. I've noticed that most maintainers on here do their own thing, i.e. spread out the shots or reduce doses, or both.

I am coming to the end of my little experiment. On week 4 without shots, but was always planning to inject again.

My eating is so weird - similar to a training athlete maybe? I crave large portion sizes - but of the good stuff! I have just polished off a healthy stir fry (a 'serves 2' kind, no sauce), and for dessert I've had kefir... Except that I've had a whole 1 litre bottle! With berries etc! I'm also partial to extremely large helpings of lean protein like tuna steak, chicken etc.

So in essence I eat healthy but just huge portions. However I do also have a sweet treat a day.

Interesting to be able to eat so much after not having any interest for a year.

I'll dose 5mg today and see how that changes how I feel. MedExpress are hounding me to buy more!

@Mounjaropen love the article, the mince was an interesting swap, will do that.

Yea it seems like the opposite position of most people on here. It’s one of those online weight loss companies as I’m in Ireland. So technically I have access to a life coach and nutritionist and dr but they don’t really give much information. Dr appointments are once every 3 months online for 5 mins max. I record my weight. They just give me a new three month prescription.
I started with Dh and he has gotten to goal and is eating really well where as I’m barely eating at all now unless he is here nagging me. I dread to think what my calorie intake is.
it’s really only in the last two months that my weight loss has really sped up. I was 10 stone for months and then flew down to 9.

How do you feel? Do you know your BMR? How does your calorie intake compare to it?How much movement are you getting? If you are eating below your BMR this isn’t sustainable and you should let your provider know. I’m a similar height and my BMR is 1340ish but I probably have 500 cals ‘earned’ in exercise per day. I’ve not heard of any provider prescribing’for life’ so ask plenty of questions about the safety of long term use/ coming off or access to studies supporting long term use safely.

Keep in touch 🥰

Absolutely UPF’s are designed to be moreish… “once you pop you can’t stop” isn’t just a slogan, it’s the reality. 😩

My DH is now on the pen.. all going well and he’s kept on 2.5mg for month 2. Wishing your DH luck 🥰

🤣 sadly I can only afford the one… and this one is an absolute king bless him.

DDog was limping the past couple of days… bone cancer is a common issue for the breed at this age (he’s nearly 9) so I’ve been beside myself watching him walk. The limp has faded so I’m keeping everything crossed 😭

Don’t panic! you are on holiday where it’s likely you will drink alcohol..which if you’re anything like me, leads to poor food choices. Or even more alcohol 😆

If you’re determined to be ‘good’ on holiday, could you start the day with an omelette or egg based breakfast with little or no carbs?. Big fancy salad for lunch and then a grilled protein and lots of greens for dinner. Stay away from any little bowls of fancy nuts/bar snacks, and limit your dessert to exotic fruit platters if you can. ‘Stripe’ your drinks - so for every alcoholic beverage, have a glass of water. Stay off the sugary cocktails and don’t forget fruit juice is very carb heavy so switch a vodka orange for vodka lime and soda if you can. Is there a gym where you’re staying? Lifting weights has an effect which lasts for hours afterwards so maybe do a fast paced treadmill walk for 30mins and then a basic weights routine for 30mins?

have a fab holiday!

Fuck, finally weighed in after Christmas and a v stressful first week back (2 interviews for promotions, didn’t get either of them) and I’ve put on 6lbs. FFS. Admittedly I haven’t jabbed since 21 Dec. Off to do it now.

if it helps, I’m struggling to lose my 5lb Xmas weight gain… and I’m jabbing 2.5mg weekly… determined to get something off this week so no cheeky creme eggs for me!

Morning all! Happy Monday. I’m still about 1.5lbs up from my pre Christmas low so hoping to get that off in the next week. I do think @SerenePeer and shotsy are probably right about the delayed dose and spacing out having a cumulative impact. After my next 15mg pen I’m going down to 12.5mg pens so will see how that goes! (Though not for another 6 weeks if my calculations are correct). Hoping I can get to 10 stone in that time.

My new flashy pink Boden coat arrived, it fits and I love it!

Braved taking DS swimming on Saturday. A year ago I wouldn’t have had the confidence. It’s made me determined not to slide backwards. I do need some new swimming costumes though. The only two that fit are swim dresses so I feel a bit random at the pool for a swimming lesson. Not sure what to get though. I have a long body which means I always need to size up and even then the fit is odd. Wondering about the shorts and top combo again (from Boden, again, think I’m their number one fan 😆).

Well done in losing most of your Xmas weight! 🙌 glad the coat was everything you hoped for and reading about you taking your little boy Swimming has made me so happy for you 🥰 funnily enough, I booked our summer holiday (another big fat Greek holiday - this time a less random island so no need for ferries /speed boats or helicopters to get there! )yesterday so have also been looking at options for swimwear and summer clothing as now is the time to buy before the prices rocket… my best purchase last year was actually a £14 swimsuit from Sainsbury’s which managed to make even my giant norks look perky 😂

Morning, another week of fighting fat.

Ive jabbed this morning after a few weeks off. Jet lag is still an issue or maybe it’s just insomnia at this point. I had to work a few days while away, meaning setting an alarm for 1am to log in and I think that messed with me.
Slept loads this weekend but the holiday weight is pissing off which interrupted my sleep a lot. And getting up this morning was a real struggle after not getting to sleep until close to 3am.
And breathe.

Glad to hear the Christmas weight is shifting or at least not increasing for others.

Hi all - it's been quite the marathon thread catch-up, from pre-Christmas, for me over the last few days...lots of great stories and updates, amongst some challenging ones too.

We had a really good Christmas. We had our main family lunch event on Christmas eve and Chistmas Day as a PJ day with just the four of us (plus the cat) as we wanted time and space for a house clearup before embarking on a massive treat holiday sailing in the Caribbean sunshine for a week with older SIL and her DCs. Sun, sea, sand and sugary cocktails a-plenty and really did feel I let my proverbial hair down a bit, intake wise.

DW and I both jabbed 2 days early, before leaving, and then a day late when we got back, so it was a little experiment in stretching between jabs. Weigh in on return was around 4-5 lbs up - far from a disaster but, since then, I have been pretty snacky on the bad stuff and, although I've shifted a pound or so back off, am giving myself quite the talking to about getting back on the straight and narrow.

Looking further into 2026, intentions (great way of looking at it!) are to taper the MJ, even if just a little bit, and focus on alcohol and sleep - less of the former, more of the latter!!

Just want to say how smug I feel about being amongst you all in this friendly and supportive group - especially as an interloping M - thank you!!

Great to hear from you! The holiday sounds wonderful, as does the chilled Xmas. You're not an interloper at all - We love the male perspective! . Glad your DW is doing well too.

I've actually logged back into MFP today. I obviously recorded my weight last November (193lbs!) before doing bugger all with it but I felt the need to become accountable to get myself back on the straight and narrow! I've had my main meal today of lean pork loin (pan fried in butter alongside some mushrooms, steamed broccoli, rocket and a whole corn on the cob) but that has only got me to 52g of protein and I need closer to 93g so I'll be having a couple of boiled eggs (26g) later today with some dates filled with deep roasted peanut butter (another 4g of protein). I had a packet of fresh lychee for dessert (this is my favourite time of the year when they are in season). I'm at 1458 cals so far today including the foods I've not yet eaten plus I have 290 cals from the treadmill earlier and I reckon 250 (conservatively ) from my Pvolve session and a gentle dog walk. I'm only on black coffee or water this week (I've drunk 2l of water so far today) so I'm hoping that I might shed a lb through cal deficit by the end of the week if I keep this effort up - plus I'm playing tennis twice.

Anyway..we're all feeling it, so keep on at it!

Oh dear - could you adjust your evening routine to help facilitate sleep? Do you ave access to a meditation app? (I use the Peloton sleep programmes) I also got some magnesium body butter in my Liberty advent calendar - I've been using that before bed which is certainly helping. Plus my tart cherry juice and magnesium tummies. It's become quite a palaver 😂

Ooh the Greek holiday sounds lovely. My favourite holidays have been to Greek islands (in fact my last holiday abroad was Skiathos Town! Before DS) (keep wanting to brave taking him on a plane but he can be a bit wild 🫣🤣) (calming down over time though).

I’ll be checking out TU costumes!

It does seem quite a different approach!

You're losing a lot of weight, so if I was in your shoes, I would try gradually winding down the doses/ skip weeks, and see what happens. (Of course remember that none of us are doctors here 😉)

It's obviously great for them as they keep making sales to you, but I don't think I have ever heard of anyone being told they are to remain on their max dose for life and keep injecting weekly.

Is it worth challenging it at the next appointment and flag that most people are advised to reduce their doses and to eventually come off?

How do you feel about the cost of 10mg for life?

Great advice @Mounjaropen Especially about striping the drinks. I jabbed early yesterday and feel better. I’ve decided to leave trying to titrate down until I come hope. Do that and being on holiday is too much for me. I’ve been in the gym once but next week will do more especially as 2 friends arrive who are dedicated gym people unlike myself.
It’s been a great lively thread since Christmas and it’s fantastic to read and catch up with everyone.

@flametrees that actually sounds a bit dangerous if you are dropping weight so quickly from an already low base. What does your gut tell you about continuing to dose at that level? I’ve loved this thread for supporting us in taking ownership of how we use MJ and seeing the different approaches taken.

quick update from me, this weekend will see me hit the milestone of being off MJ as long as I was on it. 30 weeks both sides. I have maintained my weight and really no-one is as surprised as me as I spent a lot of time worrying about what would happen when I came off MJ. I weigh daily and for me this works. I’m fairly relaxed about what I eat, but this is now naturally a lot less than it would have been pre MJ. Weighing every morning helps me see if I’m creeping upwards and then I know to watch my diet. But over Christmas I’ve enjoyed food and drink and chocolate etc.

Wishing us all a fabulous 2026 as we adjust to our new, thinner normal.