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 🤗

At least you are trying to get ski fit 👏👏 DD is going skiiing for the first time after Xmas. I’ve been nagging her to do some strengthening exercises because she has hypermobility so she can dislocate joints easily. Obviously she tells me every week since September that she is doing the ski ready programme on peloton but has forgotten that as I hold the family account I can see what she is doing/has done...which is none of it. Let’s hope she is also not fibbing about having the correct travel insurance either…🙈

in other news, I couldn’t get the Oushk system to do anything other than take me back to the start. Again. 😩

At least it’s not just me failing with the Oushk system. I’ve used the Black Friday code for now and ordered another pen. Will need to figure it out in January perhaps!

Happy start of Advent everyone!

My thoughts have turned to Christmas and whether to delay the jab… I normally jab on a Monday. Was thinking of moving it to a Tuesday or Wednesday over the next few weeks then for Christmas itself waiting until the Friday or Saturday? So I can be a bit of a glutton 🤭

Hi everyone
I’ve been on here before as an interloper ( Jan starter!), I follow your threads and just reading about the Oushk issues. I had the same and ended up calling them on Friday. I spoke to a really lovely lady called Hannah who has apparently updated my profile so I should now be able to order with the £25 maintenance code ( I had my maintenance call just before their new system so it hadn’t registered!). It does seem ludicrous but thought I’d let you know as apparently the £25 is the biggest discount they’ll give, so worth it with the new prices!!

Happy advent all!

My maths might be off, but it doesn't look like your BMI is over 30, so unless you have other health issues, you may not be able to get a prescription.

You’ve all successfully deinfluenced me from Oushk. I’ll hope for better solutions if I ever get to maintenance.

I was properly back to my lowest this morning, slightly below on second weigh but not enough to shout about.
Maybe tomorrow I’ll be just overweight.

I've three advent calendars, opened the two beauty ones but not the Maltese one yet.. just enjoying the self control.

Got back on the vitamin d last week and it’s helping to lift some of the seasonal gloom.

Hope everyone’s having a good week. Any chrimbo meals and parties coming up?

I feel like I should call Oushk to get to the bottom of it... But I hate being on hold on phone calls, so I'm procrastinating on this...

It's been a while since my last check in so here goes for the new thread (thank you as ever to the fabulous @Mounjaropen🙏):

Wk56
M in my early 50’s
H 5’ 8”
SW 13st 0lb
CW 10st 1lb - 10st 3lb
GW ditto
BMI 21.6-22

Maintaining at 7.5mg which is not far off the highest dose I took (9mg) but might start thinking of stepping down again in the New Year. I'm a little wary as last time I went down to 6mg I got rather snacky.

Maintaining with Oushk and have been getting orders through OK, but not sure whether as part of the Conti plan they originally put me on or not. There is a chaps WhatsApp group run by Hira's co-founder Bilal and he's always really responsive, so I might try and unravel things with his help. If I get any breakthroughs I'll let you all know!

This is my jab plan as well, today, next Tuesday, following week Wednesday, then enjoy Christmas following week .

👋 great to hear from you! Well done on the maintenance! How is your DW doing? My DH has just started today 🤞I’ve just taken my 7th dose of 3.75mg from my 5mg pen. Debating whether to stay at this or go down to 2.5mg…

Thanks for sharing any info about the maddening Oushk site…

When I win the Euromillions (note when not if 😂) I will employ someone whose sole job it will be to phone utility companies etc. I hate pretty much all firms equally when there’s no bugger answering the phone….

Ooh which calendars have you got? DH surprised me with the Liberty one 🥰

I’ve got some boozy dinner dates planned with friends. How about you?

welcome! And Thanks so much for sharing! How are you doing?

Yes, yes, yes!

When I win the Euromillions, I shall do the same. Spent over an hour dealing with the water company re: a stupid leak today...

I think do whatever makes you feel like you’ll have the best Christmas 🥰

Water firms are the worst. I once spent an hour explaining that I didn’t need a meter check the reason our water consumption had gone down so dramatically was because DD had gone to boarding school so no one was taking 30min showers in the house 😂

Opposite problem here. There are three of us in the house, and our water bill suddenly quadrupled... A leak. But it should get fixed next week.

No worries, maintenance with Oushk does seem to be a black art!
I’m great thanks, at goal and maintaining, spacing out my jabs that I bought during pengate, titrating down, on 7.5 at the moment. Next step is to really get a grip on weights and strength exercises, I haven’t managed that, I swim and walk but know I need to do more-2026istheyearI!!!

Love reading about all of the November gangs achievement and glamour!

@kentishmama I managed to order in the end after messaging my prescriber a few times, but I've just emailed them to ask for a cancellation and refund. I didnt get the £25 discount you're meant to with the conti plan so they can bog off. It's a terrible website!

I’ve the liberty advent calendar too and the M&S one. It’s like Christmas every day.

Ive just booked a trip for Xmas and new year, work kicks us out for 2 weeks and I’ve been delaying booking due to house sale but decided sod it. I’ve signed everything nothing I can do. And was able to book with points, risking economy now my arse is that much smaller….

Weight still at my low, I’m happy enough. Although I seem to be eating cheese again, no ill effects so won’t stop for now being it’s good for calcium etc.

I’ve got the M&S and Harrods one! I’ve actually probably slightly preferred what has been in the M&S one so far. Harrods had a mascara and a face wash versus a nice perfume and shower oil from M&S which seemed more fun! Shall see what tomorrow brings (never had a beauty advent calendar before, so seems doubly decadent to have two!).

Ooh let us know what the Harrods’ one is like! I’ve got the liberty one from DH which I love. Hoping there’s a posh candle in one of the drawers this year, there wasn’t one last year and I do love a candle for my boudoir 😂

Ooh a holiday! Where are you off to?

I agree, website is absolute shite. Hope you get the refund!

Well done! Weigh training does help regulate your insulin levels as well as building muscle/improving bone density so it will help you maintain a steady weight once you are off MJ. 💪🏻

I've had the Liberty one twice and it's lovely, and I've had the M&S one too. This year I've managed to resist the beauty calendars and I've gone for a Pact coffee advent where I get a different coffee to grind and brew each morning. Less fun but still nice to wake up to!