Mounjaro 10 stone or more to lose - Thread 10

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Well, some of us are new, some of us are nearly at our goal weight and the rest are still in the trenches.

Everyone is welcome here. This is a safe and supportive space for people with a lot of weight to lose.

I’m so sorry you aren’t home for Christmas @PearlTeapot I know how much you were hoping for it.

I know it’s easy for me to say, but every day is a step nearer to your going home and your darlings will all be there to celebrate your homecoming when that day comes - as it will.

Lots of love and support to you.

@SilenceInside 150 lb is incredible! And to be basically at a healthy bmi... I am in awe :)
@MummyInTheNecropolis size 10!!! These sizes 10/12 etc are just not even in my mind as achievable - I am so very impressed :)

I feel like although most of my body now looks like "larger normal person size" compared to my previously obviously morbidly obese body my stomach and whole lower middle area just has rolls. I'm very out of proportion currently ! I know logically I'm a lot smaller (sat in a theatre seat during the week fine! Huge gap now between me and steering wheel.... and don't have to worry about chairs and tables ) but the disproportion is weird. I am worried I will be one of thsoe people with skin rolls that looks odd round the middle. Although most ok under trusted seasalt jersey dresses...

@PearlTeapot I'm so sorry to hear that. Christmas can be such a stressful time can't it too. I imagine the ward will do all they can . I hope things are improving for you. I only check in here periodically buti do look for your posts xx

In some ways I wish I didn't need to calorie count but stopping feels very scary, like I would lose control over my journey. I don't calorie count to restrict myself, in some ways it actually helps give me more freedom to eat what I want as I can 'allow' myself that extra treat because I'm well within my calories, or on the other hand it gives me a nice brake when I am tempted to eat too much - I'll ask myself if the extra calories are really worth it, sometimes they are but usually they aren't. But maybe when I get closer to goal I'll try to move away from the calorie counting (although I'd be gutted to lose my streak of logging every day on MFP 🤣)

I know it’s just words and at the moment things must feel enormously hard @PearlTeapot but I wholeheartedly believe in the saying ‘this too shall pass’. You’re still here and stronger than you know.

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden I always love to hear your updates, and what an update 13st 13 is!

I think I'm trying to do the "intuitive eating" that I couldn't make work pre - mj/adhd meds. So I've gone kind of the opposite of calorie counting. I have days where I might eat more if I'm hungry (likely towards the end of the week, around my period, if there's a birthday) and days where I will eat less. I want to be eating to hunger (although I do try and have 3 meals) rather than overruling the hunger because of a (for me) arbitary number. So eat because I'm either hungry, really want something (like a meal out and something I don't have often) or because I know it will fuel my body.

It's strange how far removed I am from calories now a year into this - but I was someone for whome calorie counting had become unhelpful. I'd do the eat all the calories in the morning and then starve myself and ignore hunger - or try to eat low calorie food rather than nutrient dense food. I have also found it easier since being UPF free which I did a month or two before going on MJ (oooh just over a year ago) as I think when I eat UPF it messes up my hunger cues.

One of my goals was to become more aware of and responsive to hunger cues and eating to hunger - and being okay with the ebb and flow of this as I initially hoped that would help me eat like a sane person when I came off MJ. The more I read the more I wonder if after losing my 11 -12 stone it will be eventually whether actually coming off is ever realistic. But I do hope I can cut down. I'm on 8mg a week and I know my weight loss rate will start to slow and I'm okay with that. I am on adhd meds too though and I think they're a boost. So much of my eating was likely adhd/trauma related as well as not recognising hunger cues (autism) and feeling always hugnry. Drugs are amazing. This time last year I was pretty much terrified of both adhd meds and mounjaro and I can't believe the difference theyve made to my life.

NSV of the day, fitted in the swing seat in the kiddies play park and had a lovely time swinging to and fro (one of those cradle/ bucket type seats). Dog was not impressed, I was meant to be throwing her ball!

I'm having a bit of an odd day, food-wise. I seem to have fallen back into old habits this evening, demolishing a bowl of popcorn and some quality streets. But I figure one day of slightly too many snacks isn't going to derail me, I'll be back on track in the morning and it all averages out over the course of the week.

Fortunately I don’t have a hangover, though I deserve one

So do I.
DD2 and I tanned a bottle of Chablis between us.

It's the first alcohol I've had for many months. I just don't fancy it anymore, but I thoroughly enjoyed the Chablis.

Have ordered another bottle from Tesco's for Christmas Day.⅕

Goodness, you've all got so many brilliant losses to share.
I've had a week of not losing anything. On previous diets that would've been enough to make me give up completely, but on MJ it's just caused me to shrug and carry on.

@PearlTeapot I've also spent one Christmas in a psychiatric hospital ward.
They let me go to my sister's for Christmas dinner, but having to go back in the evening made it worse somehow. Looking back, I can see how unwell I was.

I'm sorry you're so far away from your loved ones at the moment. It's very distressing not to be able to see them.

That's what I was (badly)expressig meaning I feel like that now Broon which I have never felt like on a diet before.

I had 2 weeks sts then a drop today . It really doesn't phase me. It still would have in the first few months on MJ but its ower weakened as I realised this is just me now and it works!

Also @PearlTeapot it was twenty eight years ago when I was in the hospital, and I've never been readmitted, so there's hope for you!

I had decided not to put up a tree or any decorations this year, what with my arsehole husband having buggered off................

................but my church had their Carol Service this evening, followed by a lovely tea, and it was a very good and cheerful occasion..............

...............so I changed my mind. Three of my four children will be with me...............

The tree and decorations will go up tomorrow.
🎄🍾🎄🎄🎊🎄🎊🎄🎊🎄🎄🍾🎄

You've done so well, once the house move is done I'll knuckle down and get back on track, I think I've put a couple of pound on, but the scales are packed so I can't check. Been eating a lit of toast trying to empty the chest freezer.

So sorry to hear that. I guess the doctors know best? Everything feels more significant this time of year doesn't it? Keep on doing the right thing and you'll get there lovely

Perfect, with the house move we've not decorated for Christmas, final moving day is Thursday 18th and then we need to come back and clean this house before Jan 1st. I'm hoping OH will agree we have a few days off of the back and forth and can at least put some lights up maybe a small prelit tree. We are so broke with stamp duty and moving costs. Having been used to a nice cushion fot the last decade whilst we saved our deposit I'm now wondering if I can afford fabric conditioner which apparently is non negotiable for him. It will all work out, and a job for me is priority in New Year.

My first NSV

I bought a size 22 skirt in October and was really disappointed that it was too tight. It’s really comfy now! Woo hoo

now lost a stone since Nov 6th!

Another day, another swooping up and down the scales!

Luckily I know it’s all happening in the background because in earlier times a loss/loss/gain would have sent me into a spiral of nonsense and feelings of failure.

Today I know it’s fine, I’ll see yesterday’s lovely number again in the next few days.

But FFS body. Make your mind up, eh?!!

@diggitydoo well done! A lovely NSV.

I’m in the 18stone category!!!!
I’m still trying to come to terms with not being in the 20stone + category and kept worrying that it would creep back over 20stone but somehow I’m now in the 18stone category. Admittedly I’m 18st 13.5lbs but who cares, hopefully I can leave behind the worry of drifting back up to 20stone +.

It feels strange to think I’ve lost over 5 1/2 stones, but feels like an achievement. I am going away on Wednesday and won’t be back until the new year so I doubt I’ll lose anymore this year but I don’t think I mind. I’m even at ease with putting a few pounds on over the break, I’ll keep jabbing but I’m hoping this is what “normal” people do and feel like. This year has been a real eye opener and literally a life changer. My only regret is waiting so long to try it!

So happy for you @SilenceInside, 150lbs!

@PearlTeapot I’m so saddened to read this, it must be so hard for all of you. You’ll definitely be in my thoughts, from what you have said the staff all care about you a great deal and will do their best to get you through, think of the celebrations when you get home x

amazing @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden! I very clearly remember your early posts, you are a completely different person now, such a positive change for you

Good luck with the house move @Doggymummar, very stressful time! We used to move every 3 years (DH was in the forces) and it was a nightmare…

get that tree up Broon! 🎄and celebrate your new life x

I always say that my only regret is that I didn’t start sooner @TheZingyFish, keep doing what you’re doing as you’re doing amazingly!

I’ve been pondering what life will look like where you’re not constantly trying to loose weight, constantly berating yourself and telling yourself to do better. This has been my life forever, I’ve never known any different so that constant noise is so very familiar as it must be for 99.9% of us. What am I going to replace that with? I no longer berate myself or tell myself to do better, I do mourn the younger me but am excited for the me now. It’s an odd feeling not having to worry about losing 10 stone.

I am seriously considering dropping back from 10mg, it is kicking my (ever decreasing) arse with the nausea and total absence of appetite…

Any advice my fellow losers?

"I no longer berate myself or tell myself to do better, I do mourn the younger me but am excited for the me now. It’s an odd feeling not having to worry about losing 10 stone."

@Iwouldratherbesinging this is exactly how I feel at the moment too! I honestly used to wake up every day and immediately the negative thoughts would start about my weight, and what seemed like the impossible task of losing it all. Then showering and getting dressed would hammer home how much I hated being so obese, as I was forced to contemplate my body and choosing clothes to put on it. No mirror or scales in those days, as I couldn't bear the thought of adding to my negative self talk with the additional information those would provide!

Now, none of that happens. In fact, I get positive feedback from the scales and the mirror. I enjoy choosing what clothes to wear, I have a genuine choice and everything in my wardrobe I like and have chosen because I like it not because it would fit me and be as unobtrusive as possible.

I think not having all that negative self talk whirling around is so wonderfully calm, I get so much more done in my life now. I find it a lot easier to plan for the future, as I have the mental capacity for it. And nothing is off the table with future planning - I genuinely feel now that there are no options I would turn down due to my size or fitness. Whereas before I would have said no, or not even contemplated, many activities or opportunities.

@TragicMuse I would definitely consider dropping down, either back to 7.5mg or an interim dose if the 10mg isn't settling down for you. You could try 8.75mg and see if that's any better.