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.

They're helping cook and the fridge is quite small annoyingly. I've tried hiding it different places, taken it out of the box and tucked it into a pack of Celery of all things 😅 Where do you get tomato puree in a box from? I've only seen loose metal tubes

In most of the UK at the moment the outside temp is only getting to 11 or 12 degrees during the day. If you have any unheated outbuildings like a garage or a shed, you could put the 7.5mg pen in there for the day and it is going to stay at around 8 degrees or less which is "fridge temp".

Just hit 7st loss! Started at the beginning of February and this is where I want to be to start 2026. Happy if I maintain for the next two weeks and then get back on it in January.

Lots of NSV - new wardrobe, fitting in to chairs, rings and bracelets are too big, a couple of people I haven’t seen since this time last year didn’t recognise me!

Less good is that I’m having some quite severe stomach pain. I’m worried it might be gall bladder related. Typically starts in the late afternoon or evening and radiates around my stomach and across the middle of my back. Much worse when I try to lie down. Even sitting still is difficult and I have spent a couple of evenings rocking in pain. Paracetamol doesn’t touch it. Can’t see any link between what I am eating or drinking.

I know I need to see a doctor, but I’m hoping to avoid until the other side of Christmas. A combination of doctors’ strikes and huge numbers of flu patients in hospital means I really, really don’t want to go to A&E. And the GP won’t be able to do anything without tests. Anybody have any experience or words of wisdom?

We had the annual work buffet today. I joined in and was apprehensive.

I ate what I wanted, feel comfortable and not 'stuffed' like I usually would. Enjoyed being a part of it and enjoyed the food.

Then I saw some of the plates my colleagues had constructed! Absolutely no judgement - but without realising it I've developed restraint!! I had some sliced meat and some veggies and even a home made sausage roll.

I didn't have giant french bread sandwiches stuffed to bursting with all the beige sides and then a cheese course!

It is so encouraging heading into the next few weeks that my choices just seem to be so much better than before, without feeling like I'm depriving myself. Such a mind set change.

I had my gallbladder out years ago
But if I remember correctly,it was a bit higher up than my stomach
Just under boobs I think it was.
The pain was far far worse than contractions and giving birth
Personally I'd not be waiting untill Jan,I recommend you get a doctor's appointment asap xx

@OvertiredandConfused ..plus you can get some stronger painkillers if you get an appointment before Christmas..

Thank you.

Yes, that is where the pain starts (I think). I’m known for being stoic and having a high pain threshold but this is genuinely excruciating

I will make an attempt with the GP. I just know how long it takes. And I really don’t want them to send me to hospital this side of Christmas unless it is sufficiently serious to genuinely justify that

I ended up in an ambulance a couple of times ,and taken to hospital
There was no way I could manage the pain at home ..I was pregnant at the time ,so first time they thought the baby was coming early .
Honestly,the sooner your on that waiting list for surgery the better x
I think you need to stick to low fat low spice ..if I remember correctly with me .
But I hope it's not that x
It could be something entirely different,like a blocked bowel
I only had a couple of really bad attacks..3 I remember..
So if it's happening every day ,it may be something completely different..
Doctor will still be open ..you could give them bell xxx

@OvertiredandConfused you need assessment today by a clinician.
Excruciating abdo pain could be a multitude of things. It may have nothing at all too do with the MJ.

If your surgery isn't helpful with an appt this afternoon call 111, who can make an OOH GP appt for you.

You need to be seen today
(I'm a retired nurse BTW).

Listen to @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne it could be dangerous.

Or it could be gallstones, which as described the attacks come under the breasts and spread to the back and are excruciating.

I felt like a new woman after having mine removed! And it was severely infected and could have killed me.

please get seen, I know it’s Christmas xxx

Thank you everyone for being so kind, lovely and supportive about me spending Christmas in hospital. It’s been a terrible shock.

Sadly, I have spent Christmas in this hospital before during Covid but I at least had a visit from DW, DC and the dogs in the park outside. We unwrapped presents in the freezing cold and drank hot chocolate and had a lovely time.

There will be none of that this year. There is no way they can visit as all dog boarders are fully booked. I’m seeing my consultant tomorrow then not again til Christmas Day.

It’s day 3 of the new meds and I feel the same. So by Christmas Day it’ll be day 12. I need 14 days to fully titrate off one to the other. So everyone…. Fingers crossed this is the one.

Keeping my fingers crossed for the new meds 🤞🤞

I've been reading other threads about people's plans for MJ over Christmas - delaying jabs, skipping weeks, etc, and I'm wondering if I'm the only one contemplating increasing my dose temporarily instead? I'm doing well at the moment, with good losses, but I am starting to be able to eat past the MJ - although I'm not properly binging, that feels like a choice rather than a result of the jab. I'm therefore worried that I'll struggle to stay on track over Christmas - I'm really worried about losing control and regretting it. Would I be crazy to jab 5mg instead of 3.75 for just one week?

@RenegadeKeeblerElf I wouldn't, in case you get horrible side-effects. Or you'll get such strong suppression that you can't eat anything at all.

I'd maybe jab a day or two early instead.

But really, what's the worst that can happen? You gain a couple of pounds? Well, that doesn't really matter, because you know how to lose them again.

This will be my second Christmas on MJ and it comes at the end of 2 years of steadily losing weight.

It's not a sprint, as we so often say.

I was looking at my losses since last Christmas, and I've lost 2 stone since then. That's just over half a pound lost each week. It's very slow but I'm happy with it. MJ has been working slowly and surely in the background.

If I want to go out and have dinner, I'll go, and enjoy myself. Christmas is the same. I went out for lunch with the members and volunteers of the dementia choir today.

Just try to enjoy things!

I’m a Friday jabber @RenegadeKeeblerElf, it’s my 39th dose this week and 7th on 11.25mg. Christmas Day being Thursday is sort of ideal from a suppression perspective but my plan is to move up to the next dose of 12.5mg from Boxing Day and then going forwards to give me an uplift to get back on track.

I’ve put in an eConsult - they are usually pretty good at responding although appointments typically take 2-3 weeks. I haven’t had an attack today and I have eaten a sensible amount of food.

Still pretty sure the only way I will get anything this side of Christmas is to sit in A&E during a doctors’ strike.

I'm going to temporarily increase - by jabbing closer together - over Christmas and new year.

I'm 7.5mg every Thursday. After this Thursday I'm going to do 7.5mg Tues, then Sun, then Fri, then back to weekly Thurs jabs in January. That means I'll have 3 7.5mg jabs in the two week holiday period, rather than 2.

I'm thinking of increasing too, I was trying to wean down, but gained weight so I think I'm not ready. This week I did 45 clicks on my 15mg pen on Monday and I'm already having to eat twice a day and am gaining weight. Back to 15mg from next week I think and then wegovy

I had started a jabbing at 5-days regime but it’s just too much for me at the moment, I’m on 10mg and the nausea and total absence of ability to even think about food is really overwhelming! So I’m going back to a 7-day regime over Christmas and dropping to 8.75mg. And then I’m going to review the frequency after new year.

It’s mostly because I want to cook for my family - I love cooking, making food is totally my love-language, and I’m finding it really hard to cook when everything makes me want to throw.

So my plan isn’t really weight-related, it’s so that I can do a thing I enjoy for the people I love…

Does that help @RenegadeKeeblerElf?

My NSV today is that I weigh less than at any time in the past 12 years. My trousers are absurdly loose! Even my very old Levi’s fit, and they have NO LYCRA!

After a longish plateau, I've lost 1lb this week, taking me down to:

11st 9lb

I started off at 20st 2lb (almost 2 years ago)

This brings my total weight loss to

8st 7lb

I'm really pleased with this.
I've now only got 13lb to lose to get to my goal of 10st 10lb. If I get there and want to lose another half stone, I probably will.

@RenegadeKeeblerElf I am going to be injecting my usual 10mg dose on my usual day (Friday) over the holidays, just because I am very settled on that dose. I don't have any side effects and I am managing with what I'm eating over this festive period. I could eat a lot more than I am, I'm not very suppressed like I was in the early days, but I am not fussed about eating more.

If you feel that you are being drawn into eating more than you want to, then I think trying a higher dose is fine. 5mg is not a big leap from 3.75mg, but equally injecting a day or two earlier might work as well. You could also decide to stick with 3.75mg for now, and then move to 5mg after Christmas as a kind of reset and restart.

I’m not worried about Christmas as the ongoing acid reflux and associated pain mean I’m not eating much. I finally had the gastroscopy appt through - my GP wouldn’t prescribe any meds till I had this done but have been waiting about 6 weeks in quite a lot of discomfort. I’ve cut out everything - alcohol, caffeinated coffee, anything remotely spicy, anything citrusy - and am not happy with the level of nutrients I’m able to consume. But still in daily pain with the 40 mg esomeprazole I’m taking over the counter (anlthough that’s double the standard dose) and endless gaviscon etc.

Anyway, I got a cancellation so it’s tomorrow, hoping it will give some answers and something to help. I am really not looking forward to the procedure itself but am also quite worried they will tell me to stop the Mounjaro…. I am 2lb away from 5 stone loss now but need to lose at least the same again. Fingers crossed for a good outcome!

ARGH sulphur burps. Minor compared to before but regular and yucky. I did my second 3mg on Sunday. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy can't my body handle more than 2.5?! I've obviously not eaten anything different.

Do you think I should just carry on with the 3 and my body will get used to it and the side effects will eventually stop by themselves? Or accept defeat and drop back to 2.5? What do people with SEs tend to find please?

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne brilliant!

I second that, my gallstones pain was much worse than the three childbirths I went through later - they were a breeze in comparison, I barely needed pain relief! Gallstones episodes are agonising.