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 not going to worry about a week or two of celebration. I've had a mince pie and brandy butter today and yesterday and I had a slice of xmas cake the day before.

Compared to the old me this really isn't anything as I'm not binging anymore- I'm able to enjoy something seasonal because I really fancy it which I think will be my long term aim- I'm okay if this means I don't lose for 2 weeks. Long game...

I've been very determined not to fall off the wagon (so to speak).
So far, the only Christmassy thing I've eaten has been a mince pie.
We had a Carol Service and tea afterwards at church and there were mountains of cakes etc but I hardened my heart.
I'm very determined when I get the bit between my teeth.

I’ve eaten Christmas treats non stop for the last 2 days. I’m not fussed, I will gain weight this week then lose it again, it’s only one week of the year 🤷‍♀️

I share your attitude really @mummyinthenecropolis But I think I've been shocked at how much I'm suddenly able to eat again and how much the food noise seems to be back just because it's christmas and we have a load of food in despite having jabbed as normal a few days ago. I really expected to enjoy some Christmas food but in quite a restrained way buy already I'm almost binging certain things - have not had one binge or desire to since I started mounjaro in Feb until this last week. When I think about it, it will be less food than this time last year but a lot more than I was anticipating. Think not having my normal breakfast of yogurt, chia seeds, nuts and fruit isn't helping at all (we've run out and not managed to get to the shop) as I'm starting the day with bread/bagels/crumpets and that seems to be setting the tone for the rest of the day. Will be buying yogurt tomorrow, although I am also trying to enjoy eating differently to how I have been for months. I'm less worried about actual xmas day because I don't particularly enjoy a roast!

For me the key is not to start. I know that starting the day with a carby breakfast will lead to craving more and more carbs. I'm assuming that is likely a diabetes thing.

Only 3 more sleeps until we can get back to the proper business of winter gloom.😁

I follow Lawrence90 on FB, he has lost 15 stone with a gastric band. One of his posts the other day made me stop and think. It was something like, its not the calories you eat this next two weeks that matter, its the ones in the 50 weeks beforehand.

Too late now, but i tackled this by our Christmas food being delivered 10pm on Christmas Eve. In previous years I would have started in October stockpiling Baileys mince pies chocolates etc and eaten them as we went along, reordering each week. I did the food order last night, it was £300 we had our usual order last Sunday and again the following Sunday. Looking back as previous year's it was closer to six seven hundred. So we've saved money and calories. Winner winner, pork or beef for dinner?

Feel so fed up this morning. Seem to have put on 3lbs this last week :-(

I have had two Christmas parties, but I didn’t think I went over my calories any more than 100 or so on any given day. Infact at one of the parties I only had one glass of Prosecco and a few crisps. The other one I completely ignored the Yule log, cakes, chocolate fountain, mince pies, etc etc. In the 8 hours I was there (which was over dinner time) I had

Two pigs in blankets
3 one inch slices of baguette dipped in cheese fondue
3 new potatoes dipped in cheese fondue
3 glasses of Prosecco
A few crisps

which I thought was really fucking moderate and kinda counted as my dinner.

and it was a big fucking miserable effort, that left me feeling deprived and like i’m on a diet. Which was what I thought taking MJ was meant to avoid.

finding all the Christmas food really triggering and stressful, dreading Christmas Day.

worried I’m either in denial and eating far more than I thought and not recording properly or that my body is just an even bigger bastard than ever .

last night I felt really weak and had three chocolate biscuits and didn’t record them.

feel like giving in.

@ConfusedMiddleAger83 so sorry to read this, you are totally making the right decision though, and no, you won’t undo the epic 5 stone that you have worked hard to lose. I hope that they get to the bottom of what is causing you all this pain.

Congrats on the second woosh @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne!

Glad your mum is doing ok now @TragicMuse

@TheZingyFish sounds like you’re having a bit of a stressful time at the moment, but sending some luck your way!

Don't be daft @diggitydoo if you are counting properly you would have needed 10000 extra to add three pounds, so it's not fat. What you did eat was carby and maybe you dont process carbs well. I tend to eat a lot of fish and prawns thus time of year. Last night salmon and goose fat roast potatoes with sooooo much veg I couldn't manage the potatoes. It will be water weight. Make sure you are getting two or three litres of water on top of anything else to keep flushing the toxins. It's a month of abundance at most, just jump back in when you can.

Last weigh in before Christmas for me today and 2 lbs off which puts me at 10 stone 9lbs, bmi is sooooo close to being healthy and is at 25.6!

I remember this time last year being terrified of gaining weight over Christmas but I’m a bit more relaxed about it this year. I’ve tried to concentrate on having a lot more healthy but luxurious protein in the house, so really posh prawns and smoked salmon type bits. We’re on our own this Christmas Day so will be having a fish based Christmas dinner and a long dog walk along the coast. Everyone descends on us on Boxing Day, so we’ll be having our proper Christmas on Boxing Day this year.

@UsernameShmusername2024 I imagine it’s a bit harder when you have family staying, but if you do gain it’s not the end of the world and you will soon get back into the swing of things, It threw me last year being out of the normal routine and I think it took me a good couple of weeks to get back to normal.

I’ve seen something similar which says “it doesn’t matter what you eat between Christmas and New Year. It’s what you eat between New Year’s and Christmas that counts.”

I have had 3 days so far in December when I have gone way over 2000cals but have managed to be on track the day after. I think mentally it’s about trying to find the balance of trying not to feel like a failure but also enjoying life/food.

@diggitydoo would it be an idea to step away from the scales for the next week or so? There is no way that you will have gained 3 lbs of ‘fat’ in one week, it will be water weight and will come off as fast as it went on. Get Christmas out of the way, then have a week of ‘normal’ eating to flush out the temporary water weight from carbs and sodium then step on the scales again to reassess. You’ll send yourself into a spiral otherwise, we’ve all been there when the scales don’t reflect what we feel we’ve been doing.

I'm not sure if this counts as indulgence or insanity. I have just had a double portion of all bran plus psyllium husk.

At this rate I will be celebrating Christmas from my bathroom.

Salt ..what you ate was probably salty and we store water when we eat salty food ..so it could be a water gain
Your doing so well ,don't get despondent ,and no that wasn't a lot you ate xx

Most ordinary slim people will gain a few pounds this week, they won’t stress or worry about it, they will know that once they’re back in the routine of eating normally and moving a bit more in January the extra pounds will just naturally fall off. That’s what I tell myself anyway. No point stressing about a few pounds, it will all balance out in the end.

I'm feeling quite anxious about all the food in the house ..I've managed to not buy anything I really like ,but there's still food in ,that I could over eat on .
Usually part of looking forward to Christmas,is looking forward to two days of eating whatever I like ...but it never just stops at 2 days ..it extends before and after Christmas
But this year I've made sure there's nothing in I really like .
So I'm not really looking forward to it ..
Which is a bit sad that food played such a huge part of Christmas for me

Misery equals a lot of snacking.

Spending Christmas here has broken my heart, not seeing DW and DC at all, it's killing me. Usually I'd be face first in the food but I dont even want to do that. Just sticking to my usual boring meals.

So bunged up, lactulose not doing much, may need to move onto movicol? Stupid new meds slow your digestion down so that plus mj means I ground to a halt. Started going again but not properly or enough.

A few pounds feels catastrophic when I’ve spent a couple of hundred money pounds to lose 14 of them , and ridiculous amounts of emotional energy. I am feeling really sad and anxious and scared. All the food in the house is stressing me out. I wish I could just give up food entirely and live in a place without it. I hate having to think about it constantly . I’m so scared that it’s all going to be for nothing anyway and I’ll be back to square one in January trying to carry on as normal .

@GnomeDePlume 😁😁

@diggitydoo I'm sure it'll soon come off again, it won't be fat, probably water weight. How long have you been on MJ for, what dose are you on?

I'm assuming over the next week I'll put on weight, the treats are carby so it'll hang about for a bit. From tomorrow I'll start having a few Christmas things but I haven't bought a lot so I can't go overboard. I need to get some cream but there was none in the small shop yesterday and I can't face a big shop so Christmas pudding might have to wait!

I really relate to the posts about being concerned about Christmas and the associated different types and volumes of food, how quickly I seem to have convinced myself that I want and can eat more, and what this means for how I will be after Christmas.
I’m taking inspiration from others on this amazing thread that successfully handled Christmas last year and have gone on to have a great year in 2025 and from the thought that it is impossible really to undo half a year of good work in a few days or even a couple of weeks. And so thank you to everyone who was there at Christmas 2024 and is still here doing fabulously as we reach Christmas 2025. It’s comforting to know that the feelings of anxiety about whether I am a lost cause because I am eating more are a) totally normal and b) not accurate.
This thread and the people who really understand is so vital and I am so grateful!

Ask them for suppositories or an enema. It was several days before you got any medication. There will be a backlog of stool in there.

What dose of lactulose are you getting? Please don't tell me it's only 10ml or something equally pointless.
Most doctors don't understand bowels.

You could also ask to be prescribed senna for a few days, to get things going.

BTW @PearlTeapot I'm so sad for you about being in there for Christmas. It's awful. xxxx

Hi @diggitydoo remind me what dose you're on, and how long you've been on MJ.

Oh @PearlTeapot My heart breaks for you, I can’t begin to imagine how you are feeling, only thing I can do is send mumsy hugs to you x

Lactulose didn’t do much for me either, I know we are all different but you do sound similar to me with your bowel. Movicol isn’t nice but it works, the lemon and lime one reminds me of milk and I just have to neck it. If I go a couple of weeks without it, my poop seems to turn into dry plasticine, when that happens I have to take three sachets a day for two days then drop to two then try one a day for a few days, I then stop and the cycle starts all over again.
its all about trying to draw water into your bowel.

started beginning of November.
‘did 4 weeks of 2.5, a week of 3.1 and then 3.75 last week. Was going to do 3.75 this week again. Was due to jab Thursday night. Don’t really want to do it that night as will be at in-laws. Can’t decide whether to jab Christmas Eve or Boxing Day. Ho hum. Sorry for being such a grump. I feel so anxious.