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.

Bloody amazing you 🎉🎉. Lots to look forward to in the new year too.

I have surely won the Christmas (water) weight gain. Last Saturday 15st 9.5, this morning 16st 6 😂😂. I made sure I jabbed as normal yesterday!

I could have written that myself @SilenceInside. I've eaten waaaay more than I should, and have switched off from Mounjaro me in a way that's been upsettingly easy to be honest. I also hope I can get back on track fairly quickly, but am a wee bit alarmed by my current state of mind. I have jabbed as normal but it's like I accidentally injected myself with water, or something that's actually the opposite of a WLI! I haven't weighed but can tell from the feel of my body/clothes that I've managed to do some damage. I've felt a bit embarrassed about it and even avoided coming on here, which I know is stupid as it's such a supportive place! Anyway, I hope everyone had a good Christmas, onwards and upwards into 2026...

@eibbed999 solidarity! I just hope I haven’t derailed myself too far. I think I need the busyness of work/school routines to help me stay on track. Being around at home and not working leads to that aimless wandering into the kitchen and poking around at things, which then can lead to snacking. I am trying to occupy myself with tidying, cleaning and jigsaw puzzles instead.

I need to own it and carry on posting here for accountability. I have definitely come too far to be derailed permanently now though. Just a bit of an effort to get back on it!

Absolutely agree! We're not beyond redemption, it's just a blip (she says hopefully...) I think the mental aspect - feeling out of control again - is worse than any weight gain to be honest. Also agree on accountability - I suspect we all know how easy it is to lie to others and ourselves, and it's a slippery slope. Also proof that MJ isn't the miracle people think it is; you can still sabotage, you still need will power. At least later on in the process anyway, when I first started there is no way I could have eaten the amount I've put away in the last week!

@eibbed999 yes in the first few months I could not have eaten in the way I have this week, not a chance. Or if I’d forced it, I would have had stomach pain/upset. It’s interesting the difference now to then. It was easier then, as it all kind of happened by default whereas now I can definitely override the suppression. I do overall prefer how it is now, even though I could choose to over eat.

@eibbed999 yes in the first few months I could not have eaten in the way I have this week, not a chance. Or if I’d forced it, I would have had stomach pain/upset. It’s interesting the difference now to then. It was easier then, as it all kind of happened by default whereas now I can definitely override the suppression. I do overall prefer how it is now, even though I could choose to over eat.

Oh which pattern @GnomeDePlume ?

Years ago I made a lovely jacket, but the one I really wanted to make didn't come anywhere near my size. You've just made me think, maybe I'll be able to make it after all, sometime in the near-future...

Same here. I know that long term it's vital to develop changed habits/willpower in addition to using MJ, but right now I'd kind of welcome some mega suppression to get me back on track!

@onenotsosmallstep I'm close behind you eith a gain of 9.5lbs since last Friday...
@eibbed @silenceinside I could've also written your posts - jabbed Thurs night as normal but so far it's like water for a second week running. Guests leave tomorrow, we still have loads of food left and I'm feeling my usual obligation to make sure it's all eaten and - truthfully- want to be the person to eat it, for the first time in many months I'd feel like I was missing out if I didn't eat it even though I know when I do I won't actually enjoy it that much. Really does show that, although amazing and I truly think it's saved my life, mounjaro doesn't do it all!
Solidarity to everyone who's found Christmas challenging for whatever reason.

@onenotsosmallstep I'm close behind you with a gain of 9.5lbs since last Friday...
@eibbed @silenceinside I could've also written your posts - jabbed Thurs night as normal but so far it's like water for a second week running. Guests leave tomorrow, we still have loads of food left and I'm feeling my usual obligation to make sure it's all eaten and - truthfully- want to be the person to eat it, for the first time in many months I'd feel like I was missing out if I didn't eat it even though I know when I do I won't actually enjoy it that much. Really does show that, although amazing and I truly think it's saved my life, mounjaro doesn't do it all!
Solidarity to everyone who's found Christmas challenging for whatever reason.

It's the Frankie Jacket from Sew Over It. It's a lined chore coat. I'm making it as a kind of wearable toille, using fabric from my stash, a dark red twill with a batik print lining.

Only 4 days left of 2025!
I started losing weight with the help of Mounjaro at the end of January this year. SW was 132,5 kg, CW is 102,8 kg. I'm happy with my weight loss of ALMOST 30 kg but would really love to drop just 300 grams until December 31st to take my weight loss to 30 kg.
I know that I will lose the 300g (and more) eventually but to me to have lost 30 kg in 2025 seems more satisfying than 29,7 kg. I'm a bit obsessed with numbers and data I know!
I did not track calories over Christmas and had 3 days of enjoying plenty of nice food including treats (although less than the years before). I haven't really gained much over Christmas but felt full and bloated. So yesterday I did one day of juice fasting and lost about 1kg taking me to my lowest weight of 102,8 kg yet.
I really enjoy food and eating and was quite bored and hangry after just 1 day of fasting so I haven't continued that. I am eating extremely healthy today and am also tracking calories again and will continue to do so for the next 4 days. So hopefully I will get to my desired weight loss of 30 kg by December 31st. Wish me luck!

Hi there, merry Christmas. I’ve done ok . I jabbed 3.75 on Christmas Eve, fully expecting festive chaos and a moral failing of epic proportions. Instead… I’m sitting here today feeling a bit constipated mildly bloated, but oddly reassured?

I ate Christmas dinner, Roasties, pigs in blankets, pudding, alcohol. I drank what I wanted, ate what I fancied — but in moderation, without that horrible switch flipping into “oh well, I’ve ruined it now so may as well eat everything ”.

I don’t think I overate hugely. I stopped when I was full. I didn’t feel deprived. I didn’t feel out of control. I ate 2600 on Christmas Day, but most of the excess was alchohol and tiramasu. I looked back over the whole week, and my taverage was 1600 . Didn’t feel like eating much on Boxing Day and yesterday so it’s all evened out I think.

Honestly, for someone who went into Christmas with a lot of anxiety and a long history of festive food meltdowns, this feels like a quiet miracle. I’m constipated today (solidarity to anyone else clutching a kiwi and a litre of water), but mentally I’m calmer than I expected.

oddly my scales are broken (divine intervention to stop any spiralling) so don’t really know what impact it’ll have had, but hopefully since I’ve been in a deficit of average over the week, it won’t have derailed anything. But not going to weight until first week of January has I din’t want to stress myself over new year x was spiralling abiT on Christmas Eve.

much love to you all! X

I hear you @UsernameShmusername2024 - I thought my days of being a human food hoover were over, but there you go!

NSV for today - I had to dig a belt out of my wardrobe to hold my jeans up, and although I was worried it would be too small, it fit fine!

And MJ victory today - the move up to 5mg this week has been amazing. I went to a Christmas light trail this afternoon with friends and wasn't tempted at all by the (crazy expensive) food stalls - good for my waistline and my pocket! In fact it's nearly 8pm, all I've had to eat today is a cheese and onion omelette and some broccoli, and I am only just starting to get hungry.

@diggitydoo I ignore the scales on weeks when I know I've gained, I figure what's the point? So just do it most weeks but not every week!

I'm ending the year at 101.2. I'd have loved to have been under 100, although I don't know why I really care, I've never used kilos in my life! (It's just cos that's what the hospital scale uses).

I was 19.10 a year ago and now 15.13. Nice :)

Oh, forgot another victory today - as well as the light trail I went for a run this morning (I'm up to week 7 of c25k which is 25 mins of running), total of around 14,500 steps, and almost 4 hours continuously on my feet at the light trail but I didn't feel uncomfortable, out of breath, or like I needed to sit for a rest the whole time. I don't know if it's the weight loss, the fitness, or a combination of both, but that's a massive improvement from pre-MJ me!

Slightly random NSV (not sure it's a victory though!) but after about a 4 stone weight loss, my passport won't scan on e-gate's. First time I thought it was random but the second seems to be part of a pattern! Won't need it again for a few months, but hasn't even considered that.

I’ve just remembered my department boss wants the whole team to do a run sometime in the spring! Guess I’ll be getting the running shoes out again then! Providing my knees can handle it.

@SilenceInside @eibbed999 i felt every word both of you said. This journey is as much (or more so) a mental one as it is a physical one.
I have unfortunately never felt the "unable to eat" suppression, I've just felt satiated, so I can always eat through the satiation. it's surprised me how easy it is to say yes and slip back into old habits. It also takes me weeks to get back in track.

Even though this year was much better than previous Christmases in terms of food, I could definitely pin point when I had had enough but was eating to finish the plate or out of habit/boredom.

Tomorrow is a fresh start, and I plan on throwing out the holiday food. I don't need to finish the shortbread pack or the mince pies or the gingerbread house for fear it going to waste. I am not a bin. My home is supposed to be a sanctuary and my safe place, not a trap, and not a lesson to learn from.

Will report back tomorrow with the weighing. I haven't weighed myself in 10 days, I'll take it with a pinch of salt, but it's my starting line again for the new year.

NSV, I've taken full advantage of the sales and purchased outfits size 14-16. I'm actually returning one oversized t-shirt for a size 12!!! 😁😁😁 When my Asos order came today, I was really excited to try on new clothes which previously at a size 28, never happened. The parcel would sit unopened for days until the return date loomed where I'd begrudgingly try on clothes and choose the ones I hated least before returning the rest. It was all a very sad state of affairs. I'm so pleased that's not me anymore and I strive to bring this positivity and change in perspective into 2026.

Fab news on the sales shopping @mamabeeboo - the tangible effects give you such a boost! But yes to everything else you describe. It's been tough, and pretty disturbing, how easily I've fallen back into eating for the sake of it. I even upped my dose (between 10 and 12.5 now) and still got no suppression. It's like I've switched it off somehow. It's so interesting how we all react differently to the same drug. I do kind of wish I could go back to early days me, and get that 'no way I could eat a single biscuit, never mind a whole box' feeling! It wasn't that it made me ill, it just turned off all my interest in unhealthy food or over eating. I miss that, and now feel unsettled by the 'old' me sneaking back in. But I've still not eaten as much as I probably did in previous years, and I will weigh in on Jan 2 and make a fresh start. On the upside I've been doing masses of walking and daily yoga.

Ooo @mamabeeboo Wise words ... I don't have to finish the plate / packet / festive food, I am not a bin. That's powerful.

@diggitydoo I am so glad that you have been able to feel in control over Christmas.

Only 3 days left of 2025!
I'm still trying to reach a weight loss of 30 kg in 2025. SW was 132,5 kg, weigh-in yesterday was 102,8 kg - so only 300 grams (less than a pound) to go. I was eating really well yesterday plus doing a lot of exercise (hula hoop, walking, gym) and stayed well below my calorie deficit. Until we decided spontaneousely to meet up with some friends for an after Christmas present exchange. It was a lovely and relaxed evening. They had however ordered pizza and I ate one slice plus some salad (without dressing), drank a glass of wine and had two pieces of chocolate. Not too bad for an evening out but I went 500 calories over my daily allowance.
This morning the scale was at 103,7 kg: 900 grams more than yesterday and 1,2 kg (so almost 3 pounds) away from the 30 kg loss I was trying to reach.
Back on track today: I will definitely stay within my calorie deficit and am heading for the gym in a minute. Still not sure if I can reach my goal in the remainder of this year.🫤

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