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.

Wk47 weigh in this morning (wk15 on 7.5mgs) … stayed the same! Desperately wanted to slip into the 13’s, alas it wasn’t to be!

SW (15 Feb 25): 19st 9lbs / BMI 44.4 (obese class 3)
CW: 14st 2lbs / BMI 32 obese class 1)
GW: healthy BMI (between 18.5 and 24.9 (8.3st-11st) for my height) - 3st 2lbs to go to get to top of healthy range. Goal to reach that by my birthday in October.

I’ve lost 28% of my starting weight and averaging 1.7lbs loss per week over the 47 weeks.

Wks 1-4 (2.5mg): -17lbs
Wks 5-8 (2.5mg): -6lbs
Wks 9-12 (2.5mg): -11lbs
Wks 13-16 (5mg): -7lbs
Wks 17-20 (5mg): -4lbs
Wks 21-24 (5mg): -7lbs
Wks 25-28 (5mg): -7lbs
Wks 29-32 (5mg): -4lbs
Wks 33-36 (7.5mg): -5lbs
Wks 37-40 (7.5mg): -4lbs
Wks 41-44 (7.5mg): -0lbs
Wk45 (7.5mg): -2lbs
Wk46 (7.5mg): -3lbs
Wk47 (7.5mg): -0lbs

Total loss: 77lbs (5st 7lbs)

Week 46, 10mg

SW 19st 4lbs (Jan 2025, pre-MJ)
SW on MJ 18st 11.5lbs (1 Mar 2025)
CW 13st 4.75lbs
Change this week -0.5lbs
Total loss 83.25lbs

I dipped to 13/4 on Sunday last week but it didn’t stay like that. No idea why, I’ve been within my calories all week. Still, half a lb is ok.

We’re starting the work running programme, so upping my exercise and I’ve redone my TDEE and it is lower so although Nutracheck sets my calories at 1400 a day that isn’t 500 less than my TDEE and I will be lurking more around the 1200 band.

Today I’m going to look at clothes in shops. I have an M&S voucher and there are also some trousers in Primark that I’d like to try. It’s lovely being able to do that. Normal shops for normal people!

Onwards and downwards losers!

Well done on all the losses everyone! I did my 11th parkrun this morning and got a new PB despite the slippery mud everywhere! My time was 37 minutes which isn’t exactly fast but my first few were all 41-44 minutes so I am improving!

Happy Saturday everyone! Weigh in day for me.

W21 D1 3.75mg (4.25mg)
SW 19st 3lbs
CW 14st 7lbs
GW1 15st (03/01/26)
GW2 13st
Total loss- 67lbs, last week -3lbs

I’ve had a weird week suppression wise. I’ve eaten the same food during the week pretty much the whole time I’ve been on mj, but this week I’ve felt really full and bloated after my meals. I dropped the dose this morning from 4.25 mg to 3.75 mg to see if that helps.

NSV: I can comfortably fit into M&S and White Stuff size 18! What a change from plus size 24/26 clothing!

You're way faster than me!! Well done, that's brilliant.

Thanks @RenegadeKeeblerElf

There’s a free fitness festival near me tomorrow with lots of fitness classes. I’ve signed up for 3, I’m doing women only Thai boxing in the morning, then in the afternoon I’m doing dance fiesta and Shenensu - never done anything like this before, all completely new to me but they’re free and I’m actually pretty fit these days with all the running, swimming, yoga and Pilates so I thought why not try? I am nervous though! Will let you know how I get on.

Oh good luck @MummyInTheNecropolis I hope it’s masses of fun!

I walked into town and have walked all over town.

I tried on some trousers in Primark. The 18 was just lovely. I tried the 16, they went on and did up but I did feel a bit muffin-top in them. Not that it matters of course. And they’d be perfect in a few weeks. But I want to wear them now. So I got the 18.

And a top and cardi, which are a MEDIUM!!

I am made up!

I tried a dress on in Primark ages ago and I didn't buy it. I wish I had now. I'm keeping an eye out for it on vinted.

Went to an outlet centre today, spur of the moment, with DH. The plan was to look for a pair of trainers.

Generally resisted the temptation to buy things that will fit “soon“ but I did buy a couple of jumpers to use for layering that are in a size that actually fits me. And I gave into a pair of classic chinos from M&S in the next size down. I’ve just tried them on and they fit! Can’t quite believe it! I know they’re quite a generous fit, but they are the size that I have set as my target.

It was so fantastic being able to just walk around, see things in my size and know that I could’ve bought them. The main reason I didn’t buy more, apart from the cost, was because I’m hoping to go down at least one more size

Love reading all these updates ,to many people to reply to everyone
But it makes me so happy reading how well everyone is doing
Yay to us ..
I'm around 10 and a half stone down
Weight loss is slow at the moment
I'm very tall so had a high weight to start ,and I'm still to embarrassed to say what my current weight is .
Maybe one day
But my size 20 clothes are all getting big on me
I've got a size 22 shirt on today and it looks like you could fit 2 of me in it .. underneath is a size 30 t-shirt ,that everyone laughs at the gym when they see me getting changed in to it ..
I need another session of being ruthless and getting rid of clothes

weigh-in update (currently wk ~10 on Mounjaro, 5mg)

SW (06 Nov 25): 24st 6lb / 155kg
CW: 22st 7lb / 143kg
GW: fuck knows

Weeks 1–2 (2.5mg): −3.1lb
(155.0 → 153.7kg)

Weeks 3–4 (2.5mg): −6.0lb
(153.7 → 151.1kg)

Weeks 5–6 (2.5mg): −5.8lb
(151.1 → 148.3kg)

Weeks 7–8 (3.1–3.75mg): −8.0lb
(148.3 → 144.75kg)

Weeks 9–10 (5mg): −3.9lb
(144.75 → 143.0kg)

Total loss to date: 26.5lb (1st 12.5lb)

I’ve lost 26.5lb (12kg) so far — around 7.7% of my starting weight — averaging ~2.3lb per week. Although it seems to be speeding up which is scaring me a little bit. But Ofcourse I’d probably feel worse if it was the opposite.

i’ve found nothing about this easy, mentally I feel exhausted from it. feeling pretty depressed and anxious if I’m honest.

Reading all your posts , you all sound so calm happy and in control emotionally. I don’t feel like that. I feel stressed, obsessed, scared, numb, sad, panicked, anxious . Overwhelmed.

Slowly tweaking my dose upwards (now up to 3.25 mg, 2x/week, so 6.5/week) and the suppression has kicked in again along with slow, small, but steady losses. I've been going slower than other people because last time I lost a lot of weight it was too quick, I ended up needing gall bladder surgery, and I regained because it wasn't sustainable (pandemic did not help).

Another long-term knitting project finished and it's too big, but fortunately designed to be oversized so it doesn't look that bad. Time to go down size wise or at least remeasure myself! Also down another size in undies since November, and my fave sweatshirt for sleeping and hanging out is now much, much too big, alas. I know that's a good thing but I will miss it! (Well, I'll cut it up to use as shoe-cleaning cloths, but will miss the snuggly-ness.)

I've had lots of wobbles , definitely has not been an easy ride here either
I find it excruciating having strangers at the pool quiz me on how much I've lost ..I feel like I'm deliberately drawing attention to myself with weight loss ,when nothing could be further from the truth..I want to be invisible,not have people I don't know try to talk to me about something I'm very sensitive about
I ended up on antidepressants,that I couldn't cope with and had to come of
Definitely no calm happy in control here .
I'm a constant bundle of anxiety..
I hope you feel better soon .
On the plus side I do find propropnal very helpful for my anxiety,when I can remember that it helps me and when I can find where I've put them

Is it 10 weeks already @diggitydoo? Goodness. You’ve done brilliantly so far.

Are you able to identify what you’re anxious about?

This might not be you and feel free to totally ignore it but…

I think it’s fair to say that for this particular gang on this thread many of us have enormously complicated relationships with ourselves and food, with our weight, body, self-esteem. Our personal history.

Some of us have suffered trauma and have self-medicated with food.

Some of us have unconsciously inhabited a larger body to hide from the other scrutiny that women’s bodies are subject to.

Some us have nursed pain with food.

Some of us have lost and regained over and over and over again till we are sick of points and syns.

Some of us have said with all truth and bravado ‘I’m never dieting again’ and ‘just more of me to love’ and ‘my weight is not my personality’.

Some of us are afraid it won’t work.

Some of us look calm and are paddling like crazy under the surface.

Some of us, even here on an anonymous forum, are scared of showing who we really are.

BUT - and there is a but…

I think we get you.

I am still working on myself to run my own race. I’m trying so hard to not compare myself to others who started at the same time, or at the same weight.

I’ve never been diagnosed with an eating disorder but I have had disordered eating. Every day I have to work to address my disordered thinking around food.

It’s not easy. It’s still anxiety-inducing.

I also have OCD, not the cleaning variety, the constant intrusive-thoughts flavour.

Who am I if I’m not fat me? Who am I if I’m not fat me? Who am I if I’m not fat me?

Frankly, I don’t yet know. I’ll be me, of course, but maybe I can also be something else. Not better, because I am pretty damn amazing, actually (!), but maybe I could be more me than I’ve ever dared. And that’s scary, but also kinda thrilling…

Well done to anyone who gets through this!

Be kind to your good selves. You deserve to be whoever you want to be. And we’re here, together, all doing that.

Possibly the longest thing I’ve posted. Ever. 😳

Lovely to read everyone’s excellent losses and shopping trips! I love just trying on clothes to prove to myself how far I have come.

@diggitydoo, I’ve had plenty of wobbles too, especially in the early days. Can you put your finger on what is making you anxious? I think my main fears were about judgement, my hatred of calorie counting as it takes over my life (hence I don’t do it), the fear of failure and the seemingly hellish long journey ahead of me. My relationship with food is a huge one for me. You have done so well in a very short space of time!

I can totally relate to everything that @TragicMuse has posted above ❤️

Prep done for the start of my journey, low fat good fiber and lots of greens to be added and high quality lean protein

That’s interesting @recruitretain Won’t you get bored or are you adding variety?

I find it impossible to meal plan! I don’t know what I would want to eat tonight let alone in future days, so I’m always fascinated and slightly envious of people that can!

@TragicMuse Can you think of the extra weight as being a kind of coat? If you put on a coat to go outside, you are still you. If you take the coat off when you come inside, you are still you.

Years ago, I read 'fat is a feminist issue' and I think one of the reasons I am big is to put off unwanted advances from men, as I never know how to deal with this. Now I'm in my 60's, I feel it's safe for me to lose the weight.

@diggitydoo I post here about my weight loss and keep it separate to how I feel about myself because it would probably be depressing reading for everyone. My main issue is probably self confidence, striving for perfection and fear of what I perceive as failure. At the moment it's really getting in the way of me doing hobbies and as I've lost weight I'd have hoped to be more confident but that hasn't happened yet.

I've somehow managed to not feel like a failure and go into a spiral in the weeks I've put weight on but I can't translate that to other areas of my life and it's currently ruining a hobby I do and putting me off doing things like couch to 5k/park run.

Congratulations @Anotherstressedmother such a big loss. Totally get how you feel. I have lost 10st 2lbs and have found it a complete emotional rollercoaster. Had to go on antidepressants a few months ago due to struggling with the physical change becoming overwhelming and anxiety. I believe it is partly the Mounjaro and partly the emotional part of losing a large amount of weight.

Things are a bit better now think it takes time to adjust. You don’t magically get slimmer and your brain keeps up. Still feels like I’m a fraud somehow and it is weird. Do others feel the same ?

Yes a rollercoaster for sure
I panic slightly now , every time I eat anywhere near a normal meal , because I think I'm going to wake up back to square one in the morning
I haven't quite accepted this new weight ,and I expect to see a huge gain on the scale every morning..
I hate the fact people are looking at me and talking to me about weight
People think it's the green light to ask a stranger personal questions,that they have no business asking.
The worst of it is ,I can't think quick enough to give a bollocks answer and end up telling the truth,which I hate having to do .
I'm such a private person,I feel in the spotlight
Its mainly because I swim regularly ,so people see me getting changed and in a costume..out of the pool I cover up in thick fleece as I'm always cold .
I suppose at some point someone else will loose / gain weight and the focus will move of me

Here's the new thread
Link

Interesting that you say that @GlowGetter - I’m 60 now, 61 v soon, and I’ve had a long life of chronically low self-esteem, hiding from attention is not unfamiliar to me. That changed a while ago - I realised I’m bloody wonderful, actually! - and once my brain caught up it felt a lot safer to be more visible - age invisibility is totally a thing, but that’s a feature of being a woman so isn’t particular to me. So I can fly under the radar perhaps, doing my thing, just getting on with life…

I do have Fat is a Feminist Issue somewhere. I should seek it out again.