Mounjaro -10 stone or more to lose - Thread 11

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Thread 11?

How did we get to this point?

Ah well. We're doing so well. Do join us.

I'm very conscious that the top half of me doesn't match the bottom half now.

Anyone else? I'm wearing size 8 tops and 34H bras. I am wearing size 10 jeans.

I'm very aware that this is just great BTW. I'm not boasting.

But in tights, I can see that my legs look hideous. And they never used to.

I don't seem to have lost anything from my legs! Can anyone relate or advise me?

Oh and this is what AI is telling me

How can I still be overweight in size 8 - 10 clothes?

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@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne size 10 jeans sounds tiny to me (I'm jealous!) but if you think you really haven't lost anything off your legs, do you think it could be mild lipodema? I was reading about it the other day and apparently it affects about 10% of women. I didn't realise it was so common. Could be worth looking into? The photos of early stages of lipodema on Google look like totally normal legs to me, just like legs that aren't skinny. Hopefully not but was just a thought, I'd imagine size 10 wouldn't fit if it was the case. Maybe it's just your skin catching up and they'll shrink down with a bit of time?

Congratulations @PearlTeapot that's great news!!

Lost 2lbs this week which was a nice surprise. I felt like I was seeing my collar bones and cheekbones a bit more but I always think I'm imagining things and I will have gained! Especially as I had a couple of fat chocolate muffins this week and chocolate oops!
Now at just over 230lbs which I guess is averaging 2lbs loss a week since I started MJ in November but I'm still fretting that it's slow and going to take forever. I was hoping to be thin by spring because I have some events coming up 😂 I'm daft I know.

Something I'm really grateful for on this thread is hearing the kitchen roll analogy; I've always been frustrated that early weight loss is not really noticeable even if it's a large amount, but I had never actually thought about it before in terms of the fat covering a bigger surface area etc. It's actually a really comforting thought to know that even if weight loss slows, smaller losses at a smaller size would be more noticeable. I hope that would keep me motivated.
Have a good week everyone!

Also don't see how you could be classed as overweight if you're in a size 8 @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne , people do say the BMI scale is just a rough guide don't they

Fantastic news @PearlTeapot I’m a 1lb a week girl but it all adds up, I think we’re both shorties I’m 5’1 so bmi still looks a long way to go but I’m 14st12 today from 18st1 MJ start and 19st7 at my highest, that 1lb a week keeps chipping away.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne I’m 166cm and weigh about 160 pounds at the moment. I’m wearing size 14 trousers and dresses with the occasional size 12 top from some brands. I’m a 36B in bras. I’m so far off a size 8, 10 or even a 12 all over that I can’t imagine how I could ever be that size. It’s a total mystery to me how varied people’s body frames, builds and clothes sizes are.

Well I totally agree with this.

It seemed to happen almost overnight.
One minute I was in size 14 jeans (and feeling very pleased with myself) and then I got into the size 12 ones.

I think I was in size 14 for about six months, and size 12 for three months.

I'd bought the size 10 jeans almost as a joke, and bunged them at the bottom of a drawer. I never thought they'd fit, and I was happy in the size 12s.

Anyway, the 12s started to get baggy and loose so I tried on the 10s. In a fit of madness, I'd bought the size 10s in four different colours.

So now I've got four pairs of jeans which fit, size 10.

All of which begs the question - if I get to what the BMI chart thinks is a healthy weight, will I have to shell out on four pairs of size 8 jeans?

Oh well. I was size 26 when I started this, two years ago........

So sorry you had to cancel your trip @eibbed999, that must have been really hard/upsetting for you. I’m lucky in that I’ve never experienced plantar fasciitis but my youngest has and had a flare up at Walt Disney world once, it was a miserable trip for them.

amazing news @PearlTeapot!! I can feel your excitement from here 💐

Just thrilled for you and your family @PearlTeapot

Do you think that sizes have changed though @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne? I’ve got clothes from 20 years ago that are a size 16 and a squeeze however now comfortably in new size 14 jeans and even a 12 in a stretchy dress. Not taking away from your amazing accomplishments but I wonder if to hit that elusive 24.9 BMI you really do need to be a very small size now.

Eeek it would be terrible at Disney! Daughter has gone on the trip with my son, sibling bonding night, and they are sending me lots of photos to cheer me up! I have a lot of work to do anyway so I'm just catching up on that instead.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne the difference in our body shapes and composition always baffles me, we’re roughly the same height (I’m 5ft 3.5) and 147lbs yet I’m in a size 14/16 top (32/34GG bra) and 12/14 bottom depending on the brand and you’re in a 8/10. It is totally baffling! Height to waist ratio is a good one too.
we’ve always said that bmi is a load of bollocks yet we all celebrate when we hit a goal as it’s a tangible measurement for us, but I think you alone have proved what utter bollocks it really is! And how can I be ‘normal’ and you overweight when you’re 2 dress sizes smaller than me? I do have skinny ankles and abnormally small ears though 🤣

Size is so random. I gained 10lb over Christmas so I'm about 160lb now and my friend gave me xxs pyjamas size 6 they fit fine. Had a bra fitting I am a 32gg. Now a 6-8 on top comfortable 10 on bottom, often an 8 and still overweight at 5:4 I'm between 3 and 4 stone heavier than I was the last time I was an 8 and very squishy. I was wearing size 8 suede jeans today, well Zara xs and they were loose. I give up

I know, it just doesn't make sense.
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Yes I'm 5'1 too @52soon and I really think height plays a big part in how people look with BMI. 1lb a week is a lot really when you look at it over a year it's nearly 5 stone.

@eibbed999 so sorry for the cancelled trip, you must be so disappointed. Bloody bodies! I have had PF once for 6 miserable months and it was only moving permanently into Crocs that shifted it. I still wear them 90% of the time now out of fear! Hope it pisses off as quickly as it arrived.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne from 26 to 10 is unreal... I can't imagine how it must have felt realising those size 10 fit. Are your legs in proportion to the rest of you? If not, I echo the pp who said to consider lipoedema.

Does lipodema suddenly develop then?
My legs have always been thin.
Obviously they got fatter as I got fatter, and they've slimmed down, but not in proportion to the rest of me.

Does that make sense? In my last successful diet, in 2006, all of me got thinner, in proportion. Why hasn't this happened this time?

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne size 10! How fantastic is that?

@eibbed999 how are you feeling?

I have a dodgy ndv..Did a fair amount of walking yesterday (shopping and visiting DD). My knickers were feeling loose all day. Walk to the car after visiting DD and they fall down. Literally. I'm wearing a skirt. Luckily it's dark and no one apart from DH is around. So I shimmy a little til they reach my ankles, step out of them and pick them up. DH doesn't notice 😂

You are such inspirations @Doggymummar and @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne - astonishing how well you've done!

Thanks @PearlTeapot - six months, poor you! I've had niggling versions of it that have lasted for months, but these acute flare ups don't usually last that long. At least I pray not, because I'm hobbling around the house on crutches right now it's so severe! But, I think, possibly a wee bit better overnight. It's hard getting up for my 7,000 trips to the toilet when I can't walk! I do everything right PF wise in terms of footwear, stretches etc. I've always worn sensible shoes, I'm 5 foot 8 and have never been one for heels or ultra-girly shoes, I'm more of a Docs girl. But recently I've lived in Hokas, super padded, and Vionics, which are recommended for PF, and Crocs slippers. I think it must just be the weight, and because I do a lot of walking. I've ordered some FitFlops though, which are also supposed to be great - at least it was an excuse for shoe shopping!

Thanks for asking @Motnight - physically as above, emotionally a little bit better because I just had to accept I couldn't go on the trip. Ironically to the ballet. But the kids went, had a lovely overnight stay and meal on the Bank of Mum, and that cheered me up - at least it wasn't all wasted! There will be other trips, I'm sure.

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and support.

Weighed in today, hobbled onto the scales holding on to the wall! But I've been slipping again the last few days, feeling sorry for myself and expressing that through Dominos and Wagamama takeaways. Not good either financially or weight-wise! Jab day today so that might help. I do wish I could go back to those early days of suppression though - in the first few months I simply wouldn't have wanted or been capable of eating what I can now. I'm on 90 clicks from a 7.5 (just the pen I have to use - adds up to 11.25 if my maths are right!) on a Monday, and last week I topped up with an extra 2.5mg on Saturday. Still managed to stuff my face last night though! I think I'm breaking Mounjaro. Anyway, I did at least force myself to weigh in, I have to do that for accountability, and so I don't just ignore it and pretend it isn't happening and regain everything I've lost. Gained a pound, which means I'm still 6lbs up on my pre-Christmas weight. Doesn't help not being able to exercise right now because of the plantar fasciitis, but being a big fat time bomb doesn't help with the plantar fasciitis either, so it's a bit of a vicious circle!

SW: 307lb
Pre-Christmas weight (including as this is now a target!): 237lb
CW: 243lb

Reading everyone's ups and downs and just remember we're all human and its just some blips along the way.

Ive officially lost 6 stone today, started roughly 9 months ago. I feel its been a slog since start of december to now but i need to remind myself ive had nights out and christmas holidays in between and i've enjoyed myself food wise.

I've got lots of mini goals to go but I want to be 10 stone as my goal as its officially healthy on bmi calculator. 8 pounds to get to the 13's which i hope i can make by end of February. Keep going everyone.

SW 20st 7lb
CW 14st 7lb
GW 10st

Well done @Newmummy343 that's terrific more than half way to your goal.

@eibbed999 I laughed, I think I've broken it too, I'm so hungry all the time on 15 mg I jabbed twice last week, Monday and Thursdays and it made no difference. Forgot to weigh today. I'm such a liability

I suspect we're all liabilities here @Doggymummar - it's not like we're hanging out on the 'skinny, fit and normal' Mumsnet thread is it!

I had a fab NSV today - I've had to buy a new swimsuit as my boobs kept trying to escape from the old one 🤣 - new one is two sizes smaller, and apparently the improved hydrodynamics have made me faster - the same distance as yesterday took a full minute and a half less today! 🥳

Is there a skinny, fit and normal thread?

Oh wait.

That'll be one of those endless threads where the OP pretends she didn't realise that fat people just pile weight on again after stopping MJ.

I don't read them anymore.

I used to, with my bingo card, but I deliberately don't now.

I'm so sick of thin people and their gloating.

Mind you, thin people and their gloating works both ways.

I have great pleasure in telling them that even though I'm now thin, and I am entitled (supposedly) to mock fat people, I don't, because I'm not a complete cunt and I know what being fat feels like.

I need a new swimsuit.

However, as the pool is 15 miles away, and my stupid ex-husband took the car when he buggered off in September, I now have no means of getting to the pool, and therefore, no need of a new swimming costume.