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.

Here you go @diggitydoo ...much easier to C+P on the laptop!

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.

Thank you! Yes I’m on my phone tonight doing a one finger shuffle through a tiny window x

@MrTiddlesTheCat I started at 142.8kg on 24/07/2024, I'm now 70.2kg. It's been a long slog but worth while getting through the early side effects, people here have been very supportive when I've had hard weeks.

Hi everyone.
I keep loosing and refinding this thread, but I have been about over a year now .

start weight 315 lb /bmi 51
current weight 224lb/ bmi 37

Best thing is my husband can now lift me up , and I fit into a blackly hoodie 😊 I’m sure there are better things but they stand out to me !

im hoping for a nice steady 1lb a week this year, which should bring me close to a goal

main worry is long term use - cost mainly. I’m very aware of the massive cost that a 15mg pen is (In fact it’s getting close to the largest bill we have )

hopeful that the whispers of a long term maintenance tablet is coming soon are true .

Oh the poetry of your post @TragicMuse and the nods of appreciation from so many of us. So many of us able to support each other better than we can support ourselves. So many of us able to accept each other better than we can accept ourselves.
This is the only place that people know I am using WLI (other than DH). So this is the only place I have said I am 4.5stones down. And the only place that knows how frustrating it is to still have the stubborn 2lbs to go to be down to 20stones since this time last flipping month.

Super news from @PearlTeapot

Place marking! Hi losers!

Oh @PearlTeapot I'm so pleased you had a great weekend. And discharge planning! This is so exciting!

SO very impressed at those of you doing park run/ c25k! I am in awe :)

Re- anxiety - @diggitydoo Oh yes . I think I was anxious about everything and anything early on - I love @TragicMuse list . It really is such a different journey for those of us that have been living in v.morbidly obese bodies and facing the shame/stigma and for me that cycle of trying something/ committing/ it failing/ feeling hopefless.

I really think these jabs brought me hope . A year in and I do still have my moments (I am anxious by nature) but nothing like those first months. (Today I have been really tired and a bit worried about work and spent an hour or two googlign and worrying about maintenance costs - and whether to go up from 8mg and then have further to come down or accept a slow down... I think when my brain is anxious it fixates on familiar things).

The "feeling calm and in control" is probably just amazement this is working still and how literlaly lifechanging it is. Genuinely. I have found the year incredibly difficult. My anxiety was all over the place, I had a lot of side effects and foudn that hard to manage and had a lot of issues around my job and confidence. I think many of us have emotional reasons we eat, past trauma and/or neurodivergence to deal with and losing weight seems to press all the buttons. But coming here I just get so excited at the changes - but please dont think Im always like that! And I am a very very different person now that I was and MJ has been part of that.

I saw a friend the other night that I've known forever and for most of that time we've both struggled with weight but I've been much larger. She got visibly upset.... She has other things going on and I think is just jealous as she has her own struggles... but yeah. Felt odd. She did then want to know "how" but wasn't really interested in me. Will have to think on this one. I did see her every few months but I guess now the difference is more obvious. I think not only did she need to feel that she was smaller but that she was superior maybe? Me succeeding makes her feel bad? For years and years I've seen friends succeed in work, and not had the financial issues we've had and yes sometimes I have an inner twinge - but I'm still happy for them and still engage. I know its her issues but hmm.

@eibbed999 Awww lovely to say - and at some point I might have to reread my posts! Btw you mention "speed" and although it so isnt a competition and I really didnt want to lose faster than I was (heh - wouldn't mind it speeding up now!) do remember I started on ADHD drugs as well which really but the nail in the coffin of my binge eating - so I've kind of had a double attack.

Oh NSV that makes me so happy on a daily basis... I remember spending the first few months hoping for the day I could say there very definitely was a gap between my stomach and the steering wheel.. And deciding it wouldn't count if it still brushed etc...

And earlier today I thought I'd take a photo 😊 My stomach still protudes disproportionately and I think I will have a lot of lose skin long term.... But... Gap! Big gap! It's almost hard to imagine it all. Full of stomach.

What a difference a year makes 😊

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden fantastic photo! It's things like this that make me realise that people in this group really understand the same issues and fears as me.

In real life I'd never admit that one of the reasons i started wli was the fear of not fitting behind the wheel (or being in a car accident and the airbag not working because i was too close to it....not sure if that even makes scientific sense but it was a worry i had!).

SW 26 stone 9 pounds
CW 16 stone 8.2 pounds

So I've reached the milestone of 10 stone loss!!!

I went to a spa over Christmas, one I've been to many times and I've always walked around with my robe open. But this time I was able to do it up with ease.

I do wonder if I'll ever get used to things like that being normal like someone who has always been slim, or if I'll always have a fat person brain that worries about whether I'll fit.

This summer we're going away with friends and there's some theme parks nearby. I love rollercoasters but haven't even tried one for years due to my size. I'm terrified that I still won't fit and it'll be embarrassing in front of my friends, so maybe I need to do a test at a theme park close to home over the next few months.

How brilliant @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden!

I did some more clothes organising today and pulled out some more things I used to wear and can again. I lost 1/2 a pound this week so its been slow, but I’m hopeful that next week will be more successful…

Hello all.

About to start - waiting delivery of first MJ.

Put off for so long as I honestly couldn’t comprehend it would be possible/worthwhile and felt for the longest time I had left it too late.

I’m 125kg and 5ft 3 so definitely in the 10 stone club.

Having to essentially lose a grown adult’s weight is a bit mad, isn’t it!?!

So instead I’m thinking other things that I want to be able to do along the way.

I’ve also opted for the coaching with Juniper and hopefully can examine where my heads at too, seems like best way to tackle this.

Decided not to focus on a weight loss target - seems meaningless with so much to drop.

First goal - consistency over 3 months. Food, jabs, movement.

Second goal - I have a 2026 Bingo Card of chairs I no longer want to be scared of. 🤣

Second goal - I have a 2026 Bingo Card of chairs I no longer want to be scared of. 🤣

Brilliant!

...........and about losing parts of myself in the process, including my creativity, joy, and sense of ease because this has got me feeling, while also feeling frightened that it’s happening too fast..........

I haven't lost any creativity or joy.
In fact I've become more creative and musically adept.
So don't worry about that @diggitydoo I've found that I have more confidence as the weight has been lost.

..........and about the idea that this level of effort and focus might be required indefinitely..........

Ah yes. That is a worry.
See also: will this cost forever be part of my budget going forwards?
That's a definite concern, especially since my husband buggered off.

Do you guys consider size 18 to be plus size ?
Just watching some tictoks of outfits of the day ..a lady comes on saying she's plus size ,and she's doing daily what she wears each day as a plus size ,size 18 woman.
I suppose my idea of plus size is much bigger, having worn a size 32 in the past .
I don't really consider myself plus size ,now I can buy from shops the same as everyone else .. perhaps I'm out of touch though and it is plus size .
I've just started being able to buy size 18 ,and having a much wider choice of shops ..

Welcome @MG2026 - absolutely love your bingo card, think we can all have a giggle at that one! I'm off to see a ballet on Sunday, and after regaining over a stone over Christmas, am a wee bit scared of that chair. Deep breaths!

@diggitydoo - honestly my love, a lot of us are a complete mess a lot of the time. Sometimes we celebrate the wins here, but sometimes we also share the harder times. None of us ended up on a thread called 'Mounjaro 10 stone or more to lose' by being free of mental health issues, life challenges or other issues - @TragicMuse very eloquently listed at least some of them. It's a long and complicated journey, and we are all complex creatures dealing with those complexities in different ways. All we can do is the best we can, and try not to beat ourselves up too much along the way. Don't compare yourself to others - you are not them, they are not you, there really is no point and it usually only makes you feel worse! Only you can walk your path, and whatever you feel is yours - I hope you feel like you can always come and share here, have a moan, blow off steam, drag some of the internal angst out into the light and see if it shrivels up like a slug in salt. I have whole days, weeks even, where I am crippled by anxiety and depression - where all I do is cry and hate myself and wonder what the point of me is at all - and at least some of that is because I am trying to no longer eat my feelings, or to hide behind the fat that has maybe protected me in some ways over the years. It can all be very, very hard. You are not alone.

I would be delighted to be able to walk in your a shop and just buy some trousers that fit me, so size 18 is a target. Think mainstream fashion still reckons it’s ’plus size’ though.

I guess it’s all very much relative, as there are many who are starting their journey on a weight that I would be over the moon to even get to! 🤣

Good morning losers😊

@TragicMuse brilliant post.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne thank you for starting this thread.

@PearlTeapot it sounds as though you had a lovely time!

Am plodding on. Definitely a slow loser compared to many. But am trying not to compare myself to others. Am currently musing about how to get a few thousand more steps in each day.

Have noticed that my friends are commenting on what I wear now (very positively!), only a couple have asked about my weight loss and only one elderly relative has straight out asked me if I am on "the skinny jabs".

I want to lose another 42 lbs. I've lost over 100. So I guess that I just need to keep going.

I feel that 18 is a real borderlands place. It’s fairly readily available in shops but it’s only 1 away from 16 which we used to be told was the national average. That feels close to ‘normal’ doesn’t it? But it’s also only 1 away from ‘OMG, a size 20 is massive’ territory.

It’s a Schrödinger size, simultaneously ’normal’ and ‘plus’ till you open the bag…

Since I was a teenager 18+ has been in the plus size range, it used to be 18 to 26 and then changed to 18 to 32.

Im the same, I know I can't possibly be fat, size 8 or 10 brand depending but photos i look so fat in.

Hey ya bunch of losers!!

Onwards and downwards 👇

Yes! It's so strange.

But you know, conversely, when I was over 20st I looked in the mirror and yes, I could see that I was fat - but I didn't think I looked too bad. However when I saw photos of myself, I could see exactly how big I was, and was always horrified.
Always, always the fattest in the room, too.

Have any of you managed to stay on 2.5 mg or have you all gone up?

I started early on so advice then was to go up every time so I was only on 2.5 and 5 for 5 weeks each.

When I got to higher doses I stayed on them for longer. I've been on 12.5 fir months now and hopping to stay there to get to target. I then hope to start tapering down for maintenance.