Huge shock on the scales- is Mounjaro right for me? Please share your thoughts.

[OneOliveOtter]

Hello,

Ive been wanting to get back into horse riding to heal some trauma I had from my childhood. Riding schools understandably have a weight limit and the ones I’ve looked at tend to be around 13.5 stone, with a couple of outliers going up to 14 stone. This meant I had to weigh myself which I haven’t done since my pregnancies.

Im 5ft 9 and a size 12/14 on top (usually the matters as I have very large boobs, 32K!) and a 14/16 on the bottom depending on the shop.

I stepped on the scales and I currently wear 15 stone 9ish which was a bit of a shock. I know I am overweight- I have very fat thighs and my boobs are massive and my tummy is flabby. But I didn’t realise I could be quite so far away from being able to ride again. My BMI is 32 so I do qualify.

Has anyone used weight loss injections in this situation? Losing 2 stone on my own feels completely insurmountable. I already eat fairly healthy but I probably fall down in terms of snacking and sweet stuff.

I think I need some help but I don’t want to be silly about this.

My mum died of bowel cancer two years ago, she had struggled with her weight for most of her life and had brief period of losing a lot and then gaining it back. I have regular colonoscopies and have reduced my consumption of things like red meat, I don’t drink etc but I’m aware that not being classed as obese would be another step to staying as healthy as I can. Can anyone offer any advice?

@FTMaz I can't get it prescribed legitimately now at 7st 3,so I wonder who is legitimately prescribing? I am only maintaining at a small dose and started off overweight so originally was legit prescribed.
I feel good at this weight although it would be considered too low a bmi to be prescribed.
If I could do it without I would, but the weight and inflammation starts to come back so I want to stay medicated.

Hi
i have a medical contact who has agreed to prescribe it to me. Obviously I don’t want to go into all the details but there is absolutely no risk of it being a ‘fake’ product. Your case kind of highlights my point - I’m really happy for you that you feel happy at your weight, however if you were say a stone heavier so 8.3 I’m pretty sure you also would be healthy if not healthier that at 7.3 but you feel good about yourself at 7.3 so that is about cosmetic looks rather than health. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that’s.

@FTMaz I agree that as a grown adult you should be able to make your own decisions around what medication you feel is suitable.
I still take it because it makes me feel good, helps me maintain and that's my decision, it's silly people have to jump through hoops to get it.
I'll keep on taking it while ever that's the case. Like you I won't go in to details but it's easy enough, wish I'd done it this way from the start. So much bloody cheaper for one thing.

@FTMaz If you have a medical contact who has agreed to prescribe it to you then ask them for advice, as they have the professional training and all the relevant information about your individual circumstances. You have no need to ask the opinions of strangers on the internet. Why is your “medical contact” someone whose advice you cannot trust?

I was asking people who have taken it themselves. Not sure why you’re so angry about it.

I’m not remotely angry. I’m pointing out that seeking anecdata from internet strangers is a very odd way to make a decision when you have a medical professional to advise you.

When people talk about lifestyle changes after coming off.. it’s not always that easy.
I used the gym three times a week, ate healthily and used fasting but at 58, couldn’t keep the weight off before I started MJ on 2.5 dose. Now I’m facing coming off, I’m wondering what other adjustments I can make which don’t include calorie counting.

@cupfinalchaos ,I am the same age and am staying on it, but when I did try to come off, one thing that really helped was keeping blood sugar stable, so no peaks and troughs in hunger, also absolutely no alcohol. The inflammation came back though without mj, so I found a way to stay on.

Thank you. When you say keeping blood sugar stable, I assume that’s by regular meals?

@cupfinalchaos well I do intermittent fasting, so regular in the sense that I have the same meals at the same time, I do 16/8,and find that avoiding a sugary breakfast helps, I still did it when off mj.

I’ve always fasted for 18 hours as never have breakfast.. thanks, that makes sense.

How many people on here know someone taking warfarin the blood thinner. ? It stops blood clots that can cause death.
it’s serious life threatening side effects which are calculated as 3 in 100 users. Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) serious side effects are calculated as 1:100. I cannot imagine anyone deciding that they aren’t going to take the drug to blast a clot to save their lives .. but for some reason people are oh so concerned about the side effects from WLI that prevents premature death which is calculated at 50 % for those with type 1 obesity (bmi 34-39) .
MJ has EXACTLY the same prevalence of serious side effects as Aspirin and Ibuprofen. Do any of you take them ? but believe MJ to be dangerous. ? Can you explain why ?

The move more eat less brigade are even less grounded in logic . Of 1000 people (longitudinal study from 275000 UK primary care records) 8:1000 people managed to go from 30-34 BMI. To BMI 24. Over a 18 month period using diet and exercise alone. Of those 8 , six had put it all back on and more within 5 years. This leaves the success rate of long term healthy weight loss at 0.02%. Which leaves the NHS with a huge problem. It also demonstrates an almost mind numbing ignorance to understanding obesity.

So. given that neither the ‘side effects’ argument or the ‘just move more eat less ‘ arguments to using this miracle drug - hold absolutely no logic, I can only assume the pages and pages of faux ‘concern” about those of us who have completely changed our lives - is jealousy . There is no other explanation as to why you wouldn’t embrace this drug for a life threatening condition any less than you would if someone found a cure for MS .