Mounjaro/Wegovy with >5 stone/30kg to lose - thread 12!

[MooBaggage]

A supportive, idea-sharing thread for those with more than 5 stone/30kg to lose. We're a mixture of newbies, nearly theres, there and maintaining and we know what it's like to have what can seem like a mountain to climb - but we also know we can do it!

Nothing is off topic except referral codes 😊

How do you get so much discount with Numan @Reginaphalangeeeee ?

As for having wingstops tonight, well you're right, you picked the protein. So draw a line now and forget about it. Like you said you didn't have chips and dips so that's good.

Numan do £100 if you share a code and other person does to. I’ve shared with 6 people so over last 6months had £100 a month off. Got occasional other added discount (10%) when threatened to leave.
10mg costing me £209 this month as only referral code. Last month £169.

Hello fellow losers!

The journey of weight loss is such an emotional roller coaster and we need to be kind to ourselves.

This week, I have been to the gym 3 times and also swimming a couple of times! Who is this person and what has she done with my wine and snack loving former self?!

SW: 15st 5.5lb
CW: 9st 12lb
Loss: 77.5lb
Current BMI: 24.45
Target Weight 1: 12st 1lb (overweight BMI) - Achieved!
Target Weight 2: 10st 1lb (healthy BMI) - Achieved!
Target Weight 3: 9st 5.5lb (6st loss)
Final Target: 8st 8lb - 9st 1lb (I think...)

Another mini target hit - single figures! I have benefitted from quite the whoosh effect for a few weeks and I can only assume it is because I have upped my physical activity significantly. I am enjoying it too - I feel really good afterwards and I am already starting to see small changes.

The last couple of weeks I have had a couple of friends/family tell me that I need to stop losing weight now, yet I am just inside the healthy BMI range. I think this is down to two reasons: I haven't been this weight in 19 years, so I look different to what they are used to, and I also believe we have lost perspective on what a healthy BMI looks like. As posted above, the average BMI for women in the UK is 27.6 and in my age range it is over 28 - no wonder our perception has become distorted.

I will keep going to my final target weight range as this puts me comfortably in the middle of the healthy BMI category, and I will ignore the well meaning (but irksome) comments!

@MoneyJo I sent you a PM incase you want a code.

@Bunnyjoyou have done so well. I think it is important to recognise that how your weight loss makes others around you feel is not really your concern or problem. I am sure they are all delighted for you and like seeing you happy and healthy. But the point to stop is not really something you are asking them, them telling you may be more about their own issues. I have a friend like this, and I am sure because she likes to feel smaller than me. It’s ridiculous that although nothing changes with her, her comparison of size to me upsets hers. decided that’s just on her.

in good news, I am 1Kg down this week! Flippin delighted but absolutely worked hard for it!

There's something weird going on as I can't message you either! I'll try again tomorrow when I have had less gin and, hopefully, Mn has too

Hmm... I feel like I've lost my way a bit at the moment. I hit my lowest weight 10 days ago, but the scales since then have showed me as being 1 - 2 lbs heavier... normally this doesn't bother me, as I weigh daily and don't stress about the fluctuations, but this is the first time I've not managed to at least get back to the original weight in over a week. I had a hell of a Friday night last Friday - works night out.... and I've been eating bigger portions of food than usual, so am having to accept that maybe the additional lbs are real and not just water retention.

Am also a bit low in life, in general. Sigh.

So, am trying get in a Monday re-set frame of mind and think about this week as a fresh start. Up the water, reduce the portions and not sink into the age old 'I can't do this/what's the point' way of thinking that scuppered so many WW/SW ventures in the past. My MJ dose is the right one, I'm sure - I just need to get my head straight and get back to basics... 💪💪💪💪

Go Monday Moo! A few healthy days will have you back on track.

Sorry to hear that @MooBaggage
You've come so far, you definitely can do this. I hope you can reset today.

Hey @MooBaggage we all know you are made of tough stuff. You’ve come so far. 1-2lbs over 10days is nothing, but know it’s likely the mindset that worries you more (I’ve been there plenty).

After any period of disrupted eating (Easter was most recent for me) I find just taking one meal at a time of good choices helps support the next. It’s usually 3 days of that before it feels easier again.
For me sugar and carbs just creates desire for those things so being firm with choices for a few days helps.
Are you on 12.5mg (think you recently went up?)

Hang on in there @MooBaggage it is just a little blip. You know the scales and our minds are the work of the devil sometimes, so just give them both a kick, take a breath and remember that this feeling wont last. Keep on, keeping on 😊

Thanks lovely losers 😍

Yes I'm on 12.5mg - have been on this for 6 weeks and don't feel the need to increase - the suppression in general is good, I'm just 'cheating' more by increasing my portion size and I did hammer the g&ts over the weekend 🙄

So far so good today - lots of water and I started the day with a fruit smoothie, which I haven't been bothering to make in a while, but really fills me up when I do have one - am such an idiot when I forget to do the right thing. Honestly...!

I'm also getting my bike serviced this week so I can start cycling to work from next week. eeeeek....!

@MooBaggage it’s just10 days, it’s nothing. I’ve been having a stall for a month. Found that upping my water intake first and foremost helps immediately. Then returning to my routine meals, one meal at a time, as Regina also advises.

You are such a positive force on this thread , I have no doubt you’ll get back on track in no time.

I’m still waiting for any meaningful results, but knowing that I batch cooked my tarka dhal over the weekend I know I will not stray with my meal choices this week. (I love it so much I can eat it every day; unlike my DH however who invariably asks where is the meat in there?😅).

Keep strong Moo and keep faith! 💗

That’s super positive @MooBaggage!
Sometimes it the small stuff that knocks us back but great you have a plan and way forwards again.

I was feeling positive (trying to keep positive) with my 1Kg loss this week and with nice weather I took a look at my summer tops for work.
None look nice really and although I am still ‘obese’ BMI 32 the tops I own are huge on me and so unflattering.
Pulled them all out ready to be listed on Vinted or donated to charity.
No idea what my style for work is now. I have about 2 that are ok still but black or navy only 🙄

Finding I am easily distracted since my recent skin cancer diagnosis so these tasks are more appealing that doing what I need to do!!!!

@MooBaggage , well on being positive and having a reset Monday. It has only been 10 days, you will be back on track in a few days. But it's disheartening.
I have been stalled for over 4 weeks, quite disheartening. I could feel my mind creeping into 'why bother?' territory. I then found this podcast and just play it during cooking, walking or whenever those thoughts start creeping in. I am not really a podcast person but I found it really helpful. I don't know if it will be helpful for you.

Listen to The One Thought That Turns a Single Cookie Into a Binge (The Hidden Brain Trap) by Losing It! Weight Loss for Emotional Eaters on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GS8YH1LH?source_code=ASSOR150021221000K

It may be on other podcast forums/providers.

Sorry to hear about your skin cancer diagnosis. Hope you are alright.
Congratulations!!! on your 1kg weight loss and on having most of your summer tops too big for you now. Progress.

Thank you @Onegramatatime
I am trying to be positive and take wins where I can but admit once I get in my bed at night I have a cry and feel all sorry for myself. I really miss my dad right now who died last year. Seems only his words and kind voice would help me through this tough time again.

Really grateful for that podcast.
I have really struggled with this in the past. I feel like although I’m locked in with my eating right now.. I will need this. I am going to save it for when I do. Thank you.

Sorry to hear that. May his soul rest in peace.
This must be tough times for you. Kudos to you for keeping with your plan to get healthier. It must be quite hard to stay consistent. You are grieving.

I hope i am not crossing a boundary, can i suggest that when you get into bed, after acknowledging your challenges and having a little cry, see if you can make your wins the last thought and focus before you sleep.

It's kinda similar to how our parents try to make us feel better.. after all the hugs and telling us things will be alright, they end it by remind us of all the positives. It helps shore us up and gets us through the tough times 💐

Edited to add, i am glad i found the podcast too. Have a good day.

@Reginaphalangeeeee sorry to hear about your skin cancer diagnosis, hope you are ok and are getting the treatment you need.

12 years on from losing my own dad it still brings a tear to my eye when I remember or hear of others in those early years of grieving the loss of a parent.

I try to think about what my mum and dad would have said about my Mounjaro journey and very visible weight loss and I know exactly what they would have said - Mum would have been worried and her concern would have come through as avoidance - repeatedly telling me to stop it, just eat less, I don't need it etc and we would probably have fallen out over it a few times 🙈. Dad, would also have been worried to begin with, but with a more open mind, would have gone off and researched it with his rudimental internet skills (the same way he did with everything, even his own life limiting chronic health issue), been fascinated and amazed by the wonder of it all and would have been my biggest supporter - might even have funded a pen or two!

Although we can't have them with us, you know how your dad would have reacted to your own successful weight loss and now to your cancer diagnosis. You know exactly the words he would have said and how he would have supported you. Hold onto that. Use the strength he gave you and left in your heart to help guide you through this.

Do you have other close family around you for support? And if not, you can always use us, even if it’s just to vent about the NHS or say you’re feeling scared or to say you are eating every cake in sight! Sometimes just putting it into words can make it feel a bit less overwhelming.

It's just a blip, you've got this @MooBaggage and you'll be fine once you get back on the horse🏇or in this case bike! 🚴‍♀️

Super impressed you are biking it, I haven't been on a bike for at least a couple of decades, I'd probably, actually I'd definitely, fall off!

I'm getting a little bored of my batch cooked lentil soup @SecondCircuit so just googled tarka dhal recipes, sounds tasty, and wondering how much the tomatoes would kick off my reflux or if it would work without them........ 🤔

@Reginaphalangeeeee Oh blimey I'm so sorry about your skin cancer diagnosis. That's a lot to deal with - I don't want to pry but hope it's treatable and there's a plan - and any time you want to talk about it on here, we're here.

Equally, this is a good place to just talk about all things MJ if you want a break from other stuff! Whatever works xxx

I've managed to lose one of the 2 x lbs I have acquired (again). Still one up from my last weigh in, but am having another good day today, so 2 in a row feels like a pattern being re-set 😊

I've also put myself on a self-imposed Vinted ban until I have lost another 3lbs, which will put me in the BMI of 26 point something. This is likely to take at least another month, which is a very good thing for my bank balance..!

@Reginaphalangeeeee - sorry to hear about your skin diagnosis. It must be a scare but I’m sure there is a good plan in place. Wishing you a swift recovery.

@MooBaggage - impressed with your bike ambition; my cycling skills are similar to @WeAllHaveWings , stayed in the 90. unchallenged..

To cheer you all up a bit - I’m coming back from a day’s conference, bloated to high heaven. It’s the result of my lovely tarka dhal last night plus inability to use public loos (nothing medical, just my internal mental block…)
It doesn’t happen often that I’m away all day, stuck in one place, but I should have been able to envision this scenario and not have gorged on the lentil bomb!

Sorry if it’s TMU.

TMI!

No such thing as TMI..! 😁

Since moving to 12.5mg I am a lot more constipated - such a new problem to have in my life! I'm having milled flaxseeds in/on everything and my water intake is high. Just not used to having to think about it!

@WeAllHaveWings if tomato sets your reflux off, could you have a go with some 'nomato' recipes? I've recently made nomato stuff for a friend with anaphylaxis to tomatoes and used the AIP classic nomato sauce recipe. She said it was uncannily similar to actually tomatoes.