Mounjaro starters November ‘24 - thread sweet sixteen - the one where we have a spring in our step and are selling all the big sized clothes off 🥰

[Mounjaropen]

Welcome to thread 16!
Link to our last thread here:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5450177-mounjaro-starters-nov-24-thread-15-the-one-where-we-wear-all-of-the-party-dresses-and-are-happily-in-all-of-the-festive-photos?page=40

Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we spring into spring not obsessing over Easter Eggs for the second year 🥰

Join us here to celebrate NSV’s, weight loss milestones, maintenance and new stone brackets!
I’m on W68 D6 and on w12 of 2.5mg maintenance dose.

F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 9st 10lbs
GW 9st 0lb
Total loss so far at lowest weight was 61.0 lbs (at 9st 6.0) maintenance has seen 4 of those pounds go back on.

We recommend the Shotsy app to monitor the amount of MJ in the system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.
Feel free to swap recipes that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for managing side effects, exercise tips, tips for maintenance, titrating up or down and we love a wellness/supplements/beauty/ style/vinted chat too 🤗

@Mounjaropen thanks for asking about me, bless you. I’m doing ok, plodding on but in limbo. Signed off work at the moment as it’s just too much to juggle everything. The hospital is c50 mins away with parking (sometimes well over an hour) so it is often a 4 hour round trip and it’s tricky bringing little people in. DH has an awkward antibiotic resistant infection at the moment too so I’ve not brought DS in for a few weeks. It’s hard being the only parent and juggling everything. DH has been very up and down, but is not too bad at the moment despite the infection. Doing physio and walking down the corridor (assisted). It’s just dragging on.

MIL is quite self absorbed and sees everything from her own angle. She did come up for about 10 days to see him but did barely anything to help when she was here (she told me in advance DS was too much for her to look after). She did some washing up early on but then that ceased. So I was cooking, cleaning and driving her about like the Queen of Sheba.

Have been trying to do nice things with DS and keep things as normal as I possibly can for him. Have been taking him to days out when I can (Lyme Park v close, we were there today with a buddy of his).

The limbo / waiting is taking its toll.

Sorry just revisited the thread and saw how droopy I was, I don’t mean to bring the mood down. In other news I’m maintaining around 9 stone - 9 stone 4, I was 9.2 this morning. Despite drinking too much wine later on the evening and enjoying the odd snacky foods! But overall vaguely sensible food wise. Have been squeezing in the odd reformer class.

I am still finding it vaguely surreal wearing certain items of clothing, which is a bit batshit. Literally just some striped linen blend trousers and a white t shirt yesterday which I would have been too worried to wear in the olden (pre MJ) days.

You didn't bring the mood down at all @Goldleafcat , I'm sure we all appreciate you sharing with us while your going through a shitty time. Tiny silver lining, at least you'll have burned some calories running around after your crappy MIL 😬

Oh it's absolutely my last order with them and I've been with them since the start.

Haha true! You know, I actually did!

In beauty chat - it’s £10 Tuesday at Boots. I was awake for a bit in the night (boo) but the early bird catches the worm and all that - you can get the Prai Beauty Ageless Throat and Décolletage rollerball serum for £10 (normally £27.99) and the Bloom & Blossom Daily Lift Neck and Chest Firming serum for £10 (normally £32).

I also splurged on a Neom hand wash and hand cream (normally £25 each), an Ordinary rice lipids ectoin moisturiser and an Estée Lauder eyeliner duo (oh and a Bluey bundle of bath / body wash bits for my 4 year old in case anyone fancies that haha).

I have been using the Trinny Elevator for my neck which is great but worth trying a cheaper alternative (or alternating between the two perhaps, Trinny at night)

I’ve been lurking on the thread for a while with not much to post. But loving seeing everyone’s progress. You are all doing so well. What a great corner of the internet this is.

sorry things are so tough @Goldleafcat- that’s a lot to deal with. sorry to hear your MIL isn’t able to step up and be more supportive.

I’ve been on a family holiday and finding it hard to stop eating and get back into running. I’ve put a few pounds back on and feel hungry for junk all the time. I’m still jabbing 2.5mg every 10 days or so. I’m wondering if I need to bring my doses closer together to get back on track.

Ooh good spot on the £10 Tuesday! I’ve been using the This Works neck and décolleté serum - smells a bit like coal tar soap (so bloody awful then) but I think it’s having a positive effect. Will report back in a few weeks. I also think I’m having positive results from my red light therapy but again I’ll report back in a few weeks.

Great to hear from you!

I tried titrating right down - very slowly - over months. I piled the weight back on rapidly despite exercising and my usual careful diet. I’ve accepted 5mg weekly is where I’m at from here on in. It obviously does something to regulate my system in the background way beyond hunger suppression and I do think it matters if you are in or past the menopause in terms of hormone regulation. I’d go back to weekly jabbing if you can and see if that stabilises things.

You know you need to move. Start off by simply getting back into walking. You don’t need to run to get fitter or improve your cardiovascular function. If you feel like running after a while, go for a run. But take the pressure off yourself in the meantime. Something is better than nothing. In terms of junk food, are you getting enough protein to naturally suppress your appetite? Then make sure you have healthy alternatives prepped and ready in the cupboard/fridge. Have a glass of of water, decide if you are still hungry or not. For me, it’s usually boredom that sends me hunting for food. Sometimes doing something with my hands prevents that (I fetch the pile of DH’s clothes that need buttons seeing back on for example. ) you’ve got this 💪

Looking good there missus! 😍

You are not bringing anyone down. You’ve a lot to deal with and we’re here to support and listen. 💐

I’m so sorry to read this. It’s a lot to be dealing with. And your MIL.. well no words there. Sending you love and support. 😘💐

That sounds stressful. I’ve found Pharmulous to be really efficient. I ordered yesterday and it’s arriving today.

as @Goldleafcat says you will have some MJ in your system so try not to worry. Enjoy your holiday!

i’m always overdressed 😂

And yes, I wore the dresses to dinner last week for my delayed honeymoon. 🥰

Life is short. Wear the things that make you happy and feel good. I wore a black faux leather off-the-shoulder fitted midi last week - it was a bit of a ‘slutty Barbie’ vibe 😂 but I loved it. And I even got 🔥 emojis on my insta stories (I’m hoping that is still a positive thing )

lol. I can’t bear people who take the absolute piss. If you don’t call them out, they’ll do it to someone who might be on the bones of their arse.

I think with the new pens they’re on it more than normal. I didn’t realise I had a new one so got caught out with no golden dose this time 😩 thankfully Pharmulous didn’t seem to notice. Downside is I’ve had a to skip a jab this week…

Good luck for weigh in this week! 💪💪💪

👋 hope you’re on the mend now? I only read an article last week in The Times about the lettuce thing. Apparently spinach is even worse and the writer (a biologist I think) said you couldn’t pay her to eat either bagged salad or spinach and that it’s usually the side salad not the chicken/fish/pork that is the item on holiday most likely to make you ill. Who knew? 🤯

Morning

sorry to those who are in the midst of stress. Big hugs all round.

ive been battling the same two kilos for what feels like weeks up and down. I know I need to track my food and eat regularly and have more liquids etc. I just feel my life is too chaotic for that right now.
Im still unpacking and until that’s done I don’t think I can focus on weight loss properly.
I could really use a month off work or a lottery win…
Once everything is away it will be mission last 10kgs.

Still the rain has been very welcome the last few days, I hope the cooler air continues.

Keep going! And be kind to yourself moving House is a lot! Hope it’s starting to feel like home?. Take small baby steps into getting back on track, go for a walk prioritise protein as a starting place and the rest will follow. Mission 10 kg here you come! 🥰💪

Weighing in
W94D7
SW: 19st 9lbs
CW:12st 02bs
1st GW: 17st 13lbs
2nd GW: 15st 4lbs
3rd GW: 13st 9lbs
4th GW: 11st 4lbs
TL: 7st 07lb
Back down a pound. If I can manage a pound a week until then, I should hit my goal on our 2 year anniversary! Which I remember one website predicting for me at the start and it felt like foreeeeeeeever away if it would take 2 years.Now I'm much more focused on the win being that it's happening, not how long it's taking.

💪💪💪💪 awesome result!

Won’t it feel fantastic to be so different (and not just physically) in such a short space of time? It really has been a miracle drug.

I'm enjoying discovering all of the little changes along the way. I seem to have lost loads of shoulder weight - who even knew that was a thing! And my flat seems to have moved closer to the tube, my hips swing like Marilyn again, I can do the thin girl leg cross where your calves are parallel.
Sometimes I look down and my tummy seems really fat still, so I'm so glad I took the horrific day one photos for some perspective on that. I will never have a flat tummy but it's sooo much less pronounced than it was.

Weighing in
W95D7
SW: 19st 9lbs
CW:12st 01bs
1st GW: 17st 13lbs
2nd GW: 15st 4lbs
3rd GW: 13st 9lbs
4th GW: 11st 4lbs
TL: 7st 08lb

One more pound ticked off. Woop. It's crazy how close the 11s are now.

I’ve had my first delivery issue with pharmulous. Royal Mail attempted to deliver when I was out on Weds, pushed a card thru to say they would deliver Thursday. Came and went with no delivery. Late in the evening I went on the app and requested a Friday delivery and nothing has arrived. No update on Royal Mail tracking. I’m not around tomorrow. No idea what to do :(. I can’t afford to waste £170 😢

@rayonsunrise I went awol again - sorry! So I'd have to say there's a massive difference between temperatures - but I'm not in the South/South east of England. I'm much further north and we've had a shite summer lol!

You look fantastic! I'm the same - can't believe I'm happy to wear vest tops and even did pilates in just high waisted leggings and a crop top when it was super hot!