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 🥰

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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 🤗

Bloody hell - that locum sounds very at odds with the dr’s I’ve met that are fascinated by the WLJ. I’ve tried ‘learning to live without them’ as well-documented on here. MJ obviously does something in the background for me hormonally so no, I can’t just ‘learn to live without them’ at all. I’m fine with that. We all know our bodies best and given the fact that this is a drug originally meant for long term use for diabetes (and I’m guessing his advice to a diabetic would not be to ‘learn to live without them’!) he does sound like he has a bed in his bonnet somewhere.

You are doing brilliantly 💪

Apparently the M&S ones are good value and selling out as soon as they are stocked. Might be worth starting there? If you’ve not had leather trousers before be mindful of the fact that they stretch and nothing will get them back to how they were new so if you’re on the edge of a sizing dilemma, pick the smaller size.

Thank you for sharing. There has been an Alarming amount of threads on the WL section about ‘Reta’ like it’s an actual licensed product. Absolutely lethal catnip for the ‘I get medical advice from Tikkytoks’ brigade..

You know this…Back to basics… monitor your protein intake, water intake and up your movement. 6lbs is nothing after a summer 😉 don’t shop when you’re hungry, meal prep lunches for work, keep prepped veggies, fruit and hard boiled eggs in the fridge so you can grab those rather than crisps etc. if you can’t trust yourself around junk food, remove it from the house.

You’ve got this 💪

Ahh good to hear you are focusing on yourself. I know exactly how you feel after years of stress caring for elderly parents. Time to focus on yourself.

I’d explore adding essential amino acids to your routine to help metabolise your protein into muscle. I take the Pvolve one (of course 😂) post work out. I also added creatine (capsules not powder as this can affect your teeth health) to try and rebuild my muscle tone. It does take time and consistency is key but my bum is back 💪

Ahh lovely to read your update! I’ve been lucky enough to have been bought the liberty calendar for the past few years by DH (the first year he bought it for me I was in the middle of the caring years, stressed out by a toxic sibling and I was so touched I burst into tears) and it is a lovely treat. Join the Liberty calendar opening thread on here, it’s a lovely positive thread. If there is anything you don’t use, it sells well on Vinted too.

the clothing sounds fab! I’m going to get investigating the loop thing too. Thanks for the tip.

sending love to your DH 💐

I haven’t interacted with mine for more than two years now. My life is calmer and richer for it. My genuine sisters are my friends who uplift and support me. Sibling relationships are complicated. Mine crossed a line you can’t come back from so that was that. Sometimes the situation resolves itself and the drama abates. Keep being you 💐

I hear you on that 😂 I’ve been very good this year on trying to use what I have before buying more. Sadly I discovered Vicky B’s foundation so any savings I made were lost there 😂

🥳 you look fab! (And if you don’t mind me saying, much younger than 64!) 🙌👏

I’ve been happy with Pharmulous (no maintenance programme but they will prescribe for my BMI) but I think all providers are monitoring use of MJ outside of the full dose each week so you might struggle to get another 5mg pen rather than a 2.5 especially since the pens now only have 4 doses.

Congratulations on the bikini wearing confidence! 👏👏👏

Welcome! No need to be ashamed here.

Firstly, well done on taking the first step. We’re all here to help you. Secondly, your body might react differently to MJ to anyone else’s experience on here - everyone is different. So yes you can stay on low doses and provided you genuinely overhaul your diet and exercise you can stay on the low doses and continue to lose weight. How is your diet? What do you like to eat? How much water do you drink per day? How much do you move?

re:exercise, start slowly. You don’t need to join a gym or have expensive equipment- body weight- bearing exercises are perfectly possible. That said, check out anything going free on FB marketplace - such as weights, a step or kettlebells. There are loads of free online exercise classes like Joe Wicks etc. Set yourself a daily step target and up it each month to get to 10k consistently.

Nutrition wise - prioritise protein, whole foods and try and limit sugar to avoid insulin spikes. ChatGPT will help you devise a meal and recipe plan if you tell it a budget, which supermarket you shop at and tell it what you like to eat. You’ll need to understand your body’s TDEE (there are online calculators) so you understand what calorie intake you can have to achieve weight loss (spoiler alert - it’s lower than you think!) MJ is not a silver bullet, you won’t lose weight simply by taking it, you need to consider this a lifestyle reset.

side effects: everyone is different. If you drink plenty of water and eat plenty of natural fibre consumed through whole foods you should avoid constipation. Taking MJ in the evening before bed works for me because if I were to be nauseous it’s during the night. You don’t have to up your dose either. If 2.5mg has a hugely suppressant effect you can stay on it until you don’t feel it is working. Then move up to 3.75mg and so on.

Good luck! We’re all here to help,

Do a body scan. You might have lost inches?

keep going, these are the slog days. You’ve got this 💪

🥳 to the scales moving 💪💪

I’ve noticed that as well - they seem to be paying attention to how often you order now and anything that looks like you’re stretching out your pens gets an enquiring email. Which has been fine, I’ve been sitting happily at 5mg but it does make it harder to play around and work out if I would maintain just as effectively at 2.5mg!

I took about 1mg a few weeks ago- I didn’t gain but I didn’t lose either. Might be worth seeing if you can drop down?

Thanks. To be fair oushk have been really supportive and suggested the 10 day stretch. I may stick with them!

Interesting… shame they pissed so many of us off earlier this year..!

So pharmulous are firmly struck off my provider list. My pen arrived after 12 days and they are refusing to resend a replacement. That’s £170 gone.

That’s pretty shocking. Where was it during the 12 days?!

RM attempted to deliver on the Weds, at the one time I’d popped out. The delivery note said they’d try again the next day. No attempt made on the Thursday so late Thursday evening I put a redelivery request in for the Friday. No reattempt at delivery until yesterday. 12 days later. I have no way of knowing where the pen was or what conditions it was kept in. As yesterday was apparently day 10 since the delivery request date, that is inline with their contract to resolve issues with Pharmulous.

if we assume the pen is safe out of the fridge for 30 days, it arrived 13 days into that timeframe. Meaning the 4 doses can’t be used.

Did you pay using a credit card? I’d raise a dispute, That it outrageous.

I’ve put in a complaint and asked for a resolution in 5 days and if I don’t I will report to the GPhC and raise a chargeback on my card.

🤞for you! Don’t forget to leave them a Google review. They can’t remove them unless you do 😉

Deffo sounds like frozen shoulder but whatever it is, the physio is the answer! My friend was offered an injection to help but in the end the physio has helped immensely and she’s slowly getting much more mobility. Fingers crossed you find improvement soon x

Heart transplant took place yesterday! 😱 Nerve wracking time. He is stable at the moment 🤞

I’m going to see him this morning (he won’t know, he’s completely out of it and prob will be until the weekend) but it will help me. It’s a critical time now but at least step one has happened.

Yesterday was a bit mad, it was DS’s first day at reception (at literally the time surgery was starting). Then when I got home after drop off a man had turned up to fit a new side gate for me (we hadn’t confirmed exact dates etc). Bizarre day!