Mounjaro - 10 Stone or more to lose - Thread 13

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Let No.13 be lucky for all of us.

Good luck, losers.

All welcome!

Oh no, @PearlsTeapot is it definitely the MJ? I know you are very sensitive to it. Hopefully overnight your levels will drop a little back to a level that is acceptable for your body.
What a nightmare!!

Yep 100% the mj, happens every time I try to go up. 😢

Oh @PearlsTeapot that's not good. Do you have any Pepto Bismol? I find that really works with any kind of gastro problem. Hope you're feeling better soon 💐

Oh that grim i had them once it's horrible

Hi all, I’ve lost almost three stone since last August. Been cruising on 5mg since October, can’t really afford to go up and also it can make me feel a bit queasy at times. Only losing a few pounds per four weeks now but it’s still coming down so until I can afford to go up I’m sticking with it. BMI almost into overweight now. Ideally I’d lose another two stone which would take me to around 12.

The loose skin on my tummy is nasty though. Try to tell myself that it’s not important but I’m so disappointed that I’ve basically done this to myself.

Morning all! Just checking in, even though I really don't want to...I have been reading all your posts, but I've been dreading doing my own. Feel a bit like the ghost at the feast, being negative when most of you are doing so well. So, weighed in this morning, and I was 264lbs. March 1 I was 234lbs. So I've gained over two stone since then. I was on 15mg up until March 23, when after discussing it here decided to take a break and restart. Looking at my records, the gain has been a fairly even split - half of it while I was on the 15mg, half since. So that's all a bit confusing - I felt that the MJ had simply stopped working and it looks like I was right. Anyhow. Here I am, feeling a bit broken to be honest. I have taken one positive step this morning and poured most of a bottle of Baileys down the sink - just too tempting! Lot of stuff going on in my life that is making me sad/anxious, and I'm not sure if I'm eating more because of that, or if the eating more is contributing to the sadness and anxiety...probably some delightful mix of both! I just wish I could go back to feeling the way I did for the first four months or so of MJ, in control and hopeful. Instead of out of control and tearful.

Right, I've done it - admitted all, kept myself accountable - made myself face the gain, which is important even if it's unpleasant. Still loving reading all of your posts, keep up the good work losers!

Quick question for those of you who use apps about this stuff etc - how long roughly do we think it takes for MJ to be out of your system? My last dose was March 23, I'd planned to have a month off so need to start thinking about a date, and whether a month will be long enough to kick start its effect. Also - no wrong answers to this, just looking for some views - what dose do you think I should start off again at? I have loads of MJ in the fridge so that's not an issue.

If you've got mj in the fridge but you haven't made an order in a while you might have to order a 2.5 when you come to re-ordering, just to keep that as a consideration. I'd be tempted to start at 2.5 anyway though so if that did work you can stay as low as possible.

I'm in a negative cycle at the moment but I'm hoping I can pull it back, we're coming up to a busy time with quite a lot of events to attend so I think it'll be a struggle.

@eibbed999 can I thank you and commend you for posting? It can be so hard to post when it's not a positive, a NSV or a SV, but it's really helpful for anyone that's also in a similar position. I think you're doing a really brave thing, to have a break and then restart to see if that makes a difference.

I am currently having an issue (eating it!) with the amount of chocolate in the house post-Easter, and I realised yesterday that there is chocolate on every surface in the house that I regularly stand or sit by. I need to get it all moved and out of sight, and anything that isn't the children's own egg needs to be binned or otherwise removed altogether. You are doing well to pour the Baileys away and remove the temptation.

It takes about 30 days for all Mounjaro to have left your system, regardless of your last dose level, apparently. So another week or so maybe till it's all gone?

Thank you @SilenceInside - helpful to know to aim for 30 days. And yes, get rid of those eggs! Thanks also @MCR24.

I saw something a while ago about what to do if it stopped working and it said to take a month off then start at 2.5mg again. You need to reset your GLP receptors.

Another night of diahrroea for me. Finally feeling better this morning and just had toast so hoping to keep it in!

@eibbed999 30 days and it’s gone. I’d restart at 2.5 to reset xx

Oh gosh @PearlsTeapot - you really go through the mill with every increase don't you, you poor thing? I've just added up my 30 days and will be restarting on Weds April 22. Fingers crossed!

@PearlsTeapotare you sure it's the medicine? I think there's a bug doing the rounds at the moment which is upsetting a lot of tummies.

@GertieLawrenceI hear you. I haven't lost enough to have loose skin yet but I live in fear of it. I'm especially concerned about developing bat wings.

@eibbed999I think it's fantastic that you are still here, still fighting for your health. I'm not sure I'd have the stamina for it myself.

So no cream egg for me this week. 😭

I lost 0.8 kg, almost 2 lbs, which is excellent and I'm pleased with it. But my goal was to leave 116 kg behind, and I didn't quite get there. Next week will be cream egg week. I'm so thankful that this medicine affords me the ability to be disciplined like this.

SW: 135 kg
MJSW: 128.7 kg
CW: 116.2 kg
Total loss: 18.8 kg

That’s something to focus on for next week, that crème egg will taste amazing 🤩

it’s definitely the mj. The burps plus diarrhoea happen every time I go up a dose.

Just reading everyone's posts and catching up
@PearlsTeapot ..poor you ,hope it's passed by now and your on the mend @MrTiddlesTheCat .sorry to hear no cream egg ,but how good it's going to taste when you do eat it , knowing you reached your goal
@MCR24 ,hope your negative cycle eases soon
@eibbed999 ,well done for taking control and being accountable,I really hope after your month of mj that it kick starts a weight loss when you get back on it ,fingers and toes crossed for you

I started on concerta xl ..and I just feel very sleepy and even more away with the fairies than I usually do .
Weight is 16 stone,I'm desperate to see 15 stone something on the scales ,but I seem to now have the permanent munchies
Early days with the meds though, current dose is just to make sure I can tolerate It,which I am doing..but oh I could sleep for a week,and I'm sleeping so well at night ,I've not been on Mumsnet at 2am since I went on it

Sleeping well has got to be a bonus @Springflowers2 - it would just be better if you weren't also tired in the day!

Hopefully the fatigue passes in the daytime so you can just sleep well at night @Springflowers2 I know it takes a while to get used to the meds.

Hi everyone. Wanted to say that I really value the perspectives on here that share the difficulties as well as the successes. Hope everyone who is having a tough time finds some improvement. Me, I had a total brain-explosion today and convinced myself it was Thursday and so I jabbed a day early. Ridiculous of me. Good to read above that nothing turns on this. Meanwhile I am still holding out to weigh once-a-pen but I feel it’s going ok judging by clothes-fit, but (on my second pen of 5mg) I’ve had a few days of diarrhoea / discomfort (let’s just say I’m relieved to still have a young enough child that there’s always Sudocrem in the house). I’ve also got a weird itchy patch on the middle of my tummy that I am wondering whether it might be stretch marks coming through? I’ve only ever had stretch marks from weight gain, not loss. I didn’t even get new ones when pregnant because I just sort of filled out my existing tummy at the time.

Hi @Theringcycle a lot of us jab every five days anyway, so don't worry.

I struggled with sulphur burps and diahrea then Pepto constipation every time I've increased too.. I've recently considered increasing as weight loss slowing down a lot but ... this puts me off tbh! (And awareness slow down would be normal here).

I've got awful loose skin/loose fat - I can grab handfuls everywhere.

In clothes I look so different to how I was this time last year - which I love - but then I feel so wobbly and overweight. Its such a bizarre flip flopping feeling.

Re ADHD meds - I'm on Elvanse and really struggle with sleep - but think it might be the peri too. I wake multiple times and would SO love to sleep through. The meds do help me function in the day though.

I've really dropped the exercise/ walking - I've been so tired and I'm pretty much sedentary with work being all in a small office too!

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden me too, the odd dog walk but otherwise my walking has all but stopped. Shall we both try to increase?

Weigh in and jab day

SW 140kg BMI 54.7
CW 89.6kg BMI 35
GW 63kg BMI 24.6

14 stone 2lbs in old money, 7 stone 13 lbs, 50kg down. Still another 13kg, 2 stone, to go to be 'only' overweight. Then the overweight category is only 2 stone wide. So still at least another 4 stone to go. Eyes down, keep plodding along.

Still going to the gym and actually enjoying it which is a shock. But I do need to have something to listen to. Currently listening to a Mel and Sue podcast which is frequently dangerously funny.

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden I don't take any meds but have been struggling to sleep through the night for the last year as well. I've just discovered why and have fixed it!

I started taking magnesium (Nutrition Geeks) last year, predominantly to help with constipation. I stopped taking it last week and the improvement in sleep was almost instant. Great I thought but the constipation has just started kicking in 😫

i know magnesium is known for helping sleep but seems can have the opposite effect (confirmed by both my friend Chat GPT and my Apple Watch sleep data!)

I've bought some magnesium citrate (as opposed to all 3 kinds) and I'm going to take a low dose in the mornings and hopefully that will sort the constipation as it seems magnesium was the vital ingredient in keeping that at bay, I'd almost forgotten how painful it is as it's been so long