Mounjaro - 10 Stone or more to lose - Thread 13

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Let No.13 be lucky for all of us.

Good luck, losers.

All welcome!

I already know... it's one of my favourite facts about weight loss.

That's interesting thank you. MMP are now circa £10 to £14 cheaper now than Pharmalous on the higher doses.

@52soon that’s great re your hba1c!! I am also prescribed for diabetes (I had been struggling with very poor control - kept it low for years but the last few years have been bad and then my 3rd pregnancy didn’t help and last November I went up to 91). I’ve been told that I won’t get prescribed beyond 5mg - sounds like your Trust be different? Will you continue to be prescribed to maintain? (I really hope I will be as I’m finding it so helpful for how I feel). My next HBA1c will be in late July - GP said to give it a minimum of 4 months, and late July is a convenient way to remember as I will get it done before going on holiday.

Same.

@Theringcycle I don’t know if I will be able to keep getting it for maintenance but my bmi is still 36 (started at 47.8) so still a fair way to go.

Thanks @52soon . I have a long way to go both for hba1c and weight but the diabetes dr has been clear I’m prescribed for diabetes not for weight as I don’t meet the requirements of the other conditions; I am hoping I’ll be able to stay on for hba1c reasons even if I get it to an improved level.

@SilenceInside I don't really have a plan except to go back to chicken and vegetable for tea each day rather than normal meals. I don't know how people eat 3 meals a day and maintain weight. 😕 Had a bit of a stressful weekend with activities so hopefully that might have contributed a bit.

@MCR24 I think that a lot of people who don’t struggle with their weight just skip meals or eat a lot less without really thinking about it deliberately. Or they’re men. My DP is tall and can eat huge amounts of food, he’s a lot more sedentary than me and his weight never changes. So annoying.

Yes that's right

@Doggymummar will Oushk monitor when you reorder as I though there were quite strict restrictions on getting the 3 pen bundle for the 7.2mg dose?

I didn't see anything about that @SilenceInside I thought it was just a bundle deal, maybe short dated ? 7.2 isn't a dose is it, so you would jab three times in a day? I'll drop them an email as I was expecting 3 months worth of 2.4 which is what I said in the notes section.

@Doggymummar I remember when the pharmacies starting getting approval for the 7.2mg dose, only a few have been allowed to offer it and yes it's meant to be 3 injections on the same day. There's some explanation on the Oushk page

https://www.oushkpharmacy.com/medications/wegovy-semaglutide-weight-loss-injection/

Under the "New Strength 7.2mg Wegovy" section.

Hello losers! I'm afraid I haven't been keeping up at all so sorry for anything I have missed.

I have FINALLY gone over the 7 stone lost mark. I was in a real funk as I seemed to get stuck hovering up and down the same few pounds. Have just upped the dose to 12.5mg and seem to be going in the right direction again. Losing the last stone I've lost has taken about 11 weeks, which feels very slow indeed, although I suppose it's a bit more than a pound a week.

NSVs abounded when I had a week's holiday in Malta the other week. Oodles of space on the plane. Spare capacity in the seatbelt. Not once worrying about fitting into chairs with arms in cafes. Bounding up hills and staircases without a care in the world. Wearing a size 16 swimming costume and feeling broadly OK about how I looked in it. Happy days.

I can identify with that @FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping it feels very familiar!

Today’s NSV is they I am out wearing my size 12 jeans and they’re comfortable! Not insanely tight, not particularly muffin-y, and I don’t feel like a zeppelin in a condom (Thanks to AbFab for that phrase!).

Of course, it’s going to go birthday-cake shaped as I’m away for my mum’s birthday, but I’m at the weight I wanted to be for these few days.

HURRAH!

@FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping Congratulations! That’s where I’m hoping to be (7st down, size 16) when we go to Greece in mid-July (currently a bit over 5st down, size 18/20). I could do up the airplane seat belt on our recent holiday (hurrah!) but it was only just. Must feel amazing to have room!

Zeppelin in a condom 🤣 @TragicMuse. My size 20 jeans are getting a bit loose. It’s a lovely feeling isn’t it!

Thank you for posting that. At least I won't be surprised when they decline me. It would be helpful if that popped up when you order the dose! It doesn't even appear on my phone screen when going through the process 😔

@Doggymummar no worries. Are you on 1.7mg Wegovy at the moment, or 2.4mg?

@TragicMuse congratulations on the size 12 jeans! Are you going to reveal the "where does the lost weight go" amazing fact?

1.7 but it's doing nothing @SilenceInside

Thanks @SilenceInside!

The amazing fact is that it gets converted to CO2 and water. So you breathe, sweat and pee it out!

Imagine! You literally breathe it away!

@TragicMuse when I’ve lost weight overnight I imagine my bedroom is full of CO2 that I’ve just been breathing out. I had a funny thought that the CO2 might be contributing to global warming, but apparently it’s carbon neutral!

Oh hah! I love that!

This is quite an interesting article about the process of your body breaking down stored fat and excreting it via breathing:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/287046

(apologies for the article containing the "eat less, move more" phrase)

I've had 2 different people comment on my appearance today at work (positively I hasten to add!).
I'm genuinely baffled by one of them who seems to be under the illusion that it's simply because of 'going to the gym'. She kept asking how many times a week I go. If only it was as easy (and cheap!) to just do a bit of exercise and hey presto. Some people have some very weird perceptions of what it takes!

Look what I got!