Mounjaro - 10 Stone or more to lose - Thread 13

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Let No.13 be lucky for all of us.

Good luck, losers.

All welcome!

1.2 kg loss this week. I'm very happy with that.

SW: 135 kg
CW: 115 kg
Total loss: 20 kg (3.1 stone)

The healthcentre scales were teasing me though. They kept flicking to 114.9 kg before settling on 115 kg. I thought I was going to get 2 cream eggs.

It was a genuine thrill to see that excess seatbelt, and to not feel horribly squeezed in.

I’ve had 2 lovely things happen this week that I thought I’d share.

1. I have a neurological disorder that gives me balance problems and fatigue, so out of the house I use a wheelchair provided by the NHS. I’d phoned them to update on my weight loss and yesterday I got a new one delivered because I’ve gone down a weight bracket, so I now have a zippy wee wheelchair that fits through doors without me having to get up and fold to pass through. I admit I shed a tear.

2. Due to a lot of scarring on my legs and swelling due to my neuro thing, I wear a lot of maxi dresses - also dead easy to put on as I’m not good at fiddly things like buttons and zips. But my old ones are getting very baggy, so I ordered new ones (was wearing a 26-28, ordered 22-24) and they FIT! Now I need to go through my drawer of All Sizes Of Jeans to see if I can get any on!

I still can’t quite believe I’m losing weight. Seems too good to be true!!

@weegiemum both your NSVs are brilliant! Well done.

I’m going to have to ask - what’s an NSV? I’ve seen people use it but despite being on MN for over 20 years I don’t know what it means!!

Non scale victory! 🏆

Non-Scale Victory.

In other words, something other than saying "I've lost 2lb this week".

@MrTiddlesTheCat congratulations on reaching your target, glad to see the scales at the health centre are behaving better than your home ones. 20kg loss is fab.

@Fffreeeeezing I think there’s a lot of people who think that weight loss is almost wholly about exercise and not that it’s mainly diet. Not sure where that comes from, maybe it’s because it’s easier to exercise when you’re not significantly overweight so people get the correlation the wrong way round.

Congratulations @MrTiddlesTheCat ..well done xx

Lovely NSVs @weegiemum!

today I achieved one of the things I had been aiming for which was to go to a shop and be able try on anything I wanted because they would have my size.

My mum, sister and I got very carried away in Jigsaw and had a simply wonderful time. There were a couple of things they didn’t have out above a 10, but that was a stock issue not a not-having-my-size thing.

I tried on dresses, trousers, jackets, tops. It was just great!

I bought a cardi and a lovely pair of trousers. I am a 14 now, a 12 in some places, but the trousers are a 10. I’m just stunned. And pleased!

Weve never been able to do that kind of shopping experience and it was a real joy to be able to choose things for one another.

That’s what I value more than anything really. The freedom to just be normal. Shopping for clothes with my sister.

Love reading about all your NSVs. For me in month 3, I feel things are in a slower phase loss-wise, but I feel well and healthy and comfortable, and this is a long journey. I have realised that I can fit in some size 20s, after being a solid 24 for years, and the prospect of being in a size that begins with a 1 feels like a true pipe-dream. The brown pleather trousers are a bit tight on the waist for me to feel happy but other clothes are fitting. I bought a blouse from scamp & dude on Vinted in a 20 and it fits great, maybe even a bit baggy, and this is a brand I had avoided because it didn’t go up to a 24. I’ve made a list of brands I want to try.

I remember when I got into size 18 jeggings. I felt incredibly thin @Theringcycle

You'll be there soon.

Weigh in and jab day

SW 140kg BMI 54.7
CW 90.4kg BMI 35.3
GW 63kg BMI 24.6

14 stone 3lbs in old money, 7 stone 11 lbs off. A small gain on last week but as I havent done anything different compared to when I have lost I'm not going to throw my hands up!

NSV-ish The trousers I made a few weeks ago can now be taken on/off without having to undo them. So if I ever enter a speed dressing competition I'm sorted.

Lovely NSVs @weegiemum . I love the sound of your shopping trip @TragicMuse , at some point I will see if my DDs are up for a trip out.

Internally battling with whether to go up a dose as my average weight loss is now 0.78kg/week (25weeks in) but after reading all these incredible wins I thought I'd share my own NSVs this week. I'm now comfortably wearing size 18 jeans from m&s rather than stretched size 22s which feels amazing (still hate having to try on jeans though!) I also bought a new dress for a friend's birthday party and it's a 16/0xl from Shein! August 2025 I was wearing a tight 4xl!

0.78kg/week is a perfectly healthy loss - they say 1-2lbs/week for sustainable losses and you are at the higher end of that. I'd only go up if you are struggling to eat in a calorie deficit and need additional support from the MJ to do that.

I am stuck again ... I seem to lose 10lbs at 1-2lbs a week and then get stuck for a month ... Recognisable cycle. Frustrating.

That's wonderful progress @weegiemum
I bet going down a wheelchair size will make a massive difference to your life.

I'm currently on holiday and not really looking forward to getting on the scales when I get home. I've not brought my jabs with me so will need to go back down to 2.5 when I get back. I'd only got as far as 5mg anyway.

I've tried to eat healthily here but everything comes with chips. I've had loads of salads which I love so not a hardship. And I've only had a few drinks too as I found I didn't really fancy it.

@CatAtTheWindow I went away for two weeks, jabbed the day we flew, and didn’t jab in the second week. I basically ate what I wanted, being a bit more mindful than I’d normally be, and gained 3kg but lost it all within the week I got back. I also went straight back onto 5mg (my previous dose) without any issues.

Morning losers. Just checking in as I feel I’ve been a little awol just lately. Truth is, I’m struggling a little. Foodwise, I’m fine. I’m still only on 5mg, and have good suppression, so have no need to move up from this. The snacks crept in a bit over Easter, but I’ve got a handle on that, so no problems there. But I look in the mirror, and just see this out of proportion big blob of a thing. Waist up, I am really happy with my shape, I have a defined waist for the first time ever, but the loose skin is something else. My neck & upper arms are awful, my forehead has deep lines, and my boobs are just a pair of deflated airbags! My hair has suffered massively, but is starting to show signs of recovery, thanks to a few months on Minoxidil. Waist down is dreadful. I seem to have melted downwards, my belly overhang seems to be getting bigger, and is not shrinking in proportion to the rest of me. And the loose skin on my inner thighs seems to be gravitating towards my knees. There are so so many positives to this weight loss malarkey, but I’m just feeling the negs at the moment. I know, reality is I am 55yrs old, I’ve lost 7 1/2st in a relatively short space of time, and will never have the body of a wrinkle free 20-something. I KNOW things will improve, and this ugly duckling phase is just part of the journey. I look passable in clothes thanks to good shapewear, but I am just feeling a bit meh, and needed to have a good old moan. Sorry to bring the mood down guys. On the plus side, I am absolutely loving all the losses and NSV’s. I did a little happy dance when I saw the cream egg picture. Well done @MrTiddlesTheCat, and to everyone else celebrating their victories this week. You are all amazing 💕

Sorry for the lack of paragraphs, not sure what happened there, and it won't let me edit 🤬

@Billybingbong you are so not on your own on this, my thighs are just awful and sagging over the backs of my knees and I swear even my calves are looking wobbly and saggy, it's literally making me wince if I catch sight in a mirror. We knew this was going to happen but it feels different when it actually happens.
All we can do (because there isn't actually an alternative!) is keep going and have faith that the magic of body recomposition will 'improve' us at least a little bit and that if it doesn't improve, we will just have to invest heavily in very tight Lycra like clothing to hold it all in, and at least that will be a smaller size!

I’m back in hospital 😢

Have brought my mj with me and will continue to jab but eating is hard here since I mostly eat cheese sandwiches and croissants!

Knickers @PearlsTeapot hopefully not back in London though? May this be a blip.

Oh no, I hope you're ok? Are you more local this time?

@PearlsTeapot sorry to hear that lovely. I hope you're ok, and your stay is closer and shorter than the last one. Sending you lots of love xx