Mounjaro - 10 Stone or more to lose - Thread 14

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Wow. Thirteen threads behind us and many friendships forged.........

We've even been turned into a Group Thread.

All are very welcome.

Congrats on the 10 stone @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne and wishing you a speedy recovery and hopefully some answers and a plan for moving forward.

Weigh in day for me, and sadly a 1lb gain. Not surprised, it's been a very boozy week. First time on MJ I didn't fancy alcohol at all - this time round? Can't get enough of the stuff! And on two occasions - after big social events - I've then had a take away because I was a bit drunk, and the kids wanted one, and I needed to soak up the beer, and and and... there's always an excuse if you want one. The pound gain is neither here not there, but I did feel a little out of control this week, which is more upsetting - I'm going to try very hard to get back into the 'right' mindset this week, and work with the MJ rather than against it. Most people's weight loss charts go in roughly a straight line - some ups and downs, some blips along the way, but big picture, down. Mine looks like Mr Tickle's arms, all over the place - and I really don't want to have to do this whole 'reset' thing again. I suspect I just have a pretty high tolerance to drugs, and my body gets used to them quickly so they lose their effectiveness. I've noticed this with other stuff too.

Anyway, off we go on another week's adventuring - gosh it gets boring sometimes doesn't it? Obsessing about food and weight? Even when the MJ is working brilliantly and it's effortless, most of us are still obsessing in some way or another - clothes sizes, the number on the scales, nutrition macros, whatever. Oh to be one of those people who doesn't have to pay such attention to all of this, for who a basic human need - eating - doesn't dominate their whole lives. What would we do with the head space???

Original SW: 307lbs
Reset SW: 272lbs
CW: 253lbs

Hope you getting well @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne!

I am in a mixed place. Celebrating 7stone loss milestone last week. I’m 92kg now. SW 136kg.
However, still not got my mojo back since skin cancer surgery, so exercise down. Also caught up away for work and then children’s birthday celebrations and basically not eaten right the last 5 days.
Really cross with myself. Silly choices of food not even that nice to excuse my behaviour. Basically just too much sugary stuff in sight still.
I am feeling really low and recognise this is impacting my food choices as I am not even hungry.
Basically I went to the works event, thought being 7 stone lighter I would be treated differently compared with last away stay 2 years ago. I did. People chatted to me, told me how great my work project was but no one voted for it. I am always praised for my excellent work but it never seems it will be picked. I know I have made a leap here, it’s not about my weight, though I used to think it was. This trip made me realise this.

@Reginaphalangeeeee Oh, I'm sorry to hear that your work project was overlooked despite good feedback. I absolutely hate that kind of workplace "popularity contest" type award situation - there should be consistent and predictable ways to gain recognition and positive feedback for good work.

Thank you @SilenceInside
you nailed it. Over looked and not ‘popular’ is exactly it. My significant weight & low self-esteem accepted this but thought things would be different this time around 7stone lighter.

I seem to have a lot of rejection/over looked feelings to work through & part of this journey of weight loss still carries baggage, some of which doesn’t drop off like the lbs did. That said I still have a long way to go, I still have a BMI 30.7, but looking forward to just being in the overweight category one day soon 2kg at least.
Thank you for seeing my perspective.

I’m just going to leave this here 🥳🥳🥳

started at 315lb 18 months ago

I have seen posts before where people have said they cried when they got under 200lb and thought they were a bit dramatic. I too have had to hold back tears this morning 🌅

@Newnammmme well done, and in socks too (they weigh tons) I don't even weigh with wet hair anymore!!

Thrilling @Newnammmme! well done!

I’m taking a small break from daily weighing, just to see what happens to my mental state.

So far I’m 2 days in and it’s fine!

Third week in a row with no weight loss :(. I am not putting any on either which is good, but I was hoping for a few more kg by now.
The endless diarreah has also stopped which is good, but I guess it isn't working as strongly as it was.
I am speaking to the nurse next week, so will definitely be asking to go up to 7.5

Thinking of you @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne and congrats on ten stone!

Brilliant well done @Newnammmme I came on to say I hit Onederland this morning too! Which also means I’m 150lb down from my highest weight. Delighted. If I can reach my goal weight I will have lost over 200lb :0

@mounjaroatlast I'm the same, no movement for 3 weeks. My plateaus have been getting longer - so I'm trusting the process and hoping for a whoosh next week!

flipent I really hope there is a whoosh, it's so disheartening isn't it. The food noise has been back, but whatever I have eaten I have stayed at 1400 calories and been in deficit every day. Some days I don't want to eat much so I am sure that it is working to some level.

Ok back from holiday so much to catch up with
@PearlsTeapot glad you're supervision has stepped down, that's an achievement in itself!!

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne I'm shocked! I do hope you're as well as can be and you have some IRL support. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Well done to the other losers for sticking with it ☺️

I gained in the last 2 weeks (but I'm sure even the people who have been thin forever gain on holiday!) hopefully I can lose it again quickly, plus the half a stone that I also need to lose to reach target. I would love to reach target by the end of July as that's 2 years since I started however it had all slowed down so much!

Adding to well wishes to @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne - hope that your DC have now been able to come and that you are recovering well

Well, it's about time. Had a month-long stall. I started going to the gym plus going for long walks, slightly upped my dose, and still not really counting calories but did try to avoid snacks. Have now whooshed off 4 lb in the past week. I'm sure some of it is water but still.

Still don't love the gym but I paid for it so I am going, damn it.

@EverybodysALebowski glad you got your stall moving! I don't love the gym either but knowing I've paid for it does motivate me I have to say. I'm not looking forward to returning home and going back to it! But it does get the weight moving!

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne how are you today? I've been thinking of you.