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.

Another one here with a brain that hasn't caught up. 6 stone 9lbs down but sometimes I don't feel like I've lost anything. Still struggling with clothes, I bought some of those Asda wonderfit shorts in 16-18 and they're a bit too tight but all my size 18 jeans are too loose and hanging off. All my size 20 clothes are too baggy, but online calculators say I'm a 22! The inconsistency of clothes sizing is not helping with my brain recognising I've lost anything, it's making it worse!

Yep, my brain is still telling me I'm a size 28, and some days I just can't see any progress, even though the mirror tells me otherwise. I put some pictures on FB yesterday of my weekend away, and I'm genuinely shocked at the amount of really nice comments I've had on one pic in particular. People telling me they didnt recognise me, I'm half the person I was etc. It's lovely to hear, but hard to believe.

I suspect I will cry when I’m at ‘normal’ and not overweight. I haven’t been a normal weight since I was 9 years old. Over 50 years. It’s feeling unreal and unbelievable.

@Billybingbong it's a mindfuck isn't it? I find picking up clothes and not knowing if they'll fit really disconcerting 😆

@TragicMuse what a dream that would be ❤️

I lost 1.4 kg this week and am over the moon after a 0.7 kg gain last week. I'm also really confused. I definitely ate more calories than last week. So trudged along to the healthcentre praying the gain wasn't to big. I had to step on the scales multiple times because I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I just don't understand this weightloss malarkey. It's illogical. Like, if I 6 chocolate bars a day I gain 4 kgs a week. But if I then stop eating 6 chocolate bars a day I only lose 1 kg a week. I feel like I'm being gaslit by my own body.

Congratulations on the weight loss @MrTiddlesTheCat . Rather than illogical, I think of weight loss as being very complex with many factors that combine to give the number on the scale. Also, a weekly weigh in (or even a daily one) is a single point of data, a snapshot. If you analyse datasets, single points of data can be outliers, anomalies, random fluctuations etc etc. It's the whole dataset that shows the overall trend.

Chuffed at being 3lbs down this week but rather suspect it’s water loss from sweat in this horrific heat 🥵 Making me determined that I won’t be this weight next summer!

I continue to think this medication is magical. I only started in Feb and am now 20+ kg down. And while I'm still over 100kg, the impact so far is just brilliant.
I went for a casual 5 mile walk on Sunday, after swimming with the kids in the morning, and I felt absolutely fine. No aches or pains or fatigue the following day.

I had a proper skinny-girl moment yesterday. I was buying lunch in the staff canteen and not only did I automatically choose the healthy choice, but when the portion was enormous I suggested splitting it with a friend who was about to order the same thing! It was bloody delicious and we both had plenty to eat without gorging 🥰

I've just cooked dinner in a kitchen that's 35⁰C. Normally I'd have all the windows open, a massive fan running, and I'd still be sweating like a pig and feeling like I'm about to pass out.

Today, having lost 26 kg, I was fine, with one window open and no fan. Just a bit hot, but bearable. I'm well chuffed.

I put on 6lb while in hospital but I'll get back to sensible eating now I'm home.
Keep falling over because I forget to use my zimmer frame but I'm remembering better now.
Also have a wristband for calling for help and of course I forget it's there.

Anyway I'm getting organised.

I think.🤣🤣🤣

Several kind friends called round today which was lovely

Apparently MJ is very good for stroke patients so the hospital doc was fine with me taking it. This annoyed the bitch of a staff nurse who took it away from me, then denied that she had.

Out of about 20 nurses, she was the only horrible one. The rest were lovely.

And she was clearly furious at being told to return it to me.

Cow.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne what a horrible person. I can still recall a midwife making me cry less than 24 hours after a C-section because "you should know why your baby is unhappy". So glad you are home.

Popped onto this thread just to say how grateful I am to WLI in this heat. It's still far too hot for me but it is the same for most of the country! I am not sweating uncontrollably or feeling physically ill. Just hot.

I am desolate.

My feet and ankles are horribly swollen. They look ghastly. Only realised when I got undressed to get into bed.

And I'd been so happy that they were lovely and slim again. And now my legs looked hideous.

Crying again now. So disappointed.

It’s the heat @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne mine are also swollen and sore. Solitary.

Argh back in fucking hospital.
Developed awful chest pain so dialled 999 (being sensible for once 🤣)

Anyway. The good news is that I wasn't having a heart attack but I have costochondritis.

Very painful but not dangerous.
Thankfully.

Costochondritis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic https://share.google/9W7OnJX8eLfhxx0pP

Ooh and I can go home in the morning ..
Thank goodness

As a nurse myself, I've come across some abominable colleagues.

I'm sure they become nurses so they ba thoroughly nasty to their unfortunate patients.

I'm not lying when I say that I was always, always kind to my patients.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne you are really being out through it with your health currently. Hope you are discharged very soon.

Like you and @SilenceInside I also have fat ankles. Have been drinking loads of water and my concerns that if I drink over a litre and a half a day would mean constant peeing are correct! Yet still my ankles look awful.

Good luck @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne - what a nightmare you're having! I'm sure you were always a kind nurse. Those bad ones - they enjoy the power way too much, inflicting small cruelties on people who are at their most vulnerable. And let's not get started on the ones who are just not arsed. But when you get a good one, or a good boss because it spreads downwards, it makes such a difference - you remember that kindness forever!

I work in a hospital, and have come to realise over the years that there are good and bad on all levels. We expect the caring profession to be....well....caring, but it can often be the opposite. Luckily, our Trust has amazing top tier management who genuinely care, and that is filtered down right through the ranks, but there is always the occasional bad egg who can really hit us at our most vulnerable.

Many years ago, i suffered a miscarriage, after many rounds of IVF, and was absolutely traumatised and desperate to get home. They wouldn't discharge me until I could have a scan, but it was a bank holiday weekend, so I had to stay for 3 days. An absolute cow of a nurse actually said to me "well if you would choose a bank holiday for this to happen, you should expect to have to wait" 🤬

Oh no @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne you’re having such a terrible time of it! I’ve had that too and thought I was dying. Very painful.

Had a cheeky weigh and I am now eleven stone down from my heaviest weight Agree with those saying it makes the heat easier to bear. I’m still way too hot but I am not as uncomfortable as I once would have been!

Exactly one year ago today, I walked into my local chemist and came home with my first Mounjaro pen. I was convinced I’d be the one person on the planet it wouldn’t work for.

I started at 138 kg (21 stone 10 lb). My first goal was to reach 18 stone within a year. My “final” goal felt almost impossible at the time — 14 stone by Christmas 2027.

Well… I smashed the first goal.
Today I weigh 93.89 kg (14 stone 11 lb). That’s a loss of just over 44 kg in twelve months. I’m literally 1 lb off a full 7-stone loss, but what’s a pound between friends? 😁

I still have only 11 lb to go until I hit that original “final” goal, and I’m on track to get there at least 15 months early. So yes, that goal is definitely getting lowered!

Yesterday I finally did my measurements again (first time since 25th May last year). The total lost across all measurements? 130 cm. That has blown my mind.

I feel genuinely healthier.
I love being able to cross my legs it makes me feel so ladylike!
Food no longer controls me.
I can enjoy what I like without overeating or spiralling.
I’ve been incredibly lucky with side effects too, nothing major, and no visible hair loss at all.
Clothing-wise I’ve gone from a size 28 down to a 20-22. I’ll admit I’m a little disappointed I haven’t dropped further yet, but I’m hopeful the next sizes will come more quickly now.

This past year has been life-changing. Mounjaro gave me the tool I needed, but the consistency, the mindset shifts, and the small daily choices got me here. I’m so proud of how far I’ve come, and even more excited about what’s still ahead.

I am being brave and putting up these photos. When I had the photo taken today I looked at it and still thought my tummy looks huge. I still hate photos of myself and concentrate on all the faults rather than the positives.

As has been discussed here my brain plays tricks on me. I can look at myself one day and feel great. Then the next day feel as if I haven't lost a thing!