Mounjaro/Wegovy with more than 5 stone/30kg to lose - thread 13!

[MooBaggage]

Thread 13 and we're still going strong! Everyone welcome 😊

We have kiwis, yoga, smart scales and hammocks and there is always room for new advice, top tips and whatever's on our minds!

Thank you everyone it’s really interesting to read your replies. I think I’ll aim to get to and stick at around 11 stone for a while and try to maintain or lose very slowly and see how I feel about dipping into the 10’s after a while of maintaining (and enjoying) my healthier lifestyle when I’m not so obsessed with losing weight. I am rather short with a large bust and I remember in my mid teens when I did actually weigh under 9 stone (which is what I’d need to be a healthy BMi) I only stayed there by exercising massively and eating very little. I suspect ultimately between 10:7 and 11 may be a good weight for me but I’m definitely happy as I am for now.

@GiveMeWordGames I always got my footwear from Evans - mainly boots rather than shoes. Growing up I had to have men's shoes, as my feet were huge right from puberty and there weren't really any girl's/women's shoes available🙄

I got plantar fasciitis in about 2018 and have lived in Fitflop boots and sandals ever since! Their size 9 wide fitting footwear fits and gives brilliant arch support.

The MJ has got rid of the PF so I could start to look for different makes, but haven't bothered yet - and I think more size 9s might fit now as my feet are slightly smaller!

NSV - although I only lost 1lb this week, my stomach feels smaller under my hands (doing my 6th jab later today)

@MooBaggage yes I can imagine it was almost impossible as a teen!

I often see Fitflop shoes on Vinted. I love/need good arch support, so I'll definitely give them a go if I find a deal. It's so great that the MJ has dealt with your PF.

Hi everyone. I don't post very often but am a religious reader of the thread.
Thought I'd give you all a bit of an update on how things are going for me.

I started MJ on 25th June 2025. Am currently on 6.25mg as a dose, which is still working quite well for me

SW 15st 8lbs
CW 10st 13lbs
Total loss so far of 4st 9lbs
I'm only 5ft1 so to get under the magic BMI 25, that means a weight of 9st 6lbs.

I'm starting to think it could happen! I lost weight over COVID and got down to 10st 3lbs at the very lowest, this was a combo of slimming world and calorie counting, then it all went to pot and I gradually put most of my weight back on over 3 years.

I'm hoping to get down to below 25 BMI, and stay there. I'm 43 and peri is kicking my arse, but have finally got the GP to prescribe HRT, so I started that this week. Hoping the HRT bloat doesn't affect things too much.

I've had no real side effects, apart from the occasional weird random sore patch of skin a few days after the jab. MJ has worked wonders for me, I can't imagine my life without it now. I've even started buying it for my daughter too.

I do however need to start exercising more. I mainly WFH so pretty sedentary. I started some hand weights but almost immediately injured my shoulder, so I need to research how to do that with some better technique!

Good luck for all those now starting out, whether that MJ, or others.

Hi all,

Congratulations @MooBaggage on 8st weight loss!

SW: 15st 5.5lb
CW: 8st 9lb
Loss: 94.5lb
Current BMI: 21.4
Target Weight 1: 12st 1lb (overweight BMI) - Achieved!
Target Weight 2: 10st 1lb (healthy BMI) - Achieved!
Target Weight 3: 9st 5.5lb (6st loss) - Achieved!
Final Target: 8st 8lb - 9st 1lb - Achieved!

Hey @GiveMeWordGames fellow maintainer, I think I am finding maintenance as challenging as losing weight!

Whilst I have lost another 0.5lb this week, I am relieved it is slowing down. I have upped my food intake again and pushed forward with tapering down even more. Gym has been a bit hit and miss this week; I have only been twice as work has been manic and all the family have been ill with a vomiting bug. Alas, I am waiting on the bug getting me as I am the last one left to succumb!

@McGuyverTheCat, my original target was to hit BMI 29.9, then I aimed for BMI 24.9. It took some time for me to work out where my final weight should be. I am petite (5' 3") with a small frame, so BMI 21.4 looks and feels right. If I could change one thing, as well starting MJ much sooner, I would have added strength training to my exercise much earlier than I did. However, I lacked confidence and was worried that people would judge a 'fat lass' at the gym, which I know now is absolute rubbish - nobody cares, they are only interested in their own gym gains!

I had high BP when I started MJ, I couldn't manage a set of stairs without huffing and puffing, I was probably drinking too much wine and I was definitely eating too much, and I felt so down with my appearance. For the first time in probably 20 years I can honestly say I am happy with how I look and how healthy I feel.

Hello @Emas82 , nice to hear things are still working well for you and still at only a relatively low dose too! I'm sure you'll hit that healthy BMI.

@Bunnyjo it's an interesting challenge isn't it? I described it my husband in the sense that it's walking along a really thin line. Everything to the right is putting on weight, to the left is continuing to lose. But we need to figure out how to largely stay on the line with a few wobbles allowed. 😁

@HelenDenver it's so exciting when you can feel less tummy, isn't it?! 😃 I never thought I'd take such pleasure in grabbing bits of myself (that sounds way more dodgy than it's meant to 😬).

Couple of NSVs for me this weekend - am in Scarborough (saw James Taylor last night!) and the whole place is full of hills - and our airbnb is at the top of the cliff in the old town, which has meant everywhere we go is downhill but then uphill all the way back. I have been completely fine! I can walk up a million steps and slopes and carry on talking..!! Dp commented that this time last year we definitely would have had to take several breaks on the way back up - we can't believe the difference 😊

2nd NSV - the seats at the concert last night were no problem - I had my usual worry of spilling over into the next seats - but I had plenty of bum room! 😀

Life is so much bloody easier now - must remember this when I'm having gloomy days 💪💪💪

Hello!

just wanted to introduce myself!

Am reading thread now. Have just switched to Munjaro after two years on wegovy. Went from 119k to currently 92, (did get to 88!) but stopped injecting religiously. Trying to get motivated again and M seems to be helping me find my way again.

I would like to get to 70 kilos in an ideal world, but to be honest, 75-80 would be a dream!

I have had horrendous stress over the last 9 months which didn’t help but situation has changed and I am starting to get over that now!

DP doesn’t know I am on WLI and he is a bit of a drinker, which didn’t help when I wasn’t injecting regularly (as I also enjoy a drink when with him!) thankfully we don’t live together. But that also doesn’t help. I don’t know why I can’t tell him, he is such a foodie and loves cooking, it’s a real pleasure for him so I don’t think he would understand at all, despite him being very encouraging about me getting fitter and losing weight.

anyway, I just got back from a fortnight family holiday where there was lots of ice cream and fish and chips, but I didn’t overindulge at all and came back only 0.5 kilos heavier, but have lost that already, so feeling happy!

off to read rest of thread now

I forgot to jab on Friday (houseful of people) so I did it yesterday and went up to 7.5. No SE but good suppression. I have really slowed down so I am hoping this will be a good boost. I didn't lose anything for 2 weeks which was a bit frustrating. I'm off work now til 1 Sept and I would like to be half a stone down by the time I go back to work. I'm now 16st6 so that would push me into the next stone bracket.

Hi @justsaxy and welcome 🙂 Sounds like you're doing really well and getting back on track 😃 Do you think your dp would understand if you told him about the MJ? My poor dp is fed up of hearing about it all, I think, but it's good that he understands when I'm not at all hungry and why!

Keep going - onwards and downwards...

My mini whoosh is continuing - have lost another 1lb, taking me to 12st 2lbs and a BMI of 25.8. 6lbs to go to reach target!

Thank you!!! He keeps talking about me losing the weight organically, and I just think he would make a bit of a drama about it.

For the moment I can keep it to myself, although we are about to have two weeks together, so shall need to take the pen with me. He isn’t a snoopy type though so should be ok. I know I will have to tell him one day, but that moment isn’t now.

hurrah for whooshing!

I have ditched eating carbs apart from the end of day beer when I am with DP. But when I am alone, I hardly bother. I eat the glucose goddess way and so am rarely hungry by the time I get to them on my plate.

currently reading ‘why we get sick’ which is an eye opener. So glad that WLI have helped me to reverse my insulin resistance! It also recommends eating this way…

Haha, I said to DH it’s like walking a tightrope that you dare not fall from - and he said “What, with crocodiles to the left, piranhas to the right?”

So now, all I can think of is Stealers Wheels 🤣🤣

@Bunnyjo oh man, now I would never have thought weight loss and Reservoir Dogs had anything in common but now I know better.. Brilliant. 😅

I just watched an episode of 24 Hours in A&E which has left me so frustrated at the NHS's limited prescribing criteria. Basically a bloke who had been obese his entire life ended up with life threatening sepsis from infected sores on his legs from poorly controlled T2D. He survived after spending a week in the ICU. He was only in his mid 50s, like me. He'd lost his job as a bus driver due to his weight, the poor sod.

Now this was from a few years ago when, ok, WLIs weren't a thing so much. So it's not about him specifically but what he represents. The cost of it all, him unable to work, his mental health, a week in intensive care, the A&E treatment. How many other stories like this are happening every single day. I just think MJ/WG seem good value when you look at it like that. I wish they were able to think longer term. It's such an incredible thing.

Mid week weigh in and I’ve lost a stone since starting MJ. Yayyy! That’s a boost for the day.

@GiveMeWordGames I am really hoping that as more and more safety and effectiveness data comes in, the NHS prescribing criteria will widen, at least to more co-morbidities like the driver you mention

@HelenDenver Hurrah!! Brilliant news 😍

Scales are showing a couple of lbs on for me - am ignoring it as was out for dinner last night (on a school night!) and it's possible cocktails were consumed 😬

Back on the water wagon today and am happy that I lost 3lbs last week and my body will now take a couple of weeks to settle into it before it thinks about being helpful and losing any more..!

@MooBaggage i was thinking of you this morning. I was thinking of doing a yoga routine this morning and thought @MooBaggage must be excited. She gets back to yoga this week.

@HelenDenver , congratulations on your loss! That's great. Well done.

@GiveMeWordGames & HelenDenver I agree with you re: prescribing criteria for Mj/Wgvy. Hopefully, soon.

I have gained 200g in the last week but i am not worried about it. I have picked up my strength training and moving more. At this point in time i am more keen on losing slower & building muscle. I don't want to keep adding, though! In this group it's onwards and downwards NOT onwards & upwards.
Have a lovely day, everyone.

Well after a couple of weeks of no loss I went up to 7.5 on Friday and dropped a pound in a couple of days. I noticed increased suppression really quickly. However that doesn't seem to have lasted! I really am having to work on using the help I do get from the jabs to support my own work in changing habits. I know this is better for the long term but I just want to drop more pounds!

@MoneyJo , how is the appetite suppression now? It's been a week on 7.5mg, right?
I find some weeks for whatever reason the appetite suppression would not be so great. But on other weeks the suppression is quite strong. So just wondered if you have had any change. Where you on 5mg before?

Hi all,

@GiveMeWordGames - I agree, I am sure we all know of many people that could benefit from WLI that do not have the means to fund it, sadly.

I don't believe WLI through the NHS should be available to just anyone who is overweight/obese as the NHS has a finite limit on resource. However, I do think the current NHS qualifying criteria for WLI is far too strict. DH does not qualify despite having several co-morbidities and his cardiologist believing he would be the ideal candidate. So whilst I had an initial BMI of 38, high BP, joint pain and osteoarthritis, I think maybe it is right I wouldn't have qualified for treatment on the NHS. But DH had an initial BMI of 48 (obviously lower now, but he is still classed as obese) with high BP, poorly controlled atrial fibrillation, T2D, high cholesterol, osteoarthritis and a consultant recommendation for treatment (and I am sure I have missed some co-morbidities off), yet he would not and does not qualify for treatment on the NHS.

We have been lucky enough to be able to afford to buy it for both of us, but that has come at a great sacrifice elsewhere and we have had to cut our cloth accordingly.

SW: 15st 5.5lb
CW: 8st 7.5lb
Loss: 96lb
Current BMI: 21.2
Target Weight 1: 12st 1lb (overweight BMI) - Achieved!
Target Weight 2: 10st 1lb (healthy BMI) - Achieved!
Target Weight 3: 9st 5.5lb (6st loss) - Achieved!
Final Target: 8st 8lb - 9st 1lb - Achieved!

After thinking I had cracked this maintenance lark last week, I have lost another 1.5lb this week and have dropped 0.5lb below my lowest target weight.

I've tapered down even more, my appetite is increasing and I am eating accordingly, but for some reason my weight continues to drop. I am trying not to obsess and worry about it; I am still nicely within the healthy BMI range, so I will continue to be sensible with increasing my food intake and decreasing the MJ dosage (as well as increasing the interval between doses). Hopefully, I will hit a plateau soon.

Yesterday I was thinking it was pretty poor then I remembered I was due to jab today. It's actually been fine really. Nothing like my first few weeks on 2.5 but I feel like it's a more practical level where I don't want to eat all the time but don't have full suppression so I'm learning to live with food if that makes sense.

A NSV for me yesterday - I picked up a bag of size 14 clothes on a local Facebook thrift site and all the clothes in it that I like, fit..! 😵😵😵

My brain cannot comprehend this - especially the tops - as everything looks so small to my eyes!

I measured myself on Friday - month end, which I always do - and I've lost another inch from most places, which seems to have tipped even my top half into a size 14. Bonkers!

No weight loss for me this week and I'm not expecting anything for a whole, as 3lbs disappeared last week - will keep remembering this! BMI is 25.8, with 113lbs lost so far and 6lbs to go to reach my 24.9 target 😊

Hoorah for size 14 @MooBaggage well done!!

@HelenDenver thanks😊 The last top I bought before starting on MJ was a size 26-28... I was starting to worry that if I hit a size 30, I'd run out of even large clothes shop to buy from 😥

To have such a change in 19 months is just crazy - so much has changed for my body, that my mind hasn't caught up yet - although it's easier now when I catch sight of myself in a shop window or mirror - used to almost scare me, but I'm getting used to recognising myself!

I love love love this for you. I found myself smiling actually. It's such a great feeling. I didn't know of Facebook thrift sites.

My brain hasn't caught up too but my body moves and feels different especially in the mornings first thing on waking up, so it's a reminder of sorts that change is happening. It may be muscle aches from all the strength training but I love the feel of having a body that lives and responds, very different to previously my body just existing in it's high BMI-ness affecting my mood, mobility, activities etc and me feeling helpless & upset that I was not succeeding in changing it.