Mounjaro - 10 stone or more to lose - Thread 15.

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Everyone welcome - we are all friends here.

Some starting the journey, some already reached their goal, all sharing the ups and downs along the way.

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Week 75

Whoop whoop I'm in the 14's, hurrah!

Only 4lb til I hit 11st gone and 10lb until I'm in the 100lb's, this will be a huge milestone!

oh and today's milestone, I've lost exactly 150lb 😮

Not sure how I feel about losing the weight of a refrigerator though......

My week has gone fairly well -

77 weeks, 10mg every 5 days.

SW 19st 4lbs (Jan 2025, pre-MJ)
SW on MJ 18st 11.5lbs (1 Mar 2025)
CW 11st 4lbs
Change this week 0.5lbs
Total loss 112lbs/8st 0lb

8 STONE! It feels absurd and extraordinary.

A woman at work came to say hello when I was at lunch yesterday (with my boss) and she asked the usual ‘how much have you lost?’ I don’t really mind it, she isn’t a ‘mean girl’, she’s the kind of person who signs off her professional emails with kisses so I suppose she’s just not great at boundaries! The only slight weirdness was that it was with my boss but he’s cool and nice and doesn’t do body commentary so it wasn’t mentioned again!

It does all feel slightly unreal at times. My sister is very conscious of not talking about it unless I open the subject - in February 2025 she saw a programme about the blogger Yrfatfriend which changed how she understood the experience of me being in my body, how I was addressed and treated by the world starting with our family - I wasn’t abused but I was always made to feel second-rate for being fat. My grandmother had me on some weirdo diet pills when I was 9, it’s been open season on my body for over 50 years. So she is very measured and makes sure that I am happy. And praised for everything else, not being thin.

Lots of cognitive dissonance there!

Well done guys, some really great milestones there! I've just realised I've hit a big one too - I'm the lightest I've ever been (or at least since I was a child!). My lowest weight on SW was 13st0. If I convert my weight today in kg to stone it comes out as 12.99999 stone, so would probably round up to 13 on scales but I don't care, I'm taking the win!

That is a win @RenegadeKeeblerElf! Well done!

I’m inspired to try intuitive/not calorie counting eating this week…

I’ve never calorie counted. My mother is obsessive about what she eats and I never want to be like that, it seems so miserable. Plus I thought it was a good thing to try and work out intuitively what works for me. I have a broad idea of what calories I’m eating but nothing specific, and I’ll sometimes glance at the calorie count in restaurants to figure out what the healthiest option is, but in the main it’s worked for me not to.

I don't calorie count, either. I used to, but it didn't really help me so I stopped.

It seemed to be such a lot of hassle.

I've just bought a 15mg pen for £240.

I'm really hoping it'll contain the bonus dose. That'll cheer me up no end.
🤣

I fit in a size 12 Seasalt linen dress! A SIZE 12!

I’m really struggling with size versus weight, it’s taken me 4 months to lose this last stone after losing 4 stone April 25-April 26 but my dress size is dropping and I can’t get my head around it, bought and fitted a size 12 dress last week and today picked up a 14 in Asda and it’s too big and again a size 12 will fit but my bmi is still 34 and weight smack on 13 stone. I’m a shorty so still look overweight but how can I be a 12? Started out a 24🤷‍♀️

Clothes sizes are weird and don't always make sense, plus it depends on where you carry your weight. For instance my weight is in my legs so a dress will probably fit in a smaller size than trousers would, especially if the trousers are quite fitted.

@52soon.

clothes sizes are so weird. I started at a 22/24 top and a 26/28 top as have always been top heavy.

in now exactly 13 stone too. BMI is 27 as I’m tall and I’m wearing a 14/16 all over so not top heavy anymore.

am so enjoying buying clothes now 😃

@RenegadeKeeblerElf and @wendywoopywoo222 I dare say I wouldn’t fit a 12 in M&S or next and I think jeans or trousers I’d be a 16 but it is so surreal fitting into a size 12 or 14 dress. I still automatically go to the plus size shops and get disappointed if the smallest size is a 16 as I know it will be too big and I’m kind of wanting to show off my shape/waist whereas before my style was baggy and cover up. Nice problems to have though and I’ve thoroughly embraced liking clothes shopping again.

Clothes sizes are strange aren't they! Its so strange to be able to go into a shop now and not actually be in the biggest size (never mind the fact I can go into a shop at all - was 26/28 when I started Jan 2025).

In white stuff size 14 trousers now do up (!) but where my top half is slimmer and my lower legs look better I just look very... wrong. I am not sure how much this will be if I do manage to lose more weight or if its just where my loose skin will sit. Its like padding! Dresses still look good but I'd love to have more variety at work in particular. I tried a jersey style shirt and loved it - but dont have any "bottoms" to wear with it!

I am enjoying buying clothes though - and brought a size 12 (!!) Seasalt dress (it woudn't be if trousers - just because of the way it hangs!)
s it seems to fit in the right places. I'm nervous what my "style" is though. I do like the flowery patterns and blue/green palates but worried I have become a bit staid or "old persony" by default out of buying seasalt for size - and I would have no idea..... Its so strange (and wonderful) to have a much wider choice now - even if I can't (yet) do trousers!

SW 144kg
CW 79kg

If anyone here is interested in podcasts, there's one called Heart Led Wellness. Episode 166 she talks about the habits that naturally thin people have and it gave me food for thought. Things I didn't even realise.

Two main things come to mind which were mentioned : not eating for the sake of eating (ie I have 300 cals left of my allowance today what should I have, I still haven't hit my protein goal, let me eat x) and that rang true for me because I am always saving my calories and looking to see what I can eat whether I need to or not.

The second thing she said was to eat the thing you're most looking forward to first on your plate. I'm the opposite, I eat all my veg, all my salad and save the best food for last. And she said, what if you're full, or almost full before you come to your favourite bit, you're still going to eat it because that's what you really were looking forward to. Whereas if you ate it first, I'd have no problem leaving some of the food I didn't like).

Anyway, I thought I'd share if interested.

In other news, I'm a size M and recently bought a jumper a size S!! I have swapped my food addiction for a shopping addiction 😂

I met a friend a couple of weeks ago who said I was "wasting away". 🙄 I have a BMI of 27,so hardly. But after having a chat with her and I reiterated I just look normal now, I look like her - she couldn't say much because, yes. She did admit that once you get used to what I now look like, it's fine. But it's just the initial shock.

I have another 5kg to lose before I think I'm in a good zone which gives me a buffer. Whilst I'm losing the last few pounds, I'm slowly tapering down the doses. I have 2 more pens left and then thinking to switch to wg pills and see how I go. I was on 15mg every 5 days. I'm now 10mg every 6 days. Slowly winding down. The appetite is fine so far, but conscious that I have quite a lot still in my system anyway. I made some relatively good habits around exercise and eating whole foods. But I do think I'll have to be on some sort of medication treating obesity forever. Which I'm okay with.

Well done @tescovaluebread ! Sounds like youre managing conversations well.

Impressed you're dropping down! That must feel such an achievement 🥳.

I feel im going up just when I thought id be dropping as Ive stalled but hopefully it will kick back into action!

Love the thoughts from the podcast. I'm v pro intuitive eating... just my..intuition was broken pre mj!

Oh where from?
seen from another post marketmedicine have new style 15mg now- boo!

I was wondering if anywhere was left with old ones now! I was v lucky and got 3 old ones when I last ordered from.pharmulous but it was about a month ago now.

Thank you @canaritini, @wendywoopywoo222 and @MisfitMagpie

Coming back from holiday and dealing with the gain is an not easy mindset.
I did a split dose 6mg then again 3-4 days later. It is NOTHING like being in 12mg!
Its has actually scared me this week how easily my sugar cravings are back and the mental struggle of trying to eat well has been!
Back on my usual dosing day now and gone to my full 12mg dose! Hoping to get eating better.
I have managed to get back to some exercise this week and did my first 5km run since going on holiday so I am pleased to have at least got exercise back. Now just to stop sugar again.
The thing I am scared about more than not reaching a healthy BMI/goal weight… is putting all this weight back on. There I said it!
This time on holiday and dose fiddling has shone a light on just how temporary good habits are when not on MJ. This has become an essential crutch. I don’t actually know how to fix me or if I ever can.

I'm back to 60.7kg, I went up and down again! Maybe this is just where I am meant to be though I really want to get to 60kg!

I got an email from the supplier to say that my BMi was nearly towards the lower end and to move to maintainance, so I selected the option where you just carry on as you are and I'll start to taper down on my own terms. I did an order that should arrive on Wednesday so will see if it's a new pen then.

Just had my GP review with BUPA (who I use for prescriptions as NHS told me no).

I have been disgruntled (pissed off) with the refusal of my body to get below 118kg (been 3 months of fannying around between 118 and 121). She said this is still 30% down from start weight and ... Here's why I am posting as I was dumbfounded

"Most people using Mounjaro drop 16% of start weight before stopping".

So I just wanted to give us all a huge pat on the back for keeping going. We may have more to do than "most people using Mounjaro" but we are over-achievers!

First time I've over achieved in anything 🤣 might add it to the CV!

I'm reading this tread most days and am so delighted for everyone having small and big victories on this long road we are all on.
I'm just over a year in and keep expecting the pace to slow - every plateau, I think it's the start of this getting harder, but I've just had another whoosh.

I guess I'm wondering for those further along the journey, when did things start slowing. My average is still a little over 1lb a week, which I'm very happy with - but trying to mentally prepare for the slow down which must be coming.

SW: 283 lb / 20 Stone & 3 Pounds 128.64kg
CW (week 60): 188 lb / 13 Stone & 6 Pounds / 85.45kg

@flipent guess different for everyone.
i started at 136kg
Now 91-93kg so your weight is already lower than mine.
I had long plateaued at 107-105 and again 100-97kg. Also one at 92kg.
I think these are all previous stable weights over the years and sort of ‘set points’.
Also think exercising more which I introduced more the second half of this journey has ensured maintaining muscle which I’m ok with. Fat loss will slow as you get less of it but all bodies are different proportions and metabolism.
I suspect I have truely damaged my metabolism over the years but don’t plan to do anything that is not sustainable now.

@flipent I started 17 months ago at 162kg and am now about 94kg. It does now feel slow but my data says the last few months are consistent ish so maybe it's just impatience on my part 🤷🏼‍♀️

I also do strength training 5 times a week and I'm pretty sure I've gained a lot of muscle but I don't have one of those fancy sets of scales that tells me. I've mentally convinced myself that I would have lost loads more was it not for the muscle gain 🤣

So after my 4 week holiday (and a weight gain of 3 kg), I am back on track and have lost 1 kg over the last week.
I am doing lots of exercise but haven't been counting calories which I find excrutiating yet very effective.
Here's a progress picture.
SW: 132,5 kg (BMI 44)
CW: 97 kg (BMI 32)
So still in the obese range...