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

[PositiveAttitude]

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.

😁💖

I am so jealous of people who can make their own clothes! Such a brilliant skill to have.

I remembered that I do have an NSV from London - I went on the tiny Mail Rail train under the Postal Museum. Absolutely no way would I have fit in that before. Also walked about 7 miles a day with no pain or difficulty.

Don't spiral!
I ate a whole packet of chocolate digestives yesterday.

It just made me realise that I'm still capable of doing this shit.

Today I'm back on track.

I've told myself not to worry about occasional aberrations.

Sorry for the long absence on the thread. Work crazy and general trying to burn candle at both ends means I've not really been on mumsnet. (Least I have been my child was born 17 years ago!)

Will catch up a few pages!

Wow @TragicMuse you look amazing !!

On Thin Prvilidge. I've definitely realised this on health appointments recently and accompanying family members to A and E etc. It's subtle and I wasn't badly treated before (usually) just... I feel respected more/listened to/believed more now.. its hard to put a finger on.

I started with my current team at work about a year ago so they knew me bigger but not the level of morbidly obese that I was (50bmi). New starters in Sept will never have known me v.large which is bizarre.

Slowing down... @SilenceInside s experience (and others especially Boon!) have really helped me so much so I knew to expect quite a drastic slow down. It has still felt hard to manage though after the first year.

Its kind of magic though. I've attached some shotsy graphs and you can see overall the downward trend continued regardless... but I've had periods of weeks and weeks stalling or even increasing this second year.

(Started Jan 2025. 21st 11 (bmi 50)
(I had been 22st10 prior due to meds but lost that stone the year before)
Lost 8st the first year.
Jan 2026 13st 11
Oct 2026 10st 11 (bmi 24.3)

I am now HEALTHY BMI at 24.3!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

I crossed over from sitting on 25 a couple of weeks ago but didn't want to believe it until it "stuck".

I went upto 12mg which rekickstarted things. But I have also stopped my exercise programme again which isn't good (general work/life exhaustion)

The last half a stone though seems to hae made a huge difference to my overall shape. I now own jeans!!! And clothes hang more normally. It really really is that kitchen roll/loo roll analogy. The first 3 stone really wasnt visible... and first months work wasnt really... whereas people have noticed this last half stone.

Interesting re targets.

I desperately wanted to get to bmi 25 comfortably (as in, in clothes when weighed at a GP) and after the first year assumed Id sail into it.

With the periods of stalling around 13st I was having to think maybe I wouldn't ever "get there" and adjust expectations. My stomach was still visibly larger than. The rest of my body though.

The recent change is huge. I have so much loose skin (and presumably still a lot of fat in the skin) on my stomach its hard. Not as hard as being 50bmi. But...makes me want to lose more. I love the rest of me though. Realistically I won't ever afford skin removal surgery so i just need to be realistic I think.

I never thought I'd want to "keep going" after getting to this point. But....as its currently going down I will see..

I am really aware that on 10mg I started justmaintaining and had never intended to go "up" this close to the end goal.

12mg is making me tired and nauseaus for a day too... I do need to reduce a bit when I can.

Its so strange. If I lift my skin... I am actually a "normal person" underneath like I used to be so long ago.

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden those graphs are fantastic to see, thanks for posting them! It is amazing how far we have all come, considering how we all wondered at the start how it would go and would it even be possible?!

I wonder sometimes how much the bits of excess skin I have weigh, and whether to somehow take that into account when thinking about my BMI. I don’t have loads but my stomach is definitely in the “able to grab handfuls” territory. It’s not awful but it’s not ideal! Definitely better than still having all the weight though.

Those graphs are great @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden. Most enlightening.

I have broken my 5 week stall, at last. This week has been one of extremes but has ended on a loss of 0.75lbs from my last lowest, 5 weeks ago. Or a loss of 4lbs from earlier in the week. However I cut it, it’s down!

It’s been really hard this week, suppression is suddenly surprisingly low on this 12.5 dose. But still with the nausea and tiredness. It’s hard work.

Onwards. I’m itching to see a 10 on the scales.

HW 19st7lbs
SW 18st1lb
CW 12st8lbs

Week 78 (I think) of MJ I’m going on hols Tuesday and wanted to be 12st 7lb which would be 7st loss since my heaviest weight but I missed it by 1lb!! I’m jabbing today then I won’t jab again until I return so I’ll go 10 days but will jab the day I’m back. I’m sure there will be a gain when I get back but I’m not worried as it will soon shift again.
I wore a hoodie yesterday that I used to wear and it was ridiculous on me, so that has been resigned to the charity bag, I find it difficult to see the weight difference in real life but I could definitely see it in that hoodie.

Hi ladies, apologies for being absent.

Life has gone a bit haywire here!

Anyway, I have just received a message from MN HQ asking if we are happy for this thread to be highlighted in a revamp of the weight loss pages.
Does anyone object to that?

I will come back later when I am home from work and check before I agree to it.

Some lovely photos you have been posting.
Some sad news, and positive thoughts to others.
Some amazing goals reached and NSVs.

I will be back in a bit.

Do you know what this revamp of WL pages is going to look like? I hope it wouldn't lump the WLI threads in with the rest of WL as it has seemed in the past that that has led to some strong criticism of the WLIs.

The email said it was so that we could be found easier, so I would not think we would be lumped all together as that would have the opposite effect, surely.

I can ask if you like. I will let you know what reply I get.

I can see a preview of this @MoneyJo because I have been asked before by MN about the concept of group threads and they've enabled it for me, but I don't know if it's ok to share a screenshot here?

It's not changing the chat topics, it's still keeping WLI/Treatments separate to Weight Loss Chat. They've just updated the layout of the topic list to show the "group" threads more prominently. They appear in a highlights bar at the top of the thread list.

Thanks for explaining @SilenceInside

I think I might have slightly over-jabbed yesterday. I drew the bonus dose with a syringe last week but it was not a full dose so I also drew the top-up amount from my next pen (clean needles each time!). Then, of course, the clicking doesn’t work and the plunger depresses part way without dispensing. So I carefully counted how many active clicks I had, did the part dose, topped up with added clicks.

Except I must have miscounted because today I feel nauseous and have very dry mouth again.

No idea what my dose actually was! 😳🙄 it won’t be more than 15 and I’m currently intending to be on 12.5 so not a worry.

But I am an idiot!

Albeit a fully suppressed idiot!

Thanks @SilenceInside I have already had that too - I didn't realise that was what was meant here.

I was carefully counting to 39 last night when the nurse asked me a question that caught me off guard and I completely lost count. So I had to guesstimete. Somewhere between 35-45 I'd say. I hope under cos I really don't want the runs while I'm in on 2:1 (two members of staff with me at arms reach at all times for those who don't know). Pray for me!

DW sent me EIGHT bags of my favourite sweets. I could have killed her! But decided to eat them rather than plot homocide because she is lovely really.

ps with silent inside's explanation, I don't mind the change proposed.

Hi again,

Sorry I’ve not been around much. I do read a lot of the posts and often want to reply, but I haven’t always had the words (or the energy).

Life has been quite heavy recently. My husband has a life-limiting illness and has been really struggling with low mood. I’ve been the only earner for a while, so I’m working as many hours as I can, then coming home and being his carer. It’s been overwhelming trying to keep everything going while also trying to stay reasonably positive when he’s finding it so hard.

All of that has meant the weight loss has very much taken a back seat. I’m still on 12.5mg every 7 days, but I’ve been faffing around between 13st 12 and 13st 13 for the last six weeks. This is exactly the point I’ve stalled at before, and my body doesn’t seem to want to shift any further at the moment.

If I’m honest, I’m actually quite content here. I’m a comfortable size 18, clothes fit and feel nice again, but I know a lot of people are only just starting their journeys at this weight or lower. I’m planning to keep going as I am for the next few months and then reassess in the new year.

I listened to a really good video on YouTube this morning by Dr Amin Hedayat that explained this kind of plateau perfectly – MJ is still doing its thing, but the scales just aren’t moving.

It’s interesting how many of us seem to have got stuck around a similar point.

I feel bad that I don’t tag or reply to more of you. I do read your updates though.

Thank you to those who have stepped in when unhelpful people have dropped onto this thread.

And a special mention to @PearlsTeapot – hope you didn’t have too many clicks, and sending positive thoughts for a full recovery and getting home soon. At least it’s warmer where you are! I had to de-ice the car yesterday for the first time this winter.

If I’m honest, I’m actually quite content here. I’m a comfortable size 18, clothes fit and feel nice again

This is so interesting @PositiveAttitude - I feel a bit the same even though I know if I can press through and hang in there I will be healthier and look better if I can get down to a size 14.
Also interesting how different sizes fit people. I am almost 5 stone down at 15st3. Yet I am a 16 on the bottom half and 16/18 top half, down from a 20/22. It must be height related. I am 5ft7.
What was the name of the YouTube video please?

@MoneyJo I am 5’7 and 14st 6lbs and 16/18 on the bottom and 14/16 on top. Body composition, height, etc all make such a difference! I am also reasonably content here but trying to push through as this is the weight where in the past I have stopped.

I keep ordering clothes, picking them up from store, thinking ‘no, this will never fit!’ when I see them, and then miraculously they do (easily). It’s a very strange feeling.

I also have to stop myself defaulting to just ordering everything in the largest size available. I ordered a Christmas jumper from Tu last week, in an L, I had to fight myself not to order the XL, and the L is actually very roomy (although again, when I opened the bag I was convinced it wouldn’t fit).

I am 5' 2.5" that .5 is very important to me. 😁
Perhaps I am deluded that me at size 18 looks ok. 🤔

Anyway, the YouTube video is ]] and he has others that I have found interesting too.

Thank you @PositiveAttitude I'm sorry to hear about your husband. You must be juggling a lot of balls right now, lots of love. xx

That sounds so hard ,I'm sorry life is so difficult for you x
I hope your husbands mood improves soon and life life gives you a break

I don't really understand about highlighting the thread ,or what it entails
But I probably over share on here to much anyway,I seem to forget it's a weight loss thread ..I could probably do to just stick to weight loss (but then I'd not be able to post as my weight is pretty much stuck currently).
But also ,when I realised I had more than 10 stone to loose,I actively looked for a thread that I could relate to...I suppose anyone can read what we write wether they had 10 stone to lose or not ..
I am happy to go with the majority

Well update ..back on 15mg..I actually think it's just going to keep the wolf from the door ,and not going to help me ,lose more .
I'm hardly moving,I'm on a ton of medication,and getting confused somewhat
So I'm just focusing on trying not to put more weight on ,untill I'm back on my feet able to tackle the rest .

Frankly I too don't understand the change, I have been just watching the new threads as you kindly grow them. This is my gang and I don't mind whether others join but I do fume if it's someone trying to derail us.

I am 3lbs off a 100lb loss. And trying not to judge myself against others albeit unsuccessfully. Saw some long term friends after about a year last week and they said I had lost weight but my reply was "it literally is the least interesting thing about me since we last met up" and they respected that.

Love to all who are struggling with far bigger loads than weight (own physical or mental health, family health, financial health).