Maunjaro- not sure if I dare but I'm desperate

[Amber2222]

I've been on and off a diet since I was a child.
I'm now 40 and feel out of control.
I'm going to slimming world each week but it comes off so slowly and one week on holiday and I'm 3lb up and that's almost a months hard work down the toilet.

I can't stop thinking about food.
I don't eat because I'm hungry, it's habitual but also feels quite addictive in nature. A real deep urge to eat and eat.

I'm so tired of feeling fat, and thinking about being fat all day every day of my life. I'm feeling quite desperate now.

I just don't know if I'm brave enough to try maunjaro. I'm worried about short term symptoms and long term health effect.
My bmi is 36, I am otherwise healthy.
My everything aches though as I'm short and heavy.

Well you've got to 40 and nothing has changed, another diet isn't going to help is it? The injections stop the food chatter in your head. Whilst the chatter is silent, you can relearn how to eat and break the addiction.

I lost 15 kg on Saxenda. I then stopped it to address my fitness and am now taking Mounjaro. If you do it properly, by the time you lose all your excess weight, your eating should be OK. The long term effects of being fat as you age can be severe, so think of that too whilst weighing up the pros and cons of weight loss injections.

I think you should give it a go.

Have a look at the Mounjaro threads. Lots of info on there. Mounjaro I believe works better than Wegovy.

MedExpress is pretty reasonably priced at £149 for start doses. They also have coupon codes. MED20P gives you about 20% off, if it still works.

Good luck whatever you decide.

You have nothing to lose. You don’t need to be brave, it’s an easy decision. In 6m time you won’t regret it.

No help but I think I'm going to start as well. I'm the heaviest I've ever been at 16 stone now and only 5"4 so it's noticeable. I keep pretending I'm happy and I've spent a lot on clothes to hide that I'm desperately miserable. But I just want to lose weight. I am wearing a size 22 and sometimes I think I look ok but then see a photo and it's like a potato in a dress. I need to do something. Orlistat has done nothing, I've tried the nhs weight loss programme more life or something. Nothing works.
My hardest is that I'm addicted to coke. I drink at least a litre a day

I've just signed up after seeing 50% off on Voy (£114) from someone on here and thought I'd give it a go. Here's my code, for the same discount, if anyone wants it. https://joinvoy.com/r/U-euaSxXUazn. Full disclosure, I'll also get 50% off next month.

I'm hoping to try it for a couple of months before a holiday in July. I've tried everything else but I just love food too much!

I've beeb prescribed other by GP as I'm type 2 diabetic and bmi of 40.

Had 2 injections so far. Bit of nausea and constipation. Other than that I am having to force food down to keep sugar levels stable. Otherwise i just wouldn't eat hardly at all.

Struggled to reach 1200 some days.

It's a really good drug. Hope you take the plunge

been prescribed it

Tarsandcase I've just used your code, time to get started on this

I can relate. I have 3 stone to lose and I've decided I've had enough now. Too old to keep going round and round the diet roundabout

I've ordered from Voy and I'll see how I get on for 4 weeks. It's been approved so hopefully will be here end of the week maybe

I did do ozempic two years ago when these injections were kinda new and not as regulated. So I leapt straight in and ordered the top dose of 1mg (mg? 1 something anyway!)

Well it made me as sick as a dog! So I only injected once and then chucked the entire thing away

So I'm slightly apprehensive re MJ but am obvs starting on the 0.25 so hopeful for a better experience this time

If anyone wants my code to join Voy it's here .... joinvoy.com/r/U-Ztu4g4ZIRF

Makes it £114 for the month which I think is relatively reasonable (full transparency- you'll get 50% off and I will too should I carry on!) I can't find MJ cheaper but will keep an eye out for codes etc going forward

I'm seriously thinking about it.
The idea that it could 'quieten the noise' feels incredible. I must think about food or weight hundreds of times a day.
I've been on so many diets that i just don't know what I'm doing, what I'm eating, I have no ability to be consistent as I really struggle with time management and prep. I don't eat lots of really unhealthy food, generally we eat good balanced evening meals but sometimes during the day I feel almost compulsively snacking until I give myself heartburn. It's ridiculous but it honestly feels like when I used to smoke- that little nagging feeling of needing something.

Come over to the Mounjaro threads. It does quieten food noise - I’ve started it and lost 4 stone so far. You still need to eat properly and exercise but it really helps you do that.

Just started on Friday and I am shocked.
I really thought it would be a placebo effect but i genuinely have not thought about food for 4 days! Game changer.