u/damngiggles

I (f/33/1.76cm) started Mounjaro in August 2025 at 78 kg. I’ve been at 58-60kg for the last 3 weeks now and honestly still can’t quite believe it.

I’ve struggled with my weight for years. I started counting calories back in 2018 and never really stopped, but I also had severe food noise that led to regular binging. At one point I weighed 90 kilo. I knew exactly what I should eat and still couldn’t stop thinking about food, or stop myself once I started. No amount of willpower or therapy fixed that.

Mounjaro changed everything. For the first time in years my brain isn’t constantly occupied by food. That mental space being free is honestly a bigger win for me than the number on the scale. I can just live, decide what to eat once, and move on with my day.

The only dose that gave me real side effects was 7.5mg: nausea and heartburn. 2.5mg and 5mg were completely fine for me.

Now the honest part. I still feel fat, even though I fit a size 8. It genuinely baffles my brain, there’s this voice that says “no, you’ll be too fat” even when the numbers say otherwise. I know I have some skinny fat going on, but I got lucky and have no sagging skin, so next step for me is strength training.

I also thought that once I hit 60kg my tummy would just be gone. It’s not. My abdomen still sits over my pants at 93cm, and compared to my hip measurement of 89.4cm, that’s still pretty significant. Basically there’s a little pool of softness sitting right around my belly that refuses to leave.

Random side effects I’ve noticed too: I’m cold all the time now, and I can’t sit for long stretches anymore because my butt actually hurts (not much padding left there).

My non-scale victory: walking outside in 20+ degrees without sweating, and actually wearing dresses without feeling like I need a vest or blazer to hide my arms. I can usually just pick something off the rack now and it fits, which still makes me cry in dressing rooms, in a good way.

To anyone still on the fence: take it. I get that it’s a monthly cost and that’s a real barrier. I live alone, and before Mounjaro I could easily drop 20 pounds a day on binge food without blinking. That money now just goes to Mounjaro instead, so for me it genuinely paid for itself. It’s not “extra” money I’m spending, it’s money I was already losing to the binges.

My plan now is to maintain this weight and slowly lower my dose over the coming months. I won’t lie, I’m a bit scared of the binge monster coming back once the dose drops, so I want to stay mindful and keep watching myself closely rather than assume the food noise is gone for good.

Measurements, August 2025 → June 2026:

Chest: 87.3 → 79.1 cm

Waist: 89.4 → 73.5 cm

Hip: 101.0 → 88.4 cm

Abdomen: 108.2 → 93.0 cm

Thigh: 58.9 → 50.3 cm

Arm: 39.4 → 28.6 cm

Feel free to ask questions!