Hi everyone! I’m currently 3.5 months into my Mounjaro journey and I’m feeling a bit discouraged, so I wanted to reach out for some perspective.

For context: I’m 160cm (5’3”), and I have hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s (AIT).

So far, I’ve lost a total of 8kg, which I know is progress, but I’ve hit a really frustrating plateau.

My weight hit a low of 67kg on June 5th, but since then, the scale has been trending upwards. A couple of days ago I was at 68.8kg. To be honest, I gained about 1kg just over the last month, even before my recent vacation.

I just came back from a week-long vacation where I definitely indulged in some beer and cocktails—I’m sure I hit my maintenance calories or maybe even went over—but the upward trend actually started about 4 weeks ago, not just this past week.

I still have a long way to go to reach my goal weight, and I’m feeling pretty stuck. Did you find that you needed to increase your dosage to break the plateau, or is this just a normal part of the process?

Any tips or experiences you could share would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

From a size uk 18 to uk 8!!

Feel free to AMA

I started my mj and fitness journey a year ago, exactly a week after I finished breastfeeding my second (& last) baby.

I spent the first couple of months just dropping weight, then added weight lifting (dumbells at home with progressive overload) which I've been doing for the last 10 months.

I had my last dose of mj 3 months ago and am now in maintenance (too expensive for me long term). I am posting monthly maintainance updates but thought I would post my one year out update as well. This is the first time in my life I've ever seen my abs which is pretty exciting for me.

I have a fair amount of loose skin (as you can see around my sports bra) but it doesn't bother me too much excpet my stomach and breasts which I am hoping to save for surgery to improve.

I LOVE feeling fit and strong, not worrying about being too tired to enjoy anything, and feeling like I could take care of myself and my kids if I need to.

Best of luck to everyone on your journeys. I really recommend weight training, I was a complete novice to it but with a set of adjustable dumbbells I've built a full body routine I can stick to every week. Happy to answer any Qs!

Post body:

November 1, 2025 was my start date. Here's where I was standing:

348 lbs

• Hypertensive
• Food-addicted, and I don't use that term lightly. Food occupied my thoughts
• constantly to the point I was planning the next meal while eating the current one, the whole exhausting loop.

Eight months later I'm at 267, down 81 pounds. Currently on 7.5 mg. I've been holding at that dose for 4 months (3 months 5mg, 1 month 2.5mg) and don't plan to go up as long as progress continues. Started out losing about 4 lbs a week, and now I'm at a steady 2 lbs weekly, sometimes a bit more. Slow and steady is fine by me.

First, the luck part, because I want to be honest about it.

I know not everyone responds to Mounjaro like this. Some people lose slower, some stall for months, some don't get much appetite suppression at all. I hit no shortages, no insurance nightmares mid-journey, and my body just...responded. If you're reading this and your journey is slower, it doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. Different bodies, different timelines. I got a good roll of the dice and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.

The biggest change wasn't on the scale. It was the silence.

The food noise reduction is, hands down, the single most impactful part of this journey for me. I spent decades with a radio in my head that only played one station. When that finally quieted down, I understood for the first time what it must be like to have a normal relationship with food. That mental freedom is what made everything else possible. The weight loss is almost a side effect of finally being able to think.

But it's not magic. I'm doing the work.

The medication opened the door but I still had to walk through it:

Mounjaro didn't do any of that for me. What it did was remove the constant mental battle so I actually had the willpower left over to build these habits.

To anyone just starting or thinking about it:

Be patient with your body. Celebrate the non-scale victories. The quieter mind, the looser shirts, the better labs, the stairs that don't wind you anymore. And treat the medication as the tool it is: it levels the playing field, but you still have to play the game.

Happy to answer any questions. Rooting for every single one of you.

My SW is 109kg (September 2025) but I was 102kg by the time I started Mounjaro end of November.

I’m now under 75kg and have a “normal” BMI for the first time in over 6 years! Crazy.

I want to land at about 12st 7 before skin removal and lipo which I’m hoping take me down to around 11.

I was 35st 8 in this pic, (Dec 22) I’m now 13st 4 but I started MJ at 30st 4. 3yrs ago I could never have dreamed of just how different life would be. I will be forever thankful to Lilly for this drug (whilst blasting them for how bloody expensive it is 😂🤑)

Literally never felt fitter. Keep marching on 💪🏻🫶🏻

SW 250 CW 208 7 mg SD April 15
Weightloss has slowed down a little bit lately and I just needed something to keep me focused so decided to do a before and after montage and so happy with the results! I am tall so measurements go down slowly but I have gone from wearing 2x-3x clothes to mostly L and XL (depending on the brand) and I even have a couple of M blazers. It is a long journey but take thise pics, they may come in handy down thw road! I didn’t take one right at the start and I am probably 8 lbs lighter that my SW on that before one, now I wish I had one!

hey guys here’s another little update for you all. i’ve now had my first 4 doses of 2.5mg and here are my thoughts…

it’s still harder that what i thought. i thought mounjaro would be “an easy way” to lose weight. i was so wrong. yes it perhaps makes it slightly easier but the discipline and portion control that needs to follow is all down to you. there have been days i wanted to give up. there were days when i probably overate, but most days i was consistent and healthy. that’s the differences between being in Mj and not, there is much more consistency to my diet.

but anyway, my SW was 196lbs, and im now down to 188lbs, so an 8lb loss so far. nothing crazy but it’s definitely a healthy weight loss. i was expecting impossible things when i started and ive now realised that it is what i make it, its not magic.

onto 5mg now so we will see how i get on! :) thanks for the support guys!

first 2 photos are my first week, and the last 2 are today :) i don’t think i can see any difference yet but we will see.