r/mounjarouk

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 😂🤑)

Keep marching on 💪🏻🫶🏻

The scales suggest I have lost weight but I’m not sure I can see any difference yet.

Grateful for any thoughts on whether you can see any change to my appearance.

Thank you and keep up the good work!

I was on Mounjaro from August 2025-March 2026. Successfully reached my goal weight, and felt reasonably happy. However the cherry on top has been rediscovering my love for exercise and running. Now that I am not carrying the best part of 40kg everywhere, I can do so much more!

I haven’t gained any weight, and although my appetite isn’t suppressed, it is much lower than the starting point. Food noise isn’t so much of an issue for me (fortunately) - but luckily now excess calories are held in check by being so much more active.

Loving life - especially no longer always being the ‘fat person’ in the group.

In regards to clothes - dropped from 2-3XL to medium. Waist has changed from 44inches to 33inches. Neck circumference has dropped from 17.5inch to 15.5inch.

I posted an update in here about 6 weeks back when I crossed the 190kg threshold.

Since then its been a bit up and down, with about 3 weeks of no movement however today I dropped into the 170's, only just at 179kg.

For those who wonder about aggressively going up the doses, I'm currently on 3.75mg and only increased the dose before last. An aggressive drive up the ladder doesn't nessecerily mean better losses.

Calorie wise, I'm landing somewhere between 1700 and 2200 on average, with a daily deficit of around 800 to 1600 calories.

Side effects: I'm still getting eggy burps and lose stools, generally day's 2 to 4 post jab.

Had a blip last week with dosing as my supplier didn't ship my new pen for a week due to the hot weather, so went 9 days without a dose. Next dose is due on Thursday coming. Aiming to ride out 3.75mg as long as I can, a other 2 - 3 months ideally before stepping up to 5mg.

Two months in, 7 jabs, officially 10 kg down and out of the obese BMI.

I was very skeptical when I started, weight loss had always been such a battle that I didn't want to get my hopes up. Short of surgery I had tried almost everything and eventually reached acceptance at a weight I wasn't necessarily happy with but could maintain and that didn't impact my daily life much.

Now I'm fairly early in my journey but so far it was been honestly pretty mindless (except for week 2 when symptoms were horrible) ,I take my shot and just eat intuitively. When I went on holiday I skipped the shot, had my fun and got back on track the following week.

I know things will slow down and maybe I will have to be more mindful but I will worry about this when the issue arise.

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!

I’m used to comparing week on week and rarely look back at my whole year and 2 weeks.

It’s actually crazy.

I’m hoping with all my being that it saves and changes my dad’s life like it has done mine 🥰 feeling very grateful and proud today.

Amazing how some apps keep hold of data for so long. The fist weight entry in this was 2012

It’s taken 10 months but I made it! First time at a healthy BMI in my adult life! 🥳🎊

I’ve been lurking on this and other MJ subs for around a year - a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone that posts guidance and advice which has been so so valuable!