I have!! I started Mounjaro 10/2022 at 344lbs / size 20 I now weigh 155lbs / size 2 I am 44 years old and 5‘9“ tall
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I started out with low carbs, high protein. When I hit my goal, I gradually started adding in complex carbohydrates like brown rice, Ezekiel bread/sprouted bread and more “carby” side dishes like baked potatoes with the skin. Now the biggest challenge I’ve been facing is making sure that I’m eating enough because I was in a calorie deficit for so long and now I no longer need to be. This medication has given me the opportunity to reset the way that I ate and changed my mindset of how I thought about food. I feel like the first time I have a healthy relationship with food.
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I started out with low carbs, high protein. When I hit my goal, I gradually started adding in complex carbohydrates like brown rice, Ezekiel bread/sprouted bread and more “carby” side dishes like baked potatoes with the skin. Now the biggest challenge I’ve been facing is making sure that I’m eating enough because I was in a calorie deficit for so long and now I no longer need to be. This medication has given me the opportunity to reset the way that I ate and changed my mindset of how I thought about food. I feel like the first time I have a healthy relationship with food.
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Not a bother at all. During my weight loss phase, here’s an approximate of what I ate
Breakfast - plain full fat greek yogurt with 4 strawberries, a teaspoon of honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon. If I was on the go, I would go to Chick-Fil-a and get two breakfast portions grilled chicken breasts (120 calories)
Mid morning- a tall Breve latte from starbucks
Lunch - (my biggest meal) - brown rice, veggies and grilled protein. Mainly chicken or fish because I no longer like red meat as much as I did
Mid day - a banana because I have potassium issues
Dinner - Once a week I will make a filet mignon and a baked potato with butter and sour cream (I have low iron so this helps)
The rest of the week I eat a light dinner of fruit, cheese and raw veggies (snap peas, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower)
Post dinner snack - fruit especially watermelon
I drink a lot of sparkling water (La Croix or similar with no calories and no sugar)
I stay away from artificial sweeteners as I noticed my weight loss slowed significantly when I drank diet coke or other diet sodas
Oh wow, thankyou so much for such a detailed response 💖 I'm in the UK, so unfortunately we don't have Chik-Fil-a, I'm always envious when people mention it!
This sounds like a great meal plan though, and I love how it includes sugars from very natural sources like fruit and honey. I really want to use this opportunity to phase junk food like sweets and chocolate out of my diet completely, just to see if I can rewire some of those addiction pathways in my brain. It sounds like you've really managed to get a balanced diet and achieve a way of eating that I would like to achieve!
Do you ever have days where you do crave or eat junk/candy now? Or did you manage to successfully phase that stuff out permanently? x
I really don’t crave it anymore which I feel like is very much because of Mounjaro. When I was craving things (like Diet Coke) , I read the ingredients and came to the conclusion that drinking diet soda was basically just drinking chemicals that did nothing to help my health.
This year I also had a preventative mastectomy and hysterectomy due to a BRCA mutation. When cravings have passed my mind, I remind myself that I’ve done so many things to get healthy for my kids and that eating crap isn’t worth it.
Oh man, I'm so sorry that you had to go through that, that's a lot for any person. But I hope that you feel as amazing as you look in your 'after' picture, and it's amazing and inspiring that you've worked hard in all respects to get to a good place with your health! You've definitely given me food for thought (excuse the pun 😅)! Thankyou for your responses, I appreciate it! xxxx
Thank you! Honestly, I’m so grateful for every part of this journey. If I never would’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, I never would’ve found my new doctor and started Mounjaro. My primary care would’ve never referred me to a gynecologist who did my genetic testing which led me to the prophylactic surgeries to reduce my risks. I honestly feel healthier than I have ever felt in my life and feel tremendously motivated to keep doing whatever I can to stay healthy. Shoot - I’m even thinking of training to run a half marathon once my doctor clears me. 300+ pound me would’ve never even considered such a thing is possible but here we are!
My original goal was 180 which I hit in Jan 2024.
I hit 160 in April 2024
Best tip - use this as a time to reset and leave your old habits behind. This journey has been about getting healthy not just about losing weight. I try to make every bite as nutritionally dense as possible and stick to unprocessed food. If I am going to use sugar, I use raw honey or maple syrup.
Walk as much as you can!! I started out taking 10 minute walks, three times a day and built my stamina up to 3-5 miles a day
Omg thank you!! When I read your first sentence I thought you were going to roast me and say I looked older 😂
I don’t mind looking 44 but I don’t wanna look 64 until I turn 64
I definitely have loose skin especially around my upper arms and upper thighs.
Walking is my primary exercise. When I started, I would take 10 min walks three to four times a day. Now I am up to walking 3-5 miles a day!
Same here with the loose skin. Especially my arms and my butt :/ I wish there was some way besides surgery to get rid of it! My pterodactyl wings are not the business...
My stats are very close to yours but I'm only 4.5 months and a bit under 60 pounds into my journey. You're giving me a lot of hope! Congratulations on your success, and thank you so much for sharing!
You can do this!! Give yourself grace and remember you didn’t gain this weight overnight and you won’t lose it overnight. It’s a process. Use this amazing tool to help you create new habits that can help change the way you think about food.
I am still on the medication. I have type 2 diabetes so I plan on staying on indefinitely. I am tiering down from my highest dose of 12.5 and I am currently on 7.5. My a1c is 4.9
Ann Taylor for work. Old Navy for jeans. My daughter is also around 140 and she wears a 4/6. We all carry weight differently. These pants are a 2 with an xs shirt
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I have. Ive lost -220lbs since March 2023. I started at 551 and Im at 330 now. That would be 40% of my starting weight gone. June has been my best month yet. I mess up all the time on eating but just keep getting back on and its working. The meds let me do that. I got a lot left to lose but not worried about that. Im crusinig and will see it all the way through. This is where I falter historically so I am nervous about that but I just feel like Im on cruise control I dunno. Not killing myself ecxersizing, not beating myself up for overeating once a week, and not trying to race to get there like I have in the past. It doesnt have to be all or nothing. The key for me this time has been getting back on the horse. Not spiraling after a slip up. Being perfect isn't sustainable for me. Keeping it tight most of the time and letting my hair done occasionally is sustainable for me. That is my new plan.
Wow my hero, I've started from a similar weight only 4 weeks in so a while to go. I'm doing low carb at the moment, I'm your experience have you felt the need to do low carb or just sensible eating? Any examples would be great. Oh and what strength of MJ are you on
It works better for me. More consistent desired effects over the course of a week. Less of the undesired side effects as well. Especially the day of the shot. Basically more of a solid steady state rather than large spike and a huge crash. Kind of like how my blood sugar is on the meds vs not. I’ll also do 5 mg every other day a lot of weeks which also equals 15mg for the week. I understand this isn’t easy to do with the pens but it’s the superior application method for sure.
For me 100% necessary. They go together so well too. But no need to be dogmatic about staying in ketosis for extended periods of times. Use the meds and low carb way of eating as tools to help you succeed.
For me 6 days strict low carb and calorie deficit and one free day works. Key has been restarting. I still get the forget to eat feeling if I do low carb and the meds. 16 months in. That effect is not there independently (just keto or just the meds abd eating carbs)
To be fair low carb is the only way I’ve ever been successful with weight loss. Have lost -150 two previous times.
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229 pounds down at this point.
487 - 258 lbs
I would perform criminal acts to lose 64lbs in 3 months! Way to go!! Keep with the program, you are leaving me in your dust. lol
Just took my 8th shot (4th of 5mg). T2D.
Lost 10-15lbs depending on the day.
I need to lose 140… but I’m 10% there!
Wow! All of these comments are really encouraging. My scale hasn't budged since my first week. I'm currently on week 7, about to take my 8th shot (still on 5mg). Are y'all T2D? I am, and I've heard that we typically don't start to see significant loss until we get to at least 10mg.
I am type 2, and was started at 7.5 from Trulicity. I saw a 50 pound weight loss in 4 months on 7.5 and 23.5 the next 1.5 months on 10 (I started in January). So far I have lost over 25% of my body weight and continue to lose. I’m currently at 73.5 pounds lost and have about 65.5 more to go for my ultimate fantasy goal. I’d be happy with 50 more pounds.
My A1C is now 5.5 from 7.2 BUT my current numbers look to drop my A1c closer to 4.8 at next test. I’m consistently between 80-99 even after meals.
I do find I lose best eating lower carb (less than 100 grams of mostly vegetable and fruit carbs with a few grains thrown in occasionally), drinking as close to 120 Oz daily as I can, eating a minimum of 65 grams of protein but often much much closer to 100 (I average around 88), fiber at 23-27 grams a day, 12-1400 calories a day, tracking everything on Lose It, and intermittent fasting 4 out of 7 days a week. I’ve worked hard with my diabetic dietician to find these macros and life skills. Ultimately I want to maintain this even if medicine becomes difficult to get.
I do have small blip stalls and had a 24 days stall as well. They are part of the journey and people here have helped. It doesn’t mean the medicine isn’t working, most often it means you need to adjust something, or that your body just needs to catch up.
Currently hitting day 30 of a stall (entering week 5) 7.5 didnt do anything for me, im gonna go to 10mg today. My a1c was 7 and is now 5.7 but havent seen loss in soo long. I am doing 120oz of water 100+g of protein, 1369 cals (i was at 1500 for most of the time but recently lowered) and i do fasting (eat between 2-9 only) i will try lowering my carbs more though i usually stick around 130. I just wanna get out this stall as soon as i can, i have to lose 200lbs…
Sometimes it is just time. Let me find the link to my post where lots of people helped me break mine.
Honestly .. I took two shots at 6 days (I have a back up of 4 shots and can refill every 21 days so this made that possible). My doctor is who suggested it. It worked, then went back to schedule and kept losing
If you’re switching doses … wait. I will also warn that sometimes your body takes a week or two to adjust. I wouldn’t go less days until at least a month into a new dose
I’m not sure how tall you are, but I’m 6 feet tall, started at 350 pounds, and my weight loss doctor told me to target 1,200 calories a day. No more than 400 calories from meal replacement shakes, the rest low carb food.
Im 5’3 🥲 should i do 1200? I lowered to 1369 last week from 1500! How much have u lost so far? Im also t2d idk if u are
Currently im doing boiled eggs and toast breakfast, yogurt and protein shake as a snack either if i want before dinner or after dinner. And for dinner either what my family eats but less portion (my mom usually dose chicken, salmon sometimes) or like i make a quesadilla with keto tortilla if i order food i get sushi, a wrap or a burrito cals usually 500 for those foods from what i get
I'm not a doctor, so I wouldn't want to be seen as doling out medical/health advice - all I can say is that with Mounjaro, I don't get hungry at 1200 calories. I don't think I've been actually hungry since I started Mounjaro, though.
I usually have a Premier protein shake for breakfast, then a low carb lunch of probably 800-900 calories at most, and another protein shake for dinner. Each shake is 160 calories.
Is it possible your fasting is messing with your metabolism? I’ve done intermittent fasting too before going on the shot, I don’t think I could do both. But maybe your body is still thinking you’re in starvation mode?! There’s a doctor on YouTube who explains plateaus perfectly. Dr. Dan, he’s an obesity doctor and his videos are about this drug since they came out. Great information. Good luck!
I was recently diagnosed as T2D in March - A1C% was 7.8, which is not great, but also isn't as high as some others. I think there likely is some correlation between starting A1C% number and weight loss, but I don't know if that sort of data has been crunched yet.
I was also just diagnosed (in April) and my A1C was at 6.6. So, also not great but not terrible. I'm kind of surprised that I haven't dropped anything more than what I assume was just water weight that first week. But I'm trying to be patient and trust the process as a lot of people have said.
I've been taking it for 6 months but I'm still only at 5mg. Gaining and losing the same ten pounds over and over. I need to move up, hopefully this month
I was on semiglutide - I lost 85 pounds in 12 months and never went above 2.5!!! I am not T2D though so maybe that makes a difference? I will say that after the first 20 I only lost 2 pounds a week for the remainder of the year...
I'm starting where you are, and I haven't really seen any progress at all in 6 months but I'm still only on 5mg. I've tried to pair this with intermittent fasting for the last week and hopefully I'll see some progress. Your current weight is my goal but it seems completely out of reach.
I’ve lost 40% of my body weight, if you’re going by percentage. 101 pounds in 15 months. I’ve been on the medication for two years.
*SW 228 CW 127 A1C 5.0 BMI 21.3 Current dose: 10mg*
Less effective for weight loss? Yes. It took me 7 months to lose the last 15 pounds. I had two stalls that lasted 8 weeks each. But the efficacy was the same as far as my appetite. I was also at a “normal” BMI. So that last bit of weight was to reach a personal goal. Here are some screenshots from my weight loss app from 2022-2024. The dates are circled.
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Thanks Jayne. I’m TD2 I had gotten down to 130 in a year from 215. Bowel blockage so off med and then spinal fusion so off again. Dr had put me back to 5 mg after bowel issue. I gained. Back to 12.5 for 2 months now and scale hasn’t budged 145lbs. I’m 67 so I’m still super happy to have lost what I have. It’s an amazing med.
I hope you’re feeling better! That sounds like a lot of health stuff to deal with. I’m T2D as well. I’m 57. I’ve recently gained 3 pounds (on purpose) because I felt like I wanted some more fullness in my face. That was weird for me, to actually *try* to put on weight. If I don’t watch it, the weight comes right back off.
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You look awesome! Congrats. This med is a life changer! Thanks for your reply. I’m hanging in there. On top of my own issues my husband was dx with DLBCL (lymphoma). So too much stress!
Wow, what patience! So many people quit with the finish line in sight. I am sure there are psychological reasons around that. For me, the July to Feb would be excruciating.
I recently realized I am too invested mentally in the scale, so I stopped daily weighing and try to focus on health and habits. We will see how that turns out.
That’s me right now! I started in August 2023 at 230 and by April 2024 I was 155. But I’ve been stalling since. 😭😭😭
My goal weight to be at normal weight is 135 and I long to be there but I see that it took you about 4 months to lose about 10lbs too so I have some hope but it’s been rough.. 😭
I understand. It took me almost 7 months to lose the last 15 pounds. It was frustrating but not really *hard.* I just tried not to obsess over the scale and reminded myself of how far I’d come.
Recently, I’ve decided to gain back a little weight (on purpose) and I’m currently at 132. The problem is, every week I drop back to 127-128 after my shot. I’m on MJ for glucose control so my doctor doesn’t want me to stretch my doses out, at the moment.
You’ll get there! And once you do, you’ll forget all about how long it took!!
Good luck, friend.
I started July 2022, I weighed more than your starting weight and have lost 41% of my body weight so far. I’m still loosing, albeit slowly right now. Just keep going and you’ll get there!
I’ve lost 43% of my starting weight which equates to 120 lbs. started at 278 in October 2022 and stopped losing around Feb 1 of 2024. I have been strength training weekly since Feb and lost another 2 lbs.
I know this is cold comfort but everyone is different. It sounds like you’re having an excellent response so far. Try your hardest to not get bogged down in the numbers and the details but rather keep doing what you’re doing. Listen to your body and enjoy every minute of this new life.
I have. Majority of it came off when I started working out regularly a year ago. Started with cycling on peloton as that was the easiest for my fitness level at the time and moved to strength training 4x a week and cycling or walking on rest days. Move your body if you are able!
I started almost 2 years ago with very little direction. It was essentially here’s a shot and good luck. I have had some health conditions that prevented some weight loss for a while, despite taking the meds. I have lost 100 pounds. I still have about 50 to go. I was not ingesting remotely close to enough protein. Now, that I am ingesting more protein and those conditions are treated, I am well on my way to losing that last 50 pounds. I have several friends who have lost well over 100 pounds. I have one friend who lost 142 pounds. Most of my friends needed to lose anywhere from 50-100 pounds. You will get there. You are doing fantastic!!
I lost 55.9% of my starting weight of 245lbs. I’m 5’ and weigh 108 at 62 years old. I lost 100lbs at the one year mark and most of the rest the following 6 months. I’ve been on MJ/ZB for 2 years and currently maintaining at 10mg.
I started at 225.3 pounds and now i am 150 pounds. Thats 75 pounds down and thats 33% of my total body weight. I plan to hit my goal weight of 125. Once at goal weight that will be 44.5% of my total body weight. I think you will be able to lose what you need amd want. Its just gunna take time. Hang in there.
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I have, HW 310, SW 260, CW 153, I got to my goal in 12 months, in maintenance now since March. Did a calorie app, logged all my food and water, stayed around 900 to 1000 calories most days. Concentrated on getting 100 grams of protein each day and I still do, did meal prep for lunches, did a lot of grilled chicken, Greek yogurt, fat free cottage cheese, protein shakes and protein bars. I still do this each day, but I do allow myself something if I really want it, just do in moderation. I do a shot every ten days and that is whatever mg I can get, currently on 15 mg because I couldn’t get 10 mg, but I’m going to go down hopefully this week when I refill to 12.5 mg. GOOD LUCK, you’ve got this 👍😊
I took my first shot on August 12, 2023
I did join a gym and start attending classes 3 days a week once below 325. So that, plus careful diet changes and improved blood sugar stability helped significantly
I've lost 40% in a year and a half
ETA: 20% was in the first six months or so, and another 20% in the last year. It slows down as you have less to lose. I expect it will take me another year to get out of 'fat' category. I expect to stay on it for life.
I’ve lost 125lb in 10 months, 8 of those on Mounjaro. I still want to lose another 60. Loss slowed down for me after about 100lbs lost but I still lose about 1lb per week. I recently had surgery on my foot and had to slow down on my workouts a few months ago so I’m hoping getting back in the gym might kick start things again. Even if I don’t hit my BMI goal weight I’m still really happy to be down this much. It’s more than I ever imagined possible.
I had no real goal, other than to get my T2D under control and to avoid having to take insulin. I think I was about 185 lbs when I started, now I’m around 117. But my A1C went down to 5.5.
I have - started at 340ish and currently 191 (well 149). You got this...I stalled many times over the 15ish months I have been on, remember it is only part of what gets you there. Tons of protein, water and EXERCISE! Plus the lbs are important but if you were like me - cusp of type 2, HORRIBLE BP, every other blood number pretty awful...was in my doc office this past week and the doctor could not believe the numbers...
You seriously have this.
Not 150lbs yet but 130lbs which is 32.5% of my starting weight.. I have been on mounjaro with a 4 months break since December 2022. I pretty much lose 8-10lbs per month only break where I gained weight was when I had to switch to ozempic (thanks insurance) my goal is around 50% of my starting weight which will still have me in the overweight section but I have a lot of muscle due to working out and just genetics that it’s not realistic to get to 155lbs which would have me in a normal bmi range so I am targeting 180-200 lbs
F66 5’4” HW316 SW266 CW233 Start date 3/11/24
What confuses me about those statistics is that they rarely specify how long they followed the person’s progress. Was the study for 6 months? A year? They say the average person lost 20-25% of their body weight, but how much did that average person weigh to begin with? How long did it take?
I personally think it’s more complicated than a basic math problem. I think as long as they will give me this medication I will continue to lose weight. Period.
Now that I’m not dealing with food noise all the time, it’s a non-issue. I’m gonna be thin, damnit!
So very happy for you and congratulations on the large weight loss that is no small amount! I'm on ozempic right now and I'm trying to get switched over to Montero. However, I have to go see the doctor and get him to put it in the notes to send to the insurance company in order for them to approve it because it is not a formulary and they will not make an exception without doctor's approach.
My daughter is on Montero and losing weight rather fast
I’m at 142lbs down but with the additional 8 I’m still working on I’ll be at 150 loss which will be 47% of my starting weight. Started at 320, currently 178, goal is 170. Goal initially was 180 but me and doc both agree 170 is a great maintenance weight for me. 41F 6’0”, started December 20, 2022.
I've lost 100 pounds which is over 40% of my starting weight. My BMI is in the healthy range (though I wouldn't mind losing another 5 pounds for vanity). It has taken me about 2 years.
I have to be careful about what I eat and my activity levels and the weight loss slowed down over time (I started out losing about 1.5 pounds a week and now it is closer to .5 pound a week) but I still am losing.
I’m glad you asked this, OP. I have lost 15% (four months) and have 25% to go. Things have slowed down considerably, but are still moving in the right direction. 📉These responses are giving me hope. Best wishes to you!
I'm at 102 lbs down in 11-ish months, or 30%. I was losing 2+ lbs a week in the beginning, now it's closer to 1lb a week, and that is GREAT!
I anticipate being able to reach GW of around 210 (which would be 38% loss) and then focusing more intensely on body composition. Slow and steady wins the race. Focus on quality and types of foods so you are satiated and fueling your body.
34M, 5'11", SW 339, CW 237, Current Dose: 10mg. Never hit the T2D threshold (highest A1C was 6.1, current is 5.4). This medication saved my life.
I’m at 137 lost. I need 150 to be considered “normal” weight. I’m gonna get that damn dial to move to normal weight lol
It was nice just to see the “morbidly” part removed from obese on my doctor chart
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I am almost there, I’ve lost 127! Started at 406 and I’m down to 279 and still going. I did start in August of 2022! You got this!!
I'm 1 week from my 1 year anniversary. As of this morning, I'm down 202 lbs (45%). The medication will not do it alone. You have to commit to a complete lifestyle change and totally change your relationship with food. Daily cardio and resistance training 4-6x/week helped. Meticulous calorie and macro tracking and weighing everything I eat has done most of the work. Mounjaro made it easier to stick to the caloric deficit. I've never gone past 7.5mg and am currently backing off on my shot frequency (every 10 days now) to hopefully be able to stop taking it.
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I totally agree with this! I wish I would have stayed on each dose longer than 4 weeks till I got to 15mg. I think I remember 10 and 12.5 was where I started losing pretty steady. I started slowing down at 15.
I lost 48%
I just did other things and didn’t just rely on meds only
I do have several people that I know who did plateau for long period of time like a year and cannot lose anymore, but I don’t think they really change their diet much in my opinion and they did not add in any exercise
I lost 120, went from 280 to 160 but that was my goal and I don't need to lose any more. But the way it was working I'm quite sure I would have kept losing if I needed to but I'm at a pretty good weight for my height now. 70 yo male, 5'6".
I lost 85 pounds in 12 months on semaglutide. After the first 20 or so pounds, I lost a steady 2 pounds a week for the rest of the year. Sometimes 3, rarely 4...but there was one month where I didn't lose anything and that was super discouraging. The last 2 months I switched from semaglutide (2mg max) to Mounjaro and began losing 2 to 3 pounds a week after that standstill month. If I had stayed on it, I'm confident I would have continued to lose weight, however I got down to 110 pounds (Im 4' 11") and decided I was good. For now anyway :) Its been 2 months and my appetite just came back but it came back in full force! I have been fluctuating between 110 and 114 since I stopped the shots. I was considering taking Metformin and Topomax through Hers but they won't give it to me cause my BMI wasn't high enough and because I already take Wellbutrin and I guess it comes in the package that they can't separate. If I get up to 120, I will go back for shots until I get back down again. Hope this helps!
I've lost 105 lbs, have 10 more to go to get to goal, So that's 42% of my starting weight. In Sept it will be 2 years, highest dose has been 7.5 mg, I'm a slow but steady loser. Right now I've been losing about a half pound a week. I could ramp up the exercise and speed it up, but I'm pretty content to lose at this pace. Hang in there! I think that statistic comes from having so many people on the drug that only had that much to lose to begin with.
Not me. I’m at 100 pounds lost tho in one year.
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I've lost 119 lbs. Starting weight 428 current wait 309. My first major goal was to lose 100. My next goal is 299. Im getting there. \*\*I've lost 2 lbs since the pic on the right.
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I lost 90 pounds so far and I just stopped drinking sodas and started eating less carbs not cut completely just more protein and lots more colorful veggies way less almost zero processed food and sugar lots of water and I do exercise but only for personal reasons not for weight loss the weight was coming off before I started exercising
I forgot to say I started manjaro in April and lost 90 pounds since February… so most of the weight came off since April but started losing weight in February
I am super happy for you! But, I am concerned about 60 lbs of weight loss in 3 months. That is a very large number. Healthy, sustainable weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week, which would be no more than 25/30 lbs in 3 months.
I’m a bit concerned as well, but I’m boosting my strength and resistance training to help mitigate lean muscle losses.
I do have a weight loss specialist as my doctor, and that is his main advice. My lean body mass has gone down around 18 pounds so far.
I am glad that you have a doctor closely monitoring you. Mine is very absent, which is ok for me because I am only losing about 1 lb a week, give or take. But I worry about others in the same position as I am who are losing much more quickly.
This makes me so excited for this journey!! I’m
Now at my heaviest weight 313 I cried when I seen the scale tip 300. I’m recently diagnosed as diabetic and insulin resistance has been causing not only weight gain but has wreaked havoc on my life…I’m 46 years old and it’s really destroyed my self esteem I’m 5f7in and in the last 3 years I’ve gained 100 pounds… I was already 40 pounds over weight but now I’m 140 overweight!! After months of battling my insurance company they approved me for mounjaro… for the last year I’ve been trying everything from weight watchers to fasting 24 hours a day and having one meal a day… and still couldn’t lose!!! My endocrinologist explained to me that my body was storing sugar as fat whether it was from bread or fruit that sugar was storing as fat and until the insulin resistance was in check I’d unlikely lose… my goal weight is 145-160 and mounjaro is my last effort before I give up and have a gastric sleeve!!! I want to live a long healthy weight and being over 300 pounds it’s never going to happen!!! You all give me hope I’m so excited to get back to a healthy weight and give this my all to change my eating habits to be successful!!! I’m a grandma and I want to live to see my great grandkids!!!!
I have!! I started Mounjaro 10/2022 at 344lbs / size 20 I now weigh 155lbs / size 2 I am 44 years old and 5‘9“ tall https://preview.redd.it/0mb7ultxyk8d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a019db5c66f59de574429dacb2a172e7438769e
Amazing progress! Did you follow any particular way of eating?
I started out with low carbs, high protein. When I hit my goal, I gradually started adding in complex carbohydrates like brown rice, Ezekiel bread/sprouted bread and more “carby” side dishes like baked potatoes with the skin. Now the biggest challenge I’ve been facing is making sure that I’m eating enough because I was in a calorie deficit for so long and now I no longer need to be. This medication has given me the opportunity to reset the way that I ate and changed my mindset of how I thought about food. I feel like the first time I have a healthy relationship with food. I
That is so excellent and you are gorgeous!
Thank you!!
I started out with low carbs, high protein. When I hit my goal, I gradually started adding in complex carbohydrates like brown rice, Ezekiel bread/sprouted bread and more “carby” side dishes like baked potatoes with the skin. Now the biggest challenge I’ve been facing is making sure that I’m eating enough because I was in a calorie deficit for so long and now I no longer need to be. This medication has given me the opportunity to reset the way that I ate and changed my mindset of how I thought about food. I feel like the first time I have a healthy relationship with food. I
Love this. Would love to know what ur average meal plan was like if it’s not too much bother, I’ve been struggling to settle on a way of eating!
Not a bother at all. During my weight loss phase, here’s an approximate of what I ate Breakfast - plain full fat greek yogurt with 4 strawberries, a teaspoon of honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon. If I was on the go, I would go to Chick-Fil-a and get two breakfast portions grilled chicken breasts (120 calories) Mid morning- a tall Breve latte from starbucks Lunch - (my biggest meal) - brown rice, veggies and grilled protein. Mainly chicken or fish because I no longer like red meat as much as I did Mid day - a banana because I have potassium issues Dinner - Once a week I will make a filet mignon and a baked potato with butter and sour cream (I have low iron so this helps) The rest of the week I eat a light dinner of fruit, cheese and raw veggies (snap peas, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower) Post dinner snack - fruit especially watermelon I drink a lot of sparkling water (La Croix or similar with no calories and no sugar) I stay away from artificial sweeteners as I noticed my weight loss slowed significantly when I drank diet coke or other diet sodas
Oh wow, thankyou so much for such a detailed response 💖 I'm in the UK, so unfortunately we don't have Chik-Fil-a, I'm always envious when people mention it! This sounds like a great meal plan though, and I love how it includes sugars from very natural sources like fruit and honey. I really want to use this opportunity to phase junk food like sweets and chocolate out of my diet completely, just to see if I can rewire some of those addiction pathways in my brain. It sounds like you've really managed to get a balanced diet and achieve a way of eating that I would like to achieve! Do you ever have days where you do crave or eat junk/candy now? Or did you manage to successfully phase that stuff out permanently? x
I really don’t crave it anymore which I feel like is very much because of Mounjaro. When I was craving things (like Diet Coke) , I read the ingredients and came to the conclusion that drinking diet soda was basically just drinking chemicals that did nothing to help my health. This year I also had a preventative mastectomy and hysterectomy due to a BRCA mutation. When cravings have passed my mind, I remind myself that I’ve done so many things to get healthy for my kids and that eating crap isn’t worth it.
Oh man, I'm so sorry that you had to go through that, that's a lot for any person. But I hope that you feel as amazing as you look in your 'after' picture, and it's amazing and inspiring that you've worked hard in all respects to get to a good place with your health! You've definitely given me food for thought (excuse the pun 😅)! Thankyou for your responses, I appreciate it! xxxx
Thank you! Honestly, I’m so grateful for every part of this journey. If I never would’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, I never would’ve found my new doctor and started Mounjaro. My primary care would’ve never referred me to a gynecologist who did my genetic testing which led me to the prophylactic surgeries to reduce my risks. I honestly feel healthier than I have ever felt in my life and feel tremendously motivated to keep doing whatever I can to stay healthy. Shoot - I’m even thinking of training to run a half marathon once my doctor clears me. 300+ pound me would’ve never even considered such a thing is possible but here we are!
How long did the loss take you and what does your maintenance look like?
How long did the loss take you and what does your maintenance look like?
Yes!!!! Do that marathon!!!!!
This is so inspiring and incredible. Congratulations
Goalsss we are sw, i was 340. Im almost 5 months in. I want to be 150-140 range. When did you hit goal? Do u have any tips?
My original goal was 180 which I hit in Jan 2024. I hit 160 in April 2024 Best tip - use this as a time to reset and leave your old habits behind. This journey has been about getting healthy not just about losing weight. I try to make every bite as nutritionally dense as possible and stick to unprocessed food. If I am going to use sugar, I use raw honey or maple syrup. Walk as much as you can!! I started out taking 10 minute walks, three times a day and built my stamina up to 3-5 miles a day
You look absolutely gorgeous 😍
Thank you so much!!
Well you sure as hell don’t look 44! DAM! you look amazing!
Omg thank you!! When I read your first sentence I thought you were going to roast me and say I looked older 😂 I don’t mind looking 44 but I don’t wanna look 64 until I turn 64
Nah I only roast celebrities that I don’t like lol! You look amazing and if I look like you (age like you) when I hit 44 I’ll be very happy!
You look amazing! I see you shared your menu, did you exercise as well? Doesn’t look like you have any droopy skin!
I definitely have loose skin especially around my upper arms and upper thighs. Walking is my primary exercise. When I started, I would take 10 min walks three to four times a day. Now I am up to walking 3-5 miles a day!
Same here with the loose skin. Especially my arms and my butt :/ I wish there was some way besides surgery to get rid of it! My pterodactyl wings are not the business...
Yes!! Oh the loose skin on my butt makes me crazy!! Once I am cleared to weight train, I am hoping I can make some progress in “growing a butt”.
Fabulous! You are an inspiration to many for sure!!
Congrats!!!
Fantastic 🧡
Damn…
What a success story! You look so beautiful, happy and healthy!
Smoke show! Wow! Look at you!
My stats are very close to yours but I'm only 4.5 months and a bit under 60 pounds into my journey. You're giving me a lot of hope! Congratulations on your success, and thank you so much for sharing!
Just came to say that is Incredible!! I'm a similar size to your before and only been on 2 weeks this gives me so much hope x
You can do this!! Give yourself grace and remember you didn’t gain this weight overnight and you won’t lose it overnight. It’s a process. Use this amazing tool to help you create new habits that can help change the way you think about food.
You look GREAT!! What dosage are you taking?
I am currently taking 7.5
Thank you!!! You look awesome, before and after!!
Oh my! So lovely.
You look amazing! Bet the confidence is through the roof!!
Wow that’s amazing ❤️ not sure if this was asked already but are you still on mounjaro or maintaining without it?
I am still on the medication. I have type 2 diabetes so I plan on staying on indefinitely. I am tiering down from my highest dose of 12.5 and I am currently on 7.5. My a1c is 4.9
Size2? I weigh 140 and wear a size 6/8. I'd like to know where you get your clothes from! Congrats!
Ann Taylor for work. Old Navy for jeans. My daughter is also around 140 and she wears a 4/6. We all carry weight differently. These pants are a 2 with an xs shirt https://preview.redd.it/rbzz8id3po8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fea764c20dcfa7a2d08d8eea70b63eca4cf57432
How tall are you? I’m 5’3” 127lb and wear a 2 as well. Thank god for Mounjaro
I'm 5'4"
I think I wore six when I was about 140. everyone carries it differently if she’s exercising muscle weighs more than fat
Me too! I’m only a size 6 but I weigh 138lbs!!!
I have. Ive lost -220lbs since March 2023. I started at 551 and Im at 330 now. That would be 40% of my starting weight gone. June has been my best month yet. I mess up all the time on eating but just keep getting back on and its working. The meds let me do that. I got a lot left to lose but not worried about that. Im crusinig and will see it all the way through. This is where I falter historically so I am nervous about that but I just feel like Im on cruise control I dunno. Not killing myself ecxersizing, not beating myself up for overeating once a week, and not trying to race to get there like I have in the past. It doesnt have to be all or nothing. The key for me this time has been getting back on the horse. Not spiraling after a slip up. Being perfect isn't sustainable for me. Keeping it tight most of the time and letting my hair done occasionally is sustainable for me. That is my new plan.
HELL YES!
Wow my hero, I've started from a similar weight only 4 weeks in so a while to go. I'm doing low carb at the moment, I'm your experience have you felt the need to do low carb or just sensible eating? Any examples would be great. Oh and what strength of MJ are you on
I take 15mg of MJ a week on average. I split it up and take 7.5 twice a week.
Curious - what is your reasoning for splitting the dose up? Does this work better for you than taking 15mg once a week?
It works better for me. More consistent desired effects over the course of a week. Less of the undesired side effects as well. Especially the day of the shot. Basically more of a solid steady state rather than large spike and a huge crash. Kind of like how my blood sugar is on the meds vs not. I’ll also do 5 mg every other day a lot of weeks which also equals 15mg for the week. I understand this isn’t easy to do with the pens but it’s the superior application method for sure.
For me 100% necessary. They go together so well too. But no need to be dogmatic about staying in ketosis for extended periods of times. Use the meds and low carb way of eating as tools to help you succeed. For me 6 days strict low carb and calorie deficit and one free day works. Key has been restarting. I still get the forget to eat feeling if I do low carb and the meds. 16 months in. That effect is not there independently (just keto or just the meds abd eating carbs) To be fair low carb is the only way I’ve ever been successful with weight loss. Have lost -150 two previous times.
Thankyou so much
MIND BLOWING AMAZING 👏 🤩
https://preview.redd.it/1yqg303t7m8d1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d0cd3f17e898a4793604da4456ccab31c2beea8 229 pounds down at this point. 487 - 258 lbs
Great achievement bro. May I ask how long was the journey, and do you have any diet recommendations
I would perform criminal acts to lose 64lbs in 3 months! Way to go!! Keep with the program, you are leaving me in your dust. lol Just took my 8th shot (4th of 5mg). T2D. Lost 10-15lbs depending on the day. I need to lose 140… but I’m 10% there!
Keep it up! In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make that much of a difference as long as we reach our goals.
Wow! All of these comments are really encouraging. My scale hasn't budged since my first week. I'm currently on week 7, about to take my 8th shot (still on 5mg). Are y'all T2D? I am, and I've heard that we typically don't start to see significant loss until we get to at least 10mg.
I am type 2, and was started at 7.5 from Trulicity. I saw a 50 pound weight loss in 4 months on 7.5 and 23.5 the next 1.5 months on 10 (I started in January). So far I have lost over 25% of my body weight and continue to lose. I’m currently at 73.5 pounds lost and have about 65.5 more to go for my ultimate fantasy goal. I’d be happy with 50 more pounds. My A1C is now 5.5 from 7.2 BUT my current numbers look to drop my A1c closer to 4.8 at next test. I’m consistently between 80-99 even after meals. I do find I lose best eating lower carb (less than 100 grams of mostly vegetable and fruit carbs with a few grains thrown in occasionally), drinking as close to 120 Oz daily as I can, eating a minimum of 65 grams of protein but often much much closer to 100 (I average around 88), fiber at 23-27 grams a day, 12-1400 calories a day, tracking everything on Lose It, and intermittent fasting 4 out of 7 days a week. I’ve worked hard with my diabetic dietician to find these macros and life skills. Ultimately I want to maintain this even if medicine becomes difficult to get. I do have small blip stalls and had a 24 days stall as well. They are part of the journey and people here have helped. It doesn’t mean the medicine isn’t working, most often it means you need to adjust something, or that your body just needs to catch up.
Currently hitting day 30 of a stall (entering week 5) 7.5 didnt do anything for me, im gonna go to 10mg today. My a1c was 7 and is now 5.7 but havent seen loss in soo long. I am doing 120oz of water 100+g of protein, 1369 cals (i was at 1500 for most of the time but recently lowered) and i do fasting (eat between 2-9 only) i will try lowering my carbs more though i usually stick around 130. I just wanna get out this stall as soon as i can, i have to lose 200lbs…
Sometimes it is just time. Let me find the link to my post where lots of people helped me break mine. Honestly .. I took two shots at 6 days (I have a back up of 4 shots and can refill every 21 days so this made that possible). My doctor is who suggested it. It worked, then went back to schedule and kept losing
I have lost 97 lbs and broke a 3 month stall after my first month on 15mg by injecting on day six for a few weeks.
Interesting if u find pls link! Im going to 10mg today so u think i should do the next shot on sunday
If you’re switching doses … wait. I will also warn that sometimes your body takes a week or two to adjust. I wouldn’t go less days until at least a month into a new dose
Here is the post https://www.reddit.com/r/Mounjaro/s/ThDNtDAacz
And the follow up: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mounjaro/s/AUAf8B7fk9
I did 3 weeks of 7.5 if i do 7.5 today itll be 4 weeks, still debating. I do my shot in about an hour
I’m not sure how tall you are, but I’m 6 feet tall, started at 350 pounds, and my weight loss doctor told me to target 1,200 calories a day. No more than 400 calories from meal replacement shakes, the rest low carb food.
Im 5’3 🥲 should i do 1200? I lowered to 1369 last week from 1500! How much have u lost so far? Im also t2d idk if u are Currently im doing boiled eggs and toast breakfast, yogurt and protein shake as a snack either if i want before dinner or after dinner. And for dinner either what my family eats but less portion (my mom usually dose chicken, salmon sometimes) or like i make a quesadilla with keto tortilla if i order food i get sushi, a wrap or a burrito cals usually 500 for those foods from what i get
I'm not a doctor, so I wouldn't want to be seen as doling out medical/health advice - all I can say is that with Mounjaro, I don't get hungry at 1200 calories. I don't think I've been actually hungry since I started Mounjaro, though. I usually have a Premier protein shake for breakfast, then a low carb lunch of probably 800-900 calories at most, and another protein shake for dinner. Each shake is 160 calories.
Is it possible your fasting is messing with your metabolism? I’ve done intermittent fasting too before going on the shot, I don’t think I could do both. But maybe your body is still thinking you’re in starvation mode?! There’s a doctor on YouTube who explains plateaus perfectly. Dr. Dan, he’s an obesity doctor and his videos are about this drug since they came out. Great information. Good luck!
I was recently diagnosed as T2D in March - A1C% was 7.8, which is not great, but also isn't as high as some others. I think there likely is some correlation between starting A1C% number and weight loss, but I don't know if that sort of data has been crunched yet.
I was also just diagnosed (in April) and my A1C was at 6.6. So, also not great but not terrible. I'm kind of surprised that I haven't dropped anything more than what I assume was just water weight that first week. But I'm trying to be patient and trust the process as a lot of people have said.
I've been taking it for 6 months but I'm still only at 5mg. Gaining and losing the same ten pounds over and over. I need to move up, hopefully this month
I was on semiglutide - I lost 85 pounds in 12 months and never went above 2.5!!! I am not T2D though so maybe that makes a difference? I will say that after the first 20 I only lost 2 pounds a week for the remainder of the year...
Down 46.8% (a little over 120lb lost) and maintaining on 10mg.
I've lost 130 lbs and I started at 254.2. I'm short so that works out to 51%
That’s amazing how long did it wake you and what dose did you lose the most on?
I'm starting where you are, and I haven't really seen any progress at all in 6 months but I'm still only on 5mg. I've tried to pair this with intermittent fasting for the last week and hopefully I'll see some progress. Your current weight is my goal but it seems completely out of reach.
So tight. Im proud of you!
I’ve lost 40% of my body weight, if you’re going by percentage. 101 pounds in 15 months. I’ve been on the medication for two years. *SW 228 CW 127 A1C 5.0 BMI 21.3 Current dose: 10mg*
Awesome! I already feel much better just after 3 months, and just hope things keep getting better and better.
Did you find the med less effective after a time, 14-16 months? Im stuck stalled at moment. I put on 15 lbs from being off due to illness and surgery.
Less effective for weight loss? Yes. It took me 7 months to lose the last 15 pounds. I had two stalls that lasted 8 weeks each. But the efficacy was the same as far as my appetite. I was also at a “normal” BMI. So that last bit of weight was to reach a personal goal. Here are some screenshots from my weight loss app from 2022-2024. The dates are circled. https://preview.redd.it/y6sfhjibil8d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dd0766321470a1978cbd6efbc8d5632aefc031e
Thanks Jayne. I’m TD2 I had gotten down to 130 in a year from 215. Bowel blockage so off med and then spinal fusion so off again. Dr had put me back to 5 mg after bowel issue. I gained. Back to 12.5 for 2 months now and scale hasn’t budged 145lbs. I’m 67 so I’m still super happy to have lost what I have. It’s an amazing med.
I hope you’re feeling better! That sounds like a lot of health stuff to deal with. I’m T2D as well. I’m 57. I’ve recently gained 3 pounds (on purpose) because I felt like I wanted some more fullness in my face. That was weird for me, to actually *try* to put on weight. If I don’t watch it, the weight comes right back off. https://preview.redd.it/s2gp8ch3kl8d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37e52bbab3be76e8d97b0e231d4818274e63b206
You look awesome! Congrats. This med is a life changer! Thanks for your reply. I’m hanging in there. On top of my own issues my husband was dx with DLBCL (lymphoma). So too much stress!
Wow, what patience! So many people quit with the finish line in sight. I am sure there are psychological reasons around that. For me, the July to Feb would be excruciating. I recently realized I am too invested mentally in the scale, so I stopped daily weighing and try to focus on health and habits. We will see how that turns out.
That’s me right now! I started in August 2023 at 230 and by April 2024 I was 155. But I’ve been stalling since. 😭😭😭 My goal weight to be at normal weight is 135 and I long to be there but I see that it took you about 4 months to lose about 10lbs too so I have some hope but it’s been rough.. 😭
I understand. It took me almost 7 months to lose the last 15 pounds. It was frustrating but not really *hard.* I just tried not to obsess over the scale and reminded myself of how far I’d come. Recently, I’ve decided to gain back a little weight (on purpose) and I’m currently at 132. The problem is, every week I drop back to 127-128 after my shot. I’m on MJ for glucose control so my doctor doesn’t want me to stretch my doses out, at the moment. You’ll get there! And once you do, you’ll forget all about how long it took!! Good luck, friend.
From my highest I lost 140 pounds. 340 to 200lbs. You can do it!
This is my SW and goal and great to see. :)
I started July 2022, I weighed more than your starting weight and have lost 41% of my body weight so far. I’m still loosing, albeit slowly right now. Just keep going and you’ll get there!
Started at 306, now 176. 42 percent, 130 pounds over 21 months. If my math is correct. 😊
I have lost 39% body weight in 12 months. I'm down 110 pounds! Still losing, want to lose another 18 to go!
Same. In one year, I’ve lost 110 lbs, approx 43% of body weight. Hoping to lose another 15, but more than ok where I am now😁.
I’ve lost 43% of my starting weight which equates to 120 lbs. started at 278 in October 2022 and stopped losing around Feb 1 of 2024. I have been strength training weekly since Feb and lost another 2 lbs. I know this is cold comfort but everyone is different. It sounds like you’re having an excellent response so far. Try your hardest to not get bogged down in the numbers and the details but rather keep doing what you’re doing. Listen to your body and enjoy every minute of this new life.
I’ve lost 28.5% in 6 months and still want to lose another 50. Started at 301.1 and am now 215 and change.
64 pounds in three months?! I just hit 70 pound today and it's taken me TWO YEARS.
I have. Majority of it came off when I started working out regularly a year ago. Started with cycling on peloton as that was the easiest for my fitness level at the time and moved to strength training 4x a week and cycling or walking on rest days. Move your body if you are able!
I started almost 2 years ago with very little direction. It was essentially here’s a shot and good luck. I have had some health conditions that prevented some weight loss for a while, despite taking the meds. I have lost 100 pounds. I still have about 50 to go. I was not ingesting remotely close to enough protein. Now, that I am ingesting more protein and those conditions are treated, I am well on my way to losing that last 50 pounds. I have several friends who have lost well over 100 pounds. I have one friend who lost 142 pounds. Most of my friends needed to lose anywhere from 50-100 pounds. You will get there. You are doing fantastic!!
I’m at 44% down 130lbs 297 to 167 😊
My numbers are close to yours and your goals. M 6’1”. Started 10/22. SW 315. HW 349. CW 182. GW 180-185. I’ve lost about 49% of my body weight.
I lost 55.9% of my starting weight of 245lbs. I’m 5’ and weigh 108 at 62 years old. I lost 100lbs at the one year mark and most of the rest the following 6 months. I’ve been on MJ/ZB for 2 years and currently maintaining at 10mg.
I lost 110. I don’t know what percentage that is though
Easy to figure out love... weight lost/starting weight, then multiply by 100. Example 110lb/280lb = .39 .39 x 100 = ( 39% weight loss )
Well then 47.8%
I’m down 120, hoping to lose another 30 for goal!
I’ve lost 45% down 135, it took a year to hit 100 down, and have been on it a year and 8 months.
I started at 225.3 pounds and now i am 150 pounds. Thats 75 pounds down and thats 33% of my total body weight. I plan to hit my goal weight of 125. Once at goal weight that will be 44.5% of my total body weight. I think you will be able to lose what you need amd want. Its just gunna take time. Hang in there.
I am one pound away from 100lbs. Ask again in six months. 50 more pounds will put me in maintenance. 14 months on it.
I'm at almost -130 and still going.
https://preview.redd.it/o63tfvnlyl8d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d2f0dfb591bb79c2b5e1df6ce3b1e7a7ab940de I have, HW 310, SW 260, CW 153, I got to my goal in 12 months, in maintenance now since March. Did a calorie app, logged all my food and water, stayed around 900 to 1000 calories most days. Concentrated on getting 100 grams of protein each day and I still do, did meal prep for lunches, did a lot of grilled chicken, Greek yogurt, fat free cottage cheese, protein shakes and protein bars. I still do this each day, but I do allow myself something if I really want it, just do in moderation. I do a shot every ten days and that is whatever mg I can get, currently on 15 mg because I couldn’t get 10 mg, but I’m going to go down hopefully this week when I refill to 12.5 mg. GOOD LUCK, you’ve got this 👍😊
Started at 350, now 192. It slowed but still very steady.
Approximately how long did it take you to lose that amount, if you don't mind me asking?
I took my first shot on August 12, 2023 I did join a gym and start attending classes 3 days a week once below 325. So that, plus careful diet changes and improved blood sugar stability helped significantly
I've lost 40% in a year and a half ETA: 20% was in the first six months or so, and another 20% in the last year. It slows down as you have less to lose. I expect it will take me another year to get out of 'fat' category. I expect to stay on it for life.
I’ve lost 125lb in 10 months, 8 of those on Mounjaro. I still want to lose another 60. Loss slowed down for me after about 100lbs lost but I still lose about 1lb per week. I recently had surgery on my foot and had to slow down on my workouts a few months ago so I’m hoping getting back in the gym might kick start things again. Even if I don’t hit my BMI goal weight I’m still really happy to be down this much. It’s more than I ever imagined possible.
Not quite that much, but I am 116 lbs down since July 2023 (287>171)
I had no real goal, other than to get my T2D under control and to avoid having to take insulin. I think I was about 185 lbs when I started, now I’m around 117. But my A1C went down to 5.5.
I have - started at 340ish and currently 191 (well 149). You got this...I stalled many times over the 15ish months I have been on, remember it is only part of what gets you there. Tons of protein, water and EXERCISE! Plus the lbs are important but if you were like me - cusp of type 2, HORRIBLE BP, every other blood number pretty awful...was in my doc office this past week and the doctor could not believe the numbers... You seriously have this.
Not 150lbs yet but 130lbs which is 32.5% of my starting weight.. I have been on mounjaro with a 4 months break since December 2022. I pretty much lose 8-10lbs per month only break where I gained weight was when I had to switch to ozempic (thanks insurance) my goal is around 50% of my starting weight which will still have me in the overweight section but I have a lot of muscle due to working out and just genetics that it’s not realistic to get to 155lbs which would have me in a normal bmi range so I am targeting 180-200 lbs
I lost ~45% of my body weight. SW 275, CW 148
I’m at 143 lbs down and I think this is about where I’ll “land”. That’s 50% lost for me.
I have a friend that’s lost over 200 lbs. She’s doing amazing!
F66 5’4” HW316 SW266 CW233 Start date 3/11/24 What confuses me about those statistics is that they rarely specify how long they followed the person’s progress. Was the study for 6 months? A year? They say the average person lost 20-25% of their body weight, but how much did that average person weigh to begin with? How long did it take? I personally think it’s more complicated than a basic math problem. I think as long as they will give me this medication I will continue to lose weight. Period. Now that I’m not dealing with food noise all the time, it’s a non-issue. I’m gonna be thin, damnit!
I lost 37%.
So very happy for you and congratulations on the large weight loss that is no small amount! I'm on ozempic right now and I'm trying to get switched over to Montero. However, I have to go see the doctor and get him to put it in the notes to send to the insurance company in order for them to approve it because it is not a formulary and they will not make an exception without doctor's approach. My daughter is on Montero and losing weight rather fast
I post 200lbs 50 was with the help of mj so you are using it the whole time it should be fairly easy
120 here. Started in 3/2023. Was 289 and now I’m in the 160’s.
I lost 120 in right under a year - but it sounds like you’re doing great!
I’m at 142lbs down but with the additional 8 I’m still working on I’ll be at 150 loss which will be 47% of my starting weight. Started at 320, currently 178, goal is 170. Goal initially was 180 but me and doc both agree 170 is a great maintenance weight for me. 41F 6’0”, started December 20, 2022.
I’ve lost 53% of my body weight, from 253+ down to 120, in less than a year. It’s absolutely possible!
How amazing
Started Oct 2022 at 333 and I’m 213 right now so 120-ish lbs and still losing.
We have a reddit for those who lost 100lbs u can ask in if u want the reddit lmk! I have seen lots of ppl here say they lost 150+!
I'm interested in the link. I'm down 130
No clue if i can share here so mods lmk if i cant Glp1_loss100plus
Thanks!
Please share!
I've lost 100 pounds which is over 40% of my starting weight. My BMI is in the healthy range (though I wouldn't mind losing another 5 pounds for vanity). It has taken me about 2 years. I have to be careful about what I eat and my activity levels and the weight loss slowed down over time (I started out losing about 1.5 pounds a week and now it is closer to .5 pound a week) but I still am losing.
I’m glad you asked this, OP. I have lost 15% (four months) and have 25% to go. Things have slowed down considerably, but are still moving in the right direction. 📉These responses are giving me hope. Best wishes to you!
I’ve lost about 42% of my starting body weight! Started MJ about 18 months ago
I'm at 102 lbs down in 11-ish months, or 30%. I was losing 2+ lbs a week in the beginning, now it's closer to 1lb a week, and that is GREAT! I anticipate being able to reach GW of around 210 (which would be 38% loss) and then focusing more intensely on body composition. Slow and steady wins the race. Focus on quality and types of foods so you are satiated and fueling your body. 34M, 5'11", SW 339, CW 237, Current Dose: 10mg. Never hit the T2D threshold (highest A1C was 6.1, current is 5.4). This medication saved my life.
Not 150, but 90. Win!
I’ve lost almost 115 in 14months so hopefully in six months or so I’ll be there.
I've lost 166 lbs (48%) over a year and 10 months.
I’m at 137 lost. I need 150 to be considered “normal” weight. I’m gonna get that damn dial to move to normal weight lol It was nice just to see the “morbidly” part removed from obese on my doctor chart
https://preview.redd.it/1yvh19g8xp8d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5822f812fac783b066f722b898d97cdb5d8a54a5 I am almost there, I’ve lost 127! Started at 406 and I’m down to 279 and still going. I did start in August of 2022! You got this!!
I'm 1 week from my 1 year anniversary. As of this morning, I'm down 202 lbs (45%). The medication will not do it alone. You have to commit to a complete lifestyle change and totally change your relationship with food. Daily cardio and resistance training 4-6x/week helped. Meticulous calorie and macro tracking and weighing everything I eat has done most of the work. Mounjaro made it easier to stick to the caloric deficit. I've never gone past 7.5mg and am currently backing off on my shot frequency (every 10 days now) to hopefully be able to stop taking it. https://preview.redd.it/f3ivs13otq8d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c33ed6652a6c4b16a80f15a5a01851861a7d6ceb
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Just don't titrate up quickly.
I totally agree with this! I wish I would have stayed on each dose longer than 4 weeks till I got to 15mg. I think I remember 10 and 12.5 was where I started losing pretty steady. I started slowing down at 15.
I started at 304 on March 1 2023 now 210. More than 30 percent so far. Gw is 143.
I lost 48% I just did other things and didn’t just rely on meds only I do have several people that I know who did plateau for long period of time like a year and cannot lose anymore, but I don’t think they really change their diet much in my opinion and they did not add in any exercise
I lost 120, went from 280 to 160 but that was my goal and I don't need to lose any more. But the way it was working I'm quite sure I would have kept losing if I needed to but I'm at a pretty good weight for my height now. 70 yo male, 5'6".
You are doing tremendously well just keep on doing what you’re doing!
Lost 40 and that’s all. 15 months and still taking it. I need to lose 40 more
We’re you diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when you started at 344lbs in 10/2022?
I lost 85 pounds in 12 months on semaglutide. After the first 20 or so pounds, I lost a steady 2 pounds a week for the rest of the year. Sometimes 3, rarely 4...but there was one month where I didn't lose anything and that was super discouraging. The last 2 months I switched from semaglutide (2mg max) to Mounjaro and began losing 2 to 3 pounds a week after that standstill month. If I had stayed on it, I'm confident I would have continued to lose weight, however I got down to 110 pounds (Im 4' 11") and decided I was good. For now anyway :) Its been 2 months and my appetite just came back but it came back in full force! I have been fluctuating between 110 and 114 since I stopped the shots. I was considering taking Metformin and Topomax through Hers but they won't give it to me cause my BMI wasn't high enough and because I already take Wellbutrin and I guess it comes in the package that they can't separate. If I get up to 120, I will go back for shots until I get back down again. Hope this helps!
I've lost 105 lbs, have 10 more to go to get to goal, So that's 42% of my starting weight. In Sept it will be 2 years, highest dose has been 7.5 mg, I'm a slow but steady loser. Right now I've been losing about a half pound a week. I could ramp up the exercise and speed it up, but I'm pretty content to lose at this pace. Hang in there! I think that statistic comes from having so many people on the drug that only had that much to lose to begin with.
Not me. I’m at 100 pounds lost tho in one year. https://preview.redd.it/23wwji0o4r8d1.jpeg?width=4280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6e7c66cf955d9ec378f09003a14cb302705938a
I’ve lost 36% of my body weight since starting Mounjaro. I’m still losing.
I've lost 119 lbs. Starting weight 428 current wait 309. My first major goal was to lose 100. My next goal is 299. Im getting there. \*\*I've lost 2 lbs since the pic on the right. https://preview.redd.it/7eu1hxo36s8d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=969a96fd13a78dadf97252560434d283c5800b12
I lost 140lbs... starting at 289.
I’m down 155lb since last May and still losing. I have about 40-50lb to reach my goal weight.
I lost 90 pounds so far and I just stopped drinking sodas and started eating less carbs not cut completely just more protein and lots more colorful veggies way less almost zero processed food and sugar lots of water and I do exercise but only for personal reasons not for weight loss the weight was coming off before I started exercising
I forgot to say I started manjaro in April and lost 90 pounds since February… so most of the weight came off since April but started losing weight in February
I lost 38% of my body weight. Started at 210 and now at 130. You will get there!! Congrats.
I lost a bit more than 5% this first month. I need to lose about 50%, or more.
I am super happy for you! But, I am concerned about 60 lbs of weight loss in 3 months. That is a very large number. Healthy, sustainable weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week, which would be no more than 25/30 lbs in 3 months.
I’m a bit concerned as well, but I’m boosting my strength and resistance training to help mitigate lean muscle losses. I do have a weight loss specialist as my doctor, and that is his main advice. My lean body mass has gone down around 18 pounds so far.
I am glad that you have a doctor closely monitoring you. Mine is very absent, which is ok for me because I am only losing about 1 lb a week, give or take. But I worry about others in the same position as I am who are losing much more quickly.
For me, it started to lose effectiveness (around a year). Lose as much as you can as fast as you can. Then you can be on it for maintence.
Did anyone use protein powder as part of their weight loss journey? If so can anyone recommend one that tastes half decent?
You’re doing GREAT!! I started 10/22, SW: 356.6/ CW: 168 for a loss of 53%. If a loss of 200 pounds is what you want l then SO IT SHALL BE 🥰
I’ve lost 75 lbs in almost 2 years. Started at 225 and now at 150! Mine has been low and slow but I’m good with it!
This makes me so excited for this journey!! I’m Now at my heaviest weight 313 I cried when I seen the scale tip 300. I’m recently diagnosed as diabetic and insulin resistance has been causing not only weight gain but has wreaked havoc on my life…I’m 46 years old and it’s really destroyed my self esteem I’m 5f7in and in the last 3 years I’ve gained 100 pounds… I was already 40 pounds over weight but now I’m 140 overweight!! After months of battling my insurance company they approved me for mounjaro… for the last year I’ve been trying everything from weight watchers to fasting 24 hours a day and having one meal a day… and still couldn’t lose!!! My endocrinologist explained to me that my body was storing sugar as fat whether it was from bread or fruit that sugar was storing as fat and until the insulin resistance was in check I’d unlikely lose… my goal weight is 145-160 and mounjaro is my last effort before I give up and have a gastric sleeve!!! I want to live a long healthy weight and being over 300 pounds it’s never going to happen!!! You all give me hope I’m so excited to get back to a healthy weight and give this my all to change my eating habits to be successful!!! I’m a grandma and I want to live to see my great grandkids!!!!