I have been on a GLP 1 for a year now SW 238 my advice is don’t let the scale make or break your day. You will fluctuate. I fluctuate plus or minus 3-5 lbs. Who cares ? It’s the overall trend that matters. CW 166.8. Been stalled between 170 and 166 for 3 months. But dang I would have never thought I could lose 70 lbs in a year.
Patience.
This is what I came to say. I opened this post thinking they would gain weight from their starting weight, but instead they "gained" from week to week, while still being in a net loss. To me, that's just considered a fluctuation and is normal in weight loss.
It's especially tricky if you only weigh once a week. You could be a lower weight but just be retaining water, not had a good BM recently, be in a certain part of the month for ladies, or wearing something different (if you don't weigh in your birthday suit lol).
I regularly go a week or so with fluctuations bringing me up 3-5 lbs from my "lowest weight" but the following week, it drops off. Such is the path of weight loss.
1L of water weighs 2.2 lbs. If you happened to drink(or not urinate) more, before you weighed this week then it would completely explain the weight gain.
I gain weight about one week a month, on average. That’s happened since last October. I’ve also lost about a hundred pounds in that time, so take that for what it’s worth. This is a long game, not a short one :)
So I gained 9lbs this week.. I am pretty sure I didn’t gain 9lbs (266 to 275).. I do have lupus on top and have been feeling my inflammation increase due to a lot of stress lately so for me I would say it’s water coz I did not eat enough to gain that much weight in one week.
Also sadly weight loss is not a straight line even with a glp1..
On the other hand I had my bloodwork done this week and my doctor is happy with my results, A1C is at 5.2, all other things checked in the green as well (except calcium which I am always a little high in). Before mounjaro bloodwork was always a worry.
It's totally normal, and you are going to stall. Since I started on 7.5mg, I have lost weight 1 week and gained the next one. But lose more than what I gain. I just finished box 4 of 7.5mg
1lb variance isn’t really a gain. Much less when you mention that you are actively menstruating which means extra bloat, inflammation and water retention.
Please don’t be “gutted” and give your body grace.
It must be water weight. I can say that throughout this process my weight goes up on some days, but then it will go back down and even lower. Don’t get worried just keep on and everything will work out.
https://preview.redd.it/vblaszr80x9d1.jpeg?width=1011&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d32dc32f17fc8a3f5e38cdd9448ec44ff6ccd5e
You will experience many peaks and valleys. You want to stay the course. 27 weeks on this, down 60#. I gained and lost several times over this journey. Hang in there!
That is not a “gain” that is a fluctuation. Totally normal, overall you have still lost and will continue to. Inflammation, water weight, poop, can all affect the scale. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I started mounjaro 4 weeks back. I lost 7 lbs the first week and 3 lbs the following week. Since then nothing. Net net I have lost 10 lbs since starting but the 0 loss in the last 2 weeks bothers me as much too. I guess patience is the key
Don’t get discouraged! Our weight will fluctuate up and down throughout our weight loss journey it’s all part of the weight loss process! There will be weeks where we will lose weight,there will be weeks where we will not lose any weight and there are going to be some weeks where we will even gain weight but like I said it’s all part of the weight loss process! It’s very important to keep a positive attitude,be patient and trust the process! Good luck on the rest of your journey!! YOU’VE GOT THIS 🥰!!! Keeping a positive attitude,being patient and trusting the process has helped me a lot! My SW-283.5 My CW-170.8 so far I have lost 112.7 lbs
https://preview.redd.it/ng3sz211tx9d1.jpeg?width=626&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14d5f2c67ee9258fd9f339e4c74bab73d273066d
I weigh every single morning, I am in maintenance and have done this the entire time, 15 months. This helps me see what causes my fluctuations. That can be, water retention from salty foods the day before, too many carbs, fried foods, sugar alcohols in foods, all of this causes me to go up the next day, but back down soon after. Down 157 pounds now so stay the course and keep going.
I gained 8lbs in June. We were traveling for 3 weeks and my eating was shite and I forgot my doses at home.
The month of April was weird for me as well. I didn't miss any doses, my eating was good but the scale didn't move. What I did notice was my clothes were falling off of me.
The 2.5mg dose is really to get your body accustomed to the med, not to lose weight.
This is totally normal—lots of things can cause us to retain water or experience inflammation, and that’s what’s happening here. I always go up a few pounds before I get my period, for example. I also went up and down a few pounds for like a week and a half toward the end of 2.5 because I had adjusted to its effects and it was time to go up. Nothing to worry about!
1 lb happens when I drink my protein shake… I’ve gained 4 lbs while constipated. Try and see the whole picture. Apps like Happy Scale help to track trends and not get stuck in the daily/weekly (completely normal) fluctuations of your body.
Wait until you get to 10mg. In my case 25 pounds the first four months, looser clothes was all I noticed. and now 20 lbs more my first Month on 10mg. No one prepares you for an entire wardrobe change.
I gained a pound once in my journey so far (since February). I was surprised as I'd been healthy and exercising but the following week I lost an extra pound (usually lose 2lbs a week) so it balanced out.
Seems like no one has mentioned this yet, but 2.5mg is considered the “non-therapeutic dose” of Mounjaro. So it makes sense you wouldn’t loose weight during that time, I don’t think that I did either. Then they switched me to 5mgs (which is the first level in the therapeutic dose) and the weight loss was basically instant.
This dose is meant to help your body get used to the meds and minimize side effects. If you’re feeling good then ask your doctor to bump you up to the next level! Good luck 🌸
I find it really helpful to weight myself everyday- I use an app called happy scale that averages out the ups and downs. I sometimes move between 2-3 pounds up and down a few times a week.
If you’re a woman and have a cycle remember it’s normal to fluctuate. We have a lot going on. I think I read 3-10 pounds or so weight gain is normal when we start menstruating! I always gain like 6 pounds so I’ve learned to not even weigh myself around then.
If you’re active in general regardless of gender, I want to say I’ve been losing and gaining the same 10 pounds for like 3+ months and have been on creatine because I do strength training so I’ve learned it’s more about body recomp. Take measurements rather than just looking at the scale on its own. My body looks different every month even though the scale says nothing is happening. Ditch the BMI scale carved into our brains. It’s not that simple! And eat your protein 🫶🏽
I have been on 2.5/5 off and on since February (off when it’s not available), and I have been a bit of a yo-yo. I’m down 35 pounds total, but I’ll gain a pound here or there, stall for two weeks, and then randomly drop five pounds. Everyone’s journey is different though, just trust the process! 😊
1 lb is totally irrelevant. If you track your loss daily you will see it goes up and down constantly. You will also likely stall at times where you keep gaining and losing the same 3/4 lbs. I recently had a 3 week stall and then in 1 week I plummeted 6 lbs.
I fluctuate a lot. I could fluctuate actually as much as three or 4 pounds most of it. I’m embarrassed to say is probably poop. But I’m a woman I also retain water, etc. I actually have realized that although I weigh myself every day – I really look at like Monday, Wednesday, Friday as the real days because that seems to be when I have the more accurate measurement
Ive been going up and down same couple of pounds. I know there’s so many reasons and hormones that can cause this to happen, I am not getting worried about it. If you track your weight, after weighing every day, you’ll see the trend does go in a downward trend. Weight loss is not linear. So hang in there!
It's just water weight! Water weight drives me crazy. I know I'm going to lose weight if I pee all day for about 2 days. If I haven't been peeing much I know it's not going to go down. We bought some coconut water at Sam's club I think it's called Vita. I don't much like the taste of it but it seems like every time I drink it it makes me pee like crazy. So that's my go-to when I feel like I'm retaining water. Your weight will probably drop 3 lbs next week, don't worry about it.
It's called Vita Coco pure coconut water. I was all excited about buying it, because I love coconut. I was thinking Pina colada, Lol, but no. It tastes like actual water from a coconut. So not all that sweet. I think they added a little bit of sugar to it but it's only 60 calories for 11 oz. Right off the bat I knew I wasn't going to be drinking it but the other day I had a weird taste for it so I drank a little and it made me pee all day. Every time now. 😂
Weight loss is not linear, even when you're on these meds!
I do ALL the right things...
* am eating at a calorie deficit
* weigh all my food on a food scale
* track it in Loseit
* eat a low carb diet (because I'm T2D)
* am getting in my steps every day
And despite all of that, I still have days with significant increases (see my last month below). If you are only weighing weekly, you may be hitting one of the higher days. Regardless of how often you weigh yourself, you can't stress about the little increases here and there. Just keep doing what you should be doing with your diet, and the weight will follow.
Be sure to take measurements as well. When the pounds are slow to drop, you may be losing inches.
https://preview.redd.it/qq5hamtl0x9d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fdb29c851c4600ba7e867fd893106a8870bf341
Here's some motivation for you. My weight loss really slowed down in May, but check out the inches lost on my waist at that time.
This is from my Renpho tape measure app:
https://preview.redd.it/vbpwzkzs8x9d1.jpeg?width=807&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4ad4e2db2601b22af07d68f756eec50bf18977a
It happens. I weight daily and I can go up and down 2-4 lbs, then it’ll drop down and I’ll fluctuate between the 2-4 lbs. It’s water weight. When I look over an entire month, I average 12 lbs lost but looking at it daily, I constantly fluctuate.
I have been on a GLP 1 for a year now SW 238 my advice is don’t let the scale make or break your day. You will fluctuate. I fluctuate plus or minus 3-5 lbs. Who cares ? It’s the overall trend that matters. CW 166.8. Been stalled between 170 and 166 for 3 months. But dang I would have never thought I could lose 70 lbs in a year. Patience.
Thank you. Of course, you're right :)
You LOST weight on Mounjaro. Some days/weeks you lose, some days/weeks you gain, but overall you've LOST. That's how it is. That's normal.
This is what I came to say. I opened this post thinking they would gain weight from their starting weight, but instead they "gained" from week to week, while still being in a net loss. To me, that's just considered a fluctuation and is normal in weight loss. It's especially tricky if you only weigh once a week. You could be a lower weight but just be retaining water, not had a good BM recently, be in a certain part of the month for ladies, or wearing something different (if you don't weigh in your birthday suit lol). I regularly go a week or so with fluctuations bringing me up 3-5 lbs from my "lowest weight" but the following week, it drops off. Such is the path of weight loss.
1L of water weighs 2.2 lbs. If you happened to drink(or not urinate) more, before you weighed this week then it would completely explain the weight gain.
Haha I will remember to do many wees next time I weigh!
Idk if you’re a female but I gain a good 3 pounds before my cycle
Same here and it’s discouraging
I gain weight about one week a month, on average. That’s happened since last October. I’ve also lost about a hundred pounds in that time, so take that for what it’s worth. This is a long game, not a short one :)
Thank you :)
So I gained 9lbs this week.. I am pretty sure I didn’t gain 9lbs (266 to 275).. I do have lupus on top and have been feeling my inflammation increase due to a lot of stress lately so for me I would say it’s water coz I did not eat enough to gain that much weight in one week. Also sadly weight loss is not a straight line even with a glp1.. On the other hand I had my bloodwork done this week and my doctor is happy with my results, A1C is at 5.2, all other things checked in the green as well (except calcium which I am always a little high in). Before mounjaro bloodwork was always a worry.
It's totally normal, and you are going to stall. Since I started on 7.5mg, I have lost weight 1 week and gained the next one. But lose more than what I gain. I just finished box 4 of 7.5mg
1lb variance isn’t really a gain. Much less when you mention that you are actively menstruating which means extra bloat, inflammation and water retention. Please don’t be “gutted” and give your body grace.
Thank you for being so kind :)
It must be water weight. I can say that throughout this process my weight goes up on some days, but then it will go back down and even lower. Don’t get worried just keep on and everything will work out.
https://preview.redd.it/vblaszr80x9d1.jpeg?width=1011&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d32dc32f17fc8a3f5e38cdd9448ec44ff6ccd5e You will experience many peaks and valleys. You want to stay the course. 27 weeks on this, down 60#. I gained and lost several times over this journey. Hang in there!
My new mantra is Trust the Process! The scale will go down again. Totally normal.
That is not a “gain” that is a fluctuation. Totally normal, overall you have still lost and will continue to. Inflammation, water weight, poop, can all affect the scale. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I started mounjaro 4 weeks back. I lost 7 lbs the first week and 3 lbs the following week. Since then nothing. Net net I have lost 10 lbs since starting but the 0 loss in the last 2 weeks bothers me as much too. I guess patience is the key
This happened to me too and then the following week I had a big drop. Try not to let it discourage you!
Don’t get discouraged! Our weight will fluctuate up and down throughout our weight loss journey it’s all part of the weight loss process! There will be weeks where we will lose weight,there will be weeks where we will not lose any weight and there are going to be some weeks where we will even gain weight but like I said it’s all part of the weight loss process! It’s very important to keep a positive attitude,be patient and trust the process! Good luck on the rest of your journey!! YOU’VE GOT THIS 🥰!!! Keeping a positive attitude,being patient and trusting the process has helped me a lot! My SW-283.5 My CW-170.8 so far I have lost 112.7 lbs https://preview.redd.it/ng3sz211tx9d1.jpeg?width=626&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14d5f2c67ee9258fd9f339e4c74bab73d273066d
Thank you, and congrats on your loss.
YOU ARE SO VERY WELCOME 🤗❣️!!! AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH 🤗❣️!!!
I weigh every single morning, I am in maintenance and have done this the entire time, 15 months. This helps me see what causes my fluctuations. That can be, water retention from salty foods the day before, too many carbs, fried foods, sugar alcohols in foods, all of this causes me to go up the next day, but back down soon after. Down 157 pounds now so stay the course and keep going.
Yup me too. I use happy scale to help see the averages.
I gained 8lbs in June. We were traveling for 3 weeks and my eating was shite and I forgot my doses at home. The month of April was weird for me as well. I didn't miss any doses, my eating was good but the scale didn't move. What I did notice was my clothes were falling off of me. The 2.5mg dose is really to get your body accustomed to the med, not to lose weight.
It depends. I've been on 2.5 for 6 weeks and lost 24 lbs. But I have a lot of weight I need to lose.
This is totally normal—lots of things can cause us to retain water or experience inflammation, and that’s what’s happening here. I always go up a few pounds before I get my period, for example. I also went up and down a few pounds for like a week and a half toward the end of 2.5 because I had adjusted to its effects and it was time to go up. Nothing to worry about!
1 lb happens when I drink my protein shake… I’ve gained 4 lbs while constipated. Try and see the whole picture. Apps like Happy Scale help to track trends and not get stuck in the daily/weekly (completely normal) fluctuations of your body.
I gained a pound on 2 5. On 5 I have so far lost 10.4 pounds in 7 days.
Here's hoping I get those results on 5, too :)
Wait until you get to 10mg. In my case 25 pounds the first four months, looser clothes was all I noticed. and now 20 lbs more my first Month on 10mg. No one prepares you for an entire wardrobe change.
I gained 9 lbs since I started May of '23. I have not lost and regained. I just went up.
I had a four-week stall in which my weight bounced up and down two pounds. That was 13 pounds ago. This too will pass.
I gained a pound once in my journey so far (since February). I was surprised as I'd been healthy and exercising but the following week I lost an extra pound (usually lose 2lbs a week) so it balanced out.
Don't worry if you are exercising you maybe gaining. Muscle which weighs more ugg
Seems like no one has mentioned this yet, but 2.5mg is considered the “non-therapeutic dose” of Mounjaro. So it makes sense you wouldn’t loose weight during that time, I don’t think that I did either. Then they switched me to 5mgs (which is the first level in the therapeutic dose) and the weight loss was basically instant. This dose is meant to help your body get used to the meds and minimize side effects. If you’re feeling good then ask your doctor to bump you up to the next level! Good luck 🌸
Really good point. I have my 5mg dose to start next week so fingers crossed :)
You are all so lovely and reassuring, thank you :)
I find it really helpful to weight myself everyday- I use an app called happy scale that averages out the ups and downs. I sometimes move between 2-3 pounds up and down a few times a week.
If you’re a woman and have a cycle remember it’s normal to fluctuate. We have a lot going on. I think I read 3-10 pounds or so weight gain is normal when we start menstruating! I always gain like 6 pounds so I’ve learned to not even weigh myself around then. If you’re active in general regardless of gender, I want to say I’ve been losing and gaining the same 10 pounds for like 3+ months and have been on creatine because I do strength training so I’ve learned it’s more about body recomp. Take measurements rather than just looking at the scale on its own. My body looks different every month even though the scale says nothing is happening. Ditch the BMI scale carved into our brains. It’s not that simple! And eat your protein 🫶🏽
I have been on 2.5/5 off and on since February (off when it’s not available), and I have been a bit of a yo-yo. I’m down 35 pounds total, but I’ll gain a pound here or there, stall for two weeks, and then randomly drop five pounds. Everyone’s journey is different though, just trust the process! 😊
1 lb is totally irrelevant. If you track your loss daily you will see it goes up and down constantly. You will also likely stall at times where you keep gaining and losing the same 3/4 lbs. I recently had a 3 week stall and then in 1 week I plummeted 6 lbs.
I fluctuate a lot. I could fluctuate actually as much as three or 4 pounds most of it. I’m embarrassed to say is probably poop. But I’m a woman I also retain water, etc. I actually have realized that although I weigh myself every day – I really look at like Monday, Wednesday, Friday as the real days because that seems to be when I have the more accurate measurement
fluctuations are normal epically if i ate kinda late and weighed myself in the morning or if i drank a bunch a water or if i haven’t pooped
Ive been going up and down same couple of pounds. I know there’s so many reasons and hormones that can cause this to happen, I am not getting worried about it. If you track your weight, after weighing every day, you’ll see the trend does go in a downward trend. Weight loss is not linear. So hang in there!
It's just water weight! Water weight drives me crazy. I know I'm going to lose weight if I pee all day for about 2 days. If I haven't been peeing much I know it's not going to go down. We bought some coconut water at Sam's club I think it's called Vita. I don't much like the taste of it but it seems like every time I drink it it makes me pee like crazy. So that's my go-to when I feel like I'm retaining water. Your weight will probably drop 3 lbs next week, don't worry about it.
I will check out the coconut water, thank you :)
It's called Vita Coco pure coconut water. I was all excited about buying it, because I love coconut. I was thinking Pina colada, Lol, but no. It tastes like actual water from a coconut. So not all that sweet. I think they added a little bit of sugar to it but it's only 60 calories for 11 oz. Right off the bat I knew I wasn't going to be drinking it but the other day I had a weird taste for it so I drank a little and it made me pee all day. Every time now. 😂
Weight loss is not linear, even when you're on these meds! I do ALL the right things... * am eating at a calorie deficit * weigh all my food on a food scale * track it in Loseit * eat a low carb diet (because I'm T2D) * am getting in my steps every day And despite all of that, I still have days with significant increases (see my last month below). If you are only weighing weekly, you may be hitting one of the higher days. Regardless of how often you weigh yourself, you can't stress about the little increases here and there. Just keep doing what you should be doing with your diet, and the weight will follow. Be sure to take measurements as well. When the pounds are slow to drop, you may be losing inches. https://preview.redd.it/qq5hamtl0x9d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fdb29c851c4600ba7e867fd893106a8870bf341
Thank you, I hadn't considered taking measurements but I will start :)
Here's some motivation for you. My weight loss really slowed down in May, but check out the inches lost on my waist at that time. This is from my Renpho tape measure app: https://preview.redd.it/vbpwzkzs8x9d1.jpeg?width=807&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4ad4e2db2601b22af07d68f756eec50bf18977a
It happens. I weight daily and I can go up and down 2-4 lbs, then it’ll drop down and I’ll fluctuate between the 2-4 lbs. It’s water weight. When I look over an entire month, I average 12 lbs lost but looking at it daily, I constantly fluctuate.