Female, 30. Starting weight: 81kg

Month 1 (2.5mg): -5,3 Kg

Month 2 (2.5mg): -4,5 Kg

Month 3 (2.5mg): -1,7 Kg

Month 4 (2.5mg): -3,1 Kg

Month 5 (2.5mg): -1,2 Kg

Month 6 (5mg): -3,8 Kg

Month 7 (5mg): TBD

Current weight: 59,5 Kg (Gw: 55 Kg)

Do I count my calories ?
Not really but with all the diets I used to be on I'm quite aware of the number of calories I eat. I eat around 1200 calories on average.

Do I do sport ?
No...I went to the gym here and there but nothing consistent. I have not been in the gym or reached my steps target in months.

Do I drink ?
I was never a big drinker or partyer. I do drink a few cocktails (rum and coke zero) when I go out, maybe once or twice a month.

Do I eat clean ?
Not always. I don't eat a tone of veggies, mainly protein and carbs. I eat one protein bar evey day. I eat simple food (steak and potatoes, salmon and spinach, chicken and rice). I don't order take aways anymore, or buy a bunch of junk food (chocolate, cake, chips etc.). But there is no food I'm forbidding myself from eating.

PS: Not asking for opinions or judgments here. Only sharing my journey in case it can help anyone. Don't hesitate to ask me questions if you have any.

Good luck to everyone !

I started my journey just over a year ago after previously trying Ozempic and continually being sick. Awhile back I posted about being stalled just above 200 lbs and then eventually celebrating getting under that.

I have a few more wins I want to share with you all:

1. I just bought a whole bunch of new swimwear. Everything that I owned previously was too big and I need some for a vacation coming in a few months. Now, when did I discover that everything else was too big? Did I try it on before a weekend getaway with my family? Sure didn’t! Nope, I tried it on the morning of our visit to a waterpark and then spent 8 hours desperately holding it on while I braved the waterslides.

2. This led me to - full revamp of upcoming vacation wardrobe. I pulled out everything I was thinking I would take (you know, right when I said I was super organized for future trip…) all too big. Queue a small splurge on clothes that I feel good in.

3. My weight loss and renewed efforts on building muscle resulted in me participating in an activity with my family that, pre-journey, was impossible. A ropes course was firmly out of the question and guess who did it this past weekend? Me. Every muscle hurts and I’m taking that as a win.

I knew the numbers on the scale dropped and I looked smaller. But I didn’t realize that looking smaller was the result of dropping over 8 inches on my thighs, 6 from my stomach and more.

For whomever is reading this, I hope that you find success on your journey. When it gets challenging and you feel like stopping, try to find a path forward. You can do it.

(m63)What a freeing experience! I was skeptical at first, and then I saw it happen. I struggled with my weight after I had knee replacement during the pandemic, gained more than 35lb between 2020 and 2025, then got the cherry on top: T2 diagnosis. If I had settled for controlling my blood glucose, I would have sold myself short. My blood pressure is under control, arrythmyia has abated, my bg is stable, and I can climb stairs without getting winded. The thing I never expected was how well I can tolerate heat and humidity now. I actually enjoyed being outdoors in the summer!

Diet and resistance training were paramount, but the absence of food noise and the unexpected mood stabilization has helped keep depression in check as well. I'm so very pleased.

Should this be an easy switch? Ozempic gave me some really bad side effects so my Dr. wants me to go on Mounjaro.

That's a wrap on week 1.

SW: 93.5kg (206 lbs) - CW 91.3KG (201 lbs). Height 5'6. Age: 39. Female.

Down 2.2kgs or around 5 lbs - water weight and maybe a little actual weight. I did 4 hilly walks (1 hr, 120 metres or 400 foot climb) and no strength training but am looking to add this in for week 2 - just simple at home stuff.

Side effects were a little nauseous, a little headachey about 48 hours after the jab, dry eyes (this went away after 24 hours) I brought some eye drops to help this along and a little loose stools (but no cramps accompanied with it).

Just taken my jab for week 2.

Protein - hit 100+ grams every day and have increased my dietary fibre to around 20-25 grams daily. I have electrolytes on days that I do my hilly walks and if I'm feeling headachey. I drink around 2.25-3 Litres a day (84-100 oz).

I think this is a pretty standard first week right? I feel glad to have lost something but am well aware this is mostly water weight. Very intrigued to see how week 2 goes.

How did your first week go?

I was on ozempic for a year but I only lost less than 5lbs. My doctor then gave me mounjaro. Done with 2.5mg and 5mg. I am moving to 7.5mg (month 3). But the scales have not moved. It kind of goes up and down daily but nasically I'm still on the same weight as when I started it. My food is getting delivered to me everyday (1200 calories) and I add protein powder, I am fibermaxxing, I take l-carnitine, I go to the gym 3x a week, started basketball drills.

I do feel that the food noise is a lot quieter now. I've lost my movie snacks and late night cravings. But that's just it. My sugar has never been this better, though, so at least this is a win in itself. I feel like I'm putting in all the effort but still not getting that exciting moment where I get to show off my weight loss journey.

I hate to interrupt the positive weight loss comparison posts, but I am struggling and would like to feel a little less alone. I took my first (and only) dose two weeks ago tomorrow. Within hours of that dose, my heartrate jumped and I was short of breath. It would calm down and then it would happen again. It was actually jerking me out of sleep during the night. This actually lasted for a few days and my doctor sent me to get checked out at the ER and told me not to take the next dose. Everything at the ER checked out fine; they also said it was a rare side effect of Mounjaro and not to take it again. The following Monday, on day 6 after that dose, I started having diarrhea. I went from absolutely nothing moving in my stomach to everything sending me straight to the bathroom. It's now been a week of diarrhea. I can barely eat anything. Within minutes of trying a bite of anything, I am having diarrhea. My stomach isn't really hurting, it's just like everything is going straight through me. Even a Popsicle triggered it. Two small sips of boost triggered it. Sometimes I have explosive diarrhea when I haven't even eaten anything. I have mostly been able to tolerate Powerade zero so I have been able to stay hydrated, I just can't really eat. I have been eating a scrambled egg or two. I could only get down one egg last night because I was nauseous. Today I haven't eaten anything yet because I got woken up at 6:30 am with explosive diarrhea and intense nausea. I have emetephobia so throwing up triggers panic for me. I ran to the bathroom to throw up after the first round of diarrhea and ended up just having diarrhea again but still felt very nauseous. I had gone to the ER earlier that night because I was feeling very weak and almost passed out in the shower. All the tests came back pretty good but they still gave me two bags of fluids. They said the Mounjaro will take about 30 days to work its way out of my system and I would just have to ride it out.

Has anybody else experienced this, where you stop taking it and you have intense diarrhea and nausea? When did it get better? I have been weak and lightheaded and doing anything zaps any energy I have. I have lost almost 20 pounds and thankfully my blood sugar has been good. It's just that the diarrhea will not stop. I think it might be getting better and then I get hit again. This is miserable!

I’ve lost 40lbs and sitting at a steady weight of 135-137. I’ve been cutting my 5mg in half to 2.5 dose. I’m wondering if I should try and ween off or just stay at 2.5?
The main effects I like is the blood sugar stabilization as I rarely get the “ fainty’s” . I do get hungry and stomach growls but it doesn’t bother me to bad and I just have some yogurt.
My weight has held for 10 mths.
It definitely doesn’t feel the same as it did when I first started, I can eat more than 2 bites now but I’m still very careful not to overeat.
If you went off completely how did you do? If you have stayed on 2.5mg how long had it been?

Has anyone had lower back pain right on the spine that comes and goes? It hurts to touch and some mild Nasua/headaches, last dose was 2.5 last Sunday so I’m on day 8 (coming off it after 7 months) had a load of blood work done last week and a back xray, and most things seemed fine

I did my second shot (2.5) last Wednesday. I had noticed after my first shot that I had some lip tingling but I get that kind of randomly and there was no swelling so I freaked out for a minute and then moved on.

To preface: I crazy high allergy anxiety because I live in a country that does not have easy access to epinephrine as not many people have allergies. About two years ago I had a bad reaction to a food and found out none of the hospitals near me at that time could really help me.

After my second shot on Wednesday, I had that same lip tingle and my anxiety SKYROCKETED. I then had a bad episode of silent reflux with that pulling feeling on my clavicle which only made things worse. There was no swelling on my face but I started to feel like because of the pulling feeling I couldn’t sit and breathe well. Standing and walking around was fine. And then I got diarrhea, which is a common side effect of the shot and the week before I was also pooping with ease so I didn’t connect the dots to allergy.

This was about 1.5-2 hours after the shot. I then took some allergy medicine because it helps the reflux feeling a little bit and I didn’t have reflux meds on me at the time. About two hours after that I felt normal enough to sit down without feeling the horrible reflux / clavicle tightness, though I did still have some acid reflux happening.

Can anyone reassure me that I’m just in my head? I have my third shot tomorrow and will be doing it at my doctor’s office which is near an allergy center just to be ABSOLUTELY safe.

My doctor seems to think that because there wasn’t swelling or a super itchy feeling that it was just reflux + anxiety.

Logically it seems like an allergic reaction would first have a skin reaction or some swelling signs instead of just being like ‘CHOKE AND DIE LADY.’

Like the title says! I am just about to titrate up from 7.5mg to 10mg and have noticed a marked further decrease in my appetite since moving up from 5mg, to the point where I have legitimately forgotten to eat on several days (this was a real mindfuck when I realized…that has literally never happened to me before).

I would estimate that I am currently eating 500-800 calories per day but food holds zero interest for me at this point. This is great for my vanity and my waistline as I’m down approximately 23 kilos/50lbs in 3 months, but I am starting to consider what will happen when I reach maintenance dosage in a couple of months and run out of fat to lose (to put it crudely).

I have T2D so am also on Metformin which further depresses my appetite, and am sticking to the lower carb end of things.

Looking for advice, tips, you name it.

Un saluto a tutti! Sto attraversando un periodo molto frustrante .. io ho perso 7kg in un mese a giugno con 2,5 poi sono passata a 5 e non ho più perso peso, poi a 7,5.. e niente.. foodnoise tornato, peso aumentato e gonfiore.. sono in crisi totale. Il medico dice di passare a 10, ma ora è in ferie
Ho paura. E se non funziona comunque ? Oppure torno a 2,5?
Grazie a tutti

I ate Rybelsus — it’s the oral/tablet form of semaglutide ( ozempic) last year and I went from 87 to 81 in 3 months but also worked out 4-5 times a week. I can’t seem to go to 80 or below.

Then I stopped and my weight bounced back to 84-85. I feel more toned with muscles from my work out - can tell from the fit of my clothes.

I’m on Mounjaro now; now I’m on my 3rd pen, started with 2.5 and 5. I decided to stick to 5 because anymore I might feel nauseous. So far I’ve already spent quite a bit and tbh it is quite expensive.

Just wondering what’s everyone journey? How long? How they feel? I noticed that I still feel hungry but like I feel full easily and by dinner I’m still full but before I sleep I feel hungry again 😱😭

I've lost 20 pounds in the 7 months I've been on 2.5 mounjaro. I've had weeks of eating more protein and weeks of eating less but the scale stays the same. I was put on this medication due to not being able to lose weight with having hashimotos. So my plan was to stay on this medication until my insurance stops covering it. Thats why I've been hesitant to move up on my dose. Any advice to break this stall? I've heard you gain weight when you stop the medication so in my mind i was telling myself I wouldnt gain as much back if I stayed on the smallest dose.

Mounjaro helped me on my journey of losing 15 stone and to this day I will always praise it for being the life saving drug it is.

If you’re sat on the fence and looking for transformation evidence then here it is.

I start my new job tomorrow and I never dreamt I would be wearing these style of clothes.

SW: 198 | CW: 165 | GW: 140 | 5'6" (Month 5)

I’ve had weeks where the scale didn't budge and I felt like nothing was changing in the mirror. But hitting 33 lbs down today and actually picturing a 33 lb suitcase that I used to struggle lifting into an overhead bin... it really hit me how much physical strain my body was carrying every single day.

A few things that helped me get through the plateaus:

- Prioritizing 90-100g of protein even on days with zero appetite.

- 80-100 oz of water + electrolytes (completely solved my fatigue issues).

- Taking photos instead of obsessing over daily scale jumps.

To anyone in their first couple of months: trust the process, the changes add up even when you can't see them day-to-day.

Ik zit nu al 6 weken op 2,5 (30 klikjes) maar ik merk dat ik niet meer afval maar op gewicht blijf, nu vind ik het veel om ineens naar 5mg te gaan. Ik zou naar 3,5 mg willen gaan. Zijn er nog mensen die bv al eens 45 klikjes hebben gedaan?

For those on Mounjaro/GLP-1s who’ve lost most of the food noise, did it take you a while to get used to simply eating less?
I skipped breakfast today, went to lunch, ate some eggs and chicken sausage and could barely eat a few bites of a pumpkin pancake. I wasn’t nauseous or feeling bad. I just wasn’t hungry anymore, but psychologically I felt like I should eat more.
I hear a lot about appetite suppression and weight loss, but not nearly as much about the mental adjustment of realizing you just don’t need or want the amount of food you used to eat. Anyone else experience this?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some advice and shared experiences from anyone who hit a weight loss plateau during dose transitions or felt like a dose increase didn't kick in right away.

My Timeline & Progress:

Total Duration: 11 weeks

Total Weight Loss: 9 kg (~20 lbs)

Weeks 1–4 (2.5 mg): Great initial response, strong food noise suppression.

Weeks 5–10 (5 mg): Worked well at first, but by week 6 on 5mg (my 10th week overall), it felt inactive. Food noise returned fully, and weight loss stalled into a plateau.

Week 11 (7.5 mg): Escalated to 7.5 mg following my doctor's advice. I took my first shot, but the appetite suppression and food noise control feel very minimal compared to when I first started the medication.

I’m really proud of dropping 9 kg in 11 weeks, but hitting this plateau and feeling little effect from my first 7.5 mg dose has been frustrating.

Hi all. Ive started mounjaro about 2 months ago. After every month I increased the dose. During the 5mg month I actually felt some improvement in my hunger and cravings.

But now im on my first week of 7.5mg and it feels so much worse? I dont understand it

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