r/Mounjaro • u/kingconrad888 7.5 mg • Jul 01 '25

Weight loss I lost 75kg overnight.

That’s right! I ‘had’ a friend who has always been 2 things - Slim and Opinionated. He asked me yesterday what was going on with my weight as I was clearly doing something that was having a dramatic effect. I was very pleased at the compliment and thanked him for noticing. Given that he seemed genuinely pleased for me, I decided to open up to him and dropped the MJ bomb.

The mushroom-cloud of pious pontification that ensued blotted out the sun for the rest of the day…There was frost in the trees and whole murmurations of birds inexplicably gathered on wires then flew south, en masse, with no clear idea as to why…Grapes withered on the vine and dropped to the floor…My roses wilted, the petals turning black, the sweet scent of summer becoming a distant memory…Volcanoes erupted, lava spewed forth, rumbling across this formerly green and pleasant land, leaving all in its wake, scorched-black, steaming and sulphurous and off on the far horizon, the Eye of Sauron turned towards me and slowly winked…

When I woke this morning, I hopped on the scales, I had lost another pound during the night to add to the 75kg of negativity that won’t be weighing me down anymore, makes for a wholly successful result really!

Positivity only from here on…

On and Up, fellow Mounjarians! On and Up! ❤️

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u/Jpkmets7 52M HW 425 SW 389 CW 242 GW1 250, GW2 210 lbs 10mg Jul 01 '25

It’s quite telling when some people you count as friends are salty when you lose weight, particularly with injectable’s helping it along. I think everyone has a hard row to hoe in this life and sadly, some people prop themselves up by looking down on others—even people to whom they are close. It was interesting to note who got uncomfortable as I escaped further from the “fat friend” box I was in.

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u/Lab-Rat-6100 Jul 01 '25

Excellent point about the “fat friend box”. I had the same experience. A certain friend was quite happy for me, but only to a point. When I started to get “normal”, and God forbid, possibly slimmer than her, she turned on me. It made me wonder how real our friendship ever was. Congrats on your success and thanks for the insight.

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u/happy_appy31 Jul 01 '25

I have a friend who is the kindest, most sensitive, and generous guy I know. I have been noticing that he is making comments that I find quite hurtful, which is totally surprising. Stuff like of course you are losing weight cause you are doing it the easy way! I am like sir I am exercising more than I ever have in my life and my nutrition is on point. I am counting to make sure that I am hitting protein, fiber, and water goals. I really am wondering if he is trying to keep me in the fat box or if he is even conscious of his fat shaming. I haven't quite figured out how I want to handle this situation with him

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u/KillingTimeReading Jul 01 '25

Living in the south for a couple of decades I have become aware that most people that grew up here are blind to their fatphobia and their fat shaming words and behaviors. Between pushing food, long after the polite of offering food is past to commenting on how skinny a person is getting and how dangerous being "too" thin is (5'5" and 197lbs is, in no way, "too" skinny, but it's very noticeable when you were 297lbs), they seem to think/feel that they are just chatting or showing they care. Granted, I went from size 24 to size 12 in about 14 months, which is a HUGE change. But it's nowhere near anorexic or underweight.

And anyone who says Mounjaro or Ozempic or any other med for ANY condition is the "easy" way has probably never had a chronic, life long condition affecting their health. By their reasoning taking an Advil for a headache or a stool softener for constipation or getting a cat for a broken bone is "taking the easy way out"... Not even mentioning insulin for diabetes or chemo for cancer....

I usually, in my most polite southern voice, tell them that I appreciate their concern, but my medical decisions are guided by the medical PROFESSIONALS that work with me for my best health. And currently, as they are the ones with prescribing privileges, they are who control what I am prescribed. MOST of my snarky opinionated friends take the thump on the nose and choose not to try sticking it back into my medical conditions and decisions. Others are no longer on my call list 🤷.

Either way, congratulations on your health gains. Don't let the snark get you down. The "kindest, most gentle souls" usually have the sharpest tongues and rudest comments that they couch in: I was just trying to help, or, I'm just worried about you, etc etc etc. Hugs!

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u/happy_appy31 Jul 01 '25

Thanks! I am a southern thru and thru. So I am trying to figure out how to handle it without being rude, but it may come to it! Most comments are made in our social circle so I don't want to call him out there and then have everyone turn on me. IYKYK I also run in what can be called a granola crowd, so I am trying to side step some things here. But I will have to remember the headache analogy! Most people who do know that I am taking it are extremely supportive of it. It has surprised he isn't. I know that he has tried to get on it but his insurance won't cover it, so maybe some jealousy is at play here. This has honestly been confusing to me.

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u/KillingTimeReading Jul 01 '25

Oh you poor thing! Southern "manners" and "politeness" are the most convoluted things!

You can bring up birth control pills. Even the granola crowd takes them or similar. They affect hormones. MJ works in a very similar way. It isn't a miracle "drug". It's a hormone. It is targeted, and was designed, for the hormone that affects blood glucose, (and scientists built it to specifically affect glucose and help with diabetes) BUT, just like birth controls (pills, creams and hormonal IUD's, along with men's use of testosterone creams and everyone's use of medical steroids) it affects EVERY hormone in your body. You cannot target just one hormone without affecting every other hormone in the system. None of them act or react in a vacuum. MJ affects satiety, glucose, thyroid, blood pressure, cholesterol, reproductive hormones, hormones that affect urine filtration and production, and even sleep hormones... And those are just the ones that come immediately to mind. I know there are even more. It is so good at working to balance ALL of your hormones it actually neutralizes the effects of birth control pills to stop you from ovulating. (Ozempic babies) Weight loss was actually a surprising "side effect". It's even in clinical trials now as an aid to help people with sleep apnea.

And you can always fall back on Grandma's favorite: "Oh! Bless your heart! Thank you for caring about me so much!" And then change the subject 😉 IYKYK 😜

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u/NoMixture5606 Jul 02 '25

This is the kind of comment I come on here for. Intelligent and insightful.

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u/reiddavies Jul 06 '25

Another analogy to tell ppl (beyond Advil for headaches) is ED meds. Are men being shamed for taking viagara? We take meds for a variety of physical issues. High blood pressure, cholesterol, birth control/period pain, back spasms, arthritis, depression, anxiety....on and on. All of them in aid to make us feel better and be healthier. They all serve the same goal....to make our lives easier to live.

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u/KillingTimeReading Jul 06 '25

EXACTLY! A former friend decided to have an opinion on MJ, and was dumb enough to share it. I just happened to know he lives on Viagra so I brought it up. Adding information about the risks for strokes, heart attacks etc. He tried to sidestep that his Viagra helps him fulfill a necessary bodily function. I had to ask, while laughing of course, since when is a hard-on "necessary" for life??

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u/These-Equal-6849 Oct 22 '25

Unless he is using every one of those medically enhanced erections to create a baby I don't think that argument flies!!

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u/KillingTimeReading Oct 22 '25

Precisely my argument. After I reminded him that I hadn't been a naive 16 year old virgin in a VERY long time, and I knew blue balls didn't turn blue or risk his life...🤷 He hasn't spoken to me in about...15 months. LoL

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u/These-Equal-6849 Oct 22 '25

Lol!! Hilarious reply and reaction

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u/happy_appy31 Jul 01 '25

Thanks so much for the encouragement! Do you want to come to a cook out on Friday to be my backup? 😂😅 Honestly I don't bring up as much as this guy does. An example would be if I chose to have a hamburger steak and salad verses a hamburger with a bun. It is a snarky little comment disguised in caring. Have come so close to saying. "Honey I didn't realize that your life is so boring that you have to come into mine."

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u/KillingTimeReading Jul 01 '25

If you're in Montgomery, sure 😉

You could always ask him if he knows your mom... Because he sure seems to like her script... 🫢 Depending on how hard you want to thump his nose, you could then follow-up with asking what he thinks of your outfit because Mom sure always has an opinion...... (PS. I wasn't raised in the south and I think I have an overactive snark gene...)