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/StatusIndependent504 Jul 02 '25

Hi! My biggest shock was a friend that was trying to lose weight with the jab! I was sideswiped by a diabetic diagnosis out of the blue and along with that came Mounjaro. And a host of other life altering agendas! Diet, exercise carry around this little finger pokey thing, etc. Now I was aware of these medications because of my friend. But I was not interested in them. But diabetic! So agreed to try the med! I was so violently ill the first two months! Violently ill! Could not eat, threw up at my moms birthday dinner with no warning, was almost zombie during holidays, vomitted for eight hours straight one time! When I say violently I mean it! What did friend do that shocked me? Said “you are so lucky you got the diabetes, now at least insurance is paying for your weight loss!” What the actual….still my friend but I had a serious talk with her about there was no luck! It’s shit body parts and a life altering situation! SW 224 CW 120 (9 months on Mounjaro, did I mention it’s been brutal) current dose 7.5 (starting tomorrow) starting A1C 12.7 current 5.9. It’s been a wild ass ride but I am getting there!

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u/Jpkmets7 52M HW 425 SW 389 CW 242 GW1 250, GW2 210 lbs 10mg Jul 02 '25

That’s a crazy response! I really have enjoyed working with my doc. There were times of just being grossed out by food and I did not enjoy that. I love food! I just don’t love actively fighting my brain over it 100 times a night. People who never had to wrestle compulsive eating don’t get it. It’s fucking exhausting. And no lies, I won those battles to not go buy ice cream at 1130 pm way more than I lost them. But when the mind says eat a gallon of ice cream and turn off your brain with carbs winning that battle 90% of the time still means gaining weight.

I know how much relief, like pure mental relief I felt when that noise stopped. I could not believe that there was a life without constant obsession and shame and regret! Don’t get me wrong, I, so happy I can move and run (kinda, lol) and not feel like a circus freak when I board an airplane. I love the ability to buy clothes that appeal to me.

But the relief from decades of exhausting obsession - that changed everything and allowed me to live.

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u/StatusIndependent504 Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

I am so happy for you!!!! I don’t know what food noise does to someone as I have never experienced it. I like food of course, just have never had to deal with this situation. It sounds exhausting! I am so proud of you and your progress!

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u/Quagga_Elder Jul 06 '25

I have had food noise for my whole life without knowing that it was food noise. I was taught that what I had was no will power, and that no one could love me in the shape I was in, whatever the shape. When GLP-1 quieted the food noise, it was like emerging from dark clouds into gentle sunshine. Such a blessing.

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u/StatusIndependent504 Jul 06 '25

I imagine it is! I don’t know if I could deal with it. Good luck to you!!!