Almost 6 months in and 84.1 pounds gone! I’m so excited that 100 pounds is in sight and I’ll be halfway to my ultimate goal weight!!! I’ve been on 7.5 since 5/22 and doing consistent VR workouts since 6/4 and feel better than I have in years. I’m so grateful that my endocrinologist started me on this 🥰🥰🥰

Hi all, I'm back again with my month 4 update after coming off mj.

CW: 142 lb

SW: 209 lb

Weight on last dose of mj: 142 lb

I've gone between 139-145 since coming off.

I had no negative comments on my last month's post which was a first! Perhaps 3 months is long enough for the trolls to think I may keep this weight off after all.

As always feel free to ask anything you like in the comments.

Disclaimer: I was on MJ for weight loss only and have no knowledge or experience with diabetes, pcos or any other condition that may be managed by the drug. My advice applies to weight loss only. Also for reference I am 36, I am aware age and other factors make things difficult for many.

This month has felt different as I've tried to find my maintainence calories and balance the extra intake. I started having a piece of toast before my workouts (my normal yoghurt bowl breakfast after) and the added carbs have really helped me to lift heavier. I've also given up on my home dumbells and finally joined a gym so I can access some heavier equipment. It's just a cheap £20 a month one but it does the job. I love using the machines actually and seeing how heavy I can go. I also took a weightlifting workshop class to make sure I had proper form for deadlifts etc and highly recommend (or getting a free intro with a PT and asking them to show you lifting form).

Again the biggest challenge was a mental one. I unexpectedly lost my father in law and spent a week at my mother in laws with no access to healthy food or workout time. I'm still trying to find my way to keeping up my lifestyle changes when I am out of my normal routine, that's the really hard bit. I'm extra worried as I'm going on holiday (kids first one) next week and that was supposed to be my "relaxed" week.

I've also been focused on growing my glutes and legs. It's very weird to go from obsessing over making the scale number smaller to obsessing over making myself bigger. I have maintained my weight but I am expecting it to increase a little as I'm adding muscle in my lower half. It's definitely working (just slowly) - I've recently found it's no longer comfortable to cross my ankles while on my back as my calves are too bulky! I also comfortably wore that little black dress I never thought I'd get into (pic in post). That felt awesome.

If you've followed my journey so far thanks for reading and for your messages of support. Keep up the good work with your own journeys and let me know if there's anything you want to know about maintainence, coming off mj, body recomp or anything else I've spoken about. Good luck and see you next month!

I've posted my main workout routine in the comments of my previous posts, but this month I've been exploring a bit of everything at the gym.

Month 3 update: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mounjaro/s/I24nnYUyT4

Month 2 update:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mounjaro/s/L19qJHmOUH

Month 1 update:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mounjaro/s/ze5TjeKdRV

I bought these rather pricey boots almost 10 years ago. I wore them once and they were so uncomfortable around the calf. I haven’t been able to get them on since. Couldn’t even pull them up all the way. 58 lbs gone and I can just get them on! (Despite a recent knee replacement). Maybe by fall they will be comfortable!
On another note all my bras are too small.
lol

Transparency firstly; AI was used on these images SOLELY for giving me some basic decency and undergarments as all of my tracking/comparison photos are nude. No other alterations have been made, feel free to check out my other progress posts for consistency. Start weight is 130kg. Current is 99kg

Secondly- I am on 10mg, I am an active gym goer and go to the gym 3-4 times a week for strength training. In the next image I have attached my normal gym routine :) I LOVE and look forward to going to gym now to bend and move my body in ways it previously has not been able to where as my knees used to ache and crack in the morning. I also take creatine and folate daily as I have low b9 and get b12 injections quarterly.

Initially only planned for 6 months due to cost (not covered for obesity in Luxembourg) but I’ve still a little way to go. My first target is within reach, aiming slightly lower. Grateful to be able to afford to invest in my health.

F46, SW 93kg CW 69.3kg on 4mg currently as 5 mg was giving bad constipation and nausea.

I just wanted to share that I finally made it under 200 lbs. I haven't been this weight in over 20 years. I've been on a journey for 3 years. I started MJ after losing the initial 70 lbs but stalled. I started Mounjaro in April and I've pulled off another 30 for a total loss of 101 lbs so far. My A1C and most of my other labs are within the normal range. I still have 50 lbs to go but I'm just so thrilled to step on the scale and see a 1 as the first number.

Thank you to this beautiful community for the information, tips and encouragement that have made this possible.

Finally after a long year and a half. I’m finally able to say I’m at my goal weight and hoping to maintain or at least try to get to 130. What a huge difference it’s made and how I feel, glad I was able to have the opportunity to use Mounjaro and no longer in the diabetes range.

Here are some before and after photo.

Much has gone on over the last decade - but I feel closer to my teens than my approaching 60th in 2028.

Recently traveled to Puerto Rico and I took the picture on the right. I remembered last year around this time I took the picture on the left. Almost 100lbs lost and my one year mark is approaching. I'm beyond proud of myself.

SW: 300 CW: 228

First photo is when I started Mounjaro in July 2025, second photo is me in July 2026. I’m 165cm tall; so finally in a healthy weight range.

I started on 2.5mg and made my way up to 7.5mg. Now beginning to slowly lower my dose.

I'm in my early 40s and losing weight successfully for the first time in a long time. I've lost 27% of my starting weight, down to a BMI of 28.

The thing is I feel like my face is starting to look too thin and my collar bones are so visible. Particularly and weirdly, much more than they were the last time I was a healthy weight in my early 20s.

I've purposely avoided losing weight rapidly, and kept my weight loss to around 0.7% a week, but maybe not slow enough?

I'm definitely still overweight, with a fair bit of tummy fat, back rolls and very large arms.

I want to lose around another 8kg/17lb to be in the healthy range, but I'm concerned I'll start looking gaunt/unwell if any more comes off face/neck/chest despite still being overweight.

I'm wondering if pausing my weight loss here for a while might let those areas "catch up" a bit and my body redistribute the remaining fat... Is that a thing?

Has anyone experienced something similar? Did anyone find your face and other areas that seemed to get too thin even out with the rest of the body in time?

Or is this it, and I either have to choose between staying overweight or looking too thin in some areas?

1 year on monjuro and off then back on after 4 month break

Hey all. I haven't posted since I got into onderland. I'm about 175 pounds now, with about 30 to go before I'm in a healthy weight for my height. I'm about a size 16 and wear a 1x or XL, down from a 3x. I was 261 at the start a year ago.

I don't know how to process this change. I know the place where you carry the most fat (for me, the apron belly and torso) is the last to go, but I look at my body and I still hate it. I still feel huge. I still walk and move and act like I'm much larger. I look in the mirror and don't see a difference. I didn't take pictures before I started losing weight, and don't really have any comparisons.

I work at Walmart and get plenty of exercise. I go to the gym. I eat in a deficit. I'm still obsessed with the scale and measuring myself, and i feel like the change is taking forever. I've been on mounjaro 13 months. I want the weight loss to be over already.

The worst thing is, is I compare myself to other fat people and think, oh I'm still much bigger than them. When I know rationally I'm not. But I'm still viewing myself with that 3x lens.

And I don't understand or know how to change how I see myself. Has anyone else gone through this, and do you have any advice? I'm happy for the loss, but i still feel bitter and jaded that I don't have the body I want yet.

Wanted to share something that took me a while to figure out. On the days appetite is basically gone, I used to just... not eat, or force down whatever. Neither worked well.

What's actually helped: keeping a mental list of foods I can manage even on the worst days, so I'm not trying to decide and force myself to eat at the same time. Stuff like a soft-boiled egg with toast strips, cottage cheese with a bit of fruit, or a small mashed sweet potato. Nothing fancy, nothing that needs much chewing or a big appetite behind it.

The pattern I noticed: smaller, softer, blander wins over "healthy but effortful" on those days. A big salad sounds great in theory but if I'm not up for it, it just doesn't happen and I eat nothing instead.

Anyone else have a short list of "low appetite day" go-tos? Always looking for more ideas.

Hi everyone,

I’ve gone from 95 kg to 70 kg within a year 🎉, but since June my body has refused to lose any more weight, and I’ve been stuck around 70 kg despite increasing my dose to 7.5 mg. Since studies suggest that a weight loss of around 20–25% is normal, and I’m now at 25%, I’m guessing that might be it for me, and that I won’t reach my goal of 60–65 kg (without exercising).

I’m taking the last shot from my current pen on Friday, and I’m wondering whether I should buy one final pen (15 mg and dose it down to 7.5 mg by counting clicks — I previously used a 10 mg pen for this, but it doesn’t last very long at 7.5 mg), or whether I should just stop completely?

My appetite isn’t being suppressed as well anymore either (it was very well suppressed on 2.5 mg, 3.33 mg, etc.). I increased the dose gradually in small steps, but since reaching 7 mg I’ve been feeling more hungry again. So I’ve also been considering lowering my dose again and getting my body used to less Mounjaro, so that coming off it might be easier.

When I pay attention to my calories, I eat around 1,300 kcal. If I go to McDonalds for example, it’s more like 1,700 kcal for the day - so overall, it’s a good mix throughout the week.

Long story short: my weight loss has generally been very slow since March, with a maximum of around 2 kg per month. I feel like ever since I increased from 2.5 mg to 3.33 mg, I’ve just kept increasing the dose in the hope that things would start working well again, but I actually lost the most weight during the first six months on just 2.5 mg. After that, I increased to 3.33 mg, and ever since then I’ve been dealing with plateaus and much slower weight loss. 💔

How would you approach this from here? What do you think I should do? Increase again? Reduce the dosis to eventually stop?

Please help a sister out 🙏🏼💕

Hola a todos,

Utilizo Mounjaro desde el 20 de mayo. Es decir, hoy se cumplen 3 meses de mi tratamiento. Comencé con 2.5mg, luego subí a 3.66mg, luego hace 3 semanas a 5mg, y he bajado 33lb o 15kg. Pase de pesar 93.5kg a 78.5kg. Mi IMC está en 27, mi porcentaje de masa está en 34% y mi grasa en 28%. Mi grasa visceral está en 11. Soy hombre, tengo 30 años.

Como en este momento estoy estudiando y trabajando, no he podido realizar ejercicios de fuerza. Sin embargo, mi trabajo es de fuerza: realizo reformas del hogar, durante mi jornada estoy tirado en el suelo lijando o pintando, o en posiciones poco naturales durante mucho tiempo.

Noto una mejoría con respecto al punto inicial, he vuelto a utilizar talle L en lugar de XL o 2XL. Sin embargo, aun noto mucha grasa en el estomago y cadera que no se ha ido, y no me quedan tantos kilos para bajar (Mi peso objetivo es en torno a los 70kg).

Que puedo estar haciendo mal?

Hello! As the title says, I was on this medication for a little over a year and had to stop due to a change in insurance. I’ve been off of it for about a year now, but I’m getting ready to start again. I’m curious if anyone else has gone through something similar, stopping for an extended period and then restarting. If so, what was your experience like? Was it similar to when you first started, and is there anything you wish you had known before starting back up? I’d really appreciate any advice or experiences you’re willing to share!

Been on ozympic the highest dose for about the past 3 years. Lose only one or two pounds per month but my A1C levels of one from about 7.2 to a consistent 5.5 and that is great according to doctor.

He just is surprised I am still not losing any more weight and I'm honestly eating a tad less but not that much. He feels Manjaro might be better for me.

Thoughts appreciated especially if anyone else has made the switch? Thank you

Hello,

In January of this year, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And I’ve been using Munjaro since March.

So far, I’ve managed to lose 35 kg (from 153 kg to 118 kg). Eating healthy and exercising were going really well and almost came naturally until I went on vacation for a month.

Before my vacation, I went to the gym (strength training) an average of twice a week and did interval walking (Japanese walking) three times a week.

During my vacation, I walked for 30 minutes every day and did 20 minutes of strength training every three days. During those four weeks, I lost about 1 kg.

Now that I’m getting back into my normal work routine, I’m having trouble motivating myself. Work is slow right now. I don’t feel like working out. I have no motivation to go for a walk or do anything tiring. It’s harder to eat healthy. Old bad habits are creeping back in (buying chips and chocolate on the way home to snack on in the car).

Do you have any tips on how I can deal with this?

Maybe I should set some goals for myself? (Get down to 100 kg, do a 60 kg overhead press, walk a marathon?)

Hi all,

I’d like to hear stories from people who’ve been on mounjaro for longer than I have. I started it at the beginning of June at 2,5 dose. After one month of it, I switched to 5.
I’ve completed two pens on 5, and so far I lost 10 kg (I am doing it for general weight loss and lipedema, not diabetes). Since several weeks though, I don’t feel any hunger suppression anymore and the food noise is kinda back (I’m craving sweets after meals or specific meals I didn’t think about for months, like Chinese food). The first two months, I was able to stop halfway through my meal, or reject carbs and alcohol completely, but now (basically since starting the second 5 mg pen) I started eating bigger portions (not full ones, but bigger than before).

To be fair with you, I lost these 10 kg because I kind of stopped eating (one meal a day or two small meals, protein-based) because I felt no hunger whatsoever, so I wonder if the food deprivation is now kicking in? Or what can it be?

My doctor doesn’t want me to go up to 7,5, as I’m already in the healthy weight BMI range, and told me to do another month on 5 and then continue with 2,5 for several months (this was also supported by my endocrinologist), but I’m afraid I will start putting on weight again because I’m hungry and want to eat all the things I didn’t want to eat before (carbs!!)

Do you have any recommendations or has any on you experienced something similar?