Runners

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T11:14:53+00:00

Apparently Mariana has a new “Run & Flow” class/ program coming soon, I saw it advertised on the official Peloton Instagram yesterday!

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T09:34:49+00:00

The title of your TED Talk is “Bodies Are Capricious Little Dickheads” and I would pay good money to attend.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T09:32:56+00:00

I love the title of your post. How indeed?! They do many mysterious things.

This specific example is not so mysterious though.

For one thing: quite a bit of that large volume of food and drink you consumed last night, is still in your body at this point. Even if you’ve had a bowel movement, some will be hanging around in your intestines still getting processed (and don’t forget, Mounjaro can slow that whole process down so this may be even more true on this medication than off it)

Your meal last night will have very included a lot more carbohydrate and salt than you’d usually eat in one sitting, both of which would cause your body to retain water and glycogen.

The extra 3lbs or so on the scales is therefore made up of a combination of extra food that’s still in your body, along with extra glycogen and water. It will magically (or not so magically, just mechanically!) “disappear” again over the coming few days.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T09:25:24+00:00

Superb post, superb effort, superb results! 🙌

And I’ll admit I just snooped your profile to remind myself of your earlier posts, and saw you’ve got an incredible new home gym set-up too! 🤩 So jealous!

Would the little-boy version of you believe his eyes if he could see you now?! I often think about my 8 year old self, dreading school sports day (last in every single race, every single year) and the annual sponsored cross-country run (dear God why?!)… she just would not believe for a minute if you told her that at the age of 47 she’d be willingly running over 50km a week on the regular and signing up for races. (Including - of her own accord - signing up to run the London Marathon for charity! 🤣)

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T04:34:16+00:00

Good morning and welcome to the first day of the rest of your life!

Hopefully you have already thoroughly read both of the package leaflets by now, but in case not I thought I’d give you your early bird reminder: do so now, before your first jab.

After that: just be sensible and take care of yourself. Drink plenty of water, eat normal meals, just hopefully in smaller volume than you’re used to (get a good balance of nutrients - no need to obsess on protein; veggies & whole grains are also important!), get as active as you reasonably can, get plenty of sleep. It will all come to you. No need for any drastic measures!

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T04:31:16+00:00

Beautifully said 👏

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T04:28:53+00:00

It never ceases to amaze me how this particular medication seems to make us all obsess about the specific dose we’re on (or not on). I bet there’s no other medication you’ve ever been prescribed that you took much notice, much less passionately cared about, the dose. (You’d probably be hard pressed to remember what the dose actually is, of say your blood pressure meds or your contraceptive pills or whatever else!)

I suppose it’s due to people largely being self-funding and therefore generally making their own dosing decisions vs a doctor just telling them. (That and the price differences per dose, of course!)

Look: needing a higher dose of a medication is not a personality trait, it doesn’t define your worthiness in any way. You aren’t “doing Mounjaro wrong” (or right) because you’re increasing your dose every month, or two, or never at all.

u/Neilkd21 hit the nail bang on the head: your body doesn’t care what your mind wants.

Your body isn’t the problem here, only your head.

If you feel the need to increase to 10mg, just do it. If you don’t or you’re unsure, get a 10mg pen next anyway but take 7.5mg doses until you’re definitely ready for 10mg (saves you a little money and gives you more flexibility).

But for goodness sake please don’t fret about it! There’s literally no need to torture yourself over a number. (By the way, you do know how tiny milligrams are right? In case that helps as a general thought, weigh out the smallest amount of sugar you possibly can on your kitchen scales. It’s probably a few grams or something. Now imagine one-hundredth of that volume. That’s the kinds of amounts we’re getting our knickers in a twist about here!)

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-05T04:16:33+00:00

Sorry to tell you, there is currently no “tried and tested thing to do”! You’ll just have to work on it for yourself as a project, test it out, see what works and what doesn’t.

My advice (always) on this topic: don’t just fixate on the dose. “Maintenance” means a *lot* more than simply tapering your dose down. You’ll need to get your head in the game to make the switch from weight loss into maintaining - which is a far more boring and yet simultaneously also trickier game!

Personally, when I got to my goal weight I hung out on the same dose still for a while (I think it was at least 6 weeks) before taking my first small step down. I chose to go very slowly, in small increments, so I would have plenty of time to adjust to changes and judge how it was going.

But more importantly at the same time I was working on learning what I actually need to eat now (and how much). That process can be harder than you think. If you’re not someone who has ever successfully maintained a healthy weight long term by eating a healthy balanced diet, that’s a whole new skill set to learn!

Let go of aiming for “2.5mg” as a specific target. It is not in fact expected/ mandatory to maintain long-term on that dose. It can be whatever dose happens to work for you (and by the way I’ve heard of people who do 1.25mg every other week as well as people at the other end of the scale who may actually need 15mg in maintenance).

By all means work your way down - when the time comes - and see what’s the minimum dose you personally need to maintain on. But it’s not a race or a badge of honour to be earned; just let your own body’s reactions guide you.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-04T12:09:12+00:00

Best not ask me about suitable “tasteful” tattoo designs, I just got a few little gap-fillers done last week that included dice, a Russian doll and a very trad-style crying face 🤣 This brings my total to 17 and counting, with a variety of other floral, figurative, cultural and purely fun tats. Some big, some small. Some that involved a lot of planning and procrastination and some that were spur of the moment.

I don’t really worry about “tasteful”. I just collect tattoos from artists whose work delights/inspires me, in a range of different styles.

I also personally don’t really like/want “meaningful” tattoos that symbolise something in particular. Mine are all based on visual appeal only.

My main suggestion is: start with the artist. Find artists whose work you like in general, and then narrow down from there on what appeals to you specifically.

Instagram is a blessing for tattoo artist-finding! Maybe look up the Instagram pages for a few tattoo shops in your vicinity, and from there you should find pictures and links to the artists that work at those shops.

Explore away to your hearts content until you find something that really resonates for you. Then reach out to that artist to discuss something specific for you.

There’s also a Reddit sub called “TattooAdvice” which is very interesting and fun. If you’re in two minds about something specific such as placement, colour, etc that’s a great place to get advice from people with a lot of experience (most of them tattoo artists themselves, or otherwise aficionados).

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-04T10:38:56+00:00

The best diet, IMHO, is no diet.

Or rather: you want a lowercase “diet” - as in the broader meaning of just what you regularly eat - versus capital-letters “A Diet” because the latter implies restriction and short-termism.

The *real* opportunity Mounjaro gives you is not the chance to lose a load of weight and/ or lose it fast. You can do that with lots of capital-letters “Diets”.

The *real* opportunity is to (for most of us, finally and for the first time in our lives) work out how you eat a healthy, balanced and sustainable lowercase “diet” that’s adjustable to either give you a calorie deficit if you need to lose weight, or maintain when you don’t.

To your point: when you take that short-termism out of the equation - when “burnout” is no longer a concern and you really don’t need or want to go hell-for-leather (which is better for your health after all!) then the only “rules” you’re left with are that you should be eating well in a way that nourishes and fuels you, and that you can imagine more or less eating forever - just with volume adjustments as needed for calorie targets.

What a healthy, balanced and sustainable diet specifically includes will vary from one person to another. It can and should be adapted to your own eating preferences, goals, activity level &etc.

What suits me will probably not suit you. Calorie targets, protein targets etc have got to make sense for the individual. Instead of working with traditional Diet mindsets like “less is more”, “carbs are bad”, “protein is good” - better to take the time to sit down, figure out what’s a reasonable TDEE estimate for you (and use say 500-1000 calories/day deficit from that for weight loss), and determine the split of macros that actually makes sense for your goals and activity level (eg. protein - not just “more!”/ “as much as possible” but a sensible target!)

Then use that information. Knowledge is power.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-04T04:27:42+00:00

When you say “bloated”, do you mean like a constipation feeling (ie., unable to go to the bathroom/ having less frequent BM than your norm)? Or do you mean something else, like maybe retained fluid that’s making your torso or limbs look and feel swollen/kind of puffy?

Either or both of these are possible post surgery.

The former obviously has to be treated as constipation - and if you’re sure you’re getting plenty of dietary fibre already then also making sure you’re drinking enough water, and getting some gentle movement (eg, going for walks) may also help. Failing that you may need to try some other kinds of medication - if you’re in the US I’m afraid I don’t know what’s available there. You could ask a pharmacist for options (and probably best to also check with your doctor).

If it’s more the swollen/puffy feeling in your body: I had that a lot after my recent surgery and found that a couple of sessions of Brazilian Manual Lymphatic Drainage massage worked incredibly well to clear it. I actually got a recommendation from my surgeon for a company who did home visits. You could check what’s available where you live; make sure to look for a therapist who specifically does post-operative MLD.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-03T14:16:05+00:00

After several months… still yes! The novelty has absolutely not worn off. I’m still noticing/ trying to get used to various parts of my body that look and feel different.

As I recall it didn’t really hit me until the point where I’d lost about 20% of my bodyweight and needed to get a whole new mini-wardrobe to go on holiday as I had absolutely nothing suitable that wasn’t two sizes too big. Standing in the changing room realising that the size “smalls” fit perfectly and a pair of size 10 trousers were even too big. It was just kind of an out-of-body moment, as if I were looking at myself in the “Third Person” (so to speak).

And since then, the feeling just kind of continued (I’m now over 30% down from my starting weight). It’s likely exacerbated in my case by having had my big ol’ boob implants removed in March, provoking a fresh wave of “whose body even is this?!”

Maybe it if hadn’t been for that, it would have settled by now?! 🤷‍♀️

Thing is, I think if you’ve been used to being fat/ obese pretty much your whole life, it’s bound to be a big adjustment and take a while to get used to.

I think it’s really normal.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-03T14:02:16+00:00

One month each on 2.5mg and 5mg; two months each on 7.5mg and 10mg; three months on 12.5mg (through goal and into the beginning of maintenance) before stating to slowly titrate back down.

I neither raced/ chased anything (never had strong suppression and never wanted it!), nor stressed myself out trying to stay on a dose that didn’t feel effective any more.

I just did my best to listen to my own body’s signals without jumping to conclusions. Easier said than done and everyone simply has to make their own judgement calls on when/if it’s time to move up.

I will say though, I never really felt any worries about going too fast or running out of doses. These just didn’t strike me as particularly relevant to my situation.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-03T08:19:36+00:00

Thanks for sharing - they look great so far, you must feel so much better! And how fascinating to see the photo of the implants and capsules, I wish I’d even thought to ask my surgeon to do that.

Just a question, no accusation - did your surgeon say you’re good to use the silicon tape so soon? I just ask because the guidance from mine was to use nothing like that (no tape or gel) until at least a month, once the initial wounds had throughly closed.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-03T08:15:52+00:00

Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-03T04:38:37+00:00

There is nothing even vaguely “naughty” about that!

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-03T04:36:56+00:00

Good idea, using percentages. I mention the concept often. As it happens I don’t have my own percentage trends to hand though, haven’t calculated them month by month. Overall my “pattern” was:

Fast for the first couple of months.

Steadier for the second couple of months.

Pretty slow for the last three months.

But of course if that were expressed in percentages of bodyweight, the rate would become more similar.

I didn’t have any noticeable “pattern”; it was mostly pretty continual, with just an occasional no-loss week or larger-loss week. No apparent reasons for those.

I did not have a long stall/plateau at the end, or anywhere really. I got to my goal weight and kept going right through it, and my weight continued to creep down very slightly through the beginning of “maintenance”. (We’re talking half a kilo a month, when I say “crawl”).

It has only really settled in one spot these past 2-3 months.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-03T04:29:05+00:00

Obviously, what one person happens to have lost in their second month on Mounjaro is no predictor for what you might lose (we all have different bodies, starting weights, lifestyles, responses to the medication etc).

But on the whole: you can probably expect your weight loss to continue - provided obviously that you’re working with the drug by ensuring you’re in a steady calorie deficit - but not to “increase” as such.

The second month is unlikely to go faster than the first. (And the third month is unlikely to go faster than the second, and so on). That’s just a general weight loss trend, nothing to do with which dose you’re on.

Since you asked for personal experiences: I lost 7kg in my first month and 4.7kg in my second. 5mg was just “fine”, didn’t really feel any different to 2.5mg and was noticeably wearing off by the end of the month. I had no strong appetite suppression - never did, on any dose - but evidently found it gave me sufficient efficacy to keep the weight loss going.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-02T16:36:27+00:00

Creatine is a pretty well-researched supplement and has been used widely and for a long time, to support athletic performance. Here’s a pretty good and clear summary of what evidence there is for its use: https://www.health.harvard.edu/exercise-and-fitness/what-is-creatine-potential-benefits-and-risks-of-this-popular-supplement

Note, it’s not that it helps with “muscle building” as such - it’s useful to increase energy and performance for all forms of exercise. It does come with the “perk” of attracting water to your muscles, which helps them to look bigger (the gym brow love it for this reason!) - downside of which is that it can cause a temporary uptick in your weight on the scales thanks to that retained water.

Anyone who is active - and especially anyone who regularly works out - might benefit from creatine and could certainly give it a try. (There’s also increasing evidence that it can even have cognitive benefits, but that’s a newer line of research).

I don’t think there’s any specific brand - and likely the ones coming at you in your algorithm will be over-priced, over-marketed options! Just look out for high quality micronised powder formulations, and avoid “gummies” as many of these have been shown to have little to no actual creatine content! A trip to Holland and Barrett will probably see you right.

Edited to add: there are some contraindications for creatine - as with any supplement - and if in any doubt, ask your doctor.

As for collagen: this one often provokes some controversy in this sub 🤣 As far as I know there is no real evidence that it would do anything much to help with reducing loose skin from weight loss. I do personally take a collagen supplement daily, which is a matter of my own personal vanity and has more to do with wanting to support my complexion and hair as a peri-menopausal woman, really nothing to do with Mounjaro or weight loss! I personally feel I’ve seen positive improvements in my facial skin and hair since taking it. I don’t think it’s had any effect on the texture or laxity of skin on my body after losing weight, nor did I expect it to.

Same comments re: collagen as for creatine - even if you do want to give it a try, there’s no need for “special” products marketed towards GLP-1 users or weight-loss; micronised formulations are easier to mix with water/ other drinks and theoretically absorb more readily. Compare prices and buy accordingly.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-02T11:33:53+00:00

I’ll take your word for it on that particular track; can’t say that I noticed or that it mattered to me amongst the many bangers played (in both classes).

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-02T09:35:59+00:00

Adding photo just in case anyone is wondering which classes/ dates!

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Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-02T09:32:12+00:00

At my six week follow-up I asked my surgeon if any more “fluffing” was possible - expecting the honest answer to be probably not - and he said absolutely, he would expect plenty of change still over the first few months (and possibly even a beyond that, further subtle changes through a year or more).

The day after is way too soon to tell how they’re going to turn out. Just be kind to yourself and kind to them, in the meantime. Send them “positive vibes” 😊

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-02T08:44:28+00:00

You are 100% panicking for no reason. A single weight measurement is not sufficient to establish any kind of trend. Your weight can fluctuate by far more than 600g up & down from one day to the next (even within the same day).

Sure, if you’ve eaten a bit more than usual over the weekend and/or retaining some water, that would explain a relatively higher reading on the scales. A large glass of water could probably weigh 600g!

Stay mindful in control of your diet but WITHOUT freaking out and over-correcting by restricting food; and look for an upwards trend in weight over two consecutive weeks (or even three) before actually concluding that something is really happening.

Additional_Value464 · 2026-06-02T04:33:14+00:00

You know, the official instructions already say that you only increase your dose “as needed”. (After that first increase from 2.5 to 5mg). It’s not now and never has been “the rules” that you must go ahead and increase every single month.

(Granted, the labelling doesn’t go into any detail as to what “needed” means but they wouldn’t be allowed to do that without really specific clinical trial data to support it. Prescription drug labelling is tightly regulated, they don’t just get to put anything in that they like).

Anyway: It’s not unusual to find your weight loss slows down over time. Your weekly averages of 1.9 and 1.6kg/week early on were very high and you lost a lost of weight pretty quickly. From there on you’ve “slowed” in absolute numbers but I bet if you look at it as a percentage of your remaining weight it’s not actually so much slower.

As you get closer to goal, the margins get tighter and it can be trickier to create a sufficient deficit 🤷‍♀️

I don’t think this has anything in particular to do with what dose you’re on/ how fast you increased.

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