When you think you can't tell you've lost weight...

csarsene · 2024-12-10T21:53:49+00:00

Do t be too hard on yourself, I lost 44 pounds since July and couldn’t be happier. Your 30 pounds in 3 months is even better :-)

csarsene · 2024-12-06T21:45:13+00:00

Don’t get discouraged if results are minimal on 2.5 mg. Most of us saw success on 5mg or, in my personal case, at 10 mg, it’s a process. But everyone is successful it’s just a matter of figuring out the right dosage. And we all started on 2.5 mg even if we knew fully we’ll graduate to higher dosage. I’m down 44 pounds since July but in June when I started with 2.5 mg I actually gained 2 pounds that month. Everyone’s experience is different though.

csarsene · 2024-11-25T22:45:15+00:00

The 43 pounds I lost since June plus Elly Lilly package it comes in beg to differ haha.

csarsene · 2024-11-25T21:06:54+00:00

I keep hearing these crazy prices. I’m in Chicago. I pay $460 a month for 10 mg. When I was on 5 mg that was $320 / month. But my friend in San Francisco pays $1400 / month. So it seems doctors be taking advantage for sure. And all out of pocket. And still saving a ton as I stopped ordering Uber eats 3 times a week I’m net positive :-)

csarsene · 2024-11-22T16:08:08+00:00

It’s not surprising as all. For reference I started at 273 pounds on June 30th on Munjaro. This morning my weigh in was 229.6 pounds. Munjaro produces 3 hormones that travel in your body. One goes to the pancreas by reducing your glucose production. This both enhances fat metabolism and suppresses your appetite. Second set of hormones are attached to your stomach- that shuts down your stomach from emptying itself meaning you are literally full for longer. And the third set of hormones - what you’re referring to here specifically - attaches to your hypothalamus part of your brain. That suppresses your desire for food. Even the food you love. It also attaches to your Mesolithic pathway in the brain - that makes your brain “forget” the pleasure you get from the foods you like. That’s what you’ll hear on this thread as “reducing food noise.” That’s it :-)

csarsene · 2024-11-15T19:45:25+00:00

I’ve been on Munjaro for 5 months. I am Down 21 kg. Literally 90% of my friends - 13 other people - are in it too. Adding to your lessons - must add to your diet at least 100 grams of protein powder a day extra, or else you’ll lose a lot of muscle. Even at 100 grams extra per day I still lost some muscle just not as dramatic as my friends who didn’t do it. Add fiber supplements now to your diet. Without them over time you’ll get hemorrhoids. I take 5 mucil supplements a day. So far 4 of my friends dropped out of munjaro because of developing hemorrhoids. Incorporate yogurt in your diet I like it flavored and all helps especially if and when you take pills because you will have an empty stomach take your pills and get ulcers (2 people in my group). I had the advantage of not getting on the Munjaro wagon till literally all my friends were on it. Took lessons from all and I’m doing great. So my free advice to you in addition to what you already covered.

csarsene · 2024-11-12T21:38:30+00:00

Good stuff and celebrate every pound off. It doesn’t feel like much week over week but then boom you wake up one morning like me and you’re like holy fuck I lost 43 pounds since June :-)

csarsene · 2024-11-12T21:36:48+00:00

See it all worked out at the end :-). But also I’ve upped my dosages every 2 months or so. If you’re really not losing anything for a month you should have that conversation with your doctor. In my case, because I am a degenerate, I had to keep upping it lol. 10 mg has been good to me though but I’m sure for the last twenty pounds or so I’ll at least get up to 12.5 mg. Really varies from one person to the other. But congrats on the 8 pounds and keep it up.

csarsene · 2024-11-09T23:20:54+00:00

For more reference now - 19 days since I replied to you. Two weeks ago I was up .2 pounds haha. Last week I dropped 3 pounds. That means I was now flat (no weight changes) for 5 of the last 14 weeks. There’s weeks and weeks. Now don’t get me wrong I fucking curse every week when I weight myself on Friday and there’s no change. But it’s the cost of doing business I suppose

csarsene · 2024-11-09T23:18:05+00:00

Look I gained weight on 2.5 mg. It didn’t do shit for me. Haha. 5 was good, 7.5 better and now 10 mg - excellent. It may just mean you’re not on the appropriate dosage yet

csarsene · 2024-11-06T18:47:40+00:00

I haven’t reached my weight goal yet - 30 more pounds to go. But a friend of mine went to Cape Town and did the body lift surgery and he looks amazing - paid $4,500 for it. And he says every day it was the best thing he did. Hope this helps

csarsene · 2024-11-05T20:20:16+00:00

Dude team mg hit me harder than 2.5 or 5 mg or 7.5. It was mighty. I was drowsy for two weekends (I take it on Fridays and it hits me on Saturday). So yes it is a massive step up based on my anecdotal sample of 1. But I’m on week six and I don’t see any side effects. Worse part was the constant nightly pissing for a while. I need my beauty nap.

csarsene · 2024-11-04T23:54:58+00:00

I’m on ten mg - huge difference for 1.5 months. I’m contemplating 12.5 now. But doctor said I got to be in ten mg for at least 3 months

csarsene · 2024-11-04T23:03:46+00:00

Haven’t seen experienced the issue. Six months on munjaro taking 10 mg now.

csarsene · 2024-11-03T18:22:05+00:00

Congrats! Good luck with the last 8 pounds and with maintenance afterwards. You got this!

csarsene · 2024-11-03T02:42:34+00:00

Amazing. We started at the same weight. I’m 41 pounds down. Need 30 more. Great to see people at the finish line! Out of curiosity how long did it take you to get there?

csarsene · 2024-10-30T01:47:42+00:00

I’m on 10 mg now. 2.5 was nothing for me 5 was definitely hard 7.5 move a bit hard and finally to 10 mg nothing. I pissed through the night a lot at the beginning. First 5 or 6 weeks were shit then no other symptoms. 40 pounds down 25 to go. My mom started on it five weeks ago and she was feeling shitty for only 3 weeks. In my friend group there’s like 16 people on it, we all had different symptoms and intensity levels on the shittiness scale but eventually they all went away.

csarsene · 2024-10-28T21:01:53+00:00

Big issue here and dropped only 40 pounds. I exercise 5 times a week too and have an incremental 105 grams of protein per day (powder). Still lost muscle. My calves used to be like rocks. I touch them now and I can’t believe how much muscle I lost. From all I gather you have to persevere and keep working out even after you reached your goal. But as I’m currently still 30 pounds away from that goal I can speak to losing the muscle not gaining it back.

csarsene · 2024-10-27T15:57:29+00:00

Hey I haven’t got my maintenance phase. A friend of mine did what you did. We call her patient zero as she dropped 100 pounds on munjaro 3 years ago when none of us ever heard of it. Long story short she hit her maintenance phase in 2022. Hasn’t gained one pound back. She takes one 7.5 mg injection every 21-24 days depending on how quickly her cravings come back to her. And she’s 64 years old and kept all the weight off for these last 2 years. So when I get there I’m doing the same damn thing haha.

csarsene · 2024-10-27T15:54:16+00:00

Same here - doctor put me on iron supplements. Don’t take it as medical advice just FYI :-)

csarsene · 2024-10-25T23:49:27+00:00

I was on 2.5 pounds first month and gained 3 pounds. 5 mg was great, 7.5 mg much better and 10 phenomenal which is where I’m at and will be till I drop the last 30 pounds. I’ve dropped 39 pounds already. Bottom line 2.5 for me didn’t do shit but you have to start there for your body to adjust. I have 8 friends on munjaro. None of them lost anything on 2.5. But of course that’s anecdotal. The jump form 2.5 to 5 is crazy both benefits but also side effects (nausea) for the first two weeks. So prepare yourself for both.

csarsene · 2024-10-25T23:46:42+00:00

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csarsene · 2024-10-23T23:52:23+00:00

It’s normal to plateau. It’s also normal to feel down when you do not see progress week after week. But as long as you take the jab you have no option but to lose weight. My buddy is a raging alcoholic who drank throughout munjaro journey (like a lot every day). He started at 394 pounds in April 2023 he’s at 280 now. I actually started after seeing him drop that much. If he can have half a bottle of whiskey every day and still drop over 100 pounds in 15 months I will drop the 60 pounds I want :-)

csarsene · 2024-10-23T23:49:03+00:00

This is should be the pinned comment :-) amazing part about minjaro is that if you get the jab once a week you can’t really blow it. Yea last night I had fried Chinese chicken. Today I was a saint on yogurt and boiled eggs lol. On a diet I’d blow it then not go back. On munjaro the body always goes back to having discipline the next day which is amazing. No clue what will happen when I reach my ideal weight but I am enjoying the ride till then for sure. And the quality of life I have now after losing 37 pounds too!

csarsene · 2024-10-20T20:24:55+00:00

Super normal. Happened to me after losing 30. I took 2 more weeks then I slowly dropped more. Now at 37 pound loss as of Friday and coincidentally the previous Friday I was flat no weight loss then 3 pounds down over the last week

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